VML CUSTOMER REQUEST FORM 1. Lead Researcher: Personal details and contact information of lead researcher Name Institution or Organisation Address Telephone No Email Date of Birth Nationality 2. Researcher Team: If you are leading a research team, please provide the names and details of all members of the team. Please add more tables if required. Name Institution or Organisation Telephone No Email Date of Birth Nationality Name Institution or Organisation Telephone No Email Date of Birth Nationality 3. Research Team Access: If you are leading a research team, please indicate which members of your research team will be visiting the VML to access the micro-data and whether or not they have used the facility previously. Name Access to MicroData Previous VML User Page 1/18 4. Location: Which Virtual Micro-data Laboratory (VML) location do you wish to visit to access the micro-data? VML Newport VML London VML Titchfield VML Glasgow VML Belfast (NISRA) VML Belfast (Invest NI) Remote VML Government Department 5. Title of the research proposal: 6. Abstract of the research proposal: Please include reference to the project’s statistical purpose (up to 50 words), e.g. matching data sets, econometric analysis. 7. Full Description: Please provide a full and detailed description of the purpose/s for which the micro-data is/are requested, describing the aims of the study/research. Where research is part of a larger programme, please include details below. Alternatively you can attach the information in a separate document. 8. VML Justification: In order to justify as to why access to detailed micro-data is needed, please state why other data sources are not sufficient for your purpose/s 9. Publications: Please indicate the intended outputs/publications arising from the use of this data Refereed journals Report for Government Department Report for Research Councils Report for other sponsors Internal ONS reports Other; please specify: Page 2/18 10. Funding: Please indicate the source of funding for your project alongside the following headings Office for National Statistics Other Government Department; please specify: Research Council; please specify: Charitable Foundation; please specify: Other; please specify: Unfunded 11. Duration of access: Please indicate the period of time that you require access to the VML and micro-data From To 12. Type of Data: Please indicate which data set you require to access: Business / Social Survey micro-data (please continue with part A on page 3) ONS Longitudinal Study (please continue with part B on page 5) Page 3/18 SUPPLEMENT PART A Access to ONS Micro-data in the Virtual Micro-data Laboratory A1 Themes: Please indicate the main theme(s) of your project Capital & investment Globalisation, outsourcing, international Demography Health and safety Earnings Employment & labour markets Energy & environment ICT & New economy Programme evaluation R&D, innovation Industrial location Region Industry studies – manufacturing Industry studies – services Macro-micro linkages Skills and productivity Entrepreneurship Finance A2 Methodology Other (please specify): Dataset: Which data set(s) do you intend to use for your study? See Annex A for more details ABS EBS NESS AFDI ESS OPSS APS E-Commerce PPI APS Wellbeing ARD2 (+BRES, ABS) ARDX GHS/GLF PRODCOM Financial Enquiries QCAS IIA QCES aka CAPEX ASHE BERD Births BRES BSD (IDBR) BSD Longitudinal Capital Stock IPO ITIS LBS LCFS LFS LS (see Annexe B) MBS QFI RPI SBS SESS SIES SRE Vacancies CEEDR CIS CORE CPI MIDSS MPI MQ5 MWSS NES ( see also ASHE) WAS WERS WFJ CSEW Other: please specify in Section A3 Page 4/18 A3 If using other datasets, please provide a description of each Name A4 Description Do you have data owner permission to use data in VML? Will it be matched to any other sources, and how? External Data: Do you wish to bring external micro-data into the VML? Yes No If yes, do you require micro-data to be matched to ONS business data sets? (If requested, the VML team will discuss this service with you in further detail.) Yes No Page 5/18 SUPPLEMENT PART B Access to the ONS Longitudinal Study B1 Please indicate the main theme(s) of your project: Ageing Ethnic minority populations Childhood and Youth Health and mortality Housing and households Internal migration, population distribution and environment Other, please specify: B2 Will you require access to your Longitudinal Study Research Version data extract at the Virtual Microdata Laboratory? Yes No B3 Location(s) where analysis of outputs will be conducted Only outputs that have been disclosure checked will be released from the VML to Approved Researchers. You must specify the details of all locations where these outputs will be accessed. In case of more than one location, please give also details for all sites where research