Study Number 5407 - Health and Social Consequences of the Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemic in North Cumbria, 2001-2003

LEGAL AGREEMENT ON CONDITION OF USE

The following disclaimer should be added to all publications based on these data: "This work was undertaken by the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University who received funding from the Department of Health. The views expressed in the publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Department of Health."

This collection also includes project newsletters, and audio files of the individual and focus group interviews. Whilst the written interview transcripts are available on standard access, users should note that the depositor's permission needs to be sought prior to access to the newsletters and audio files. Please contact ESDS Qualidata for further details.

DATA PROCESSING NOTES

Data Archive Processing Standards

The data were processed to the UK Data Archive's A standard. A rigorous and comprehensive series of checks was carried out to ensure the quality of the data and documentation.Firstly, checks were made that the number of cases and variables matched the depositor's records. Secondly, checks were made that all variables had variable labels and all nominal (categorical) variables had value labels. Where possible, either with reference to the documentation and/or in communication with the depositor, absent labels were created. Thirdly, logical checks were performed to ensure that nominal (categorical) variables had values within the range defined (either by value labels or in the depositor's documentation). Lastly, any data or documentation that breached confidentiality rules were altered or suppressed to preserve anonymity.

All notable and/or outstanding problems discovered are detailed under the 'Data and documentation problems' heading below.

Data and documentation problems

No significant problems encountered.

Conversion of documentation formats

Electronic and paper documentation supplied with this study is usually incorporated into the UKDA User Guide (in PDF format). The conversion programmes used are the latest versions of Adobe PDF Writer for electronic documentation and Adobe Paper Capture (Acrobat 'plugin' version) for paper documentation. Occasionally, someof the electronic documentation cannot be usefully converted to PDF (e.g. MS Excel files with wide worksheets) and this is supplied ina more appropriate format. All User Guides are fully bookmarked.