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.
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.
Welsh Government uses Understanding Society data to monitor the mental wellbeing of children.
Findings using Understanding Society contributed to select committee inquiry evidence.
The Chartered Institute for Personnel Development (CIPD) used Understanding Society to investigate the circumstances of the lowest paid
How the Understanding Society Innovation Panel informs survey design and scientific knowledge
Age UK use Understanding Society to create an Index of Wellbeing in Later Life.
Understanding Society linked data reveal the relationship between worklessness and children's educational outcomes.
How the Department for Work and Pensions is using Understanding Society to measure changes in low income over time.
Understanding Society is used to investigate how commuting affects health.
Understanding Society is used to investigate teenage smoking in a Public Health England and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence commissioned project.
Understanding Society pioneers the move from face-to-face interviews to web self-completion in a panel survey.
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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.
