New research shows negative effects of ethnic diversity on wellbeing dissipate with time
Connecting Understanding Society family members over time and across households.
A new report has investigated the impact of mental health disorders in childhood and how they can affect factors like education, relationships and future plans.
One in nine adults had consistently very poor or deteriorating mental health during the first six months of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research.
For the first time, new research shows a link between using social media and binge drinking
Just one third of people in the UK managed to access the hospital care they needed at the peak of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
New research using Understanding Society shows unequal mental wellbeing caused by economic consequences of pandemic
The deepest recession on record was in 2020, but the fall in UK employment has been lower compared to previous recessions.
A new book called Religion and Euroscepticism in Brexit Britain looks at how religious belief affected support for Brexit. Even after the influence of age, education and many other characteristics have been accounted for, religion continues to affect political behaviour (such as in the 2019 General Election) through its impact on the identities and values that shaped support for Brexit.
New data from the Understanding Society COVID-19 survey can now be downloaded.
While 3.7 million older people report that they or others in their household have been unable to eat healthy and nutritious food.
The National Foundation for Educational Research's annual report shows that teachers experienced lower levels of wellbeing during the pandemic, but the perceived job security for the profession led to more people applying to become teachers.
Researchers have found that a person’s personality can change significantly over our life course, with significant life events making us more outgoing or conscientious. Earlier in life, starting work and first serious romantic relationships have been identified as events that can lead to our personalities changing.
Emotional and behavioural problems increased significantly after the first round of school closures.
New research comparing the experiences of informal care givers in the UK and the Netherlands has found that providing care can lead to lower mental health.
We're looking for proposals for the content and design of the 2022 Innovation Panel survey.
According to new research, UK adults from ethnic minority groups who experience racial discrimination have poorer mental and physical health than those who don’t.
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Our personalities can affect how often and how far we move, according to new research which uses Understanding Society 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.
