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Jonathan Burton
@jonburton.bsky.social
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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

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Sociology 22%
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Understanding Society @usociety.bsky.social · 1d
Exploring youth transitions and outcomes through national datasets. Focusing on secondary, quantitative data - including Understanding Society. Join the @ncrm.ac.uk Data Resources Training Network webinar - 11 Nov, 12.00- 13.30. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e66aa5...
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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · 13d
by Rory Fitzgerald (@surveyprof.bsky.social), Nhlanhla Ndebele, Olga Maslovskaya, Cristian Domarchi, Peter Lynn, Tim Hanson, Ruxandra Comanaru (@rucsandra.bsky.social)

PDF: surveyfutures.net/wp-content/u...

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · 13d
Still the gold standard in survey research? Comparing face-to-face and self-completion data collection in a repeat cross-sectional general social survey in Great Britain

New Working Paper from Survey Futures:
surveyfutures.net/working-pape...

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · 25d
Professor Peter Lynn gives expert view to BBC Radio 4 on the issues at the Office for National Statistics with the Labour Force Survey

www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · 26d
Professor @annettejackle.bsky.social debates survey methods on BBC Radio 4

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.

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · 26d
PODCAST: Does pollution affect immigrant populations disproportionately?

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

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · 26d
BLOG: Young people’s aspirations rise with parents’ income, by Alexander O’Donnell & Alexandra Wake

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2025/10...

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · 28d
What? Hang on... Only Connect is on tonight???

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · 28d
Field an experiment or suggest questionnaire content for the next wave of the @usociety.bsky.social Innovation Panel.

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/10...

Two types of proposal can be submitted:

New survey content and Experiments and methodological tests.

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · 29d
What? Hang on... there's no Only Connect on tonight???

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Oct 10
"Do you resist change?" @jdickerson.bsky.social on @slate.com Plus Political Gabfest

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Oct 2
BLOG: How do you build a survey that works? by Peter Lynn

"In an article published today in the journal Nature: Human Behaviour, I attempt to tackle this question."

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Sep 30
Research has found that children who have been in childcare were more likely to come from higher-income households, and to have parents with higher education qualifications. It also showed differences in children’s emotional behaviour, depending on the type of childcare they’d received.

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Sep 30
Childcare more common in higher income families.

Welsh Government uses @usociety.bsky.social to investigate childcare and effects on children

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/impact/welsh...

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Sep 30
The data give researchers a view on the the entire family before and after childbirth. Parents answer questions on fertility, pregnancy and child development, and children complete their own survey from the age of 10.

Reposted by Mel Bartley

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Sep 30
The latest Pregnancy and Early Childhood data from @usociety.bsky.social are now available from the UK Data Service.

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/09...

Understanding Society collects information on social, economic and behavioural factors, and information on babies/children

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Sep 30
This follows in the trail of great User Guides, such as:
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

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Sep 30
New User Guide for @usociety.bsky.social with information on the geographical identifiers and geographical classifications datasets available in Understanding Society and provides information on how they can be used.

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentatio...

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Sep 22
- Indoor environments and energy use
- 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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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Sep 22
New data from @usociety.bsky.social Innovation Panel is now available.

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
...

Reposted by Jonathan Burton, Maria Sobolewska

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Understanding Society @usociety.bsky.social · Sep 15
New blog: Tak Wing Chan @ioe.bsky.social with a detailed look at immigration and social cohesion. Pundits and some research tell us that diversity undermines trust and solidarity, but can we accept findings which don’t take poverty and inequality into account?
Is there a trade-off between diversity and social cohesion? - Understanding Society
Material deprivation, not social diversity, threatens to stretch and tear the social fabric diversity and social cohesion
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk

Reposted by David D. Buck, Jonathan Burton, Maria Sobolewska

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Understanding Society @usociety.bsky.social · Sep 11
New case study! Charity @pbe.co.uk used our data to show that the £28 billion annual bill for disability benefits creates £42bn in positive effects
Wellbeing boost from disability benefits outweighs cost - Understanding Society
Wellbeing boost from disability benefits worth £12,300 per person New case study shows wellbeing boost from disability benefits worth £12,300 per person
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Sep 10
Online course: Survey Measurement of Health: Implications for Social Science Research

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...

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Sep 9
Each webinar takes place 13.00 to 14.15.
- 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

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Sep 9
Join the Understanding Society user support team for lunch-time learning on some of the key topic areas covered by @usociety.bsky.social. The free, one-hour online courses are designed for both new and experienced users of Understanding Society.

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/09...

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Sep 9
PODCAST from @usociety.bsky.social about pets!

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...

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Understanding Society @usociety.bsky.social · Sep 8
Our podcast is back from its summer break! Our new episode has Adelina Gschwandtner @kent.ac.uk and Ashleigh Brown from RSPCA discussing pets and life satisfaction, and how it’s possible to work out a monetary value for the benefits we get from cats and dogs
Pets and life satisfaction - Understanding Society
Can we put a monetary value on what pets bring to our lives?
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Aug 28
Topic webinars
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

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Aug 28
Reviewing our questions on ethnicity and immigration.

Let us know your views on this important part of the @usociety.bsky.social survey.

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/06...

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Renee Reichl Luthra @rrluthra.bsky.social · Aug 28
Two year postdoc at @universityofessex.bsky.social to work with my amazing colleague (see below) on her ERC project "Applied stereotypes, social networks and self-fulfilling prophecies: How stereotypes reinforce social inequalities" Closing date 28.09.2025
vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...