Centre for Longitudinal Study Information and User Support (CeLSIUS): Research Support Unit for the ONS Longitudinal Study for England & Wales 2020-25
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Epidemiology and Public Health
Abstract
CeLSIUS is a research support unit that enables research using the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Longitudinal Study for England and Wales- the largest nationally representative longitudinal dataset in the UK.
Longitudinal studies follow the lives of individuals over a long period of time, showing us how people are affected by changes in society. The ONS Longitudinal Study contains the linked census data and some life events data of approximately one million sample members, collected over 40 years. This service is free to the user.
The sample comprises people born on one of four selected dates of birth and therefore makes up about 1% of the total population. The sample was initiated at the time of the 1971 Census, and the five dates were used to update the sample at the 1981,1991 2001 and 2011 Censuses and in vital event registrations and registration of cancer. Thus, the ONS LS represents a continuous sample of the population of England and Wales, rather than a sample taken at one time point only.
Information is also included for all people living in the same household as the ONS LS member whilst they live in the same household with the sample member. Full ONS LS members enter the study through birth on one of the four dates and immigration and existing members leave through death and emigration. The four dates are known only to a very small number of researchers based in ONS and the data is analysed in anonymised form and all results are published so that no one could be identified from them. To use the data the user must have an approved project and be an approved researcher. All research carried out must have public benefit.
What type of research does CeLSIUS support:
Associations between census data and event data
For example: studies of associations between employment status and mortality, between economic status and cancer registrations, or between socio-economic factors and fertility; and survival analysis of mortality by area deprivation.
Changes over time between censuses
For example: analysis of patterns of retirement migration; studies of the effects of divorce and remarriage on housing tenure; or comparison of changes in education, employment and migration between different decades.
Changes over time between event data sets
Studies of changes in birth spacing or associations between fertility and cancer survival.
Changes over time in population and sub groups
This is especially useful for studies of ethnic or geographical factors.
This project will continue to provide users with support in using the data and enable research to be carried out between 2020 and 2025.
The 2021 census data when added will extend the data set to cover 50 years.
Longitudinal studies follow the lives of individuals over a long period of time, showing us how people are affected by changes in society. The ONS Longitudinal Study contains the linked census data and some life events data of approximately one million sample members, collected over 40 years. This service is free to the user.
The sample comprises people born on one of four selected dates of birth and therefore makes up about 1% of the total population. The sample was initiated at the time of the 1971 Census, and the five dates were used to update the sample at the 1981,1991 2001 and 2011 Censuses and in vital event registrations and registration of cancer. Thus, the ONS LS represents a continuous sample of the population of England and Wales, rather than a sample taken at one time point only.
Information is also included for all people living in the same household as the ONS LS member whilst they live in the same household with the sample member. Full ONS LS members enter the study through birth on one of the four dates and immigration and existing members leave through death and emigration. The four dates are known only to a very small number of researchers based in ONS and the data is analysed in anonymised form and all results are published so that no one could be identified from them. To use the data the user must have an approved project and be an approved researcher. All research carried out must have public benefit.
What type of research does CeLSIUS support:
Associations between census data and event data
For example: studies of associations between employment status and mortality, between economic status and cancer registrations, or between socio-economic factors and fertility; and survival analysis of mortality by area deprivation.
Changes over time between censuses
For example: analysis of patterns of retirement migration; studies of the effects of divorce and remarriage on housing tenure; or comparison of changes in education, employment and migration between different decades.
Changes over time between event data sets
Studies of changes in birth spacing or associations between fertility and cancer survival.
Changes over time in population and sub groups
This is especially useful for studies of ethnic or geographical factors.
This project will continue to provide users with support in using the data and enable research to be carried out between 2020 and 2025.
The 2021 census data when added will extend the data set to cover 50 years.
Organisations
Publications
Archer G
(2022)
Reply to 'Letter to the editor: Don't forget survey data: "healthy cohorts" are "real world" relevant if missing data are handled appropriately' by Richard Silverwood et al.
in Longitudinal and life course studies : international journal
Ball W
(2020)
Self-Rated Health Inequalities in British Nurses
in International Journal of Population Data Science
Bell B
(2023)
Where is the Land of Hope and Glory? The geography of intergenerational mobility in England and Wales*
in The Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Brook O
(2022)
Social Mobility and 'Openness' in Creative Occupations since the 1970s
in Sociology
Buscha F
(2021)
Spatial and social mobility in England and Wales: A sub-national analysis of differences and trends over time
in British Journal of Sociology
Buscha F
(2021)
Spatial and social mobility in England and Wales: A sub-national analysis of differences and trends over time.
