The following events are free to attend and lunch will be provided.
Consumption - a workshop to highlight the data available from government surveys
Wednesday 7 November 2007
Graduate School of Education, Queen's University Belfast
Our roles as consumers and our patterns of consumption are central to who we
are, what we do and our consumer society. ESDS surveys allow researchers to
look at many different areas of consumption, for example, health and
consumption (lifestyle factors such as eating, drinking, smoking, exercise)
and environmental consumption (the products we consume and our choices of
transportation).
This introductory seminar is aimed at those with little or no experience of
microdata from government surveys, or those with some experience of these
surveys who require an introduction to the consumption content of the datasets.
The morning will comprise a presentation from ESDS Government staff to
introduce the government surveys available for research and teaching, with
time built in for questions and discussion. The afternoon session will
introduce the concepts of consumption as used in sociology, health research,
and economics and will examine the wealth of data available from the
government surveys on a range of different consumption issues. The research
value of the consumption data will be highlighted through research exemplars.
To view the programme and book a place please go to
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2007-11-07/index.html
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ESDS Government Annual Research Conference 2007 All Consuming: Consumption
research findings from government surveys
Thursday 1 November 2007
British Academy, London
This one-day conference focuses on research evidence from large-scale
government surveys relating to consumption. Papers cover a range of
consumption issues, including consumption by older consumers and children as
well as the consumption of food, culture and private transport.
The conference will be relevant for those with an interest in consumption
and associated policy areas such as expenditure, service planning and
health. The day seeks to present research with policy relevance and we
particularly welcome attendance from the policy makers, analysts and senior
academics.
To view the programme and book a place please go to
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2007-11-01/index.html
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SARs User Meeting 2007
Monday 12 November 2007
Royal Statistical Society, London
This meeting will provide examples of research uses of the 2001 SARs files
and give an opportunity to hear from the Census Offices about their plans
for microdata. It will also give an opportunity to discuss the needs for
microdata files from the 2011 Census.
To view the programme and book a place please go to
http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/sars/events/2007-11-12/
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