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People in England’s most deprived neighbourhoods work longer hours than those in the rest of the country but live shorter lives with more years in ill health costing an estimated £29.8bn a year to the economy in lost productivity.
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Men are more sensitive to losing jobs, but moving into poverty has a larger impact on women.
New research shows that unemployment increases the risk of separation and that partnerships are equally affected by men and women's unemployment.
There’s been a huge increase in the number of people working at home during the Covid pandemic and most want to keep doing it ‘at least sometimes’
Research using Understanding Society shows men’s life satisfaction similar whether employed or self-employed.
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Some communities benefit from better social networks
New research using Understanding Society shows unequal mental wellbeing caused by economic consequences of pandemic
The deepest recession on record was in 2020, but the fall in UK employment has been lower compared to previous recessions.
Understanding Society has launched its tenth Insights report, celebrating 10 waves of data
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Furlough protects wellbeing for people in insecure jobs
New research shows that almost one-third of fathers believe that flexible working arrangements are unavailable to them.
Working class women have borne the brunt of the cuts to working hours as almost half of working class women (43%) did no hours of work in April compared to just 20% of women in professional or managerial roles.
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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.
