The Routledge Handbook of Census Resources, Methods and Applications: Unlocking the UK 2011 Census

ISBN-13: 9781472475886 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 474 str.

Opis

Highlighting the value of the UK 2011 Census, this comprehensive handbook sets the use of its results in the context of census-taking around the world and its historical development and future. The book presents a collection of applications of census data in different social science research contexts that reveal key messages about the characteristics of the British population and the ways in which society is changing. New methods and technologies, such as interactive infographics and web-based mapping, and how these are now being used to visualise census data in new and exciting ways is also covered.

Spis treści

Part 1: Introducing the Census 1. The 2011 Census in the United Kingdom 2. A History of Census Taking in the United Kingdom Part 2: Taking the 2011 Census and Assuring the Quality of the Data 3. The 2011 Census: From Preparation to Publication 4. The 2011 Census Quality Assurance Process Part 3: Delivering Different Types of Census Data to Users 5. UK Census Aggregate Statistics: Characteristics and Access 6. Geographic Boundary Data and Their Online Access 7. Census Interaction Data and Means of Access 8. Census Microdata: Cross-sectional Samples 9. Longitudinal studies in the United Kingdom Part 4: Visualizing 2011 Census Data 10. Using Graphics to Drive User Engagement: Experiences from the 2011 Census 11. Contrasting Approaches to Engaging Census Data Users 12. The Thematic Mapper 13. An Automated Open Atlas for the 2011 Census of Population 14. Ethnic Identity and Inequalities: Local Authority Summaries 15. Mapping Travel-to-work Flows 16. Circular Migration Plots Part 5: Using 2011 Census Data for Research 17. Creating a New Open Geodemographic Classification of the UK Using 2011 Census Data 18. Uneven Family Geographies in England and Wales: (Non)Traditionality and Change between 2001 and 2011 19. Using Census Data in Microsimulation Modelling 20. Local Ethnic Inequalities and Ethnic Minority Concentration in Districts of England and Wales, 2001-11 21. Using 2001 and 2011 Censuses to Reconcile Ethnic Group Estimates and Components for the Intervening Decade for English Local Authority Districts 22. The Prevalence of Informal Care and its Association with Health: Longitudinal Research Using Census Data for England and Wales 23. Using 2011 Census Data to Estimate Future Elderly Heath Care Demand 24. Using Census Microdata to Explore the Inter-relationship Between Ethnicity, Health, Socioeconomic Factors and Internal Migration 25. Changes in Social Inequality, 2001-2011 26. The Spatial-temporal Exploration Health and Housing Tenure Transitions Using the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study 27. Changing Intensities and Spatial Patterns of Internal Migration in the United Kingdom 28. Commuting Intensities and Patterns in England and Wales, 2001-2011 29. Using Census Data for Trend Comparisons in British City Regions 30. The Changing Geography of Deprivation in Great Britain: Exploiting Small Area Census Data, 1971 to 2011 31. Scale, Geographic Inequalities and the North-South Divide in England and Wales, 2001-2011 32. Using Contemporary and Historical Census Data to Explore Micro-scale Population Change in Parts of London Part 6: Looking Forward and Beyond 2021 33. Towards 2021 and Beyond

O autorze

John Stillwell is Professor of Migration and Regional Development in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds. He is Director of the UK Data Service-Census Support and has worked both on both the delivery of census data to users and its application in a research context throughout his academic career. He was the Co-ordinator of the ESRC-funded Understanding Population Trends and Processes (UPTAP) programme and has been the co-editor of Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy (ASAP) since its inception in 2008.