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Survey methods specialist, Dr Tarek Al Baghal will be helping to lead the UK Household Longitudinal Study.
The latest wave of the main survey is now available to download from the UK Data Service.
The chances of a teenager getting involved in politics is linked to how much education their parents had, according to UCL and University of Roehampton researchers.
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New research shows negative effects of ethnic diversity on wellbeing dissipate with time
A new book called Religion and Euroscepticism in Brexit Britain looks at how religious belief affected support for Brexit. Even after the influence of age, education and many other characteristics have been accounted for, religion continues to affect political behaviour (such as in the 2019 General Election) through its impact on the identities and values that shaped support for Brexit.
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Understanding Society has launched its tenth Insights report, celebrating 10 waves of data
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Understanding Society has reached the milestone of 10 waves of data!
New publication offers insights, ideas and challenges for mobilising data and evidence
We've expanded and refreshed the User Guide for the Understanding Society main survey.
The Economic and Social Research Council has announced new support for Understanding Society, taking data collection for the Study up to the end of 2025.
Important information for participants on Understanding Society interviews during the coronavirus outbreak
As one of the most common medical conditions in the UK, does depression make a difference to people's voting behaviour?
A new report from the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), produced in collaboration with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Understanding Society, reveals that inequalities between families and between generations are increasingly embedded in society.
Understanding Society invites proposals for the content and design of the 2021 Innovation Panel survey.
The launch of Understanding Society's Insights 2020 report see experts discuss how to bring the country together.
Understanding Society has launched its ninth Insights report. This year we focus on three areas of research: social integration, work and health, and geographical mobility. .
Workers are often told that volunteering can increase employment opportunities and give people an overall economic benefit, but according to new research this financial gain depends on the level of work people do.
The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) has opened applications for its Parliamentary Academic Fellowships Scheme.
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The latest Wave of Understanding Society has been released and is available to researchers via the UK Data Service.
London Plus use Understanding Society to see whether volunteers reflect the diversity of the city.
We presented four prizes at the Understanding Society Scientific Conference at the beginning of July
We can already see the gap between boys and girls when they're 15
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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.
