Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-11, 2008-2018: Special Licence Access, Census 2001 Middle Layer Super Output Areas

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 <i>Understanding Society: Innovation Panel: Special Licence Access, Census 2001 Middle Layer Super Output Areas</i> dataset contains Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOA) geographic variables for each wave of <i>Understanding Society: Innovation Panel</i> to date, and a household identification serial number for file matching to the main <i>Understanding Society: Innovation Panel</i> data. These data have more restrictive access conditions than those available under the standard End User Licence (see 'Access' section below). Those users who wish to make an application for these data should contact the HelpDesk for further details.<br> <br> <b>Census 2001 and 2011 MSOA access restrictions</b><br> Census 2011-defined MSOA geographic variables are also available under Special Licence access conditions to match to Understanding Society data - see SN 7638. Please note that, to minimise the risk of disclosure, users may access one or the other of SN 7637: <i>Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Special Licence Access, Census 2001 Middle Layer Super Output Areas</i> and SN 7638: <i>Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Middle Layer Super Output Areas</i> but not both.<br> <br> For the fourth edition (June 2019), data for Wave 11 and revised data for previous waves were deposited.<br> <br>