will be conducted. Organisation: Address: Country: B4 In regards to a secure use of the data, please state measures in place to protect the technical and physical security and confidentiality of outputs. Refer to the Guide to Good Practice: Microdata Handling and Security before proceeding: http://www.esds.ac.uk/news/microDataHandlingandSecurity.pdf. B5 Provide a description of the population selected for the study: (For example, all female LS members enumerated at the 1971 and 2011 Censuses and aged 1649 years at the 1971 Census). B6 What files will the data be drawn from? See Annex A for a description of the data in each of the LS files. Census data Events data 1971 Yes / No 1981 Yes / No 1991 Yes / No Births of LS member Births to LS member Cancer registrations Events dates Yes / No Yes / No Yes / No From: To: From: To: From: To: Page 6/18 2001 Yes / No 2011 Ecological variables Yes / No Yes / No Other census data: Deaths of LS member Yes / No From: To: Other events data: From: To: From: To: B7 What variables will you need? If possible, please list in more detail the variables you need. This section should be completed using the LS Data Dictionary. A few selected variables are listed in Annex B. Otherwise, give a broad indication of the type of variables you are likely to use. This is to assist with the creation of your data extract. Should additional variables from the LS Research Version be needed for the same project, you will not be required to reapply. Filename Name of variable Short description of variable B8 Derived variable(s): List the input variables to be used in the derivation and, where possible, show how the variable will be derived. (Example: Number of earners in the LS household in 1981 derived using input variables: AGE8, SEX, ECONACT8, and URESIND8. Algorithm: count of people in a household who are usually resident, for whom ECONACT = 1 or 2 and age is 16-65 years for men or 16-60 years for women.) B9 In summary: Number of variables to be investigated (approximate): Estimate of number of subjects in study population: Page 7/18 B10 What outputs will you need from the Longitudinal Study? (Please tick those that apply) SPSS Stata SAS Plain text file Excel Other (specify): Cross tabulations Aggregated data set of frequency records Regression coefficients B11 Will you do further output manipulation at your own site using disclosure-controlled outputs? Yes No B12 Cross-classification of some variables (e.g. ethnicity, rare causes of death, small geographical areas) may breach confidentiality. If this happens would you accept outputs which are further aggregated? Yes No B12 Other comments: A User Support Officer should complete the following section. It applies to work carried out within the ONS. B14 Name and employer of person expected to extract and prepare the data from the Longitudinal Study: B15 Source(s) of data: Model 204 database: LSLOAD: Yes Yes No No B16 What software packages will be needed to produce the output from the LS? SAS SPSS STATA MlWin Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Other (please specify) B17 Will ONS need to add the user’s own look-up tables to the LS data? Yes No Page 8/18 ANNEX A - DATASETS HELD IN THE VML Acronym Full name / links Annual Business Survey ABS http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/businessand-energy/annual-business-survey/index.html https://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7451&type=Data%20catal ogue AFDI Annual Inquiry into Foreign Direct Investment http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6664&type=Data%20catalo gue http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/get-involved/taking-part-in-asurvey/information-for-businesses/a-to-z-of-business-surveys/foreign-directinvestment-surveys--fdi-/index.html ARD2 Annual Respondents Database (replaced from 2009 with BRES and ABS) http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?id=1556 http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6644&type=Data%20catalo gue ASHE Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (see also NES and NESPD, which the survey replaced in 2004) http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6689&type=Data%20catalo gue http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/labourmarket/annual-survey-of-hours-and-earnings/new-annual-survey-of-hoursand-earnings.html BRES Business Register and Employment Survey http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/labourmarket/business-register-and-employment-survey--bres-/index.html http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/526.aspx BERD Business Enterprise Research & Development http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/businessand-energy/research---development-surveys/index.html http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6690&type=Data%20catalo gue BSD Business Structure Database http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6697&type=Data%20catalo gue Page 9/18 1. