The Harmonized Histories is an international comparative dataset, created through harmonising data from existing surveys into one common format. The aim of Harmonized Histories is to facilitate crossnational research on topics related to transition to adulthood, family formation, and childbearing. The dataset focuses on fertility and partnership histories but also captures information on socio-economic status, place of residence and information on the childhood family. You can find out more information about Harmonized Histories on the project website.
Harmonized Histories and Understanding Society
Harmonized Histories uses Understanding Society for data on the UK. This portion of the dataset is now available to download. The dataset can be used in combination with the Harmonized Histories files from other countries, or can be used as a stand-alone dataset for research on partnerships and family formation in the UK. The dataset contains information about partnership spells, leaving home and fertility histories reported by adult respondent in all Understanding Society and British Household Panel Survey samples up to Wave 9.
Download the dataset: Understanding Society: Partnership and Fertility Histories, UK part of the GGP Harmonized Histories: Waves 1-9, 2009-2019: Special Licence Access
You can find out more about the UKHLS Partnerships and Fertility Histories in this video:
The Partnership and Fertility Histories dataset was created by Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris, Dr Niels Blom and Dr Karolin Kubisch – we would like to thank them for making this dataset available to Understanding Society researchers.
Family and households
