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Three summary tables are given below. Table 1 shows you how topics are linked to Data Sets. Table 2 provides information on the geographical scales at which information is given in the different data sets. Table 3 informs you about the coverage in terms of country (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) of the Data Sets.

Table 1: Topics in the 1991 Census by Data Set and Data Unit

Data Set Topics	SAS	LBS	DBD	1% SAR Household	2% SAR Individual	LS	SMS	SWS
Demography
Households/ Families
Economic Status
Housing/Tenure
Ethnicity
Country of Birth
Migration
Illness
Occupation
Industry
Workplace
Cars
Transport Mode
Language
Data Unit	CDU	CDU	UKB	CMU	CMU	LSSP	CDU	CDU

Data sets:
SAS = Small Area Statistics, LBS = Local Base Statistics, DBD = Digitized Boundary Data
SAR= Samples of Anonymised Records, LS = Longitudinal Study
SMS = Special Migration Statistics, SWS = Special Workplace Statistics
Data units:
CDU = Census Dissemination Unit, UKB = UKBORDERS Service, CMU = Census Microdata Unit,
LSSP = Longitudinal Study Support Programme

Table 2: Geography in the 1991 Census by Data Set and Data Unit

Data Sets and Data Units: see notes to Table 1

How can I access census data?

Decide on which data set might be useful in your research. Access the relevant Web Site and read the information.

Fill out the registration form for your data set (download from the Web Site or obtain from your site representative). Have it verified by your site representative and dispatch to the relevant data unit.

To use the data on-line you will need a username and password for the data unit’s server, obtained via your site representative. Data extraction and analysis software are provided on the servers.

Login and extract the data. Carry out analysis of the data on the server or download it to your own system for further work using file transfer. Data units can also supply the data on suitable media (diskettes, CD ROM).

There are simplified forms for registering student classes, which require student signatures and counter-signature of the class teacher and site representative. Contact the relevant data unit.

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Spatial Scale	SAS	LBS	DBD	1% SAR Household	2% SAR Individual	LS	SMS	SWS
Enumeration Districts
Output Areas
Wards
Districts
SAR Areas
New Local Government Areas
Counties
Regions
Postal Sectors
Postal Districts
Postal Areas
Parliamentary Constitutencies
European Constitutencies
Data Unit	CDU	CDU	UKB	CMU	CMU	LSSP	CDU	CDU

Country coverage	SAS	LBS	DBD	1% SAR Household	2% SAR Individual	LS	SMS	SWS
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Data Unit	CDU	CDU	UKB	CMU	CMU	LSSP	CDU	CDU

CENSUS DATA SETS: SUMMARY TABLES