Economic and Social Data Service - Large Scale Government Surveys
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Social Sciences
Abstract
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Publications
Anthony Rafferty (author)
(2008)
How health survey data can be accessed, and what factors need to be taken into account
Anthony Rafferty (author)
(2008)
Government resources for the LFS and APS
Anthony Rafferty (author)
(2008)
Variables, datasets and finding what you want : developing online search tools
Sarah King-Hele (Speaker)
(2011)
User engagement and collaboration : challenges and tools
| Title | Downloading a subset of ESDS data using Nesstar |
| Description | This video explains how to use Nesstar to: • Select only certain variables e.g. political identification, name of daily newspaper read • Select only the answers from certain respondents e.g. men, and/or newspaper readers • Download the chosen subset in SPSS, Stata or other formats |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Title | British crime survey 2007-2008 : teaching dataset |
| Description | The British Crime Survey 2007-2008: Teaching Dataset is based on the British Crime Survey, 2007-2008 (available from the UK Data Archive under SN 6066) and constitutes real data which are used by the Home Office and are behind many headlines. The teaching dataset is a subset, which has been subjected to certain simplifications and additions for the purpose of learning and teaching. The main differences are: •only respondents who completed Module B (attitudes to the Criminal Justice System) of the BCS, 2007-2008 are included •the number of variables has been reduced •weighting has been simplified •a reduced codebook is provided •additional continuous variables have been created (using factor analysis of pre-existing variables) in order to facilitate their use in quantitative methods classes. Main Topics: The main topics covered are: experience of crime, perceptions of crime, characteristics of local area, attitudes to police and Criminal Justice System, socio-demographics. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2010 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=6561 |
| Title | British crime survey 2007-2008 : unrestricted access teaching dataset |
| Description | A number of unrestricted access teaching datasets are available from ESDS Government. Users do not have to go through the standard registration procedures to obtain these data - we simply ask for your email address. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | English housing survey, 2008-2009 : household data teaching dataset |
| Description | The English Housing Survey 2008-2009 Household Data Teaching Dataset is based on the English Housing Survey, 2008-2009: Household Data (available from the UK Data Archive under SN 6613) and constitutes real data which are used by the Department for Communities and Local Government and are behind many headlines. The teaching dataset is a subset which has been subjected to certain simplifications and additions for the purpose of learning and teaching. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Expenditure and Food Survey, 2005-2006 : teaching dataset |
| Description | An EFS 2005-2006 teaching dataset is now available (Study Number: 6117). The dataset can help class tutors to incorporate empirical data into their courses and thus develop students' skills in quantitative methods of analysis and their knowledge of large-scale government surveys. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2009 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=6117 |
| Title | Health survey for England, 2000-2001 : small area estimation teaching dataset |
| Description | An unlicensed teaching dataset used in the Introducing small area estimation techniques workshop |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=6792 |
| Title | Health survey for England, 2003-2005 : multilevel modelling teaching dataset (HSE) |
| Description | An unlicensed teaching dataset used in the Introducing Multilevel Models workshop |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=6765 |
| Description | A European workshop to introduce the EU survey of income and living conditions and the EU labour force survey data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
| Results and Impact | A workshop organised by ESDS Government at the University of Manchester and GESIS at the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim. This workshop will give an introduction to the cross-national comparative EU-SILC and EU-LFS data. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Accessing and using the data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | The workshop will introduce the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) data that is now available for secondary analysis from ESDS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2011-03-30/index.html |
| Description | Britain in a European context - research data resources |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Understanding the UK increasingly requires an understanding of our place in Europe. This workshop will introduce participants to the major data resources that enable researchers to explore these relationships and influences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2008-11-07/index.html |
| Description | ESDS government newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Contents: Managing the content of the LFS; Updated user guides; Family Resources Survey user meeting; Introducing the Integrated Household Survey; NHS Information Centre; Forthcoming events from ESDS Government; Other events; Events held in the past six months. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/newsletter/issue15.pdf |
| Description | ESDS government resources for FRS users |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at Family Resources Survey user meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2009-04-30/index.html |
| Description | ESDS government resources for the GLF/GHS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Recent developments in methods and research: the General Household Survey event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2008-03-06/dale.ppt |
| Description | ESDS resources for BCS users |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the British Crime Survey user meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2007-12-11/higgins.ppt |
| Description | ESDS resources for quantitative methods teaching |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the event 'teaching quantitative methods : the challenge and how to meet it' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://popgeog.org/2009/10/teaching-quantitative-methods-the-challenge-and-how-to-meet-it/ |
