Annual Respondents Database X in the UK
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Summary
Annual Respondents Database X is a research dataset uniting different structural business surveys including, among others, the Annual Business Survey and the Annual Business Inquiry.
Description
The Annual Respondents Database X (ARDx) is a research dataset combining the Annual Business Survey (2009 onwards), the Annual Business Inquiry (1998-2008) and predecessor structural business surveys, the Annual Census of Manufacturing, the Annual Census of Construction, the Annual Distribution Inquiry and Annual Services Trades Inquiries (up to 1997). ARDx version 3 includes values merged from the Business Register Employment Survey from 2009 onwards to match the Annual Business Inquiry questions. ARDx version 4 does not include values from the Business Register Employment Survey. Despite the names, these surveys are a mixture of random stratified sampling of small and medium firms and full census sampling of large firms. The surveys are carried out at the IDBR reporting unit level, however include Office for National Statistics' (ONS) apportionment of respondent values to the reporting units local unit. The Annual Business Inquiry was split into a part 1 (which was joined with the Annual Register Inquiry, now the Business Register Employment Survey) and part 2 (later the Annual Business Survey). ARDx datasets include the respondent datasets, the reporting unit sample frame universe datasets, and further datasets with the sample frame local unit universe matched to the reporting units. For 2009 onwards, these datasets are almost exact copies of the datasets in the ABS data asset. In addition to uniting the structural business surveys, ARDx contains the capital stock estimates dataset, which is an ONS-produced dataset estimating the total capital stock for each reporting unit. Many researchers will want to access both the main ABS dataset (which is updated faster) and ARDx dataset.
About this data
- Data creator
- Office for National Statistics
- Temporal coverage
- 01 January 1997 to 31 December 2020
- Frequency
- Annual
- Dataset theme
- Business and economy
- Restrictions for access
- Access for all accredited researchers
- Project approval
- Projects must be accredited
- Search keywords
- Business Economy Employment GDP Investment Turnover ARDx
Metadata
Metadata
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Dataset themeMain category for the topic of the resource
- Business and economy
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Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource
- Survey
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Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset
- UK
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Temporal coverageThe timeframes covered by these data
- 01 January 1997 to 31 December 2020
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FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
- Annual
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Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
- Postcode
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Data creatorThe name of the organisation that produced or published this resource
- Office for National Statistics
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Data contributorsThe name(s) of any organisation(s), other than the data supplier or provider, that have data which are included in this dataset resource
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Licensing statusThe license used for making this resource available and defining how it can be used
- Restricted
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Disclosure controlThe standard or bespoke disclosure control rules that apply to this dataset
- Bespoke disclosure rules apply
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Restrictions for accessRestrictions for users and researchers accessing data in Google Cloud Platform
- Access for all accredited researchers
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Research outputsThe approval route researchers must take for their outputs to be published
- Research outputs must be approved by the data owner
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Project approvalThe project approvals needed for this resource
- Projects must be accredited
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Research disclaimerThe disclaimer required to be published with the outputs for this dataset
- No requirements
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AcronymAny other names or acronyms used to refer to the data
- ARDx
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ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
- The Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) and the Annual Business Survey (ABS)