in The British journal of sociology
Buscha F
(2023)
Selective schooling and social mobility in England
in Labour Economics
CeLSIUS
(2022)
Guides to using ONS LS data: Imputation flag variables
| Description | We enable research using the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Longitudinal Study - the largest nationally representative longitudinal dataset in the UK. |
| Exploitation Route | By supporting the use of the ONS LS large numbers of researchers can access the data and produce research with impact. These outputs can be access here https://calls.ac.uk/outputs/ We also support a number of PhD students with their research. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Environment,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/health-and-social-surveys-research-group/studies-10 |
| Description | We have provided personal, expert user support for research design, data extraction, data analysis and output clearance in a timely fashion. Our support includes answering initial enquiries, helping with applications to use the LS, supporting LS research projects through running syntax remotely, and supporting remote and on site secure research service users, clearing outputs and advising on and supporting with dissemination. We also provide advisory support to ONS in multiple capacities and sit on several advisory boards. Therefore, the majority of findings associated with this award are an outcome of the support we have provided to research projects rather than research we have carried out ourselves. There has been ongoing provision of a successful service at UCL since 2012, which has extended the ONS LS user base - there are an increasing number of projects supported by CeLSIUS, of which several have began during this funding phase since September 2020, despite this being late in the post-2011/pre-2021 Census intercensal period, when project numbers would be expected to fall and despite the challenges to accessing the data due to the pandemic. We have extended the ONS LS user base through outreach, publicity and promotional activities within the economic and social sciences and policy communities. We have updated our website extensively and added new resources including a suite of thematic guides; we have promoted these using visualisations via Twitter. A strong social media campaign including scheduled tweets has led to increased number of followers including non-academic followers. As a result the LS user base has extended to include projects by policy-influencing groups such as the Sutton Trust. We have developed international collaborations, to share innovations and for comparable research with other linked Census data sets around the world. Staff have presented online at national and international conferences that have attendance from non-academic audiences such as BSPS to widen awareness and increase research potential and impact of the ONS LS. We have assisted in running one UKCenLS training workshop led by SLS in 2021 and hosted a UKCenLS event in Cardiff in 2022 (postponed from 2020) and an online alternative and spoke at a CLOSER at an Introducing longitudinal population studies event in 2022. We have launched a podcast series https://linking-our-lives.libsyn.com/site and a blog series https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/ We have participated in methodological development work and other work designed to promote the research potential and impact of the database. These include further work on Synthpop with most recently Wei Xun, former CeLSIUS User Support Officer trialling synthetic data with users and further work on a project with CLOSER to input our LS data dictionary into their 'Discovery' metadata platform. We have continued to work with ONS to support and enhance the utility of the data, including implications of the new Digital Economy Act; and contributed to discussions about planning the 2021 Census and its outputs including the LS and any future census replacement beyond 2021. Recent examples of the findings of research supported by CeLSIUS include that of Amanda Sacker, Emily Murray, Rebecca Lacey and Barbara Maughan. They studied children who spend time in non-parental care, finding in 2020 that decades after children and young people are placed in care, they are still more likely to report worse health than children who grew up in a parental household. Then, in 2022 they uncovered further complexity, finding that minority ethnicity effects non-parental care in positive and negative ways. Publication of these research findings attracted a lot of media interest and the researchers were invited to present evidence of them at the Dept for Education's Children's Social Care Analysis and Research Group in September 2021.Our support includes answering initial enquiries, helping with applications to use the LS, supporting LS research projects and advising on publications and other LS research outputs. Therefore, findings associate with this award are usually an outcome of the support we have provided to research projects rather than research we have carried out ourselves. CeLSIUS team members have produced the following publications in the period: Are 'healthy cohorts' real-world relevant? Comparing the National Child Development Study (NCDS) with the ONS Longitudinal Study (LS) Archer, G., Xun, W. W., Stuchbury, R., Nicholas, O., Shelton, N. (2020) Guides to using ONS LS data: Births and fertility CeLSIUS (2020) Guides to using ONS LS data: Defining a study population CeLSIUS (2020) Guides to using ONS LS data: Ethnicity CeLSIUS (2020) Guides to using ONS LS data: Events CeLSIUS (2020) (Un-)healthy ageing in local areas: England and Wales 2001 to 2011 Norman, P., Murray, E. T., Shelton, N. & Head, J. (2021) 50 years of linking our lives Tomlinson, J. (2021) A gold mine of information: 50 years of the ONS LS Garrington, C. & Pereira, R. (2021) Age, sex, period, place and socioeconomic differentials in co-morbidity at time of death in England & Wales: what can be learned from multiple cause of death data? Grundy, E. & Stuchbury, R. (2021) Consultation Response: Developing the Health Index for England Murray, E. T., Shelton, N., Head, J. & Norman, P. (2021) Addressing health: lessons from the past about ill health in the workplace Garrington, C., featuring Shelton, N., Green, D. & Darnill, B. (2021) Documenting lives: using the ONS LS to test the representativeness of TV's Up series Garrington, C. & Sizer, A. (2021) Guides to using ONS LS data: Households and families CeLSIUS (2021) Health of older people in places and work-related outcomes: are all health indicators equal? Murray, E. T., Shelton, N., Norman, P., Head, J. (2021) Is studying medicine good for your health? Long-term health outcomes of a cohort of clinical medicine graduates in England and Wales in the ONS Longitudinal Study Shelton, N., Duke-Williams, O., van der Erve, L., Britton, J. & Xun, W. (2021) Measuring the health of people in places: a scoping review of OECD member countries Murray, E. T., Shelton, N, Norman, P. & Head, J. (2021) Murray, E. T., Head, J., Shelton, N., Beach, B., & Norman, P. (2022). Does it matter how we measure the health of older people in places for associations with labour market outcomes? A cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 22, 2252. doi:10.1186/s12889-022-14661-0 The CALLS-Hub Outputs database https://calls.ac.uk/outputs/ lists all research outcomes from projects supported by CeLSIUS along with those from NILS and SLS support teams. Our work has received media coverage, including: Oliver Duke-Williams Media interview on talkRADIO with Darryl Morris to discuss the 2021 Census; this led to a request from talkRADIO for further interview on a primetime show although unfortunately ODW was unavailable at the requested time Interviewed by David Cox for an article in Wired about the 2021 Census https://www.wired.co.uk/article/coronavirus-pandemic-census CeLSIUS was referred to in this 2020 news article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/16/our-personal-health-history-is-too-valuable-to-be-harvested-by-tech-giants |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Environment,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | CeLSIUS-supported ONS LS research project on Looked After Children Grown Up |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-public-health/research/celsius/... |
