
Children's mental health in the transition from childhood to adolescence
Investigating the different trajectories of mental health among adolescents to better understand which factors are associated with better mental health.
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Investigating the different trajectories of mental health among adolescents to better understand which factors are associated with better mental health.
Understanding the impact of parenthood on measures such as income, hours worked and childcare.
The Young Women's Trust worked with Understanding Society to look at why economic inactivity is disproportionately high amongst young women.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) uses British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) data in its modelling of pension policy implications.
How the Understanding Society Innovation Panel informs survey design and scientific knowledge
Age UK use Understanding Society to create an Index of Wellbeing in Later Life.
Understanding Society linked data reveal the relationship between worklessness and children's educational outcomes.