ESDS Government
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ESDS Government is a ESRC/JISC funded service which provides large-scale government surveys, such as the General Household Survey
and the Labour Force Survey
, as well as other key data resources for understanding population structure and change in the UK and its constituent countries.
ESDS Government is led by the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR) and provides user support, facilitates user meetings on specific surveys, organises training courses on topics of interest, on specific statistical software packages and on statistical analysis methods as well as provides topic-related online course materials and a range of teaching datasets.
One of the central aims of the service is to promote and facilitate increased and more effective use of government datasets in research, learning and teaching across a range of disciplines.
The acquisition, processing and delivery of the large-scale government datasets under this service is undertaken by the UK Data Archive
. Data is available both via download and online exploration and visualisation via Nesstar.
General Household Survey
The General Household Survey is a survey conducted on an annual basis by the Office for National Statistics and collects data about private households in Great Britain...
and the Labour Force Survey
Labour Force Survey
Labour Force Surveys are statistical surveys conducted in a number of countries designed to capture data about the labour market. All European Union member states are required to conduct a Labour Force Survey annually. Labour Force Surveys are also carried out in some non-EU countries. They are...
, as well as other key data resources for understanding population structure and change in the UK and its constituent countries.
Service overview
Some examples of the research supported by the surveys include:- resources, health and living conditions of older people
- ethnic differences in family and household composition
- patterns of consumption, including drinking and smoking
- gender and ethnic differences in employment earnings
- lifestyle, consumption and health patterns
- social capital and its relationship to health, employment and earnings
- comparisons across different UK regions and across different time periods
ESDS Government is led by the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR) and provides user support, facilitates user meetings on specific surveys, organises training courses on topics of interest, on specific statistical software packages and on statistical analysis methods as well as provides topic-related online course materials and a range of teaching datasets.
One of the central aims of the service is to promote and facilitate increased and more effective use of government datasets in research, learning and teaching across a range of disciplines.
The acquisition, processing and delivery of the large-scale government datasets under this service is undertaken by the UK Data Archive
UK Data Archive
The UK Data Archive is a national centre of expertise in data archiving in the United Kingdom . It houses the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK....
. Data is available both via download and online exploration and visualisation via Nesstar.