| Description | HOPE Project Consultation Response: Second State Pension age review |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360156473_Consultation_Response_Second_State_Pension_age_re... |
| Description | Member of ONS LS2021 Census Linkage Project Board |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The ONS has to deliver a linked data set - my expert user input helps with the quality of that data and metadata |
| Description | Member of ONS Longitudinal Scientific Advisory Panel |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | There are proposals not to hold a 2031 census. If this occurs there needs to be robust admin alternative. The committee is considering the longitudinal impacts of that |
| Description | Membership of Census Methodological Assurance Review Panel |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| URL | https://uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/about-the-authority/committees/methodological-assurance-revi... |
| Description | Membership of Longitudinal Study Research and Development Board (LSRDB) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
| Impact | Terms of reference The LS Research & Development Board (LSRDB) is responsible for overseeing research use and development activity of the LS. The LSRDB's terms of reference are: To oversee system and data development projects (which may be mandated by the LS Steering Group) To monitor wider developments affecting the LS and develop an agreed position on any to be presented to the LS Steering Group To coordinate collaborative work between teams to improve the accessibility, utility and promotion of the LS To ensure the data management processes and protocols for the LS meet the necessary standards To act as the approvals body for applications to use the LS for research * To act as the approvals body for applications to use restricted LS data to derive new variables or to link ecological data * Functions 5 and 6 are currently carried out by a sub-group of the LS Research Board, as indicated in the membership list in the next column. This will continue to be the case and the same people will continue to be responsible for these functions. Frequency: Quarterly |
| URL | https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/whatwedo/paidservices/longitudinalstudyls |
| Description | ONS Longitudinal Study 2021 - Derived Variables Consultation |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Invaluable expertise provided by CeLSIUS, which is crucial to the development of the linkage of 2021 Census data to the ONS LS |
| Description | Stronger Towns Index for English Local Authorities |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/23621/pdf/ |
| Description | Submitted feedback to support the development of a composite Health Index with HOPE team |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://consultations.ons.gov.uk/external-affairs/consultation-on-the-health-index-beta-release/ |
| Description | ESRC World Class Labs (WCL) underspend call |
| Amount | £29,400 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Title | ONS LS metadata for CLOSER |
| Description | We have worked alongside CLOSER after seed funding from ESRC to add ONS LS metadata to CLOSER discovery |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | We are still in the process of finalising the metadata but it has led to the ONS LS joining the CLOSER study family |
| Title | Synthetic LS datasets using Synthpop and SYLLS |
| Description | The sensitive nature of the information contained in the UKCenLSs means that access to the microdata is restricted to approved researchers and LS support staff, who can only view and work with the data in safe settings controlled by the national statistical agencies. Consequently, compared to other census data products such as the aggregate statistics or interaction data, the LSs are used by a relatively small number of researchers.The SYLLS project (Synthetic Data Estimation for UK Longitudinal Studies) was set up to develop techniques to produce synthetic data which mimics the real data and preserves the relationships between variables and transitions of individuals over time, but is more freely accessible. The project is a collaboration between the UK LS RSUs and makes use of two complementary methods for generating synthetic data products: SYLLS, a small open synthetic data set with a limited number of variables for 2001 and 2011; and Synthpop. Researchers are enabled to familiarise themselves with UKCenLS data away from the Secure Research Settings. Bespoke synthetic ONS LS data extracts were beta tested by CeLSIUS from March 2021 and the first data sets were released to users later in the year. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Access to synthetic data reduces time spent by researcher and user support office in checking feasibility of research and syntax writing |
| URL | https://calls.ac.uk/guides-resources/synthetic-ls-data/ |
| Title | CeLSIUS data dictionary |
| Description | Database of metadata related to the ONS Longitudinal Study; this has superceded earlier metadata databases, ingesting new raw data provided by ONS, and improving the search facilities First added 2016 and updated with revised base c. every 2 years |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Permits users and potential users to plan research |
| URL | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/celsius/celsiusdd/ |
| Description | CLOSER Discovery Technical Committee |
| Organisation | Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | Invited member of CLOSER Discovery Technical committee - advising on data discovery implementation and strategy for CLOSER |
| Collaborator Contribution | CLOSER administrate and organise meetings |
| Impact | Outcome in the form of recommendations in committee meetings |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | CLOSER collaboration |
| Organisation | Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Learned Society |
| PI Contribution | CeLSIUS was granted ESRC funding to add CeLSIUS metadata to the CLOSER Discovery online resource (https://discovery.closer.ac.uk/). Work began in June 2019 and CeLSIUS will include a longitudinal data set for a restricted set of variables rather than a cross sectional data set for a wider set of variables, which is what we had originally focused on. Also, the ONS LS joined the CLOSER group of studies in September 2020, which led to a more formal three-part relationship between CeLSIUS, ONS and CLOSER. This has involved CeLSIUS joining CLOSER's Data Managers and Longitudinal Communications communities of practice, attending regular meetings, presenting to these networks on the ONS LS/CeLSIUS and contributing a blog to the CLOSER website (https://www.closer.ac.uk/news-opinion/blog/50-years-of-linking-our-lives/, published in March 2021). |
| Collaborator Contribution | CLOSER is contributing the software and processes required to add CeLSIUS metadata to Discovery. CLOSER also helps promote the ONS LS and CeLSIUS through social media and has provided communities of practice and a mailing list to enable CeLSIUS to share information with the other CLOSER-affiliated longitudinal studies. |
