Briefing Notes

Research Sandwell and its partners have scheduled publication of a series of briefing notes, fact sheets and technical briefs. Briefing notes are in-depth explorations of a particular topic, aimed at policy makers and interested members of the public who want to delve into the detail of a particular issue. Factsheets are statistical digests with minimal interpretation, but plenty of useful figures around a topic. Finally, technical notes focus on research methods and upcoming studies which may be of interest to our website users.

Over the coming months, we will continue to develop a programme of publications on a series of issues relevant to workers and residents in Sandwell. If you have a specific issue you'd like to see addressed in one of these notes, please get in touch with us, using our contact details.


Research Note
Date Title Supporting Information
Nov 2006 Affordability of Housing Maps
Sep 2007 Unemployment and Ethnicity. Maps
Aug 2008 Indices of Deprivation 2007 None available
Nov 2008 Affordability of Housing 2008 Maps
June 2009 Crime rates None available
Dec 2009 Summary of the overall Place Survey results for Sandwell 2008/9 None available
Jan 2010 People, Perceptions and Place - the Sandwell Position None available
Jan 2010 Perceptions of ASB None available
Forthcoming Benefit Dependency
Forthcoming Causes of Death
Forthcoming Child Poverty
Forthcoming Fuel Poverty
Forthcoming Homelessness
Forthcoming School Absences and Exclusions
Research Facts
Date Title Supporting Information
Sep 2008 Factsheet 1: Participation in Higher Education None available
Nov2008 Factsheet 2: Disability and Impairment None available
Mar2009 Factsheet 3: Sandwell Facts and Figures None available
Forthcoming Educational attainment
Forthcoming Mental Health
Research Methodology
Date Title Supporting Information
Jul 2008 Area Definitions in Sandwell None available
Nov 2008 The Place Survey None available
Nov 2008 2011 Census Proposals None available
Feb 2009 Delivering Local Intelligence Audit Commission report
DCLG report
July 2009 A Guide to Sampling and Statistical Reliability None available
Forthcoming Monitoring and Evaluation
Research Summary
Date Title Supporting Information
Aug 2009 Is there something I should know? Audit Commission full report
Aug 2009 Tackling the wider social determinants of health and health inequalities: evidence from systematic reviews Public Health Research Consortium Final report
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