What data does the ONS LS contain?

The ONS LS contains information on everyone usually living in the household, although only LS members are followed up from census to census.

Age & sex	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Marital/civil partnership (2011 only) status	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Marriage and fertility history	1971
Relationships in household		1981	1991	2001	2011
Geographical data	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Type of accommodation & tenure	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Amenities of accommodation inc. no. of rooms, heating type (2011 only)	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Second address					2011
Transport available to household members	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Country of birth	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Parents’ country of birth	1971
Time since arrival and intended length of stay					2011
Passports held					2011
National identity					2011
Ethnic group			1991	2001	2011
Main language and proficiency in English					2011
Religion				2001	2011
Education level/qualifications	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Economic activity/employment/occupation/social class	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Migration and means of travel to work	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Caregiving				2001	2011
Self-rated health status				2001	2011
Limiting long-term illness or disability			1991	2001	2011
Visitors staying over on census night				2001	2011

Births (of Longitudinal Study members)

Immigration

Emigration

Maternity events to Longitudinal Study members (including live births, still births, infant deaths and birth weight)

Cancer registrations

Widow(er)hoods

Mortality (deaths of sample members), including full information from registration forms, such as cause of death

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