Usage of the BHPS datasets

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• Non-voting in Britain 1963-2010. The role of policy indifference and alienation – Ms Jane Roberts (University of Oxford – Social Studies). September 2011

  Using BES data from 1963 to 2010 this study analyses the determinants of non-voting. Previous research has included the usual suspects of covariates, but little attention has been paid to predictions derived from formal models of voting. By conceptualising vote choice and abstention as a function of policy preferences and policy positions offered by parties, we derive new predictions conceding the role of policy indifference and alienation.
  Other surveys used: BRITISH ELECTION STUDY; 1969; JUNE 1970; FEBRUARY 1974; PANEL SURVEY BRITISH ELECTIONS; 1963-1992 BRITISH ELECTION STUDY; FEBRUARY 1974; CROSS-SECTION SURVEY BRITISH ELECTION STUDY; OCTOBER 1974; CROSS-SECTION SURVEY BRITISH ELECTION STUDY; 2005: COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ELECTORAL SYSTEMS BRITISH ELECTION STUDY; 2005: INTERNET ROLLING CAMPAIGN PANEL DATA AND BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY DATABASE BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION STUDY; 1997 : ETHNIC MINORITY SURVEY BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION STUDY; 1983; CROSS-SECTION SURVEY BRITISH ELECTION STUDY; FEBRUARY 1974; OCTOBER 1974; JUNE 1975; MAY 1979; PANEL SURVEY BRITISH ELECTION STUDY; MAY 1979; CROSS-SECTION SURVEY BRITISH ELECTION STUDY; 2005: FACE-TO-FACE SURVEY BRITISH ELECTION PANEL STUDY; 1992-1997 BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION PANEL STUDY; 1987-1992 BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION STUDY; 1987; CROSS-SECTION SURVEY BRITISH ELECTION PANEL STUDY; 1983; 1986 AND 1987 BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION STUDY; 1997; CROSS-SECTION SURVEY BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION STUDY; 1997 : CAMPAIGN PANEL BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION STUDY; 1992; CROSS-SECTION SURVEY BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION STUDY; 2001 : CAMPAIGN PANEL GENERAL ELECTION IN NORTHERN IRELAND; 2001 CONTENT ANALYSIS OF NEWSPAPER COVERAGE; BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION; 2001 BRITISH ELECTION PANEL STUDY; 1997-2001; WAVES 1 TO 8 BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION STUDY; 2001; CROSS-SECTION SURVEY BRITISH ELECTION PANEL STUDY; 2001; WAVES 1 AND 2 BRITISH ELECTION STUDY SIX-WAVE PANEL SURVEY; 2005-2009.

• Microsimulation of labor supply – Mr Marko Ledic (Universität Wien – Economics). September 2011

  The purpose of my work is twofold. Firstly, it provides a theoretical and empirical approach to contemporary labor economics. Secondly, it provides a methodological introduction to feasible empirical research on the Croatian labor supply.
  Other surveys used: BCS70.

• Modelling the effect of reducing sugared beverage consumption on sugar intake and obesity in adults – Dr Damilola Olajide (University of Aberdeen – Applied Health Sciences). September 2011

  The aims of this project are to identify the level of reduction in sugared beverage consumption required to make an impact on dietary and health outcomes and to explore alternative regulatory or voluntary methods of achieving change. The research will: (i) provide robust estimates for Scotland of the effect that a sugared beverage tax would have on consumption, body mass index (BMI) and Scottish brands; and (ii)investigate the potential to affect consumption of sugared beverages. The Living Costs and Food Survey (formerly Expenditure and Food Survey) data will be used to estimate a system of demand equations to capture the effect of price increases on sugared beverage consumption and substitution effects to other products.
  Other surveys used: EFS NATIONAL DIET AND NUTRITION SURVEY; 2008-2009.

• Social networks and occupational structure – Dr Paul Lambert (University of Stirling – Applied Social Science). September 2011

  As a part of research on an ESRC project of the above title, we are seeking to apply and compare social network analysis, and social interaction distance analysis, to survey data on social connections between occupations. By exploring the empirical patterns of social connections between occupations, we anticipate obtaining useful information about the nature of the social stratification structure, and the relationship between social stratification and other social structures.
  Other surveys used: Omnibus SHES.

• Well-being and inflation – Professor David Bell (University of Stirling – Economics). September 2011

  This study, conducted jointly with Prof David Blanchflower, is intended to examine the trade-off between unemployment and inflation measured in terms of their respective effects on well-being. It will mainly focus on the Eurobarometer datasets to develop consistent estimates of the impact of unemployment and inflation on the well-being of the citizens of different European countries.
  Other surveys used: EFS SHES HSE SSA LFS.

• Consumers and households – Dr Saileshsingh Gunessee (University of Nottingham Ningbo, China – Business School). September 2011

  Research to analyse consumers and households.

• English Heritage Project – Mr Michael Gentry. December 2009

  Data will be used to examine the energy performance of Pre-1919 residential dwellings in the UK. Due to the lack of published literature on this subject it is necessary to explore what information is availabe within dataset, but did not form the basis of a published work. Initially the work will involve creating a adatabase of what relevant information is available, and if necessary analysis will be carried out at a later point.
  Other surveys used: SEH EFS GHS.

• Estimating the number of deaf blind people in the UK – Dr Janet Robertson (Lancaster University – Division of Health Research). December 2009

  A review of existing estimates of the number of deafblind people in the UK by the Investigator for the Sponsor (SENSE). 1. Identify existing national data sources that allow estimates of the prevalence of co-occurring vision and hearing impairments among children and adults in the UK. These will include: (1) administrative data sets (e.g., the termly DCSF School Census); (2) major national surveys (e.g., the Health Survey for England). 2. For each data set we will: a. Determine the prevalence of co-occurring vision and hearing impairments by gender and age (in 10 year age bands) b. Describe the strengths and limitations of the data 3. Produce an electronic copy of a final report (in Word and pdf format) by 31/12/09 which a. Summarises the work undertaken b. Catalogues the datasets used c. Provides ‘best estimate’ prevalence rates for co-occurring vision and hearing impairments by gender and age (in 10 year age bands) d. Combines these prevalence estimates with national population predictions to estimate the total number of deafblind people in the UK (and their distribution by age and gender) in 2010 and 2020. Currently no other version available for GHS2007 Report to SENSE; academic paper on numbers of deafblind in UK We will be using variables which are generally available in open access datasets but in this instance are not available except in special licence edition. We will be using only age, gender, and presence of longstanding illness/disability in relation to ear and eye conditions.
  Other surveys used: FRS HSE GHS NTS SHES ELSA APS HBAI WHS LFS NICHS LIW MCS.

• Well-being of Older Persons with Disability in Europe – Ms Katrin Gasior. November 2009

  The paper studies the well-being of older persons with disabilities, by analysing social dimensions of respect, satisfaction with living standards, participation, discrimination and happiness. The focus on social well-being for persons with disabilities is justified in its own right, but also preferred due to difficulties in measuring economic well-being for this group. The premise is that disability as well as old-age could be identified as social constructs leading to social exclusion, largely due to biased public attitudes and the expected social roles. Data from the ESS, BHPS and EU-SILC has been used. The prime focus is to show how disability alone can affect social well-being of older persons and also how to complement measures of economic well-being for this subgroup. Various indicators are analysed covering multiple dimensions of social well-being.

• Employment security – Dr Ronald Dekker. November 2009

  Employment security is a concept that is relatively new in the policy debate in the Netherlands and the European Union. It is used rather loosely and not always conceptualized in a very precise manner. This project is meant to strengthen the conceptual and theoretical base of employment security and to be overarching and integrating within the larger employment security programme. The research goals are threefold: 1. Ground the concept of 'employment security' more firmly in the respective literatures (social sciences and law in particular) 2. Enable scientists from different disciplines to work with the concept from their own monodisciplinary background, while safeguarding a sufficient degree of coherence in the project as a whole. 3. Enable operationalisations of employment security aimed at (quantitative and qualitative) empirical research

• Care credits in the British pension system – Dr Athina Vlachantoni (University of Southampton – Centre for Research on Ageing). November 2009

  The project involves secondary analysis of variables relating to care provision and employment histories in order to analyse the position of carers in the British pension system. The project is likely to use data from all waves available in the BHPS.
  Other surveys used: ELSA.

• Research – Dr Andrew Skeen (University College London – Maths). November 2009

  Research to analyse the evolution of household wages using econometric methods. The research focuses on a cohort approach, following the path of individuals' wages over the course of the period for which data is available and fits a switching regression model.

