Dear allstat,

The ONS Longitudinal Study (LS) is a large and complex dataset containing
linked census data from the last three decennial censuses and details of
vital events (births, cancers, deaths) for one per cent of the population
of England and Wales (approximately 500,000 individuals at any one census
point).

On Tuesday 24th April 2001 we will be holding the 2001 LS User Group
meeting in the Elvin Hall, Institute of Education (London).

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).

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).


Sarah Jones, Research Officer
LS User Support Programme
Centre for Longitudinal Studies
Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way
London WC1H OAL
tel: +44 0207 612 6755
fax: +44 0207 612 6880
e-mail: [log in to unmask]