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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.
The launch of Understanding Society's Insights 2020 report see experts discuss how to bring the country together.
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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Fathers are less likely to hold traditional attitudes towards gender roles if they have a school-aged daughter.
The latest wave of data is now available to researchers.
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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.
