Latest Publication:

• ‘Figuring it Out: Looking behind social statistics in Northern Ireland’ by Ann Marie Gray and Goretti Horgan
  ....reveals what social statistics can tell us about social policy in Northern Ireland. The book, produced with the assistance of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, is the outcome of an ARK project which aims to inform and promote debate on social policy issues. The statistics are accompanied by a lay friendly commentary on transport, the environment, health and social care, education, employment and culture, arts and sport which highlights significant trends and identifies priority issues for social policy

An edited book based on data from the Young Life and Times Survey has been published:

• Dirk Schubotz and Paula Devine (eds):
  Young people in post-conflict Northern Ireland. The past cannot be changed, but the future can be developed
  

Two edited books have been published based on data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times survey.

• Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The Eighth Report
• Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The Ninth Report

However, these books are a continuation of the Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland series, which has become an acknowledged source of information on contemporary values in Northern Ireland. The initial seven volumes drew on data from the Northern Ireland Social Attitudes survey series, which ran from 1989 to 1996:

• Stringer, P. and Robinson, G. (eds), (1991) Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland, 1990-91 edition (Belfast: Blackstaff Press)
• Stringer, P. and Robinson, G. (eds) (1992) Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland, The Second Report, 1991--92 (Belfast: Blackstaff Press)
• Stringer, P. and Robinson, G. (eds) (1993) Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The third report, 1992-1993 (Belfast: Blackstaff Press)
• Breen, R., Devine, P. and Robinson, G. (eds) (1995) Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The fourth report, 1994--1995 (Belfast: Appletree Press)
• Breen, R., Devine, P. and Dowds, L. (eds) (1996) Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The fifth report, 1995--1996 (Belfast: Appletree Press)
• Dowds, L., Devine, P. and Breen.R. (eds) (1997) Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The sixth report, 1996--1887 (Belfast: Appletree Press)
• Robinson, G., Heenan, D., Gray, A. M. and Thompson, K (eds) (1998) Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: the 7th report (Aldershot: Ashgate)