The Routledge Handbook of Census Resources, Methods and Applications
Unlocking the UK 2011 Census
International Population Studies Series

The collection of reliable and comprehensive data on the magnitude, composition and distribution of a country?s population is essential in order for governments to provide services, administer effectively and guide a country?s development. The primary source of basic demographic statistics is frequently a population census, which provides hugely important data sets for policy makers, practitioners and researchers working in a wide range of different socio-demographic contexts.

The Routledge Handbook of Census Resources, Methods and Applications provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the collection, processing, quality assessment and delivery of the different data products that constitute the results of the population censuses conducted across the United Kingdom in 2011. It provides those interested in using census data with an introduction to the collection, processing and quality assessment of the 2011 Census, together with guidance on the various types of data resources that are available and how they can be accessed. It demonstrates how new methods and technologies, such as interactive infographics and web-based mapping, are now being used to visualise census data in new and exciting ways. Perhaps most importantly, it presents a collection of applications of census data in different social and health science research contexts that reveal key messages about the characteristics of the UK population and the ways in which society is changing. The operation of the 2011 Census and the use of its results are set in the context of census-taking around the world and its historical development in the UK over the last 200 years.

The results of the UK 2011 Census are a unique and reliable source of detailed information that are immensely important for users from a wide range of public and private sector organisations, as well as those working in Population Studies, Human Geography, Migration Studies and the Social Sciences more generally.

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 Datafor 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

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.