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Briefings

Descriptive analysis and policy deliberations on key issues

Children in overcrowded households in the UK

Produced by a research team at the Future of Children Research Springboard focusing on housing quality and child outcomes.

Women, work and health: analysis and recommendations from a roundtable discussion

Held in collaboration with the King’s Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, this event explored how work and women’s health interact and the challenges of extending healthy working lives.

COVID-19 survey: working from home

How patterns of work changed during the pandemic and who wants to keep working from home.

COVID-19 survey: the economic effects

Analysis of the size of the economic shocks associated with the coronavirus pandemic, how households mitigated those shocks and the consequences for individuals and households.

COVID-19 survey: health and caring

This Briefing Note explores the use of health services for long-term health conditions during the pandemic; mental health and loneliness; health behaviours and caring for family members during the lockdown.

COVID-19 survey: home schooling

Using data on the type and amount of work provided to school children during the coronavirus pandemic, children’s resources at home and the time taken by children and their parents on home education.

COVID-19 survey: family relationships

Looking at how the relationships between parents and children changed during the COVID-19 lockdown.

COVID-19 survey: ethnic differences in effects of COVID-19 – household and local context

Exploring the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on different ethnic minority groups, with a focus on COVID related symptoms, mental health and neighourhood cohesion.

COVID-19 survey: social cohesion, what has changed during the coronavirus outbreak?

Changes in social cohesion during the coronavirus pandemic, particularly looking at vulnerable groups and communities.

COVID-19 survey: families beyond households

Looking at patterns of contact with family and friends outside the household during the coronavirus pandemic.

Geographical mobility

This Briefing Note provides insights into residential moves and internal migration, and aims to showcase potential research questions that can be explored using individual residential mobility histories over time.

Relationship stability – how housing and work matters

Family structure for families with children is strongly associated with economic opportunity, whilst home ownership bears a particularly strong relationship to marriage. This Briefing Note explores the links between housing, work and relationship stability.

Changes in family structure

Looking at 25 years of British Household Panel Survey and Understanding Society data, what are the trends in marriage, cohabitation and lone motherhood?

Family structure and education

The structure of families is diverging by education level, particularly for adults with low or middle level qualifications. What differences are appearing and what impact do they have on family life?

The Industrial Strategy: building a more productive society

Evidence from research findings and Understanding Society hosted roundtable discussion on new evidence relevant to the Industrial Strategy.

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