Survey Question Bank
Scales and instruments zone - use in UK surveys
A-Z of scales/instruments with listing of surveys held at ESDS that use the scale/instrument:A to D | E to H | I to M | N to Q | R to U | V to Z
Activities of Daily Living Schedules (ADLs)
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- British Household Panel Survey: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009
- Continuous Household Survey, 2008-2009
- English Longitudinal Study Of Ageing: Wave 0 (1998, 1999 And 2001) And Waves 1-4 (2002-2009)
- General Household Survey, 2001-2002
- Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living In Private Households, 2000
- Southampton Ageing Project, 1977-1998
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- National Child Development Study: Biomedical Data, 2002-2004: Special Licence Access
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 8, 2008-2009: First Deposit
- ONS Omnibus Survey, November 1998
- ONS Survey Of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Prisoners In England And Wales, 1997
- Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living In Private Households, 2000
Animal Naming Test
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 8, 2008-2009: First Deposit
- Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living In Private Households, 2000
Barthel Index of Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Basic Erosive Wear Examination (BEWE)
Basic Periodontal Exam (BPE)
Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS)
Big Five Inventory (BFI)
- British Household Panel Survey: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009 [Wave 15]
- Decision Making Styles In Financial Behaviour: Towards A Method For Measurement And Application, 2000-2001
Biphasic Alcohol Effects Scale (BAES)
Braken Basic Concept Scale (BBCS)
Bristol Social Adjustment Guide (BSAG)
British Ability Scales (BAS)
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Ten-Year Follow-up, 1980
- Growing Up in Scotland: Sweeps 1 to 4, 2005-2009
- Mental Health Of Children And Adolescents In Great Britain, 1999
- Millennium Cohort Study: Second Survey, 2003-2005
- Millennium Cohort Study: Third Survey, 2006
- Millennium Cohort Study: Fourth Survey, 2008
- National Evaluation Of Sure Start, 2003-2007
CAGE Assessment (Alcohol Abuse) (CAGE)
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Thirty-Four-Year Follow-Up, 2004-2005
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-Up, 1999-2000
- Health Survey For England, 1994
- Health Survey For England, 1998
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 6, 1999-2000
- Scottish Health Survey, 1995
Cantril's Self-Anchoring Scale (The Ladder)
Carey Temperament Scales (CTS)
CASP-19 Quality of Life Measure (CASP-19)
- British Household Panel Survey: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009 [Wave 11]
- English Longitudinal Study Of Ageing: Wave 0 (1998, 1999 And 2001) And Waves 1-4 (2002-2009)
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 8, 2008-2009: First Deposit
- Social Variations In Health In Early Old Age: Investigation Of Precursors In A 60 Year Follow-Up Study, 1997-2004
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)
Children's Attribution of Responsibility and Locus of Control (CARALOC)
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Follow-up, 1986
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Ten-Year Follow-up, 1980
Children's Depression Inventory (CDI)
Cognitive Developmental Assessment (CDA)
Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ)
Cognitive Style Index (CSI)
Commitment at Work
Communication and Symbolic Behaviour Scales (CSBS)
Condon Maternal Attachment Questionnaire
Conners Rating Scales (CRS)
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Follow-up, 1986
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Ten-Year Follow-up, 1980
Context Free Environmental Characteristics Scale
Cornell Medical Index (CMI)
De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale
Decision Making Styles Questionnaire (DMSQ)
Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST)
Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS)
Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA)
- Mental Health Of Children And Adolescents In Great Britain, 1999
- Mental Health of Children and Young People in Great Britain, 2004
Directive and Supportive Leadership
Distributive Justice Scale (DJS)
Downsian Scales
Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA)
Economic Locus of Control
Edinburgh Claudication Questionnaire (ECQ)