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/elmr/economic-and-labour-market-review/no-6--june-2009/methods-explained--business-structure-database.pdf CIS Community Innovation Survey http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6699&type=Data%20catalo gue http://www.berr.gov.uk/dius/innovation/innovationstatistics/cis/page10957.html CSEW Crime Survey of England and Wales http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/crimestatistics-methodology/index.html http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/?q=CSEW EBS English Business Survey http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7113&type=Data%20catalo gue http://www.ebsurvey.co.uk/ ECommerce E-commerce survey http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/businessand-energy/e-commerce-and-ict-activity/index.html http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6700&type=Data%20catalo gue GHS/GLF General Household Survey/General Lifestyle Survey http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/social-andwelfare-methodology/general-lifestyle-survey/index.html http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/?q=GLF ICT Capital Stock ICT Capital Stock dataset http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6698&type=Data%20catalo gue www.esds.ac.uk/doc/6698/mrdoc/pdf/6698userguide.pdf IIA Investment in Intangible Assets http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6701&type=Data%20catalo gue ITIS International Trade in Services http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/methodquality/specific/economy/international-trade-in-services/index.html http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6711&type=Data%20catalo gue Page 10/18 LCFS Living Costs and Food Survey http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/get-involved/taking-part-in-asurvey/information-for-households/a-to-z-of-household-and-individualsurveys/living-costs-and-food-survey/index.html http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/?sn=2000028 LFS / APS NB: the APS is the LFS with a population boost. Labour Force Survey http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/labourmarket/labour-market-statistics/index.html http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/?sn=2000026 Annual Population Survey http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/?sn=200002 http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/676.aspx LS Longitudinal Survey http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/user-guidance/longitudinal-study/index.html MBS Monthly Business Survey http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/quality/qualityinformation/business-and-energy/monthly-business-survey.pdf MIPS/ MIDSS Monthly Inquiry into Distributive and Service Sectors http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6747&type=Data%20catalo gue www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide.../monthly-inquiry-into-the-distribution.pdf MPI Monthly Production Inquiry http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6726&type=Data%20catalo gue www.esds.ac.uk/doc/6726/mrdoc/pdf/6726userguide.pdf MQ5 Investment funds, Pensions, Insurance etc. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/methodquality/specific/economy/investment-by-insurance-companies/index.html http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7155&type=Data%20catalo gue Page 11/18 MWSS Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6702 http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/get-involved/taking-part-in-asurvey/information-for-businesses/a-to-z-of-business-surveys/monthly-wagesand-salaries-survey/index.html NES New Earnings Survey (see also ASHE, which replaced NES in 2004) http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6704&type=Data%20catalo gue NESPD New Earnings Survey Panel Dataset (see also ASHE, which replaced NES in 2004) http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6706&type=Data%20catalo gue NESS Employers Skills Survey http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7430&type=Data%20catalo gue http://www.ukces.org.uk/ourwork/employer-skills-survey OPSS Occupational Pensions Scheme Survey http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6707&type=Data%20catalo gue http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6707&type=Data%20catalo gue PRODCOM Prodcom Survey http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/method-quality/specific/businessand-energy/manufacturing/index.html Prices (CPI/ RPI / PPI) Prices Surveys http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7022&type=Data%20catalo