Post on 28-Mar-2015
Karen Dennison
Accessing international survey data collections via ESDS
British Academy, Tuesday 14 March 2006
ESDS International
ESDS International• access and support for a range of
international datasets - both micro and macro sources
• aims to promote and facilitate use of international data across a range of disciplines in research, learning and teaching
• run jointly by UK Data Archive (UKDA) and Manchester Information and Associated Services (MIMAS)
International data exchange
UKDA is a member of:
• Council of European Social Science Data Archives
• International Association for Social Science
Information Service and Technology
• International Federation of Data Archives
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social
Research
Through international data exchange agreements, ESDS
International is able to acquire and disseminate key
cross-national survey datasets
Key micro data series• Eurobarometer Survey Series
• International Social Survey Programme
• European Social Survey
• European Values Study
• World Values Survey
• E-Living: Life in a Digital Europe
• Eurofound data
Other ESDS International micro data
• Employment and the Family: Great Britain, Czech
Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Norway and
Portugal, 2002
• Women's Employment and Family Life in the United
Kingdom, Norway, France, Czech Republic and
Russia, 1996-1997
• New Europe Barometer
• Polish National Election Study
• Regional Economic Performance, Governance and
Cohesion in an Enlarged Europe, 1999-2001
Other ESDS data with international theme
How to request international micro data
Via Download/order links in ESDS online catalogue:
How to request data from other archives worldwide
Locate/search other national archive
How to request data from other archives worldwide
Request data via UKDA online account
International micro data supply
• most of the international micro data are held at other national archives
• UKDA acquires data from other archives e.g.– German archive (ZA) FTP server– ICPSR (Michigan, USA) web site
• non-UK users have to request data direct or via their national archive
International micro data usage• Over 320 UK users of international micro data• Eurobarometers most popular, followed by European
Values and World Values Surveys
Usage examples
• ..role of referendums in the process of European integration
• ..determinants of fertility in modern societies using a sociological and longitudinal perspective
• ..public knowledge of, and attitude towards various aspects of science
• ..why the British are so Euro-sceptic
Other international dataESDS International maintains links to other
data resources
Nesstar – European Social Survey
Nesstar – E-Living: Life in a Digital Europe
Multilingual Access to Data Infrastructures of the European Research Area
www.madiera.net
Linking European data resources
The Madiera Portal
The MADIERA portal– a semantic webLocating data
Data can be retrieved by browsing the catalogs of different data archives, or perform searches across all the archives inn the system.
Browsing metadata
Datasets in MADIERA will be documented according to the DDI standard. The metadata will be integrated with the data.
Online statistical analysis
When a dataset or a variable is located on a MADIERA server, the user can instantly run simple statistical analyses like cross/tabulation, descriptive statistics and regression.
VisualisationSeveral options for displaying statistics are available. This includes bar-charts, time series charts, and geographic maps
Multilingual support
Based on thesaurus technology, the user may search in any language, and be able to locate data stored in another language.
Comparative data
A built in logic for identifying comparative data – including variables or datasets stored on other servers throughout Europe.
A Geo-referencing system
Datasets will be stored with geographic coordinates for the geographic coverage of the dataset. A map interface will enable users to locate datasets.
Standardised identification
Work will be initiated to establish a standard for naming of social science data resources.
Downloading data
Data can be downloaded in any of a number of standard file formats
Knowledge base
User supplied comments, links to online publications etc.
Multilingual Access to Data Infrastructures of the European Research Area
www.madiera.net
Future developments
• Direct download of ICPSR data
• International data passport
• Dedicated post for ESDS International micro data development and support
ESDS International
• Web site www.esds.ac.uk/international
• Help desk emailinternational@esds.ac.uk