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  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. Multimorbidity is associated with the income, education, employment and health domains of area‑level deprivation in adult residents in the UK

    Gundi Knies and Meena Kumari

    1. Area Effects
    2. Psychology
    3. Geography
    4. Well Being
    5. Health

  3. Most people working from home want to keep doing it, new analysis using Understanding Society data

    Piotr Marzec, Alita Nandi, and Raj Patel

    1. Geography
    2. Sociology Of Labour
    3. Demography
    4. Labour Market
    5. Households
    6. Public Policy
    7. Household Economics
    8. Ethnic Groups
    9. Health
    10. Life Course Analysis
    11. Commuting
    12. Sociology Of Households
    13. Covid 19

  4. Neighbourhood deprivation, life satisfaction and earnings: comparative analyses of neighbourhood effects at bespoke scales

    Gundi Knies, Patricia C. Melo, and Min Zhang

    1. Area Effects
    2. Geography
    3. Poverty
    4. Wages And Earnings
    5. Well Being

  5. Welfare within families beyond households: intergenerational exchanges of practical and financial support in the UK

    Tania Burchardt, Fiona Steele, Emily Grundy, et al.

    1. Social Networks
    2. Geography
    3. Households
    4. Public Policy
    5. Ethnic Groups
    6. Finance
    7. Social Stratification
    8. Sociology Of Households
    9. Caregiving
    10. Social Mobility

  6. Understanding Society COVID-19 Survey briefing note: working at home

    Piotr Marzec, Alita Nandi, and Raj Patel

    1. Geography
    2. Sociology Of Labour
    3. Demography
    4. Labour Market
    5. Households
    6. Public Policy
    7. Household Economics
    8. Ethnic Groups
    9. Health
    10. Life Course Analysis
    11. Commuting
    12. Sociology Of Households
    13. Covid 19

  7. The EU referendum and experiences and fear of ethnic and racial harassment: variation across individuals and communities in England

    Alita Nandi and Renee Reichl Luthra

    1. Politics
    2. Area Effects
    3. Crime And Justice
    4. Psychology
    5. Geography
    6. Elections. Electoral Behaviour
    7. Demography
    8. Migration
    9. Poverty
    10. Ethnic Groups
    11. Well Being
    12. Life Course Analysis
    13. Social Attitudes
    14. Sociology
    15. Social Stratification
    16. Social Behaviour
    17. Social Psychology
    18. Race Relations

  8. Local pay and teacher retention in England

    Joshua Fullard and James Zuccollo

    1. Area Effects
    2. Regional Economics
    3. Geography
    4. Education
    5. Labour Market
    6. Labour Economics
    7. Public Policy
    8. Wages And Earnings
    9. Health
    10. Covid 19

  9. Area deprivation, perceived neighbourhood cohesion and mental health at older ages: a cross lagged analysis of UK longitudinal data

    Michele Antonio Salvatore and Emily Grundy

    1. Older People
    2. Area Effects
    3. Psychology
    4. Geography
    5. Well Being
    6. Health
    7. Social Psychology

  10. Taking cover: human capital accumulation in the presence of shocks and health insurance

    Paulino Font-Gilabert

    1. Insurance
    2. Area Effects
    3. Geography
    4. Education
    5. Child Development
    6. Households
    7. Poverty
    8. Health

  11. Weather affects mobility but not mental well-being during lockdown

    Ashley Burdett, Ben Etheridge, and Lisa Spantig

    1. Area Effects
    2. Psychology
    3. Geography
    4. Public Policy
    5. Well Being
    6. Health
    7. Covid 19

  12. Understanding Society at 10 years

    Lucinda Platt, Gundi Knies, Renee Reichl Luthra, et al.

    1. Social Groups
    2. Area Effects
    3. Geography
    4. Interdisciplinarity: Social Sciences
    5. Survey Methodology
    6. Research
    7. Health
    8. Life Course Analysis
    9. Surveys
    10. Sociology
    11. Biology
    12. Genetics
    13. Covid 19

  13. Briefing note COVID-19 survey: ethnic differences in effects of COVID-19: household and local context

    Alita Nandi and Lucinda Platt

    1. Area Effects
    2. Social Networks
    3. Psychology
    4. Geography
    5. Demography
    6. Migration
    7. Households
    8. Living Standards
    9. Ethnic Groups
    10. Well Being
    11. Health
    12. Covid 19

  14. Moving towards fairer regional minimum income schemes in Spain

    Adrián Hernández, Fidel Picos, and Sara Riscado

    1. Area Effects
    2. Regional Economics
    3. Geography
    4. Households
    5. Economics
    6. Poverty
    7. Living Standards
    8. Public Policy
    9. Welfare Benefits
    10. Income Dynamics
    11. Microsimulation

