Welcome to our news and blogs section. Here you’ll find the latest developments and insights from across our longitudinal studies.
Growing Up in Digital Europe (GUIDE) is the UK pilot of a major European initiative to create internationally harmonised data for research on child development and wellbeing.
Raising state school children’s aspirations, self-confidence, and improving their access to social networks would do little to counter the huge pay advantages enjoyed by their privately-educated peers, new research shows.
Racism can have such a negative impact on ethnic minority mothers that the mental trauma can affect their child’s emotional wellbeing, according to a new study.
People who are neurotic and those who are open to new experiences may share a significant portion of their genetic makeup, new research suggests.
Making people aware of their weight problems may not help them to improve their health.
The educational expectations of Indian pupils in England are considerably greater than those of white pupils at age 16, according to new research.
Hollywood stars and top models may be getting larger, but accepting that beauty comes in varying shapes and sizes might not be good for our health, warns Professor Alice Sullivan of the UCL Institute of Education.
Children born since 1990 are up to three times more likely than older generations to be overweight or obese by age 10, according to a new study
New research from the University of Bristol suggests that Muslim women are more likely to be unemployed than white Christian women, even when they have the same qualifications and language abilities.
The aim of this research project was to explore retirement-related attitudes, aspirations, expectations, and plans for retirement among adults who are in their mid to late 50s.
Next week another significant step on the road to gender equality will be taken with the consecration of the Rev. Libby Lane as the Bishop of Stockport – the first female bishop to be appointed by the Church of England. But a less talked-about gender divide in religion, which arguably supports the case for more […]
The fifth MCS survey took place during 2012 when participants were aged 11. Our initial findings from the age 11 survey cover a range of themes, from family structure to child cognitive development.
More people may believe in an afterlife than believe in God, according to a nation-wide survey of Britons born in 1970.
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