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How does early menopause and menopause symptoms affect women’s careers?

  • 8 March 2022

To mark International Women’s Day 2022, Alice Sullivan and Alex Bryson introduce their research into the effects of menopause on women’s careers.

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.

What happened to unpaid caring during the COVID-19 pandemic?

  • 8 June 2021

During Carers Week, Anne Alarilla, Fiona Grimm and Mai Stafford explored who was providing care during the second wave of the pandemic and why this is important.

Harvesting mental health data from 9 decades of cohort and longitudinal studies: The Catalogue of Mental Health Measures

  • 17 May 2021

Louise Arsenault introduces the vision behind the Catalogue of Mental Health Measures.

Using new biosocial data to explore inequality of opportunity in health and the impact of Covid-19

  • 12 August 2020

Andrew Jones uses data from Understanding Society to explore the health impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

COVID-19: Social surveys are now more important than ever

  • 14 May 2020

Patty Doran and Vanessa Higgins highlight how the range of survey and longitudinal data in the UK Data Service collection can give context for the current inequalities being experienced due to the coronavirus lockdown. 

Making open psychological datasets more accessible and useful for research and teaching

  • 17 February 2020

Cameron Brick on using the diverse range of openly available psychological data, including from the UK Data Service.

Data journeys in a research career: Laura J Brown – How does the environment affect women’s choices around breastfeeding?

  • 8 April 2019

Laura J Brown has used two British cohort studies to explore how environmental circumstances impact on whether women choose to breastfeed their babies.

Much ado about next to nothing: tracking progress on reducing exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke

  • 18 March 2019

Sean Semple and Linsay Gray have been analysing data on second-hand smoke and discovering that a zero result may not mean what you’d expect!

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