Economic and Social Data Service

Initially posted on Monday, 11 August 2008

The Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) is a national data service providing access and support for an extensive range of key economic and social data, both quantitative and qualitative, spanning many disciplines and themes.

ESDS came into operation in January 2003 and provides an integrated service offering enhanced support for the secondary use of data across the research, learning and teaching communities.. The service is a jointly-funded initiative sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).

The ESDS is a distributed service, based on a collaboration between four key centres of expertise:

UK Data Archive (UKDA), University of Essex
Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex
Manchester Information and Associated Services (MIMAS), University of Manchester
Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR), University of Manchester.

This service is available for subscription to UK HE, FE & research councils through JISC Collections.

Identity providers are required to assert User Accountability and individual users must register online for access.