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Making Use Of Existing DataAnna Vignoles and Shirley Dex


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Datanam

eand

references

Descriptionofm

aintopicscovered

Sam

pling

procedure

Methodofdatacollection

Typeofdata/howtogetaccess

TheAvon

Longitud

inalStudy

ofParentsand

Children

(ALSPAC

)

Thissurveyfollow

sacohortofchildrenborn

intheAvonareaintheearly1990s.They

arefollowedthrou

ghintoadolescenceand

datahasbeenco

llectedontheirsocio-

economic,family,

educationandhealth

circumstances

Sam

pleof

mothersenrolled

duringpregnancy

in1991and1992

Childrenfollowed

upr

egularly

Surveyandclinics

Micro

Longitudinal

Openaccess:

Applytodataholder

sforaccess

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/alspac/

sci-com/collab-policy/

Somesubsetsofdataarenow

lodgedinthedataarchiveat:

www.esds.ac.uk

BritishB

irthCohort

(BCS)

www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/

Ferrietal.(2003)

TheBCS

wasacensusofbabiesbornin

acertainweekin

1970whohavebeen

followedupforth

erestoftheirlives,now

ona4-yearcycle

,althoughinthepast

therewerelonge

rgapsbetweencontacts.

Itisamulti-doma

insurveycoveringtopics

ofchildandadulteducation,health,

lifestyle,citizensh

ip,household,family,

economicactivity

andincome.The

questionnaireschangedasthechildaged

andbecameanadult.Thelatestdataare

forage38at200

8

Cen

susofbabies

born

inoneweek

Mixtureofface-to

-faceand

postalsurveysplustestsof

abilityonchildren

and

administrativehealthdata

mergedin.Eachsurveyisa

separatedataset

Micro

Longitudinal

Openaccess:

EconomicandSocia

lData

Service,EssexUniversityat:

www.esds.ac.uk

Someex

amplesofready-madedatasets


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eand

references

Descriptionofm

aintopicscovered

Sam

pling

procedure



BritishS

ocial

Attitudes

Surveys

(BAS)

Thisisanannual

surveycarriedoutona

randomsampleo

fthepopulationasking

aboutarangeofattitudesalongsidebasic

characteristicsof

therespondents.Some

attitudequestions

areaskedeveryyear.

Othersrotateand

areaskedatintervals.

Modulesofquestionsonparticulartopical

subjectsareadde

dfromtimetotime

Ran

dom

probability

sam

ple

Micro

Repeatedcross-sec

tionforsome

questions

Openaccess:

EconomicandSocia

lData


www.esds.ac.uk

TheCare

ersService

ActivitySurveys

DfEE

(199

9)

Theseannualsur

veysprovideinformation

ontheearlycareerchoicesmadebyyoung

peopleinEngland,aftercompulsory

schooling.Thesu

rveysgivebackground

informationonpu

pils(e.g.gender,ethnicity)

aswellasjobsan

dtrainingoptionschosen

byschoolleavers

Nosampling

used

Cen

sus,ifitwere

com

plete

CareersServicedatabase

Repeatcohortstransition

fromschooltowo

rk

Micro

Veryshortlongitudin

al

AccessviatheDfE:Tel:0114259

3698

Databaseofteacher

records

Statistics

ofeducation,

published

annuallyby

TheStationeryOffice

Individualrecords

ofeachteacher

recognisedasqualifiedinEnglandand

Wales,fromthed

ateofawardofQTS.

Containstheirpay,qualifications,QTS,age,

sex,lengthofser

vice,currentservice,

schoolandLEA

Cen

sus,ifitwere

accurate

Annualreturnsfrom

employerstoTeachers

PensionScheme.Some

employersdonot

provide

allrecords

Micro

Partlylongitudinal

Openaccess:

Summarystatisticscanbe

accessedviatheDfEresearch

andstatisticsgatewayat:

www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/

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Datanam

eand

references

Descriptionofm

aintopicscovered

Sam

pling

procedure



Destinationsof

Leavers

fromH

igher

Educatio

n

Longitud

inalstudy

(DHLELongitudinal)

Surveyofhighereducationleavers,includes

data6monthsaftergraduationand3years

aftergraduation.Availableforyears02/03,

04/05,06/07

SurveyofHE

grad

uates

Surveyofgraduates6

monthsaftergrad

uationby

HigherEducation

Institutions

Surveyafter3years

conductedonbehalfof

HESA

Micro

Shortlongitudinal

Openaccess:

ApplytotheHigherEducation

StatisticsAgencyat:w

ww.hesa.ac.uk

Eurostat

Continuin

gVocational

Training

Coverscostofvo

cationaltraining,hours

spent,trainingsystems,participationrates,

apprenticeshipsa

nddetailsofparticipants.