• Area Characteristics and Volunteering in the British Household Panel Study Waves 1 to 17 – Mr Andrew McCulloch (University of Southampton – School of Social Sciences). November 2009

  The aim of this project is to use data on individual volunteering from the British Household Panel Study matched to characteristics of the local areas in which respondents live to examine the role that area characteristics play in individual patterns of volunteering over time. The main focus of the work will be to examine how patterns of volunteering are influenced by the social structural characteristics of areas, area deprivation and the economic characteristics of the private, public and nonprofit sectors of the local economy. Recent Government policy has sought to encourage individuals involvement in aspects of their local communities such as active citizenship and voluntary work. This has been prompted by a concern that patterns of economic and social change have resulted in a decline in all aspects of community life with negative implications for such diverse outcomes as social exclusion, community cohesion, democratic participation and economic performance. The aim of this project is to use data on individual volunteering from the British Household Panel Study matched to characteristics of the local areas in which respondents live to examine the role that area characteristics play in individual patterns of volunteering over time. The main focus of the work will be to examine how patterns of volunteering are influenced by the social structural characteristics of areas, area deprivation and the economic characteristics of the private, public and nonprofit sectors of the local economy. The Citizenship Survey 2007/08 shows that the proportion of individuals involved in formal volunteering varies from 30.9 percent for individuals living in areas in the bottom quintile of area deprivation to 48.2 percent for those living in areas in the top quintile of area deprivation. Previous studies have shown that the positive gradient in the risk of social exclusion with area deprivation can largely be explained by the characteristics of the individuals living in deprived areas (McCulloch 2001). No previous studies have however examined the relationship between area characteristics and volunteering behaviour. The project will document the characteristics of areas that help sustain patterns of volunteering. Research and Government policy has concentrated on individual characteristics as the important determinants of volunteering activity and has not considered the role that area characteristics may play over and above individual characteristics. Recent Government policy has also sought to increase the involvement of voluntary / nonprofit organisations in the delivery of welfare services. The degree to which area characteristics influence volunteering therefore also has implications for the ability of nonprofit organisations to effectively deliver services in particular in the most disadvantaged areas. McCulloch A, 2001, Ward-level deprivation and individual social and economic outcomes in the British Household Panel Study. Environment and Planning A 33, 667 – 684 Because many volunteering opportunities are of a local nature in comparison to employment opportunities in the formal economy it will be necessary to be able to identify individuals geographical location at a more detailed level than either the travel-to-work area or the local authority. Lower super output areas have an average population of around 1500; can be linked to area identifiers at higher spatial scales and provide the most suitable geographical framework for our intended analysis. The project will use multilevel logistic regression models to examine the relationship between area characteristics and the incidence of volunteering and transitions into and out of volunteering. It is intended to write a primarily substantive article for a social policy journal by June 2010.

• Cross-cultural study of Job Quality – Dr Xinwen Bai (University of Sheffield – Institute of Work Psychology). November 2009

  We will conduct a cross-cultural comparison of job quality between European countries and China. We will conduct a large scale survey about the working conditions using a regionally representative sample in South China's Guangdong province, a ralatively well-developed region in China. Based on the survey, we will use the Job Quality concept to capture the general characteristics of working conditions in China, and then reveal the relationship between job quality and well-being. Also we will conduct the cross-cultural comparion between China and European countries. The data of the fourth European Working Conditions Survey (2005) will be the benchmark of the current study.

• Was there a Bandwagon effect in UK general elections – Mr Robert Hodgson (University of Exeter – Economics). November 2009

  Until 1910 UK general elections were held over a period of several weeks. This study attempts to assess whether a bandwagon or underdog effect existed. We would like to see whether this effect, should it exist, is more prevelant in areas of higher literacy. However, in the absence of regional level data on literacy we are intending to use proxy based, either on income, or on a measue of health. Hence the need for this data set.

• Gender roles and smoking – Ms Michaela Benzeval (Medical Research Council – Twenty-07 Study). October 2009

  The aim of this project is to explore the relationship between gender role attitudes and smoking over time. The work is part of the core funded research programme of the MRC SPHSU.

• Work Hour Mismatches – Professor Jeremy Reynolds. October 2009

  I plan to use the BHPS data to examine the creation and resolution of mismatches between the number of hours people prefer to work each week and the number of hours they actually work each week.

• Anaylsis to support Labour Market policy making – Mr Wayne Diamond. October 2009

  The Employment Market Analysis and Research unit of the Department of Business Innovation and Skills undertakes primary and secondary research to support public policy making. We need to undertake periodic ad-hoc analysis of BHPS to provide evidence to policy makers on a a range of labour market issues.

• Dynamics of household joblessness in Australia and UK 2001-2007 – Ms Rezida Zakirova. October 2009

  The aim of this project is to examine long-term household worklessness from individual's perspective, namely, from a child's perspective. Analysis will be based on 2001-2007 data from Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey and on corresponding data from BHPS. Project is an extension of work on Australian households that is already done in MIAESR, and is funded by ARC grant for conversion of government-sponsored research into academic papers.

• Imputing Labour mobility – Dr Graeme Beale. October 2009

  I will be using this data to impute labour mobility. This is part of a project on how people's housing aspirations are changing as a result of the credit crunch. No grant, as this is in house research by and for the Scottish Government.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Career aspirations and locality – Mr Andreas Cebulla (National Centre for Social Research – Quantitative Research). October 2009

  Analysis of BHPS to compare young persons' job aspirations at age 15/16 and outcome at age 23, estimating the effect of area variations on achieving aspirations. Funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

• education and well-being – Mr Marcello Sartarelli (University of Institute of Education – Quantitative Social Science). October 2009

  I estimate the effect of using achievement labels to grade school tests, e.g. bad or good, on a measure of well-being given by the event of a police contact or visit to parents due to the behaviour of children in secondary schools. Firstly I illustrate the potential spurious correlation that arises from unobservables affecting both achievement and well-being in a reduced form model of returns to education. Then I give causal interpretation to the estimates by employing a research design that exploits discontinuities in test scores.
  Other surveys used: BCS70 LSYPE.

• Economic Modelling – Dr Keshab Bhattarai (University of Hull – Business School). October 2009

  This data set will be used in economic modelling of earning and employment profiles of the British individuals. This is relevant for the economic modelling project that I have been doing this over the years. Results will be used for writing academic papers.

• The role of community-level factors in determining vaccine uptake – Dr giles greene (Cardiff University – Dept of Primary Care & Public Health). October 2009

  The requested data will be matched up to vaccine uptake provided by the HPA combining the geographical data from the UK census to examine the role of community-level factors such as variations in neighbourhood social capital to explain uptake of vaccines, in particular MMR. The research aims to establish a link between the individual's perceptions of their community and their health choices for their children. Multilevel logistic models will be used due to the clustered nature of the BHPS sample to account for the non-independence of observations within neighbourhoods. To model the effects how the neighbourhood is perceived and how that perception influences MMR vaccine uptake. The data will be linked with vaccine uptake data provided by the HPA at the Lower Layer Super Output Areas only.
  Other surveys used: HBAI GHS WHS BCS70 USOC.

• GSM005 - QMSS – Professor Allan Brimicombe (University of East London – Centre for Geo-Information Studies). October 2009

  Teaching an M-level module on quantitative methods for the social sciences. Teaching data sets are created for lab sessions in which students try out the techniques addresses in each lecture session.

• Inequalities & Health in the BHPS – Dr Cara Booker (University of Essex – Insitute for Social and Economic Research). October 2009

  I am funded by ESRC Centre for Micro-social Change (MiSoC) at ISER. I will be using the BHPS data to explore social inequalities and various aspects of mental and physical health.
  Other surveys used: LFS BCS70 NCDS.

• Housing Statistics for benchmarking analysis confidential paper – Mr Graham Pearman (University of London School of Economics – Policy and Performance). October 2009

  Provide benchmark analysis for tenant satisfaction for local authorities (confidential paper). The analysis is intended to understand tenant satisfaction in different geographical areas for housing and local authority satisfaction.
  Other surveys used: GHS SEH.

• Spousal Correlations in Obesity – Dr Heather Brown (University of Aberdeen – Health Economics Research Unit). October 2009

  The obesity epidemic has received widespread media and research attention. The social phenomenon of obesity is still not well understood. Raw data from waves 14 and 16 (2004-2006) of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) shows positive and significant correlations in spousal obesity. This paper explores three mechanisms to explain why obesity in spouses may be correlated. A number of econometric models test how individual characteristics, the environment, and social learning explain the likelihood of being obese and spousal correlations in obesity. The factors which influence own BMI vary by gender. Further results indicate that shared individual characteristics and social learning explain the majority of the observed raw correlation in spousal obesity. These results are similar to those found in Christakis and Fowler (2007) who analyse the role of social networks using data from an adult population, but refute the findings of Cohen-Cole and Fletcher (2008) who use data from an adolescent population. These findings suggest that the mechanisms behind the spread of obesity by social networks may vary by demographic group. This research is partially funded by the ESRC/MRC/NIHR Early career fellowship in economics of health

• Ethno-religious identity and neighbourhood change – Dr Richard Gale (Cardiff University – School of City and Regional Planning). October 2009

  I wish to use the BHPS ward-level data to track the movement over time of different ethno-religious, class and age groups in and out of ethnically diverse areas, combining the panel data with census agreggate statistics.

