Diversity or disadvantage? Families and employment of immigrants’ children in the UK - Understanding Society Children of immigrants from culturally similar countries have similar partnership, fertility, and employment trajectories to natives Children of immigrants from culturally similar countries have simil...

Check out this @usociety.bsky.social blog by @jmikolai.bsky.social & Hill Kulu: "Gendered patterns of partnership, family formation, and work are likely to have serious long-term implications for [...] female children of immigrants." www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2026/04...

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Call for new fellows open! We're looking for projects on three themes:

public engagement
environment, climate change, energy use
the unique features of UKHLS

Read the full call and download the application form on our website: www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/research/fel...

Apply by 27 May.

Using data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, HMRC, and Understanding Society, this new report looks at young women and multiple job holding.

"Multiple jobholding is not a choice for many young
women, but a necessity driven by precarious
employment."
www.wbg.org.uk/publication/...

Diversity or disadvantage? Families and employment of immigrants’ children in the UK - Understanding Society Children of immigrants from culturally similar countries have similar partnership, fertility, and employment trajectories to natives Children of immigrants from culturally similar countries have simil...

New blog: @jmikolai.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social and Hill Kulu @standrewssgsd.bsky.social – children of immigrants from culturally similar countries have similar partnership, fertility, and employment paths to natives – and family-friendly policies could erode conservative gender roles

Diversity or disadvantage? Families and employment of immigrants’ children in the UK - Understanding Society Children of immigrants from culturally similar countries have similar partnership, fertility, and employment trajectories to natives Children of immigrants from culturally similar countries have simil...

New blog: @jmikolai.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social and Hill Kulu @standrewssgsd.bsky.social – children of immigrants from culturally similar countries have similar partnership, fertility, and employment paths to natives – and family-friendly policies could erode conservative gender roles

I learnt a heck of a lot working on this piece, now out in American Psychologist. Big thanks to all collaborators particularly the mentorship of @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social and @ludvigdb.bsky.social. And of course the amazing resource that is the UKHLS @usociety.bsky.social

A new edition of the marital and cohabitation histories file has been released - it now includes data from Wave 15 of Understanding Society. Find the file @ukdataservice.bsky.social
datacatalogue.ukdataservice.ac.uk/studies/stud...

If you're an early career researcher using population studies data to look at digital tech and social media use among children and teens the next @closer-uk.bsky.social Emerging Longitudinal Scholars Symposium is for you!
closer.ac.uk/news-opinion...

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Understanding Society is now a partner in PEDRI - the public engagement in data research initiative. PEDRI brings together organisations that work in data to improve how we all engage with data and statistics.
Check out their website for more about PEDRI's work: www.pedri.org.uk

Health Equals | Young people in the poorest households three times more likely to be out of work or education New analysis reveals young people from the UK’s poorest households are over three times more likely to not be earning or learning.

New @healthequals.bsky.social and @lukemunford.bsky.social analysis of @usociety.bsky.social data shows proportion of young people not earning or learning with a likely mental health condition doubles: healthequals.org.uk/data_insight...

Weather’s effect on how we feel about life and money - Understanding Society Many of us have complained about the long, wet winter we had in the UK this year, but can weather conditions influence us more deeply? Research using Understanding Society shows that weather has a mea...

New blog: research finds changing climate has “substantial economic impacts” on us – by Georgios Marios Chrysanthou at the University of Dundee, and Panagiotis Tzouvanas at the University of Portsmouth

Weather’s effect on how we feel about life and money - Understanding Society Many of us have complained about the long, wet winter we had in the UK this year, but can weather conditions influence us more deeply? Research using Understanding Society shows that weather has a mea...

New blog: research finds changing climate has “substantial economic impacts” on us – by Georgios Marios Chrysanthou at the University of Dundee, and Panagiotis Tzouvanas at the University of Portsmouth

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New @healthequals.bsky.social analysis of UK data spanning 15 years shows a generational shift as the proportion of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) with a likely mental health condition doubles.

