The Good Childhood Report explores trends in children's wellbeing and happiness over time.
We're running a busy events programme over the next few months. Book your place to join us for training, discussions, conferences and a data dive.
The Innovation Panel develops and tests leading-edge survey methods for longitudinal survey research and informs the main Understanding Society parent survey.
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding researcher with a background in the social and health sciences and a strong commitment to longitudinal research to the new post of Deputy Director.
Participants from our coronavirus study gave blood samples to test for Covid antibodies.
Updated information about the start and end dates of all partnerships reported by adult participants in Understanding Society.
How schools, parents and children coped with the biggest challenge in the history of modern education
We're looking for two new researchers to join the Understanding Society team.
Submit your abstract to present at our survey methods mini-conference, taking place online 27-30 September.
Likely to grow dramatically compared to other income
A new teaching resource for high school students explores quantitative, longitudinal data and social science career paths through Understanding Society.
Some communities benefit from better social networks
New research compares teachers to other occupations using biomarker data
A new study has found that the mental health of home-carers deteriorated more during the lockdown than non-carers.
School closures were responsible for around half the decline in mental health experienced by mothers during the coronavirus pandemic
The latest wave of the Understanding Society COVID-19 study is now available.
New research shows negative effects of ethnic diversity on wellbeing dissipate with time
Connecting Understanding Society family members over time and across households.
A new report has investigated the impact of mental health disorders in childhood and how they can affect factors like education, relationships and future plans.
One in nine adults had consistently very poor or deteriorating mental health during the first six months of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research.
For the first time, new research shows a link between using social media and binge drinking
Just one third of people in the UK managed to access the hospital care they needed at the peak of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
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.
A new book called Religion and Euroscepticism in Brexit Britain looks at how religious belief affected support for Brexit. Even after the influence of age, education and many other characteristics have been accounted for, religion continues to affect political behaviour (such as in the 2019 General Election) through its impact on the identities and values that shaped support for Brexit.
New data from the Understanding Society COVID-19 survey can now be downloaded.
While 3.7 million older people report that they or others in their household have been unable to eat healthy and nutritious food.
The National Foundation for Educational Research's annual report shows that teachers experienced lower levels of wellbeing during the pandemic, but the perceived job security for the profession led to more people applying to become teachers.
Researchers have found that a person’s personality can change significantly over our life course, with significant life events making us more outgoing or conscientious. Earlier in life, starting work and first serious romantic relationships have been identified as events that can lead to our personalities changing.
Emotional and behavioural problems increased significantly after the first round of school closures.
New research comparing the experiences of informal care givers in the UK and the Netherlands has found that providing care can lead to lower mental health.
We're looking for proposals for the content and design of the 2022 Innovation Panel survey.
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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.
