Teaching with census data

Census 2021 provides demographic, employment, housing and other characteristics about local populations at neighbourhood level. This free workshop is designed to enable those teaching undergraduate students to use this material to explore substantive questions related to their discipline.

The aim of the workshop is to enable participants to be able to:

• Appreciate the geography of local areas and the data that is provided from the census.
• Be able to access, prepare and present census data.
• Develop appropriate exercises for students to engage in practical exploration, analysis and reporting on substantive topics of interest.

The workshop will identify different ways in which census data can be used with students to explore at different geographical scales from small neighbourhoods to local authorities, regions and nationally. It will discuss the constraints imposed by the use of statistical disclosure control. A practical exercise using Microsoft Excel will show you how to analyse and present multivariate data in tables and charts.

The workshop will also outline the more specialised outputs, census microdata and flow data, and how to prepare data for use with GIS software to produce maps. We will also share our plans for development of materials to be used in activities with students.

Presenters: Placide Abasabanye and Nigel de Noronha, UK Data Service (University of Manchester)

This event will be livestreamed on our UK Data Service YouTube channel but the chat will be disabled. By registering and attending the Zoom event you will be able to ask questions and interact.

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