1. Introduction to ESDS Longitudinal and ESDS International survey data and resources Jack Kneeshaw Economic and Social Data Service City University, 27 April 2009

2. ESDS for teachers – a brief overview

4. ESDS Longitudinal Joint enterprise: UK Data Archive (UKDA) UK Longitudinal Studies Centre (ULSC) based at ISER supports a range of longitudinal data collections but seven core collections in particular: National Child Development Study (NCDS) 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70) Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE) Families and Children Study (FACS)

5. ESDS Longitudinal teaching resources ESDS-created teaching/sampler datasets: –BHPS x 3: work/family/health; social attitudes; time use/leisure –ELSA (single wave, x-sectional; multi-wave forthcoming) –LSYPE (single wave, x-sectional) –see http://www.esds.ac.uk/longitudinal/support/resources.asp Deposited teaching/sampler datasets: –Multi-level event history analysis training data –British cohort studies teaching dataset –Exploring Data teaching datasets (includes NCDS, YCS) –see http://www.esds.ac.uk/longitudinal/support/resources.asp Online teaching resource using longitudinal data: –TRAMSS (includes SCELI, YCS) –see http://tramss.data-archive.ac.uk

6. ESDS International run by Mimas at the University of Manchester and the UK Data Archive provides free web-based access to key international macro level databanks provides access to cross-national survey data; helps users locate and acquire international datasets held outside UK promotes the use of international datasets in research and teaching across a range of disciplines

7. ESDS International teaching resources

8. Countries and Citizens: Linking international macro and micro data

9. European Social Survey EduNet

10. Other interesting developments … ONS Longitudinal Study teaching datasets – ethnicity; limiting long-standing illness –http://www.celsius.lshtm.ac.uk/aggregat/index.html –expected to be available via UKDA also Survey Question Bank – learning and teaching zone –forthcoming resource: focus on question wording, experimental survey design effects etc.; may include a web 2.0 feature permitting upload of materials –http://www.surveynet.ac.uk

11. Online demo

12. Links/email www.esds.ac.uk/resources/learning.asp www.esds.ac.uk/longitudinal/support/resources.asp www.esds.ac.uk/international/resources/learning.asp help@esds.ac.uk