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New blog: @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social on crime rates and why youth clubs could be valuable investments, based on her @theifs.bsky.social research
Youth clubs could be valuable investments - Understanding Society
What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? widespread closing of youth clubs during the 2010s driven by government austerity measures led to falling educational performance and increasing ...
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January 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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New publication! We tested in @usociety.bsky.social increasing the value of the individual incentive from £10 to £20. Last wave non-respondents who regularly participated in the study were more likely to respond after receiving the higher value.

Full paper available here ⬇️

doi.org/10.1080/1364...
Benefits of increasing the value of respondent incentives during the course of a longitudinal mixed-mode survey
This paper explores the effects of increasing the value of survey incentives on response rates and fieldwork efforts using data from a large-scale randomised experiment embedded in wave 12 of a nat...
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January 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We're delighted to be featured as one of the University of Essex's 60 stories to celebrate this inspiring institution's 60th Anniversary.

The video and website below highlight how we strive to help researchers use data to influence policy and improve people's lives. brnw.ch/21wNyvy
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November 28, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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Wave 14 of Understanding Society is now available!

Wave 14 has expanded content on family life and includes new entrants who joined in the latest boost sample. New content includes questions on work illness, generalised trust, non-resident children.

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2024/11...
Wave 14 data released - Understanding Society
The latest wave of the Understanding Society main survey is available from the UK Data Service. The latest wave of the Understanding Society main survey is available from the UK Data Service.
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November 27, 2024 at 1:34 PM