New research from UCL shows that women who work more than 55 hours a week are at a higher risk of depression.
But the Low Pay Commission finds women are more likely to be trapped in low paid work.
Young people today are feeling more distant from their family members and also from their close friends, according to the Index of Wellbeing from the Intergenerational Foundation.
Finding out about the impact of diet on mental health.
Discovering data and how to use it.
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And working flexibly or from home doesn't help.
UK-born grandchildren of immigrants tend to mirror the money-saving behaviour of their grandparents' country of birth, according to new research from the London School of Economics.
Fathers are less likely to hold traditional attitudes towards gender roles if they have a school-aged daughter.
The latest wave of data is now available to researchers.
If you have created syntax for the Understanding Society dataset you can now share it with other data users through our website.
Funded PhD Studentships working with the Understanding Society team are now open for applications.
Understanding Society's annual review, showingcasing research that uses the Study, is published today.
What impact does providing care have on our wellbeing?
Research on ethnicity and immigration using Understanding Society data is the focus of a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS).
Understanding Society Impact Fellow Raj Patel on the action needed to tackle the gender pay gap.
6 December 2018 - registration is now open.
The Institute for Social and Economic Research has released a new edition of the British Household Panel Survey.
The UK's biggest celebration of social science returns this November with the Economic and Social Research Council's Festival of Social Science.
The Social Metrics Commission use Understanding Society to show who is poor now and how that has changed over time.
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