gue http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/methodquality/specific/economy/cpi-rpi/index.html QCES or CAPEX QFI Quarterly Capital Expenditure Survey http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6708&type=Data%20catalo gue Quarterly Fuels Inquiry http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6898&type=Data%20catalo gue www.esds.ac.uk/doc/6898/mrdoc/pdf/6898userguide.pdf Page 12/18 Scottish Employer Skills Survey Scottish Employer Skills Survey Scottish Register of Employmen t Scottish Register of Employment SBS Contact us http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/Catalogue/?sn=4085&type=Data%20catal ogue Small Business Survey http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=6856&type=Data%20catalo gue Wealth & Assets Survey Wealth & Assets Survey http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/guide-method/methodquality/specific/economy/wealth-and-assets-survey/index.html http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/?sn=2000056 WERS Workplace Employment Relations Survey http://www.esrc.ac.uk/research/surveys/wers/index.aspx http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/?q=WERS Vacancies o Vacancies Survey www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/133.pdf Page 13/18 ANNEX B: ONS LONGITUDINAL STUDY - FILES CONTAINING DATA ON LS MEMBERS Commonly-used files File description Filename Description Core file core C 1971 Census LS members me71 Core number for each member, sex, year of birth, presence at Census & tracing indicators Census data on LS members C 1981 Census LS members me81 Census data on LS members C 1991 Census LS members me91 Census data on LS members C 2001 Census LS members me01 Census data on LS members C me11 E 2011 Census LS members 1971 Census non LS members 1981 Census non LS members 1991 Census non LS members 2001 Census non LS members 2011 Census non LS members New births E Immigrants immg E Deaths deth E Embarkations embr Census data on LS members Census data on people living with LS members Census data on people living with LS members Census data on people living with LS members Census data on people living with LS members Census data on people living with LS members Births of new LS members; added to LS Immigrations of new LS members; added to LS Deaths of LS members; leave LS permanently Emigrations; no further events; can re-enter E Cancer registrations Live births to sample mothers Still births to sample mothers canc Cancers registered to LS members lbsm Records of births to female LS members sbsm Records of stillbirths to female LS members geog Small-area statistics; assigned to geographical areas (1971 only) C C C C C E E C Ecological variables nm71 nm81 nm91 nm01 nm11 nbir C - Census data files. E - Events files. Page 14/18 Other files available File description C C 1981 Census absent usually resident LS members 1981 Census non-LS members in households with an absent usually resident LS members Filename Description am81 Census data for LS members away at Census na81 Census data on people living with LS member who was away at Census C 1991 Census absent usually resident LS members am91 Census data from LS members usual residence for LS members away at the Census C 1991 Census non LS members in households with an absent usually resident LS members na91 Census data on people living with LS member who was away at Census C 2001 Census multiple enumerated LS members mm01 C 2001 Census non-LS members in households with multiple enumerated LS members mn01 E Live births to sample fathers lbsf E Still births to sample fathers sbsf E Infant mortality idmi Census data from multiple enumerated LS members – secondary and subsequent enumerations. Census data for people enumerated with multiple enumerated LS members – secondary and subsequent enumerations of LS members Records of births to male LS members (1971-78, 81 only) Records of stillbirths to male LS members (1971-78, 81 only) Infant deaths to a birth to a sample mother E Infant mortality idfi Infant deaths to a birth to a sample father E Widow(er)hoods wdow Deaths of LS members’ spouses E Enlistments enls E Re-entrants reen E Long stay psychiatric psyc Enlistments into the armed forces Re-entry to LS after a previous embarkation of an LS member 1971-83 only, not more than 60 a year C Internal migration ifpc C - Census data files. E - Events files. 