The Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) Louise Corti Economic and Social Data Service UK Data Archive Suffolk College 29 January 2008

Today Presentation - Overview of ESDS Hands On activities –Finding and accessing data ad user documentation at UKDA –Exploring data online British Crime Survey via Nesstar World Bank data using Beyond 20/20 Edwardians qualitative data via Qualidata Online Access Password:

ESDS national data archiving and dissemination service, running from 1 Jan jointly supported by: –Economic and Social Research Council –Joint Information Systems Committee partners: –UK Data Archive (UKDA), Essex –Manchester Information and Associated –Services (MIMAS), Manchester –Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and –Survey Research (CCSR), Manchester –Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Essex

ESDS overview provides access and support for key economic and social data distributed service, bringing together centres of expertise in data creation, dissemination, preservation and use provides seamless and easier access to a range of disparate resources for UK Higher and Further Education sectors core archiving services plus four specialist data services

ESDS holdings Data for research and teaching purposes and used in all sectors and for many different disciplines official agencies - mainly central government individual academics - research grants market research agencies public records/historical sources links to UK census data qualitative and quantitative international statistical time series access to international data via links with other data archives worldwide history data service in-house (AHDS) 5,000+ datasets in the collection 250+ new datasets are added each year 6,500+ orders for data per year 60,000+ datasets distributed worldwide p.a.

ESDS structure ESDS Management –central help desk service; coherent and flexible collections development policy; central registration service; links to other ESRC resources ESDS Access and Preservation –collections development strategy; ingest activities - including data and documentation processing; metadata creation; data dissemination services; long-term preservation Specialist data services –ESDS Government –ESDS International –ESDS Longitudinal –ESDS Qualidata dedicated web sites data and documentation enhancements tailored user support outreach and training

Finding data Catalogue of holdings Describes study, methods and data collection Records all study related publications Lists variables for SPSS datasets Can download user guide free

Access to data registration using Athens including agreement to an End User Licence, fine-grained access control download service (SPSS, STATA, ASCII, RTF etc) request data on CD online data analysis, including –Simple data analysis, visualisation, downloading and subsetting via Nesstar –ESDS Qualidata online – interview transcripts –ESDS Government Vital Statistics online –International macro data via Beyond 20/20 and visualisation interface –Census data

Access to data End User Licence –data can only be used by registered users (some exceptions relating to teaching) –to preserve the confidentiality of, and not attempt to identify, individuals, households or organisations in the data –to use the correct methods of citation and acknowledgement in publications –to supply the bibliographic details of any published work based on the data collections –to offer for deposit any new data collections which have been derived from the materials supplied

ESDS Government data General Household Survey/Continuous Household Survey (NI) Labour Force Survey/NI LFS Health Survey for England/Wales/Scotland Family Expenditure Survey/NI FES British/Scottish Crime Survey Family Resources Survey National Food Survey/Expenditure and Food Survey ONS Omnibus Survey Survey of English Housing British Social Attitudes/Scottish Social Attitudes/Young People’s Social Attitudes/NI Life & Times National Travel Survey Time Use Survey Vital Statistics for England and Wales

Benefits of the large-scale government datasets good quality data –produced by experienced research organisations –UK/GB - usually nationally representative with large samples. Interviewers all over country –good response rates –well documented, NISRA, ONS, UKDA, QB etc. continuous data –e.g. Continuous Household Survey 1983, allows comparison over time –data is largely cross-sectional hierarchical data –individual and household –intra-household differences –household effects on individuals Percentage of women aged cohabiting General Household Survey

Nesstar software browse detailed information (metadata) about these data sources, including links to other sources do simple data analysis and visualisation on microdata bookmark analyses download the appropriate subset of data in one of a number of formats (e.g. SPSS, Excel)

Longitudinal data longitudinal surveys involve repeated surveys of the same individuals at different points in time allow researchers to analyse change at the individual level more complex to analyse

ESDS Longitudinal Data main studies that are primarily UK Research Council: –British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) –British Birth Cohort studies: National Child Development Survey (NCDS) British Cohort Study 1970 (BCS70) Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) –English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) –Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE) –possible forthcoming Medical Research Council population study datasets – 1946 Birth Cohort

British Household Panel Survey collected and deposited by the ULSC at Essex follows the members of 5500 households first sampled in 1991 interviews conducted annually become a major resource for understanding the dynamics of British households coverage includes: –income, labour market behaviour, social and political values, health, education, housing and household organisation large new samples were introduced in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

British Birth Cohort Studies impact of childhood conditions on later life and understanding children and families in the UK national Child Development Study follows a cohort born in a single week in data collected at birth & ages 7, 11, 16, 23, 33, 42 (7 Up TV series) 1970 British Cohort Study follows a cohort born in a single week in data collected around birth & ages 5, 10, 16, 26, 29 and most recently at age 34 Millennium Cohort Study focuses on children born in 2000/ first sweep at 9 months, second sweep at 3 years wide range of social, economic, health, medical and psychological issues

