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Insights – the Understanding Society podcast

Understanding Society

Understanding Society is one of the largest household panel studies in the world. We follow thousands of households from across the UK to find out about people"s real experiences of living and working in the UK today. Understanding Society asks questions about family life, education, employment, health, finances, social and political attitudes and wellbeing.The data from the Study is used by university researchers, government departments, charities and think tanks to better understand how the UK

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8:50

Who answers panel surveys every time, and who doesn’t?

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2023/07/17

Nicole James, Survey Data Officer at Understanding Society, and a PhD Student in Survey Methodology at the Institute for Social and Economic Research says understanding survey attrition helps make sure our sample is representative. Her paper on the subject was published in the Survey Research Methods journal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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12:46

Flexible working

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2023/06/15

Cara Booker, a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Essex, discusses flexible working, and what it might mean for how men and women share childcare and housework Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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9:08

How do we respond to government ‘stimulus payments’?

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2023/03/14

Insights is a podcast from Understanding Society, a study that captures life in the UK in the 21st century. Understanding Society is a longitudinal survey. Every year we ask each member of thousands of the same households across the UK about different aspects of their life. The Insights podcast explores how our data has been used, looking at what we found, what it tells us and what we can learn from it. This episode features Dr Paul Fisher, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Essex, and

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31:41

The cost of living crisis

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/12/07

Understanding Society is a longitudinal survey. Every year we ask each member of 1000s of the same households across the UK about different aspects of their life. In each episode of this series, we're exploring how our data has been used in a key area. We'll look at what we found, what it tells us, and what we can learn from it. In this episode, we're looking at cost of living, who has been hit hardest? And what can government do about it? Here to discuss this are Hamish Low, the James Meade

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32:36

Our physical environment

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/11/29

Understanding Society is a longitudinal survey. Every year we ask each member of thousands of the same households across the UK about different aspects of their lives. In each episode of this series, we're exploring how our data has been used in a key area. We'll look at what we found, what it tells us and what we can learn from it.In this episode, we're looking at how the physical environment in which you live can significantly affect your well being and in turn your life. Our guests are Dr. Sarah

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35:29

Our ageing population

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/11/22

Welcome to Insights, a podcast from Understanding Society. The study that captures life in the UK in the 21st century, Understanding Society is a longitudinal survey. Every year we ask each member of thousands of the same households across the UK about different aspects of their lives. In each episode of this series, we're exploring how our data has been used in a key area. We'll look at what we found, what it tells us and what we can learn from it. In this episode, we're discussing how the

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30:15

Working from home, commuting and transport policy

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/11/15

Understanding Society is a longitudinal survey. Every year we ask each member of thousands of the same households across the UK about key areas of their life. In each episode of this series we’re exploring how our data has been used in a key area. We’ll look at what we found, what it tells us and what we can learn from it. In this episode we’re looking at the tension between commuting and working from home – and how the two combined have affected and should continue to affect transport policy moving

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31:39

Romance fraud

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/11/08

Understanding Society is a longitudinal survey that captures life in the UK in the 21st century. Every year we ask each member of thousands of the same households across the UK about different aspects of their life.In each episode of our Insights podcast series we’re exploring how our data has been used in a key area. We’ll look at what we found, what it tells us and what we can learn from it.In this episode we’re looking at romance fraud – where people are deceived for financial gain by someone

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33:28

Inequality in the UK

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/11/01

In this episode series host, Catherine McDonald, is joined byJeevun Sandher, an economist from King’s College London; Xiaowei Xu, Senior Research Economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Mike Brewer, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Economist at the Resolution Foundation. They discuss the geographical inequalities in the UK, how government spending shapes inequality and poverty, and how the UK became such an unequal society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7:47

Understanding data processing

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/10/12

Once the survey data is collected, how does it become a dataset ready for researchers to use? Associate Director for Data, John Payne, talks about the processes needed to turn survey responses into anonymised data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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5:44

Understanding weighting

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/10/12

Weighting is a vital part of population studies, allowing researchers to ensure that the data they use in analysis is representative. In this podcast Survey Statistician, Dr Olena Kaminska, explains why weights are important and how weights are created. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8:57

Understanding data collection

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/10/12

One the sample is chose and the participants are ready, how does Understanding Society develop the survey that's going to be sent out. How are the questions chosen? Who gets to complete their survey online and who gets a face-to-face interview? In this podcast Director of Innovation, Professor Annette Jackle, talks about the development of data collection. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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3:36

Understanding survey participants

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/10/12

Our participants are a vital part of Understanding Society - without them there would be no study. In this episode Dr Violetta Parutis, Assistant Associate Director of Surveys, talks about how Understanding Society engages with participants, both during their annual interview and in sharing the wider research that comes from the Study data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8:23

Understanding interviewing

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/10/12

In this podcast Understanding Society's Associate Director for Surveys, Dr Jonathan Burton, explains the interview process. He talks about how face-to-face interviewing and online surveys work, and how Understanding Society is delivered in the field. As a household panel study, Understanding Society interviews everyone in a household - Jonathan about the different sample members and why interviewing everyone is so important. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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5:56

Understanding survey sampling

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/10/12

Who goes into the Understanding Society sample and why? In this short podcast, Professor Peter Lynn, Director of Survey Methods, explains how the original sample for Understanding Society was selected and how the study ensures that the sample is representative of the UK population. He also talks about the sample for the Covid-19 survey and the role of boost samples in a longitudinal study. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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40:20

Building Understanding Society - from surveys to data

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/02/21

In this final episode of season 3 of our podcast series we take a closer look at Understanding Society itself. How do we turn survey responses into data for research? How do we select who takes part in the survey? And what makes household panel data so useful for researchers and policymakers? Series host, Catherine McDonald, talks to the people who design and implement Understanding Society - taking the survey from methodological testing, through fieldwork and data processing, to ending with the

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29:44

How have the pandemic related school closures...

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/01/25

In the sixth episode of our podcast series, we look at how the COVID19 school closures have affected our children – and their parents. Series host Catherine McDonald speaks to Professor Birgitta Rabe from the Institute for Social and Economic Research about her work comparing the mental health of those children who were invited to return to school in June 2020 with those who weren’t. Catherine’s second guest is Tom McBride, Director of Evidence at the Early Intervention Foundation, who explains why

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31:07

How are relationships - between couples and within...

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/01/18

In the fifth episode of our podcast series, we look take a look at how relationships are changing. Series host Catherine McDonald speaks to Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris, Understanding Society’s Topic Champion for Families, about her research on partnerships, marriage and fertility trends using our main dataset and our COVID19 survey. Catherine’s second guest is Dee Holmes, Senior Practice Consultant from the relationship support charity, Relate, who assesses the extent to which Brienna’s

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29:32

Does volunteering make young people more likely to vote?

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2022/01/11

In the fourth episode of our podcast series, we look take a look at the role of social action in civic participation. Series host Catherine McDonald speaks to Dr Stuart Fox from Brunel University about his research looking at whether volunteering makes young people more likely to vote in their first election. Catherine then moves on to talk to Victoria Harkness, Head of Research and Evaluation at the National Citizen Service Trust about the Trust’s experience of young people and their levels of

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28:09

Public health and the COVID-19 pandemic

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2021/11/30

In the third episode of our new podcast series, we take a look at the health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Series host Catherine McDonald speaks to Professor Meena Kumari, Understanding Society’s Topic Champion for Health and Biomarker research and to David Finch, Assistant Director in the Healthy Lives directorate at The Health Foundation.Together they discuss Understanding Society’s COVID-19 survey and The Health Foundation’s COVID-19 Impact inquiry. They look at what the pandemic has

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