Citing the SARs

Its always great to see research using the Samples of Anonymised Records in print.

Publications using the Samples of Anonymised Records should contain the following acknowledgement:

The 1991 SARs are provided through the Census Microdata Unit, at the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (University of Manchester), with the support of the ESRC/JISC/DENI. All tables containing Census data, and the results of analysis, are reproduced with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (Crown Copyright).

To cite a SAR file use the following format:

Office for National Statistics (1993) 1991 Great Britain Sample of Anonymised Records, Individual File [computer file] distributed by the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research, University of Manchester

Data from the SARs remain Crown copyright.

Please let us know at sars-helpdesk@man.ac.uk if you publish using the data. This information is required by the terms of our agreement with the Office for National Statistics and helps us to justify the continued availability of SAR data. Registered users do receive reminders to do this as part of our regular pubtrawl.