Understanding Society: Waves 7-8, 2015-2016: Special Licence Access, EU Referendum

<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 Verian Group (formerly Kantar Public) and NatCen. It builds on and incorporates, the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), which began in 1991. <p>Understanding Society (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.</p>
<p>The Understanding Society: Waves 7-8, 2015-2016: Special Licence Access, EU Referendum dataset was constructed in order to provide researchers early access to a question asked in Wave 8 on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union. The dataset in this release was constructed from the first year’s respondents of Wave 8. It was not subjected to the full processing that a full Wave receives and not all data files were released. As a consequence the data was only supplied directly by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) to researchers who submitted approved research proposals utilising the EU Referendum question. As Wave 7 had also not been released at the time the corresponding Wave 7 data was also supplied. It is this Wave 7 and Wave 8 data that forms this release.</p>
<p>These data have more restrictive access conditions than those available under the standard End User Licence (see 'Access' section). This dataset will only be supplied for verification of research conducted using the early access data that was supplied directly by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) for approved research utilising the EU Referendum question. Users wishing to utilise the question for future research can access it in Wave 8 of the standard Understanding Society dataset (SN 6614). Those users who wish to make an application for these data should contact the Help Desk for further details.</p>