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Understanding Wales: Opportunities for Secondary Data Analysis
Annual Population Survey/Labour Force Survey
Melanie JonesSchool of Business and Economics
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What is the Annual Population Survey (APS)?
APS2004-date
QLFS Local LFS
APS boost
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Quarterly Labour Force Survey (1992-date)
Largest survey of private households in the UK
Address interviewed for 5 successive quarters (waves)
APS pools observations from wave 1 and 5 across 4 quarters of
main LFS – annual data
Personal and household characteristics (age, gender, disability,
ethnicity, nationality, qualifications, region of residence)
Labour market indicators (earnings, hours, occupation, job seeking)
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Welsh Local Labour Force Survey (2001–date)
Partnership project WG and ONS
Access to the WLLFS is only via the APS (2004-date)
Address interviewed annually for 4 years
Individuals are asked a subset of questions from the QLFS
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Advantages of the APS/LFS
Aggregate statistics and micro (individual) data
Household, individual
Regular and timely information (2004-2011)
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Unemployment by Unitary Authority (APS April 2010-March 2011)
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Percentage of Workless Households by Region (APS January–December 2010)
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Unemployment Rates in Wales by Age Group (APS 2004-2011)
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20-24
25-34
35-49
50-64
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Advantages of the APS
Larger sample size (300%+)
Number of Individuals (April 2009- March 2010)
Main LFS Local LFS Total
England 145,169 97,227 242,396
Scotland 15,529 32,070 47,599
Wales 8,253 27,794 36,047
Northern Ireland 7,222 0 7,222
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Advantages of the APS
Intra-regional analysis (local authority level)
Analysis of sub groups (Davies et al., 2011, An Anatomy of
Economic Inequality in Wales, Wales Equalities and Human
Rights Commission)
WLLFS survey design (Jones et al., 2011)
Longitudinal Labour Force Survey (5 waves QLFS) – labour
market transitions
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Employed, full-time Employed, part-time Self-employed ILO unemployed Inactive, student Inactive, looking after family, home
Inactive, disabled/long-term sick Inactive, retired Inactive, other reason, no reason given
Female Economic Activity by Ethnic Group in Wales
Other
Chinese
Black African
Black Caribbean
Other Asian
Bangladeshi
Pakistani
Indian
Mixed
White
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
% population
Wa
les
Source: APS, 2004/5-2008/9. Data are weighted.
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Access to the APS
Aggregate statistics: www.nomisweb.co.uk
www.statswales.wales.gov.uk
Microdata ESDS (UK Data Archive)
End User Licence
Special Licence
Secure Data Service
Increasing detail but greater restrictions on access
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Further resources
ESDS http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/lfs/
http://www.esds.ac.uk/government/aps/
Data access: [email protected]
Data usage: [email protected]
