2011 UK Census - new forum threads

Tenure - suggested validation check to avoid miscodings

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:26:22 +0000

I attended the London Census outputs roadshow in October and brought up the
question of errors in tenure entries in the 2001 census, whereby
particularly tenants of housing associations receiving stock transferred
from local authorities were confused about their landlord and gave wrong
answers. I was shown questionnaire changes which will help to limit these
errors, but suggested also the use of NROSH (the National Register of
Social Housing) to check entries via postcode or maybe even NLPG UPRN. The
administration of NROSH is now the responsibility of the Tenant Services
Authority. I have discussed this with Paul Askew, who leads the section
for NROSH, and learned that they are willing to talk about it. The
contacts there are Paul (ku.vog.xsg.ast|weksA.luaP#ku.vog.xsg.ast|weksA.luaP) and Amanda Hall (
ku.vog.xsg.ast|llaH.adnamA#ku.vog.xsg.ast|llaH.adnamA).

Roadshow feedback

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:41:37 +0000

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2009 Autumn roadshow event details

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:21:48 +0000

The roadshow schedule for the Autumn consultation events is:

Tuesday 13 October - London
Civil Service Club, 13-15 Great Scotland Yard, London SW1A 2HJ

Wednesday 14 October - Wales
Cardiff Marriott Hotel, Mill Lane, Cardiff, Wales CF10 1EX

Monday 19 October - Gateshead
Newcastle Marriott Metrocentre, Marconi Way, Gateshead NE11 9XF

Tuesday 20 October - Manchester
Manchester Malmaison, 1-3 Piccadilly, Manchester M1 1LZ

Wednesday 21 October - London
Civil Service Club, 13-15 Great Scotland Yard, London SW1

Monday 22 October - Leicester
Marriot Hotel, Smith Way, Grovepark, Enderby, LE19 1SW

See more details about the events, and how to register here.

Comparing 2001 and 2011 data - Use scenarios

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:01:09 +0000

I think in general at sometime or other all of these will be needed.

The only extra I can think of is similar comparisons and metadata for geographic changes. As OA's are not constant, i.e. some will be split or merged (< 5%) information to identify these will be required. Indeed being able to select these, may even be required as they will potentially be the areas of greatest change.

Students

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:42:45 +0000

I need to determine an accurate population at a small geographical level, which places students at their vacation address (i.e. location of domicile). This data is used to calculate participation in Higher Education. Using population data which places students at their term-time address distorts the participation rates because areas with a high density of student accommodation will have the participation rate underestimated, as the number of students domiciled in the area is lower than the number of students resident in term-time in the area. A good example of this is Aberystwyth, which is a small seaside town with a University, there are a high number of students in term-time, but a low number of students domiciled there. Possible ways of overcoming this problem might be by producing a small number of tables using a population base where students are placed at their vacation address, or some other way using the second address field?

Calculating participation rates is likely to become an area of increased focus for government departments, and I would like to be able to calculate more accurate participation rates. It is possible to determine from Census 2001 data the exact number of students whose term-time and home addresses are different, enumerated at their home address, but it is not possible to cross reference this data with all students enumerated at their term-time address in order to identify which students to remove, therefore the number of students to be removed must be estimated from available data.

I have raised this on several occasions and have no idea how or if this might be addressed in the 2011 Census.

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A guide to data from the 2011 Census

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:49:07 +0000

Initial thoughts;

I would sugest the addition of SARS as a topic and to split the geography section into statistical and administrative. Not sure what you intend to include under "special data products"

The section on SDC is welcome, but the implications of it may need to be included in the "understanding" section as well.

Online output questionnaire results VIII: Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC)

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:34:28 +0000

Originally posted by BLine 3 Mar 2009.

We try to use the detailed OA to OA origin :destination tables to estimate 'self containment ' patterns for migrations and travel to work patterns, to help in identifying funcitonal housing market areas. At this scale pretty well every cell is '3', which potentialy causes a lot of distortion. Common sense would suggest that longer distance moves/commutes are likely to be smaller numbers.

But if changing the disclosure rules looks like an unwinnable battle, what would help is some work to show how much distortion it actually does cause. I've experimented by changing all '3' cells to 1 or 2, to see the effect, and it is noticeable. But a check against the real numbers at different distances could perhaps give an average variation that could be applied.