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Understanding Society Working Paper Series

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Eliciting the marginal propensity to consume in surveys
  1. Thomas F. Crossley
  2. Paul Fisher
  3. Peter Levell
  4. Hamish Low
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-15 - July 29, 2025 - download  

Getting consent to survey in new ways: evidence from experiments about questions by text message in the Understanding Society Innovation Panel
  1. Jim Vine
  2. Annette Jäckle
  3. Jonathan Burton
  4. Mick P. Couper
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-14 - July 8, 2025 - download  

Wave 14 boost design development – pre-pilot work, pilot experiments, and final boost design decisions
  1. Jonathan Burton
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-12 - June 20, 2025 - download  
  1. Households
  2. Surveys
  3. Survey Methodology

Data quality: wave 14 continuing and boost samples
  1. Michaela Benzeval
  2. Memory Mhembere
  3. John Payne
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-10 - June 19, 2025 - download  
  1. Households
  2. Surveys
  3. Survey Methodology
  4. Demography

Maximising response in an address-based push-to-web survey: adjusting the communication and incentive strategies
  1. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  2. Peter Lynn
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-11 - June 19, 2025 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology

Nonresponse in address-based surveys
  1. Carla Xena
  2. Olena Kaminska
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-13 - June 19, 2025 - download  
  1. Households
  2. Surveys
  3. Survey Methodology
  4. Area Effects
  5. Geography

Wave 14 boost sample representativeness
  1. Jasmine Mitchell
  2. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  3. Peter Lynn
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-09 - June 19, 2025 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Demography
  4. Geography

Fieldwork outcomes at recruitment wave for Understanding Society’s second general population sample (GPS2)
  1. Joel Williams
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-08 - June 18, 2025 - download  
  1. Households
  2. Surveys
  3. Survey Methodology
  4. Poverty
  5. Area Effects
  6. Living Standards
  7. Geography

Selectivity of digital trace data: the case of the UK COVID-19 contact tracing apps
  1. Jim Vine
  2. Jonathan Burton
  3. Mick P. Couper
  4. Annette Jäckle
  5. Daniel Horn
    6. , et al
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-07 - June 13, 2025 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Psychology
  4. Information And Communication Technologies
  5. Health
  6. Covid-19
  7. Demography
  8. Science And Technology

Non-response bias risks in sample sub-groups in Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study
  1. Jamie Moore
  2. Gabriele Durrant
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-03 - May 20, 2025 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Ethnic Groups

Quantifying the impacts of web-first sequential mixed mode survey design on UKHLS COVID-19 Study dataset quality
  1. Jamie Moore
  2. Gabriele Durrant
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-04 - May 20, 2025 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Health
  4. Covid-19

Survey mode change by necessity: evaluating survey dataset performance in a global pandemic
  1. Nicole James
  2. Jamie Moore
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-05 - May 20, 2025 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Health
  4. Covid-19

Two new solutions to the zero weights problem
  1. Jamie Moore
  2. Paul S. Clarke
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-06 - May 20, 2025 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Health
  4. Covid-19

Are interviewer administered follow-ups of web non-respondents still needed to maximise respondent dataset quality? Evidence using Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study
  1. Jamie Moore
  2. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  3. Gabriele Durrant
  4. Annette Jäckle
  5. Peter W. F. Smith
    6. , et al
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-02 - May 7, 2025 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Information And Communication Technologies

Annual report on trends in panel attrition in Understanding Society, 2025 edition
  1. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  2. Peter Lynn
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2025-01 - April 9, 2025 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Demography

Understanding Society Innovation Panel wave 16: results from methodological experiments and new data
  1. Jim Vine
  2. Edith Aguirre
  3. Tarek Al Baghal
  4. Michaela Benzeval
  5. Jonathan Burton
    6. , et al
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-11 - November 30, 2024 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology

The 2024 Future of Children Challenge: research springboard exploring the topics of children’s development, child poverty and childcare
  1. Robin Vanner
  2. Raj Patel
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-10 - September 19, 2024 - download  
  1. Households
  2. Surveys
  3. Health
  4. Poverty
  5. Research
  6. Child Development
  7. Caregiving

Improving response among adolescents and young adults in Understanding Society: report from a workshop
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Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-07 - September 11, 2024 - download  
  1. Jonathan Burton
  1. Households
  2. Surveys
  3. Survey Methodology
  4. Psychology
  5. Young People
  6. Child Development

Measuring expenditure with a mobile app: do probability-based and nonprobability panels differ?
  1. Annette Jäckle
  2. Carina Cornesse
  3. Alexander Wenz
  4. Mick P. Couper
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-09 - September 11, 2024 - download  
  1. Households
  2. Surveys
  3. Survey Methodology
  4. Information And Communication Technologies
  5. Household Economics
  6. Demography
  7. Finance

Understanding Society: minimizing selection biases in data collection using mobile apps
  1. Annette Jäckle
  2. Jonathan Burton
  3. Mick P. Couper
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-08 - September 11, 2024 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Information And Communication Technologies

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