StudyUnit (Sweep)

StudyUnit (Sweep)

This forms part of the Group (Study) described above.

Fields   

Description

Required

DDI Documentation

Fields   

Description

Required

DDI Documentation

StudyUnit

 

 

 

Holds information about the sweeps of the study

Yes

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/item-types/StudyUnit/

 

Agency

 

 

The DDI agency identifier for the metadata e.g. uk.alspac, uk.cls.mcs

Yes

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/item-types/StudyUnit/

 

Abstract

 

 

A brief description of the sweep

Yes

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/item-types/StudyUnit/

 

AnalysisUnit

 

 

A description of the unit of analysis. Most commonly this is individual or household in CLOSER.

Yes

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/item-types/StudyUnit/

 

KindOfData

 

 

A list of the kinds of data included in the sweep, using a controlled vocabulary 

Yes

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/item-types/StudyUnit/

 

Universe

 

 

 A description of the population of the sweep

Yes

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/item-types/StudyUnit/

 

Citation 

 

 

Holds reference information about the sweep

Yes 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/item-types/StudyUnit/

 

 

Title 

 

The official name of the sweep 

Yes 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/CitationType/

 

 

AlternateTitle 

 

An alternate title by which the sweep is known e.g. the first sweep of the 1970 British Cohort Study is also known as the British Births Study

No 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/CitationType/

 

 

Creator 

 

The Principal Investigator at the time of the sweep 

Yes 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/CitationType/

 

 

Publisher 

 

The host institution at the time of the sweep 

Yes 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/CitationType/

 

FundingInformation

 

 

Holds information about the funders at the time of the sweep 

Yes 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/item-types/StudyUnit/

 

 

Organization 

 

The organisation providing the funding 

Yes 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/FundingInformationType/

 

 

GrantNumber

 

The grant number of the funding 

No 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/FundingInformationType/

 

Coverage 

 

 

Holds information about the coverage of the sweep 

Yes

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/item-types/StudyUnit/

 

 

 SpatialCoverage

 

Holds information about the spatial coverage of the sweep 

Yes 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/CoverageType/

 

 

 

CountryCode

A code for the country covered by the sweep using the ISO 3166 codes e.g GB-ENG, GB-WLS

Yes 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/GeographicCoverageType/

 

 

 

Description 

Where the country code is not adequate, this allows a description of the spatial coverage

No 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/GeographicCoverageType/

 

 

 

TopLevelReference

The highest geographical level at which data is available (e.g. country, county, district, etc.) 

No 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/GeographicCoverageType/

 

 

 

LowestLevelReference 

The lowest geographical level at which data is available (e.g. postcode, grid reference)

No 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/GeographicCoverageType/

 

 

TemporalCoverage

 

Holds information about the time period covered by the sweep 

Yes 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/TemporalCoverageType/

 

 

 

Start date

This can be a year, a month and year or a full date 

Yes 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/ReferenceDateType/

 

 

 

End date 

This can be a year, a month and year or a full date and can be in a different format to start date

No 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/ReferenceDateType/

 

Life Stage

 

 

Controlled vocabulary listing the life stage of the sweep 

Yes 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/composite-types/StandardKeyValuePairType/

 

Version

 

 

Version number

Yes

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/item-types/Versionable/

 

Dataset

 

 

References the datasets in the sweep

Yes

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/item-types/PhysicalInstance/

 

DataCollection

 

 

References the data collections in the sweep

Yes 

https://ddialliance.github.io/ddimodel-web/DDI-L-3.2/item-types/DataCollection/