Accessing and using the Labour Force Survey data • Pierre Walthery • ESDS Government
Accessing and using the Labour Force Survey data
• Pierre Walthery • ESDS Government
Programme for this session
1. LFS resources available at ESDS
2. Registering with ESDS and downloading the data
3. Finding your way through the documentation
4. Opening the data in SPSS & SPSS basics
LFS Resources available
LFS webpage
Survey description and news
Future events
http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/lfs/
Accessing data and starting analysis Download datasets
Variables search
Help to get started: FAQ and Starting analysis
Variables Search
Publications search
Registering with ESDS and
getting the LFS data
Registering for access
Why registering • This is not public data End User License! • We need to know who you are, how to contact
you and what you are using the data for • Details of intended use of the data • Agree not to attempt to identify individuals or
households • Only use the data for stated purpose (you can re-
register if you want to use the data for another use) • Do not pass the data to unregistered parties (that
includes deleting the data before passing on PCs!) • Tell us if you publish using the data • Keep means of access secure • Breach will lead to termination of access
Obtaining the data
• Choice of downloading entire files: – Stata, SAS, SPSS, tab delimited formats – Comes zipped up with documentation
• Or explore the data and download subsets
in Nesstar (c. 200 files in this format – including most of the Government surveys) – Allows you to explore metadata without being
registered – Can do basic exploratory analyses (including OLS
regression) online without downloading files – Can define subsets to download in a wider range
of formats including SAS
Simple analyses in Nesstar
Contingency tables in Nesstar
Correlation and regression
The LFS documentation
For Further info: Website: www.esds.ac.uk www.esds.ac.uk/government www.esds.ac.uk/government/ihs/
Helpdesk: Registration, downloading or ordering the IHS data: [email protected] 01206 872143 All other IHS queries: [email protected]
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Now it’s your turn
• Take the Practical 1 handout • We are here to help – do not
hesitate to ask questions
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