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UK Data Service
Also known as: UKDS
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Largest UK collection of social and economic research data, including many of the cohorts listed above.
Registration Free TREHow it can replace animal studies
Survey and cohort data on lifestyle, diet and health in people.
How to get access
Free registration; open, safeguarded or secure access depending on dataset.
- Access level
- Registration
- Who can use it
- Most data: anyone at a UK or overseas institution who registers.
- Cost
- Free
- Secure research environment
- UKDS SecureLab
Data held
Population
From NAMsDB (https://namsdb.uk/resource/uk-data-service), release data under CC BY 4.0. Printed 26/10/2026.