Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 13-17, 2020-2024: Special Licence Access, Higher Education Codes

<p><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><p>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Understanding Society Innovation Panel</span> is designed for experimental and methodological research relevant to longitudinal surveys. As far as practical its design, content, and data collection procedures are similar to the main stage Understanding Society survey. It is a multi-topic household survey representative of the population of Great Britain. Data collection takes place annually using computer assisted personal interviewing (CAPI), web surveys and telephone interviewing (CATI) to a small extent. </p><p>For details of the main Understanding Society study, please see study number 6614.</p>
<p>The <i>Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Special Licence Access, Higher Education Codes</i> dataset contains higher education institution identification codes for Waves 13 onwards. For a full description of the variables available in this dataset please refer to the <i>Understanding Society: Innovation Panel Higher Education Codes</i> User Guide.</p>
<p>The details in this dataset can be linked to the main Understanding Society datasets SN 6849 (End User Licence), SN 7083 (Special Licence) and SN 7332 (Secure Access) using the crosswave personal identifier pidp. The institution identifiers in the data files can be used to link to publicly available datasets published by HESA and elsewhere.</p>
<p>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 Help Desk for further details.</p>
<p><b>Latest Edition Information</b></p>
<p>For the second edition (September 2025), data for Wave 17 was deposited and the documentation updated accordingly.</p>

《理解社会》（Understanding Society，即英国家庭纵向研究）始于2009年，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（原Kantar Public）及NatCen联合开展。该项目承接并整合了1991年启动的英国家庭追踪调查（British Household Panel Survey，BHPS）的相关资源。
《理解社会创新面板》（Understanding Society Innovation Panel）专为纵向调查相关的实验性与方法学研究打造。在切实可行的范围内，其设计框架、调研内容与数据采集流程均与主版《理解社会》调研保持高度一致。该调查为覆盖大不列颠全体人口的多主题家庭追踪调查，数据采集以计算机辅助个人面访（computer assisted personal interviewing，CAPI）为主，辅以少量网络调查与计算机辅助电话访谈（computer assisted telephone interviewing，CATI），每年开展一次。
如需了解《理解社会》主研究的详细信息，请参阅研究编号6614的相关资料。
本数据集《理解社会：创新面板，特殊许可访问，高等教育编码》（Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Special Licence Access, Higher Education Codes）包含第13波及后续波次的高等教育机构识别编码。如需查阅本数据集可用变量的完整说明，请参阅《理解社会：创新面板高等教育编码》用户指南。
本数据集的详细信息可通过跨波个人识别码pidp，与主版《理解社会》数据集SN 6849（最终用户许可版）、SN 7083（特殊许可版）及SN 7332（安全访问版）进行关联。数据文件中的机构识别码可用于关联英国高等教育统计局（Higher Education Statistics Agency，HESA）及其他渠道发布的公开数据集。
本数据集的访问限制条件严于标准最终用户许可版本（详见下文「访问」章节）。有意申请获取本数据集的用户，请联系服务台咨询详细流程。
**最新版本信息**
第二版（2025年9月）已新增第17波数据，并同步更新了相关文档。