The Census Data System |
Edited by Phil Rees, David Martin and Paul Williamson |
Book contents and related Web and CD resources |
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Introduction |
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CENSUS DATA RESOURCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Phil Rees, David Martin and Paul Williamson |
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Geography and lookup tables |
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THE DEBATE ABOUT CENSUS GEOGRAPHY Phil Rees and David Martin |
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David Martin |
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DESIGNING YOUR OWN GEOGRAPHIES Seraphim Alvanides, Stan Openshaw and Philip Rees |
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LOOKUP TABLES AND NEW AREA STATISTICS FOR THE 1971, 1981 AND 1991 CENSUSES James Harris, Danny Dorling, David Owen, Mike Coombes and Tom Wilson |
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Boundary data and visualization |
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HANDLING AND ACCESSING CENSUS BOUNDARY DATA William Mackaness and Alistair Towers |
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Jason Dykes, Jackie Carter and Danny Dorling |
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Area statistics |
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DISSEMINATING CENSUS AREA STATISTICS OVER THE WEB James Harris, Justin Hayes and Keith Cole |
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Martyn Senior |
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David Martin |
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ONS CLASSIFICATIONS AND GB PROFILES: CENSUS TYPOLOGIES FOR RESEARCHERS Phil Rees, Chris Denham, John Charlton, Stan Openshaw, Marcus Blake and Linda See |
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DEALING WITH THE CENSUS UNDERCOUNT Stephen Simpson |
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POPULATION STATISTICS AFTER THE CENSUS Paul Williamson and Stephen Simpson |
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Microdata |
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MICRODATA FROM THE CENSUS: SAMPLES OF ANONYMISED RECORDS Angela Dale and Andy Teague |
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ONLINE TABULATION FOR THE SAMPLES OF ANONYMISED RECORDS Ian Turton |
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THE ONS LONGITUDINAL STUDY: LINKED CENSUS AND EVENT DATA TO 2001 Rosemary Creeser, Brian Dodgeon, Heather Joshi and Jillian Smith |
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Paul Williamson |
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Interaction data |
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MIGRATION DATA FROM THE CENSUS Phil Rees, Frank Thomas and Oliver Duke-Williams |
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WORKPLACE DATA FROM THE CENSUS Keith Cole, Martin Frost and Frank Thomas |
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Planning for 2001 Census outputs |
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NEW QUESTIONS FOR THE 2001 CENSUS John Dixie and Daniel Dorling |
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Ian Diamond, Marie Cruddas and Jennet Woolford |
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AN OUTPUT STRATEGY FOR THE 2001 CENSUS Chris Denham and Phil Rees |
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METADATA FOR THE 2001 UK CENSUS: RECOMMENDATIONS Paul Williamson and Neil Lander-Brinkley |
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TESTING USER-REQUESTED GEOGRAPHIES Oliver Duke-Williams and Phil Rees |
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Chapter 1 |
Census Data Resources in the United Kingdom Phil Rees, David Martin and Paul Williamson |
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A Web based licensing facility for value added use of official data, administered by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO) |
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Web page giving access to census data resources supported by the ESRC/JISC Census Programme for academic use |
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The book Web pages in which the links referenced in the text will be kept up-to-date |
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Census Dissemination Unit home page |
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Census Interaction Data Service (CIDS), home department web page |
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UKBorders home page |
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Census Microdata Unit home page |
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Longitudinal Study Support Programme home page |
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Census Registration Unit home department web page |
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ESRC/JISC Census Programme Coordinator staff page |
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National Statistics and ONS web site |
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London Research Centre (now Greater London Authority) home page |
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General Register Office Scotland home page |
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Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency census web page |
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Ordnance Survey Great Britain web site |
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Northern Ireland Census area boundaries |
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UK Government web site |
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UK Government web site |
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The Debate about Census Geography Phil Rees and David Martin |
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Rees (1997a) (.pdf) |
The debate about the Geography of the 2001 Census: collected papers form 1995-6. Working Paper 97-01, School of Geography, University of Leeds. |
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Output Areas for 2001 David Martin |
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2001 Output Areas: specification, demonstration and maintenance project |
Website of Output Area design project, with 2001 Census geography demonstrator data |
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Designing your own Geographies Seraphim Alvanides, Stan Openshaw and Philip Rees |
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Introduction and links to Zone Design Methods |
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ZD2k: zone design system, web-based version |
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Instructions on how to download fully-functional version of ZDES from CD (UNIX version) |
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(Min. requirements: P233; 64Mb RAM) |
Demonstration version of ZDES showing how rezoning political constituencies can impact upon election results (PC version) |
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Lookup Tables and new Area Statistics for the 1971, 1981 And 1991 Censuses James Harris, Danny Dorling, David Owen, Mike Coombes and Tom Wilson |
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Interface to Linking Censuses Through Time datasets |