Samedataavaila

bleacrossanumberofEU

countries

Ran

domsample

ofe

nterprises

Surveys

Microenterprise

Repeatcross-section

Openaccess:

Eurostatat:http://ep

p.eurostat.ec.

europa.eu/

TheGen

eral

Househo

ldSurvey

(GHS)no

w

called

General

Lifestyle

Survey(GLF)

GHS(annualdates)

forannualreport

GHSisanannua

lsamplesurvey.Itcontains

socio-economicd

ataonawiderangeof

topics,providingalongtimeseriesofdata

oneducationalattainment

Limitedinformatio

nonvocationaltraining.

Considerableamountofinformationon

employment(inco

me,hours,tenure,

industry,occupation,unionmembership).

Forinformationseeww.statistics.gov.uk/

ssd/surveys/gene

ral_household_survey.asp

Stra

tifiedrandom

Face-to-faceinterviews

probabilitysamplebasedon

postcodes

Micro

Repeatcross-section

Openaccess:

EconomicandSocia

lData


www.esds.ac.uk

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Datanam

eand

references

Descriptionofm

aintopicscovered

Sam

pling

procedure



Graduatesdatasets

Doltonan

d

Makepea

ce(1992)

Doltonan

dVignoles

(2000)

Aseriesofthree

samplesurveystotrack

theemploymente

xperiencesofpeoplewho

graduatedin1960,1970and1980for6

yearsaftertheyg

raduated.Thequestions

arethesameine

achsurvey

Ran

domsamples

Postalsurvey

Micro

Repeatlongitudinalcohort

Restrictedaccess:

ApplyviatheDfE

InternationalAdult

Literacy

Survey

(IALS)

OECD(1

997)

Careyet

al.(1997)

Surveycarriedou

tin12countries

(includingBritain).Eachrespondent

undertookteststoassesstheirliteracyand

numeracyskills.O

therdataareavailable

abouttherespon

dents:employmentstatus,

wages,jobchara

cteristics,education,

parents,vocation

altraining.Formore

information,see:

www.statistics.gov.uk/ssd/

surveys/europea

n_adult_

literacy_review_

survey.asp

Differentineach

country

Clustered,

stratified

probability

sam

pleinGB

basedon

postcodes

Face-to-faceinterviewsand

self-completionoftests

Micro

Cross-sectional

Openaccess:

www.nifl.gov/nifl/fact

s/IALS.html

LabourF

orceSurvey

(LFS)

LFS

collectsquarterlydataon

employment,une

mploymentandinactivity

aswellasarang

eofpersonal

characteristicsin

cludingalleducational

qualifications,householdincomeand

demographicindicators.Formore

informationsee:www.statistics.gov.uk/ssd/

surveys/labour_force_survey.asp

Qua

rterlyrandom

probability

sam

plesurveyof

households

Face-to-faceinterviewsfor

firstinterview,with

telephonefollow-upinnext

fourquarters

Micro

Repeatcross-sections(alsopartly

ashort5-quarterpa

nel)

Openaccess:

EconomicandSocia

lData


www.esds.ac.uk

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eand

references

Descriptionofm

aintopicscovered

Sam

pling

procedure



Longitud

inalStudy

ofYoung

Peoplein

England

(LSYPE)

Thesedatastudy

thelivesofyoungpeople

astheypassthroughschoolandoninto

workandhighereducation.Thestudyhas

alsobeenknown

asNextStepsandfocuses

onthetransitions

madebytheseyoung

peopleinthedom

ainsofeducation,health

andwork.