  15. Estimating variation of Covid-19 'infection' in the population: results from Understanding Society's (UKHLS) first monthly covid-19 survey

    Richard Breen and John Ermisch

    1. Area Effects
    2. Geography
    3. Demography
    4. Health
    5. Covid 19

  16. A cross-national design to estimate effects of COVID-induced non-pharmacological interventions

    Dean Lillard

    1. Social Sciences
    2. Media
    3. Geography
    4. Demography
    5. Labour Market
    6. Households
    7. Economics
    8. Public Policy
    9. Survey Methodology
    10. Research
    11. Health
    12. Surveys
    13. Covid 19

  17. When does hate hurt the most? Generational differences in the association between ethnic and racial harassment, ethnic attachment, and mental health

    Alita Nandi, Renee Reichl Luthra, and Michaela Benzeval

    1. Social Groups
    2. Area Effects
    3. Social Networks
    4. Psychology
    5. Geography
    6. Demography
    7. Migration
    8. Ethnic Groups
    9. Well Being
    10. Social Psychology
    11. Race Relations

  18. Moving towards fairer regional minimum income schemes in Spain

    Adrián Hernández, Fidel Picos, and Sara Riscado

    1. Area Effects
    2. Regional Economics
    3. Geography
    4. Households
    5. Economics
    6. Poverty
    7. Living Standards
    8. Public Policy
    9. Welfare Benefits
    10. Income Dynamics
    11. Microsimulation

  19. Who benefits from host country skills? Evidence of heterogeneous labour market returns to host country skills by migrant motivation

    Wouter Zwysen and Neli Demireva

    1. Geography
    2. Human Capital
    3. Migration
    4. Labour Market
    5. Sociology

  20. Neighbourhood deprivation, life satisfaction and earnings: comparative analyses of neighbourhood effects at bespoke scales

    Gundi Knies, Patricia C. Melo, and Min Zhang

    1. Area Effects
    2. Geography
    3. Poverty
    4. Wages And Earnings
    5. Well Being

  21. Insights 2019-20: findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study

    1. Area Effects
    2. Geography
    3. Social Exclusion
    4. Social Inclusion
    5. Migration
    6. Social Change
    7. Labour Market
    8. Households
    9. Public Policy
    10. Ethnic Groups
    11. Well Being
    12. Health
    13. Life Course Analysis
    14. Surveys
    15. Sociology Of Households
    16. Race Relations
    17. Social Mobility

  22. Foreword: capturing the complexity of the UK

    Michaela Benzeval

    1. Geography
    2. Social Exclusion
    3. Social Inclusion
    4. Social Change
    5. Labour Market
    6. Households
    7. Public Policy
    8. Well Being
    9. Health
    10. Life Course Analysis
    11. Surveys
    12. Sociology Of Households
    13. Social Mobility

  23. Improving population and sub-group coverage: who is missing and what can be done about it?

    Magda Borkowska

    1. Geography
    2. Demography
    3. Survey Methodology

  24. Childcare availability and maternal labour supply in Russia

    Yuliya Kazakova

    1. Area Effects
    2. Geography
    3. Labour Market
    4. Households
    5. Public Policy
    6. Childbearing: Fertility
    7. Caregiving

  25. The impact of minimum wage upratings on wage growth and the wage distribution. A report prepared for the Low Pay Commission

    Silvia Avram and Susan Harkness

    1. Area Effects
    2. Regional Economics
    3. Geography
    4. Labour Market
    5. Labour Economics
    6. Economics
    7. Public Policy
    8. Wages And Earnings

  26. Local unemployment changes the springboard effect of low pay: evidence from England

    Alexander Plum and Gundi Knies

    1. Area Effects
    2. Regional Economics
    3. Geography
    4. Labour Market
    5. Unemployment
    6. Wages And Earnings

  27. What influences mothers’ decisions about returning to work after having a baby? Understanding the role of childcare in returning to employment – an Understanding Society and Coram Family and Childcare briefing

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    1. Area Effects
    2. Social Networks
    3. Geography
    4. Labour Market
    5. Households
    6. Childbearing: Fertility
    7. Household Economics
    8. Life Course Analysis
    9. Sociology Of Households
    10. Caregiving

  28. Migration versus immobility, and ties to parents

    John Ermisch and Clara H. Mulder

    1. Area Effects
    2. Geography
    3. Demography
    4. Migration
    5. Households
    6. Sociology
    7. Housing Market

  29. 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

  30. Neighborhood deprivation and biomarkers of health in Britain: the mediating role of the physical environment

    M. Pia Chaparro, Michaela Benzeval, Elizabeth Richardson, et al.

    1. Area Effects
    2. Geography
    3. Health
    4. Biology

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