| Impact | A closer working relationship with a relatable group which serves to promote awareness of the ONS LS and CeLSIUS service. Also: a CeLSIUS blog (https://www.closer.ac.uk/news-opinion/blog/50-years-of-linking-our-lives/, published in March 2021); and a blog from an ONS LS user about research that CeLSIUS supported (https://www.closer.ac.uk/news-opinion/blog/have-cultural-occupations-always-been-socially-exclusive-evidence/, published in March 2021) have been published on the CLOSER website. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study Research Support Unit |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | CeLSIUS works closely with the NILS RSU to promote cross-LS work and raise the profile of UK Census data and longitudinal data generally. Where it's possible, we promote harmony in the presentation of information specific to our data sets. In 2012 we produced a logo in liaison with the NILS RSU and the Scottish LS DSU, which provides a uniform visual identity for all three UK LS support units. CeLSIUS, NILS RSU and SLS DSU have also worked together on a process which produces synthetic datasets based on the ONS LS, SLS and NILS which mimic but do not contain real data. This is to enable researchers to familiarise themselves with UKCenLS data away from the Secure Research Settings. Since August 2012 we have attended/participated in many joint UK LS meetings/events including training sessions and symposia. We collaborated with NILS RSU and SLS DSU on a chapter, 'Longitudinal Studies in the United Kingdom', in 'The Routledge Handbook of Census:Resources, Methods and Applications', published in 2018. In 2018 CeLSIUS also arranged and hosted a joint UKLS jiscmail list and the three UKLSs began working collectively as 'UKCenLS'. We participated in the joint UKCenLS 2019 Conference, hosted by NILS RSU in Belfast, which launched NILS RSU's funding of Small Grant Scheme cross-LS projects. Cross-LS projects have been made possible by eDatashield, a joint UKCenLS initiative (https://calls.ac.uk/guides-resources/using-more-than-one-ls-for-your-research/.) Unfortunately the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic curtailed the small grants scheme, however several of the researchers who were approved for the funding will still be applying to use cross-LS data. Since March 2021, CeLSIUS has collaborated with SLS DSU, and NILS-RSU, in the development, piloting and implementation of a joint UKCenLS Communications strategy and Impact strategy, to increase awareness and use of existing and forthcoming research. CeLSIUS was plannning to host the second UKCenLS Conference in 2020, but this had to be postponed because of the pandemic - it will now take place at Cardiff Castle on 20 Sept 2022. SLS DSU hosted a UKCenLS webinar in lieu of a conference on 10 December 2021, which CeLSIUS and NILS-RSU participated in. CeLSIUS is working with NILS and SLS to produce an annual survey of UKCenLS users; this work was postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to the pandemic-related closure of the secure research rooms, affecting data access. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The NILS RSU research team has contributed to the items detailed above. |
| Impact | Raising of the profile of UK Census data and longitudinal data generally. The CeLSIUS website's logo which, in liaison with this partner, provides a uniform visual identity for all three UK LS Research Support Units. A synthetic dataset process to enable researchers to familiarise themselves with UKCenLS data away from the Secure Research Settings. A data dictionary that includes harmonised variables from across the three UK LS'. 'eDatashield' to enable cross-LS research. A book chapter on the UKLSs. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Office for National Statistics (ONS) |
| Organisation | Office for National Statistics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | CeLSIUS provides expert user support for data specification, extraction and analysis of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Longitudinal Study (LS), enabling vital research to be carried out. We have supported over 150 research projects since August 2012 and the number of CeLSIUS-supported projects has increased rather than declined during this period between the 2011 and 2021 Censuses. Many of these projects have been highly complex and labour-intensive and would not be possible with any other data for England and Wales. We have supported user systems updates at ONS and more stringent and time-consuming output clearance procedures during this funding phase due to changes in law. CeLSIUS staff have an expert role in explaining policies and practice on disclosure control to users and checking outputs for compliance before they are released to approved researchers.We also support users significantly in the completion of application approval paperwork for research using the LS, based on our knowledge of the data. Maintaining confidentiality and security of the data is paramount and microdata (individual level records) from the LS dataset can only be accessed within a safe setting on the Public Sector Network. Normally, this is via the ONS Secure Research Settings in London, Titchfield and Newport and CeLSIUS staff (employed by UCL and largely based in the SRS in Pimlico) would normally provide face to face support and supervision for researchers when accessing the data. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic these settings have been closed since March 2020 and CeLSIUS staff have been working from home. CeLSIUS staff can run syntax and clear outputs remotely to users who cannot attend an SRS, so we have continued to provide user support remotely. Also, approved researchers have been able to access their existing projects from home subject to an ONS Assured Organisation Connectivity agreement. CeLSIUS supports ONS in sharing knowledge of the data with new members of their team and members of the CeLSIUS team have participated in a great many ONS-liaison meetings and events since August 2012, including LS Steering Group, LS Research Development Board, User Support Officers group and many ad hoc meetings/other events. Through this collaboration we represent LS users' interests and are able to influence LS/user support developments. We continue to extend the ONS LS user base by providing a richly-resourced website (www.ucl.ac.uk/celsius), through social media outreach and through training, publicity and promotional activities. CeLSIUS has also produced, in collaboration with the other UK LS RSUs, a synthetic dataset process to enable researchers to familiarise themselves with UKCenLS data away from the Secure Research Settings, which has been approved by our ONS partners. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ONS provides the ONS LS dataset and work space and administrative support around our use of it. |
