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Understanding Society's annual review, showingcasing research that uses the Study, is published today.
A new edition of the Understanding Society Waves 1 - 7 dataset has been released today.
People act less ‘green’ when they feel they don’t have a good work-life balance, according to new research using Understanding Society data.
Young adults in the UK are now driving less than their counterparts in the early 1990s, according to a report commissioned by the Department for Transport.
For the first time in the Study’s history, data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) has been harmonised with Understanding Society to create 25 years of longitudinal data.
Adding 20 minutes more commuting time each day has the same effect on job satisfaction as taking a 19% pay cut, according to a new study using data from Understanding Society.
Feeling ‘green’ seems to make people happy, but doesn’t necessarily translate into positive, environmentally friendly, actions according to new research which uses longitudinal data.
A forecasting tool which can predict an individual’s, or an entire city’s energy needs up to ten years in advance has been developed to help planners meet environmental targets.
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