Dependent interviewing Little. Previous year household composition and basic demographic data is fed-forward. Final consolidated data sets and documentation are released within about six months of the end of fieldwork. The data are also available online for analysis at the University of Manchester Computing Centre, along with a number of other major UK data sets. We are currently exploring mechanisms for downloading customised data sets over the web.
Full documentation is currently browsable over the web.
We are still exploring mechanisms for enabling analysis of confidential data, especially neighbourhood indicators. BHPS data structures are design to be sufficiently simple to be independent of software format of release. This issue is under review, given the potential complexities arising with increasing number of waves, and the addition of sub-samples.