Karen Dennison Accessing international survey data collections via ESDS British Academy, Tuesday 14 March 2006 ESDS International

access and support for a range of international datasets - both micro and macro sources aims to promote and facilitate use of international data across a range of disciplines in research, learning and teaching run jointly by UK Data Archive (UKDA) and Manchester Information and Associated Services (MIMAS)

International data exchange UKDA is a member of: Council of European Social Science Data Archives International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology International Federation of Data Archives Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Through international data exchange agreements, ESDS International is able to acquire and disseminate key cross-national survey datasets

Key micro data series Eurobarometer Survey Series International Social Survey Programme European Social Survey European Values Study World Values Survey E-Living: Life in a Digital Europe Eurofound data

Other ESDS International micro data Employment and the Family: Great Britain, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Norway and Portugal, 2002 Women's Employment and Family Life in the United Kingdom, Norway, France, Czech Republic and Russia, New Europe Barometer Polish National Election Study Regional Economic Performance, Governance and Cohesion in an Enlarged Europe,

Other ESDS data with international theme

How to request international micro data Via Download/order links in ESDS online catalogue:

How to request data from other archives worldwide Locate/search other national archive

How to request data from other archives worldwide Request data via UKDA online account

International micro data supply most of the international micro data are held at other national archives UKDA acquires data from other archives e.g. – German archive (ZA) FTP server – ICPSR (Michigan, USA) web site non-UK users have to request data direct or via their national archive

International micro data usage Over 320 UK users of international micro data Eurobarometers most popular, followed by European Values and World Values Surveys Usage examples..role of referendums in the process of European integration..determinants of fertility in modern societies using a sociological and longitudinal perspective..public knowledge of, and attitude towards various aspects of science..why the British are so Euro-sceptic

Other international data ESDS International maintains links to other data resources

Nesstar – European Social Survey

Nesstar – E-Living: Life in a Digital Europe

Multilingual Access to Data Infrastructures of the European Research Area Linking European data resources The Madiera Portal

The MADIERA portal– a semantic web Locating data Data can be retrieved by browsing the catalogs of different data archives, or perform searches across all the archives inn the system. Browsing metadata Datasets in MADIERA will be documented according to the DDI standard. The metadata will be integrated with the data. Online statistical analysis When a dataset or a variable is located on a MADIERA server, the user can instantly run simple statistical analyses like cross/tabulation, descriptive statistics and regression. Visualisation Several options for displaying statistics are available. This includes bar-charts, time series charts, and geographic maps Multilingual support Based on thesaurus technology, the user may search in any language, and be able to locate data stored in another language. Comparative data A built in logic for identifying comparative data – including variables or datasets stored on other servers throughout Europe. A Geo-referencing system Datasets will be stored with geographic coordinates for the geographic coverage of the dataset. A map interface will enable users to locate datasets. Standardised identification Work will be initiated to establish a standard for naming of social science data resources. Downloading data Data can be downloaded in any of a number of standard file formats Knowledge base User supplied comments, links to online publications etc. Multilingual Access to Data Infrastructures of the European Research Area

Future developments Direct download of ICPSR data International data passport Dedicated post for ESDS International micro data development and support

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