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FES/NFS
SEMINAR/USER GROUP MEETING
Wednesday 4 April 2001
Venue: Lecture Theatre, RSS, London
Registration Fee: £15
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Ministry of
Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF) who commission the FAMILY EXPENDITURE
SURVEY and NATIONAL FOOD SURVEY respectively are collaborating on a merger
programme to produce a single expenditure and food survey (EFS). Denis
Down, Reg Gatenby and Tony Manners (ONS) and Stan Speller (MAFF) will
present the plans and progress so far, and are keen to get participants'
views on publishing outputs from the new EFS. Speakers from the UK Data
Archive and MIMAS will introduce their work as service providers of key
social science and historical data resources and there will be papers
presented by current users of the FES/NFS.
The meeting will be chaired by Professor Andrew Chesher (Department
of Economics, University College London).
DRAFT PROGRAMME
10.30 - 10.50 Registration and coffee
10.50 - 11.00 Introduction from the Chair PROFESSOR ANDREW
CHESHER (UCL)
11.00 - 1.00 Development of the Expenditure and Food Survey
(EFS): Background; Review of survey content
- FES and NFS; Methodological development - survey
procedures; Methodological development
- diary design; Assessment of the 2000 Pilot; Imputation for
partial response
- Introduction of the COICOP coding frame for goods and
services purchased
- New processing system
-Other changes: Harmonisation changes - household
definition, Household reference person,
Social Class; Quarterly grossing
- MAFF perspective
- Participants views on: Options for publishing results:
Contents of Family Spending; Paper vs
Web; Value of quarterly headline figures of expenditure and
income;Food data
Speakers include: DENIS DOWN, REG GATENBY AND TONY MANNERS
(ONS) and
STAN SPELLER (MAFF)
1.00 - 2.00 Lunch
2.00 - 2.40 Providing access to data: new developments at the UK
Data Archive
LOUISE CORTI (UK Data Archive)
Using ONS data at MIMAS
NINA BULLEN (MIMAS)
2.40 - 3.20 Using the FES/NFS Title and Speakers tba
3.20 Tea
3.30 - 4.00 Discussion and Summary
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UK Data Archive
Colchester
Essex CO4 3SQ
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Louise Corti
Director, User Services, Data Archive
& Deputy Director, Qualidata
University of Essex
Colchester
Essex CO4 3SQ
UK
Tel: + 44 1206 872145
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DATA ARCHIVE: http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/
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