ISER has released the latest batch of data (Wave 4) from Understanding Society, the UK’s huge household panel study.
The data integrate with 18 years of data from the British Household Panel Survey and offer the opportunity for analysis of decades of evidence about the changing nature of our society.
This data set includes
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A one-off module on leisure participation focussing on the Olympics 2012. Did the influence of the Olympics really make us all more active?
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A focus on mental health and wellbeing and gender role attitudes.
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Net income information which will allow research into people’s economic situation and answer key questions such as how many people are living in poverty. The comparison of the gross and net incomes will allow researchers to see how current policies help alleviate (or not) some of the effects of unequal access to income and capital through income transfers.
The study also includes rich data over four years on:
- Work conditions (such as commuting or job satisfaction).
- Environmental behaviours
- Voluntary work
- Ethnic identity and Britishness.
- Consumer behaviour
- Family life and marriage – Social stratification and groupings
- Employment and labour
- Health
- Income, property and investment
- Social attitudes and behaviour
- Social indicators and quality of life
Understanding Society is funded by Economic and Social Research Council with the Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, Department for Transport, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Communities and Local Government, Department of Health, Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly Government, Northern Ireland Executive, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Food Standards Agency.
The survey is designed and managed by a team of longitudinal survey experts at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), at the University of Essex.