Data Standards 2008/2009

For details of the standards in use in relation to the handling of certain data, follow the links below.

• Metadata
  Standardisation and templates for reference documents.
• Variable Naming Conventions
  Complete list of variable names and labels.
• Changes to Null / Missing values from 2008/2009
  Rules for missing and null values in the standard files, from 2008/2009.
• Rules for Backfill
  Rules for including information from a previous freeze where a return is missing.

Date last modified: 4th March 2009