Families and well-being
MiSoC’s families and well-being research investigates the creation of pre-school health and social and cognitive skills in a family setting, with reference to maternal labour force participation, maternal mental health, fertility choices and the role of fathers, the long run returns to various early life interventions, the role of conflict in the family, the problems of ageing and pension choice.
Research area leader: Sonia Bhalotra
Recent Publications
- Gender and parenthood differences in job mobility and pay progression in the UK -
- Silvia Avram
- Susan Harkness
- Daria Popova
- Socialization disrupted: the intergenerational transmission of political engagement in immigrant families -
- Magda Borkowska
- Renee Reichl Luthra
- Assessing the impact of caregiving for older parents on caregivers’ health: initial health status and trajectories of physical and mental health among midlife caregivers for parents and parents-in-law in Britain -
- Pilar Zueras
- Emily Grundy
- Mortality risk information, survival expectations and sexual behaviours -
- Alberto Ciancio
- Adeline Delavande
- Hans-Peter Kohler
- Iliana V. Kohler
- Housing tenure and disability in the UK: trends and projections 2004–2030 -
- Michael Murphy
- Emily Grundy
- Role of family factors in provision and perception of social support for older people in Iran: a cross-sectional survey -
- Maryam Tajvar
- Emily Grundy
- Astrid Fletcher
- Elizabeth Allen
- Badriyeh Karami
- Towards a consensus definition of allostatic load: a multi-cohort, multi-system, multi-biomarker individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis -
- Cathal McCrory
- Sinead McLoughlin
- Richard Layte
- Cliona NiCheallaigh
- Aisling M. O’Halloran
- Henrique Barros
- Lisa F. Berkman
- Murielle Bochud
- Eileen M. Crimmins
- Meagan T. Farrell
- Silvia Fraga
- Emily Grundy
- Michelle Kelly-Irving
- Dusan Petrovic
- Teresa Seeman
- Silvia Stringhini
- Peter Vollenveider
- Rose Anne Kenny
- Who wears the face mask? Preventive measures against COVID-19 in Latin America before vaccination -
- E. Rentería
- A. Gómez-Casillas
- Pilar Zueras
- ‘Boomerang’ moves and young adults’ mental well-being in the United Kingdom -
- Jiawei Wu
- Emily Grundy
- Loneliness during the pregnancy-seeking process: exploring the role of medically assisted reproduction -
- Selin Koksal
- Alice Goisis
Explainers
- Can good neighbourly relationships have a positive impact on our mental health in times of crisis? -
- Dr Magda Borkowska
- Dr James Laurence
- Professor Renee Luthra
- Cold homes and mental health -
- Dr Amy Clair
- Professor Emma Baker
- Like parent, like child: how is political behaviour transmitted in immigrant families? -
- Dr Magda Borkowska
- Professor Renee Luthra
- Universal Free School Meals reduce child obesity and help with the cost of living -
- Angus Holford
- Birgitta Rabe
- Impacts of local authority Universal Free School Meal schemes on child obesity and household food expenditure -
- Angus Holford
- Birgitta Rabe
- Integrating into school: the role of friendships in the educational expectations of immigrant-background students -
- Zsófia Boda
- Georg Lorenz
- Zerrin Salikutluk
- Malte Jansen
- Miles Hewstone
- University access: the role of background and Covid-19 throughout the application process -
- Emilia Del Bono
- Laura Fumagalli
- Angus Holford
- Birgitta Rabe
- Housing and health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in England -
- Amy Clair
- Adam Tinson
- The escalation of domestic violence during the Covid-19 lockdown -
- Professor Sonia Bhalotra
- How do parents respond to OFSTED reports? -
- Ellen Greaves
- Iftikhar Hussain
- Birgitta Rabe
- Imran Rasul
Blog
- Initial health status and its impact on caregiver’s health -
- Emily Grundy
- Exploring the relationship between Free School Meals and childhood obesity -
- Angus Holford
- Advanced British Standard: A-level replacement will require more teachers – but bonuses may not be the way to get them -
- Joshua Fullard
- Why a good Ofsted report can be bad for GCSE results -
- Birgitta Rabe
- Bibby Stockholm: legionella is not the only health threat on the asylum barge -
- Amy Clair
- Separating Immigrant Families: Negotiating Care for Children -
- Renee Luthra
- Teachers are quitting – here’s what could be done to get them to stay -
- Joshua Fullard
- Universal free school meals would make a huge difference to the cost-of-living crisis – here’s how -
- Angus Holford
- Which housing inequalities have been amplified by COVID-19, and what can be done to make the situation fairer for renters? -
- Amy Clair
- Hard hit: Covid-19 has changed many lives, but ethnic minorities and women, especially lone mothers, have been particularly affected. -
- Emilia Del Bono
Team
Media highlights
- Read recent media coverage in The Guardian, Daily Mail and Telegraph – Moving back in with parents boost boomerang adults mental health
- Read recent media coverage in The Evening Standard, The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Guardian about our study finding private renting leads to faster biological ageing.
Contact
ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change (MiSoC)
Institute for Social and Economic Research
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex
CO4 3SQ
UK
Email: brabe@essex.ac.uk
Follow us on Twitter: @MiSoC_Essex @rabe_b