• Well-being and regions – Dr Nattavudh Powdthavee (University of York – Department of Economics & Related Studies). September 2009

  I plan to use the information on local district area variable to help study the role of geographical space on happiness and other well-being indicators in general. Previous studies have only investigated the issues through the use of larger geographical variable in the BHPS, and virtually no studies have examined the same issues at the sub-regional level.

• elsa, bhps – jeong nps. September 2009

  This is panel survey team in NPS(National Pension Service) in Korea. We want to do research on the reason why England people retire,health, life expectancy. we want data elsa, bhps.
  Other surveys used: ELSA.

• Research – Dr Claire Jack. September 2009

  The data will be used to make comparisons on a rural urban basis between farm households and non-farm households to explore educational achievement amongst farm males and females as well as investigating household educational attainment

• Health Insurance and Entrepreneurship – Mr James Burgdorf. September 2009

  For my dissertation, I am exploring how the employer-based health insurance system in the US discourages entrepreneurial self-employment by unhealthy individuals. As a counterfactual, I would like to examine the labor outcomes of unhealthy self-employed individuals with countries that have universal health insurance systems. I am applying for a grand from the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program.

• Living arrangements across the lifecourse – Professor Jane Falkingham (University of Southampton – School of Social Sciences). September 2009

  As part of the ESRC Centre for Population Change, a major strand of research aims to examine living arrangements across the lifecourse and how these have changed across time and by birth cohort.
  Other surveys used: GHS.

• Modelling the impact of parental involvement – Mr Andrew Brook. September 2009

  A study of the impact of parental involvement in various childhood activities on the academic attainment of the child. Poosible explanatory variables to include parental attendance at parents evenings, parental support in family activities and private education time with the child.
  Other surveys used: MCS.

• Job Search Study Project – Dr Yuxin Li (University of Warwick – Institute for Employment Research). September 2009

  I need information from British household panel study (BHPS) for a job search study project. the project is funded by the department for work and pension. the main data sources used will be the british household panel study and labour force study.
  Other surveys used: NCDS.

• Monitoring poverty and social exclusion – Miss Anushree PAREKH. September 2009

  Analysis of trends in low income by various characteristics like family type, age, gender, ethnicity, work status etc. to form an annual report, that is released in the public domain.
  Other surveys used: LFS FRS HBAI HSE NTS EFS SEH APS Omnibus GHS BCS.

• Spatial Mobility of workers – Mr Simon Pfaff. September 2009

  I am interested in the spatial mobility of workers in different European countries. I focus on the commuting mode and the distance between place of work and residence. The BHPS includes both variables in all available waves. Furthermore I will try to explain why people commute and do not move instead. The analysis will be based on different panel models.
  Other surveys used: APS.

• A longitudinal study of the effects of religion on personal well being – Dr Don Swenson. August 2009

  I wish to find out if there is a causal effect on personal well being from a variety of religious factors controlling for the usual demographic variables. I have all relevant variables from waves 1-16 but would like to use the same variables in wave 17 (usage number 35665)

• Fear of crime and perceived disorder: Disentangling the direction of causality – Dr Jonathan Jackson (University of London School of Economics – Methodology Institute). August 2009

  The association between fear of crime and public perceptions of neighbourhood disorder has been established (Farrall et al. 2009). Yet the arrow of causality is unclear. Neighbourhood cues may disrupt trust and generate inferences of victimization threat; but equally, fear of crime may sensitise individuals to the symbolic nature of neighbourhood breakdown and stability. The goal of this study is conduct panel analysis of 6 waves of the British Household Panel Study, to try to disentangle two-way effects of perceived disorder and the fear of crime. This analysis will be combined with quantile regression of one wave, in order to draw some methodological conclusions.
  Other surveys used: BCS.

• Travel to work areas – francesco devicienti. August 2009

  The project will study the dynamics and persistence of poverty at the individual level using a long panel dataset. Multivariate econmetric models will be used to predict the poverty persistence for selected groups of the population. One crucial covariate is the local unemployment rate, defined using the travel-to-work areas.

• Poverty dynamics – francesco devicienti. August 2009

  Document low income dynamics and persistence for individuals living in Britain using a long panel dataset. Compare predicted poverty persistence at the individual level using alternative econometric modelling framework: duration models vs variance components models.

• Covariates for poverty dynamics analysis – francesco devicienti. August 2009

  The bhps are used, alongsied the derived net income variables, to document low income dynamics and persistence for individuals living in britain. The availability of a long panel dataset set is crucial in this project. The relative predictive performance of two alternative econometric modelling frameworks will be assessed: duration models vs variance components models

• Is Obesity a Normal Good? – Dr Heather Brown (University of Aberdeen – Health Economics Research Unit). August 2009

  This research aims to further explore the relationship between obesity and labour market outcomes in the UK. Firstly, we look at how controlling for selection into labour effects the relationship between obesity and labour market outcomes. Next, to determine possible pathways to explain why there may be a positive relationship between wages and obesity we investigate possible mechanisms to explain why individuals may substitute paid employment for a higher body mass.

• Social attitudes to house building – Dr Sarah Milliken (University of Oxford – Archaeology). August 2009

  A chronological investigation of changing social attitudes to house building on greenfield land, in relation to research into public attitudes to the government's eco-towns policy. I believe this information forms part of the British Social Attitudes Survey.
  Other surveys used: BSA.

• TSRC Third Sector – Professor Stephen McKay (University of Birmingham – Social Policy). July 2009

  Analysis of the composition of the workforce. A particular interest in the balance of activity in the non-profit sector. Trends in third sector employment. Who works in the third sector, and the consequences for labour market outcomes (wages, training, hours).
  Other surveys used: LFS BCS70 BSA.

• Religious affiliation and social values – Dr Richard Gale (University of Birmingham – Sociology). July 2009

  This is preliminary research in the relationship between religious affiliation/practice and social values. At te present time, the research is unfunded, but background to a planned research bid.
  Other surveys used: BSA GHS LFS BCS.

• Health income and work – Professor jonathan wadsworth (University of London School of Economics – Centre for Economic Performance). July 2009

  the idea is to use a variety of comparable cross country data sources to examine covariates of health and work The first project will look at the variation in the take up of the MMR vaccine was associated with income and education
  Other surveys used: HSE EFS FRS.

• Policy Analysis – Mr Iain Noble. July 2009

  Analysis of data to inform development of research instruments on community cohesion for government department.
  Other surveys used: MCS.

• Deloping an index of social inclusion – Ms Sally Philpin (Swansea University – Human Sciences). July 2009

  Professor Peter Huxley and The Centre for Social Work and Social Care Work Research, Swansea University have been awarded a grant from DOH HTA to develop a social inclusion index for use in the general population and with people with mental health problems. Require data from the survey to compare with findings from own survey.
  Other surveys used: FACS.

• Children and young people's subjective well-being – Dr Antonia Keung (University of York – Department of Social Policy & Social Work). July 2009

  BHPS data will be used to study subjective well-being of those 11-15 year-olds and to monitor if there is any changes over time. The analysis attempts to explore the factors associated with the changes in young people's subjective well-being. The BHPS data will be used for academic research only.
  Other surveys used: HSE TimeUse FRS.

• The Public Sector and the Living Wage – Dr Paul Seaman (University of Dundee – Economic Studies). July 2009

  This analysis will examine the potential costs and benefits of introducing a living wage commitment in the public sector. The analysis will examine the effects of both a UK (national) living wage, and also one disaggregated by region.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Care credits in the British pension system – Dr Athina Vlachantoni (University of Southampton – Centre for Research on Ageing). June 2009

  Comparative study of the role of care credits in British and German pension systems. Exploring the dataset with a view to obtaining longitudinal data on women's employment histories and pension contributions.

• International Study on post retirement income – Miss Roberta Adami (University of Westminster – Finance and Business Law). June 2009

  the data will be used as part of an international research project on income post-retirement in Europe
  Other surveys used: FRS ELSA.

• DAMES – Professor Vernon Gayle (University of Stirling – Applied Social Science). June 2009

  Data management in e-social science The data will be used in initial analyses relating to the DAMES data management theme in education. Those interested should think about contacting the project directly. The data will be used in initial analyses relating to the DAMES data management theme in education. Those interested should think about contacting the project directly. http://www.dames.org.uk/
  Other surveys used: GHS APS WHS LSYPE.

• Public private sector wage differentials – Dr Markus Tepe. June 2009

  We want to explore wage differentials among public and private sector employees in the UK and Germnany. For details see: http://www.sfb597.uni-bremen.de/pages/forProjektBeschreibung.php?SPRACHE=en&ID=29. This project deals with the analysis of change within public employment regimes as one aspect of the resource dimension of the state. During the "golden age" of the Democratic Constitutional Interventionist State (DCIS), responsibility for the provision of normative goods lay with the state, and public employment regimes were structured by a public servant model, which in turn served as a model for overall employment regulation. Against the background of the modernization of public services and the partial privatization of the provision of normative goods, however, the rationale of public employment regimes is being subjected to change, and is marked by a growing tension between effectiveness and efficiency criteria.

