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Accessing the UK Longitudinal Studies via the ESDS Jack Kneeshaw UK Data Archive/Economic and Social Data Service 21 June 2004. ESDS Longitudinal. Economic and Social Data Service. new national data archiving and dissemination service
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Accessing the UK Longitudinal Studies via the ESDSJack KneeshawUK Data Archive/Economic and Social Data Service21 June 2004 ESDS Longitudinal
Economic and Social Data Service • new national data archiving and dissemination service • 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 dataservices
Specialist data services • ESDS Government • ESDS International • ESDS Longitudinal • ESDS Qualidata • Greater emphasis on: • value-added data and documentation • enhanced resource discovery • improved delivery services • service specific help • online support materials • training programme • outreach and promotion
ESDS Longitudinal Jointenterprise: • UK Data Archive (UKDA) • UK Longitudinal Studies Centre (ULSC) based at ISER • supports a range of longitudinal data collections but four ‘core’ collections in particular: • 1970British Cohort Study (BCS70) • British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) • Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) • National Child Development Study (NCDS)
ESDS Longitudinal In addition to core studies ESDS Longitudinal will also: • aim to identify other longitudinal datasets for inclusion, e.g. English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parentsand Children (ALSPAC) and the 1946 Birth Cohort (NSHD) • via the UKDA, continue to make available other longitudinal studies such as the LFS (2 and 5 quarter), YCS, HALS and BEPS
ESDS Longitudinal The service already provides: • a helpdesk service operated by • email: longitudinal@esds.ac.uk • telephone: +44 (0)1206 872143 • JISCmail discussion list: esds-longitudinal@jiscmail.ac.uk • web-based Frequently Asked Questions • web-based downloadable data files • online data in Nesstar to facilitate the browsing of longitudinal datasets • a series of meetings and workshops for both novice and more advanced users
Documentation A variety of documentation is made freely available, including: • guides to datasets • lists of publications • annotated questionnaires • interactive data dictionaries (for CLS studies) • ‘Data Notes’ series (for CLS studies) • other survey-related doc, inc. Working Papers etc. (for CLS studies)
Retrieval and access • web access, via UKDA site, to data and metadata • documentation (codebooks, questionnaires) freely available to any user (registered or unregistered) • data can be browsed and frequencies run by any user (registered or unregistered) using Nesstar • full datasets are freely available for download for the majority of our registered users • data supplied in a variety of formats • SPSS • STATA • tab-delimited text
Access for registered users Registered users can: • download full datasets • order data via online order system • browse/analyse/download data in Nesstar To register: • obtain an Athens ID • sign and return End User Licence (legal undertaking) To access data: • register a usage (formerly a project)
ESDS Longitudinal Help +44 (0)1206 872143 www.esds.ac.uk/longitudinal www.data-archive.ac.uk help@esds.ac.uk