People and Nature Survey for England, 2020-2024: Secure Access

<p></p><p>The <span style="font-style: italic;">People and Nature Survey for England</span> is one of the main sources of data and statistics on how people experience and think about the environment. It began collecting data in April 2020 and has been collecting data since. </p><p>The survey builds on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/monitor-of-engagement-with-the-natural-environment-survey-purpose-and-results" class="x_x_x_x_x_govuk-link">Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment</a> (MENE) survey which ran from 2009 to 2019. Data from the <span style="font-style: italic;">People and Nature Survey for England</span> enables users to:</p><ul><li>understand how people use, enjoy, and are motivated to protect the natural environment</li><li>monitor changes in use of the natural environment over time, at a range of different spatial scales and for key groups within the population</li><li>understand how being in the natural environment can influence wellbeing</li><li>understand environmental attitudes and the actions people take at home, in the garden and in the wider community to protect the environment</li></ul><p>This data contributes to Natural England’s delivery of statutory duties, informs Defra policy and natural capital accounting, and contributes to the outcome indicator framework for the 25 Year Environment Plan.</p><p>Different versions of the <span style="font-style: italic;">People and Nature Survey for England</span> are available from the UK Data Archive under Open Access (SN 9092) conditions, End User Licence (SN 9093), and Secure Access (SN 9094). </p><p>The Secure Access version includes the same data as the End User Licence version, but includes more detailed variables including:</p><ul><li>age as a continuous variable</li><li>sex<br></li><li>whether gender is the same as at birth</li><li>sexual orientation</li><li>more detailed ethnicity</li><li>where journey to recent visit to green and natural space started from</li><li>visit date</li><li>detailed home geography, including local authority districts, local nature recovery strategies areas, national character areas; urban/rural area, and Index of Multiple Deprivation</li><li>a number of variables that have not been top-coded, including number of children and number of children in household, food and drink expenditure, and income</li></ul><p></p><p>The Open Access version includes the same data as the End User Licence version, but does <span style="text-decoration: underline;">not</span> include the following variables:</p><ul><li><span>age band</span></li><li><span>gender identity<br></span></li><li><span>marital status</span></li><li><span>number of children living in household</span></li><li>number of children</li><li><span>work status</span></li><li><span>student working status</span></li><li><span>income</span></li><li><span>qualification</span></li><li><span>ethnicity and consent to answer ethnicity question</span></li><li><span>number of vehicles</span></li><li><span>presence of dog in household</span></li><li><span>physical activity</span></li><li><span>various health data</span></li></ul><p>Researchers are advised to review the Open Access and/or the End User Licence versions to determine if these are adequate prior to ordering the Secure Access version.</p>Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. An explanation can be found on the <a href="https://osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/accredited-official-statistics/">Office for Statistics Regulation website</a>.<p></p><p>Natural England's statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR). OSR sets the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics that all producers of official statistics should adhere to.</p><p> These accredited official statistics were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation in January 2023. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics and should be labelled ‘accredited official statistics’.</p><p>Users are welcome to contact Natural England directly at <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</a> with any comments about how they meet these standards. Alternatively, users can contact OSR by emailing <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</a> or via the OSR website.</p><p>Since the latest review by the Office for Statistics Regulation, Natural England have continued to comply with the Code of Practice for Statistics, and have made the following improvements:</p><ol><li>Published a development plan with timetables for future work, which will be updated annually</li><li>Ensured that users have opportunities to contribute to development planning through their biannual Research User Group</li><li>Enabled wider access to the data by publishing raw data sets through the UK Data Service</li><li>Provided users with guidance on how statistics from their products can be compared with those produced in the devolved nations</li><li>Published guidance on the differences between PaNS and MENE</li><li>Improved estimates of the percentage of people visiting nature in the previous 14 days by reducing the amount of respondents answering ‘don’t know’.</li></ol><p>These data are available in Excel, SPSS, as well as Open Document Spreadsheet (ODS) formats.<br></p><p></p><p></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold">Latest edition information</span></p><p>For the ninth edition (June 2025), data for October to December 2024 (Quarter 19) have been added.
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《英格兰人与自然调查》（People and Nature Survey for England）是探究民众对自然环境的体验与认知的核心数据与统计来源之一。该调查自2020年4月起启动数据采集工作，并持续开展至今。