Ran

domsample

ofyoungpeople

who

wereage13

or1

4in2004

Face-to-face,onlineand

postalsurvey.Datalinkedto

administrativerec

ordson

education

Micro

Longitudinal

Openaccess:

EconomicandSocia

lData


www.esds.ac.uk

Millenniu

mCohort

Study(M

CS)

Detailsofthestudy

areat:www.cls.ioe.

ac.uk/

Dexand

Joshi(2004,

2005)

TheMCSisacohortstudyofchildrenborn

betweenSeptember2000andDecember

2001across4UK

counties,followedupat

age910months

,3,5and7yearsandwith

age11stillinprogress.

Itisamulti-doma

insurveycoveringtopics

ofchilddevelopm

entandhealthand

parentseducation,health,lifestyle,

citizenship,house

hold,family,economic

activityandincom

e.Thequestionnaires

changeasthech

ildages.Thelatestdata

areforage7at2

008

Clusteredand

stratifiedrandom

prob

abilitysample

basedon1998

wards,withover-

repr

esentationof

wardswithhigh

minorityethnic

populations,

disa

dvantaged

wards,andnon-

Eng

lishwardsin

UK.

Mixtureofface-to

-faceand


abilityonchildren

and



separatedataset

Micro

Longitudinal

Openaccess:

EconomicandSocia

lData


www.esds.ac.uk

National

Adult

Learning

Survey

(NALS)

Surveyofpeoplesexperiencesofand

attitudestowards

learning,intendedto

provideabasisfo

rfuturemonitoringofadult

learning(includingvocationalandnon-

vocationallearnin

g),costsoflearning,

problemsexperiencedandperceived

benefitsandbarriers.Thissurveyfollowed

threeearliersurveyscoveringsomeofthe

sametopics,butisnotrepeatcross-section

Face-to-faceinterview

Micro

Cross-section

Openaccess:

EconomicandSocia

lData


www.esds.ac.uk

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Datanam

eand

references

Descriptionofm

aintopicscovered

Sam

pling

procedure



National

Child

DevelopmentStudy

(NCDS)

www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/

Ferrieta

l.(2003)

TheNCDSwasa

censusofbabiesbornin

acertainweekin

1958whohavebeen

followedupfortherestoftheirlives,nowon

a4-yearcycle,althoughinthepastthere

werelongergaps

betweencontacts

Itisamulti-domainsurveycoveringthetopics

ofchildandadult

education,health,lifestyle,

citizenship,house

hold,family,economic

activityandincom

e.Thequestionnaires

changedasthechildagedandbecamean

adult.Thelatestd

ataareforage50at2008

Cen

susofbabies

borninoneweek

Mixtureofface-to

-faceand


abilityonchildren

and



separatedataset

Micro

Longitudinal

Openaccess:

EconomicandSocia

lData

Service,EssexUniversity

www.esds.ac.uk

www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/

National

Pupil

Database(NPD)

TheNationalPupilDatabase(NPD)isa

censusofallpupilsinEnglandinLEA-

maintainedschoo

lsandsomeinindependent

schools.Itinclude

sattainmentandother

pupil-levelinforma

tioninthePupilLevel

Census(PLASC)

Full

population

censussurvey

Administrativerecords

submittedtoLEA

who

submittocentral

government

Micro

Longitudinal

Restrictedaccess:

Thedataareavailab

lefromDfE,

subjecttotheirauthorisation

OFSTED

database

Detailsofpublications

usingthe

dataareat:

www.ofsted.gov.uk/

publicatio

ns/

Thiscontainsinfo

rmationfromthe

HeadteachersFo

rmandStatement,and

fromtheinspecto

rsjudgementrecording

thegradesforthe

inspection.Itcontains

dataforallschoolsinspectedinagiven

year.Henceeach

schoolonlyappearson

thedatabaseapp

roximatelyevery4years

Includesdataonpupilsontheroll,pupil

background(atsc

hoollevel),inspection

gradessince1996,expendituredata,staffing

numbers,pupilattitudes/disaffection,and

theschoollevelo

fpupiloutcomes

Sch

oolsselected

forinspectionon

a4-

yearcycle

butmoreoftenif

performanceis

not

satisfactory

Includesallstate

schools

Datacollectedthrough

inspectionanden

teredby

Ofsted,mostlyco

mplete

withafewmissingvalues

Microforschoolunit

Cross-sectionbutin

principle

couldbelinkeduptobe

longitudinal

Censusover4years

Restrictedaccess:

