How our data makes a difference for organisations from charities to government.
Welsh Government uses Understanding Society to investigate childcare and effects on children
Research calculates extra 63,000 cases of psychological distress
New instalment of two-yearly dataset examines relationship distress and child contact
No evidence of more fathers taking leave, or taking longer leave
Centre for Social Justice says UK in danger of sliding back towards Victorian era.
Policy evaluation case study looks at parental investment in children
New policy evaluation case study examines 2013’s under-occupancy penalty
Institute for Fiscal Studies finds inheritances will grow as a share of income and increase inequalities
Built Environment Committee mentions research in report on housing demand
How has Understanding Society been used by researchers, policymakers and analysts in the first ten years of the Study?
Understanding the impact of parenthood on measures such as income, hours worked and childcare.
Coram Family and Childcare worked with Understanding Society on a project to understand more about how childcare prices might influence mothers' decisions about work.
Influential report uses Understanding Society data
Children’s Society report uses Understanding Society for annual look at UK youth
Understanding Society data used for Government Equalities Office report.
The Scottish Government uses Understanding Society for research on mothers returning to work and gender roles and attitudes.
The Social Metrics Commission used Understanding Society to measure rates of poverty persistence.
The mental health charity Mind hosted a parliamentary event at Westminster to discuss the impact of housing on mental health.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) uses British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) data in its modelling of pension policy implications.
Crisis and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation fund an independent, longitudinal study of homelessness in the UK – the Homeless Monitor – that has contributed to a change in homelessness legislation.
Welsh Government uses Understanding Society data to monitor the mental wellbeing of children.
Researchers at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) use Understanding Society data to examine the long-term effects of parenthood and part-time work on the gender pay gap.
Understanding Society linked data reveal the relationship between worklessness and children's educational outcomes.
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The Economic and Social Research Council is the primary funder of the study The Study is led by a team at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex.
