Understanding Society: Waves 1-14, 2009-2023: Special Licence Access, Census 2021 Middle Layer Super Output Areas

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</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.<br><p>This dataset contains Middle Layer Super Output Areas (MSOA) Census 2021-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 and Intermediate Zones are provided for Scotland. There is no equivalent for Northern Ireland whose entries in this file are set to missing (-9).</p>
<p>These data have more restrictive access conditions than those available under the standard End User Licence (see 'Access data' tab for more information).</p>
<p>These data are consistent with the ONS Postcode Directory (ONSPD). Please see the Geographical Lookup Tables document for further details.</p>
<p><b>Census 2001, 2011 and 2021 MSOA access restrictions</b></p>
<p>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 7249 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 9170 (this study), SN 7245 or SN 7249.</p>
<p><b>Latest Edition Information</b></p>
<p>For the 3rd edition (April 2025) Scottish Intermediate Zones (IZ) have been added.</p>

本摘要版权归英国数据服务中心（UK Data Service）及数据集版权所有者所有。

**理解社会（Understanding Society）**（即英国住户纵向研究）于2009年启动，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共同开展。该项目继承并整合了1991年启动的英国家庭面板调查（British Household Panel Survey，BHPS）的相关内容。

本数据集包含截至目前各波次理解社会调研的、以2021年人口普查中层超级产出区（Middle Layer Super Output Areas，MSOA）为定义标准的地理变量，以及用于与主数据集进行文件匹配的住户标识序列号。英格兰和威尔士地区提供中层超级产出区（MSOA）数据，苏格兰地区提供中间区（Intermediate Zones）数据。北爱尔兰地区无对应地理区划数据，该文件中其对应条目设为缺失值（-9）。

本数据集的访问限制条件严于标准最终用户许可协议，详细信息请参阅“访问数据”标签页。

本数据集与英国国家统计局邮编目录（ONS Postcode Directory，ONSPD）保持一致，更多细节请参阅《地理查找表》文档。

**2001年、2011年及2021年人口普查中层超级产出区访问限制**

2001年与2021年人口普查定义的中层超级产出区地理变量，可通过特殊许可访问条件获取，用于与理解社会数据集进行匹配——分别对应编号SN 7245与SN 7249。用户在订购此类数据时需注意：为降低信息披露风险，仅可选择订购SN 9170（本研究数据集）、SN 7245或SN 7249中的一项。

**最新版本信息**

第3版（2025年4月）新增了苏格兰中间区（Intermediate Zones，IZ）数据。