Public Attitudes Tracker, 2021-2022: Secure Access

<p>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Public Attitudes Tracker</span> (PAT) survey measures public awareness, attitudes, and behaviours relating to Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) policies such as energy, climate change, consumer rights, artificial intelligence and workers' rights.</p><p>A previous version of the PAT began in March 2012 and was run on a quarterly basis with a total of 37 waves of data collection collected between 2012 and 2021.  In Summer 2021, BEIS recommissioned the survey with the aim of creating a new time series based on a methodology which will allow more robust tracking of measures over the longer term. <br></p><p>The new survey series, which began in Autumn 2021, uses Address Based Online Surveying (ABOS), a cost-effective method of surveying the general population using random sampling techniques.  ABOS is a 'push to web' methodology where the primary method of data collection is online, but respondents are also able to complete a paper version of the questionnaire which enables participation among the offline population.</p><p>The PAT is run four times a year.  Questions on issues where attitudes are likely to shift quickly are repeated quarterly; other questions are asked annually with a few topics asked bi-annually.</p><p>Data are collected from a representative sample of the UK population so that results fairly represent the views of the wider population.</p><p>The main objectives of the new PAT series are:</p><ul><li>to provide BEIS with attitudinal data on their priorities</li><li>to understand how BEIS policies affect customers</li><li>to provide robust evidence for early policy development</li><li>to monitor changes in public attitudes and awareness over time</li><li>to establish a robust methodology for tracking change, which is future-proofed, ensuring comparable data collection over time</li></ul><p>Further information, including topic reports, may be found on the GOV.UK <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-attitudes-tracking-survey" target="_blank">BEIS Public Attitudes Tracker</a> webpage.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">Latest edition information</span></p><p>For the second edition (July 2023), data and documentation for Wave 4, covering Summer 2022,  were added to the study.</p>