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ESRC NCRM Research Methods Festival, Oxford, 1 July 2008 Session 27: Resources for Data Management and Handling Social Science Data. Social care data: exploring issues David Bell, Alison Bowes and Alison Dawson. This case study will:
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ESRC NCRM Research Methods Festival, Oxford, 1 July 2008 Session 27:Resources for Data Management and Handling Social Science Data Social care data: exploring issues David Bell, Alison Bowes and Alison Dawson • This case study will: • Identify some of the substantive issues in research on social care using the example of unpaid care • Outline a microsimulation approach to considering social care issues • Briefly discuss general data-related issues in microsimulation • Describe data management operations that may be required for microsimulation modelling, in particular data fusion • Illustrate potential complexities with data fusion using examples drawn from the Family Resources Survey (FRS) and the Scottish Household Survey (SHS)