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UK Data Service

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UK Data Service
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UK Data Service
Description
The UK Data Service is the principal repository for economic, population, and social research data in the UK. As hosts of the largest trusted digital archive of its kind, our expertise in the collection, preservation, and dissemination of quality data is the culmination of nearly sixty years of sustained investment by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in the UK’s research data infrastructure.

Meticulously curated over this period from trusted data providers including governments, the Office for National Statistics, the ESRC, and diverse other funders and data owners, our digital collection comprises nationally and internationally significant datasets such as the Census, Understanding Society, the UK Cohort Studies, the Labour Force Surveys, the Family Resources Surveys and many others.

Pioneers in data curation, data literacy and actively managing long-term access to high quality data, our expertise continues to transform social science research, teaching and learning.