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New analysis by Public Health England has found that 29% of children live in a household where at least one parent is reporting symptoms of emotional distress.
Taking part in arts and cultural activities or sport makes us happier.
Our study participants help us understand what real people think, experience and feel.
New research from UCL shows that women who work more than 55 hours a week are at a higher risk of depression.
But the Low Pay Commission finds women are more likely to be trapped in low paid work.
The 2019 Innovation Panel competition is now open and accepting applications.
Young people today are feeling more distant from their family members and also from their close friends, according to the Index of Wellbeing from the Intergenerational Foundation.
Finding out about the impact of diet on mental health.
Discovering data and how to use it.
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And working flexibly or from home doesn't help.
UK-born grandchildren of immigrants tend to mirror the money-saving behaviour of their grandparents' country of birth, according to new research from the London School of Economics.
Fathers are less likely to hold traditional attitudes towards gender roles if they have a school-aged daughter.
Have you used household panel data in your research? Understanding Society is accepting abstracts for its Scientific Conference which will be held on 2-4 July 2019.
The latest wave of data is now available to researchers.
If you have created syntax for the Understanding Society dataset you can now share it with other data users through our website.
Funded PhD Studentships working with the Understanding Society team are now open for applications.
Understanding Society's annual review, showingcasing research that uses the Study, is published today.
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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.
