Teaching and learning materials for the SARs

Workbooks

There are four workbooks that can be used as step-by-step guides to conducting an analysis using the SARs files.

• A workbook that will guide the user through a series of exercises to analyse Longterm limiting illness data in the SARs
• An introductory workbook that will guide the user through an analysis of the 2001 Individual SAR.
• An introductory workbook that will guide the user through an analysis using the Small Area Microdata file.
• An introductory workbook that will guide the user through an analysis of the 1991 Household SAR This workbook uses the file hhteach.sav as its basis. This dataset can be downloaded by registered UK academic users in SPSS format from the direct download page.

Topic and methods learning and teaching materials

Below you will find teaching material linked to specific topics that can be investigated using the SARs.

• Introduction to social class
• Youth unemployment by region (and gender)
• Hours of work
• Unemployment and economic inactivity
• Employment Patterns - who works from home?
• Social Class and Gender
• Lone Parents
• Lone Mothers and employment/hours of work
• Ethnicity and living conditions/housing
• Employment and Religion

Students and teachers should register individually through Census.ac.uk.