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A list of EDs and the larger areas in which they nest (England and Wales) |
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A list of OAs and the larger areas in which they nest (Scotland) |
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A list of unit postcodes and the EDs in which they nest (England and Wales) |
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A list of unit postcodes and the OAs in which they nest (Scotland) |
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Censuses User Guide (.rtf)
Censuses (installation program) |
Installation and usage instructions for program that extracts 1971, 1981 and 1991 Census counts for 1981-based ward boundaries (see gb.csv for explanation of 1991 ward codes) Semi-automated program installer (see User Guide for details) |
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1981/1991
GB ward lookup guide (.rtf)
Wards 81-91 (.csv) Wards 91-81 (.csv) |
Description of variables in 1981 to 1991 ward and 1991 to 1981 ward lookup tables (see gb.csv and gb81.csv respectively for explanation of 1991 and 1981 ward codes) Comma separated files mapping 1981 wards onto 1991 wards (81-91.csv) and 1991 wards onto 1981 wards (91-81.csv) - GB coverage |
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Overview of 1991 ED to 'best-fit' 1981 ward lookup tables available on CD |
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1991-1998 LGAs (.rtf) |
1998 local government areas specified in terms of 1991 Census areas (GB) |
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Figure 5.3 England (*.doc) Figure 5.4 Scotland (*.doc) Figure 5.5 Wales (*.doc) |
Maps of revised local authority boundaries (England - 1998; Wales - 1996; Scotland - 1996) |
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Overview of 1991 County and District monitor data for England, Wales and Scotland (1991 boundaries) available on CD |
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England (.xls) Wales (.xls); Scotland (.xls) |
1991 County and District monitor data for England, Wales and Scotland (reaggregated to 1998 boundaries) |
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LGA 1991 Populations (.csv) |
1991 Census populations (by single year of age and sex) (reaggregated to 1998 boundaries) |
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Overview of SASPAC command files (available on CD) used to convert 1991 Census geographies to revised 1998 local authority boundaries |
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Explanation of 1971-based Functional Region codes and spatial hierarchy |
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Functional Regions (.csv) |
1971 Metropolitan Regions mapped onto 1971 Functional Regions and Local Labour Market Areas |
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Wards to FRZ (.csv) |
1991 wards mapped onto 1971 Functional Region Zones (see gb.csv for explanation of 1991 ward codes) |
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City Regions introduction (.rtf) |
Explanation of 1991-based City Region codes and spatial hierarchy |
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City Regions (.csv) |
1991 Localities mapped onto 1991 City Regions |
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Wards to Localities (.csv) |
1991 wards mapped onto 1991 City Regions and Localities (see gb.csv for explanation of 1991 ward codes) |
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Handling and Accessing Census Boundary Data William Mackaness and Alistair Towers |
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The UKBORDERS interface to census boundary data |
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Visualizing Census Data Jason Dykes, Jackie Carter and Danny Dorling |
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General purpose multiscale interactive mapping with address and postal geographies |
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CASWEB interface to census data (SAS/LBS) with digital map boundaries |
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SURPOP interface to population surface models based on 1981 and 1991 Census SAS |
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Interactive US Census mapping |
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The JANUS gateway to visualization and software tools for 1991 Census mapping |
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Interactive maps for visual data exploration. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 13, 355-74 |
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Interactive maps for visual data exploration. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 13, 355-74 |
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Cartographic Data Visualizer |
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Exploring spatial data representation with dynamic graphics |
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cdv Homepage |
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Maps of the Census: A Rough Guide |
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Review of Visualization in the Social Sciences: A State of the Art Survey and Report. AGOCG Technical Report Series 41, AGOCG |
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Installation instructions for CDV software |
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CDV software help files, detailed user guide and related resources |
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Copies of all Figures for Chapter 7, including dynamic and interactive maps not reproducible on paper |
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Dissseminating Census Area Statistics over the Web James Harris, Justin Hayes and Keith Cole |
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CASWEB interface to census data (SAS/LBS) with digital map boundaries |
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Census Data Unit website |
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Homepage of the Japanese Statistics Bureau |
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US software company developing products based on the US Census and other datasets |
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US software companying servicing the broadcasting industry |
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Interactive US Census mapping |
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Concordia University, Montreal E-STAT statistical profiles for Canadian Census |
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UK Government Statistical Service (GSS) online catalogue and Statbase data delivery system |
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Census Dissemination Unit Annual Reports 1996-99 CDU, University of Manchester |
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How Australia Takes a Census. Working Paper, ABS, Canberra |
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Deprivation Indicators Martyn Senior |
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Deprivation indices deposited by users for a variety of geographies derived from 1991 Census data |
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Department of Applied Sociology, University of Oxford, contractor to DETR/DLTR for the development of the Index of Multiple Deprivation |
