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ESDS Resources for BCS Users
Vanessa HigginsESDS Government
Centre for Census and Survey ResearchUniversity of Manchester
ESDS Government
• ESDS began in Jan 03
• Comprises 4 specialist services– ESDS Government– ESDS Longitudinal– ESDS Qualidata– ESDS International
• ESDS Government provides access and user support for key large-scale government surveys such as Labour Force Survey, Expenditure and Food Survey, British Crime Survey, Scottish Crime Survey
• Access remains via the UKDA
Survey pages
External resources and links at dataset level
Guiding new users through...
What do our users use the data for?
2 online searchable databases:• Current Usage: Registration
information records the research use to which data is put. We share registration information on our web site if the user permits
• Publications: Users are requested to inform ESDS of publications, but we also harvest information from the ISI WOK bibliographic database
Teaching datasets
• Cut-down data for teaching• 2000 data – core sample• Excludes boosts• Includes weights for individual
and household analysis • 55 variables • User guide
Statistical guides
• SPSS
• STATA
• Weighting
• Analysis over time (forthcoming)
Themed Guides
• Employment and labour market
• Health
• Social capital
• Ethnicity
• Data Sources in Scotland
• Data Sources in Northern Ireland
Help-desk
• 250+ Queries in the last year• Range of different ranges of complexity:
– How do I get access to the BCS?– Which weight should I use?– What level of geography can I get?– Why does my analysis show high levels of
missing data?– The documentation says variable X is in the data
but I can’t find it
• Help desk involves collaboration with UKDA, HO, ONS, NatCen etc
Outreach events
Introductory workshops Joint workshops with other ESDS servicesMethodsResearch conferencesDataset user groupsOther presentationsPosters
Keeping in touch
• Website contains news & information about consultations/data developments
• JISCmail esds-govsurveys list• Newsletter
– Biannual (June and Dec)– Available on website or hard copy– Contains
• Survey news from ONS etc• New ESDS resources• Summaries of meetings/hot topics• Focus on researchers
The important last slide…Helpdesk:
[email protected](0161)275 1980
Website:http://www.esds.ac.uk/government
Jisc list:[email protected]@jiscmail.ac.uk