| Impact | CeLSIUS has been notified of hundreds of outcomes of LS research that we have supported since 2012. Many of these have been published in journals or as book chapters (those published during this 2020-2025 phase will be included in the Publications section). We list ONS LS research outcomes in the 'Search outputs' database on the CALLS-Hub website: https://calls.ac.uk/outputs/. Also included are research outcomes resulting from CeLSIUS' own LS research or promotional activities. CeLSIUS outputs/outcomes that have resulted from this collaboration with ONS include: the CeLSIUS data dictionary, detailing the different variables in the ONS LS; the CALLS-Hub data dictionary, in collaboration with the other LS RSUs, which details variables from all three UK LSs; a synthetic dataset process to enable researchers to familiarise themselves with ONS LS data away from the Secure Research Settings; the Linking our Lives blog series, which showcases outstanding research using the LS (https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/); the Linking our Lives podcast series featuring conversations about LS research (https://linking-our-lives.libsyn.com/); research and policy briefs (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/health-and-social-surveys-research-group/studies-55); thematic guides to using ONS LS data (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research/epidemiology-and-public-health/research/health-and-social-surveys-research-group/studies-20); several webinars focusing on LS/census data; 'Cohort Profile: the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study (the LS)' by Nicola Shelton and others, published in International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 48, issue 2, 2019; 'Are 'health cohorts' real-world relevant? Comparing the National Child Development Study (NCDS) with the ONS Longitudinal Study (LS)' by Gemma Archer and others, published in Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, vol. 11, no. 3, 2020; a book chapter on the UK LSs: 'Longitudinal Studies in the United Kingdom' by Nicola Shelton and others, in 'The Routledge Handbook of Census Resources, Methods and Applications' edited by John Stillwell. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Scottish Longitudinal Study Development and Support Unit (SLS DSU) |
| Organisation | University of St Andrews |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | CeLSIUS works closely with the SLS DSU to promote cross-LS work and raise the profile of UK Census data and longitudinal data generally. Where it's possible, we promote harmony in the presentation of information specific to our data sets. In 2012 we produced a logo in liaison with the SLS DSU and the Northern Ireland RSU, which provides a uniform visual identity for all three UK LS support units. CeLSIUS, NILS RSU and SLS DSU have worked together on a process which produces synthetic datasets based on the ONS LS, SLS and NILS which mimic but do not contain real data. This is to enable researchers to familiarise themselves with UKCenLS data away from the Secure Research Settings. Since August 2012 we have attended/participated in many joint UK LS meetings/events including training sessions and symposia. For example, in November 2019, CeLSIUS hosted two training workshops, held jointly with SLS DSU, on 'An Introduction to using the UK Census Longitudinal Studies' and 'An Introduction to using Survival Analysis Training'. We collaborated with SLS DSU and NILS RSU on a chapter, 'Longitudinal Studies in the United Kingdom', in 'The Routledge Handbook of Census:Resources, Methods and Applications', published in 2018. In 2018 CeLSIUS also arranged and hosted a joint UKLS jiscmail list and the three UKLSs began working collectively as 'UKCenLS'. We participated in the joint UKCenLS 2019 Conference, hosted by NILS RSU in Belfast, which launched NILS RSU's funding of Small Grant Scheme cross-LS projects. Cross-LS projects have been made possible by eDatashield, a joint UKCenLS initiative (https://calls.ac.uk/guides-resources/using-more-than-one-ls-for-your-research/.) Unfortunately the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic curtailed the small grants scheme, however several of the researchers who were approved for the funding will still be applying to use cross-LS data. Since March 2021, CeLSIUS has collaborated with SLS DSU, and NILS-RSU, in the development, piloting and implementation of a joint UKCenLS Communications strategy and Impact strategy, to increase awareness and use of existing and forthcoming research. CeLSIUS was plannning to host the second UKCenLS Conference in 2020, but this had to be postponed because of the pandemic. CeLSIUS was plannning to host the second UKCenLS Conference in 2020, but this had to be postponed because of the pandemic - it will now take place at Cardiff Castle on 20 Sept 2022. SLS DSU hosted a UKCenLS webinar in lieu of a conference on 10 December 2021, which both CeLSIUS and a CeLSIUS-supported project team participated in. CeLSIUS is working with SLS and NILS to produce an annual survey of UKCenLS users; this work was postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to the pandemic-related closure of the secure research rooms, affecting data access. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The SLS DSU research team has contributed to the items detailed above. |
| Impact | Raising of the profile of UK Census data and longitudinal data generally. The CeLSIUS website's logo which, in liaison with this partner, provides a uniform visual identity for all three UK LS Research Support Units. A synthetic dataset process to enable researchers to familiarise themselves with UKCenLS data away from the Secure Research Settings. A data dictionary that includes harmonised variables from across the three UK LS'. 'eDatashield' to enable cross-LS research. A book chapter on the UKLSs. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | UCL Health of the Public Communities: Equitable Mobilities and Health |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is a new inter-disciplinary research grouping led by Prof Nick Tyler and Prof Jenny Mindell that will investigate public health issues associated with transport and transport policy. Prof Nicola Shelton, Dr Jemima Stockton and Dr Oliver Duke-Williams were named as experts supporting the network, and are identified in materials as part of the network, which is launched in March 2021 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research collaboration and initiation of cross-departmental projects |
| Impact | None yet; launched 2021 |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | (Un-) healthy ageing in local areas: England and Wales 2001 to 2011 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS Director, Nicola Shelton, and LS users, Paul Norman, Emily Murry and Jenny Head to BSPS Annual Conference, virtual conference, 13-15 Sept 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354601659_PN-HOPE-BSPS-Sep-2021?channel=doi&linkId=6141e9bc... |
| Description | 50 years of census research: virtual roundtable |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The UKCenLS Conference, which was held on 20th September 2022 at Cardiff Castle, brought together the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study (ONS LS) for England and Wales, the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NILS) and the Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS), all based on the census, to explore their research power. We provided this follow-on event for those who were not able to attend the conference in person. This event was well-attended and many questions were asked by the attendees, and their ideas for research using the 2021 Census data was explored. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | 50 years on: linking 2021 Census data to the ONS Longitudinal Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Oliver Duke-Williams of CeLSIUS and Jim Newman of ONS gave this presentation at the CeLSIUS-held online event, '50 years of census research: virtual roundtable'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Age, sex, period, place and socioeconomic differentials in co-morbidity at time of death in England & Wales: what can be learned from multiple cause of death data? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by LS user, Emily Grundy, and CeLSIUS User Support Officer, Rachel Stuchbury, at a virtual seminar organised by the Centre for Population Change, St Andrew's University, 29 April 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Age, sex, period, place, & socio-economic differentials in co-morbidity at time of death in England & Wales: What can be learned from multiple cause of death data? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by LS user, Emily Grundy, and CeLSIUS User Support Officer, Rachel Stuchbury, at BSPS virtual Annual Conference 2021, 13-15 September 2021, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.lse.ac.uk/social-policy/Assets/Documents/bsps/BSPS-Conference-2021/BSPS-Programme-2021-p... |
