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The first Wave of the Understanding Society COVID-19 survey is now available to researchers
New research shows that women, in particular, become unhappy with their relationships if their partner loses their job
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.
Understanding Society are now accepting question suggestions for new COVID-19 survey.
Important information for participants on Understanding Society interviews during the coronavirus outbreak
New research has found that parents experience ‘temporary depression’ when an adult child returns home but recover their levels of wellbeing in the subsequent year.
Understanding Society invites proposals for the content and design of the 2021 Innovation Panel survey.
New research from the Health Foundation using Understanding Society also shows that people in low-quality jobs are more likely to report poor health.
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. .
With over two million people now working as freelancers in the UK, researchers have been looking at whether freelance work has an impact on wellbeing.
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.
The latest Wave of Understanding Society has been released and is available to researchers via the UK Data Service.
Professor Susan Harkness, Understanding Society Topic Champion for Social Policy, has been working with the Cabinet Office in a project looking at what happens to women's jobs when they come back from maternity leave.
New labour market histories that span the British Household Panel Survey and Understanding Society help researchers track changes in working lives.
New research from UCL shows that women who work more than 55 hours a week are at a higher risk of depression.
The 2019 Innovation Panel competition is now open and accepting applications.
But the Low Pay Commission finds women are more likely to be trapped in low paid work.
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Have you used household panel data in your research? Understanding Society is accepting abstracts for its Scientific Conference which will be held on 2-4 July 2019.
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.
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.
The Social Metrics Commission use Understanding Society to show who is poor now and how that has changed over time.
Training and events hosted by Understanding Society.
A new edition of the Understanding Society Waves 1 - 7 dataset has been released today.
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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.
