The Innovation Panel questionnaires are based on the questionnaires for the main Understanding Society survey, with some variations. For each IP wave, the equivalent main survey wave questionnaires are used as a starting point.
Questionnaires include the household enumeration grid and the household questionnaire (completed by one household member), the individual adult questionnaires (completed by all household members aged 16+) including questions that are administered as a self-completion module for those interviewed face-to-face, and the youth self-completion questionnaire (completed by children aged 10-15).
Questionnaires are divided into topical modules, with approximately half appearing yearly, and the remainder being devoted to topical modules that appear on a rotating basis every few years. In recent waves many of the rotating modules have been dropped from the IP, to generate space for experimental studies proposed through the annual Innovation Panel competition.
There is minor variation in the names of modules used in the different waves. Also, the content of modules may vary despite having the same name. Researchers should examine the specific questions to ensure comparability across waves. The Questionnaire modules tab within the Variable search can help with this.
Researchers should also be aware that there are modules that are asked only of new entrants, e.g., the Initial Conditions module after Wave 1, or of newly eligible respondents, e.g. respondents who have turned age 16. The universe or characteristics of respondents eligible for a question is indicated in the questionnaire.
The content of the main survey questionnaires is summarised in the long-term content plan.
The additional content of the IP is summarised in the Experiments section.
