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Understanding Wales: Opportunities for Secondary Data Analysis Annual Population Survey/Labour Force Survey

Understanding Wales: Opportunities for Secondary Data Analysis Annual Population Survey/Labour Force Survey. Melanie Jones School of Business and Economics . What is the Annual Population Survey (APS)?. APS 2004-date. APS boost. Local LFS. QLFS.

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Understanding Wales: Opportunities for Secondary Data Analysis Annual Population Survey/Labour Force Survey

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  1. Understanding Wales: Opportunities for Secondary Data Analysis Annual Population Survey/Labour Force Survey Melanie Jones School of Business and Economics

  2. What is the Annual Population Survey (APS)? APS 2004-date APS boost Local LFS QLFS

  3. Quarterly Labour Force Survey (1992-date) • Largest survey of private households in the UK • Address interviewed for 5 successive quarters (waves) • APS pools observations from wave 1 and 5 across 4 quarters of • main LFS – annual data • Personal and household characteristics (age, gender, disability, ethnicity, nationality, qualifications, region of residence) • Labour market indicators (earnings, hours, occupation, job seeking)

  4. Welsh Local Labour Force Survey (2001–date) • Partnership project WG and ONS • Access to the WLLFS is only via the APS (2004-date) • Address interviewed annually for 4 years • Individuals are asked a subset of questions from the QLFS

  5. Advantages of the APS/LFS • Aggregate statistics and micro (individual) data • Household, individual • Regular and timely information (2004-2011)

  6. Unemployment by Unitary Authority (APS April 2010-March 2011)

  7. Percentage of Workless Households by Region (APS January–December 2010)

  8. Unemployment Rates in Wales by Age Group (APS 2004-2011)

  9. Advantages of the APS • Larger sample size (300%+)

  10. Advantages of the APS • Intra-regional analysis (local authority level) • Analysis of sub groups (Davies et al., 2011, An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in Wales, Wales Equalities and Human Rights Commission) • WLLFS survey design (Jones et al., 2011) • Longitudinal Labour Force Survey (5 waves QLFS) – labour market transitions

  11. Female Economic Activity by Ethnic Group in Wales

  12. Access to the APS • Aggregate statistics: www.nomisweb.co.uk • www.statswales.wales.gov.uk • Microdata ESDS (UK Data Archive) • End User Licence • Special Licence • Secure Data Service Increasing detail but greater restrictions on access

  13. Further resources • ESDS http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/lfs/http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/aps/ • Data access: help@esds.ac.uk • Data usage: govsurveys@esds.ac.uk

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