- English Longitudinal Study Of Ageing: Wave 0 (1998, 1999 And 2001) And Waves 1-4 (2002-2009)
- Scottish Health Survey, 1995
Edinburgh Post-Natal Depression Scale (EPDS)
EQ-5D Health State (EQ-5D)
- Acute Trusts: Adult Inpatients Survey, 2009
- General Household Survey, 1994: Follow-Up Survey Of The Health Of People Aged 65 And Over
- Health State Valuations From The British General Public, 1993
- Health Survey For England, 2008
- Health Survey For England, 2005
- Measurement And Valuation Of Health, 1989
- Northern Ireland Health And Social Wellbeing Survey, 2005-2006
- OPCS Omnibus Survey, Euroqol II Health Module And Disability And Discrimination Module, January - March, 1996
- OPCS Omnibus Survey, January 1995
- Outpatients Department Survey, 2009
Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI)
- Health And Lifestyle Survey, 1984-1985
- Health And Lifestyle Survey: Seven-Year Follow-Up, 1991-1992
- Opinions And Attitudes Of Senior Girls, 1973
- Pupils Interests, Abilities And Future Progress At School And Work, 1970
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ)
- Community And Individual Response As A Function Of Traffic Noise Exposure, 1983-1984
- Measurement And Valuation Of Health, 1989
Formal Procedures Scale
Framingham Type A Scale (FTAS)
General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Follow-up, 1986
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-Up, 1999-2000
- British Household Panel Survey: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009
- DE/PSI National Survey Of Long-Term Unemployment, 1980-1981
- English Longitudinal Study Of Ageing: Wave 0 (1998, 1999 And 2001) And Waves 1-4 (2002-2009)
- Factors Mediating The Effects Of Unemployment On Health, 1982-1984
- Health And Lifestyle Survey, 1984-1985
- Health And Lifestyle Survey: Seven-Year Follow-Up, 1991-1992
- Health Education Population Survey, 2007
- Health Survey For England, 2008
- Longitudinal Study Of Young People In England: Waves One To Six, 2004-2009
- Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Great Britain, 1999
- Mental Health of Children and Young People in Great Britain, 2004
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 6, 1999-2000
- Northern Ireland Health And Social Wellbeing Survey, 2005-2006
- OPCS Survey Of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Homeless People, 1994
- Quality Of Home Experience For Homeworkers, 2002
- Scottish Health Survey, 1995
- Scottish Health Survey, 1998
- Scottish Health Survey, 2003
- Scottish Health Survey, 2008
- Understanding Society: Wave 1, Year 1, 2009
- Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-2, 2008-2009
- Welsh Health Survey, 2005-2006
- Young Life and Times Survey, 2008
Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)
Goldthorpe-Heath Class Schema
Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital State (GRIMS)
Harter's Perceived Competence Scale for Children (PCS)
Harter's Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC)
Health Locus of Control (HLC) Scale
Hope-Goldthorpe Scale (HG)
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Six-Year Follow-Up, 1996
- British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-1998: Employment Data
- DE/PSI National Survey Of Long-Term Unemployment, 1980-1981
- Equal Opportunities Commission's Hours Of Work Survey, 1989
- Home Online, 1998-2001
- Northern Ireland Social Mobility Survey, 1996
- Participation In Political Organisations In The United Kingdom And The Internet, 2001-2003
- Political Responses To Unemployment In Two Localities, 1985
- Port Talbot People And Jobs Survey, 1984
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
- Alcohol And Suicide, Jews And Protestants, 1999-2000
- Later Life Widowhood: Bereavement And Gender Effects On Lifestyle And Participation, 2000-2001
Index of Mental Health
Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- Audit Of Political Engagement 5, 2007
- British Crime Survey, 2006-2007: Special Licence Access, Social Heterogeneity Variables
- British Crime Survey, 2009-2010
- Childcare and Early Years Provision: Parents' Use, Views and Experiences, 2004
- English Housing Survey, 2008-2009: Household Data
- Longitudinal Study Of Young People In England: Waves One To Six, 2004-2009
- National Awareness And Early Diagnosis Initiative: Cancer Awareness Measure, Lambeth, 2009-2010: Special Licence Access
- Offending, Crime And Justice Survey, 2006
- Survey of English Housing, 1993/94-2007/08
- Youth Cohort Study: England, Cohort Thirteen, Sweep One To Three, 2007-2009