• DAMES project – Dr Simon Jones (University of Stirling – Computing Science and Maths). June 2009

  Work on data linking for social survey data sets for the ESRC funded data management through e-social science. Using the BHPS as an example of a complex social survey in which various data linking requirements feature.

• public – Dr Mariangela Zenga. June 2009

  I'd like to use the data to study the life of the employment, in particular I am interested to investigate the job cycle of a person and the period of unemployment. I will use The Dagum distribution (with right and left censored data) to study the distribution of the time of employment and unemployment.
  Other surveys used: LFS NILFS BCS APS BCS70 LSYPE.

• LIMEW International Comparisons – Mr Willis Walker. June 2009

  To produce estimates of the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Wellbeing for the United Kingdom for 1994 and 2000, in order to make international comparisons on household economic wellbeing between the US, Canada, Germany, France and the UK.
  Other surveys used: FRS FES TimeUse NTS Omnibus LFS EFS.

• Optimism – Professor david de meza (University of London School of Economics – management). May 2009

  I am undertaking an academic study of whether insurance buyers are more optimistic than others. I shall examine correlations between purchase of private medical insurance and predictions of changes in future income and realisations.

• Career change by age – Dr Emma Parry (Cranfield University – School of Management). May 2009

  An analysis of the factors affecting careers and career changes by age and gender. The purpos eof this project is to identify the barriers to older workers career transitions and career progression such as training, health, etc. and to look at differences in these by both age and gender.
  Other surveys used: LFS GHS.

• Education and Health-related behaviour – Dr Massimiliano Bratti. May 2009

  In this project I investigate the effect of education on an individual's health-related behaviour, such as smoking or drinking alchool. I aim at exploiting the long longitudinal dimension of BHPS data to investigate changes in individual health-related behaviour associated with higher educational attainment. In particular, I will seek to address the potential issue of endogeneity of education.

• analysis of myopia and retirement saving – Dr Justin van de Ven (National Institute of Economic and Social Research – Analysis). May 2009

  Research funded by the Leverhulme Trust to explore the effects of myopia on the behavioural and welfare effects of Personal Accounts, which are to be introduced in the UK in 2012. The data will be used to estimate a structural description of decision making in the context of uncertainty upon which the broader study will be based.
  Other surveys used: FRS EFS TimeUse.

• Child development and cumulative risk – Mrs Andrew McCulloch (University of Hull – Faculty of Health and Social Care). May 2009

  To examine the accuracy with which children with behavioural problems and poor cognitive outcomes at 3 and 5 years can be identified using inices of cumulative risk from the 9 months interview.
  Other surveys used: MCS.

• Employment and wage trajectories for women entering low skilled work – Dr Kitty Stewart (University of London School of Economics – Department of Social Policy). May 2009

  This project will examine employment trajectories for low-skilled mothers returning to the labour market, aiming to assess the impact of an early return to work on later employment outcomes. Current government policy encourages mothers to return to paid work while their children are very young: it is believed that even low-paid jobs allow women to develop skills and experience which will widen their opportunities and lead them to better jobs in the future. The study will examine whether this belief is well-founded, using three different datasets - the British Household Panel Survey, the Families and Children Study and the British Lone Parent Cohort. The study will track mothers' employment pathways after they return to work, and compare outcomes (hourly pay, occupation and skill level) for mothers of older children dependent on how early they returned. It will also ask whether some types of low-skilled job are associated with better pathways than others, and whether training first leads to more successful outcomes. The project is funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

• Scientific research – Dr Caroline Dewilde. May 2009

  The study of social inequality from a life-course perspective: Cross-national research into the cumulative stratification (the so-called Matthew Effect) over the life-course and how this processes is influenced by cultural patterns, family structures and welfare regime arrangements.

• British Household Panel Survey – Dr Zhongmin Wu (Nottingham Trent University – Nottingham Business School). May 2009

  To examines the determinants of multiple job holding in the United Kingdom, we will use the British Household Panel Survey to test the hypotheses of main job hours constrained model, main job insecurity model, financial pressures and the desire for heterogeneous jobs. The empirical work will carry out separately for men and women.

• non-standard employment and social security benefits – Dr Janine Leschke. May 2009

  This project looks at how social security systems can be adapted in order to better accommodate flexible employment and more flexible career paths. The project will focus on the UK and Germany by way of using the BHPS and the SOEP data. It will analyse in how far non-standard workers and those with career breaks are disadvantaged in their access to unemployment insurance, pension and fringe benefits. The funding for the project derives from the general budget of the European Trade Union Institute.

• Big-five Personality Structure – Professor Herb Marsh (University of Oxford – Education). May 2009

  I have developed a new approach to factor analysis that combines many of the best aspects of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. The big-five personality factor structure is ideally suited for testing this statistical approach. I would like to apply this new statistical approach to the brief 15-item version of the big-five factors in wave 15; to explore age and gender differences in personality and to relate personality to general health

• Migration rates within Northern Ireland – Mr Michael Stevenson (Queen's University Belfast – Medicine). May 2009

  The purpose is to try and estimate attrition rates in a longitudinal study that my colleagues and I are designing. For this we require internal NI migration rates that can be obtained from Question D6 in section 2.

• Analysis of perceived party competencies over time – Dr Jane Green (University of Manchester – Politics/ISC). May 2009

  Studies of issue competence or party 'valence' have come into prominence in recent years as important predictors of electoral choice. However, survey questions have only intermittently entered questions on competence, issue handling, and so on. We are collecting all available issues to build a macro-competence measure that can be analyzed alongside traditional vote predictors in Britain over time.

• exposure modelling – Ms Aileen Yang. May 2009

  I am involved in the FP6 project HEIMTSA where we are doing exposure modelling on a European level. In order to measure the exposure of different groups in the population, we need to know in which microenvironment the individuals spend their time, and therefor we need the time use data that you provide.

• Household energy spending and income – Dr Tooraj Jamasb (University of Cambridge – Faculty of Economics). May 2009

  We intend to use the results of the analysis of the data in research papers and book chapters funded by the UK Research Councils on UK household energy spending and different income groups.

• alcohol use in young people – Dr Joe West (University of Nottingham – Division of Epidemiology and Public Health). May 2009

  I will examine the risk factors for alcohol use at age 34 as predicted by use at a age 16. I will use this example as a teaching assessment for a masters degree that I am teaching on.

• social mobility – Mr colin mills (University of Oxford – sociology). April 2009

  A study of intergeneration social mobility trends in Great Britain using data on sibling correlations to capture unmeasured aspects of family background
  Other surveys used: FES NCDS .

• The Dynamics of Housing Choice: an International Comparison – Professor Thomas Boehm. April 2009

  This is an academic research project with no external funding source. The project will employ the BHPS, the GSOEP, and the PSID to examine household's housing choices across countries over a comparable period of time. A dynamic probability model of household tenure choice will be estimated for a sample of households from each country.

• Workshop on Longitudinal Data Analysis – Professor Rajulton Fernando. April 2009

  The data set will be used for a workshop on Longitudinal Data Analysis, organized by me at the University of Western Ontario, London ON, Canada. Three more people are collaborating with me as Instructors for some sessions. There will be about 35-40 participants in the workshop, including doctoral students and researchers. The funding for the workshop comes from the Population and Life Course Studies, Interdisciplinary Development Initiative, approved by the University of Western Ontario.

• Counterweight Project – Dr Sara Geneletti (Imperial College London – Epidemiology and public health). April 2009

  The Counterweight project is a lifestyle intervention trial to manage obesity in the general practice setting. Some of the analyses of the Counterweight Project require data on obesity (BMI) prevalence at the ward area level.

• Exploration of Wave 17 of British Household Panel Survey – Dr Jonathan Reynolds (University of Oxford – Said Business School). April 2009

  Personal (unfunded) research exploring the potential of longitudinal data for developing explanations for variations in consumer demand for goods and services over time in the UK, and the implications for the retail sector.

• Employers' search and the efficiency of matching – Dr Michele Pellizzari. April 2009

  Unskilled workers in low productivity jobs typically experience higher labour turnover. This paper shows how this finding is related to variation in the efficiency of the matching process across occupations. If employers find it less profitable to invest in search and screening activities when recruiting for low-productivity jobs, matches at the lower end of the occupation distribution will be more to separation. The analysis of a unique sample of British hirings, containing detailed information about employers' recruitment practices, shows that more intensive recruitment leads to matches of better quality that pay higher wages, last longer and make employers more satisfied with the person taken on.

• Academic research – Dr Konstantinos Pouliakas (University of Aberdeen – Business School). April 2009

  The data are to be used for academic research purposes undertaken as part of my Research Fellowship at the University of Aberdeen.

