Understanding Society: Waves 1- , 2008-

<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 Kantar Public and NatCen. It builds on and incorporates, the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), which began in 1991.</p> <p>The <em>Understanding Society Spending Study 1</em> was conducted by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex, in collaboration with Kantar Worldpanel. The purpose of the study was to test ways in which mobile technologies could improve the measurement of expenditure data in Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study. Adult sample members of the Understanding Society Innovation Panel (see SN 6849) were invited to download a spending app on their smartphone or tablet and to use that to scan shopping receipts or report spending directly in the app for one month. At the end of each week, sample members were invited to an end-of-week survey; at the end of the five weeks, they were invited to an end-of-project survey. Data were collected between October 2016 and January 2017.</p> <p>Further information about the Spending Study, including links to publications and documents, can be found on the ISER <a title="Understanding household finance through better measurement" href="https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/projects/understanding-household-finance-through-better-measurement">Understanding household finance through better measurement</a> webpage.</p>

<em>Understanding Society</em>（英国家庭追踪调查，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）联合调研机构凯度公共（Kantar Public）与NatCen共同开展。该项目承接并整合了1991年启动的英国家庭面板调查（British Household Panel Survey，BHPS）。

《Understanding Society支出研究1》由埃塞克斯大学社会与经济研究所（ISER）联合凯度全球面板（Kantar Worldpanel）实施。本研究旨在探索移动技术优化《Understanding Society：英国家庭追踪调查》支出数据测量的可行路径。研究邀请了《Understanding Society创新面板》的成年样本成员（详见SN 6849）在智能手机或平板电脑上下载支出应用，并在为期一个月内通过该应用扫描购物收据或直接上报消费信息。每周末向样本成员推送周度调研问卷，五周项目周期结束后，邀请参与者完成终期调研问卷。数据采集工作于2016年10月至2017年1月间完成。

如需获取该支出研究的更多信息（含相关出版物与文档链接），可访问ISER官网的<a title="通过更精准的测量理解家庭财务状况" href="https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/projects/understanding-household-finance-through-better-measurement">《通过更精准的测量理解家庭财务状况》</a>专题网页。