You’re one in 100,000
Welcome to Understanding Society – the largest study of its kind in the world
This site is dedicated to everyone who has been invited to take part in the study and we hope it contains all the information you need to know. But if you have any comments or queries please do let us know. We would be very happy to hear from you. You can find background information on how the survey works and why it is so important that people like you take part. You also get a sneak preview of some of our findings, meaning that whatever we find out, you are the first to know about it.
New to Understanding Society?
If you are visiting this website for the first time, you have probably received an invitation to take part in the study. If that’s the case, we hope you will have a look at some of the background information about the survey and that it will encourage you to become a participant. If you do decide to take part, a little further down the line you will receive a letter inviting you to register with us and use this site to update your details.
Already a Participant?
If you have already been interviewed for the study, then you may have received an invitation to register with this website so that you can easily update your details online. This will also help us keep you up to date with everything you need to know about the survey in the future.
You’re one of a kind
You’re one in 100,000 – the number of people specially chosen to take part in the study. You’re also one of a kind, and without you the study will be missing an important element. Understanding Society is a study that will reveal amazing and important things about who we are and how we live.
Information from 100,000 participants now being used by researchers
Thanks to participants as specialist researchers are now able to access the in formation provided the 100,000 people who take part.
Dining as a family may create happier, healthier teens
New survey supports Understanding Society findings that a family sit-down at dinnertime can benefit teenagers
It’s not about the money: slap and shout at your kids and they are more likely to bully each other
50% of children experience bullying in the home.
Bullying at home unrelated to family income or class