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ESDS International

Karen Dennison Accessing international survey data collections via ESDS British Academy, Tuesday 14 March 2006. ESDS International. ESDS International. access and support for a range of international datasets - both micro and macro sources

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ESDS International

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

  2. 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)

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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, 1996-1997 • New Europe Barometer • Polish National Election Study • Regional Economic Performance, Governance and Cohesion in an Enlarged Europe, 1999-2001

  6. Other ESDS data with international theme

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

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

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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Other international data ESDS International maintains links to other data resources

  13. Nesstar – European Social Survey

  14. Nesstar – E-Living: Life in a Digital Europe

  15. Linking European data resources The Madiera Portal www.madiera.net Multilingual Access to Data Infrastructures of the European Research Area

  16. The MADIERA portal– a semantic web Locating data Multilingual support Data can be retrieved by browsing the catalogs of different data archives, or perform searches across all the archives inn the system. Based on thesaurus technology, the user may search in any language, and be able to locate data stored in another language. Browsing metadata Comparative data Datasets in MADIERA will be documented according to the DDI standard. The metadata will be integrated with the data. A built in logic for identifying comparative data – including variables or datasets stored on other servers throughout Europe. 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. 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. Downloading data Data can be downloaded in any of a number of standard file formats Standardised identification Visualisation Work will be initiated to establish a standard for naming of social science data resources. Several options for displaying statistics are available. This includes bar-charts, time series charts, and geographic maps Knowledge base User supplied comments, links to online publications etc. www.madiera.net Multilingual Access to Data Infrastructures of the European Research Area

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

  18. ESDS International • Web site www.esds.ac.uk/international • Help desk email international@esds.ac.uk

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