Data deposit form
UK Data Service - Data deposit form
A full description of your data collection will be included in its online data catalogue record. This
description will be based largely upon the information provided by you in this form. Please try to
complete as much of the form as possible. If you need assistance, email
collections@ukdataservice.ac.uk.
1. Study description
Title
This should reflect the nature and subject of the data collection and include a date e.g. General
Household Survey, 2001-2002. We may amend the title to reflect current cataloguing standards.
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Abstract
The general aims, purpose and background to the data collection (300 words max).
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Main topics
Provide information about the main subject coverage of the data e.g. the public's perception of their
neighbourhoods and fear of crime; workplace relations and employment practices.
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Edition/version
Is this a new edition, extract or version of the data collection?
☐Yes, please provide details Click here to enter text.
☐No
Related data
If the data collection is derived from or is closely related to others, list details. If any of these data
collections are available from the UK Data Service, please indicate the study number(s).
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URL
Website address containing information relevant for the data collection:
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Subject categories (select up to six)
Economics
Industry and management
☐ Consumer behaviour
☐ Agriculture, forestry and rural industry
☐ Economic conditions and indicators
☐ Industrial/commercial location
☐ Economic systems and development
☐ Management and organisation
☐ Income, property and investment
☐ Trade, industry and markets
Education
Law, crime and legal systems
☐ General
☐ Crime and law enforcement
☐ Higher and further
☐ Legislation and legal systems
☐ Literacy
☐ Primary, pre-primary and secondary
☐ Research
☐ School leaving
☐ Teaching profession
Employment and labour
☐ General
☐ Industrial relations
☐ Retirement
☐ Training
☐ Unemployment
Media, communication and language
☐ Information technology
☐ Language and linguistics
☐ Mass media
Politics
☐ Conflict, security and peace
☐ Election and campaign studies
☐ Election returns
☐ Government and political systems
☐ International politics and organisations
☐ Political behaviour and attitudes
Environment, conservation and land use
☐ Energy and fuel
Population, vital statistics and censuses
☐ Environmental and conservation issues
☐ Migration
☐ Land use and planning
☐ Morbidity and mortality
☐ Natural landscapes
☐ Population censuses
☐ New town studies
☐ Population studies
☐ Plant and animal distribution
☐ Vital statistics
Health
☐ Accidents and injuries
☐ Childbearing, family planning and
abortion
☐ Psychology
Reference and instructional resources
☐ Drug abuse, alcohol and smoking
☐ Computer and simulation programs
☐ General
☐ Reference sources
☐ Health services and medical care
☐ Teaching packages and test datasets
☐ Mental health
☐ Regular opinion polls
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☐ Nutrition
☐ Physical fitness and exercise
☐Specific diseases and medical
conditions
History
☐ Science and technology
Society and culture
☐ Community and urban studies
☐ Leisure, tourism and sport
☐ Administrative history
☐ Race relations
☐ Agricultural and rural history
☐ Religion and values
☐ Cultural history
☐ Rural life
☐ Ecclesiastical and religious history
☐ Social attitudes and behaviour
☐ Economic history
☐ Social indicators and quality of life
☐ Education history
☐ Time use
☐ Gender history
☐ Historical geography
☐ Historiography
☐ Imperial and colonial history
☐ Intellectual history
☐ International and diplomatic history
☐ Legal history
☐ Local history
☐ Medical history
☐ Military, naval and maritime history
☐ Political history
☐ Population history
☐ Science and technology history
Social stratification and groupings
☐ Child development and child rearing
☐ Elderly
☐ Elites and leadership
☐ Equality and inequality
☐ Ethnic minorities
☐ Family life and marriage
☐ Gender roles
☐ Social and occupational mobility
☐ Youth
Social welfare policy and systems
☐ Social history
☐ Charities, voluntary organisations and voluntary
work
☐ Transport history
☐ General
☐ Urban history
☐ Use and provision of specific social services
☐ Housing
☐ Travel and transport
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2. Responsible parties
Funding
Please provide the names of any person(s) or organisation(s) that funded the research or creation of
the data collection, with grant numbers where relevant
Funding organisation/source
Grant number
Depositors
Person(s) / organisation(s) depositing the data collection; usually, but not always, the Licence
Agreement signatory
Forename
Surname
Affiliation (organisation/department), address, telephone
and email
Data creators
Person(s) / organisation(s) responsible for the creation of data, often the Principal Investigator(s) of
the research
Forename
Surname
Affiliation (organisation/department), address, telephone
and email
Data collectors
Person(s) / organisation(s) responsible for the collection or extraction of data, especially where this
task has been contracted out to specialist data collection agencies
Forename
Surname
Affiliation (organisation/department), address, telephone
and email
Other acknowledgements
Please list the names of any other person(s) or organisation(s) responsible in any significant way for
this data collection and indicate their role e.g. all District Councils in Great Britain provided data on.......