| Description | An overview of recent and current UKcenLS research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS' Nicola Shelton at CeLSIUS-hosted UK Census Longitudinal Studies (UKCenLS) Conference, Cardiff Castle, 20 Sept 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjd-ultcs2HosQcX1saDK7qddJjHnIccx |
| Description | Bespoke synthetic data in the ONS LS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS User Support Officer, Wei Xun, at CeLSIUS' online ONS Longitudinal Study training event, 13 Sept 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/2b4e60f7-72c9-4909-a979-e7bd9ab510d6 |
| Description | CLOSER blog: 50 years of linking our lives |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This blog was written when the ONS LS became one of 11 new studies that joined CLOSER in September 2020; it introduces the ONS LS, what CeLSIUS does and our plans for 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.closer.ac.uk/news-opinion/blog/50-years-of-linking-our-lives/ |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives Blog: Cancer risk and social status: what are the links? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2022/06/23/cancer-risk-and-social-status-what-are-the-link... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives Blog: Does social position affect our chances of contracting bowel cancer? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2022/07/13/does-social-position-affect-our-chances-of-cont... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives Blog: Have school league tables led to more socially segregated neighbourhoods? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2023/01/24/have-school-league-tables-led-to-more-socially-... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives Blog: Health and place: How levelling up health can keep older workers working |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2022/11/21/health-and-place-how-levelling-up-health-can-ke... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives Blog: LS shows richer moving picture than Levelling Up White Paper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2022/03/28/ls-shows-richer-moving-picture-than-levelling-u... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives Blog: Language in Northern Ireland: Who has lost, gained or retained knowledge of Irish? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2022/09/01/language-in-northern-ireland-who-has-lost-gaine... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives Blog: Mental health service use and local crime - how are they associated? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2022/09/26/mental-health-service-use-and-local-crime-how-a... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives Blog: ONS research plays key role in children's social care review |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2022/05/25/ons-research-plays-key-role-in-childrens-social... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives Blog: Person or place? Finding out more about what drives health inequalities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2022/07/25/person-or-place-finding-out-more-about-what-dri... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives Blog: Who will fill in the internet census? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2021/03/19/who-will-fill-in-the-internet-census/ |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives blog: Can housing policies affect assimilation of the children of migrants? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2022/02/17/can-housing-policies-affect-assimilation-of-the... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives blog: Do well-educated children make their parents healthier? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2022/01/06/do-well-educated-children-make-their-parents-he... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives blog: Shedding new light on the adult outcomes of people who were in care as children |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2021/07/20/shedding-new-light-on-the-adult-outcomes-of-peo... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives blog: Should young people in the regions now look closer to home for success? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2021/10/29/turn-again-whittington-should-young-people-in-t... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives blog: The 2021 Census: What will it tell us about life after Covid-19? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2021/03/09/the-2021-census-what-will-it-tell-us-about-life... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives blog: The ONS Longitudinal Study: how does it work? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2021/03/18/the-ons-longitudinal-study-how-does-it-work/ |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives blog: Turn again Whittington: Should young people in the regions now look closer to home for success? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2021/10/29/turn-again-whittington-should-young-people-in-t... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives blog: What can the Census tell us about extended working lives? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2021/10/19/what-can-the-census-tell-us-about-extended-work... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives blog: What can the health of nurses tell us about population health and inequalities? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our blog is a freely available resource which showcases outstanding research using the ONS LS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/linking-our-lives/2021/06/25/what-can-the-health-of-nurses-tell-us-about-pop... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives podcast: A gold mine of information: 50 years of the ONS LS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our podcasts provide a conversation with researchers and users of the ONS LS, exploring how the LS is being used in research for impact. There have been 450 downloads of our 6 podcasts, from March 2021 to March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://linking-our-lives.libsyn.com/a-gold-mine-of-information-50-years-of-the-ons-ls |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives podcast: Addressing health: lessons from the past about ill health in the workplace |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our podcasts provide a conversation with researchers and users of the ONS LS, exploring how the LS is being used in research for impact. There have been 450 downloads of our 6 podcasts, from March 2021 to March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://linking-our-lives.libsyn.com/addressing-health-lessons-from-the-past-about-ill-health-in-the... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives podcast: Creative and ambitious research: what digital data infrastructure do we need for that? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our podcasts provide a conversation with researchers and users of the ONS LS, exploring how the LS is being used in research for impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://linking-our-lives.libsyn.com/creative-and-ambitious-research-what-digital-data-infrastructur... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives podcast: Documenting lives: using the ONS LS to test the representativeness of TV's Up series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our podcasts provide a conversation with researchers and users of the ONS LS, exploring how the LS is being used in research for impact. There have been 450 downloads of our 6 podcasts, from March 2021 to March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://linking-our-lives.libsyn.com/documenting-lives-using-the-ons-ls-to-test-the-representativene... