Selection of Lifestyle
Survey Providers
If you are planning to
commission an external organisation to conduct your
lifestyle survey, there are a number of organisations
which can be used to either conduct all, or part of the
work, or who can give you further advice about
conducting your own survey. These include national
research agencies, local research companies, and
Universities. Further details of each are given
below.
National Research Agencies
A number of larger social
and market research agencies have expertise in
conducting health and lifestyle surveys. These are
sometimes more costly providers, but they may have useful
experience of lifestyle surveys in other areas.
They are usually members of the Market Research Society,
whose
website contains a full list of agencies.
The Resource Bank on this site includes reports from
many lifestyle surveys. Some of these were conducted by
survey research agencies. We have also produced a
summary and a review of lifestyle surveys conducted in
the UK. This details numerous organisations who have
conducted lifestyle surveys for PCTs and local
authorities.
Click here to view the summary
Local Research
Companies
Local social and market
research companies sometimes provide lifestyle surveys
for trusts and local authorities. These can provide
good value for money, knowledge of the local area and
local issues and improved day-to-day communication.
Local
Universities
Some Universities provide
advice and assistance on conducting a Lifestyle
Survey - others will conduct the full survey and
reporting. Within some universities, specialist centres
provide a focus for this work.
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