1. The Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) Karen Dennison Economic and Social Data Service UK Data Archive Swansea College 27 January 2006

2. What is the ESDS? national data archiving and dissemination service running from 1 Jan. 2003 – 2008 jointly supported by: –Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) –Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC)

3. UK Data Archive, Essex MIMAS, Manchester Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR), Manchester Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Essex Partners

4. 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 and beyond

5. ESDS overview core archiving service (UKDA) plus four specialist data services ESDS Government (CCSR/UKDA) ESDS International (MIMAS/UKDA) ESDS Longitudinal (ISER/UKDA) ESDS Qualidata (UKDA) provide: ―value-added data and documentation ―service-specific web pages and help ―support and training ―teaching datasets/online samplers ―discussion lists/newsletters ―publicity and promotion

6. UKDA’s role overall integration and management of ESDS acquiring, processing, preserving and disseminating data central registration service operating across the ESDS central 'first stop' help desk service cataloguing and describing data maintaining and developing web sites publicity and training user support

7. Sources / type of data Data for research and teaching purposes and used in all sectors and for many different disciplines official agencies - mainly central government international statistical time series individual academics - research grants market research agencies public records/historical sources qualitative and quantitative links to UK census data access to international data via links with other data archives worldwide

8. Collection held at UKDA 5,000+ datasets in the collection 200+ new datasets are added each year 18,000+ datasets distributed worldwide per year History data service in-house (AHDS) Census Registration Service in-house (CRS) specialist units for supporting qualitative and longitudinal data in-house

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. ESDS Longitudinal Data five 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 –possible forthcoming Medical Research Council population study datasets – 1946 Birth Cohort

14. 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

15. 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 recently large new samples were introduced in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

16. 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 1958 - data collected at birth & ages 7, 11, 16, 23, 33, 42 1970 British Cohort Study follows a cohort born in a single week in 1970 - data collected around birth & ages 5, 10, 16, 26 and most recently at age 30 Millennium Cohort Study focuses on children born in 2000/ 2001 - first sweep at 9 months, second sweep at 3 years wide range of social, economic, health, medical and psychological issues

17. 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 for UK HE/FE only access to micro data surveys Eurobarometers International Social Survey Programme other social data via other national data archives

18. 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:

19. 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

20. 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’

21. Classic datasets Peter Townsend – Poverty, old age and Katherine Buildings Paul Thompson – oral history and Edwardians Ray Pahl –Hertfordshire Villages studies National Social Policy and Social Change Archive

22. 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:

23. 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

24. AHDS History AHDS History is one of the five Subject Centres of the Arts and Humanities Data Service. ahds.ac.uk AHDS History collects, preserves, and promotes the use of digital resources, which result from or support historical research, learning and teaching.

25. The AHDS History collection particularly strong in 19th and 20th century economic and social history census data (1881 100% sample; 1851 2% 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 1600-1900) agricultural statistics (prices, output) surveys of Scottish witchcraft state finance data economic indicators/industrial production data

26. 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

27. 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)

28. Data repurposed for teaching - examples teaching datasets (available for download and via Nesstar) based on ELSA, NCDS, BHPS, HSE, BCS, LFS, GHS) X4L Survey Data in Teaching CHCC Learning and Teaching Materials Registration not required - Practical Exemplars on the Analysis of Surveys Understanding Social Statistics Teaching Resources and Materials for Social Scientists (TRAMSS)

29. Repurposing data – issues to consider UKDA is guardian for the data/does not own the data data can usually only be accessed by registered users most data can be incorporated into teaching packages/courses but access restricted to the relevant students and not made publicly available e.g. on the web (some exceptions) any derived data must be offered for deposit with UKDA permission of data owners – where data are repurposed and to be made publicly available, permission of data owners must be sought copyright e.g. LFS teaching dataset Crown copyright held jointly with the ESDS IPR of authors of repurposed material information on how to cite and acknowledge data

30. X4L Survey Data in Teaching: a resource for students and teachers Aimed to increase the use of real data in the classroom. A grander mission is to improve the data literacy of A level and university students to: enable a better understanding of the use of social science data as applied to real-life problems enhance skills in manipulating numerical data in textbooks, newspapers or reports become critical consumers of this data

31. Project rationale UKDA datasets are used extensively in academic research but underused in T&L programmes within HE, and in further education UKDA has the potential to offer its resources to the T&L communities for developing more ‘packaged’ resources BUT needs the advice and input from instructors in the classroom on how to re-purpose and apply the content UK skills shortage of quantitative analysts is now critical - introducing concepts early on in post-16 education is one way to redress this shortage

32. Topics and educational level X4L SDiT uses the study of crime in society to show how existing data sources can be utilised relevant to a range of social science disciplines, such as sociology, politics, psychology, media studies and citizenship studies. research methods in social science —potential of survey data to answer questions —survey measurement; sampling —basic data management/basic data analysis —resource discovery skills applicable to ‘A’ level syllabi but also for undergraduate and postgraduate learning

33. Overview of the learning and teaching materials modules on the use of crime data (four modules) using Nesstar online data exploration system resource discovery at the UK Data Archive a teaching version of the British Crime Survey dataset available from the UKDA/via Nesstar appendix on sampling and statistical inference glossary of statistical terms free demonstration version of very simple and user- friendly data analysis software, which is utilised in the last two of the teaching modules

34. Contact www.esds.ac.uk help@esds.ac.uk ESDS FAQ: www.esds.ac.uk/about/faq.asp