Intergroup Anxiety
International Personality Item Pool (IPIP)
- Assessing The Bipolar Nature Of Productive And Counter-Productive Behaviour At Work, 2008-2009
- Millennium Cohort Study: Fourth Survey, 2008
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 8, 2008-2009: First Deposit
- Older People's Experience Of Paid Employment: Participation And Quality Of Life, 2001-2002
Job-Related Well-Being
Kanungo's Job Involvement Questionnaire (JIQ)
Kidscreen-27
Lawrence's Self-Esteem Questionnaire (LAWSEQ)
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Follow-up, 1986
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Ten-Year Follow-up, 1980
Leeds Depression, Anxiety Scale (DAS)
Left/Right
- British Election Study, 2005: Face-To-Face Survey
- British Social Attitudes Survey, 2008
- Gender And The Vote In Britain, 2007
- Membership Survey Of The Alliance Party Of Northern Ireland, 2000-2001
- National Identity And Constitutional Change In England, Scotland, Wales And Northern Ireland, 2001 And 2003
- Northern Ireland Life And Times Survey, 2006
- Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1995
- Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996
- Scottish And Welsh Referendum Studies, 1997
- Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
- Welsh Assembly Election Study, 1999
- Welsh Life And Times Study (Welsh Assembly Election Study), 2007
Libertarian/Authoritarian
- British Election Study, 2005: Face-To-Face Survey
- British Social Attitudes Survey, 2008
- Gender And The Vote In Britain, 2007
- National Identity And Constitutional Change In England, Scotland, Wales And Northern Ireland, 2001 And 2003
- Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1995
- Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996
- Scottish And Welsh Referendum Studies, 1997
- Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
- Welsh Assembly Election Study, 1999
- Welsh Life And Times Study (Welsh Assembly Election Study), 2007
Life Events and Difficulties Schedule (LEDS)
Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test (LWMAT)
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-Up, 1999-2000
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 6, 1999-2000
McCarthy Scale of Child Abilities (MSCA)
McClements Equivalence Scale
- Effects Of Taxes And Benefits On Household Income, 2008-2009
- Expenditure And Food Survey, 2005-2006
- Institute For Fiscal Studies Households Below Average Income Dataset, 1961-1991
McMaster Family Assessment Device (FAD)
- Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Great Britain, 1999
- Mental Health of Children and Young People in Great Britain, 2004
Malaise Inventory
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Five-Year Follow-up, 1975
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Follow-up, 1986
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Ten-Year Follow-up, 1980
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-One-Year Sample Survey, 1992
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Twenty-Nine-Year Follow-Up, 1999-2000
- British Cohort Studies Teaching Dataset for Higher Education, 1958-2000
- Disability In Adolescence, 1977-1979: The Psychological And Social Problems Of Teenagers With Cerebral Palsy And Spina Bifida With Hydrocephalus
- Millennium Cohort Study: First Survey, 2001-2003
- National Child Development Study: 37-Year Sample Survey, 1995
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 4, 1981, And Public Examination Results, 1978
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 6, 1999-2000
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 8, 2008-2009: First Deposit
Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Short Form 12 Health Survey (SF-12)
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- Ethnic Minority Psychiatric Illness Rates In The Community (EMPIRIC), 2000
- Growing Up in Scotland: Sweeps 1 to 4, 2005-2009
- Health Survey For England, 2000
- National Surveys Of NHS Patients: General Practice, 1998
- Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living In Private Households, 2000
- Scottish Health Survey, 2003
- Understanding Society: Wave 1, Year 1, 2009
- Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-2, 2008-2009
Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36)
- British Household Panel Survey: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009 [Wave 9]
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 8, 2008-2009: First Deposit
- Older People's Experience Of Paid Employment: Participation And Quality Of Life, 2001-2002
