Understanding Society data are available via the UK Data Service. The list below gives the full breakdown of UKHLS datasets currently released. For release dates, please go to the data release information page.
EUL 6614: Understanding Society Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009
Main survey data excluding some variables which are available in SN6931 or SN6676
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCCESS 6931: Understanding Society Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009
SN6614 + month of birth, non-top-coded income, more detailed (own, parents, grandparents) countries of birth, more detailed SOC & SIC codes.
SECURE ACCESS 6676: Understanding Society Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009
SN6931+ grid references and day of birth
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 8579: Understanding Society Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Interviewer Characteristics
Derived datasets can be linked to the main survey.
EUL 8473: Understanding Society: Marital and Cohabitation Histories, 1991 – 2024
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 8930: Understanding Society: Partnership and Fertility Histories, UK, part of the GGP Harmonized Histories: Waves 1-19, 2009-2019
EUL 9075: Understanding Society: Pregnancy and Early Childhood (PEACH), 2009-2024
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 8556: Understanding Society: Waves 7-8, 2015-2016: Special Licence Access, EU Referendum
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 9147: Understanding Society: UKMOD Input Data, 2010-2019
EUL 8988: Understanding Society: Calendar Year Dataset, 2020
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 8987: Understanding Society: Calendar Year Dataset, 2020
EUL 9193: Understanding Society: Calendar Year Dataset, 2021
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESSS 9194: Understanding Society: Calendar Year Dataset, 2021
EUL 9333: Understanding Society: Calendar Year Dataset, 2022
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 9334: Understanding Society: Calendar Year Dataset, 2022
EUL 9471: Understanding Society: Calendar Year Dataset, 2023
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 9472: Understanding Society: Calendar Year Dataset, 2023
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7454: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Census 2001 Rural-Urban Indicators
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7630: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Rural-Urban Indicators
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 9491: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2021 Rural-Urban Indicators
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6666: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Local Authority District
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6668: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6669: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Census Area Statistics Wards
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7245: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Census 2001 Middle Layer Super Output Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7249: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Middle Layer Super Output Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 9170: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2021 Middle Layer Super Output Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6670: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Census 2001 Lower Layer Super Output Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7248: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 9169: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6674: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Census 2001 Output Area Classification
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7629: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Output Area Classification
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6671: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Local Education Authorities
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6672: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Strategic Health Authorities
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6673: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Primary Care Organisations
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6675: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Travel to Work Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7453: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Special Licence Access, Acorn 2015 and 2023
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 9385: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024: Special Licence Access, Wellbeing Acorn
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7533: Understanding Society: Waves 1-2, 2009-2011: Special Licence Access, Geographical Accessibility
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 8578: Understanding Society: Waves 5, 11-15, 2013-14, 2019-2024: Special Licence Access, Higher Education Codes
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7182: Understanding Society: Waves 1-15, 2009-2024: Special Licence Access, School Codes
SECURE ACCESS 7642: Understanding Society: Linked Education Administrative Datasets (National Pupil Database), England, 1995-2018
SECURE ACCESS 8844: Understanding Society: Linked Education Administrative Datasets (Scottish Education Data), Scotland, 2007-2018
EUL 8749: Understanding Society: Spending Study 1, 2016-2017
EUL 8909: Understanding Society: Spending Study 2, 2018-2019
SECURE ACCESS 9127: Understanding Society: Linked Nest Auto-enrolment Pensions Dataset, 2014-2022
SECURE ACCESS 9258: Understanding Society: Main Survey, Linked Credit Reference Agency (CRA) Dataset, 2009-2021
EUL 6849: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7083: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 8472: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Interviewer Characteristics
EUL 9208: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel Twitter Study, 2007-2023
EUL 8990: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel Life Events Study, 2020
EUL 9065: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel Wellbeing App Study, 2020
SECURE ACCESS 9259: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Linked Credit Reference Agency (CRA) Dataset, 2012-2018
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 9318: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 13-17, 2020-2024: Special Licence Access, Higher Education Codes
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6908: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Local Authority District
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6909: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6910: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Census Area Statistics Wards
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6911: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2001 Lower Layer Super Output Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6912: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Local Education Authorities
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6913: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Strategic Health Authorities
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6914: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Primary Care Organisations
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6915: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2001 Output Area Classification
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 6916: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Travel to Work Areas
SECURE ACCESS 7332: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Secure Access, National Grid Reference (Easting, Northing, OSGRDIND)
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7339: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7637: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2001 Middle Layer Super Output Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7638: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Middle Layer Super Output Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7639: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Output Area Classification
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7640: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Rural-Urban Indicators
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 7641: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2001 Rural-Urban Indicators
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 9157: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 9159: Understanding Society: Innovation Panel, Waves 1-17, 2008-2024: Special Licence Access, Census 2021 Middle Layer Super Output Areas
EUL 7251: Understanding Society: Waves 2-3 Nurse Health Assessment, 2010-2012
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESSS 7587: Understanding Society: Waves 2-3 Nurse Health Assessment, 2010-2012
EUL 8644: Understanding Society: COVID-19 Study, 2020-2021
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 8663: Understanding Society: COVID-19 Study, 2020-2021: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Areas
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 8664: Understanding Society: COVID-19 Study, 2020-2021: Special Licence Access, Local Authority District
SPECIAL LICENCE ACCESS 8730: Understanding Society: COVID-19 Study, 2020: Special Licence Access, School Codes