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The Data Archive and the Office for National Statistics would like to extend an open invitation to all users and potential users of the General Household Survey to attend the next GHS User Group Meeting. Please do pass on this message to any colleagues you feel may be interested. A provisional agenda and booking form is enclosed for your information. This will be held on 5th November at the Royal Statistical Society (Lecture Hall) 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX. A map can be found for this venue at: http://www.rss.org.uk/index2.html ---------------------------------------------------------- GHS USER GROUP MEETING Friday 5th November 1999 Venue: Royal Statistical Society Registration: Free AGENDA 1.00 Registration and coffee 1.20 Introduction from the Chair TONY MANNERS Office for National Statistics 1.30 New developments in GHS - sample design - methods of data collection - the questionnaire - cohabitation histories - developing a social capital module ELAINE CHAMBERLAIN, ANN BRIDGWOOD AND ROBERT LILLY The GHS Team at the Office for National Statistics 2.30 Open Discussion and Questions 2.45 Dissemination of the GHS - NESSTAR SIMON MUSGRAVE The Data Archive NINA BULLEN MIMAS (formerly MIDAS) 3.15 TEA 3.30 Using the GHS as both an individual and area data set to analyse health service use; and longitudinally as well! DR ROY CARR-HILL University of York 3.50 Using the GHS to Investigate Childbearing Behaviour following Marital Dissolution JULIE JEFFERIES University of Southampton 4.10 Shifting Sands: Using GHS to measure trends in older people's income sources JAY GINN University of Surrey 4.30 GHS surveys from 1971: do we really want to keep EVERY variable? JOHN SIMISTER Birkbeck College 4.4 0 Summary and questions 5.00 End meeting ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ BOOKING FORM (ghs/5 November 1999) Name:............................... Address:............................ Tel/Fax/email: ................................. Interest in/experience with the GHS: ................................................ ................................................. ................................................ I wish to join the ghs mailbase list archive-ghs yes/no please send me a printed map for the venue yes/no ---------------------------------------------------- ROWAN CURRIE Senior Administrator The Data Archive University of Essex Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ UK [log in to unmask] http://dawww.essex.ac.uk/ [log in to unmask] 01206 872322 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%