The latest release of our Calendar Year datasets can now be accessed via the UK Data Service.
The Deputy Director of Understanding Society, Professor Annette Jäckle, has featured on a BBC Radio 4 programme to unpick the reality behind a recent headline about young people.
Field an experiment or suggest questionnaire content for the next wave of the Innovation Panel.
The latest Pregnancy and Early Childhood data is now available from the UK Data Service
New data from Understanding Society’s Innovation Panel is now available.
Introducing key topic areas in Understanding Society
The latest Annual Report gives a summary of key data on the use of the Study, alongside a selection of research and impact from the year.
Let us know your views on this important part of the Understanding Society survey.
Understanding Society Waves 1-14 Census 2021 data are now available, as are Acorn Wellbeing data.
Join us on the 1-3 July for three days of longitudinal and household panel research.
Could you join this advisory group and help Understanding Society develop our policy and partnership work?
A new briefing note uses Understanding Society data on children and housing to explore trends in overcrowding and how this impacts on children.
This year’s Insights publication from Understanding Society looks at the housing crisis
Understanding Society showcases research on housing crisis.
Apply before the 19 March to become one of the next Understanding Society Fellows
Field an experiment or suggest questionnaire content for the next wave of the Innovation Panel
Join us for a one-day policy conference on how housing can influence health, wealth equality and carbon emissions.
Understanding Society calendar year datasets combine data collected in a specific year across multiple waves of the Study.
Read our latest Working Paper to find out about the experiments run on Wave 16 of the IP.
The latest wave of the Understanding Society main survey is available from the UK Data Service.
Our new 'gentle' training course is for researchers new to quantitative survey data.
The latest data from the experimental panel is now available.
Join an autumn training course from Understanding Society.
Registration is now open for this one-day event exploring how the UK tackles the long-term challenges facing families.
Our new webinar series introduces key topics in Understanding Society.
A new study has shed light on the challenges faced by single mothers and the potential benefits of forming new partnerships.
On our new course you'll learn about extracting a multifunctional longitudinal ‘data spine’ to answer research questions using Understanding Society.
A new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at the dynamics of poverty for people providing unpaid care.
Working from home has an impact on the unpaid work burden women have.
Understanding Society has been used to create a dataset that mimics the adult population in England, Scotland, and Wales.
The call for new Fellows is now open.
Our latest Annual Report highlights some of the achievements, research and policy impact from 2023.
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