Latest ESDS Government Newsletter
The latest edition of the ESDS Government Newsletter, Issue 18 - December 2011, is now available at www.esds.ac.uk/government/newsletter/<http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/newsletter/>. Articles include an update on the General Lifestyle Survey, the Quarterly Labour Force Survey new ID variables, MethodBox Q & A and a report on the Housing Conference.
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Call for papers - Opinions and Lifestyle Survey User Meeting
ESDS Government is organising an Opinions and Lifestyle Survey user meeting for Wednesday 21 March 2012 at the Royal Statistical Society, London.
The Opinions and Lifestyle Survey is a new survey that will be created in 2012 as a result of merging the ONS Opinions survey with some of the previous General Lifestyle Survey questions. For more information on this please see the ONS website at www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/consultations/closed-consultations/2011/the-future-of-the-glf-survey/index.html<http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/consultations/closed-consultations/2011/the-future-of-the-glf-survey/index.html>
The User Meeting will provide users will valuable information from ONS on the content and methodology of the new survey. The meeting will also comprise a number of papers from users of the current ONS Opinions Survey and the General Lifestyle Survey. We, therefore, invite offers of presentations from researchers based on the analysis of either the ONS Opinions Survey or the General Lifestyle Survey.
Please send your title and abstract, of around 200 words, to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> as soon as possible but by 23 December at the latest.
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Call for papers - Living Costs and Food Survey user meeting
ESDS Government is organising it's first LCF user meeting for Tuesday 20 March 2012 at the Royal Statistical Society, London. The programme will contain a mixture of papers from data producers and researchers. We invite offers of presentations based on analysis of the Living Costs and Food Survey and the former Expenditure and Food Survey. Presenters will have 20 minutes for their talk followed by 10 minutes for questions.
Please send your title and abstract, of around 200 words, to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> as soon as possible but by 9 December at the latest.
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Updated guides
The following guides have been updated and are available from the resources web pages at www.esds.ac.uk/government/resources/<http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/resources/>:
* Social capital: introductory user guide
* Guide to data sources for Northern Ireland
* Guide to data sources for Scotland
* Introduction to Complex Sample Design in UK Government Surveys
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