2021 Census: Public Microdata Teaching Sample (England and Wales): 1% Sample: Open Access

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Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 2021 UK Census was the 23rd official census of the United Kingdom. The UK Census is generally conducted once every 10 years, and the 2021 censuses of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland took place on 21 March 2021. In Scotland, the decision was made to move the census to March 2022 because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The censuses were administered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) and National Records of Scotland (NRS), respectively. In England and Wales, Census 2021 was the first census with a digital-first design, encouraging participants to respond online rather than on a paper questionnaire.Topics covered in the 2021 UK Census included:demography and migrationethnic group, national identity, language and religionlabour market and travel to workhousingeducationhealth, disability, and unpaid careWelsh and other languagesUK armed forces veteranssexual orientation and gender identity.

The 2021 Census: Public Microdata Teaching Sample (England and Wales): 1% Sample: Open Access consists of a random sample of 1% of person records from Census 2021 for England and Wales. It includes records for 604,351 persons. This dataset is suitable for teaching of statistics and social sciences and contains 18 demographic variables and a respondent ID variable.

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The Teaching Dataset includes a small number of variables:Resident IDApproximated social grade (5 categories)Country of birth UK (3 categories)Economic activity status (10 categories)Ethnic group (6 categories)General health (6 categories)Household type (6 categories)Hours worked (5 categories)Schoolchild or full-time student indicator (3 categories)Industry (10 categories)Inner/Outer London Current Residence Indicator (3 categories)Marital and civil partnership status (6 categories)Occupation (10 categories)Region (12 categories)Religion (10 categories)Residence type (2 categories)Age (8 categories)Sex (2 categories)Population base (4 categories)

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Self-administered questionnaire

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-9202-1
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=cb48d0124210cf25f92887a2e460f936830e903741f47afd8e02330187627a5d
Provenance
Creator Office for National Statistics
Publisher UK Data Service
Publication Year 2024
Funding Reference Office for National Statistics
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OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Numeric
Discipline Economics; Social and Behavioural Sciences
Spatial Coverage England and Wales