2011 Census Analysis Work Programme

Purpose of analysis, products released so far, upcoming plans and analysis coordination

Jon Gough Mike Smith

Coordination Coordination & Analysis& Analysis

Labour Labour Market & Market & HousingHousing

Regional & Regional & Travel to Travel to

WorkWork

Population & Population & DemographyDemography

Ethnicity, Ethnicity, Identity, Identity,

Religion and Religion and LanguageLanguage

Health & Health & Unpaid Unpaid

CareCare

Outline of presentation

• Brief Summary of Data

• Recap of the aims of the analysis programme

• Analyses produced to date

• How analysis has been disseminated

• Measuring the benefits of analysis

• Linking to analysis produced outside of ONS

SUMMARY OF DATA RELEASES SO FAR….

•Population Counts•Population and household estimates •Second addresses

•Key & Quick Statistics•Ward, OA, National parks & other geographies•Built up areas

•Detailed & local characteristics tables•Topics (Detailed): EILR, Migration, Health, Demography, Housing, Labour Market, Qualifications, Travel to work, car/van availability, approximated social grade - Detailed only

•Alternative populations•Work day & short term residents

FURTHER OUTPUTS

•UK release

•Communal establishments

•Second address estimates

•Headcount and household estimates for Postcodes

•Interactive content•Comparator tools•Charts, Maps, Cartograms, How Well Do you Know Your Area?

•Statistics interface•Local Authority•Table finder

•Microdata teaching file

STILL TO COME…

•Alternative populations•Out of term

•Supplementary detailed & local characteristics tables•Fill gaps due to absence of theme tables

•UK migration•Cross tabulated by one or more topics

•Specialised products•Origin destination•Microdata secure & safeguarded files•Small populations

COMMISSIONED OUTPUTS

Users can ask for anything they like…Subject to Disclosure Control

For Example: •More detailed univariate tables•Different multivariate tables•Specific population groups•Tables or flow data

Many of the recent ONS analyses uses commissioned tables

ONS CENSUS ANALYSIS WORK PROGRAMME

Coordination Coordination & Analysis& Analysis

Labour Labour Market & Market & HousingHousing

Regional & Regional & Travel to Travel to

WorkWork

Population & Population & DemographyDemography

Ethnicity, Ethnicity, Identity, Identity,

Religion and Religion and LanguageLanguage

Health & Health & Unpaid Unpaid

CareCare

Aims of the work programme

Maximising the benefits of Census 2011• Produce timely and relevant census analyses

• Aid understanding and interpretation of census data• Improve the usability of Census 2011• Provide a springboard for analyses by other organisations• Inform government policy and public debate

• Enable more complex analysis of the characteristics of particular population groups• Comparison of census and survey sources• Linkage of census and survey sources

• Establish a Census Analysis Centre of Excellence• One-stop shop for Census Analyses by ONS and other organisations• UK wide coordination

Produce timely and relevant census analyses

• Groundwork for analysis laid during Census 2011 consultation

• In-depth consultation including sharing of initial analysis plans• User Consultation by Topic leads to stakeholders – the known, knowns• Via internet discussion forums – the known, unknowns • and word of mouth – the unknown, unknowns!

• 54 Publications since December 2012 – averaging around 3 per month for 18 months

• Analysis produced based on user consultation• Discussions/meetings with academia, OGDs, local government• Workshops held annually to discuss plans & requirements with users

• Analysis linked to policy and to feed into the public debate

Examples of some key analysis produced

Analysis topic Product title

Migration Analysis of non-UK born short term residents in England and Wales

Migration Immigration patterns and characteristics of non-UK born population groups in England and Wales

Demography How have living arrangements and marital status in England & Wales changed since 2001?

Health & social care Gender gap in unpaid care provision

Health & social care Ethnic variations in general health & unpaid care provision

Ethnicity, identity, language & religion What does the 2011 Census tell us about the characteristics of Gypsy & Irish travellers in England & Wales?