The figure shows reports of economic insecurity plotted against earnings from paid work. Earnings increase from left to right. At zero, earnings cross the Carer's Allowance limit of around 150 GBP per week. Past this limit, a carer loses eligibility for the allowance. Carers who never report receipt of the allowance in the survey experience less and less insecurity when their earnings are higher. For those with a history of benefit receipt, instead, insecurity doesn't decline smoothly. Arrears, the inability to save regularly, and money worries all spike past the earnings limit set by the allowance.

For unpaid #carers, earning more does not always lead to economic security.

Motivated by the recent #Carer's #Allowance scandal, I have a new working paper @usociety.bsky.social on how much insecurity carers experience, for how long, who's most exposed and why:

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I will survive – can art make us healthy? - Understanding Society Evidence from Understanding Society supports claims that the arts are good for our health. A look at the use of Understanding Society data in Daisy Fancourt book Art Cure

Our latest blog: Chris Coates looks at Daisy Fancourt’s use of our data in her new book, Art Cure – The Science of How the Arts Transform our Health, and finds evidence for lower levels of inflammatory markers in the blood, and for slower biological ageing

New working paper: @gianfrancoaddario.bsky.social @natcen.bsky.social on ethnic and immigrant participants dropping out of the Study – findings suggest different combinations of factors can be linked to an increase or decrease in the likelihood of attrition, depending on the ethnic group

Or if your research is well underway, or about to be published, see our blogs page. Your work could join the other posts there, and reach a new audience. Contact details on the page

Or look on our events page if you want to learn more about using Understanding Society for your own research. We list all our training courses there

New briefing note: Growth with purpose - Understanding Society Understanding Society outlines policy ideas for productivity and fairness. New publication sets out evidence-based policy ideas for driving growth and productivity while also tackling the labour marke...

On one of the big economic questions, our new briefing sets out evidence-based policy ideas for driving growth and productivity while also tackling the labour market inequalities which keep many in low wage, low skill work

Or if you’re after something a bit meatier, there’s our latest Insights report. Can the link between background and destiny be weakened…?

Smoking and disability?

Entrepreneurs in uncertain times?

Almost Friday lunchtime. Looking for something to read? How about a blog? The traditional U-shape in wellbeing…?

Barriers to Opportunity report published - Understanding Society The new Insights report sifts through the latest evidence on how children and young people are doing, and the factors influencing their life chances insights on early years funding, regional inequalit...

Every year, we produce a major report on the significant issues of the day, and what research using our data can tell us. This year, following the government’s announcement of its opportunity mission, we examine the evidence on children’s development and young people’s life chances

New from @healthfoundation.bsky.social analysis of unpaid care in the UK. Using data from UKHLS to see who cares, for how long, and the impact it has.
"Caring is often rewarding but without the right support, it can come at a personal and financial cost."
www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

Insights report - Understanding Society Our annual Insights report summarises research using our data which is relevant to government policy on a range of issues

Raj Patel, our Associate Director, Policy and Partnerships, says the report “makes a compelling case that we are a facing a major generational challenge with long-term consequences.”

There are insights on early years funding, regional inequalities, inheritances, poverty and how much education and welfare can mitigate the effects of intergenerational poverty. Plus: can background shape not just our chances of achieving what we wish for, but also the *nature* of what we wish for?

Barriers to Opportunity report published - Understanding Society The new Insights report sifts through the latest evidence on how children and young people are doing, and the factors influencing their life chances insights on early years funding, regional inequalit...

Every year, we produce a major report on the significant issues of the day, and what research using our data can tell us. This year, following the government’s announcement of its opportunity mission, we examine the evidence on children’s development and young people’s life chances

Links between disability and smoking - Understanding Society Smoking rates have been falling for decades, but tobacco is still a major cause of illness and premature death – and different groups in society remain persistent smokers Functional impairment linked ...

Our latest blog: Yusuff Adebisi @glasgow.ac.uk and Najim Alshahrani at the University of Jeddah examine links between disability and smoking, and say governments should address factors which drive higher smoking rates in disabled populations, such as poverty

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Want to know more about key topics in Understanding Society? Our lunch time webinars give an overview of questions asked and demonstrate how to quickly find specific questions and variables:
5 March (linked data)
12 March (income, wealth and housing) www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/help/trainin...