index.qmd

# Introduction

Welcome to the census microdata activity - R code. This page provides the R code used in the module activity.

## What you will find in this page

- An introduction to the census microdata activity
- A chapter containing the full R code used for analysis

## Requirements

To use the code in this page, you will need:

- R and RStudio installed on your computer
- The required R packages installed
- Download the teaching dataset: [2021 census microdata open access, England and Wales](https://datacatalogue.ukdataservice.ac.uk/studies/study/9202#!/access-data)

## Data access and file location

In this code, the dataset is referenced using the following relative path: **data/publicmicrodatateachingsample.sav**

Please, update this file path in your code accordingly so that R can locate the dataset file on your computer.

## How to use this page

Navigate to Chapter 1 to view the complete R script. At this stage, the code is displayed for reference and can be copied but does not run within the page.