- Trent Health Lifestyle Survey: Adults And Young People, 1994
- Welsh Health Survey, 2009
Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) Sleep Scale
Medical Research Council (MRC) Respiratory Questionnaire
- English Longitudinal Study Of Ageing: Wave 0 (1998, 1999 And 2001) And Waves 1-4 (2002-2009)
- Health Survey For England, 2000
- Scottish Health Survey, 1995
- Scottish Health Survey, 1998
- Scottish Health Survey, 2003
- Scottish Health Survey, 2008
Minimum Data Set (MDS) Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS)
Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS)
Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Screening (TICS-m)
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living In Private Households, 2000
Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)
National Adult Reading Test (NART)
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living In Private Households, 2000
New Ecological Paradigm (NEP)
- Community Energy Initiatives: Embedding Sustainable Technology At The Local Level, 2005
- Survey of Public Attitudes and Behaviours toward the Environment, 2009
- UEA-MORI Risk Survey, 2002
Older People's Utility Scale for Social Care (OPUS)
Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14)
Oral Impacts on Daily Performance (OIDP) scale
Participation in Activities Scale
Peabody Individual Achievement Tests (PIAT)
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT)
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 5, 1991
- Young Lives: an International Study of Childhood Poverty: Round 3, 2009
Perceived Organisational Support (POS)
Perceived Social Support (PSS)
- Health And Lifestyle Survey, 1984-1985
- Health And Lifestyle Survey: Seven-Year Follow-Up, 1991-1992
- Health Survey For England, 2005
- Northern Ireland Health And Social Wellbeing Survey, 2005-2006
- OPCS Surveys Of Psychiatric Morbidity: Institutions Sample, 1994
- OPCS Surveys Of Psychiatric Morbidity: Private Household Survey, 1993
- Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living In Private Households, 2000
Philadelphia Geriatric Center (PGC) Morale Scale
- Elderly In The Community, 1979
- Quality Of Life Among People Aged 75 And Over In Great Britain, 1994-1998
- Survey Of Quality Of Life In Older Age, 2000-2001
Place Attachment
Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS)
Present State Examination (PSE)
- Alcohol And Suicide, Jews And Protestants, 1999-2000
- Jewish Depression, 1991-1993
- TAPS Study Of Long-Term Non-Demented Patients, 1985-1998
Psychosis Screening Questionnaire (PSQ)
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- Ethnic Minority Psychiatric Illness Rates In The Community (EMPIRIC), 2000
- ONS Survey Of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Prisoners In England And Wales, 1997
- OPCS Survey Of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Homeless People, 1994
- OPCS Surveys Of Psychiatric Morbidity: Institutions Sample, 1994
- OPCS Surveys Of Psychiatric Morbidity: Private Household Survey, 1993
- Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living In Private Households, 2000
PUFA Index
Race Stereotyping Scale
Raven's Progressive Matrices
- Older People's Experience Of Paid Employment: Participation And Quality Of Life, 2001-2002
- Southampton Ageing Project, 1977-1998
- Young Lives: An International Study Of Childhood Poverty: Rounds 1 And 2, 2002-2006
Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL)
Religious Activity Measure
Revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R)
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- Ethnic Minority Psychiatric Illness Rates In The Community (EMPIRIC), 2000
- ONS Survey Of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Prisoners In England And Wales, 1997
- OPCS Survey Of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Homeless People, 1994
- OPCS Surveys Of Psychiatric Morbidity: Institutions Sample, 1994
- OPCS Surveys Of Psychiatric Morbidity: Private Household Survey, 1993
- Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living In Private Households, 2000
Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R)
Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT)
Rose Angina Questionnaire (RAQ)
- English Longitudinal Study Of Ageing: Wave 0 (1998, 1999 And 2001) And Waves 1-4 (2002-2009)
- Health Survey For England, 2008
- Scottish Health Survey, 1995
- Scottish Health Survey, 1998
- Scottish Health Survey, 2008
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE)
