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Publication

Local community identification improves wellbeing by reducing loneliness: longitudinal evidence from two studies

Journal Article - October 1, 2026

1. Life Course Analysis
2. Psychology
3. Health
4. Area Effects
5. Well Being
6. Social Networks
7. Geography
8. Social Psychology

Publication

College, cognitive ability, and socioeconomic disadvantage: policy lessons from the U.K. in 1960–2004

Journal Article - August 7, 2026

1. Psychology
2. Economics
3. Public Policy
4. Wages And Earnings
5. Social Stratification
6. Higher Education
7. Human Capital

Publication

Time poverty undermines meaning in life: the mediating role of reduced intrinsic goal aspirations

Journal Article - August 1, 2026

1. Psychology
2. Health
3. Well Being
4. Time Use

Publication

How does social capital shape trajectories of adolescent self-rated health in the United Kingdom?

Journal Article - September 1, 2026

1. Households
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Psychology
4. Area Effects
5. Social Networks
6. Geography
7. Young People
8. Child Development
9. Social Capital
10. Sociology Of Households
11. Social Psychology

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MiSoC Workshop – Mental Health and the Labour Market – September 22

Academic workshop showcasing the latest research from the UK on factors around mental health and labour market participation

Publication

Mental health and firm pay premiums

ISER Working Paper Series, 2026-03 - August 4, 2026 - download  

1. Labour Market
2. Income Dynamics
3. Psychology
4. Health
5. Wages And Earnings
6. Well Being

Publication

Experimental evidence on the effect of mixed-mode survey designs on item measurement and variable correlations

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 27 - August 1, 2026 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology

Publication

Within-household clustering of attitudes and implications for survey sample design when only address-based frames are available

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 26 - July 31, 2026 - download  

1. Households
2. Surveys
3. Survey Methodology
4. Social Attitudes

Publication

Evaluating a respondent-led look-up tool for occupation coding: evidence on feasibility, validity, and reliability

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 25 - July 30, 2026 - download  

1. Labour Market
2. Surveys
3. Survey Methodology

Publication

Industry and occupation coding: a comparison of office-based coding and a closed-list approach

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 24 - July 29, 2026 - download  

1. Labour Market
2. Surveys
3. Survey Methodology

Publication

The self-employed, financial distress, and material deprivation experienced by their children: panel data evidence from the UK

Journal Article - July 23, 2026

1. Labour Market
2. Households
3. Income Dynamics
4. Household Economics
5. Poverty
6. Wages And Earnings
7. Living Standards
8. Organizations And Firms
9. Child Development
10. Management: Business

Publication

Collecting Event-Triggered Data on Relationship and Family Transitions in Understanding Society

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2026-09 - July 21, 2026 - download  

Publication

How often does the ‘wrong’ person complete the questionnaire in self-completion surveys with named samples? Cross national evidence from the European Social Survey and Generations and Gender Survey

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 23 - July 18, 2026 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology

Publication

Survey question evaluation at scale: applying large language models to the QAS-99

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 22 - July 17, 2026 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Computing

Publication

Early socio-emotional skills and adolescent offending: evidence from administrative data

ISER Working Paper Series, 2026-02 - July 14, 2026 - download  

1. Life Course Analysis
2. Psychology
3. Health
4. Well Being
5. Education
6. Young People
7. Child Development
8. Social Behaviour
9. Crime And Justice

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. Survey Methodology
2. Psychology
3. Taxation