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Understanding Society Working Paper Series

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  

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  

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  

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  

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

Transition to adulthood in an intergenerational family context: a cohort and gender analysis based on Understanding Society

  1. Eleni Karagiannaki
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-06 - June 5, 2024 - download  
  1. Life Course Analysis
  2. Demography
  3. Social Change
  4. Social Stratification
  5. Young People
  6. Sociology Of Households

COVID-19 pandemic and panel attrition in Understanding Society

  1. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  2. Peter Lynn
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-05 - March 27, 2024 - download  
  1. Life Course Analysis
  2. Surveys
  3. Survey Methodology
  4. Health
  5. Covid-19
  6. Demography

Assessing bias prevention and bias adjustment in a sub-annual online panel survey

  1. Jamie Moore
  2. Jonathan Burton
  3. Thomas F. Crossley
  4. Paul Fisher
  5. Colin Gardiner
    6. , et al
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-04 - March 25, 2024 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Health
  4. Covid-19

Improving questionnaire content for parents and families living apart

  1. Kelly Reeve
  2. Michaela Benzeval
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-03 - February 7, 2024 - download  
  1. Households
  2. Lone Parents
  3. Life Course Analysis
  4. Surveys
  5. Survey Methodology
  6. Childbearing: Fertility
  7. Young People
  8. Child Development
  9. Sociology Of Households
  10. Caregiving

Sibling similarity in education and employment trajectories in the UK: same, but different?

  1. Alina Pelikh
  2. Morag Henderson
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-02 - January 31, 2024 - download  
  1. Labour Market
  2. Households
  3. Life Course Analysis
  4. Psychology
  5. Health
  6. Well Being
  7. Education
  8. Social Stratification
  9. Young People
  10. Child Development
  11. Sociology Of Households

Weighting and population estimation using Understanding Society: some frequently asked questions

  1. Olena Kaminska
  2. Peter Lynn
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-01 - January 23, 2024 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Demography

Recruiting and retaining young people in longitudinal surveys: lessons from Understanding Society: UK Household Longitudinal Study

  1. Violetta Parutis
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-15 - December 21, 2023 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Psychology
  4. Young People
  5. Social Behaviour

Trends in panel attrition in Understanding Society: waves 1 to 13

  1. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
  2. Peter Lynn
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-16 - December 21, 2023 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Demography
  4. Migration
  5. Ethnic Groups

Understanding Society Microbiome Study: findings from qualitative research into the clarity, completeness and accessibility of prospective participant materials for the Wave 16 microbiome sample collection

  1. Ramlatu Attah
  2. Katy Lawn
  3. Avindri Chandraharan
  4. Violetta Parutis
  5. Jonathan Burton
    6. , et al
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2023-14 - November 29, 2023 - download  
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Psychology
  4. Health
  5. Biology
  6. Medicine

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