[1][2][3] The research charity was founded in 1969 by Sir Roger Jowell[4] and Gerald Hoinville with the aim of carrying out social policy research to improve society.
NatCen is best known for its annual British Social Attitudes Survey, founded by the organisation in 1983.
[5][6] The British Social Attitudes survey is Britain's longest-running annual survey of public attitudes and can be accessed for research through the UK Data Service.
[7] NatCen's sister organisation, the Scottish Centre for Social Research (ScotCen), carries out an equivalent of the survey in Scotland, called the Scottish Social Attitudes survey.
[8][9] In addition to the British Social Attitudes survey, NatCen collects a number of statistics on behalf of the UK government and government bodies.