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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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32:32

Universal Credit: How is it faring as a benefit system?

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2021/11/23

With the topic area of income and expenditure for the second episode in our new podcast series, we take a look at Universal Credit – how it’s designed, how it compares to the old benefits legacy system and the effects it has on people’s lives. Series host Catherine McDonald speaks to Tom Waters, Senior Research Economist from the Institute for Fiscal Studies about research that used Understanding Society data to take a longitudinal look at Universal Credit. With first-hand experience of supporting

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27:10

Who carried the work burden during COVID-19?

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2021/11/16

In the first episode of our new podcast series, we look at employment and the experience of working-class women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Series host Catherine McDonald speaks to Professors Tracey Warren from Nottingham University Business School and Clare Lyonette from Warwick Institute for Employment about their project Carrying the Work Burden of the COVID-19 pandemic: working class women in the UK. Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the Women’s Budget Group and co-collaborator on the

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7:36

Why sample size matters

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Dr Olena Kaminska talks about why sample size matters when researching hard to reach sub-sections of the population and why Understanding Society offers not just great data but some innovative and original opportunities to research previously ignored groups. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8:28

What makes a boomeranger? Moving back in with mum and...

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Anne Berrington talks about what makes young adults return to live with their parents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8:40

Just how much is a university degree worth?

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Professor Adeline Delavande talks about research which uses the Understanding Society Innovation Panel to examine the perceptions of parents and children of the financial value of gaining a degree. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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15:11

Sexual orientation and poverty

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Dr Noah Uhrig discusses ground-breaking new research commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation exploring the links between sexual orientation and poverty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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11:08

Life satisfaction and ethnicity

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Dr Gundi Knies talks about new research exploring the links between ethnicity, neighbourhoods and life satisfaction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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10:58

Predictors of wellbeing

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Jenny Chanfreau from NatCen discusses research undertaken for the Department of Health on predictors of well-being. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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8:23

Balancing the books: managing financial wellbeing in...

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

David Hayes from the Personal Research Finance Centre at the University of Bristol talks about a joint programme of research with the International Longevity Centre UK which uses Understanding Society to look at the financial wellbeing of people in later life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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5:59

Living with sight loss

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

NatCen analyst Chris Lord explains the benefits of utilising Understanding Society in third sector research projects such as this project by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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9:18

Does how we live influence how we sleep?

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Dr Graham Law from the University of Leeds talks about new research published in the Open Journal of Epidemiology which uses Understanding Society to examine the links between the composition of households and how well and how long we sleep. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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10:13

Getting online - are older people included

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Are older people getting online and are they included? Age UK researcher Marcus Green looks at the evidence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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7:48

Being a dad in 21st century Britain

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Eloise Poole from NatCen talks about findings from the ESRC-funded study Fathers, work and families in twenty-first century Britain, which uses Understanding Society to explore fathers' role as breadwinners and parents in the UK and Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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9:30

Being green - what we think and do when it comes to...

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Professor Peter Lynn from the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex talks about early findings from the ESRC funded project, The distribution and dynamics of UK citizens’ environmental attitudes, behaviours and actions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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10:01

Can video gaming be good for young people?

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Dr Andrew Przybylski from the Oxford Internet Institute talks about research on the effects of video gaming on children’s behaviour and development. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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14:02

Poverty triggers and household change

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Professor Nick Buck, former Director of Understanding Society, discusses two pieces of research using the study to look at movements in and out of poverty and household change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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12:12

White flight and the rise of UKIP

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Professor Eric Kaufman from Birkbeck College, University of London, discusses his research making use of the BHPS and Understanding Society to look at White Flight and discusses what his findings tell us about the apparent rise of UKIP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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10:55

Biomarkers and genetic data

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/14

Professors Michaela Benzeval and Meena Kumari give a short introduction to the Understanding Society biomarker and genetic data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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19:28

Our health and the environment we live in

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/10/03

In this episode of the Understanding Society Podcast we are looking at the relationship between chronic stress markers, health, and deprived areas. Lucy Prior (University of Bristol) takes us through her research into this relationship between deprivation and negative health outcomes, and her use of Understanding Society data.Topics Covered in This Episode:The need for the paper.How Lucy was using biomarkers to look at the mechanism that underlies the connection between deprivation and health

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34:37

The impact of working hours and job security on long...

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast ·

2019/06/14

In this episode of the Understanding Society podcast, we explore the effect of our jobs and job security on our health and wellbeing. Our host Emma Houlton introduces two interviews. The first, with Professor Tarani Chandola (University of Manchester), focuses on the relationship between working hours and work-life balance and our health. The second conversation is with Dr Claire Niedzwiedz (University of Glasgow), who is studying the relationship between financial security and physical

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