Using
GUS data
GUS is a rich and expanding resource for anyone carrying
our research relating to children and their families in Scotland.
The Scottish Government wants to ensure that the data is
freely accessible and widely used.
The datasets from Sweeps 1 to 5
of the study are now available to download from the ESRC
UK
data archive. Registration is required to access the
data. A series of steps have been taken to ensure that
individuals
cannot be identified from the data.
Sweep 5 Data
(Birth cohort only)
The following documents are
available to help you find your way through the data. They
can be downloaded here or through the UK Data Archive.
Sweep 4 Data
Sweep 3 Data
Sweep 2 Data
Sweep 1 Data
There are
1,128 variables in the Sweep 1 dataset.
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| GUS
Sweep 1 User Guide |
| GUS
Sweep 1 Documentation |
| GUS
Sweep 1 Questionnaire with variable names |
| GUS
Sweep 1 Interviewer and coder instructions |
| GUS
Sweep 1 Variable list |
We recommend that one of the best ways to become
familiar with the content of Sweeps 1 and 2 is to read the GUS Overview
Reports for Years 1 and 2. These reports can be downloaded from the
Publications section of this web site.
Other useful
documents
Sweep 1-5 Topic Summary
A summary of the topics covered at
each Sweep
Sweep 1 - Chapter 12 - Techncial Notes
The technical appendix to the Sweep 1 report
Data Workshops 2010/12
Workshops were held in Edinburgh and
Stirling to promote and support the use of data from GUS Sweeps 1
to 5. These Workshops were supported by the ESRC
Secondary Data Analysis Initiative. Click here to access presentations and handouts from
the Workshops.
Data Workshops 2009/2010
Workshops were held in Edinburgh and in Glasgow to promote
and support the use of the data from GUS Sweeps 1 to 3. Click
here to access presentations and handouts from the Workshops.
Sweep 1 Data Seminars 2007/2008
Scotcen and CRFR ran a series of Data Seminars
in December 2007/ January 2008 to provide an introduction for people
interested in using GUS data to carry out their own analysis.
The presentation slides from the Data Seminars are available to download
here.
Click here for a list of FAQs and answers We would like to record how GUS is being used
in research projects.
Click
here for a list of projects.
If you are using GUS and would like to be included
on the list, please send a short paragraph summarising the aims of
your
research
to lesley.kelly@ed.ac.uk
For advice and support in quanitiative methods, please visit the
AQMeN website (Applied Methods
in Quantitative Analysis)
Page last updated: January 2012
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