British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)
NO ONGOING DATA COLLECTION: British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) ran 1991–2009 and then participants were rolled into Understanding Society (UKHLS) from 2010 onward.
Measures describe a question asked to a participant during a survey or an item of information requested from a manager when they fill out a data return. For example, ‘Who do you live with?’ is a measure and the possible responses might be, mother, father, brother, sister etc.
| Question/Data item wording | Response scale wording | Need OR provision OR receipt | Description of measure | Start Year | Age of interest | Age from | Age to | Informant | Multiple rater | Reporting term | Sweep title | Standard instrument | Notes | Physical health measures | Dataset | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Here is a list of some health and welfare services. Have you yourself made use of any of these services since September 1st 2007? |
Health visitor, district nurse. |
Need; | ADLs - walking down road | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Past year | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Can I just check, do you currently receive disability benefits of any kind? Which ones do you receive? |
Part 1: Part 2: |
Receipt; | Disability benefits | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
In total, how many hours do you spend each week looking after or helping (him/her/them)? |
0 – 4 hours per week |
Provision; | Caring responsibilities - hours per week | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Does respondent look after or provide any regular care for anyone inside or outside the household? |
Yes |
Provision; | Caring responsibilities - inside or outside household? | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Who is it that you look after or help? |
Parent/parent-in-law. |
Provision; | Caring responsibilities - who | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Do you provide some regular service or help for any sick, disabled or elderly person not living with you? Is that one person or more than one? |
Part 1: Part 2: |
Provision; | Giving help to non-household members | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Is there anyone living with you who is sick, disabled or elderly whom you look after or give special help to (for example, a sick, disabled or elderly relative/husband/wife/friend, etc)? |
Yes |
Provision; | Giving help to household members | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Thinking about the (SERVICE AT M29) was this from the NHS or social services, or was it from a private or voluntary agency? Was it all free or did you have to pay anything for this? |
Part 1: Part 2: |
Receipt; | Use of services - service type and payment | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Which services have you used? |
Health visitor, district nurse. |
Receipt; | Use of services | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
What type of accommodation does household live in? |
Detachedhouse/bungalow |
Receipt; | Accommodation - inc. institutional accom | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Do you usually manage to go out of doors and walk down the road Do you find it very easy, fairly easy, fairly difficult or very difficult to do this on your own? |
Part 1: Part 2: |
Need; | ADLs - walking down road | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Do you usually manage to bath, shower or wash all over Do you find it very easy, fairly easy, fairly difficult or very difficult to do this on your own? |
Part 1: Part 2: |
Need; | ADLs - bathing and showering | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Do you usually manage to cut your toenails Do you find it very easy, fairly easy, fairly difficult or very difficult to do this on your own? |
Part 1: Part 2: |
Need; | ADLs - cutting toenails | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Do you usually manage to get in and out of bed.. Do you find it very easy, fairly easy, fairly difficult or very difficult to do this on your own? |
Part 1: Part 2: |
Need; | ADLs - getting in and out of bed | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Do you usually manage to get around the house (except for any stairs) Do you find it very easy, fairly easy, fairly difficult or very difficult to do this on your own? |
Part 1: Part 2: |
Need; | ADLs - getting around house | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Do you usually manage to get up and down stairs or steps Do you find it very easy, fairly easy, fairly difficult or very difficult to do this on your own? |
Part 1: Part 2: |
Need; | ADLs - stairs | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS | ||
Please look at this card and tell me which of these activities, if any, you would normally find difficult to manage on your own? |
Doing the housework |
Need; | ADLs - ability to complete | 2008 | 16-120 | 16 | 120 | Participant | Yes | Current | Wave 18 | No | Problems or disability connected with: arms, legs, hands, |
BHPS |
Overview
Aims
The British Household Panel Survey began in 1991 and was a multi-purpose study whose unique value resided in the fact that it followed the same representative sample of individuals over a period of years. Sampling was by household and every adult member within each sampled household was interviewed. The main objective of the BHPS was to further the understanding of social and economic change at the individual and household level in Britain. It was discontinued in 2007 though some sample members were recruited to become sample members in the UK Household Longitudinal Survey (Understanding Society).
Institution
Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
Geographic coverage - Nations
England; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Wales;
Start date
1991
Minimum age at recruitment
0
Sample Size
6,700
Sample
Study design
Household panel survey
Sample details
The wave 1 panel consisted of some 5,500 households and 10,300 individuals drawn from 250 areas of Great Britain. Additional samples of 1,500 households in each of Scotland and Wales were added to the main sample in 1999, and in 2001 a sample of 2,000 households was added in Northern Ireland, making the panel suitable for UK-wide research. BHPS participants were asked if they would consider joining the new, larger and more wide-ranging survey Understanding Society. Almost 6,700 of just over 8,000 BHPS participants invited to join did so.
Sex
All
Sample Characteristics
Household panel
Sample size at most recent sweep
6,700 (before transfer to Understanding Society)
Data
Individual data available (e.g. upon special request)?
Yes
Data Access Level
Fully open source
Data Access
https://ukdataservice.ac.uk
Regional variable present?
Yes
Local Authority variable present?
No
Complementary Data
Genetic Data Collected
Linked Data
No
HDR UK Innovation Gateway
Additional information
Website
Notes
Related Measures
Benefits, Education, Ethnicity and race, Faith/religion, Household composition, Housing, Income/household income, Loneliness and social isolation, Migration and immigration, Neighbourhood and community, Parenting and family, Pensions, Physical health assessment, Political and social attitudes, Pollution, Social security, Social support, Socioeconomic status and deprivation, Work and employment,
Study Code
BHPS
Reference paper(s)
https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/publications/5473240
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council