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UK Data Service

Learn about the UK Data Service, its resources, and how it can assist academic researchers, government analysts, and more. Find out about accessing aggregate data, microdata, and qualitative datasets. Explore open data collections and search for data easily. Access international macrodata and use a variety of data formats. Discover the benefits of UK Data Service for your research needs.

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UK Data Service

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  1. UK Data Service UK Data Service Perspectives Open Scholarship Event White Rose DTC Advanced Training Series

  2. Presentation contents • what is the UK Data Service and who is it for? • what sorts of data and resources are available? • aggregate data • microdata - surveys and census • mixed methods and qualitative data • using data sources and documentation • how the UK Data Service can help • finding out more

  3. What is the UK Data Service? • a comprehensive resource funded by the ESRC • a single point of access to a wide range of secondary social science data • support, training and guidance

  4. Seamless… UK Data Service CENSUS PROGRAMME Census Support (CS) ?

  5. What does the UK Data Service do? • Put together a collection of the most valuable data and enhance that over time • Preserve data in the long term for future research purposes • Make the data and documentation available for reuse • Provide data management advice for data creators • Provide support for users of the service • Information about the use to which data are put • Easy access through a website - ukdataservice.ac.uk

  6. Who is it for? • academic researchers and students • government analysts • charities and foundations • business consultants • independent research centres • think tanks ukdataservice.ac.uk

  7. Integrates ESDS, Survey Question Bank and Census.ac.uk

  8. Key data

  9. How to search for data? discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/

  10. Open data collections • Census - Open Government Licence1971 - 2011 census aggregate statistics; flow and some of the boundary data are open too • Survey data - Open Government LicenceNesstar - cutdown teaching datasets • Qualitative datasets – CC4 BY NCQualiBank - life story interviews, essays, WWII reports • International macrodata – bespoke open data licenseUKDS.Stat - World Bank World Development Indicators, International Debt Statistics & Africa Development Indicators • IMF data due to be made open in January 2015

  11. Data access • web access to data and metadata • data are freely available for use by all. Charges may apply for commercial use • data available under 3 access levels: open, safeguarded and controlled • data supplied in a variety of formats • statistical package formats (e.g. SPSS, Stata) • databases and spreadsheets • word processed documents, PDF documents etc. • some data also available via online data browsing

  12. Our main data types • Aggregate Data • international macrodata – country level time series data • census aggregate data • Microdata • government surveys (e.g. Labour Force Survey) • census (1991 and 2001 so far) • other important UK surveys (e.g. British Election Study) • international comparative surveys (e.g. European Social Survey) • business data • Other data • mixed methods data • qualitative data

  13. Aggregate data • Aggregated: statistics or counts • Units are geographical areas • Can be used: • As is • For further analysis – trends, relationships • As contextual information

  14. International macrodata • time series data (annual, quarterly, monthly) aggregated to country/region • regularly updated • international governmental organisations (IMF, OECD, IEA, World Bank) • wide range of socio-economic topics

  15. Who can access International macrodata? • World Bank data is open access • IMF data due to be made open in January 2015 • Rest of the data rest only available to staff and students from UK institutions of higher and further education

  16. International macrodata outputs Greece: Net Claims On Eurosystem (Units: National Currency, Billions) International Monetary Fund (2012): International Financial Statistics (Edition: July 2012). Mimas, University of Manchester. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/imf/ifs/2012-07

  17. International macrodata outputs Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) World Bank (2013): World Development Indicators (Data downloaded: 30 January 2013). Mimas, University of Manchester. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/wb/wdi/2013-01-30

  18. International macrodata Download the series you want from the appropriate online tool: UKDS.Stat or IMF eLibrary. UKDS.Stat

  19. IMF eLibrary • IMF eLibrary Text Collection - over 10,000 IMF documents from 1951 onwards • Available in several digital formats: PDF, ePub (for iPad, Sony, Nook, and other readers) and Mobi (for Kindle). • Access at http://imf-text.mimas.ac.uk/.

