Our studies
We have used the data from our COVID-19 survey to explore the effects of the pandemic on the lives of people of different generations and backgrounds, covering a range of topics, from loneliness and mental health, to work and parenting. Explore the publications below.
If you’re publishing research using our COVID-19 data, please make sure you cite the data and also let us know, so we can add your work to our online bibliography.
In June 2021 and August 2021, CLS presented webinars to support researchers wishing to use data from all three waves of the COVID-19 survey. This included looking at content, dealing with non-response and some of the early findings. The recordings are now available as a resource.
Here, we provide self-reported cohort-specific estimates of COVID-19 prevalence, symptoms and testing, along with estimates stratified by a range of traits.
The prevalence of COVID-19 in the community following the onset of the UK epidemic is unknown, and there are likely to be many predisposing factors…
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This exploratory study provides descriptive evidence on household composition, couples’ relationship quality, and social support during the May 2020 national lockdown in the UK.
This exploratory study provides descriptive evidence on household composition, couples’ relationship quality, and social support during the May 2020 national lockdown in the UK. Specifically,…
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Our survey’s open-ended question gave respondents the opportunity to describe their experience of the pandemic in their own words.
Our survey’s open-ended question gave respondents the opportunity to describe their experience of the pandemic in their own words. We received just under 11,000 open…
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This study focuses on the concept of trust and compliance: trust in government, trust in others and compliance with the Government’s social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This study focuses on trust in government, trust in others and compliance with the Government’s social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Professor Alissa Goodman, Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS), discusses how CLS rapidly responded to the UK’s lockdown by launching a special COVID-19 survey to capture time-critical experiences of the pandemic, and looks at the first analyses of data.
17 September 2020
Young women are the most likely to have experienced high levels of depression, anxiety and loneliness in lockdown, compared to older adults, according to new research from the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS).
7 August 2020
This briefing paper reports on the mental health of four different generations of people in Britain in May 2020, amid the national lockdown in response to the COVID-
19 pandemic.
Find the latest developments and insights from across all our longitudinal studies.
The CLS Bibliography is a searchable database of published work based on our cohort studies. Search by keyword, author, date range and journal.
Data from our studies are mainly available through the UK Data Service. We run training to support researchers who are interested in using our studies in their work.
Centre for Longitudinal Studies
UCL Social Research Institute
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Email: clsdata@ucl.ac.uk
