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How have the data helped us understand and improve the UK housing and homelessness situation?

  • 26 July 2022

Key data in the UK Data Service collection have played an important part in modelling key housing outcomes as part of a body of research by Professors Glen Bramley and Suzanne Fitzpatrick which has had significant impact on housing and homelessness policy in the UK.

First release of England and Wales Census 2021 data

  • 4 July 2022

Headline 2022 census data for England and Wales has been released and is available from the UK Data Service.

Looking to the future of the UK censuses

  • 21 June 2022

Professor David Martin, Deputy Director of the UK Data Service, explores possible future directions for the UK censuses.

It’s in the detail: changes to census definitions and concepts over fifty years

  • 16 June 2022

Dave Rawnsley explores how question design and definitions give a unique picture of the changing social and geographic nature of the UK’s population across the past fifty years.

Change and continuity in the UK censuses

  • 14 June 2022

Professor David Martin, Deputy Director of the UK Data Service, discusses how the UK censuses have adapted to change over the past sixty years and some of the challenges we face in 2021/22.

Full Fact, fact checking and the UK Data Service

  • 7 June 2022

We welcome Andy Dudfield from Full Fact, who explains the importance of fact checking and how the UK Data Service supports Full Fact’s work.

Headline census data for Northern Ireland released

  • 25 May 2022

The first data from the 2021 census has been released. These statistics are produced by the Northern Ireland Statics and Research Agency (NISRA) and are also available from the UK Data Service.

Changing Perceptions Challenge – the winning entry

  • 5 May 2022

Congratulations to Lily from the Tiffin Girls’ School who has won the Changing Perceptions Challenge. Here is her winning entry. 

Why do older generations benefit more from volunteering?

  • 25 February 2022

Hei Wan (Karen) Mak on the health benefits of volunteering and how Understanding Society data provides new insights into the links with age, cohort, and neighbourhood deprivation.

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