Associate Director for Surveys for Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS). Working at ISER, University of Essex pretending to be a grown-up.
https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/jburton
Reposted by Jonathan Burton
Reposted by Jonathan Burton
PDF: surveyfutures.net/wp-content/u...
New Working Paper from Survey Futures:
surveyfutures.net/working-pape...
www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
The Radio 4 programme, More of Less, looked into the survey statistic by Resume Templates claiming 77 percent of young people brought a parent along to their job interviews.
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/podcasts/bre...
Chris Coates looks at air pollution and in particular how common is it for immigrant populations to live in more polluted areas. With @ruettenauer.bsky.social and L’myah Sherae
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2025/10...
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
Two types of proposal can be submitted:
New survey content and Experiments and methodological tests.
"In an article published today in the journal Nature: Human Behaviour, I attempt to tackle this question."
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Welsh Government uses @usociety.bsky.social to investigate childcare and effects on children
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/impact/welsh...
Reposted by Mel Bartley
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/09...
Understanding Society collects information on social, economic and behavioural factors, and information on babies/children
BHPS – Harmonised User Guide
Calendar Year Datasets User Guides
Family Matrix User Guide
Marital and Cohabitation Histories User Guide
Ethnicity Research
Cognitive Ability Measure
National Pupil Database Wave 1 Linkage
DVLA User Guide
Reposted by Mel Bartley
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentatio...
- Adaptation to eco-climate emergency
- Youth online survey
User Guide: www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentatio...
Data:
beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogu...
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What new experiments are now available?
- Youth survey invite mailing
- Consent decision process
- Identification of informal caregiving
- Labour market expectations
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Reposted by Jonathan Burton, Maria Sobolewska
Reposted by David D. Buck, Jonathan Burton, Maria Sobolewska
A short online training course on the implications of survey measurement of health for future social science research online on 22 and 23 September.
www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...
- Linked data: 2 October
- Employment: 9 October
- Family, households and children: 16 October
- Income, wealth and housing: 23 October
- Ethnicity and immigration: 30 October
Topic webinars are free to attend, but you do need to register in advance.
Reposted by Dave O’Brien
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/09...
Can we put a monetary value on what pets bring to our lives?
Interviews with Adelina Gschwandtner (Kent) and Ashleigh Brown (RSPCA)
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/podcasts/pet...
Reposted by Jonathan Burton
One-hour, lunch time webinars on key topics in @usociety.bsky.social
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/help/trainin...
Linked data – 2 October
Employment – 9 October
Family, households & children – 16 October
Income, wealth & housing – 23 October
Ethnicity & immigration – 30 October
Let us know your views on this important part of the @usociety.bsky.social survey.
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/06...