How to get started
Vanessa HigginsCCSR
University of Manchester
Summary
• Registration• Exploring data with Nesstar• Downloading the datasets
• Useful Websites:– The Question Bank– National Statistics– Government department websites
Registration
Exploring and downloading data
The Question Bank
http://qb.soc.surrey.ac.uk/
• ESRC funded; Centre for Applied Social Surveys, University of Surrey
• Holds questionnaires from 1991+, no data or survey reports
• Topics and resources
National Statistics Online
www.statistics.gov.uk
• Obtain figures, download tables• Publications• News, data releases• Links to important documents, other
websites• Other data - business stats, census etc
Government department websites
- Home Office- www.homeoffice.gov.uk
- Department of Health- www.doh.gov.uk
Summary:• ESDS website
– www.esds.ac.uk– www.esds.ac.uk/government
• Register with the UKDA • Access, explore and download datasets
from UKDA
• Obtain questionnaires from QB
• National Statistics, Govt departments