Specifically, the UKHLS asks respondents of their experience of physical violence and “being insulted, called names, threatened or shouted at” as well as feeling unsafe and avoiding particular locations. potential to support significant developments in criminological research given the breadth of variables the UKHLS collects alongside its panel data structure. For example, now researchers can look at the link between violence and its effects on labour market dynamics (e.g., Gash and Blom 2023), socioeconomic positioning, family circumstances, and health, amongst others.
For the study of violence, the CSEW is already netherlands rcs data widely used in both policy and academic circles . Yet its annual cross-sectional nature does not allow for assessments of causal dynamics or of the possible long-term effects of criminal actions on its victims. Also, given the CSEW’s primary focus on measures of crime, it has few indicators relating to labour market, family circumstances or health compared to the UKHLS.
To assess the utility of the UKHLS for the study of violence, we compare the wording of the violence and fear of violence questions within the UKHLS and the CSEW, their prevalence and association with key demographics and its association with self-rated general health. We compare the associations between the violence indicators and demographics and health, next to comparing the question wording, to determine whether the UKHLS and CSEW measure similar things. If the violence measures are similar, their associations with other variables should be similar too. We focussed on three indicators: physical violence victimisation, being threatened, and feeling unsafe.