Average Income
Birthplace Data
Black Report
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census data interpretation
Claimant Count
critical evaluation of official data
Decennial Supplement
Disabled Adults
DSS 1990a
Economically Inactive
employment statistics UK
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Ethnic Group Question
gender labour studies
general
GHS
government
Government Statistical Service
household
HSC
ILO Definition
LFS Data
occupational health research
Official Crime Statistics
OPCS Longitudinal Study
OPCS Survey
poverty measurement methods
rayner
Rayner Review
Recorded Crime
review
royal
Secretary Of State
service
Social Class
social data analysis
society
statistical
survey
UK Manufacturing
Unemployment Unit
Unrecorded Crime
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415108362
- Weight: 360g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 05 Sep 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Interpreting Official Statistics examines the official statistics produced about the current state of British society. It documents some of the ways in which information has been suppressed, manipulated and misinterpreted since 1979. This invaluable guide is designed to help students know what figures are available, and to discover when and how politicians are misusing statistics.
Data sets covered include:
* Households below average income
* Administrative and survey methods of unemployment and crime
* Population census data on ethnicity
* Data sources on women and work
* Data on the relationship between class and health, and safety at work
* New data sources on disability
* Labour Force Survey.
