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The UK Household Longitudinal Study

Capturing life in the UK in the 21st century Understanding Society is the largest longitudinal household panel study of its kind and provides vital evidence on life changes and stability

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Social life during COVID-19 in France, Germany, Italy and the UK

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The disappearance of the hump shape in illbeing by age

Lifetime happiness trend changes as youth mental health suffers.

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Latest research

Unpaid caregiving and job satisfaction: the role of care intensity and duration

  1. Klara Raiber
  2. Maria Evandrou
  3. Jane Falkingham

Young carers and inequalities in educational attainment and school engagement: evidence from the UK household longitudinal study linked to the national pupil database

  1. Alejandra Letelier
  2. Anne McMunn
  3. Andy McGowan
  4. Krista Cartlidge
  5. Rebecca Lacey

Home sweet home: working from home and employee performance during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

  1. Sumit S. Deole
  2. Max Deter
  3. Yue Huang

Complex families in the United Kingdom: mapping children’s diverse family pathways and their correlates from birth to age ten

  1. Michaela Šťastná
  2. Júlia Mikolai
  3. Nissa Finney
  4. Katherine Lisa Keenan
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