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Economic and Social Data Service
Finding politics data online
The Internet for Politics, SOSIG 7 June 2005Louise Corti, ESDS
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ESDS Overview
• national data archiving and dissemination service, running from 1 Jan. 2003 – 2008
• provides access and specialist support for key economic and social data
• UK Data Archive is a service provider of ESDS and preserves and supplies most of the data
• other partners include MIMAS and the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR) and the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
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Sources and type of data
Data for research and teaching purposes and used in all sectors and for many different disciplines
• official agencies - mainly central government
• international statistical time series
• individual academics - research grants
• market research agencies
• public records/historical sources
• qualitative and quantitative
• other data archives worldwide
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UKDA Collection
• 5,000+ datasets in the collection
• 300+ new datasets are added each year
• 9000+ registered users
• 38, 000+ datasets distributed worldwide
p.a.
• history data service in-house (AHDS)
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Specialist data services
• ESDS Government• ESDS International• ESDS Longitudinal • ESDS Qualidata
provide • dedicated web sites• data and documentation enhancements• user support • training
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Large-scale government surveys
• General Household Survey• Labour Force Survey• Health Survey for England/Wales/Scotland • Family Expenditure Survey• British Crime Survey• Family Resources Survey • National Food Survey/Expenditure and Food
Survey • ONS Omnibus Survey • Survey of English Housing • British Social Attitudes• National Travel Survey• Time Use Survey
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Benefits of the large-scale government datasets
• 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– intra-household differences– household effects on individuals
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Longitudinal data
• longitudinal surveys involve repeated surveys of the same individuals at different points in time
• allow researchers to analyse change at the individual level
• more complex to analyse
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British Household Panel Survey
• collected and deposited by the ULSC at Essex
• follows the members of 5500 households first sampled in 1991 - interviews conducted annually
• major resource for understanding the dynamics of British households
• coverage includes:– income, labour market behaviour, social and political
values, health, education, housing and household organisation
• recently large new samples were introduced in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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British Birth Cohort Studies• impact of childhood conditions on later life and understanding
children and families in the UK
• National Child Development Study follows a cohort born in a single week in 1958 - data collected at birth and ages 7, 11, 16, 23, 33, 42
• 1970 British Cohort Study follows a cohort born in a single week in 1970 - data collected around birth and ages 5, 10, 16, 26 and most recently at age 30
• Millennium Cohort Study focuses on children born in 2000/2001 - first sweep at 9 months, second sweep at 3 years
• wide range of social, economic, health, medical and psychological issues
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International datasets• regularly updated macro-economic time series datasets from
selected major international statistical databanks that collectively chart over 50 years of global economic, industrial and political change:
• International Monetary Fund • OECD • United Nations• World Bank • Eurostat• International Labour Organisation• UK Office for National Statistics
• access to microdata surveys• Eurobarometers• International Social Survey Programme• other social data via other national data archives
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ESDS politics datasets
• British Election Studies (inc. BEPS)• Welsh Election Surveys• Scottish Election Surveys• British Social Attitudes• Dissension/Free Votes in the House of
Commons, 1979-1997• Seyd and Whiteley’s Party Membership
surveys• Comparative Manifestos Project• Historical MORI and Gallup poll data
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ESDS Qualidata• diverse data types: in-depth interviews ; semi-
structured interviews; focus groups; oral histories; mixed methods data; open-ended survey questions; case notes/records of meetings; diaries/research diaries
• examples of political datasets:• SN 4824: Liberal Democrats: Structure, Strategy and Contemporary
Party Politics in Britain, 1999-2001
• SN 4802 Devolution and Decentralisation in Wales and Brittany, 2001-2002
• SN 4747 Outsiders: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and the New Europe, 1999-2001
• SN 4730 The Power of Law in Municipal Politics, 1983-1992
• SN 4692 Trade Union Campaigning in the British General Election, 2001
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Census Registration Service
The Census Registration Service provides one-stop registration with Athens login for:
• Census Dissemination Unit from MIMAS (University of Manchester)
• Census Geography Data Unit (UKBORDERS) from EDINA (University of Edinburgh)
• Census Interaction Data Service (Universities of Leeds and St Andrews)
• Samples of Anonymised Records from the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (University of Manchester)
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AHDS History• 7th century through to mid 20th century• particularly strong in 19th and 20th century economic and
social history• census data (1881 100% sample; 1851 2% sample; lots of
local census returns)• Great Britain Historical Database online• taxation materials• large-scale datasets of Welsh and Irish historical statistics • electoral data (poll books for local areas) • criminal court records (e.g. a collection of datasets on
violent crimes 1600-1900) • agricultural statistics (prices, output) • surveys of Scottish witchcraft• state finance data• economic indicators/industrial production data
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Secondary analysis potential
• descriptive/background population information
• comparative research, restudy or follow-up
study
• re-analysis or secondary analysis
• research design and methodology
• verification
• teaching and learning
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Online access to datasets
• web pages– online catalogue with variable level searching– subject browsing and major series– access to online doc - pdf user guides including
questionnaires
• registration– one-off registration with userid/password– online account management and ‘Shopping Basket’
ordering
• data access– web Download in 3 software formats - SPSS, STATA and
tab-delimited– Nesstar – online data analysis, visualisation and subsetting
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Supporting the user
• courses and training
• specialist support, including helpdesk, mailing list, discussion lists and newsletters
• web-based user guides to the datasets
• teaching datasets, online samplers
• online workbooks, exemplars and FAQs
• web-based visualisation interface
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X4L project: Survey Data in Teaching: enhancing critical thinking and data numeracy
• increase the use of real data sources in the classroom
• improve the data literacy of GCE A level and university students to: – enable a better understanding of the use of social science data as applied to
real-life problems – enhance skills in manipulating numerical data in textbooks, newspapers or
reports– become critical consumers of this data
• uses the study of crime in society to show how existing data sources can be utilised
• project is relevant to a range of social science disciplines:– sociology, politics, psychology and media studies & citizenship studies
• resources can be used for A level syllabi but are also highly applicable for undergraduate and postgraduate learning
x4l.data-archive.ac.uk
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ESDS specialist data services: www.esds.ac.uk
UK Data Archive:www.data-archive.ac.uk