Book Chapter

About the study: ten key features

Publication details

Publication date
Series or book
Insights 2016: findings from the largest longitudinal study of UK households
Pages
pp. 38–41
Publisher
University of Essex: Institute for Social and Economic Research

Summary

Understanding Society is the UK Household Longitudinal Study, which annually collects information from all individuals in approximately (at wave 1) 40,000 households over time. It was set up by the Economic and Social Research Council, under the scientific leadership of the Institute for Social and Economic Research.

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