  20. Survey microdata • individual or household level data which has been anonymised to prevent disclosure • needs to be analysed using an analysis package like SPSS or Stata • more flexible as you can produce your own tables, populations and attributes

  21. Survey microdata

  22. Online analysis using Nesstar • browse detailed information (metadata) and data online • do simple data analysis and visualisation on microdata • bookmark analysis • download the appropriate subset of data in one of a number of formats (e.g. SPSS, Excel)

  23. Nesstar: British Social Attitudes - Pay gap

  24. Nesstar: mapping OLS 2013

  25. Cross-national surveys • individual or household level data • studies use the same survey instrument and - where practical - methods are used across many nations.  • we hold several surveys of this type and point users to where they can access other key cross-national surveys online • topics covered include: education, income, working conditions and poverty

  26. UK Surveys • data about individuals or households • often commissioned by the Government and conducted by the ONS or NatCen • large sample sizes • nationally-representative • repeated cross-sectional surveys – new sample of people every time the survey is run • many surveys are repeated every year • cover many topics including health, work, crime, social attitudes, living costs, housing etc.

  27. Trends in domestic burglary, 1981-2011/12 Crime Survey for England and Wales (thousands) Figure 8 from ‘Crime in England and Wales Quarterly First Release, March 2012’ www.ons.gov.uk

  28. Longitudinal studies • similar to ‘UK surveys’ • individual or household level data • large samples BUT • they follow the same individuals over time • new respondents are added regularly to keep numbers up • allow researchers to analyse change at the individual level • ‘Who moves in and out of the labour market and why?’ • ‘What predicts poor health in middle age?’

  29. Examples of longitudinal surveys British Household Panel Survey and Understanding Society • sample of households followed over time • brings together different aspects of peoples lives education, employment, social ties, family life and health • BHPS started in 1991 and has 18 waves of data collection • Understanding Society started in 2009 • BHPS sample included in Understanding Society from wave 2 Other longitudinal surveys English Longitudinal Study of Ageing Families and Children Study Growing Up in Scotland Longitudinal Study of Young People in England

  30. Qualitative data qualitative data is non-numeric information for example: • interview transcripts • visual data • focus groups • essays • diaries • observation notes • documents • audio data • open-ended survey questions • case notes • newspaper clippings mixed methods approaches combine qualitative data with quantitative (numeric) data.

  31. QualiBank

  32. Business microdata • The data are collected through a wide range of surveys (and some administrative sources), and cover: • productivity • innovation • workforce skills • earnings • international trade • foreign direct investment • research and development • business demography • industrial relations • Almost all of the data are collected using the sampling frame of the Inter-Departmental Business Register.  • Restricted access through secure setting, UK academia

  33. UK census data • 1971-2011 UK census data • used as baseline for other statistics • detailed combinations of characteristics • open access, except microdata and some boundary data • small geographies • census outputs • aggregate data • boundary data • flow data • microdata • topics covered include: age, sex, health, religion and ethnicity

  34. Topics • age • sex • health • religion • ethnicity • caring • travel to work • household composition • housing • car ownership • employment • education

  35. Topics • age • sex • health • religion • ethnicity • caring • travel to work • household composition • housing • car ownership • employment • education • national identity • second homes • intention to stay

  36. Census aggregate data • counts of people, households, etc. with particular combinations of characteristics for an area • areas vary from large to very small • example: number of females aged 30-34 who are married and live in private rented accommodation in the county of Devon • Open access

  37. Aggregate data: 59 17 22 35

  38. Example data Age : 16 to 24 years old - Religion (England and Wales) : Muslim - Unit : People

  39. Census boundary data

  40. Religion

  41. InFuse

  42. Census flow data • special type of aggregate data, where there is an origin and destination • two main types • commuting • migration

  43. WICID

  44. Census microdata • individual-level data which has been anonymised to prevent disclosure • Sample of Anonymised Records(SARs) • looks like data you would get from doing a survey yourself • analysed using an analysis package like SPSS or Stata • more flexible as you can produce your own tables, populations and attributes • 1991 and 2001 SARs data available; 2011 expected

  45. Using documentation • all the documentation you need is freely available to access on our website – questionnaires, user guides, technical reports, derived variables • documentation tells you about the data • what questions were asked • who were asked the questions • how the survey was conducted • what was done with the raw data to turn it into the final data You must look at the documentation to understand the data !

  46. Where are the data from? • official agencies - mainly central government • Inter-governmental organisations • individual academics - research grants • market research agencies • public records/historical sources • access to international datavia links with other data archives worldwide

  47. Links with other data archives worldwide

  48. Some statistics about our Service Data for research and teaching purposes, used in all sectors and by many different disciplines • 6,000 datasets in the collection • 400 new datasets and new editions added within last 12 months • 25,000 registered users • 60,000 downloads worldwide per annum • 4000+ user support queries per annum

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