Census Data System

Philip Rees and David Martin are the authors of The Census Data System, published by Wiley.

"...a very useful text that provides a comprehensive review of Census data...far more than just another Census book..." (Progress in Human Geography, Vol.27, No.1) "...provides a timely reminder of the value of census data...editors have done well to produce a valuable resource guide..." (Area, Vol 35)

• List of Contributors Acknowledgements Forewords (John Pullinger, Ian Diamond, Reg Carr) How to Use the Book Census Data Resources in the United Kingdom (Philip Rees, David Martin, and Paul Williamson) Part I Geography and Lookup Tables The debate about census geography (Philip Rees and David Martin) Output areas for 2001 (David Martin) Designing your own geographies (Seraphim Alvanides, Stan Openshaw, and Philip Rees) Lookup tables and new area statistics for the 1971, 1981, and 1991 Censuses (James Harris, Danny Dorling, David Owen, Mike Coombes, and Tom Wilson) Part II Boundary Data and Visualization Handling and accessing census boundary data (William Mackaness and Alistair Towers) Visualizing census data (Jason Dykes, Jackie Carter, and Danny Dorling) Part III Area Statistics Disseminating census area statistics over the Web (James Harris, Justin Hayes, and Keith Cole) Deprivation indicators (Martyn Senior) Census population surfaces (David Martin) ONS classifications and GB profiles: census typologies for researchers (Philip Rees, Chris Denham, John Charlton, Stan Openshaw, Marcus Blake, and Linda See) Dealing with the census undercount (Stephen Simpson) Population statistics after the census (Paul Williamson and Stephen Simpson) Part IV Microdata Microdata from the census: Samples of Anonymised Records(Angela Dale and Andy Teague) Online tabulation for the Samples of Anonymised Records(Ian Turton) The ONS Longitudinal Study: linked census and event data to 2001 (Rosemary Creeser, Brian Dodgeon, Heather Joshi, and Jillian Smith) Synthetic microdata (Paul Williamson) Part V Interaction Data Migration data from the census (Philip Rees, Frank Thomas, and Oliver Duke-Williams) Workplace data from the census (Keith Cole, Martin Frost, and Frank Thomas) Part VI Planning for 2001 Census Outputs New questions for the 2001 Census (John Dixie and Danny Dorling) A one-number census (Ian Diamond, Marie Cruddas, and Jennet Woolford) An output strategy for the 2001 Census (Chris Denham and Philip Rees) Metadata for the 2001 UK Census: recommendations (Paul Williamson and Neil Lander-Brinkley) Testing user-requested geographies (Oliver Duke-Williams and Phil Rees) Glossary References Index