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Do you add any other information to my data?

Do you add any other information to my data? Information from administrative records held by Government departments and agencies Government departments and agencies hold information about people, which they use for administrative purposes. From time to time, we add information from these routine administrative records to the study data. We only do this if we […]

What other information have you added to my data?

Information about where you live We use your address (and previous addresses) to add information about where you live.  The information that we add may be about your local area as a whole, your street or sometimes your specific address. So far we have added information about local pollution levels, the types of facilities in […]

Who will use the information?

The information will be made available to researchers under restricted access arrangements via the UK Data Service (UKDS) or similar organisation. Researchers based within the Centre for Longitudinal Studies may be given access to the linked data via the highly secure UCL Data Safe Haven (DSH). Access to the data via the UKDS or the […]

Can I change my permissions?

You can withdraw permission at any time for your NHS, DWP, or HMRC records to be added to your study answers without giving us a reason. This applies for any permissions that you (or you partner) may have given in the past. If we have already added some of your information, we will continue to […]