How our data makes a difference for organisations from charities to government.
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.