Understanding Society: Waves 1-13, 2009-2022 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Interviewer Characteristics

<span style="font-style: italic;">Understanding Society</span> (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.
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<p class="x_x_MsoNormal">The <span style="font-style: italic;">Understanding Society: Waves 1-13, 2009-2022 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Interviewer Characteristics </span>dataset contains details on all individual interviewers who conducted interviews for all waves of
<i>Understanding Society</i> and <i>BHPS</i>. Released variables for <i>Understanding Society</i> 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.<br></p>
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<p><strong>Latest Edition Information</strong></p>
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<p>For the fifth edition (November 2023), data for Wave 13 interviewers have been added.</p>