We have resources to help you use weights correctly with the Understanding Society dataset.
Comic book artist Karen Rubins has been working with Understanding Society turning research into comics. In this 'paper' see how grandparents play a key role in how their grandchildren's lives develop.
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?
Older adults from ethnic minority groups report having fewer close friends and fewer friends who live locally than older white people, according a new study.
Understanding Society would like to understand more about how life turns out for people who move away from the UK.
Adult children of migrants who were born in the UK are much more likely to perceive discrimination against their group than migrants themselves.
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.
Part-time work can be a real benefit for many people, allowing them to combine work with other responsibilities or to free up time for other activities. But some people in the UK are working part-time when they would rather be working full-time.
New research has found that parents experience ‘temporary depression’ when an adult child returns home but recover their levels of wellbeing in the subsequent year.
Understanding Society invites proposals for the content and design of the 2021 Innovation Panel survey.
New research confirms that low numbers of young people are vaping (using e-cigarettes), with vaping more common in young people from disadvantaged households who had never smoked before.
The launch of Understanding Society's Insights 2020 report see experts discuss how to bring the country together.
New research from the Health Foundation using Understanding Society also shows that people in low-quality jobs are more likely to report poor health.
Understanding Society has launched its ninth Insights report. This year we focus on three areas of research: social integration, work and health, and geographical mobility. .
White British young people who live in more ethnically diverse neighbourhoods have better mental health than those living in “white working-class” neighbourhoods, according to research from University College London.
New research from the University of Warwick found that human memory is significantly worse in parts of England with high levels of air pollution.
With over two million people now working as freelancers in the UK, researchers have been looking at whether freelance work has an impact on wellbeing.
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.
Nearly a third of the population do not have their own car and a new study has revealed the negative effect this can have on people’s employment opportunities, access to services and social lives over time.
The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) has opened applications for its Parliamentary Academic Fellowships Scheme.
Register now for a place at the launch of Insights 2020
The latest Wave of Understanding Society has been released and is available to researchers via the UK Data Service.
Professor Susan Harkness, Understanding Society Topic Champion for Social Policy, has been working with the Cabinet Office in a project looking at what happens to women's jobs when they come back from maternity leave.
How question wording can help surveys more accurately measure change and stability.
Our participants are involved in the development of new ways to gather health data through an innovative pilot project that aims to find out whether people can collect their own blood and hair samples.
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 labour market histories that span the British Household Panel Survey and Understanding Society help researchers track changes in working lives.
Research using Understanding Society shows that our self-rated health is linked to objective measures of our health - and that the link varies according to people's age, gender and social class.
The Children's Society Good Childhood Report finds that young people are becoming less happy over time.
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
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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.
