There has been a growth in the use of multidimensional job quality indices, yet the job quality agenda has had a limited impact on public policymaking. This has partly been attributed to disagreements over how to measure job quality and, in particular, weight different indicators of indices. A further reason is a tendency to […]

[…] into meaningful work. It reveals that the 1 in 8 young people across the UK are not in education, employment or training (‘NEET’), with poor mental health having the biggest impact on employment prospects. Responding to these findings, the report offers recommendations for action to move us towards better solutions, including improving access to apprenticeships.

We have identified research which uses Understanding Society data which is relevant to the Committee’s questions on: * the impact of inaction on patients and the public / how people’s lives might change with social care reform * where is the cost of inaction felt the most * the contribution of adult social care […]

This research, commissioned by the FCA, explores the potential impact of the FCA’s interventions on consumer wellbeing

[…] face-to-face first (with web as a follow-up mode); in both cases, telephone interviews were used as the third attempted mode. IP16 also continued ongoing experiments on the impact of incentives.As with prior waves, several other methodological experiments were included in the survey. Survey methods experiments / evaluations were conducted on: how to measure worries […]

In the context of population ageing, multimorbidity is an increasingly prevalent public health issue that has a substantial impact on both individuals and healthcare systems. Alongside the literature looking at risk factors at the individual level, there is a growing body of research examining the role of neighbourhoods in the development of multimorbidity. However, […]

[…] HRQoL remained significant even after adjusting for number of LTCs. Conclusions: While higher LTC counts remain important, we have shown that MLTC cluster types also have an impact on HRQoL. Health service delivery planning and future intervention design and risk assessment of people with MLTCs should consider both LTC counts and MLTC clusters to […]

[…] subgroups that may be under-represented in, or missing entirely from, UK population surveys. I do not attempt to quantify the extent of under-representation or to evaluate the impact that this may have on survey estimates. Instead, I attempt to provide a framework for considering the problem: for identifying the groups of interest, for understanding […]