IRISH SOCIAL SCIENCE DATA ARCHIVE (ISSDA)Jenny O’Neill, Data Manager
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• Background
• Datasets in ISSDA
• How to access data
• Advice to researchers
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Background
2000
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Background
ISSDA
CSO
ESRI
UCD (Geary)
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Background
2000 2012
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Background• Provides a central access point for quantitative social science /
public health data produced in Ireland; for research purposes
• Ensures wider access to datasets
• Facilitates secondary analysis
• Facilitates the wider acquisition of data analysis skills – teaching as well as research use
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Background
• Content
• Service
• Preservation
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Background
2000 2012 2016
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Background
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Background
2000 2012 2016 Future
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Background• Proactive promotion
• Repository infrastructure
• Projects
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Datasets• Quantitative
• Anonymous
• Formats: SPSS, SAS, Stata, CSV, Excel
• Documentation
• Data checking: CSTAR
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Datasets: The Children’s Sport Participation and Physical Activity Study (CSPPA)
• Provide a national database of physical activity, physical education and sport participation levels of children and youth in Ireland
• Assess indices of health and fitness in a sub-sample of the target population
• Collect and analyse information on the factors influencing participation
• Provide insight into issues surrounding volunteering in youth sports and activity clubs
• Primary & Post Primary data in SPSS
• www.ucd.ie/issda/csppa
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Datasets: Irish Sports Monitor 2011 & 2013• Provides information on active participation in sport and physical activity, club membership,
volunteering and attendance at sporting events among a representative sample of adults (aged 16+) in the Republic of Ireland.
• 2011 & 2013 data in SPSS
• Available May 2016
• www.ucd.ie/issda/irishsportsmonitor
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Datasets• All Ireland Traveller Health Study (AITHS)• Eurostudent Survey III, IV & V• Growing Up in Ireland (GUI)• Healthy Ireland• School Leavers Survey• Survey on Lifestyle and Attitude to Nutrition (SLÁN) • The Irish Longitudinal study on Ageing (TILDA)
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Accessing data
• Identify the dataset(s) you require
• Complete the request form
• Email the signed consent form
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Accessing data
• Identify the dataset(s) you require
• Complete the request form
• Email the signed consent form
www.ucd.ie/issda
Accessing data
• Identify the dataset(s) you require
• Complete the request form
• Email the signed consent form
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TipsData not collected to answer your specific research questions
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TipsRegister of Use
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TipsCite the data