ESDS Government

Facilitating more effective use of large-scale government surveys

http://www.esds.ac.uk

ESDS Government

• Promote key resources for social scientists

• Awareness and training

• Cross-site collaboration: distributed expertise utilised, service delivered seamlessly to users

• Expert staff develop good relationships with government depositors

ESDS Government large-scale surveys

• British Crime Survey• British Social Attitudes • Family Expenditure Survey, National Food Survey

(now combined as Expenditure and Food Survey)

• Family Resources Survey• General Household Survey• Health Survey for England/Wales/Scotland • Labour Force Survey• ONS Omnibus Survey • National Travel Survey • Survey of English Housing • UK Time Use Survey• Vital Statistics for England and Wales

Advantages of large-scale government data

• Good quality data– produced by experienced research organisations– usually nationally representative with large samples– good response rates– very well documented

• Continuous data– allows comparison over time– data is largely cross-sectional

• Hierarchical data– individual and household levels– intra-household differences– household effects on individuals

ESDS Government value-added service

• Extend and enhance data– topic and analysis guides– easy data visualisation using Nesstar – data workshops– teaching materials– training for researchers

• Research conferences – enable users to present work

Browse information at

ESDS Government

web site

Links to government web sites and data series information

Order and download ESDS Government

data

Browse online study description for each ESDS Government dataset

Access ESDS Government data via Nesstar browsing tool

Use Nesstar to generate data frequencies for

ESDS Government data

Tabulate ESDS Government data in Nesstar

Use Nesstar to produce charts and graphsfor easy visualisation of ESDS Government data

Use Nesstar to produce

maps from ESDS Government

data