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DETR web sites providing information on current deprivation indices. (Note that the DETR became the DLTR in June 2001 and that crosslinks from old website references may not be maintained.) |
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National Assembly for Wales website, which contains information on the Welsh IMD2000 |
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The Northern Ireland Statistics website, with links to ward deprivation scores and reports |
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Data Management and Analysis Group, Greater London Authority (formerly the London Research Centre) website with ED and ward deprivation scores |
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Website giving information on “official” Jarman UPA scores |
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Guide to the wide range of ward and ED level deprivation indices available on the CD (see gb.csv for explanation of 1991 ward codes) |
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(i) Carstairs (for wards) |
Carstairs index for wards in Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
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(ii) DoE, Jarman, Carstairs and Townsend (for wards) |
DoE, Jarman, Carstairs and Townsend for wards in England and Wales |
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(iii) Townsend (for wards and EDs) |
Townsend scores for wards and EDs in
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Census Population Surfaces David Martin |
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SURPOP interface to population surface models based on 1981 and 1991 Census SAS (use with data requires user registration) |
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The use of the Landscape Metaphor in understanding population data. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 26, 281-95 |
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ONS classifications and GB Profiles: Census Typologies for Researchers Phil Rees, Chris Denham, John Charlton, Stan Openshaw, Marcus Blake and Linda See |
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CACI’s website referencing the ACORN and PIN geodemographic system |
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Eurodirect’s website for the CAMEOUK geodemographic system |
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Describes the American version of the MOSAIC geodemographic system |
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Documentation describing Experian’s MOSAIC geodemographic system |
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ONS ward and district classifications: brief description and references to files available for downloading (see also Resources on CD) |
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Describes GB PROFILER system and how to download it for use on a PC (see also Resources on CD) |
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CDU (MIMAS) Web page describing GBPROFILER and how to access it (see also Resources on CD) |
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Web-based version of GB PROFILER |
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ONS_Class (wards) (.csv) ONS_Class (districts) (.csv) |
ONS area classifications for 1991 wards (England and Wales) and districts (Great Britain) (Comma-delimited ASCII files) |
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GB Profiler (UNIX) |
Instructions for accessing GB Profiler online via MIMAS UNIX mainframe |
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GB Profiler (PC) (.exe) Installation and Bug notes (PC) (.rtf) |
Self-extracting PC version of software. Requires approx. 30 Mbytes of free hard-disk on C: drive. Please read installation notes and known bug list before installation. (N.B. Based on 1991 postal geography; does NOT include 49-fold area classification) |
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Dealing with the Census Undercount Stephen Simpson |
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(see also CD Resources) |
Links to EWCPOP, SOCPOP and MIGPOP including descriptions of methodology on results on-line (access to results requires data registration) |
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Guide to revised 1991 mid-year population estimates of residents and private household residents by five year age group and sex for wards in the UK and EDs in England and Wales available on CD. (see gb.csv for explanation of 1991 ward codes) |
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Guide to revised 1991 mid-year population estimates by five-year age group, sex and tenure, ethnic group or employment status, for wards in Great Britain available on CD. (see gb.csv for explanation of 1991 ward codes) |
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Guide to revised 1991 migration flow estimates by five-year age group and sex for districts in Great Britain available on CD. |
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Population Statistics after the Census Paul Williamson and Stephen Simpson |
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ONS’s StatBase contains free downloadable national population estimates and information about the availability of sub-national estimates for England and Wales. The most recent methodological revisions may be requested from popinfo@ons.gov.uk |
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The website of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency includes free downloadable national and sub-national population estimates for Northern Ireland |
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The website of the General Register for Scotland includes free downloadable national and sub-national population estimates for Scotland |
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Total population for wards in England, as estimated by the Department for Applied Sociology,Oxford University for the DETR (now DLTR), and distributed by the Neighbourhoold Statistics Service |
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Free downloadable national and sub-national household estimates and projections for England, plus documentation of methodology |
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Online documentation and national/sub-national estimates and projections. Similar 1998-based estimates and projections due for release mid-2000, produced by the Scottish Executive (post-devolution equivalent to Scottish Office). Search for 'household projections' at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/ |
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Microdata from the Census: Samples of Anonymised Records Angela Dale and Andy Teague |
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Web site for Census Microdata Unit (CMU) giving access to comprehensive information on the SARs |
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Web site for the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR). The CCSR hosts the CMU |
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The SARs codebook and glossary for original and derived variables can be accessed via this link |
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Full details of the derivation of the classification and descriptions of each of the 49 GB Profile clusters attached to records in the Individual SAR |
