Dear All,
This looks like it could be important for all those working
with panel and related data in the UK.
Forwarded message:
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> Social Scientists' Requirements for Longitudinal Data
>
> Subject: Social Scientists' Requirements for Longitudinal Data
> From: Nick Buck ([log in to unmask])
> Date: 10 Apr 2000 - 15:06 BST
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>
> ESRC National Strategy for Longitudinal Studies:
> Enquiry into Social Scientists' Requirements for Longitudinal Data
>
> We are seeking the views of the social science community
> about priorities for the future development of longitudinal
> studies in the UK.
>
> The UK has taken a prominent role in the development of
> longitudinal studies, especially with the birth cohort
> studies, more recently with the British Household Panel
> Survey, and the ONS Longitudinal Study (which matches
> successive decennial census records and vital registration
> data). This portfolio of studies has underpinned major
> developments in social science over the last two decades.
> The Economic and Social Research Council has concluded that
> it is now time to look forward to future developments in
> the social sciences and consider what sorts of longitudinal
> research resources will be required. This review is one of
> the main functions of its UK Longitudinal Studies Centre.
>
> Issues for this review include the following: Are the
> existing studies adequate to meet future needs? Do they
> reflect the interests of too narrow a range of disciplines
> or of methodological approaches? In what ways might they be
> adapted to meet new needs? Are there particular issues
> or population groups which require new studies? Are there
> opportunities for international comparison which are being
> missed because of gaps in the current portfolio?
>
> More detail about the enquiry, including more specific
> questions can be found at:
>
> http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/activities/NSLS-Enquiry.html
>
> It would be most helpful if we could receive comments by 8
> May, to contribute to our first draft report, but this is
> an ongoing process, and we will be able to incorporate
> comments received after that date. We will circulate a
> first draft of our report in the early summer.
>
> Nick Buck and Jonathan Gershuny
>
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> Nick Buck ([log in to unmask])
> Institute for Social and Economic Research
> University of Essex, Colchester, UK CO4 3SQ
> tel: +44 (0)1206 873066; fax: +44 (0)1206 873151
>
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