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The UK Household Longitudinal Study

Capturing life in the UK in the 21st century Understanding Society is the largest longitudinal household panel study of its kind and provides vital evidence on life changes and stability

Essential information for survey participants

Every time you are interviewed, you are contributing to a unique study about life in the UK

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couple moving into a new house together

New edition of marital and cohabitation histories

The latest file now includes data from Wave 15

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a storm wave crashes on a seafront with a lighthouse in the background

Weather’s effect on how we feel about life and money

Many of us have complained about the long, wet winter we had in the UK this year, but can weather conditions influence us more deeply?

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an image from the front cover of Daisy Fancourt's Art Cure: a red and white capsule has been opened and a rainbow is pouring out

I will survive – can art make us healthy?

Evidence from Understanding Society supports claims that the arts are good for our health.

Case study
Photo of two young engineers

New briefing note: Growth with purpose

Understanding Society outlines policy ideas for productivity and fairness.

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Latest research

Homelessness and rough sleeping risks and drivers in Great Britain: a composite survey modelling approach

  1. Glen Bramley
  2. Suzanne Fitzpatrick

Policy design challenges for energy affordability following price hikes in the UK

  1. Rohan Best
  2. Reinhard Madlener

Extending intersectional multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA) to study individual longitudinal trajectories, with application to mental health in the UK

  1. Andrew Bell
  2. Clare Evans
  3. Dan Holman
  4. George Leckie

Factors associated with psychological wellbeing, is education one of them?

  1. Gholamreza Oskrochi
  2. Youssof Oskrochi
  3. Rogheyeh Eskrootchi
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Understanding Society in the media

Research using data from the Study is frequently featured in the media.

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Latest media articles

Pushover fathers tell kids ‘wait until Mum gets home’

Is Britain bowling alone?

The psychology behind why we pay to avoid uncertainty

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