Scottish Longitudinal Study

Summary

Abstract

The Scottish Longitudinal Study (SLS) is a large-scale linkage study created using data from administrative and statistical sources. These include: census data from 1991 onwards; vital events data (births, deaths, marriages); NHS Central Register data (gives information on migration into or out of Scotland); and education data (including Schools Census and SQA data).

• Contact point
  sls@lscs.ac.uk
• Digital object identifier (DOI)
  Not available

Keywords

Publisher

• Identifier
  https://ror.org/02sy8ft18
• Name
  National Records of Scotland
• Logo
  
• Description
  https://sls.lscs.ac.uk/
• Contact point
  sls@lscs.ac.uk

Documentation

Description

• Associated media
• Is part of
  • Not available

Coverage

Spatial

• Spatial coverage

  Scotland

• Geographic levels
  Not available

Temporal

• Start date
  01/01/1991
• End date
  Not available
• Frequency
  Other
• Distribution release date
  Not available

Provenance

• Purpose
  Not available
• Source
  Not available
• Collection situation
  Not available

Access and governance

• Conditions of access
  Not available

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Usage

• Conditions of use
  Not available
• Resource creator
  National Records of Scotland
• Is referenced by
  Not available

Access

• Access rights
  https://sls.lscs.ac.uk/guides-resources/step-bystep-guide-to-accessing-sls-data-1/
• Access service
  Not available
• Jurisdiction
  GB-SCT
• Data controller
  National Records of Scotland
• Data processor
  Not available

Format and standards

• Language
  English
• Format
  Spss, stata

Enrichment and linkage

• Related datasets
  • Not available
• Linkage opportunity
  Not available
• Tools
  • Not available

Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset.