News

News

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

Event

Child and youth data in Understanding Society

Venue: Online

Event

Epigenetics for social scientists

Venue: Online

Publication

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

Journal Article - August 1, 2026

1. Taxation
2. Survey Methodology
3. Psychology

Publication

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

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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: Keynote Professor Gregory Jolivet from the University of Bristol. 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  

Publication

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

Publication

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

Publication

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

Publication

Assessment of a knock-to-nudge recruitment strategy to improve participation in a telephone survey: evidence from the National Survey for Wales

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 18 - June 15, 2026 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology

Publication

No talent wasted: a roadmap to ending ethnic inequality in youth employment

Report - June 1, 2026

1. Labour Market
2. Economics
3. Public Policy
4. Education
5. Young People
6. Ethnic Groups
7. Training: Labour Market
8. Race Relations

Publication

Internet use, social isolation, and loneliness among older adults: a multi-wave analysis

Journal Article - October 1, 2026

1. Older People
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Psychology
4. Information And Communication Technologies
5. Social Networks
6. Social Behaviour
7. Social Exclusion
8. Social Psychology
9. Computing
10. Science And Technology

Event

ISER Student Conference

Venue: 2N2.4.16