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Publication

Collecting Event-Triggered Data on Relationship and Family Transitions in Understanding Society

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2026-09 - July 21, 2026 - download  

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How often does the ‘wrong’ person complete the questionnaire in self-completion surveys with named samples? Cross national evidence from the European Social Survey and Generations and Gender Survey

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 23 - July 18, 2026 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology

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Survey question evaluation at scale: applying large language models to the QAS-99

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 22 - July 17, 2026 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Computing

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Early socio-emotional skills and adolescent offending: evidence from administrative data

ISER Working Paper Series, 2026-02 - July 14, 2026 - download  

1. Life Course Analysis
2. Psychology
3. Health
4. Well Being
5. Education
6. Young People
7. Child Development
8. Social Behaviour
9. Crime And Justice

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Free breakfast schemes in disadvantaged primary schools have mixed impacts

New Nuffield Foundation-funded research finds upsides in attainment but downsides with increased obesity rates ahead of national roll out of school breakfast clubs

Event

Using weights in Understanding Society

Venue: Online

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Child and youth data in Understanding Society

Venue: Online

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Epigenetics for social scientists

Venue: Online

Publication

How do survey respondents decide whether to consent to data linkage?

Journal Article - August 1, 2026

1. Survey Methodology
2. Psychology
3. Taxation

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Methods for within-household selection in self-administered push-to-web surveys: an experimental comparison

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 21 - July 7, 2026 - download  

1. Households
2. Surveys
3. Survey Methodology

News

Professor Peter Lynn wins prestigious SLLS Harvey Goldstein Memorial Award 2026

The award honours a scholar who has made a significant contribution in advancing methodologies for life course studies

News

Survey Futures International Conference – presentations now available

Over 200 delegates from government departments and industry joined academics for the two day event, the culmination of £3million UKRI research programme

News

Loneliness, isolation and social connection among boys and young men in England

New Government research uses our Understanding Society data to look at the factors most associated with experiences

Event

Mental Health and the Labour Market

Presented by: More details to follow soon.

Venue: Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway, University of Essex, Colchester

Publication

Household finances in Understanding Society

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2026-08 - June 29, 2026 - download  

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Analysis of household effects on longitudinal health outcomes using a joint mean-correlation multilevel model with grouped random effects

Journal Article - June 29, 2026

1. Households
2. Microsimulation
3. Surveys
4. Health
5. Area Effects
6. Geography
7. Statistical Mathematics

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Do the effects of interviewer administered follow-ups of web non-respondents on dataset quality differ between overall datasets and population subgroup datasets?

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 20 - June 22, 2026 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Demography

Publication

Do the effects of interviewer administered follow-ups of web non-respondents on dataset quality differ between overall datasets and population subgroup datasets?

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2026-07 - June 17, 2026 - download  

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When, and how much, might effect estimates be biased when analysing mixed mode survey data? The roles of mode effects, mode selection, and mode split

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 19 - June 16, 2026 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology

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Disentangling climate worry and psychological distress: data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study

Journal Article - June 1, 2026

1. Psychology
2. Social Attitudes
3. Environmental Sociology
4. Health
5. Government
6. Well Being
7. Politics