1971-74 only Page 15/18 ANNEX C: ONS LONGITUDINAL STUDY - STARTER VARIABLE LIST Here is a selection of variables from the Longitudinal Study that are commonly used. They should help get you started when specifying your extract. Key population selection variables Description Case number identifying LS members Present on every file Year of birth Age at 1971 Census Age at 1981 Census Age at 1991 Census Age at 2001 Census Age at 2011 Census Indicator of discrepancy in date of birth data Sex Indicator of discrepancy in sex data Presence at 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001 or 2011 Census Indicator of period LS member was traced Identifies whether person is usually resident or a visitor to the household Relationship of non-LS Member to LS Member Variable Name coreno Filename core dobyr age7 age8 age9 agep0 agep11 dob001 to dobd006 core me71 me81 me91 me01 me11 core sex sexd001 to sexd006 hiscen71 hiscen81 hiscen91 hiscen01 hiscen11 trace visind7 uresind8 uresind9 uresindp11 lsrelat7 nlsrelt8 nlsrelt9 lsrelat0 lsrelat11 core core core Variable Name bidyabm bimtabm or biyrabm edatebm dedybde demtbde or deyrbde edatede evdybir evmtbir or evyrbir edateir biyranb Filename Lbsm evdyeem evmteem evyreem eventord Embr core me71 me81 me91 me11 nm71 nm81 nm91 nm01 nm11 Key event selection variables Description Day, month and year of live birth to sample mother Day, month and year of death Day, month and year of immigration Year of birth of members born into the LS. Day and month are protected Day, month and year of embarkation Shows date order of events in each event file Deth Immg Nbir or edateem lbsm, deth, immg, nbir, canc, embr Page 16/18 Other useful variables Description Housing tenure (missing for people in communal establishments) Standard region of usual residence (1971-1991)* Government Office region 2011 Economic position Social class National Statistics SEC (NSSEC) Marital status Number of children ever born within marriage to 1971 Census Ethnic group Minimal household unit variables: can be used to identify families / couples, members position in them & people in communal establishments Type of communal establishment me71 tenure7 me81 tenure8 me91 tenure9 me01 tenh0 me11 tenh11 strgx7 strgxua8 srguaea9 gors0 gor11 econp7 econact8 soc8 marstat8 NS-SEC at 1991** marstat9 ecop80 ecop0 Social class at 2001** nssp0 ecop81 socs7 econpo89 econpo9 sclas9 mstp0 mstp11 ethgrp0 ethgrp11 marcon7 numch7 ethor7 ethorx7 mhutyp7 mhupos7 mhucom7 ethnic9 soc0011 nssp11 mhutyp8 mhutyp9 mhupos8 mhupos9 mhucom8 mhucom9 mhutyp11 mhutyp0 mhupos0 mhupos11 mhucom0 mhucom11 nonprie8 cetc0 estabty9 cetc11 * An algorithm is available to convert standard region to government office region ** Under development Other variables for 2011 Census data in the LS This is a list of some of the commonly used 2011 Census variables on the file for LS Members (ME11). There will be an equivalent variable on the file for non-members (NM11), if appropriate. Imputation indicators for variables, which indicate whether a value has been imputed or not, can be found in the Data Dictionary and end in IMP (eg AGEP11_IMP is the imputation indicator for AGEP11). Note that imputation indicators have not been computed for all derived variables. Presence at Census Personal Accommodation Description Variable Name Present at 2011 Census indicator Multiple Enumeration indicator 2011 Age 2011 Marital status 2011 Student indicator 2011 Term-time address indicator 2011 Household tenure 2011 Owns/Rents 2011 Landlord 2011 Number of cars 2011 Hiscen11 Mtype11 Agep11 Mstp11 Stup11 Ttind11 Tenh11 Ownren11 Lanh11 Cavh11 Page 17/18 Communal Establishment Occupation Qualifications Migration Health Ethnicity & Religion Family & Household Central Heating 2011 Establishment type 2011 Management type (Communal Establishment) 2011 Combined type and management (Communal Establishment) 2011 Occupation 2011 SOC 90 code 2011 NS-SEC 2011 Employment type 2011 Economic position (coded for compatibility with 1981, 1991 & 2001) 2011 Economic activity 2011 Supervisor 2011 Industry 2011 (SIC92) Hours worked 2011 Qualifications 2011 Highest qualification 2011 Usual address 1 year ago 2011 Distance of move between 2010 and 2011 censuses (in kms) 10 year migration indicator 2011 Cnhh11 Cetc11 Cemtype11 Government Office region 2011 Limiting long-term illness 2011 Health 2011 Carer 2011 Ethnic Group 2011 Ethnicity 2011 Practising religion 2011 (voluntary question) Country of birth 2011 Relationship to LS member 2011 Family reference person Household reference person Family status 2011 Family type 2011 Generation in family 2011 Family type in generation 1. 2011 Family type in generation 2. 2011 Number of dependent children in household 2011 Household size 2011 Household composition 2011 Minimal Household type 2011 Position of LS member within MHU 2011 Combination of MHUs within household 2011 Gor11 Illp11 Heap11 Help11 Ethgrp11 Ethp11 Relp11 Cobp11 Lsrelat11 Frpp11 Hrpp11 Fmsp11 Fmtfam11 Geninfam11 ft111 ft211 Dpch11 Cectmc11 Occp11 Soc0011 Nssp11 Emtp11 ecop81 Ecop11 Sump11 Indp11 Houp11 Qup11 Hlqp11 Migp11 dismov11 Mig1011 Sizh11 Hhch11 Mhutyp11 Mhupos11 Mhucom11 Page 18/18