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The United Kingdom Longitudinal Household Study

Mainstage

Fieldwork Documents

Mainstage Fieldwork for Understanding Society is carried out by the National Centre for Social Research in England Wales and Scotland, and by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency in Northern Ireland. This section contains background documentation and communications materials used in the fieldwork.

Advance Communications

Address Record Forms (ARFs)

Information leaflets about administrative linkages

Consent Forms

Project Instructions

Participant Correspondence

Participants' Updates

Advance Communications

Information leaflet about Understanding Society

Address Record Forms (ARFs)

Project instructions

Participant correspondence

Participants' Updates

Nurse

Nurse visits were conducted for part of the sample at wave 2 and wave 3 to collect biomarker information . This section contains the fieldwork documents, information for participants and communications materials that accompany those nurse visits.

Advance Communications

Information leaflets about Understanding Society

Address Record Forms (ARFs)

Project instructions

Participant correspondence

Advance Communications

Information leaflets about Understanding Society

Address Record Forms (ARFs)

Project instructions

Participant correspondence

Consent forms

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Understanding Society is a world leading study of the socio-economic circumstances and attitudes of 100,000 individuals in 40,000 British households.

It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and run by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER). The study allows for deeper analysis of a wide range of sections of the population as they respond to regional, national and international change. Understanding Society will greatly enhance our insight into the pathways that influence peoples longer term occupational trajectories; their health and well-being, their financial circumstances and personal relationships.

Understanding Society also breaks new ground with its interdisciplinary focus. The study will capture biomedical data on 20,000 participants and place this alongside rich social histories, helping us weigh the extent to which people's environment influences their health.