• Analysis of income distribution – Professor Stephen Jenkins (University of Essex – Institute for Social and Economic Research). April 2009

  I have used these HBAI data files in the past, when they were supplied by DWP HBAI team directly. I wish to compare these "revised public use files" with my holdings for past years, to consider issues of e.g. rounding. This forms part of my on-going analysis of the UK income distribution, and comparison of HBAI distributions derived from FRS, with those distributions derived from other UK data sources
  Other surveys used: HBAI.

• Consequences of changes to the NHS funding formula – Professor Matt Sutton (University of Manchester – Health Methodology Research Group). April 2009

  The NHS has used a formula to distribute the national health budget between the local organisations responsible for commissioning services since 1978. This is intended to improve geographical equity, but there is little evidence about whether the adoption of the formula (and different variants of it) has achieved this goal. Variations in NHS funding and health service activity can be analysed at regional level only for inpatient hospital services. This project will examine whether changes in NHS funding are associated with health and health service variables at the individual level. No external funding. Posts of researchers funded by HEFCE.

• PhD Thesis – Mr Sejeong Ha (University of London School of Economics – Geography and Environment). April 2009

  I would like to use UK micro data from ESDS web site for my PhD thesis. The main data set I am intersted in are Labour Force Survey, British Household Panel Survey and other housing related data.

• Investigation of low earners – Mr Matthew Whittaker. April 2009

  Wish to use the BHPS to consider changes in the condition of 'low earners' over time. The Resolution Foundation is an independent registered charity which conducts research on members of income deciles 3-5.
  Other surveys used: BCS70 NCDS FACS LSYPE.

• Black Africans in Britain: Integration or Segregation – Dr Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent – SSPSSR). April 2009

  The LFS will be used to produce statistics on ability in English and inter-ethnic unions of Black Africans. The data will be used to access the diversity of Black Africans in Britain e.g. by ethnicity, country of origin, country of birth, year of arrival to UK, religion, nationality.
  Other surveys used: LFS HSE MCS FRS EFS.

• DBA Research – Mr Jeffrey Tyrrell (The Open University – OUBS). March 2009

  DBA Research Nottingham Business School - establishing a profile of typical employment as part of a wider inquiry into atypical work and in particular the use of interim management in the United Kingdom. The work is self funded.

• Effect of life-course SES on health outcomes of adults – Dr Hynek Pikhart (University College London – Epidemiology and Public Health). March 2009

  This data will be used for MSc summer projects for Social Epidemiology students who will illustrate knowledge of longitudinal data analysis in the environment of social epidemiological studies, more specifically the effect of SES position over the lifecourse on various health outcomes.

• Description of trends in volunteering – Dr Laura Staetsky (University of Southampton – Social Statistics). March 2009

  The data are retrieved for use within the framework of investigation launched by the new TSRC research centre in the University of Southampton. The purpose of the project is to investigate trends in volunteering at population level as well as individual propensity of volunteering as a function of various socio-demographic characteristics.
  Other surveys used: GHS BSA.

• Wage Profiles – Professor John Sessions (University of Bath – Economics). March 2009

  I will be undertaking econometric research into the effects of various employment contracts (i.e. profit sharing, performance related pay, self-employment, salaried) on respondents' experience earnings profile, controlling for a number of demographic and other factors.

• DAMES project research investigations – Dr Paul Lambert (University of Stirling – Applied Social Science). March 2009

  DAMES (Data Management through e-Social Science, www.dames.org.uk) is an ESRC funded research project concerned with handling and manipulating social science data, such as variable operationalisations. The project includes numerous evaluations of data manipulation issues for secondary social surveys.
  Other surveys used: LFS GHS HSE.

• The ins and outs of UK unemployment – Dr Jennifer Smith (University of Warwick – Economics). March 2009

  To construct a monthly panel covering labour market status, wages, and reason for any status change. The project will examine factors behind unemployment fluctuations by decomposing changes in unemployment into those due to inflows (separations, themselves divided between layoffs and quits) and ouflows (job hires). Further stages in the project will investigate whether wage rigidity in either existing job or for new hires lies behind observed cyclical fluctuations in flows.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Indicators research – Ms Elissa Sibley (City University – Sociology). March 2009

  To generate a list of measures used for indicators in several domains: Trust in institutions, social cohesion, tolerance/ prejudice, sense of security. Supporting European Social Survey research, funded by the European Commission.
  Other surveys used: BSA BCS.

• New family structures – Professor Stephen McKay (University of Birmingham – Social Policy). March 2009

  An analysis of large-scale data to look at changes in family structures, and to compare with findings from the past. Key topics are lone parents, including lone fathers, and the effects of birth-spacing on employment (and potentially other outcomes).
  Other surveys used: APS SCS FACS LFS FRS BCS BSA HBAI MCS .

• Individual and area-level socioeconomic effect on smoking initiation – Dr Abdulrahman Uthman (University of Birmingham – Public Health, Epidemiology & Biostatistics). March 2009

  Objective: to study individual- and area-level socioeconomic factors associated with smoking initiation among adolescent in England Method: multilevel statistics framework Variable: Education attainment, occupation, income, poverty rate, unemployment rate Funding source: none Method of dissemination: peer review journal

• UK Gender Pay Gap Study – Dr Wendy Olsen (University of Manchester – Social Statistics). February 2009

  A research project on the UK gender pay gap 1995-2007. We are examining trends in the causes of the pay gap facing women in the UK. Funded by the Government Equality Office (UK) and the Department for Work and Pensins.

• Housing evictions – Dr David Pevalin (University of Essex – Health and Human Sciences). February 2009

  The numbers of housing repossessions and evictions in the UK are increasing and this study investigates whether repossessions and evictions increase the likelihood of common mental illness and examine their pattern over time. To investigate the effect of housing evictions and repossessions on health measured by the 12-item General Health Questionnaire by using multivariate fixed effects regression models.

• The Health of the Irish in the UK – Mr Mark McGovern (University College Dublin – Economics). February 2009

  Data will be used to evaluate the health of Irish migrants to the UK, and tie their current circumstances back to their early life conditions. This project is being conducted as part of the Irish Abroad Study in the Geary Institute, UCD, Ireland.
  Other surveys used: LFS SHES GHS.

• Classification of households across time – Professor David Byrne (University of Durham – Applied Social Sciences). February 2009

  Classification of households to explore changing class structures. Employment of household clusters and mapping changes across cluster strucures over time. Demonstration of classification versus variable based methods. Interest in developing classification to explore impact of crisis in future waves.

• Diability in a Household Context – Dr William Collier (University of Kent – Economics). February 2009

  The research seeks to investigate intra-household aspects related to disability first via the impact of parental disability of child outcomes and second via the impact of offspring's disability on parental labour supply. Specifically, it seeks: To inspect the relationship between child outcomes and parental disability; To examine the impact of child's disability on parental labour supply; To assess the impact of legislation on the outcomes of the disabled.
  Other surveys used: MCS.

• Modelling socio-economic change using longitudinal data – Dr Marcel de Toledo Vieira (University of Southampton – Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute (S3RI)). February 2009

  Using cutting-edge methodology and, when required, developing new methods, this project aims to improve the skills of those involved in longitudinal research, in particular methodologists and researchers in the social sciences. The proposed work addresses both important methodological questions and substantive issues. In particular, data from the Consortium of Household panels for European socio-economic Research (CHER) will be used to illustrate methodological challenges when modelling socio-economic change. Using exemplars from the substantive research this project will present strategies for choosing the most appropriate statistical methods for analysing data with a longitudinal structure, taking into account measurement errors and complex survey designs. Survey data is the main source of information when regarding demographic and social characteristics of the population, economic activity, lifestyle patterns, and public opinion. Longitudinal survey data allow for the periodic measurement of individual s demographic and socio-economic changes in their conditions. In panel studies the same and (or) different variables are measured on the same units at least at two time points. Panel data is particularly adequate for investigating changes at the individual level. Longitudinal studies also allow us to distinguish the degree of variation in the response variable across time for one person from the variation among subjects and, in principle, also to make stronger causal interpretations mainly regarding inferences about changes, by determining the direction and magnitude of causal relationships. Furthermore, panel data is capable, for example, of providing measures before and after important social and economic policy events. Several statistical approaches have been used to analyse and model panel survey data.

• Migration LAD Level – Dr William Whittaker (University of Manchester – Health Methodology Research Group). February 2009

  Previous research during my PhD has used the BHPS to model internal migration in Great Britain. One of the most common questions asked by readers of the research is how inter-regional migration differs from LAD level migration. I intend to use this variable to enrich my research.

• Event History Analysis – Miss MALGORZATA RADOMSKA. February 2009

  Research concerns event history analysis on migration, labor market and the wages. It sould also indicate the connection between the developement of the walfastate agreement on immigrant workers and the level of the social protection in sending and receiving countries.
  Other surveys used: LSYPE .

