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ISER has an enviable publications record in top academic journals and regularly presents its work at key conferences and policy events in the UK and around the world. It is also frequently commissioned to produce reports and papers for Government Departments, think tanks, charities and businesses and its important work is frequently featured in the media. You can search all of ISER’s outputs including by area of interest and author.

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

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

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

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

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

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
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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

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

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

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