Census Research User Conference
31 October 2014, 9.15am - 4pm
Royal Statistical Society, London
This one-day conference, organised by UK Data Service Census Support, will be an opportunity for data producers and research users of the census to gather to discuss data developments, research undertaken and work in progress. The day will be composed of presentations from census agencies on developments in data and from users who have used the data in their research. The presentations will be based on analysis of the 2011 and earlier census products.
To view the programme and book a place for this event please go to http://census.ukdataservice.ac.uk/news-and-events/eventsitem/?id=3867
The conference will be followed by an event to launch the Enhancing and Enriching Historic Census Microdata (EEHCM) project:
Enhancing and Enriching Historic Census Microdata Event
31 October 2014, 4 - 7.30pm
Royal Statistical Society, London
This evening session follows the Census Research User Conference at the Royal Statistical Society. It marks the production of additional new microdata products from twentieth century censuses.
We will be celebrating the completion of the first files from a collaboration between the UK Data Archive, University of Manchester, University of Essex and Census Offices to recover digital files containing census records and produce microdata samples from these for 1961, 66, 71 and 81.
Programme
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee
16:15 - 17:15 Presentations:
Introduction
Restoring and preserving historic data for research purposes
Confidentiality issues in older data
The research potential of the Historic Census Microdata files
17:15 - 19:30 Drinks reception
More information can be found at http://census.ukdataservice.ac.uk/news-and-events/eventsitem/?id=3890. To book a place please contact Gillian Meadows<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the following details:
Full name
Department
Institution
Email address
Status (Student, HE staff, Non-academic)
If you would like to attend both events please complete the conference booking form<http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/UKDSEventManagement.asp?id=3867> and type EEHCM in the additional information box.