• Attitudes over time – Dr Eva Jaspers. February 2009

  To analyse changes in political attitudes over time and within individuals, with the intent to write a scientific paper on changing attitudes. The paper will be offered for publication to a scientific journal.

• Data investigation for residential location research – Miss Flavia Tsang (University of Cambridge – Department of Architecture). February 2009

  I am only doing some investigation into quantitative data sources which could support a study on the extent attitudes affects the choice of residential location. No grant is available yet.
  Other surveys used: BSA FES.

• Social care analysis – Miss Meera Sookee (Department of Health – Department of Health). February 2009

  This data will be used as part of the Department of Health's wider policy analysis. This data set is specifically for the social care analytical team's work on the analysis of social and community care.
  Other surveys used: GHS.

• Comparison with cancer survivors – Dr Daniel Stark (University of Leeds – Section of Oncology and Clinical Research). February 2009

  We have collected and analysed a GHQ-12 dataset from young adult cancer survivors from our work in the hospitals in Leeds We wish to compare it to this survey, ideally selecting subjects from the Yorkshire region. I have used this data source before successfully for other purposes
  Other surveys used: HSE.

• DAMES – Professor Vernon Gayle (University of Stirling – Applied Social Science). January 2009

  Data management in e-social science The data will be used in initial analyses relating to the DAMES data management theme in education. Those interested should think about contacting the project directly. The data will be used in initial analyses relating to the DAMES data management theme in education. Those interested should think about contacting the project directly. http://www.dames.org.uk/
  Other surveys used: GHS LSYPE.

• Family event over the life course and old age pension outcomes – Dr Anette Fasang. January 2009

  The project compares the connection between family events over the life course such as divorce and child care on old age pension outcomes in Britain, Germany and the United States. We merge retrospective life history information with prospective income information and use event history and quantile regression methods. It is a follow up project of my dissertation, defended at Jacobs University Bremen, December 2008 (Fasang, 2008).

• Life course influences on inequality and poverty in old age – Ms Rachel Stuchbury (King's College London – Gerontology). January 2009

  This research aims to study 'trigger events' during the life course which are associated with adverse outcomes in later life (e.g. poverty or social isolation). The method is secondary analysis of existing data, mainly ELSA and BHPS. The work is commissioned and funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

• Fertility history, social support and health in later life – Dr Sanna Read (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine – Epidemiology and Population Health). January 2009

  The aim is to investigate the role of fertility history and social support in well-being, health and survival in later life. The special focus will be on the patterns of intergenerational transfers, social networks and household changes. British Household Panel Survey data (all available waves) will be used. The study will be carried out at the Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine within the projects Modelling Needs and Resources of Older People to 2030 and Major Ageing and Gender Issues in Europe.
  Other surveys used: ELSA.

• Smoking and Voting – Dr Nattavudh Powdthavee (University of York – Economics & Related Studies). January 2009

  I plan to use wave 16 of BHPS to investigate whether smoking ban, which starts on the 1st of July 2007, affects individual's propensity to vote for leftwing party. The hypothesis is that there could be a reverse causality that runs from smoking to people's voting preference.
  Other surveys used: HSE.

• A panel data analysis of overeducation – Dr Steven McIntosh (University of Sheffield – Economics). January 2009

  This research will look at people who are overeducated (that is, overqualified for the job that they do). The panel data element of the BHPS will allow us to study duration of overeducation spells, as well as look at the more usual determinants and impacts of overeducation.

• Changes in School to Work Transitions over Time – Professor Brian McCall. January 2009

  In this study I plan to examine changes in school to work transitions over time in the Britain. In particular, I plan to analyse whether or not, conditional on level of education, there has been changes in an individual's initial occupation, average wages and variance in wages, and length if first job between the mid-1990's and mid-2000's. I also plan to explore gender differences and ultimately U.S. - U.K differences.

• Subjective well-being and European economy – Miss Valentina Zigante (University of London School of Economics – European Institute). January 2009

  The usage is intended in the first instance as preliminary testing and basic econometric analysis. If this seems promising the data would be used as empirical base for an article on subjective well-being and institutional reform. This is both intended to be presented at a conference later in 2009 as well as to be a part of my PhD thesis (estimated completion date June 2011).

• Circumstances of low income families with children – Mr Mike Brewer (Institute for Fiscal Studies – Direct Tax and Welfare Sector). December 2008

  Funded by the Child Poverty Unit (DWP/DCSF). This project will assess the reliability of income as a guide to the standard of living of families with children, specifically for families in relative poverty.

• A new approach to measuring income-related inequalities in health – Dr Casey Quinn (University of Nottingham – Primary Care). December 2008

  I intend to us the BHPS data to look at Health and Income longitudinally, to compare different measures of income-related inequalities in health. It will be primarily a methodological paper that also seeks to contribute to the health-inequality literature in the UK and internationally. I intend to publish through at least one - but possibly two - articles in international health economics or statistics journals.
  Other surveys used: ELSA Omnibus HSE.

• A Comparison of Wage Distributions in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom – Mr Georgios Tassoukis. December 2008

  The aim of the research project is to compare the distribution of wages in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom at the most recent point in time, which is probably the year 2006. We are especially interested in how a legal minimum wage would affect German employees with low-wage jobs. Therefore we want to analyze the wage distribution for all employees and for employees with different employment states (full time, part time, etc.) separately. These wage distributions will then be compared to those in France and the United Kingdom. These countries represent economies of a comparable size but with differing labor market policies in force concerning minimum wages. Methods Using datasets of the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP), the Annual Employment Survey (Enquête Annuelle Emploi), and the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) we are planning to compute cumulated distributions of employees' hourly contract wages and hourly actual wages respectively for employees with different employment states.

• VENI – Dr Anne Gielen. December 2008

  In this project I will study job mobility using information from skills survey. This will provide information about learning about job preferences. This is important to better understand job search behavior.

• Use on a taught course – Dr Ann Berrington (University of Southampton – Social Statistics). December 2008

  BHPS subset used to provide examples for short taught course on analysis of longitudinal data, taught by Ann Berrington and held at the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton

• Poverty statistics – Dr Mark Tomlinson (University of Oxford – Social Policy and Social Work). December 2008

  To enhance use of BHPS poverty statistics by using net income for a Joseph Rowntree project on recurrent poverty,labour market segmentation and household change. The project uses multivariate statistical analysis to explore poverty dynamics.

• UES Research – Dr Aruna Sivakumar (Imperial College London – Civil & Environmental Engineering). December 2008

  Research undertaken as part of the Urban Energy Systems project at Imperial College London, funded by BP. Primary objective is to understand and model in-home activity participation jointly with household technology holdings.
  Other surveys used: EFS FES Omnibus.

• The shrinkage of the middle class – Dr Markus Grabka. December 2008

  The aim of the intended research project is to analyze whether the middle class has shrunk not only in Germany or in the USA but also in England over the last decade.

• Happiness and well being in the UK – Dr Mark Tranmer (University of Manchester – CCSR). December 2008

  An analysis of happiness and well-being in the uk, using a mulitlevel model to explore variations in well-being over time and to look at individual, household and district levels in a multilevel model.

• NGOs in Britain Project – Dr Jean-Francois Mouhot (University of Birmingham – History). December 2008

  The data will be used within the context of our project NGOs in Britain 1945-1997 based at the University of Birmingham http://www.ngo.bham.ac.uk/
  Other surveys used: ELSA BSA FACS.

• Research – Mr Nicholas Pleace (University of York – Centre for Housing Policy). November 2008

  Comparative analysis of general health of Scottish population with ex-hostel users in Glasgow. The analysis is simply to provide contextual information.
  Other surveys used: SHES.

• Estimating Housing Need – Dr Michael White (Heriot-Watt University – School of Built Environment). November 2008

  The BHPS data would used to model and estimate housing need in England at a regional level of analysis. The data would primarily be used to construct a household formation and housing tenure choice model that would examine the key factors driving household formation and tenure choice. The tenure choice component would examine owner-occupation, private renting, and social renting. This research project is being funded by the Department for Cummunities and Local Government.

• Conspicous consumption; the creation of a status driven economy? – Mr joseph levitt (University of Warwick – economics). November 2008

  Undergraduate research project into conspicuous consumption choice of data set not entirely decided yet but either GHS FES or BHPS will probably be used

• A Longitudianl Study of the effects of religion on personal wellbeing – Dr Donald Swenson. November 2008

  I am a sociologist of religion and I have focused on two major topics..the longitudinal effects of Early Medieval Society on Economic outcomes in the Occident and longitudinal effects of religion on pesonality outcomes. I have checked the number of variables that measure religion and personality outcomes in the BHPS data collection and have found adequate measures at enough waves to warrant analysis. I also intend to frame the analysis in a Neo-Functionalst Framework to provide theoretical base.

