Linked data on the financial products taken out by Understanding Society participants.
Understanding Society is hosting the Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Annual Conference, with pre-conference events that you can book a place on now.
Young people who spend more than seven hours a day on social media are eight times more likely to smoke than non-users, and four times more likely to vape, says new research.
Religious people coped better mentally than non-religious people during the UK COVID-19 lockdowns.
We're looking for researchers to provide a user's perspective on datasets before they are released.
But research says one in five ten-year-olds still experience physical punishment
Read the latest report on how automatic enrolment into pension schemes affects low earners
Read the latest experiments that have used Innovation Panel data
The proportion of UK graduates who found work straight out of university fell by nearly 30% between those born in the 70s to those a decade younger
Understanding Society data show which households most vulnerable to energy price crisis
Young people are now more likely to experience a common mental disorder (CMD) than any other age group – a complete reversal compared to two decades ago when they were least likely to, according to the latest research.
Researchers based at the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute used Understanding Society to look at people’s experiences of financial and mental health problems
What Works Wellbeing collaboration makes trends accessible
Universal Basic Income (UBI) may have potential to improve population mental health in high-income countries, but only if people do not choose to leave work in response to the policy.
And the impact lasts into adult-hood.
Those on middle incomes are now more likely to be in insecure jobs and housing.
New research on the association between having concern for the environmental and how often people smoke.
Understanding Society launches annual Insights report, showcasing research on political identity.
We're looking for new members to join the Board to help guide Understanding Society into the future.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation publishes its 2024 report on who is in poverty and what has changed over time.
Submit your ideas for methodological experiments or survey content to be added to the next wave of the Innovation Panel.
Understanding Society and ISER are hosting the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (SLLS) annual conference in September 2024.
The latest dataset is now available from the UK Data Service.
Professor Michaela Benzeval receives the honour for services to social science.
Home working and hybrid working became the norm during the Covid pandemic. Did the extra flexibility to work remotely help, or hinder, our mental health?
Governments promote self-employment, but does it drive job growth?
The latest wave of Understanding Society is now available
Join us for the launch of Insights 2024, this year focusing on the themes of political engagement and the transition to Net Zero.
Latest waves can now be downloaded from the UK Data Service
The tax/benefit microsimulation model can now be powered by Understanding Society data
The new funding will support a further six waves of data collection, extending the Study to the year 2032
Which population groups are most affected by material deprivation? And what changes over time?
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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.
