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Displaying Publications 1 - 30 of 54 in total

Current search: 'Young People' and 'Journal Article'

  1. Time trend analysis of social inequalities in psychological distress among young adults before and during the pandemic: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study COVID-19 waves

    Thierry Gagné, Alita Nandi, and Ingrid Schoon

    1. Social Groups
    2. Area Effects
    3. Psychology
    4. Geography
    5. Demography
    6. Young People
    7. Labour Market
    8. Poverty
    9. Ethnic Groups
    10. Well Being
    11. Health
    12. Life Course Analysis
    13. Covid 19

  2. Developing an integrated microsimulation model for the impact of fiscal policies on child health in Europe: the example of childhood obesity in Italy

    Davide Rasella, Lorenzo Richiardi, Nicolai Brachowicz, et al.

    1. Young People
    2. Child Development
    3. Welfare Benefits
    4. Health
    5. Microsimulation
    6. Economic Policy

  3. Tracking the mental health of home-carers during the first COVID-19 national lockdown: evidence from a nationally representative UK survey

    Elise Whitley, Kelly Reeve, and Michaela Benzeval

    1. Disability
    2. Older People
    3. Psychology
    4. Unpaid Work
    5. Young People
    6. Households
    7. Public Policy
    8. Well Being
    9. Health
    10. Life Course Analysis
    11. Caregiving
    12. Covid 19

  4. Tracking the mental health of home-carers during the first COVID-19 national lockdown: evidence from a nationally representative UK survey

    Elise Whitley, Kelly Reeve, and Michaela Benzeval

    1. Disability
    2. Older People
    3. Psychology
    4. Unpaid Work
    5. Young People
    6. Households
    7. Public Policy
    8. Well Being
    9. Health
    10. Life Course Analysis
    11. Caregiving
    12. Covid 19

  5. Views on social media and its linkage to longitudinal data from two generations of a UK cohort study [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

    Nina H. Di Cara, Andy Boyd, Alastair R. Tanner, et al.

    1. Information And Communication Technologies
    2. Young People
    3. Survey Methodology
    4. Surveys

  6. Youth employment, academic performance and labour market outcomes: production functions and policy effects

    Angus Holford

    1. Human Capital
    2. Young People
    3. Education
    4. Child Development
    5. Labour Market

  7. Neighbourhood ethnic composition and social participation of young people in England

    Elena Fumagalli and Laura Fumagalli

    1. Area Effects
    2. Social Networks
    3. Young People
    4. Ethnic Groups
    5. Social Behaviour

  8. Ever failed, try again, succeed better: results from a randomized educational intervention on grit

    Sule Alan, Teodora Boneva, and Seda Ertac

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Education
    4. Child Development
    5. Economics

  9. Children’s age at parental divorce and depression in early and mid-adulthood

    Øystein Kravdal and Emily Grundy

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Family Formation And Dissolution
    4. Well Being
    5. Health
    6. Life Course Analysis
    7. Sociology Of Households

  10. Understanding gender differences in leadership

    Sule Alan, Seda Ertac, Elif Kubilay, et al.

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Economics

  11. Item nonresponse rates and panel conditioning in a longitudinal survey among youth

    Aigul Mavletova and Peter Lynn

    1. Young People
    2. Households
    3. Survey Methodology

  12. Social media use and adolescent mental health: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study

    Yvonne Kelly, Afshin Zilanawala, Cara L. Booker, et al.

    1. Information And Communication Technologies
    2. Psychology
    3. Time Use
    4. Young People
    5. Well Being
    6. Health
    7. Social Behaviour

  13. The puzzle of high political partisanship among ethnic minority young people in Great Britain

    Nicole Martin and Jonathan Mellon

    1. Politics
    2. Social Groups
    3. Elections. Electoral Behaviour
    4. Migration
    5. Young People
    6. Ethnic Groups
    7. Sociology Of Households

