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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.

The Understanding Society: Innovation Panel: Special Licence Access, Interviewer Characteristics dataset contains details on interviewers for all waves of Understanding Society: Innovation Panel to date together with an interviewer serial number for file matching to the main Understanding Society: Innovation Panel data (held at the UK Data Archive under SN 6849 and SN 7083). 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 fifth edition (November 2024), the data has been updated to include Wave 16 and some interviewer details that were missing from the Wave 15 release.

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Variables include interviewer number and interviewer characteristics for matching with each wave of Understanding Society: Innovation Panel to date.