Linking your data

Making the data we collect even more useful!

As part of the SEED study we are using data linkage.  This is where we join datasets together so we can learn as much as possible from the information we have.  If you have signed a consent form during a visit from one of our NatCen interviewers, your answers will be linked to other data held on the National Pupil Database and by the Department for Work and Pensions and HMRC.

It's entirely voluntary but by doing this you can help SEED make as much impact as possible.

If you no longer wish for your survey responses to be linked with administrative data, you can let the research team know by emailing seed@natcen.ac.uk.