• Regime shifts and consumption – Ms jumana saleheen. November 2008

  In this project I am seeking to find out whether consumer behaviour changes when there is a regime change: such as the onset of a recession. That is, do changes in the macro-economy (such as a rise in the aggregate unemployment rate) affect individual behaviour, over and above the extent to which the macro conditions proxy the individuals own economic circumstances? To answer this question, I want to compare the consumption behavior of government employees (for whom I argue the macro-economy matters less) to that of other employees over the business cycle using BHPS data.

• Stratification of British higher education – Ms Jane Roberts (University of Oxford – Social Studies). October 2008

  Few studies have taken account of the differentiated and stratified nature of the contemporary British higher education. Most of the studies have focused on the access to higher education, giving mainly account of the unequal rates of participation among different social groups (by social class, ethnic minorities, gender, etc.). My doctoral research is an attempt to understand the different mechanisms that explain the stratification beyond access to higher education.
  Other surveys used: BCS70 LSYPE LFS MCS NCDS.

• Political engagement – Professor Patrick Sturgis (University of Southampton – Social Statistics). October 2008

  To study the development of political engagement through the life-course using the youth and adult samples.

• International Centre for Lifecourse studies in society and health – Dr Noriko Cable (University College London – Epidemiology and Public Health). October 2008

  The International Centre for lifecourse studies in society and health is to conduct original research in four general areas of current scientific and policy interest: (1)Family relationships and child well-being, (2)Education, health and social participation. (2) Health and labour force participation. (4) Ageing and retirement. Those data to be used are: Millennium Cohort Study, 1970 Birth Cohort Study, National Child Development Study, British Household Panel Study, Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing and, when it comes on stream, UK Longitudinal Household Study.
  Other surveys used: HSE NCDS BCS70 MCS ELSA LFS USOC.

• Is Smoking Cessation a Altruistic or Selfish act? – Mr James Hawkins (University of Bristol – Social Medicine). October 2008

  To look at whether longer-term smoking cessation success and relapse can be predicted by changes in household (particularly marriage, birth and health of other household members) rather than individual changes in characteristics. It will also look at smoking relapse rates after more than one year of smoking cessation.

• Wages and work-life histories – Dr Dave Mare. October 2008

  Manipulate and analyse the work-life history data in the BHPS with two aims: to develop and maintain a new set of files on work life histories (to be deposited with UKDA); and to examine the impact of work-life histories on subsequent earnings.

• Social mobility – Dr Vikki Boliver (University of Oxford – Sociology). October 2008

  This project makes use of data on the social class positions (SEGs) of three generations - that of NCDS respondents at age 33, that of respondents' parents when respondents were aged 16, and that of respondents' parents' parents - to examine the extent to which the social mobility chances of NCDS respondents differ according to whether they were born into a previously social mobile or social immobile family.
  Other surveys used: GHS NCDS BCS70.

• Trade union membership in the UK – Dr Frank Walsh (University College Dublin – Economics). September 2008

  Use establishment controls to see if the % of non-union workers in covered jobs has increased. This appears to be the case in the BHPS

• The Making of Social Values – Ms Paula Surridge (University of Bristol – Sociology). September 2008

  ESRC funded UPTAP Fellowship looking at the relationship between liberal values and education in the context of an expansion in education
  Other surveys used: BCS70 NCDS .

• ESRC-Australia – Mr Luke Sibieta (Institute for Fiscal Studies – Education, Employment and Evaluation). September 2008

  This project will investigate the determinants of the demand for private schooling and different types of state schooling in the UK. This project has been funded by the ESRC. It will run in conjunction with separate analysis for Australia conducted by colleagues at ANU in Canberra.

• Education and social change – Professor Lindsay Paterson (University of Edinburgh – Education). September 2008

  Relationship between education and various aspects of social and political change, including the impact of education on social mobility, social attitudes and social participation.
  Other surveys used: BSA.

• Teaching about NonParametric Statistics – Dr Wendy Olsen (University of Manchester – Cathie Marsh Centre for Census & Survey Research). September 2008

  We are teaching a workshop and putting non-parametric statistics into our post-graduate curriculum in the longer run. We are also teaching a workshop on Quantile Regression using STATA. This usage will include staff as learners. It is, nevertheless, a teaching usage.

• Divorce and the growing gender gap in voting – Mr Theo van der Weegen. September 2008

  Researchers: Marijn van Klingeren, Ariana Need and Theo van der Weegen (Radboud University Nijmegen) In this research I will pay attention to the growing gender difference in voting behaviour within Great Britain. In many countries significant differences between men and women are found, in the attitudes they have towards political issues (De Vaus and McAllister, 1989; Shapiro and Mahajan, 1986) and their party preference (Chaney, Alvarez and Nagler, 1998; Manza and Brooks, 1998; Manza and Brooks, 1999; Norris 1999; Inglehart and Norris 2000; Duvenger, 1955; Tingsten, 1937). Previous research in the US and Britain, shows a changing political preference between men and women. Women are becoming more left-wing than young men, whilst the opposite trend has been seen for years (Norris, 1999). Other research shows a growing gender gap, due not only to women becoming more left-wing, but also to men becoming more right-wing. For the last three decades there has been a rise of the American gender voting gap, where women are becoming more likely to vote for the democrats (Edlund & Pande, 2002). Literature shows a similar gender trend over the decades in England (Norris, 1999). I propose this new, and growing gender gap is caused by another recently changing development in England, the growing divorce rates. The central question is: To what extent can the English gender voting gap be explained by the growing divorce rates? The experience of divorce has many consequences for the people who are directly involved. A well know consequence is the difference in economic status between men and women. Women are economically significantly more negatively effected by divorce (Peterson, 1996; Poortman, 2000; Edlund & Pande, 2002). Especially when children are involved and the custody goes to the mother, women suffer from a large economic downfall (Holden & Smock, 1991). This economic change, after divorce, has caused for American women to change their party preference and voting behaviour (Holden & Smock, 1991). The question is, if the same mechanism is at work in England, where independently similar divorce and voting trends are showing as in the United states.

• Academic research – Dr Dev Vencappa (University of Nottingham – Business School). September 2008

  We seek to investigate the determinants of the purchase of private medical insurance, including amongst our determinants various quality of care indicators of local NHS trusts.

• Health over the life course – Dr Christiaan Monden. September 2008

  I study how self-reported health changes over life course as people experience several transitions such as divorce, unemployment, etc.

• Housing and health – Dr David Pevalin (University of Essex – Health and Human Sciences). September 2008

  The majority of research examining the processes surrounding housing eviction and its consequences has been conducted in the developing world around the issue of land appropriation. There are some notable exceptions such as work done in Sweden and the USA on marginal populations. The social context of housing evictions in contemporary Britain has notable characteristics that set it apart from other European nations especially the cost of housing and the subsequent high proportion of income required to meet these costs.

• Profile the Social and Economic characteristics of Central Scotland Forest residents and the physical landscape. – Mr Stephen Hughes. August 2008

  To profile the Social and Economic characteristics of Central Scotland Forest residents. A range of Local Authority and National variables are required. Also physical data is required.

• Socio Ec profile of our area – Mr Stephen Hughes. August 2008

  We wish to build up a socio/ec profile of the residents within the Charity's catchment area. The data will be used primarily for in house monitoring and evaluation of our socio/environmental projects.
  Other surveys used: SHES.

• Career effects of life course events on income and life chances – Professor Ruud Muffels. August 2008

  The research is part of a research programme looking at the longer term effects of life course events such as childbirth, unemployment, and health impairments on income and wages, employment chances, occupational career etc. The research is comparative using also other panel studies like the German panel. It is funded by Tilburg University.

• Smoking and wage dynamics – Mr Nils Braakmann. August 2008

  Estimating the causal impact of smoking behavior on wages, addressing the fact that wages are sticky and slow to react to behavioral changes and the fact that current tobacco consumption depends on past consumption (addiction)

• Globalisation and Labour Markets: An Analysis of Job Stability, Job Security and Human Capital Accumilation for the U.K. – Miss Bina Prajapati (University of Nottingham – School of Economics). August 2008

  This thesis basically explored the inter-relationships between job stability, job security and human captial accumulation in the UK.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Depression and Long-Term Incapacity – Matt Sutton (University of Manchester – Health Methodology Research Group). July 2008

  Longitudinal analysis of mental health status (as measured by the General Health Questionnaire 12-item) and employment status (especially inability to work due to long-term ill-health), to complement analysis of routine data on incapacity benefit claimants, anti-depressant prescribing and interviews with General Practitioners. Funded by Chief Scientist Office.
  Other surveys used: APS HSE.

• Resources for Funding Retirement – Mr Russell Goss. July 2008

  The ABI is interested in obtaining data from the British Household Panel Survey and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing for the purposes of research that is likely to be published later in the year. We are looking at, amongst other things, what resources different age / income cohorts have available to them to fund their retirement. When finished, the document will be made available to the public electronically and forms part of the ABI's contribution to public debate / policy formation, addressing the retirement needs of UK residents.
  Other surveys used: ELSA.

