From: Rosemary Creeser <[log in to unmask]>
Dear List members,
The ONS Longitudinal Study (LS) is a large and complex social science
dataset containing linked census and event data for 1 per cent of the
population of England and Wales (approximately 500,000 individuals at
any one census point.) On Tuesday 24th April 2001 the Institute of
Education (London) will be hosting the 2001 LS User Group meeting.
The theme chosen for this year's meeting is the aggregate-level data
that are available in the LS. This type of data includes variables
which summarise, for example, the socio-demographic characteristics of
the
locality in which an LS member was living. The meeting is open to all
including past, present and future LS users. It will include five
presentations of recent or ongoing work that have used aggregate-level
data (see below).
Ben Wheeler's presentation will be of particular interest to members of
the env-ed-research discussion list. Ben is currently using
data from the LS for work on the unequal distribution of environmental
health risks through social and physical space.
Using the LS for an assessment of environmental health equity in England
and Wales
(Ben Wheeler, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol)
People, places and health: a multilevel analysis of the risk of
reporting
a limiting long-term illness for men and women, 1971-1991
(Richard Wiggins, Department of Sociology, City University, London)
Using the census to classify occupations into sex ratio groups in 1971,
1981 and 1991
(Louisa Blackwell, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of
Education)
Classifying longitudinal data using aggregate statistics: a new
urban-rural indicator for the LS
(Mike Coombes, CURDS, University of Newcastle)
A case-control study for examining early life influences on geographical
variation in adult mortality in England and Wales using stomach
cancer and stroke as examples
(Ravi Maheswaran, Section of Public Health, University of Sheffield)
A copy of the full programme and booking form for this meeting are
available via the CLS website (www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/Ls/prog01.htm). For
further details please contact Vanessa Gordon at the Centre for
Longitudinal Studies (email:[log in to unmask], tel: +44 020 7612 6875).
Best wishes,
Rosemary Creeser,
Research Fellow: LS User Support Programme,
Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS),
Institute of Education (6th Floor),
20 Bedford Way,
London WC1H 0AL
Tel: +44 0207 612 6877
Email: [log in to unmask]
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