Census 2001: Small Area Microdata (SAM)

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The UK censuses took place on 29th April 2001. They were run by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA),  General Register Office for Scotland (GROS), and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for both England and Wales. The UK comprises the countries of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.Statistics from the UK censuses help paint a picture of the nation and how we live. They provide a detailed snapshot of the population and its characteristics, and underpin funding allocation to provide public services.The Census 2001: Small Area Microdata SAM is a 5% sample of individuals for all countries of the UK, with 2.96 million cases. Local Authority is the lowest level of geography for England and Wales, Council Areas for Scotland and Parliamentary Constituencies for Northern Ireland. The Scilly Isles have been merged with Penwith and the City of London with Westminster. Orkney and Shetland are merged into one area. All other areas are identified. The median sample size for an authority is 5,600 records and nearly eighty authorities have more than 10,000 records. The amount of individual detail in the SAM is less than in the 2001 Individual Licenced Sample of Anonymised Records (I-SAR)(see under SNs 7205 and 7206) because of the greater geographical detail in the SAM. Caveat - Students: As with the Individual SAR, the SAM includes those enumerated in a communal establishment and also full-time students who were enumerated at an address that was not their usual term-time residence. For the latter there is only individual-level information on age, sex, marital status and full-time student status. It is recommended that these students are not included in any analyses as they do not form part of the usual residents population base. This dataset contains 88 variables; a version designed for imputation analysis, which contains an extra 67 imputation flag variables, is available under SN 7208. Main Topics:Accommodation type (brief)Accommodation type (detailed)Adults, Number Employed in HouseholdAdults, Number in HouseholdAgeAge of Family Reference Person (FRP)Age of Household Reference Person (HRP)Age of Students and SchoolchildrenAmenitiesArmed ForcesBath/Shower and Toilet, use ofCare (unpaid), Provision ofCare, Provision ofCarers and their Economic Activity, Number ofCars and vansCentral heatingChildrenChildren, dependentCommunal Establishment ResidentsCommunal establishment, combined type and managementConcealed familiesCountry of birthCountry of Birth (additional categories)Daytime PopulationDwelling TypeEconomic ActivityEconomic Activity of Associated People Resident in HouseholdsEconomic Activity of Full-time studentsEconomic Activity of Household Reference Person (HRP)Ethnic group (England and Wales)Ethnic group (England and Wales) of Household Reference PersonFamily compositionFamily statusFamily typeHealth, GeneralHours workedHousehold compositionHousehold composition (alternative classification)Household dependent childrenHousehold deprivationHousehold Reference Person indicatorHousehold sizeHousehold Space TypeHousehold TypeHouseholds with students away during term-timeIndustryIndustry, formerLimiting long-term illnessLimiting Long-Term Illness (LLTI), Household residents withLimiting long-Term Illness, number of people with in householdLiving arrangementsLiving arrangements of Household Reference Person (HRP)Lowest floor levelMarital statusMigration (armed forces)Migration (Communal establishment)Migration (People)Multiple ethnic identifierOccupancy RatingOccupation (brief)Occupation (detailed)Occupation, formerPensioner householdPeople aged 17 or over in household, Number ofPopulation TypePublic transport users in householdsQualifications (England and Wales)Qualifications, highest level of (England and Wales)Qualifications, professionalReligion (England and Wales)Religion (England and Wales) of Household Reference PersonResident BasisResident TypeRooms in a dwelling, number ofRooms, Number ofRooms, Persons perSexSex of Household Reference Person (HRP)Single Adult HouseholdsSocial Grade of Household Reference Person (HRP), approximatedSocial Grade, approximatedSocio-economic Classification (NS-SeC)Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) of Household Reference Person (HRP)Socio-economic Classification (NS-SeC) of Household Reference Person (HRP), Main categories ofStudent accommodation (Standard Output)Student accommodation TypeStudent statusTenureTenure, dwellingTime Since Last WorkedTravel to Work, distanceTravel to work, Means ofTravel to Work, Method of and Number of Employed PeopleWorking ParentsYear last workedThe dataset includes information on households, age, gender, ethnicity, health, disability, employment status, housing, amenities, family type, caring, geography, social class, education, distance to work, workplace, labour force, hours worked, migration and population demographics.