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Likely to grow dramatically compared to other income
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Our personalities can affect how often and how far we move, according to new research which uses Understanding Society data.
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Understanding Society has reached the milestone of 10 waves of data!
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.
We have published a new data note on geographical mobility to summarise what our data can tell us about internal migration
Important information for participants on Understanding Society interviews during the coronavirus outbreak
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.
The launch of Understanding Society's Insights 2020 report see experts discuss how to bring the country together.
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The latest Wave of Understanding Society has been released and is available to researchers via the UK Data Service.
Have a question about using Understanding Society? Discuss it directly with our User Support team during the online helpdesk hour.
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.
The three new projects will focus on policy-relevant research.
For the first time in the Study’s history, data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) has been harmonised with Understanding Society to create 25 years of longitudinal data.
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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.