Summary information

Study title

Life Table According to Age, Sex and Individual Socio-economic Status for the England and Wales Population, 2011

Creator

Ingleby, F, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Woods, L, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Atherton, I, Edinburgh Napier University
Belot, A, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Study number / PID

855689 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-855689 (DOI)

Data access

Open

Series

Not available

Abstract

These data contain lifetables derived from the ONS Longitudinal study dataset, and according to age, sex and individual socio-economic status measured with education, occupation or wage in England and Wales in 2011. Life table according to age, sex and individual’s education, or occupation or wage for the England & Wales population in 2011 The data contained in these files are aggregated data from the ONS Longitudinal Study (ONS LS). The ONS LS is a long-term census-based multi-cohort study. It uses four annual birthdates as random selection criteria, giving a 1% sample of the England and Wales population (10.1093/ije/dyy243). The initial sample was drawn from the 1971 Census, and study members’ census records have been linked every 10 years up to the 2011 Census. New members enter the study through birth or immigration, and existing members leave through death or emigration. Vital life events information (births, deaths and cancer registrations) are also linked to sample members’ records. File lifetab_2011_educ.csv Life table according to age, sex and education level for the England & Wales population in 2011 age x: attained age (years) from 20 to 100 sex: 2 categories: male (m) and female (f) educ: 6 categories of highest educational attainment: A: no qualifications; B: 1-4 GCSEs/O levels; C: 5+ GCSEs/O levels, D: Apprenticeships/Vocational qualifications, E: A/AS levels, F: Degree/Higher Degree mx: mortality rate for 1 person-year qx: annual probability of death ( = 1 - exp(-mx) ) ex: life-expectancy (years) File lifetab_2011_inc.csv Life table from age 20 onwards and according to age, sex and income level for the England & Wales population in 2011 age x: attained age (years) from 20 to 100 sex: 2 categories: male (m); female (f) inc: 5 categories of income: Least deprived; 4; 3; 2; Most deprived mx: mortality rate for 1 person-year qx: annual probability of death ( = 1 - exp(-mx) ) ex: life-expectancy (years) File lifetab_2011_occ.csv Life table from age 20...
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Methodology

Data collection period

01/04/2011 - 31/03/2012

Country

United Kingdom

Time dimension

Not available

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

Not available

Sampling procedure

Not available

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

We examined the Office of National Statistics Longitudinal Study (LS) (Shelton et al., 2019; Hattersley & Creeser, 1995), a long-term cohort study comprised of people living in England and Wales under selection criteria of one of four annual birthdates (representing a random sample of approximately 1% of the population clustered by dateof birth). All census variables from the 1971 census through to the most recent 2011 census are directly linked to cohort members via unique identifiers, and additional variables are also derived via individual linkage, including administrative data such as births and deaths. We included LS members enumerated at the 2011 census (the most recent census to have taken place) and linked to mortality data to includedeaths in the 12-month period subsequent to the census (i.e.01-Apr-2011 to 31-Mar-2012). Age, sex, and data relating to occupation and educational qualifications for 2001 and 2011 censuses were extracted and used to categorise LS members according to three dimensions of individual-level socio-economic circumstances: occupation, education, and wage.

Funding information

Grant number

ES/S001808/1

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2022

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to any user without the requirement for registration for download/access.

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