There are a range of environment-related data sources that we are keen to link to. These are mainly household- and property-level data and include car ownership and use, domestic gas/fuel consumption, and home energy efficiency ratings.
Linked environment data provide hard information on energy use and patterns of consumption and allow researchers to better understand these in the context of people’s related behaviours, attitudes, responsibilities, health, work and other statuses. They also allow behaviour to be tracked in response to particular government policy interventions.
Linked environment data available for research
Understanding Society: Linked Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Dataset, 2013-2015
- Access the data via the UK Data Service
- Read the user guide
- Explore the variables