How our data makes a difference for organisations from charities to government.
Children’s average happiness is lower across six aspects of life in 2022/23 compared to 2009/10
Welsh Government uses Understanding Society to investigate childcare and effects on children
Wellbeing boost from disability benefits worth £12,300 per person
Research shows lower self-rated mental health and a higher likelihood of undiagnosed conditions.
A new case study from Understanding Society says the ‘hostile environment’ policy increased Black people’s psychological distress
Impact of investment in deprived communities in early 2000s not seen after four years
New case study says employment gap is the highest of 15 countries studied
Policy evaluation case study shows Nest pension does not encourage other savings
Research calculates extra 63,000 cases of psychological distress
Raj Patel speaks before House of Lords Home-based Working Committee
New instalment of two-yearly dataset examines relationship distress and child contact
New case study examines poverty research charity’s report on UK’s future care needs
Report shows link to unhappiness and depression
No evidence of more fathers taking leave, or taking longer leave
The Children's Society uses Understanding Society to look at how children's wellbeing changes over time.
Think tank: no internet means finding cheaper goods and services harder
New case study: value of UK charitable donations fell by more than half in 2022
Centre for Social Justice says UK in danger of sliding back towards Victorian era.
Research shows that girls’ confidence drops during adolescence, but Girlguiding helps mitigate this, and can raise girls’ confidence higher than boys’
End of life charity wants government to give terminally ill people early pensions
Third in a series of policy evaluation case studies looks at Covid vaccine rollout
Policy evaluation case study looks at parental investment in children
New policy evaluation case study examines 2013’s under-occupancy penalty
New IPPR report on health and prosperity uses Understanding Society
Research using Understanding Society finds history of discrimination linked to higher risk of homelessness
Bright Blue examines adequacy, accessibility and fairness of social security system
New report from the RSA highlights potential benefits of universal basic income
Institute for Fiscal Studies finds inheritances will grow as a share of income and increase inequalities
West Midlands councils use data to understand walking and cycling patterns
Northern Health Science Alliance says most deprived areas cost economy £30 billion a year
Built Environment Committee mentions research in report on housing demand
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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.
