Various workshops regarding the UK government surveys and Census statistics for health practitioners to be held in London and Manchester from 17 of March until 14 July 2010.

General Household Survey (General Lifestyle Survey) user meeting
 
Royal Statistical Society, London
Wednesday 17 March 2010
 
This meeting will provide a forum for data users and producers to meet and discuss new developments and exchange information about the General Household Survey (GHS).
 
To view the programme and book a place please go to http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2010-03-17/index.html
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Sample data from surveys and the Census: data sources and resources for health analysts
 
University of Manchester
Thursday 15 April 2010
 
This day will provide an introduction to some key national data sources for health analysts: the health surveys (e.g. Health Survey for England) and the Samples of Anonymised Records (SARs) from the Census. The day will introduce the data themselves, case studies of use in academic and policy settings and the ways in which the data are obtainable. Access routes described will include the data services which hold these data (the SARs team and the Economic and Social Data Service) and Methodbox; a software project to help health researchers access data and share expertise more easily.
 
Hands on sessions will look at access tools from ESDS, SARs and Methodbox. SPSS may be used but prior experience of the software is not required.
 
To view the programme and book a place please go to http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2010-04-15/index.html
 
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Introductory Workshop: Analysing Complex Sample Design in ESDS Government Datasets
 
Basement Computer Lab, Humanities Bridgeford Street, University of Manchester
Thursday 27 May 2010
 
Standard statistical software commands typically treat data as simple random samples. A large proportion of Government surveys however employ complex sample design features such as stratification and clustering. Rather than treating such data as simple random samples, techniques, or approaches to analysis are required that take into account these design features. Focussing on design-based approaches, this introductory workshop provides grounding in elementary concepts in complex sample design and the analysis of survey data using Stata.
 
To view the programme and book a place please go to http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/2010-05-27/index.html
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CALLS FOR PAPERS: Family Resources Survey user meeting and Health surveys user meeting
 
 
The next Family Resources Survey user meeting is being organised by ESDS Government for Thursday 10 June 2010 at the Royal Statistical Society,
London. The FRS programme will contain a mixture of papers from data producers and researchers. We would like to invite offers of presentations
based on analysis of the FRS. Presenters will have 20 minutes for their talk followed by 10 minutes for questions.

Details of the previous user meeting can be found at: http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/past.shtml#FRS2009

Please send offers of a paper to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it as soon as possible, but by 21 March 2010 at the latest.

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The next Health surveys user meeting is being organised by ESDS Government for Wednesday 14 July 2010 at the Royal Statistical Society, London. The
programme will contain a mixture of papers from data producers and researchers. We would like to invite offers of presentations based on
analysis of the Health Survey for England, the Scottish Health Survey or the Welsh Health Survey. Presenters will have 20 minutes for their talk
followed by 10 minutes for questions.

Details of previous user meetings can be found at: http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/esds/events/themes/health/

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