Are we stepping into the future? Exploring the representativeness of web-only surveys of the general population
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-16 - November 11, 2025
Understanding Society Working Paper Series
The Understanding Society Working Paper Series is a programme of methodological research undertaken by the scientific team behind the setting up and design of the survey.
Much of the methodological research on Understanding Society is carried out using a sub-sample of the main survey which is called the Innovation Panel.
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Eliciting the marginal propensity to consume in surveys
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-15 - July 29, 2025
Getting consent to survey in new ways: evidence from experiments about questions by text message in the Understanding Society Innovation Panel
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-14 - July 8, 2025
Wave 14 boost design development – pre-pilot work, pilot experiments, and final boost design decisions
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-12 - June 20, 2025
Maximising response in an address-based push-to-web survey: adjusting the communication and incentive strategies
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-11 - June 19, 2025
Nonresponse in address-based surveys
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-13 - June 19, 2025
Data quality: wave 14 continuing and boost samples
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-10 - June 19, 2025
Wave 14 boost sample representativeness
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-09 - June 19, 2025
Fieldwork outcomes at recruitment wave for Understanding Society’s second general population sample (GPS2)
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-08 - June 18, 2025
Selectivity of digital trace data: the case of the UK COVID-19 contact tracing apps
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-07 - June 13, 2025
Two new solutions to the zero weights problem
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-06 - May 20, 2025
Survey mode change by necessity: evaluating survey dataset performance in a global pandemic
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-05 - May 20, 2025
Quantifying the impacts of web-first sequential mixed mode survey design on UKHLS COVID-19 Study dataset quality
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-04 - May 20, 2025
Non-response bias risks in sample sub-groups in Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-03 - May 20, 2025
Are interviewer administered follow-ups of web non-respondents still needed to maximise respondent dataset quality? Evidence using Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-02 - May 7, 2025
Annual report on trends in panel attrition in Understanding Society, 2025 edition
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-01 - April 9, 2025
Understanding Society Innovation Panel wave 16: results from methodological experiments and new data
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-11 - November 30, 2024
The 2024 Future of Children Challenge: research springboard exploring the topics of children’s development, child poverty and childcare
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-10 - September 19, 2024
Measuring expenditure with a mobile app: do probability-based and nonprobability panels differ?
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-09 - September 11, 2024
Understanding Society: minimizing selection biases in data collection using mobile apps
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-08 - September 11, 2024
Improving response among adolescents and young adults in Understanding Society: report from a workshop
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-07 - September 11, 2024
Transition to adulthood in an intergenerational family context: a cohort and gender analysis based on Understanding Society
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-06 - June 5, 2024
COVID-19 pandemic and panel attrition in Understanding Society
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-05 - March 27, 2024
Assessing bias prevention and bias adjustment in a sub-annual online panel survey
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-04 - March 25, 2024
Improving questionnaire content for parents and families living apart
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-03 - February 7, 2024
Sibling similarity in education and employment trajectories in the UK: same, but different?
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-02 - January 31, 2024
Weighting and population estimation using Understanding Society: some frequently asked questions
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-01 - January 23, 2024
Recruiting and retaining young people in longitudinal surveys: lessons from Understanding Society: UK Household Longitudinal Study
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-15 - December 21, 2023
Trends in panel attrition in Understanding Society: waves 1 to 13
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-16 - December 21, 2023
Understanding Society Microbiome Study: findings from qualitative research into the clarity, completeness and accessibility of prospective participant materials for the Wave 16 microbiome sample collection
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-14 - November 29, 2023
Understanding Society Innovation Panel wave 15: results from methodological experiments
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-10 - October 25, 2023
Income volatility and parenting styles during hard times
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-13 - September 11, 2023