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Information on publications that use the SARs |
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Online Tabulation for the Samples of Anonymised Records Ian Turton |
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The ONS Longitudinal Study: Linked Census and Event Data to 2001 Rosemary Creeser, Brian Dodgeon, Heather Joshi and Jillian Smith |
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Website of information and resources relating to the Longitudinal Study from old LS support unit |
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Up-to-date version of Figure 16.1 |
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List of publications using the LS |
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Web page from which latest version of the LS Data Dictionary can be downloaded (see CD Resources for version 5) |
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The new Centre for Longitudinal Study Information and User Support (CeLSIUS) |
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Self-extracting user-friendly data dictionary of variables available for analysis from the Longitudinal Study (requires 5.3Mb). Automatically creates and installs into the folder lsdict. Once extracted, run iwinread.exe to start. |
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Synthetic Microdata Paul Williamson |
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Population Microdata Unit, Department of Geography, University of Liverpool: Progress to date on ESRC-funded program to create a national set of validated small-area population microdata |
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European Union funded programme for development and evaluation of new methods for editing and imputation |
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Item Imputation (.rtf) |
Appendix to chapter dealing with item imputation |
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Migration Data from the Census Phil Rees, Frank Thomas and Oliver Duke-Williams |
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Web pages describing the National Migration Statistics (NMS) |
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Web pages describing the Regional Migration Statistics (RMS) |
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Area Statistics web pages (see Chapter 8 for access details) |
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Web pages describing how to use the the Special Migration Statistics (SMS) |
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Web pages describing how to use SMSTAB (UNIX based software for accessing SMS datasets) |
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Web pages describing WICID, Web based software for accessing SMS datasets |
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Web pages describing the MIGPOP version of the SMS. MIGPOP adjusts selected tables of the SMSGAPS version for census undercount (see also CD Resources for Chapter 12) |
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Web pages describing the Table 100 resource (Student Usual & Term-Time Residence) |
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Census 2001. Origin-Destination Statistics (Final Specifications). Office for National Statistics, Titchfield. |
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Workplace Data from the Census Keith Cole, Martin Frost and Frank Thomas |
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SWS extraction software |
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Census 2001. Origin-Destination Statistics (Final Specifications). Office for National Statistics, Titchfield. |
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New Questions for the 2001 Census John Dixie and Daniel Dorling |
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Census White Paper (.pdf) |
On-line copy of Census white paper |
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A One Number Census Ian Diamond, Marie Cruddas and Jennet Woolford |
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Up-to-date information on the One Number Census programme |
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An Output Strategy for the 2001 Census Chris Denham and Phil Rees |
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Web site containing Census Newsletters which provide the latest information about census output plans and products |
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Email address of ONS Census Customer Services: contact for paper copy of Census Newsletters |
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Web site of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office where information about obtaining “click-use” licences for Crown Copyright material including Census Core Statistics is provided |
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2001 Census. Standard Area Statistics: Key Statistics, Standard Tables, Census Area Statistics (CAS). A discussion paper. Census Consultation Paper. Office for National Statistics, Titchfield |
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2001 Census. Key Statistics. Geographic Levels: Output Area to National. Census Consultation Paper. Office for National Statistics, Titchfield |
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2001 Census. Census Area Statistics. Geographic Levels: Output Area to National. Office for National Statistics, Titchfield |
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2001 Census Standard Tables. Geographic Levels: Ward to National. Office for National Statistics, Titchfield |
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2001 Census. Standard Area Statistics – Master Index. Census Consultation Paper. Office for National Statistics, Titchfield. |
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2001 Census. Origin-Destination Statistics (Final Specification). Office for National Statistics, Titchfield. |
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2001 Census Standard Tables. Theme Tables. Geographic Levels: Ward to National. Office for National Statistics, Titchfield. |
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Census 2001 Output Classifications. Office for National Statistics, Titchfield. |
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Metadata for the 2001 UK Census: Recommendations Paul Williamson and Neil Lander-Brinkley |
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The latest news on 2001 Census developments, including the latest information on planned 2001 Census metadata |
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A selection of online 1981 and 1991 Census metadata, created under the aegis of the Census Advisory Committee to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and maintained by the academic Census Units established under the ESRC/JISC 1991 Census Initiative |
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MetaC91 (.exe) |
Self-extracting user-friendly software indexing 1991 Census LBS and SAS outputs (requires 3Mb). Once extracted, run iwinread.exe to start. |
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User Guide (.doc) |
MetaC91 Starter User Guide (extract manualw.doc for full details) |
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Testing User-Requested Geographies Oliver Duke-Williams and Phil Rees |
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