2011 APS Household data released

The annual population survey - households by combined economic activity status dataset was updated on Thursday 06 September 2012 with new figures for the Jan 2011 - Dec 2011 period.

Reweighted estimates for the Jan 2009 - Dec 2009 and Jan 2010 - Dec 2010 periods were released at the same time. Consequently, estimates downloaded from Nomis for these periods may differ to those you obtained previously.

The next update is scheduled for September 2013.

Background to reweighting
The APS is a sample survey, so the responses reflect only a small proportion of the total population. Each respondent is given a weight relating to the proportion of the total population that he or she represents. The sum of all the weights equals the total household population for the survey. Reweighting means assigning different weights that are derived from more up-to-date population estimates.

Accessing APS Household Data

Use the wizard or advanced query options to access the full APS datasets which contain a much wider range of variables than provided in the profiles:

• Annual Population Survey - Households by Combined Economic Activity Status   [link to data]