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New data from Understanding Society shows the impact of the coronavirus on NHS treatment for people with long-term health conditions, including heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
We've expanded and refreshed the User Guide for the Understanding Society main survey.
The Economic and Social Research Council has announced new support for Understanding Society, taking data collection for the Study up to the end of 2025.
How inequality really can get 'under our skin'
Important information for participants on Understanding Society interviews during the coronavirus outbreak
Understanding Society invites proposals for the content and design of the 2021 Innovation Panel survey.
Understanding Society has launched its ninth Insights report. This year we focus on three areas of research: social integration, work and health, and geographical mobility. .
The latest Wave of Understanding Society has been released and is available to researchers via the UK Data Service.
Our participants are involved in the development of new ways to gather health data through an innovative pilot project that aims to find out whether people can collect their own blood and hair samples.
Research using Understanding Society shows that our self-rated health is linked to objective measures of our health - and that the link varies according to people's age, gender and social class.
We presented four prizes at the Understanding Society Scientific Conference at the beginning of July
Book your place at the 2019 Scientific Conference!
And working flexibly or from home doesn't help.
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.
6 December 2018 - registration is now open.
Training and events hosted by Understanding Society.
Researchers from all disciplines are invited to submit abstracts for the upcoming Understanding Society conference on combining biological and social data.
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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.
