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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