Understanding Society: Waves 1-14, 2009-2023 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Interviewer Characteristics

Understanding Society (the UK Household Longitudinal Study), which began in 2009, is conducted by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex, and the survey research organisations Verian Group (formerly Kantar Public) and NatCen. It builds on and incorporates, the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), which began in 1991. Understanding Society (the UK Household Longitudinal Study), which began in 2009, is conducted by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex, and the survey research organisations Kantar Public and NatCen. It builds on and incorporates, the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), which began in 1991. This dataset contains details on all individual Interviewers who conducted interviews for all waves of Understanding Society and BHPS. Released variables for Understanding Society waves include: gender, sex, year of birth, year started, fieldwork agency and ethnic grouping. These interviewer details can be linked to the interview details in the main datasets SN 6614 and SN 6931. Prior to Wave 9 interviewer characteristics files were included as crosswave files in the main datasets. These data have more restrictive access conditions than those available under the standard End User Licence (see 'Access data' tab for more information). Latest Edition Information For the 6th edition (November 2024), Wave 14 interviewers have been added.

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Geographic Coverage:

GB

Resource Type:

dataset

Study Design:

cohort, longitudinal

Available in Data Catalogs:

UK Data Service

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