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’
The latest wave of Innovation Panel data is now available from the UK Data Service.
As furlough ends in the UK, new research looks at the impact it had on household spending and on financial distress.
New research from the Centre for Population Change shows that life satisfaction was consistently lower for everyone in 2020-2021 compared to 2018-2019. But people with jobs, partners, and degrees did better than those without.
The chances of a teenager getting involved in politics is linked to how much education their parents had, according to UCL and University of Roehampton researchers.
The link between lifestyle and wellbeing has been well documented, but this is the first study to prove that what you eat and the exercise you do affects life satisfaction.
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) administrative data has been linked to Understanding Society and is now available for researchers to use.
Join Understanding Society, the UK Data Service and the Young Foundation for a multi-disciplinary data dive examining the challenges of how households can transition to net zero and scale up pro-environmental behaviour.
Research using Understanding Society shows men’s life satisfaction similar whether employed or self-employed.
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.
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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.
