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Employees who are satisfied with their jobs are more likely to volunteer in the community than those who are unhappy at work.
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 released two new case studies which show how longitudinal research using household data is being used by the Department for Work and Pensions to tackle work-based issues in the UK.
Understanding Society’s Insights 2017 report was launched with a debate on the topic of low pay in the UK.
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.
Around one in four retirees in the UK return to work or ‘unretire’, mostly within five years of retiring, according to research that uses longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey and Understanding Society.
A new publication uses Understanding Society’s data to focus on young people and the ways in which their working lives have changed between the 1980s recession and the Great Recession of 2008/2009 and its immediate aftermath.
Adding 20 minutes more commuting time each day has the same effect on job satisfaction as taking a 19% pay cut, according to a new study using data from Understanding Society.
Does social mobility make it more difficult to maintain social relationships? Are people less likely to speak to their neighbours as they move in to a higher social class?
How men and women react to job loss largely depends on what attitudes a person has towards gender roles, says a new report which uses five years of data from Understanding Society.
More than half (60%) of people living in poverty in the UK live in a household where someone is in work, the highest figure recorded, according to research published by Cardiff University and funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
How should we tackle low pay and precarious work? A new Understanding Society policy event will discuss this topical issue and launch the 2017 Insights report.
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.
Flexibility in the workplace could be a key to helping women maintain their career trajectory after having children, new research using Understanding Society data suggests
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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.
