Understanding Society, The UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS)
UKHLS is a large scale longitudinal household panel study that includes approximately 40,000 households in the United Kingdom. Participating households are recruited through a representative stratified sample of the population with additional samples from an Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Boost. Additionally, over 6,000 participants were added through the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) sample in Wave Two of data collection. The study has recruited additional participants over time and participants are followed up annually through interviews and surveys.
Study design
Household panel
Number of participants at first data collection
39,802 (households)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (households)
Participant year of birth
Varied (households)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Households and individuals of the UK population.
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2009 (UKHLS households)
1991 (BHPS households)
Primary Institutions
University of Essex (Academic, United Kingdom)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
British Academy (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Department for Communities and Local Government (Government, United Kingdom)
Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) (Government, United Kingdom)
Department for Education (DfE) (Government, United Kingdom)
Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) (Government, United Kingdom)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – online
- Interview – phone
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – online
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- Education data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Tax, income & benefit data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
