Understanding Society Waves 6 to 8

了解社会浪潮 6 至 8

基本信息

批准号：
ES/K005146/1
负责人：
Michaela Benzeval
金额：
$ 4075.88万
依托单位：
University of Essex
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FK005146%2F1
关键词：
Understanding Society Waves

项目摘要

Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study, follows individuals over time, regularly collecting data about each sample individual and his or her household. The study will provide information on both change at the individual level and how it relates to household change. Such panels have provided a major resource for understanding key issues which face societies around the world. They provide unique information on the persistence of such states as child poverty or disability, on factors which influence key life transitions, such as marriage and divorce, and they provide information on the effects of earlier life circumstances on later outcomes. They also support research relevant to the formation and evaluation of policy and they enable improved and more reliable analytical techniques. Cross-sectional data, based on only a single observation of each individual cannot achieve these aims. It addresses new and emerging research issues, such as the environmental impacts of household behaviour, health related behaviours or emerging diversity in UK society Fieldwork for the study started in 2008 with the Innovation Panel, which aims to improve methods of collecting survey data, and the main panel which began in 2009. This bid covers data collection for wave 6 to 8 and a range of other activities to develop methodology and to support users and promote it to a range of audiences. Understanding Society is based on a very large sample size, representing all ages and all aspects of UK society, and structured to capture information about individuals in their household context and its changes. The target sample, 40,000 households, provides a unique opportunity to explore issues for which other longitudinal surveys are too small to support effective research. The diversity of UK society is also captured by the inclusion of an ethnic minority boost sample. It involves annual interviews to capture the short term dynamics of social processes, observing the timing and duration of events close to the point at which they occur. Also critical to the vision is the intention to carry on for the long term so as to capture life course and intergenerational transmission processes. The substantive content, collected both by questionnaire and by other means, is multi-purpose and multi-topic, supporting a wide range of research agendas. Two areas of emphasis are support for ethnicity research and development of a biosocial survey exploring the relationships between individual behaviour, individual biological characteristics and social environment. Data will be collected directly from respondents and linked from external sources. Selection of content is based on widespread consultation with the academic and research user communities. Innovation and methodological development are key. It is a crucial test bed for the development of new scientific knowledge and will give momentum to development of new methodological tools. A programme of research on collection and analysis methods will make Understanding Society a catalyst for wider improvements in the practice of social science research. Our plan of activities is based around the major stages in the development and dissemination of a survey: specification of content, development on all aspects of the study design, collection of data to the highest standards, preparing, enhancing and documenting data for release, support for users in the most appropriate uses of the data and promotion of the study to ensure maximum impact. Core activities for this period include: development of collection by web interviews; extending the range of administrative data linked to the study; and promoting the use of the study amongst researchers, including the health and biological measures. This proposal is based on the experience of the team at Essex, Warwick and the Institute of Education which have successfully delivered the study through its first five years.

了解社会是英国家庭纵向研究，随着时间的推移跟踪个人，定期收集有关每个样本个人及其家庭的数据。该研究将提供有关个人层面的变化及其与家庭变化的关系的信息。这些小组为了解世界各地社会面临的关键问题提供了主要资源。它们提供了有关儿童贫困或残疾等状况持续存在的独特信息，以及影响婚姻和离婚等关键生活转变的因素的信息，并提供了有关早期生活环境对以后结果的影响的信息。它们还支持与政策制定和评估相关的研究，并实现改进和更可靠的分析技术。仅基于对每个人的单一观察的横截面数据无法实现这些目标。它解决了新的和正在出现的研究问题，例如家庭行为、健康相关行为或英国社会中新兴多样性的环境影响。该研究的实地工作于 2008 年与创新小组一起启动，旨在改进收集调查数据的方法，以及主小组于 2009 年开始。本次投标涵盖第 6 波至第 8 波的数据收集以及一系列其他活动，以开发方法、支持用户并将其推广给一系列受众。《理解社会》基于非常大的样本量，代表了英国社会的所有年龄段和各个方面，并旨在捕获有关个人家庭环境及其变化的信息。目标样本为 40,000 个家庭，为探索其他纵向调查规模太小而无法支持有效研究的问题提供了独特的机会。英国社会的多样性也体现在少数族裔增强样本的纳入上。它涉及年度访谈，以捕捉社会过程的短期动态，观察事件发生时的时间和持续时间。对于这一愿景同样重要的是长期持续下去的意图，以捕捉生命历程和代际传播过程。通过问卷调查和其他方式收集的实质性内容具有多目的和多主题，支持广泛的研究议程。两个重点领域是支持种族研究和生物社会调查的开发，探索个人行为、个人生物特征和社会环境之间的关系。数据将直接从受访者那里收集并从外部来源链接。内容的选择基于与学术和研究用户社区的广泛协商。创新和方法开发是关键。它是发展新科学知识的重要试验台，并将为新方法工具的发展提供动力。关于收集和分析方法的研究计划将使理解社会成为社会科学研究实践更广泛改进的催化剂。我们的活动计划基于调查的开发和传播的主要阶段：内容规范、研究设计各个方面的开发、按照最高标准收集数据、准备、增强和记录数据以供发布、支持为用户提供最适当的数据使用和推广研究，以确保产生最大的影响。这一时期的核心活动包括：通过网络访谈开发馆藏；扩大与研究相关的行政数据的范围；促进研究人员使用该研究，包括健康和生物措施。该提案基于埃塞克斯郡、华威郡和教育学院团队的经验，他们在前五年成功地完成了这项研究。