Rutter Behaviour Scales
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Five-Year Follow-up, 1975
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Sixteen-Year Follow-up, 1986
- 1970 British Cohort Study: Ten-Year Follow-up, 1980
- British Cohort Studies Teaching Dataset for Higher Education, 1958-2000
Ryff's Scales of Psychological Wellbeing (RPWB)
Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS)
- English Longitudinal Study Of Ageing: Wave 0 (1998, 1999 And 2001) And Waves 1-4 (2002-2009)
- Older People's Experience Of Paid Employment: Participation And Quality Of Life, 2001-2002
- Scottish Environmental Attitudes And Behaviours Survey, 2008
- Survey Of Quality Of Life In Older Age, 2000-2001
- Wellbeing In Developing Countries: Quality Of Life, 2004-2005
Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN)
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- ONS Survey Of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Prisoners In England And Wales, 1997
- OPCS Survey Of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Homeless People, 1994
- OPCS Surveys Of Psychiatric Morbidity: Institutions Sample, 1994
- OPCS Surveys Of Psychiatric Morbidity: Private Household Survey, 1993
- Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living In Private Households, 2000
Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD)
- Growing Up in Scotland: Sweeps 1 to 4, 2005-2009
- Scottish Crime And Justice Survey, 2008-2009
- Scottish Crime And Justice Survey, 2009-2010
- Scottish Household Survey, 2003-2004
- Scottish Social Attitudes Survey, 2009
Self-Esteem Questionnaire (SEQ)
Self-Report Coping Scale (SRCS)
Self Reporting Questionnaire 20 (SRQ-20)
- Young Lives: an International Study Of Childhood Poverty: Rounds 1 and 2, 2002-2006
- Young Lives: an International Study Of Childhood Poverty: Rounds 3, 2009 (Peru only)
Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire (SADQ)
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living In Private Households, 2000
Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)
Social and Health Assessment Peer Victimisation Scale
Social Care Outcome for Older People (SCOOP)
Social Distance Scale
Social Functioning Questionnaire (SFQ)
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- Ethnic Minority Psychiatric Illness Rates In The Community (EMPIRIC), 2000
Socialist/Laissez Faire
Southgate Group Reading Test
Speed and Capacity of Language-Processing (SCOLP) Test
State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)
- Growing Up in Scotland: Sweeps 1 to 4, 2005-2009
- Health Survey For England, 2000
- Health Survey For England, 2008
- Longitudinal Study Of Young People In England: Waves One To Six, 2004-2009
- Mental Health Of Children And Adolescents In Great Britain, 1999
- Mental Health of Children and Young People in Great Britain, 2004
- Mental Health Of Young People Looked After By Local Authorities In Great Britain, 2001-2003
- Millennium Cohort Study: Fourth Survey, 2008
- Scottish Health Survey, 2003
- Scottish Health Survey, 2008
- Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle And Substance Use Survey, 2006
- Understanding Society: Wave 1, Year 1, 2009
- Welsh Health Survey, 2009
- Young Lives: An International Study Of Childhood Poverty: Rounds 1 And 2, 2002-2006
- Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-2, 2008-2009
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-II)
- Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, 2007
- ONS Survey Of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Prisoners In England And Wales, 1997
- Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adults Living In Private Households, 2000
Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression Scale (SAD)
Temperament scale developed for the Child Surveys of the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY)
Test of Everyday Attention (TEA)
Trauma Screening Questionnaire (TSQ)
Voluntary Workplace Behaviour (VWB)
Wakefield Self-Assessment Depression Inventory
Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS)
- British Social Attitudes Survey, 2007
- Health Education Population Survey, 2007
- National Child Development Study: Sweep 8, 2008-2009: First Deposit
- Scottish Health Survey, 2008
- Understanding Society: Wave 1, Year 1, 2009
- Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-2, 2008-2009
Welfarist
- British Social Attitudes Survey, 2004
- Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1995
- Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1996








