Summary information

Study title

2021 Census: Public Microdata Teaching Sample (England and Wales): 1% Sample: Open Access

Creator

Office for National Statistics

Study number / PID

9202 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-9202-1 (DOI)

Data access

Open

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The 2021 UK Census was the 23rd official census of the United Kingdom. The UK Census is generally conducted once every 10 years, and the 2021 censuses of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland took place on 21 March 2021. In Scotland, the decision was made to move the census to March 2022 because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The censuses were administered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) and National Records of Scotland (NRS), respectively. In England and Wales, Census 2021 was the first census with a digital-first design, encouraging participants to respond online rather than on a paper questionnaire.Topics covered in the 2021 UK Census included:demography and migrationethnic group, national identity, language and religionlabour market and travel to workhousingeducationhealth, disability, and unpaid careWelsh and other languagesUK armed forces veteranssexual orientation and gender identity.The 2021 Census: Public Microdata Teaching Sample (England and Wales): 1% Sample: Open Access consists of a random sample of 1% of person records from Census 2021 for England and Wales. It includes records for 604,351 persons. This dataset is suitable for teaching of statistics and social sciences and contains 18 demographic variables and a respondent ID variable.Main Topics:The Teaching Dataset includes a small number of variables:Resident IDApproximated social grade (5 categories)Country of birth UK (3 categories)Economic activity status (10 categories)Ethnic group (6 categories)General health (6 categories)Household type (6 categories)Hours worked (5 categories)Schoolchild or full-time student indicator (3 categories)Industry (10 categories)Inner/Outer London Current Residence Indicator (3 categories)Marital and civil partnership status (6...
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Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

England and Wales

Time dimension

Repeated cross-sectional study

Analysis unit

Individuals
National

Universe

The Public Microdata teaching dataset sample consists of a random sample of 1% of person records from Census 2021 for England and Wales. The sample contains records for 604,351 persons. The Census 2021 microdata samples include data from the total England and Wales population, which includes: 'usual' residents, non-UK born short-term residents staying 3 to 12 months, and students living at an alternative address during term-time.

Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

Self-administered questionnaire
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2024

Terms of data access

  The Data Collection is to be made available to any user without the requirement for registration for download/access under an Open Government Licence.

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