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives podcast: Measuring health: does it matter how we do it? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our podcasts provide a conversation with researchers and users of the ONS LS, exploring how the LS is being used in research for impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://linking-our-lives.libsyn.com/measuring-health-does-it-matter-how-we-do-it |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives podcast: Moving out to move on: migration, disadvantage and social mobility |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our podcasts provide a conversation with researchers and users of the ONS LS, exploring how the LS is being used in research for impact. There have been 450 downloads of our 6 podcasts, from March 2021 to March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://linking-our-lives.libsyn.com/moving-out-to-move-on-migration-disadvantage-and-social-mobilit... |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives podcast: Social mobility - what do we really know? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our podcasts provide a conversation with researchers and users of the ONS LS, exploring how the LS is being used in research for impact. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://linking-our-lives.libsyn.com/social-mobility-what-do-we-really-know |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives podcast: Stronger Towns: have the funds been allocated fairly? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our podcasts provide a conversation with researchers and users of the ONS LS, exploring how the LS is being used in research for impact. There have been 450 downloads of our 6 podcasts, from March 2021 to March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://linking-our-lives.libsyn.com/stronger-towns-have-the-funds-been-allocated-fairly |
| Description | CeLSIUS Linking Our Lives podcast: Why data is key to reducing inequalities for the care experienced |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Our podcasts provide a conversation with researchers and users of the ONS LS, exploring how the LS is being used in research for impact. There have been 450 downloads of our 6 podcasts, from March 2021 to March 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://linking-our-lives.libsyn.com/why-data-is-key-to-reducing-inequalities-for-the-care-experienc... |
| Description | CeLSIUS: ONS Longitudinal Study' online training event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CeLSIUS hosted an online training day on 13/09/21. Presentations were given which introduced the LS and explained how to access and use it, and how to conduct LS research. Two practical workshops were also held, on synthetic data in the LS and applying to use the LS. Evaluations suggested that the training event developed understanding of the LS and promoted its use. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Challenges and solutions - linking additional data to the UK Census Longitudinal Studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given at CLOSER conference: Preparing for the future II: international approaches to challenges facing the longitudinal population studies, 16 January 2020, London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.closer.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/Data-linkage-B2-Duke-Williams-Oliver.pdf |
| Description | Discussion with Cancer Research UK (CRUK) re their plans to produce an early warning system for cancer risk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Nicola Shelton attended a CRUK meeting on 23rd February 2022 to discuss their plans to produce an early warning system for cancer risk. Nicola and CRUK were looking for an opportunity to involve ONS LS cancer data but this did not prove feasible in the end. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | How do I get to use it? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS User Support Officer, Aly Sizer, at CeLSIUS' online ONS Longitudinal Study training event, 13 Sept 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/2b4e60f7-72c9-4909-a979-e7bd9ab510d6 |
| Description | Interview for Wired magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed by David Cox for an article in Wired about the 2021 Census |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.wired.co.uk/article/coronavirus-pandemic-census |
| Description | Interview on national radio |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Media interview on talkRADIO with Darryl Morris to discuss the 2021 Census; this led to a request from talkRADIO for further interview on a primetime show although unfortunately I was unavailable at the requested time |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Introducing the ONS Longitudinal Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Newman, J. & Duke-Williams, O. (2022) Presentation given by Jim Newman of ONS and Oliver Duke-Williams of CeLSIUS, at CLOSER webinar: Introducing longitudinal population studies: The ONS Longitudinal Study and the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England 2 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://closer.ac.uk/event/ons-ls-lsype2-webinar/ |
| Description | Invited Chair Report launch & reception: Health of Older People in Places - Taking a place-based approach to supporting longer working lives ILCUK London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 50 people attended the talk and several asked questions and took away literature. Engaged in conversation with Lord Bethell and Jason Strelitz from the panel as well as several members of the audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ilcuk.org.uk/health-and-place-how-levelling-up-health-can-keep-older-workers-working/ |
| Description | Invited Chair Sir Ian Diamond National Statistician's plenary at the BSPS Annual Conference, University of Winchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | around 150 people attended a plenary talked that I chaired |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-development/research/british-society-for-population-studies/Asse... |
| Description | Invited Talk: The pros and cons of a data-based research career at Making the Magic Happen with research data, software & infrastructure, Science and Engineering South Consortium Universities, online |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Wide online attendance at conference about research careers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/eresearch/developing-technical-skills-good-practice-careers/d... |
| Description | Language data in UK census longitudinal studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Webinar jointly organised by CeLSIUS, Understanding Society and the UK Data Service Census team, 25 March 2020, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/news-and-events/eventsitem/?id=5537 |
| Description | Maternal qualification and child's birthweight: Findings from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS User Support Officeer, Jitka Pikhartova, at World Congress of Epidemiology, 3-5 Sept 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Measuring the health of people in places: a scoping review of OECD member countries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS Director, Nicola Shelton, and LS users, Emily Murry, Jenny Head and Paul Norman to Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, virtual conference, 31 Aug 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354247230_Measuring_the_health_of_people_in_places_a_scopin... |
