Science and Technology CommitteeSupplementary written evidence submitted by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (Census 26a)

14 DECEMBER 2011 EVIDENCE SESSION

You asked if I could send the list of the top 10 most heavily exploited datasets used by social scientists, I referred to yesterday in my oral evidence. This is data collected by the Economic and Social Data Service which is the national service ESRC funds to provide access to social and economic data. Those with an asterisk are datasets collected by ONS or other government departments.

1.Census data*.

2.Labour Force Survey*.

3.Health Survey*.

4.British Household Panel Survey.

5.British Social Attitudes Survey.

6.1970 British Cohort Study.

7.General Household Survey*.

8.British Crime Survey*.

9.National Child Development Study.

10.Workplace Employee Relations Survey.

Jeremy Neathey
Deputy Director of Policy
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

December 2011