  14. Short‐ and long‐distance moves of young adults during the transition to adulthood in Britain

    Alina Pelikh and Hill Kulu

    1. Geography
    2. Migration
    3. Young People
    4. Households
    5. Life Course Analysis

  15. Housing: an under-explored influence on children’s well-being and becoming

    Amy Clair

    1. Young People
    2. Child Development
    3. Well Being
    4. Life Course Analysis
    5. Housing Market

  16. Gender differences in the associations between age trends of social media interaction and well-being among 10-15 year olds in the UK

    Cara L. Booker, Yvonne J. Kelly, and Amanda Sacker

    1. Information And Communication Technologies
    2. Social Networks
    3. Psychology
    4. Time Use
    5. Young People
    6. Well Being
    7. Health
    8. Life Course Analysis
    9. Social Behaviour

  17. Causal effects of transitions to adult roles on early adult smoking and drinking: evidence from three cohorts

    Michael J. Green, Alastair H. Leyland, Helen Sweeting, et al.

    1. Drug/Alcohol Abuse
    2. Young People
    3. Education
    4. Labour Market
    5. Life Course Analysis
    6. Social Behaviour

  18. Rare variant analysis of human and rodent obesity genes in individuals with severe childhood obesity

    Audrey E. Hendricks, Elena G. Bochukova, Gaëlle Marenne, et al.

    1. Science And Technology
    2. Young People
    3. Health
    4. Biology
    5. Genetics

  19. The relationship between socioeconomic status, family income, and measures of muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness in Colombian schoolchildren

    Gavin R. H. Sandercock, Felipe Lobelo, Jorge E. Correa-Bautista, et al.

    1. Area Effects
    2. Young People
    3. Education
    4. Child Development
    5. Income Dynamics
    6. Health
    7. Sport
    8. Social Stratification
    9. Social Mobility

  20. Parental and child time investments and the cognitive development of adolescents

    Daniela Del Boca, Chiara Monfardini, and Cheti Nicoletti

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Child Development
    4. Economics

  21. Transmission of risk preferences from mothers to daughters

    Sule Alan, Nazli Baydar, Teodora Boneva, et al.

    1. Young People
    2. Child Development
    3. Economics
    4. Social Behaviour

  22. Adolescent smoking and tertiary education: opposing pathways linking socio-economic background to alcohol consumption

    Michael J. Green, Alastair H. Leyland, Helen Sweeting, et al.

    1. Drug/Alcohol Abuse
    2. Young People
    3. Health
    4. Social Stratification
    5. Higher Education

  23. Distributional impacts of cash allowances for children: a microsimulation analysis for Russia and Europe

    Daria Popova

    1. Young People
    2. Poverty
    3. Welfare Benefits
    4. Microsimulation

  24. Socioeconomic position and early adolescent smoking development: evidence from the British Youth Panel Survey (1994-2008)

    Michael J. Green, Alastair H. Leyland, Helen Sweeting, et al.

    1. Young People
    2. Public Policy
    3. Health
    4. Social Stratification

  25. The emergence of health inequalities in early adulthood: evidence on timing and mechanisms from a West of Scotland cohort

    Helen Sweeting, Michael Green, Michaela Benzeval, et al.

    1. Young People
    2. Well Being
    3. Health
    4. Life Course Analysis
    5. Social Stratification

  26. The labour supply effect of Education Maintenance Allowance and its implications for parental altruism

    Angus Holford

    1. Young People
    2. Education
    3. Labour Market
    4. Welfare Benefits
    5. Social Policy

  27. Patience, self-control and the demand for commitment: evidence from a large-scale field experiment

    Sule Alan and Seda Ertac

    1. Psychology
    2. Young People
    3. Education
    4. Child Development

  28. Media use, sports participation, and well-being in adolescence: cross-sectional findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study

    Cara L. Booker, Alexandra J. Skew, Yvonne J. Kelly, et al.

    1. Information And Communication Technologies
    2. Young People
    3. Well Being
    4. Health
    5. Sport

  29. The effects of father’s worklessness on young adults in the UK

    Wouter Zwysen

    1. Young People
    2. Labour Market
    3. Unemployment
    4. Well Being
    5. Sociology Of Households

  30. Educational aspirations and attitudes over the business cycle

    Mark P. Taylor and Tina Rampino

    1. Young People
    2. Education
    3. Households
    4. Social Attitudes

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