Prospective analysis of census and event data
For example: studies of associations between employment status and mortality, between economic status and cancer registrations, or between socio-economic factors and fertility; and survival analysis of mortality by area deprivation.
Prospective analysis of successive census data
For example: analysis of patterns of retirement migration; studies of the effects of divorce and remarriage on housing tenure; or comparison of changes in education, employment and migration between different decades.
Prospective analysis of successive event data
For example: studies of changes in birth spacing or associations between fertility and cancer survival.
Cross-sectional analysis
This is especially useful for studies of ethnic or geographical factors.
International comparisons
Countries such as France, Denmark, Finland and the USA have similar programmes to the LS.