Alternative populations Workday population of England & Wales

Families Analysis of marital status, living arrangements, households and children

Travel to Work Distance travelled to work

Housing Overcrowding and under-occupation in England & Wales

• Narrative reports• Summaries• Engaging visualisations• Video Podcasts• Infographics• Maps and Charts• InteractiveTo…• Inform government policy and the public debate• Raise awareness of population change and socio-demographic

issues• Facilitate further dissemination

Dissemination tools and techniques

A Census Analysis Story

• Infographics, video summaries & interactive products

• Capture key messages in clear, succinct and visual format

• Act as an accompaniment to the main story, or as stand alone products in their own right

• Suitable for re-publication/embedding in media and other articles

• Interactive tools to immerse user in data

• Visually stimulating content

Dissemination tools and techniques

Infographic: Overcrowding & under-occupation in England & Wales

Infographic: Gypsy & Irish Travellers

Interactive maps

Impact Analysis

Capturing the use of the analysis• Web metrics• In-House ‘Hits’• Google• Media coverage

• User Feedback

• Evaluation report

Top Referrers to Release Edition Pageedf.org.uk

statistics.gov.uk

google.co.uk

brin.ac.uk

haref.org.uk

gov.uk

feedly.com

Identifiable Organisations Viewing ReleaseNHS BBC Bradford Metropolitan

District CouncilRed Cross

University of Oxford Leeds City Council Staffordshire County Council

University College London

Surrey County Council Oxfam Douglas Wallace Consultants

Welsh Language Board

Computer Sciences Corporation

Newcastle University UK Parliament Lemon & Co. Solicitors, Swindon

Web Metrics – ONS website

Key Points

• There were 4 tweets on the release posted from the ONS channel. In total these received 14 retweets and they resulted in 75 ‘click throughs’ to the ONS website. The link to the infographic received more clicks (47) than the release (25)• The link to the ONS release was also the most popular link that featured in other users tweets, with some tweets (such as Mark Easton’s) including a chart from the release

Social Media metrics

Ethnic variations in general health & unpaid care provision

User Friendly Benefit Reports

• Analysis has mainly centred around more in-depth census data• Creating bespoke tables to add further value/additional insight

• Some examples of using other sources alongside census include:• Report detailing differences between LFS & census• Home working analysis: Using census data for more local level &

LFS/APS for national picture

• Future analysis plans to look at Longitudinal Study

Enable more complex analysis of the characteristics of particular population groups

Future Analysis Plans

Story title

Dependent Children Usually Resident in England and Wales with a Parental Second Address

Internal and International Migration for the United Kingdom in the Year Prior to the 2011 Census

Marital status Understanding the characteristics of home workers

Economic and demographic outcomes of different Non-UK Born groups in England and Wales?

Ethnicity analysis of the labour market

Do family characteristics and living arrangements in England and Wales vary by country of birth/ nationality?

Commuting at local levels

Economic activity of people at or over State Pension Age (SPA)

Part time workers across England & Wales

What does the 2011 Census tell us about residents with a work related second address in England and Wales?

Student population analysis

Communal establishments – care homes Employment characteristics of those with disabilities

Analysis of small populations Occupancy rating by ethnicity

The changing economic geography of England & Wales Living alone

A Census Analysis Centre of Excellence

One-stop shop for Census Analyses by ONS and other organisations

• Best approach to promote analysis•Easier access for users accessing analysis of Census data/outputs•Widening the availability and use of analysis, potentially increasing the number of users•Internal and external analysis•Tool to help coordinate analysis across internal & external areas

• Provide guidance to users on analysis work associated with the census

•Provide information on upcoming analytical plans•A forum to allow links to workshops/consultations

How to link in analysis

• Contact the census analysis team• census.analysis.inbox@ons.gsi.gov.uk• Please provide:

• Link to the website• Short synopsis of the piece of analytical work

• ONS will consider each link before approving and linking to our webpage

• User/discussion forums• StatUserNet – opportunity to ask questions and to share ideas

Thanks for listening

Central Team jon.gough@ons.gsi.gov.ukcensus.analysis.inbox@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Topic analysis leads

Healthchris.white@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Labour market incl. housing & qualificationsanthony.anagboso@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Ethnicity, Identity, Religion & Languageangela.potter-collins@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Population and migrationchris.w.smith@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Regional, incl. travel to workrichard.prothero@ons.gsi.gov.uk