Scottish Longitudinal Study

Description

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).

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• Publisher
  National Records of Scotland
• Contact
  sls@lscs.ac.uk

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Key Details

• Formal release or publication date
  No information available
• Start time period of data covered by this dataset
  01/01/1991
• End time period of data covered by this dataset
  No information available
• Documentation
  Explore the variables available in the SLS
• Geographic Area
  Scotland
• Landing page
  https://www.researchdata.scot/metadata-catalogue/search-results/result/?id=434&originId=0
• Language
  English
• The dataset type
  PHYSICAL
• Update frequency
  other