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.

Higher Education Codes In Wave 5, adult respondents who finished higher education in 1995 or after at a UK institution were asked about the higher education establishment that they attended. The Wave 5 dataset contains the higher education institution identifiers for up to four higher education establishments per respondent. At Wave 11, data were re-gathered on the same basis. As well as higher education institution identifiers, the UKPRN of the establishment has also been included. Users of the Wave 11 file should be aware that approximately 2,000 respondents who did not give consent to a linkage consent question were incorrectly not asked for their establishment identifiers. In Wave 12, the respondents affected by the incorrect data collection in Wave 11 were asked the same questions again and data were also collected from newly eligible survey members. For full details, including an explanation of the issues at Wave 11 and how they were corrected at Wave 12, please refer to the High Education user guide in the documentation. The Higher Education Codes data can be linked to the main Understanding Society studies - SN 6614 (End User Licence), SN 6931 (Special Licence) and SN 6676 (Secure Access) - using the crosswave personal identifier, pidp. The institution identifiers in the data files can also be used to link to publicly-available datasets published by HESA and other organisations. Latest Edition Information For the fourth edition (November 2023), Wave 13 data have been added, and the User Guide updated.

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