1. www.swansea.ac.uk Understanding Wales: Opportunities for Secondary Data Analysis Annual Population Survey/Labour Force Survey Melanie Jones School of Business and Economics

2. www.swansea.ac.uk What is the Annual Population Survey (APS)? APS 2004-date QLFS Local LFS APS boost

3. www.swansea.ac.uk Quarterly Labour Force Survey (1992-date) Largest survey of private households in the UK Address interviewed for 5 successive quarters (waves) APS pools observations from wave 1 and 5 across 4 quarters of main LFS – annual data Personal and household characteristics (age, gender, disability, ethnicity, nationality, qualifications, region of residence) Labour market indicators (earnings, hours, occupation, job seeking)

4. www.swansea.ac.uk Welsh Local Labour Force Survey (2001–date) Partnership project WG and ONS Access to the WLLFS is only via the APS (2004-date) Address interviewed annually for 4 years Individuals are asked a subset of questions from the QLFS

5. www.swansea.ac.uk Advantages of the APS/LFS Aggregate statistics and micro (individual) data Household, individual Regular and timely information (2004-2011)

6. www.swansea.ac.uk Unemployment by Unitary Authority (APS April 2010-March 2011)

7. www.swansea.ac.uk Percentage of Workless Households by Region (APS January–December 2010)

8. www.swansea.ac.uk Unemployment Rates in Wales by Age Group (APS 2004-2011)

9. www.swansea.ac.uk Advantages of the APS Larger sample size (300%+) Number of Individuals (April 2009- March 2010) Main LFSLocal LFSTotal England145,16997,227 242,396 Scotland15,52932,070 47,599 Wales 8,25327,794 36,047 Northern Ireland7,2220

10. www.swansea.ac.uk Advantages of the APS Intra-regional analysis (local authority level) Analysis of sub groups (Davies et al., 2011, An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in Wales, Wales Equalities and Human Rights Commission) WLLFS survey design (Jones et al., 2011) Longitudinal Labour Force Survey (5 waves QLFS) – labour market transitions

11. www.swansea.ac.uk Female Economic Activity by Ethnic Group in Wales Source: APS, 2004/5-2008/9. Data are weighted.

12. www.swansea.ac.uk Access to the APS Aggregate statistics: www.nomisweb.co.ukwww.nomisweb.co.uk www.statswales.wales.gov.uk Microdata ESDS (UK Data Archive) End User Licence Special Licence Secure Data Service Increasing detail but greater restrictions on access

13. www.swansea.ac.uk

14. Further resources ESDS http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/lfs/ http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/aps/http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/lfs/ http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/aps/ Data access: help@esds.ac.ukhelp@esds.ac.uk Data usage: govsurveys@esds.ac.ukgovsurveys@esds.ac.uk