| Description | ESDS support for the LFS and APS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the ESDS Government meeting on changes in access to the government surveys and Labour Force Survey/Annual Population Survey user meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2008-01-17/rafferty.ppt |
| Description | IHS requirements from secondary analysts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the General Household Survey user meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2009-03-13/index.html |
| Description | Increasing the use of large scale social surveys in undergraduate sociology dissertations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at Learning and teaching with real data: data and resources workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2009-04-27/index.html |
| Description | Introduction to ESDS government survey data and resources |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Learning and teaching with real data: data and resourcesworkshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2009-04-27/index.html |
| Description | Introduction to complex survey design |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at Introductory Workshop: Analysing Complex Sample Design in ESDS Government Datasets |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2009-07-20/index.html |
| Description | Introduction to government microdata : focus on consumption |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Our roles as consumers and our patterns of consumption are central to who we are, what we do and our consumer society. ESDS surveys allow researchers to look at many different areas of consumption, for example, health and consumption (lifestyle factors such as eating, drinking, smoking, exercise) and environmental consumption (the products we consume and our choices of transportation). This introductory seminar is aimed at those with little or no experience of microdata from government surveys, or those with some experience of these surveys who require an introduction to the consumption content of the datasets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2007-11-07/ |
| Description | Introduction to government surveys and ESDS for housing and the local environment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at Introduction to Government Surveys for Housing and the Local Environment workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2011-05-24/index.html |
| Description | Introduction to government surveys with crime content |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at Introduction to government survey data: focus on crime workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2009-10-06/index.html |
| Description | Introduction to the expenditure and food survey |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | This meeting is designed to provide an overview of the Expenditure and Food Survey, including its diary and food sections, and some examples of research applications. The workshop sessions will provide an opportunity to gain hands-on familiarity with the data. It will be particularly valuable for new users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2008-06-19/index.html |
| Description | Issue 16 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Contents: Applying multi-level modelling to the Health Survey for England using MLwiN, Welsh Health Survey 2009 - results published, Using the British Social Attitudes Survey to examine dynamics of change in personal religiosity, extending the British Crime Survey to Children, quantitative Methods Teaching |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| URL | http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/newsletter/issue16.pdf |
| Description | Issue 18 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | ESDS Government Newsletter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/newsletter/issue18.pdf |
| Description | Services for EU-SILC and EU-LFS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the European workshop to introduce the EU Survey of Income and Living Conditions and the EU Labour Force Survey data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2011-08-04/montaigneespelage.pdf |
| Description | The Economic and Social Data Service : large scale government datasets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | A talk by Vanessa Higgins of CCSR for the methods@manchester resources seminar series. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | The health survey for England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | The focus of this two day workshop is on multilevel modelling where the multilevel structure is determined by the sample design,in particular on the way the methods can be applied to the Health Survey for England. This structure will then be used to examine the extent to which variables such as height, weight and BMI are clustered by household and area and whether any of this variability can be accounted by background variables such as social class and educational qualifications. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2010-10-27/index.html |
| Description | The use of government surveys in public health intelligence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the public health information and intelligence training programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| URL | http://www.nweh.org.uk/Categories/Training--Development |
| Description | The user perspective |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Data sharing, research access and public access to data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2011-03-01/index.html |
| Description | Using ESDS government data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at ESDS International for parliamentarians event |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| URL | http://www.esds.ac.uk/international/support/teach.asp |
| Description | Using ESDS government resources for health research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Health surveys user meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2008 |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2008-07-08/higgins.ppt |
| Description | Working with survey files : linking, matching and using hierarchy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | A data manipulation workshop, designed for users of the government surveys which allow for analyses at different levels (for example, household and individual) or which have a complex structure (where the data is held in a number of separate linkable datasets or 'tables'). It provided participants with an opportunity to hear about and discuss issues relating to data manipulation with such datasets, as well as hands-on experience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| URL | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2007-10-30/ |