Secondary sources/data

• Official statistics


  Census: Housing, ethnic origin, relationships

  Registration: Births, deaths, marriages

  Records: Schools, hospitals, employers
• Key ideas


  Hard statistics: Objective and not open to manipulation - births, marriages

  Soft statistics: Subjective and product of social interaction - crime, poverty, unemployment
• Two types (official statistics)

  Surveys:

  • Census
  • British crime survey
  • Family expenditure survey

  Registration data:

  • Births, marriages, divorces
  • Unemployment
  • Crime
  • Strikes
  • Child abuse
  • Industrial accidents
• Documents and the mass media

  Types:

  • Expressive
  • Official documents
  • Contemporary documents
  • Historical documents
• Scott and AO2


  Documents may not be:

  • Credible
  • Authentic
  • Representative
  • Provide meanings and motives
• Documents in schools

  Public:

  • School webiste
  • Ofsted reports
  • Prospectus

  Private:

  • Student files
  • Teacher emails
  • Medical information
  • Yellow/red cards/serious incidents