本调查承接了2009年至2019年间开展的《自然环境参与度监测》（Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment，简称MENE）调查。《英格兰人与自然调查》的数据可支持使用者实现以下目标：
- 了解民众如何使用、乐享自然环境，以及保护自然环境的动机来源；
- 监测不同空间尺度下、针对人口中关键群体的自然环境使用情况随时间的变化；
- 了解置身自然环境对民众福祉的影响；
- 了解民众的环境态度，以及其在家庭、庭院与更大社区范围内开展的环境保护行动。

该数据可助力自然英格兰（Natural England）履行法定职责，为英国环境、食品与农村事务部（Defra）的政策制定与自然资本核算提供支撑，并服务于《25年环境计划》的成果指标框架。

《英格兰人与自然调查》共有三个版本可供获取，分别为英国数据档案馆（UK Data Archive）的开放获取版（开放获取条款，编号SN 9092）、最终用户许可版（编号SN 9093）与安全访问版（编号SN 9094）。

安全访问版与最终用户许可版包含的数据内容一致，但新增了更多详细变量，具体包括：
- 作为连续变量的年龄；
- 性别；
- 出生时的性别与现有性别是否一致；
- 性取向；
- 更细化的种族信息；
- 近期前往绿色与自然空间的出发地点；
- 到访日期；
- 细化的家庭地理信息，涵盖地方政府辖区、地方自然恢复战略区域、国家特色区域、城乡分类以及多重贫困指数（Index of Multiple Deprivation）；
- 多项未做上限编码的变量，涵盖子女数量、家庭内子女人数、食品饮料支出以及收入。

开放获取版与最终用户许可版的数据内容一致，但未包含以下变量：
- 年龄组；
- 性别认同；
- 婚姻状况；
- 家庭居住子女数；
- 子女数量；
- 工作状态；
- 学生务工状态；
- 收入；
- 学历资质；
- 种族信息以及是否同意回答种族相关问题；
- 车辆数量；
- 家庭是否饲养犬只；
- 身体活动情况；
- 各类健康数据。

研究人员在申请安全访问版前，建议先查阅开放获取版和/或最终用户许可版，以确认其是否满足自身研究需求。

根据2007年《统计与登记服务法》，获认证的官方统计被称为“国家统计”。相关解释可在英国统计监管办公室（Office for Statistics Regulation）官网查询。

自然英格兰（Natural England）的统计工作由英国统计监管办公室（Office for Statistics Regulation，简称OSR）监管。OSR制定了《统计业务守则》，确立了可信度、质量与价值标准，所有官方统计数据生产者均需遵守该守则。

该批获认证的官方统计数据已于2023年1月通过OSR的独立审核，符合《统计业务守则》规定的可信度、质量与价值标准，应标注为“获认证官方统计数据”。

用户若对本调查数据符合相关标准的情况有任何意见，可直接联系自然英格兰（邮箱：[e-mail]）。此外，用户也可通过发送邮件至[e-mail]或访问OSR官网与OSR取得联系。

自OSR最新一次审核以来，自然英格兰始终遵守《统计业务守则》，并完成了以下优化工作：
1. 发布了包含未来工作时间表的发展规划，该规划将每年更新一次；
2. 通过每半年一次的研究用户小组，为用户提供参与发展规划制定的渠道；
3. 通过英国数据服务（UK Data Service）发布原始数据集，进一步扩大数据的可获取范围；
4. 为用户提供指南，说明如何将本调查产品的统计数据与英国分权国家发布的统计数据进行对比；
5. 发布了关于《英格兰人与自然调查》（PaNS）与MENE差异的指南说明；
6. 通过减少回答“不知道”的受访者比例，优化了过去14天内到访自然的人群占比的估算结果。

本数据集提供Excel、SPSS以及开放文档格式表格（Open Document Spreadsheet，简称ODS）三种格式。

**最新版本信息**
第九版（2025年6月）新增了2024年10月至12月（第19季度）的相关数据。