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3. Methodology
Population
Provide information about the characteristics of the group e.g. 20 single mothers in Yorkshire; 1,000
families on income support, 2002
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Observation units
Categorise the characteristics of the population studied. Select from list.
☐Administrative units (geographical / political)
☐Families / households
☐Groups
☐Individuals
☐Institutions / organisations
☐Text units (documents / chapters / words)
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Method of data collection
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☐Audio recording
☐Clinical measurements
☐Compilation or synthesis of existing material
☐Content analysis
☐Diaries
☐Educational measurements
☐Email survey
☐Face-to-face interview
☐Focus group
☐Observation
☐Physical measurements
☐Postal survey
☐Psychological measurements
☐Self-completion
☐Simulation
☐Telephone interview
☐Transcription of existing material
☐Video recording
☐Web-based survey
☐Other, please specify: Click here to enter text.
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Sampling procedures
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☐Convenience sample
☐Multi-stage stratified random sample
☐No sampling (total universe)
☐One-stage cluster sample
☐One-stage stratified or systematic random sample
☐Purposive selection/case studies
☐Random sample
☐Quota sample
☐Volunteer sample
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4. Temporal coverage
Dates of fieldwork
The date(s) the data were collected.
Format is MM/YYYY
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Time period covered
If different from the dates of fieldwork
Format is MM/YYYY
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Time dimension
☐Cross-sectional one-time study
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☐Longitudinal / panel / cohort study, please specify how many waves Click here to enter text.
☐Time series
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5. Geographical coverage
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Region/town Click here to enter text.
Other geography Click here to enter text.
Spatial units
If the dataset is geo-referenced please indicate which spatial variables are in the data collection:
Administrative
☐ Communities (Scotland)
☐ Communities (Wales)
☐ Council Areas
☐ Counties
☐ Counties (Metropolitan)
☐ Countries
☐ District Council Areas
☐ Districts (Metropolitan)
☐ Districts (Non-Metropolitan)
☐ Greater London
☐ Local Authority Districts
☐ London Boroughs
☐ Regions
☐ Unitary Authorities (England)
☐ Unitary Authorities (Wales)
Postcodes
☐ Postcode Area (2 digit code, e.g. PO)
☐ Postcode District (3-4 digit code, e.g. PO16)
☐ Postcode Sector (4-5 digit code, e.g. PO16 7)
☐ Postcode Unit (6-7 digit code, e.g. PO16ZDZ)
Electoral Geography
☐ European Electoral Regions
☐ Wards (Electoral)
☐ Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies
European Union Geographies
☐ NUTS-I Areas
☐ NUTS-II Areas
☐ NUTS-III Areas
☐ NUTS-IV Areas
Health Geography
☐ Health Authorities
☐ Health Boards
☐ NHS Regional Offices
☐ NHS Acute Trusts
☐ NHS Ambulance Trusts
☐ NHS Care Trusts
☐ Strategic Health Authorities
Other
☐ Registration Districts
☐ Travel To Work Areas
Census Geography
☐ Enumeration Districts
☐ Output Areas
☐ Scottish Data Zones
☐ Super Output Areas (Lower Layer)
☐ Super Output Areas (Middle Layer)
☐ Super Output Areas (Northern Ireland)
☐ Other (please specify):
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6. Weighting
☐Weighting is covered in documentation. Please provide details. Click here to enter text.
☐Weighting is not covered in documentation. Please provide details. Click here to enter text.
☐Weighting is not applicable
7. Confidentiality/anonymisation
Has the data collection been anonymised?
☐Yes. Indicate any anonymisation or confidentiality issues concerning this data collection
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☐No
8. Digitisation
Details of digitisation or transcription
If the data collection was in whole or part derived from other published or unpublished sources,
indicate the methodology used for digitising the original source materials
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Sources used
If the data collection was in whole or part derived from other published or unpublished sources, give
references to the original materials
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Source location and access
Give details of where the sources described above are held, how they are documented and how they
can be accessed
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9. References and publications
Provide full references to any publications about or based on the data collection. Guidance on citing
data can be found on our website.
Please quote in the following style:
Blanchflower, D.G. and Oswald, A.J. (1990) 'The wage curve', Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 92(2), pp.215253.
Jarvis, C. and Hancock, R. (1997) 'Trends in volunteering and implications for the future' in C. Pharaoh (ed.)
Dimensions of the voluntary sector: key facts and figures, analysis and trends, King's Hill, West Malling, Kent:
Charities Aid Foundation. ISBN 1-85934-035-0.
Office for National Statistics (1998) Travel trends 1997, London: The Stationery Office. ISBS 0-11-621090-7
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10.
Files being transferred for deposit
Please specify the number of files according to their format. Include all files, whether data or
documentation.
Format
e.g. SPSS
e.g. PDF
Number
e.g. 5
e.g. 4
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