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  <dc:title xml:lang="en">Annual Population Survey Two-Year Longitudinal Dataset, January 2018 - December 2019</dc:title>
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  <dc:description xml:lang="en">&lt;P&gt;Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Annual Population Survey&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;(APS) is a major survey series, which aims to provide data that can produce reliable estimates at local authority level. Key topics covered in the survey include education, employment, health and ethnicity. The APS comprises key variables from the&lt;a href="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000026"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=2000026"&gt;Labour Force Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;(LFS), all its associated LFS boosts and the APS boost.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The APS allows for analysis to be carried out on detailed subgroups and below regional level. In recent years (particularly with the sample size of the LFS 5 quarter dataset reducing) there has been some interest in producing a two year APS longitudinal dataset to look at any trends that may occur over a year. The&amp;nbsp;APS Two-Year Longitudinal Datasets, covering 2012/13 onwards, have been deposited as a result of this work. &lt;a href="https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/series/series?id=200002#!/access-data"&gt;Person- and Household-level APS&lt;/a&gt; datasets are also available.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;For further detailed information about methodology, users should consult the&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Labour Force Survey User Guide&lt;/i&gt;, included with the APS documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Occupation data for 2021 and 2022&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;The ONS has identified an issue with the collection of some occupational data in 2021 and 2022 data files in a number of their surveys. While they estimate any impacts will be small overall, this will affect the accuracy of the breakdowns of some detailed (four-digit Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)) occupations, and data derived from them. None of ONS' headline statistics, other than those directly sourced from occupational data, are affected and you can continue to rely on their accuracy. Further information can be found in the ONS article published on 11 July 2023:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a title="Revision of miscoded occupational data in the ONS Labour Force Survey, UK: January 2021 to September 2022" href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/revisionofmiscodedoccupationaldataintheonslabourforcesurveyuk/january2021toseptember2022"&gt;Revision of miscoded occupational data in the ONS Labour Force Survey, UK: January 2021 to September 2022&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description><dc:description xml:lang="en">&lt;B&gt;Main Topics&lt;/B&gt;:&lt;BR&gt;Topics covered include: household composition and relationships, housing tenure, nationality, ethnicity and residential history, employment and training (including government schemes), workplace and location, job hunting, educational background and qualifications. Many of the variables included in the survey are the same as those in the LFS.</dc:description>
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