Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.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.

This dataset contains Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOA) Census 2011-defined geographic variables for each wave of Understanding Society to date, and a household identification serial number for file matching to the main data. MSOA’s are provided for England and Wales households and Intermediate Zones (IZ) are provided for Scotland. There is no equivalent geography for Northern Ireland so all entries are set to the pseudo code N99999999. These data have more restrictive access conditions than those available under the standard End User Licence (see 'Access' section). Those users who wish to make an application for these data should contact the HelpDesk for further details. These data are consistent with the ONS Postcode Directory (ONSPD). Please see the Geographical Lookup Tables document for further details. Census 2001, 2011 and 2021 MSOA access restrictions Census 2001 and 2021 - defined MSOA geographic variables are also available under Special Licence access conditions to match to Understanding Society data - see SN 7245 and SN 9170 respectively. When placing an order for these data, users should note that, to minimise the risk of disclosure, users may access only one of SN 7249 (this study), SN 7245 or SN 9170. Latest Edition Information For the 13th edition (November 2023), Wave 13 data have been added. In addition, data for Waves 1 to 5 have been re-deposited, as Scottish Intermediate Zones (IZ) for those waves were previously omitted. The documentation has been updated.

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