Census Data
The population census is a vital resource for social scientific research and policy development, providing a snapshot of demographic and social life in the UK that helps inform government policy at local and central level. The UK Data Service has a variety of census data; aggregate, flow, microdata and boundary data from 1971 to the full UK census for 2011. Census austria rcs data data has been used to examine the generation gap in the EU referendum result as well as implications for EU citizenship.
Data to analyse Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Labour Force Survey series comprises annual datasets that are Northern Ireland subsets compiled from the main United Kingdom Labour Force Survey (LFS). Topics cover include: information about household, family structure, basic housing information and demographic details of individuals in the households, economic activity, income, education and health. Data from the Northern Ireland Labour Force survey have examined issues such as welfare, EU workers and the labour market.
Read Kathryn’s new article in the Journal of European Public Policy: Another chance? Concerns about inequality, support for the European Union and further European integration DOI:10.1080/13501763.2016.1170872 Kathryn Simpsona* & Matthew Lovelessb
Read our Storify looking back on the use of data in the UK Data Service collection focused on the campaigns around the EU Referendum.