Living in a cold home increases the risk of severe mental health problems
New study using Understanding Society data highlights serious health implications of fuel poverty
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Pandemic school closures as bad as divorce for effect on mothers’ mental health
New study uses Understanding Society data to unpick what happened to families during the lockdown that closed Britain’s schools
Even after the U turn – a highly regressive mini-budget
The richest gain 100 times more than the poorest, new analysis from our Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis
Working from home can lead to fathers doing less childcare and mothers doing more
Study by Dr Cara Booker with Professsor Heejung Chung from the University of Kent uses pre-pandemic data from Understanding Society to look at the impact of flexible working on families
Good Childhood Report uses Understanding Society data
Children’s happiness scores for life as a whole, friends, appearance, and school were significantly lower in 2019-20 than when the survey began in 2009-10
Lessons from the pandemic: family well-being, childcare and gender
Professor Birgitta Rabe presents our Nuffield Foundation-funded research, alongside a discussion on other recent research and subsequent policy implications
Academy of Social Sciences confers Fellowship to Professor Michaela Benzeval
Prestigious honour for our Professor of Longitudinal Research and the Director and Principal Investigator of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study
New Understanding Society annual report
More users, more data, more research - the latest report on our ESRC-funded UK Household Longitudinal Study
New MiSoC policy fellowship scheme welcomes researcher from the Government’s Race Disparity Unit
Vasileios Antonopoulos, an Economic Advisor in the Race Disparity Unit will work alongside our research experts on a number of action points detailed in Inclusive Britain, the government’s response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.
Improving the measurement of poverty and social exclusion in Europe
New book from Professor Peter Lynn and Dr Lars Lyberg suggests improvements to documentation of procedures, guidance on survey procedures and capacity building in methods for dealing with error sources
Mixed-ability mixed-ethnicity classrooms help migrant children succeed at school
Dr Zsofia Boda co-authors study examining the impact of friendships on outcomes for migrant children at school and looks at the implications for policy and practice to support them
The Gender Gap in Pay Progression: Job Mobility and Job Ladders – Westminster workshop
Open academic workshop on 7 September brings together leading scholars from around the world