Emerson, Eric http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1776-6032
Stancliffe, Roger J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4265-7433
Aitken, Zoe http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5413-2450
Bailie, Jodie http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4393-5773
Bishop, Glenda M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2736-0415
Badland, Hannah http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8936-2715
Llewellyn, Gwynnyth http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2014-4330
Kavanagh, Anne M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1573-3464
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Health and Medical Research Council (1116385 and 2010290, 1116385 and 2010290, 1116385 and 2010290, 1116385 and 2010290, 1116385 and 2010290, 1116385 and 2010290, 1116385 and 2010290)
Article History
Received: 24 July 2023
Accepted: 13 December 2023
First Online: 19 December 2023
Declarations
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: <i>Understanding Society</i> is designed and conducted in accordance with the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council Research Ethics Framework. Ethics approval for Waves 6–8 was received via a letter dated 20th August 2013 from the University of Essex Ethics Committee and for Waves 9–11 via a letter dated 4th October 2016 from the University of Essex Ethics Committee. At that time a system of ethics approval numbers was not in place. Informed consent was obtained from all the participants and/or their legal guardians.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Within the research team, two researchers (GB, AK) identified as having disability, and three researchers (GL, AK, JB) identified as having a family member with disability. All authors are deeply committed to reducing the inequalities experienced by people with disability.