Understanding Society: Waves 1-13, 2009-2022 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Strategic Health Authorities

<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>This dataset contains Strategic Health Authorities (SHA) geographic variables for each wave of Understanding Society and harmonised BHPS to date, and a household identification serial number for file matching to the main data. These data have more restrictive access conditions than those available under the standard End User Licence (see 'Access data' tab for more information).</p>
<p>These data are consistent with the ONS Postcode Directory (ONSPD). Please see the Geographical Lookup Tables document for further details.</p>
<p><b>Latest Edition Information</b></p>
<p>For the 16th edition (November 2024), Wave 14 data have been added, and the documentation has been updated. In addition, Wave 13 data has been re-deposited with superfluous entries removed.</p>
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理解社会（Understanding Society，即英国家庭纵向研究）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（前身为Kantar Public）及NatCen共同开展。该项目继承并整合了1991年启动的英国家庭面板调查（British Household Panel Survey，BHPS）。

本数据集包含理解社会各波次以及迄今已统一化处理的英国家庭面板调查的战略卫生当局（Strategic Health Authorities，SHA）地理变量，以及用于与主数据集进行文件匹配的家庭识别序列号。本数据集的访问限制条件严于标准最终用户许可协议，详见"访问数据"标签页以获取更多信息。

此类数据与英国国家统计局邮政编码目录（ONS Postcode Directory，ONSPD）保持一致，详细信息请参阅《地理查找表》文档。

最新版本信息

第16版（2024年11月）新增了第14波次数据，并更新了相关文档；此外，已重新提交第13波次数据，移除了其中的冗余条目。