Understanding Society provides rich data for researchers who want to study the lifecourse. To support research in this area, Understanding Society provides specialist datasets with event history information. This training afternoon will give an overview of the partnership and fertility history file and the employment history file. The session will cover how the files can be used, the research they can generate and the advantages of using event history calendars to collect this type of data.
Programme
14.00 – 14.05: Introduction from Dr Alita Nandi, Understanding Society Associate Director for Outreach
14.05 – 14.50: The UKHLS Harmonized Histories: Partnership and Fertility histories in comparative perspective, Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris, Centre for Population Change, Southampton University
14.50 – 15.00: Break
15.00 – 15.10: BHPS and UKHLS harmonised partnership history file, Sara Bellamio, Understanding Society Survey Data Officer
15.10 – 15.25: Understanding Society children – the PEACH dataset, Dr Edith Aguirre, Understanding Society Senior Research Officer
15.25 – 15.40: The UKHLS family matrix, Nicole James, Understanding Society Survey Data Officer
15.40 – 15.50: Questions
15.50 – 16.00: Break
16.00 – 16.30: Producing working-life histories in the UKHLS and BHPS, Liam Wright, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL
16.30 – 17.00: Parallel memories in autobiographical knowledge: comparing calendars and conventional surveys, Dr Tarek Al Baghal, Understanding Society Associate Director Content Development
