Social Trends is a flagship publication from the Office for National Statistics. It draws together statistics, analysis and research to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive description of our society today, and how it has been changing. This latest edition of Social Trends includes updates for all key policy areas, covering: Reflection on?forty years of Measuring Social Trends Labour Market Education Population Social Protection Transport Crime& Justice Households& Families Lifestyles Environment Income& Wealth Expenditure Health and HousingThe OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS (ONS) is the largest producer of official statistics to government. ONS is responsible for producing a wide range of key economic and social statistics which are used by policy makers across government to create evidence-based policies and monitor performance against them. The Office also builds and maintains data sources both for itself and for its business and research customers. It makes statistics available so that everyone can easily assess the state of the nation, the performance of government, and their own position. New?for this year is the?reflection on 40 years of measuring social trends in the UK Allows users to access a wide range of statistics from a diverse set of sources, in one publication Key statistics and commentary from key policy areas Wide range of datasets and comparisons included in the publication, for example, longitudinal datasets, forecasted and projection data and international comparisons The thirteen chapters in this publication encourage users to conduct crosssectional analysis