Understanding Society: Linked Education Administrative Datasets (National Pupil Database), England, 1995-2018: Secure Access

<p><span style="font-style: italic;">Understanding Society</span> (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 <span style="font-style: italic;">British Household Panel Survey</span> (BHPS), which began in 1991.</p>
<p><b>Secure Access Dataset:</b><br>
<span>The <i>Understanding Society: Linked Education Administrative Datasets (National Pupil Database), England, 1995-2018: Secure Access</i> study contains nine files extracted from the
<i>National Pupil Database</i> (NPD) for England. These can be linked (within the Secure Access service) to
<i>Understanding Society</i> participants using the cross-wave personal identifier (variable pidp). The NPD files include information on pupil background, attainment, school absences and exclusions for all individuals with a valid consent to education linkage collected in Waves 1 and 4 of <i>Understanding Society</i>. This includes consents collected from parents of children aged 4-15 and of young adults aged 16+ and born in 1981 or later. The included files cover Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) data on pupil background; pupil attainment data for the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile (EYFSP) (age 5) and Key Stages (KS) 1 (age 7), KS2 (age 11), KS3 (age 14), KS4 (age 16) and KS5 (ages 17-18); and absences and exclusions (ages 4-18). See documentation for further details.</span><br>
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<b>Related UK Data Archive studies</b>:<br>
<span>The equivalent study to this one that covers Scotland is in preparation.</span></p>
<p><span>This study is frequently linked through the pidp variable to one of the main Understanding Society datasets: SN 6614 (End User Licence), SN 6931 (Special Licence) or SN 6676 (Secure Access). A Special Licence dataset containing School Codes for the main Understanding Society study (SN 7182) is also available. Further details can be found on the
<a href="http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/?sn=2000053" title="Understanding Society series">
Understanding Society series Key data</a> webpage.</span><span><br>
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The Archive also holds separate (i.e. not linked to <i>Understanding Society</i>) data from the
<i>National Pupil Database</i>, available under Secure Access and Safe Room Access conditions. See SNs 7626, 7627 and 7628 (Secure Access) and SNs 7590, 7625, 7600, 7595, 7612 and 7606 (Safe Room Access) for details.</p>
<p><b><span>Latest edition information</span></b><br>
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<span>The third edition (November 2020) includes Understanding Society participants who gave consent at Wave 4 and could be linked to the National Pupil Database (NPD).</span><span> It includes NPD data up to academic year 2017/18. It also contains
</span><span>Understanding Society participants who gave consent and could be linked at Wave 1 and did not re-consent at Wave 4. NPD data up to academic year 2012/13 is included for these participants.</span><br>
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《理解社会》（Understanding Society，英国住户纵向研究UK Household Longitudinal Study）于2009年启动，由埃塞克斯大学社会与经济研究所（Institute for Social and Economic Research, ISER）、调研机构Verian集团与NatCen联合开展。该研究继承并整合了1991年启动的《英国家户面板调查》（British Household Panel Survey, BHPS）。

**安全访问数据集**：
《理解社会：关联教育行政数据集（全国学生数据库，英格兰，1995-2018）：安全访问》研究包含从英格兰全国学生数据库（National Pupil Database, NPD）中提取的9份数据文件。上述文件可通过安全访问服务，借助跨波次个人标识符（变量pidp）与《理解社会》的受访者完成关联。NPD文件涵盖所有在《理解社会》第1波与第4波中同意进行教育关联的个体的学生背景、学业表现、学校缺勤及开除处分记录，相关同意既包含4-15岁儿童家长的授权，也涵盖16岁及以上、1981年及以后出生的青年成年人的授权。本次研究纳入的文件包括：反映学生背景的学生层级年度学校普查（Pupil Level Annual School Census, PLASC）数据；覆盖早期教育基础阶段评估（Early Years Foundation Stage Profile, EYFSP，对应5岁群体）、关键阶段（Key Stages, KS）1（7岁）、KS2（11岁）、KS3（14岁）、KS4（16岁）与KS5（17-18岁）的学生学业成绩数据；以及4-18岁群体的缺勤与开除处分记录。更多细节请参阅配套文档。

**关联英国数据档案馆研究**：
针对苏格兰地区的同类研究尚在筹备中。

本研究可通过pidp变量与三类核心《理解社会》数据集关联：SN 6614（最终用户许可版）、SN 6931（特殊许可版）与SN 6676（安全访问版）。另有一份包含《理解社会》核心研究学校代码的特殊许可数据集（SN 7182）可供获取。更多详细信息可访问《理解社会系列核心数据》网页：http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/?sn=2000053。

档案馆还存有与《理解社会》无关联的独立全国学生数据库数据，需通过安全访问与保密机房访问权限获取。相关详情请参见SN 7626、7627、7628（安全访问）以及SN 7590、7625、7600、7595、7612、7606（保密机房访问）。

**最新版本信息**
2020年11月发布的第三版纳入了在第4波提交同意书且可与全国学生数据库完成关联的《理解社会》受访者，该版本包含截至2017/18学年的NPD数据。同时，本版也纳入了在第1波提交同意并完成关联，但未在第4波重新提交同意书的受访者，此类群体的NPD数据仅覆盖至2012/13学年。