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The latest Wave of Understanding Society has been released and is available to researchers via the UK Data Service.
Playing sport, learning to play a musical instrument or joining a drama group give children vital skills and the chance to socialise with different groups of people, but research from the Social Mobility Commission has found that whether children take part in these types of activity is heavily influenced by how much money their family has.
New research has found that a good Ofsted rating can have a surprisingly negative impact on students.
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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.
A new edition of the Understanding Society Waves 1 - 7 dataset has been released today.
Using five years of longitudinal data from Understanding Society, a new study has considered what affects 16-25 year olds’ chances of finding employment after leaving education.
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.
Understanding Society has published its sixth Insights report, providing new findings for researchers and policy makers on the changes and stability in the lives of people in the UK.
The Scottish county, East Dunbartonshire has been recognised as the top location to live in the UK if you’re a woman, according to new academic research.
To mark the launch of Insights 2016, the study’s Director Professor Michaela Benzeval shares why Understanding Society can be used to produce valuable policy learning.
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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.