ContactOfstedat:

www.ofsted.gov.uk/

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eand

references

Descriptionofm

aintopicscovered

Sam

pling

procedure



Program

mefor

InternationalStudent

Assessm

ent(PISA)

ThePISAstudyisorganisedbyOECDand

startedin2000in

32countries.Itaimsto

assessliteracyd

omainsofreading,maths

andscience.Stud

entscarryouttestsin

theseareasandthereisaschool

questionnairecollectinglimiteddata,plus

countryisrecorded.

Face-to-faceinterviewsplus

tests

Micro

Repeatcross-section

Restrictedaccess:

Someyearsofdata

availablein

downloadableexcel

chartfrom

OECDwebsiteat:w

ww.oecd.org

orhttp://pisaweb.ace

r.edu.au/

PupilLevelSchool

Census(PLASC)

Individualpupilre

cords,includingthe

pupilsnameand

uniquepupilnumber

(UPN),arecollec

tedwithadditional

aggregatedinform

ationonexclusions,

teachernumbers,pupilactivitiesandpost-

16coursesofstu

dy.Thesubmissionby

schoolsofaPLA

SC

return,includingaset

ofnamedpupilre

cords,isastatutory

requirementunde

rsection537Aofthe

EducationAct19

96

Thefollowingfieldsofinformationare

collectedforeachpupilonroll:UPN,

Name,Gender,D

ateofBirth,FreeSchool

Mealeligibility,EnglishasanAdditional

Language,Speci

alEducationalNeed

(SEN)ActionSta

ge,SEN

Type,ethnicity,

pupilpostcodeandwhetherachildis

incare

Full

population

censussurvey


submittedtoLEA

swho

submittocentral

government

Onceapupilhasen

rolledina

schooltheyareissuedwitha

UPN.EveryUPNis

recordedon

thedayofPLASC

Restrictedaccess:

Somesummarystatisticscanbe

accessedviatheDfEresearch

andstatisticsgatewayat:

www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/

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eand

references

Descriptionofm

aintopicscovered

Sam

pling

procedure



Universities

StatisticalRecord

(USR)(H

ESA)

TheUSRconsistsofrecordsofall

undergraduatean

dpostgraduatestudents

oncoursesofoneacademicyearormore;

andacademicandrelatedstaffholding

regularsalarieda

ppointmentsandfinance

dataforalluniver

sities.

Backgroundvaria

blesonstudentsinclude

age,sex,maritalstatus,countryofbirth,

occupationofpar

ent,lastfull-timeschool

attended,GCEA

levelandotherentrance

qualifications.Educationalinformation

includesdegrees

ubject,institutionofstudy,

normaldurationo

fcourse,typeofcourse,

yearofcourse,dateofenrolment,method

ofstudy,qualificationobtained,classof

degree,dateofle

aving,reasonsforleaving

Full

population

censussurvey


submittedtoHES

A

database

Whenstudentshave

passed

throughuniversity,a

longitudinal

microrecordisprovidedoftheir

HE

Restrictedaccess:

ApplytoHESAat:w

ww.hesa.ac.

uk/

YouthCo

hortStudy

(YCS)

TheYCSisaseriesoflongitudinalsurveys

thatcontactsasa

mpleofanacademicyear-

grouporcohortofyoungpeopleinthe

springfollowingc

ompletionofcompulsory

educationandusuallyagainoneandtwo

yearslater.

Thesurveylooksatyoungpeopleseducation

andlabourmarketexperience,theirtraining

andqualifications

andarangeofother

issues,includings

ocio-demographicvariables

Ran

domsample

ofyoungpeople

inyear11who

havebirthdays

onp

articular

date

sinany

mon

th

Micro

Longitudinal

Openaccess:

EconomicandSocia

lData


www.esds.ac.uk

Key:

DfEDepartmentforEducation

QTSQualifiedTeacherStatus

LEALocalEducationAuthority.

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