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
Ethnic minority and immigrant pupils in Secondary Schools: What makes a difference to integration and reducing stereotyping www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...
Presenting of a range of new research to a selected group of campaigners, practitioners and policy makers at Broadway House in Westminster on Thursday 22 January
Linked data – 5 March
Income, wealth and housing – 12 March
Health and Biomarker data - 15 April
Employment – 14 May
Family, households and children – 21 May
Linked data – 1 October
The disappearance of the hump shape in ill-being by age - Lifetime happiness trend changes as youth mental health suffers
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2026/01...
By @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @alexbryson.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social
Reposted by Jonathan Burton
'..for men under 25, despair more than doubled between 2009 and 2021. The percentage of young women in despair rose even more sharply, with most of the increase coming after 2016.'
- Building the early foundations
- Supporting the adolescent years
- Improving youth health and social mobility across places
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/events/insig...
Join @usociety.bsky.social for the launch of the 2026 Insights report at a one-day policy conference on building social infrastructure to support development and reduce inequalities.
Reposted by Jonathan Burton
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...
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/09...
What new experiments are now available?
- Youth survey invite mailing
- Consent decision process
- Identification of informal caregiving
- Labour market expectations
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