| Description | Measuring the health of people in places: a scoping review of OECD member countries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS Director, Nicola Shelton, and LS users, Emily Murry, Jenny Head and Paul Norman to BSPS virtual Annual Conference 2021, 13-15 Sept 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Measuring the health of people in places: a scoping review of OECD member countries |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS Director, Nicola Shelton, and LS users, Emily Murry, Jenny Head and Paul Norman to SSM Annual Conference, virtual conference, 15-17 Sept 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://jech.bmj.com/content/75/Suppl_1/A59.1 |
| Description | Measuring the health of people in places: a scoping review of OECD member countries, |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS Director, Nicola Shelton, and LS users, Emily Murry, Jenny Head and Paul Norman to Health Foundation Advisory Committee, 10 May 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Paper at BSPS Conference 2022 - 150 years of postal sickness and health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 30 people attended a talk on 150 years of postal sickness and health - there were enquiries about research and study opportunities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.lse.ac.uk/international-development/research/british-society-for-population-studies/Asse... |
| Description | Practical 1: Live synthetic SYLLS analysis using STATA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Practical session given by CeLSIUS Director, Nicola Shelton, and User Support Officer, Wei Xun, at CeLSIUS' online ONS Longitudinal Study training event, 13 Sept 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/2b4e60f7-72c9-4909-a979-e7bd9ab510d6 |
| Description | Preparing for the future III - tackling key challenges facing longitudinal population studies in a post-COVID world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This conference took place on 08/01/22 - 10/01/22; Oliver Duke-Williams chaired a session on data linkage at this conference and Jitka Pikahartova attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.closer.ac.uk/event/2022-conference/ |
| Description | Presentation: 'Using the ONS Longitudinal Study to Investigate Historical Populations: the Case of Postal Workers' |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Nicola Shelton from her ONS LS research project 'The beating heart of the system: the health of London's postal workers, 1850-1900', given at ESSHC (European Social Science History Conference) on 25/03/21 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://esshc.socialhistory.org/conference/programme/2020?textsearch=shelton |
| Description | Religion in England and Wales, the ONS Longitudinal Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Webinar on Investigating Religion in the UK - What Data Can I Use? Jointly organised by CeLSIUS, Understanding Society and the SLS-DSU, 18 March 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/news-and-events/eventsitem/?id=5536 |
| Description | SRS/LSDT/CeLSIUS workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CeLSIUS User Support Officers gave presentations to ONS Secure Research Service and Longitudinal Study Development teams on 18/02/22 to keep ONS LS staff informed of the full extent of the LS user support that CeLSIUS provides. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Stronger towns: What can the Census tell us? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given at BSPS Annual Conference 2020 by Jemima Stockton, Oliver Duke-Williams, based on work by Tony Champion. This work aims to highlight how the ONS Longitudinal Study can inform policy discussions on Stronger Towns, and to initiate further conversations about access to and use of the data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | The Health of Older People in Places (HOPE) project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS Director, Nicola Shelton, and LS users, Emily Murry, Paul Norman and Jenny Head, at UK Census Longitudinal Studies (UKcenLS) webinar, 10 Dec 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMXx8X_yIYw |
| Description | The Health of Older People in Places project: an asset for social and economic improvement for all |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS Director, Nicola Shelton, and LS users, Emily Murry, Paul Norman and Jenny Head, at UCL Departmental Seminar, London, 26 Jan 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The ONS Longitudinal Study: Research highlights from 2011 linked data and what to expect for the 2021 linked data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given at BSPS conference, Winchester, 5 - 7 Sept 2022 by CeLSIUS' Nicola Shelton |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS User Support Officer, Aly Sizer, at UK Census Longitudinal Studies (UKcenLS) webinar, 10 Dec 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcscMoxH7Wk |
| Description | The Up-Series Generation in the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by Aly Sizer & Oliver Duke-Williams at BSPS Virtual Conference, 16 September 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.lse.ac.uk/social-policy/Assets/Documents/BSPS-2020-programme.pdf |
| Description | Twitter campaign to to raise the profile of CeLSIUS/the ONS LS and promote LS research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | From October 2020 to March 2022, our social media campaign on Twitter has achieved the following: • 129 additional followers since before October 2020 (just over 12% increase) - we have 1065 followers in March 2022 • 11,148 profile visits • 227,792 tweet impressions (i.e. how many times a tweet has been seen). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/celsiusnews |
| Description | UK Census Longitudinal Studies (UKCenLS) Conference 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Annual UKCenLS conference, hosted by CeLSIUS at Cardiff Castle on 20 Sept 2022. Resulted in submission of separate Expression of Interest forms in January 2023 by two attending researchers, to participate in beta testing of 2021 ONS LS data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjd-ultcs2HosQcX1saDK7qddJjHnIccx |
| Description | UKCenLS webinar hosted by SLS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This webinar was held on 10/12/21 by SLS-DSU in lieu of the annual UKCenLS Conference for 2021. CeLSIUS User Support Office, Aly Sizer, presented at the webinar, and Nicola Shelton attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcscMoxH7Wk |
| Description | Using the ONS Longitudinal Study to investigate historical populations: the case of postal workers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS Director, Nicola Shelton, at online European Social Science History Conference (ESSHC), 25 Mar 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Webinar: Investigating language spoken in the UK - what data can I use? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Webinar jointly organised by CeLSIUS, Understanding Society and the UK Data Service Census team, 25 March 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/news-and-events/eventsitem/?id=5537 |
| Description | What research can I do? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS User Support Officer, Jitka Pikhartova at CeLSIUS' online ONS Longitudinal Study training event, 13 Sept 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/2b4e60f7-72c9-4909-a979-e7bd9ab510d6 |
| Description | What research can I do? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given by CeLSIUS User Support Officer, Jemima Stockton, at CeLSIUS' online ONS Longitudinal Study training event, 13 Sept 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/2b4e60f7-72c9-4909-a979-e7bd9ab510d6 |