ESDS International data portfolio regularly updated macro-economic time series datasets from selected major international statistical databanks that collectively chart over 50 years of global economic, industrial and political change: –the International Monetary Fund –the OECD –the United Nations –the World Bank –Eurostat –the International Labour Organisation –the UK Office for National Statistics access to micro data surveys –Eurobarometers, Latinobarometers –International Social Survey Programme –other social data via other national data archives access for UK HE/FE only

International data themes economic performance and development trade, industry and markets employment demography, migration and health governance human development social expenditure education science and technology land use and the environment Databanks cover:

International survey data ESDS International at the UK Data Archive (UKDA) can help users to locate and acquire data from other archives within Europe and worldwide, using a series of reciprocal agreements with the individual institutions. Datasets include: – Eurobarometer – International Social Survey Programme – World Values Survey

ESDS Qualidata access and support for a range of qualitative datasets, hosted by the UK Data Archive data from National Research Council (ESRC) individual and programme research grant awards data from ‘classic’ social science studies other funders/sources focus on DIGITAL Collections, but also facilitate paper-based archiving

Types of qualitative data diverse data types: in-depth interviews ; semi- structured interviews; focus groups; oral histories; mixed methods data; open-ended survey questions; case notes/records of meetings; diaries/ research diaries multimedia: audio, video, photos and text (most common is interview transcriptions) formats: digital, paper, analogue audio-visual data structures - differ across different ‘document types’

Classic sociology datasets Peter Townsend – Poverty, old age and Katherine Buildings Paul Thompson – oral history and Edwardians Mildred Blaxter’s ‘Mothers and Daughters’ Ray Pahl –Hertfordshire Villages studies National Social Policy and Social Change Archive

ESDS Qualidata Online Creation of digital multimedia resources that integrate existing primary and secondary materials: catalogues of interview summaries full electronic interview transcripts thematic browsing of interview transcripts collections of digital sound clips contextual photos background information and press reviews on the original studies details of publications based upon secondary studies of the collections

Help for users help desk and web site dedicated survey pages JISCmail list regularly updated web-based FAQs programme of training courses and publicity events news bulletins and articles resources (links to other sites) teaching datasets and/or exemplars enhanced documentation e.g.  dataset and software guides  statistical guides (SPSS, Stata, weighting)  Variables consistent over time on specific surveys (ESDS Government)  Thematic guides Each specialist service provides:

The Census Registration Service the Census Registration Service provides one-stop registration and support for access to: –Census Dissemination Unit from MIMAS – aggregate tables/Casweb –Census Geography Data Unit (UKBORDERS) from EDINA – boundaries data –Census Interaction Data Service (Universities of Leeds and St Andrews) - flow data –Samples of Anonymised Records from CCSR – micro data –CHCC - Historical Census Collection from AHDS History

History Data Service History Data Service collects, preserves, and promotes the use of digital resources, which result from or support historical research, learning and teaching

History collection particularly strong in 19th and 20th century economic and social history census data ( % sample; % sample; lots of local census returns) Great Britain Historical Database online taxation materials large-scale datasets of Welsh and Irish historical statistics electoral data (poll books for local areas) criminal court records (e.g. a collection of datasets on violent crimes ) agricultural statistics (prices, output) surveys of Scottish witchcraft state finance data economic indicators/industrial production data

Secondary analysis potential descriptive material comparative research, restudy or follow-up study re-analysis/secondary analysis research design and methodological advancement replication of published statistics teaching and learning

Using ESDS data for teaching tutor registers with ESDS and downloads data registers a usage (for micro data) tutor makes data available to students (if online only via secure network) tutor asks students to register or sign access agreement for teaching (not always necessary, but to be encouraged)

Teaching materials tailor-made datasets guides to using data in teaching guides to using software and exemplars

X4L project: Survey Data in Teaching: enhancing critical thinking and data numeracy uses the study of crime in society to show how existing data sources can be utilised; relevant to a range of social science disciplines outputs are a variety of free teaching and learning resources relating to social science and statistics. Materials are based on learning strategies that encourage the teaching of research methods within a substantive context: modules available in a variety of formats: –web-based resources hosted at the UK Data Archive web site –printable and reproducible hard copies (MS Word and Adobe PDF) –MS PowerPoint presentations for slides or handouts –a teachers guide to accompany the resources teaching and learning modules are designed to be used as part of standard classroom teaching or as additional/self-paced learning activities. aims to increase the use of real data sources held within the JISC portfolio of HE/FE research and improve the data literacy of students from age 16 up.

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