Understanding Society User Support

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

We aim to respond to simple queries within 48 hours and more complex issues within 7 working days.

Best wishes,
Understanding Society User Support Team

Dear Agnes,

When youth respondents turn 16 they are eligible for the adult interview, the BHPS sample members included, this might also dependent on their sample status (please see the paragraph about the following rules here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/user-guides/main-survey-user-guide/interview-process)
We try to ask for the consent to link the data to the National Pupil Database every third wave, e.g. in waves 4 and 7, so the BHPS sample members (they joined the study in wave 2) would be included in the linkage. You can read more about the linkage here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/linked-data/education-data-linkage
Does this answer you question?

Best wishes,
Piotr,
UKHLS User Support Team