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A regular look at research into life in the UK, and how our Study works. To ask a question, or contribute, please email us.
Why abortions are linked to precarious income
Child benefits, maternity leave and unemployment benefits affect fertility
Just how stressful are lockdowns?
As the UK enters a new lockdown, research asks about its mental health impact
Provider or father? Parenthood and men’s working hours
Fatherhood changes men’s working hours – but not by much
What will a winter lockdown do to our wellbeing?
Research suggests weather has little effect on average levels of wellbeing
Did children get their free school meals during lockdown?
Scheme may have failed to reach half of eligible children
Modern problems and symphonic thinking
How can researchers think and work differently to bring about change?
Working with the policy machinery
How is policy formulated? How can evidence influence it?
Time to change course on generating impact
Data helps us understand social change. Can it also drive policy change?
Changing living arrangements and stress in lockdown
How did people whose adult children moved back in feel?
The arts: good for mental health and life satisfaction
...even taking other factors such as socio-economic status into account
Does employment always trump unemployment when it comes to our health?
Is any job better than no job for health?
Covid-19 and our unprecedented age of change
The impact of Covid-19 and its long aftermath: the part longitudinal studies can play
Is a low-paid job a stepping stone to better pay?
And does the effect depend on local unemployment levels?
What drives local wellbeing?
Understanding whole neighbourhoods can help us focus on wellbeing
Budget 2020 – a different government?
A new focus on measuring outcomes could make use of longitudinal data
Volunteering increases income – but only for the middle and upper classes
Unpaid work can pay off, but not for everyone
Ageing: how our ‘epigenetic clocks’ slow down as we get older
The epigenetic clock is a useful tool, but the DNA methylation profile it's based on is limited
Gender attitudes – do we get less liberal with age?
How do our attitudes to gender roles change as we age?
People with wide cultural tastes like the EU
A look at ‘cultural omnivores’ using Understanding Society
Want impact? Engage with Parliament
How can researchers get their work in front of politicians?
Transparent research – why sharing code is important
A journal article is the tip of the iceberg of the research process
How does family migration affect children’s wellbeing as they grow up?
What does it mean for migrant children to be separated from their parents?
What is panel conditioning and what can we do about it?
Can people learn how to respond to questions in our survey, distorting the results?
Predicting healthcare costs using bio-social data
Can data help governments to plan healthcare costs?
How do interviews become data?
When our participants answer questions, what happens next?
Housing and splitting up
Splitting up changes households, but can housing conditions also be a factor behind couples splitting up?
Wellbeing of children in the UK: Where are we now?
What does the Children’s Society Good Childhood Report tell us?
Do your political views make you charitable?
Do people on the left or right (or in the centre) give more to charity?
Health and income inequalities over generations – what can be done?
Where can we target policy to reduce inequality?
Flexible working – does it lower our stress levels?
More of us can work flexibly now, but is it good for our wellbeing?
Social action as a route to the ballot box
Can youth volunteering reduce age inequalities in turnout?