Linking data allows researchers to analyse information collected by other organisations together with Understanding Society information.
These organisations include government departments and agencies, such as the NHS and the Department for Education, regulatory bodies, such as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and other data holders, for example social networking sites. Data will only be linked if Understanding Society participants give their informed consent.
The data linking process, how does it work?
The information from the different organisations which can be linked to Understanding Society includes information about education, health, transport and economic circumstances. While the research potential is exciting, the processes and procedures for making linkage possible are detailed and complex, requiring carefully sought permissions from participants and the co-operation of external organisations who own the administrative datasets.
Find out more about:
- Linking to HMRC records
- Linking to education records.
- Linking to higher education records.
- Linking to NEST pensions records
- Linking to economic records.
- Linking to Financial Conduct Authority records.
- Linking to employment records.
- Linking to administrative health records.
- Linking to energy use and energy efficiency records.