Data offer form
UK Data Service - Data offer form
This form is used by us to determine whether the described data are suitable for inclusion in the UK
Data Service collection. Please email the completed form to collections@ukdataservice.ac.uk. If
additional information is required a member of our Collections Development team may contact you for
clarification.
1. Your name, institution/organisation and email address
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2. About the data
2.1.
Title
This should reflect the nature and subject of the data collection and include a date e.g. General
Household Survey, 2001-2002.
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2.2.
Abstract
The general aims, purpose and background to the data collection (300 words max).
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2.3.
File description
Please provide:

Format and overall size of the data files (e.g. SPSS files totalling 50MB).

Description and format of documentation files or links to them, if available online. Examples
may include user guide, technical report, questionnaire, codebook, interviewer instructions.
(E.g. user guide and technical report in PDF format; questionnaire and codebook in RTF
format).
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2.4.
Funding
Provide the names of any person(s) or organisation(s) that funded the data collection, with grant
numbers where relevant
Funding organisation/source
Grant number
UK Data Service, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ
+44(0) 1206 872001 ukdataservice.ac.uk
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Data deposit form
2.5.
URL
Website address containing information relevant for the data collection:
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2.6.
Population
Provide information about the characteristics of the group e.g. 20 single mothers in Yorkshire; 1,000
families on income support
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2.7.
Geographical coverage
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2.8.
References and publications
Provide references and / or links to any publications about, or based on, the data collection.
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2.9.
Consent and confidentiality
In case of research involving individuals, households or organisations, provide details of consent
agreements made (if any) with respondents:
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Indicate any anonymisation or confidentiality issues concerning this data collection:
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2.10. Licensing
Please note, if these data are accepted you will need to obtain permission from all interested
parties/copyright holders to deposit them and will need to complete a licence that gives us the rights to
make them available to others. If you envisage any issues with this, please contact us before returning
this form.
UK Data Service, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ
+44(0) 1206 872001 ukdataservice.ac.uk
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Data deposit form
Next steps
We will contact you as soon as possible to let you know if the data are considered to be suitable for
inclusion in the UK Data Service collection. If the data are considered suitable, in addition to sending
you an above-mentioned licence, we may ask you to provide some more detail about the data for the
purposes of describing them in our online Discover catalogue. This is so that potential users of your
data can determine whether or not they will be suitable for their research.
UK Data Service, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ
+44(0) 1206 872001 ukdataservice.ac.uk
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