2021 Census: Public Microdata Teaching Sample (England and Wales): 1% Sample: Open Access

<p>The 2021 UK Census was the 23rd official census of the United Kingdom. The UK Census is generally conducted once every 10 years, and the 2021 censuses of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland took place on 21 March 2021. In Scotland, the decision was made to move the census to March 2022 because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (see SNs 9461 and 9462). The censuses were administered by the <a title="Office for National Statistics" href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/census" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Office for National Statistics</a> (ONS), the <a title="Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency" href="https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/census/2021-census" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency</a> (NISRA) and <a title="National Records of Scotland" href="https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/about/scotlands-census-2022-general-report/" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">National Records of Scotland</a> (NRS), respectively. </p><p>Census 2021 was the first census with a digital-first design, encouraging participants to respond online rather than on a paper questionnaire. Support was given to people who could not respond online, including paper questionnaires, telephone contact centres, field force support, and an extended collection period.</p><p>Topics covered in the 2021 UK Census included:</p><ul><li>demography and migration</li><li>ethnic group, national identity, language and religion</li><li>labour market and travel to work</li><li>housing</li><li>education</li><li>health, disability, and unpaid care</li><li>Welsh and other languages</li><li>UK armed forces veterans</li><li>sexual orientation and gender identity.</li></ul>
<p>The <span><span style="font-style: italic;">2021 Census: Public Microdata Teaching Sample (England and Wales): 1% Sample: Open Access</span> consists of a random sample of 1% of person records from Census 2021 for England and Wales. It includes records for 604,351 persons</span>. This dataset is suitable for teaching of statistics and social sciences and contains 18 demographic variables and a respondent ID variable.</p>

2021年英国人口普查（2021 UK Census）是英国第23次官方人口普查。英国人口普查通常每十年开展一次，英格兰、威尔士及北爱尔兰的2021年普查于2021年3月21日正式实施。受新冠疫情影响，苏格兰地区将本国人口普查推迟至2022年3月开展。上述普查分别由英国国家统计局（Office for National Statistics, ONS）、北爱尔兰统计与研究局（Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, NISRA）以及苏格兰国家档案馆（National Records of Scotland, NRS）负责组织执行。在英格兰与威尔士地区，2021年人口普查首次采用数字化优先的设计模式，鼓励受访者通过线上方式完成问卷填报，而非传统纸质问卷。

2021年英国人口普查涵盖的调研主题包括：
- 人口统计学与移民状况
- 族群、国民身份、语言与宗教信仰
- 劳动力市场与通勤出行
- 住房情况
- 教育状况
- 健康状况、残疾情况与无偿护理
- 威尔士语及其他语言使用情况
- 英国武装部队退伍军人情况
- 性取向与性别认同。

《2021年人口普查：英格兰与威尔士公开微观数据教学样本（1%抽样·开放获取）》包含英格兰与威尔士地区2021年人口普查中1%的个人记录随机抽样样本，共计604351条个人记录。该数据集适用于统计学与社会科学的教学实践，共包含18项人口统计学变量及1项受访者身份标识变量。