Most of us are aware of couples who have a steady relationship, but do not live together. Despite living at different addresses, they are regarded by themselves and others as a couple. This phenomenon has come to be called ‘living apart together’ or LAT for short.
Are we more open socially nowadays than we used to be? If so, we might expect our choice of marriage partners to be more diverse. If, on the other hand, the rich are still marrying the rich and the less educated are still marrying the less educated, what does that tell us about society now and what implications does it have for the future?
Married couples are much more likely to move if a woman dislikes a neighbourhood than if her husband does. That is one of the findings from new research at ISER, which also concludes that the decision to move is based more on people’s perceptions of a neighbourhood than the reality.
Calls from some European countries recently for closer co-operation on financial and economic policies have generated widespread attention and interest, particularly in the wake of the recent global financial crisis. But for some time now there have also been calls for more ‘policy learning’ across countries in the areas of economic and social policy, especially in relation to the Lisbon Agenda and policies designed to reduce poverty and social inclusion and to promote employment.
ISER has a long track record in comparative research, but the last 12 months has seen a team of researchers embarking on new wide-ranging and highly innovative cross-national project.
A team of researchers at ISER is looking at the impact that Information Advice and Guidance(IAG) has on the educational and career decisions of teenagers to see if more can be done to help young people make the right choices about their future.
Research by a team at ISER shows that the children of single mothers are considerably more likely to smoke as young adults than children who are brought up by both parents.
ISER academics are playing a key role in a major new study that will explore the differences in opportunities and achievements between children of well off and disadvantaged parents.
The benefits of breastfeeding for health and illness prevention have been widely recognised. In developing countries, exclusive breastfeeding plays a considerable role in reducing infant deaths. However, the public health importance of breastfeeding in healthy infants in developed countries has rarely been quantified.
Survey teams hit the streets in January 2009 for the first round of interviews for the UK Household Longitudinal Survey, better known as Understanding Society. This much-awaited new study will collect information annually from across 40,000 UK households and has been described as the most ambitious household survey ever undertaken in the UK.
Research into criminal and anti-social behaviour carried out by a team including ISER’s Steve Pudney has been published by the Home Office.
The substantial increase in the numbers of people out of work during the recession will hit ethnic minority groups, young adults and those with poor educational qualifications hardest.
Ethnicity, identity and inequality have been the focus of some significant and high profile research at ISER in the last 12 months. Much of the research has not just informed, but led the way in generating wider debate and discussion of these issues.
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