Longitudinal survey following 40,000 UK households annually. Enormous research opportunities. Based at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/
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A new report from the Mental Health Foundation using data from Understanding Society - The state of mental health inequality in the UK.
The analysis shows diverging trends across the UK and growing mental health inequality over time.
reports.mentalhealth.org.uk/foundation-r...
Barriers to opportunity for children and young people/
Long read: what research using @usociety.bsky.social tells us about children and young people’s futures.
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2026/04...
Registration now open – @usociety.bsky.social Biosocial Conference 2026: combining biological and social data.
A one-day event bringing together researchers working with biological and social data.
London, Broadway House, 15 October 2026.
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2026/05...
Registration now open – @usociety.bsky.social Biosocial Conference 2026: combining biological and social data
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2026/05...
The conference will take place in London at Broadway House on 15 October 2026.
Understanding Society
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What impact is AI having on surveys? @annettejackle.bsky.social has been on Radio 4's More or Less talking about fraudulent survey responses and AI. Listen from 15:30 for the segment on YouGov polling for the Bible Society...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
New case study: @resolutionfoundation.org used our data as one of its sources to assess whether the government’s tax plans benefitted poorer households
New blog: Raj Patel identifies five ways to tackle the stagnant productivity and low growth which – along with persistent inequality – have plagued the UK economy for nearly 20 years