• Research – Mr Law Makungauta (British Council - Harare – Consultancy). July 2008

  I want the data for research on business performance in an inflationary environment through British Council Zimbabwe

• Long term effects of mental health problems on quality of life in older people – Dr Adam Smith (University of Leeds – Centre for Health & Social Care). July 2008

  Funding will be sought from the ESRC to explore the long term effects of mental health problems in old age with a particular focus on quality of life and the economic consequences.
  Other surveys used: ELSA.

• Gendered Career Trajectories of Highly Qualified Women and Men – Dr Kathrin Leuze. July 2008

  This project deals with the gendered nature of career trajectories of highly qualified women and men in comparative perspective. Until today we can observe striking gender differences in the horizontal and vertical occupational segregation among men and women holding higher education degrees. These findings present a widespread cross-national phenomen; yet, country differences, e.g. between Britain and Germany, persist. In order to account for the gendered nature of career trajectories in comparative perspective, the discussion on Varieties of Capitalism and gendered institutional settings are applied. The Varieties of Capitalism literature has already sought to classify political economies according to the gender inequalities they produce, but so far only macro-level data was used. I am developing this research further by conducting comparative research on highly qualified men and women with micro-level data on education and employment histories.

• Does time affect inequalities? Family and occupational trajectories as gendering and stratification processes – Dr Jacques-Antoine Gauthier. July 2008

  This project aims at considering social positioning as resulting from socialization and allocation processes based on and amplifying social and gender inequalities. Social position of origin and educational level are not sufficient to explain the existing differences among and between women and men. In order to understand them, we consider the social configurations in which individual lives unfold. We therefore turn to the notion of trajectories enabling the description of multiple social participations (e.g., family or occupation) that are mutually dependent at the individual or collective level and embedded in a specific institutional context (education, vocational training, occupation, and social care). The exploratory techniques of optimal matching analysis are well suited to the modeling of such configurations. The fact that their potential remains underexploited prompts us to combine data analysis and methodological development in a recursive way. Funding provided by the University of Lausanne

• Demographic Analysis of the BHPS – Mr Christian Schmitt. June 2008

  Analysis of first birth transition in the context of labour market participation as part of a cross-national comparison

• Civic engagement and trust in the UK – Dr Rene Bekkers. June 2008

  In this research, I will study the effect of civic engagement (membership and volunteering) on generalized social trust. A traditional finding is that trust and civic engagement are positively correlated. It has been claimed that causality in this relationship runs both ways. Using longitudinal data like the BHPS this claim can be tested.

• flexcareer II – Mr Paul Schmelzer. June 2008

  International comparision of retirement processes based at University of Bamberg and Leipzig (Germany). Project plans to investigate how flexibilization on the labor market has influenced the later careers.

• Trends in a recession – Miss Elayne Read. June 2008

  Looking at trends in consumer behaviour in a recession with a view to drawing implications for the current economic climate

• Personal Accounts – Miss Bhaveshree Hirani (The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – Personal Accounts Delivery Authority). June 2008

  The dataset will be used to assist in the modelling of participation rates into personal accounts. The dataset will help produce estimates of scheme volumes, support other strands of work and adhoc analysis to support briefing etc. The dataset will also help identify the characteristics of individuals who are/aren't currently participating into a pension scheme; including those who are contributing into the pension scheme; detailed job level information to identify multiple jobs, and information on how often individuals move between jobs. This information will help improve volumes estimates and better enable us to access the level of participation into personal accounts
  Other surveys used: Omnibus GHS FRS LFS ELSA.

• UK dwellings stock – Ms Durand Camille. May 2008

  The aim of our survey is to collect data about the building stock of the residential and the non-residential buildings of UK. The number of dwellings, the floor areas...

• Transition from school to work – Professor Masahiko Sano. May 2008

  To analise the youth transition from school to work. I have conducted comparative study on transition from school to work between Japan and the UK.

• Consumption dynamics and background risk – Professor Luigi Ventura. May 2008

  Data from BHPS will be used to evaluate the impact of background risk on the dynamics of consumption; a comparison will be made between the impact on British and Italian households, by also using panel data provided by the Bank of Italy SHIW.

• Ageing, retirement and employment – Dr Fona Carmichael (University of Birmingham – Business). May 2008

  The research is about the transitions of older people from employment into retirement and activities in retirement
  Other surveys used: ELSA LFS EFS.

• Evaluation of Working for Families Scheme – Dr Robert Raeside (Napier University, Edinburgh – Accounting, Economics & Statistics). May 2008

  Wish to compare data collected on employablility and the effectiveness of a scheme to ease people's transition in to work after having a child.

• Research – Mr Paul Wartena. May 2008

  Implement happiness data and its correlates in the World Database of Happiness and use it for research on different subjects related to happiness or life-satisfaction

• Gender Differences in Low Pay Labour Mobility – Euan Phimister (University of Aberdeen – Economics). May 2008

  Explores gender differences in the duration of low pay employment spells across types of exit to alternative states of the labour market namely high pay employment, unemployment and labour market inactivity using a competing risk model of low pay to the above destinations to be estimated.

• Childrens Wellbeing and Lone Parent Employment – Dr Susan Harkness (University of Bath – Social Policy). April 2008

  Look at the effect of lone parent employment and maternal mental health on a range of child mental health outcomes in 1999 and 2004.
  Other surveys used: GHS BSA LFS.

• Contextual models of economic voting in new democracies – Ms Jane Roberts (University of Oxford – Social Studies). April 2008

  We are estimating multi-level economic voting models in new democracies. This is an extension of a book project (currently under review at CUP) that I recently completed. The project will involve collecting voter preference surveys from new democracies in Europe, Asia, America and Africa. No funding.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Quality of Life – Dr Laura Romeu Gordo. April 2008

  I am working at the German Centre of Gerontology (DZA) in Berlin Germany. With my colleagues, we want to compare quality of life across Europe and its distribution in old ages. Therefore, we want to analyse the CASP 19 in the UK with the BHPS and compare it with quality of life in other countries (information source: SHARE).
  Other surveys used: ELSA.

• Effects of Margaret Thatcher on attitudes – Dr John Simister (University of King's College London – Management Department). April 2008

  Did Mrs. Thatcher's election as UK Prime Minister change attitudes to roles of women and men? I wish to compare data from various surveys, such as BSA and BES, from 1974 (or earlier if possible).
  Other surveys used: EFS BSA FES.

• Research on life satisfaction and relative income – Dr Luis Angeles (University of Glasgow – Economics). April 2008

  The data will be used in an econometric study of how relative income affects measures of life satisfaction. The study is in the line of the academic literature on happiness and income measures.

• self-employment in UK – Dr Donghun Cho. April 2008

  This project analyzes the entry dynamics of self-employment in the UK and we will eventually discuss in the context of international comparison. We are going to examine several countries such as Korea, US, and Germany in order to extend our understanding of how institution affects the labor market structure, particularly related to the self-employment.

• Household portfolio composition – Ms Elena Giarda. April 2008

  To assess the feasibility of a project on housing and portfolio composition of European households, comparing home ownership rates across European Countries and the share of housing investments in households' portfolios according to their age, income, financial wealth, etc.

• BHPS-CNEF 1990-2006 – Dr Dean Lillard. April 2008

  Extract data from BHPS to include in BHPS-CNEF file (Cross-National Equivalent File). These files are sent only to registered users of the BHPS who have satisfied all of the UKDA registration requirements.

• Returns to Job Training in the UK – Dr George Messinis. April 2008

  Estimation of the value of job training in the UK. Longitudinal data is crucial in order to account for endogeneity and selection bias in training.

• Subjective data on multidimensional poverty measurement – Maria Ana Lugo (University of Oxford – Dep of International Development). April 2008

  The data will be used to explore the existence of adaptive preferences in various dimensions of well being, and to compute multidimensional poverty measures which incorporate both objective and subjective information of individuals' well-being. We will compare the results with those obtained using the German household panel.

• School-to-work transition and atypical employment – Mr Michael Gebel. April 2008

  The goals of the research project are to understand the role of atypical employment during the transition from school to work and the early career in Great Britain. The study considers different dimension of atypical employment like part-time work and fixed-term contracts and compares their performance in comparison to regular work contracts and unemployment. Additionally, this study explores the temporal variation in these processes over the last two decades in Great Britain.

• Comparison of household scanner expenditure data and conventional data sources – Mr Andrew Leicester (Institute for Fiscal Studies – Consumption Sector). April 2008

  This project aims to compare data obtained from a market research organisation with data sources conventionally used in economic analysis. The data is obtained from scanner units in participant households who record details of each grocery item purchased including quantities, prices paid, store of purchase and any special offers. Whilst extremely valuable as a source of panel expenditure information and providing details of exact prices paid and product descriptions, the data is largely unknown and untested in economic analysis. In particular, it is not clear how such data compares to traditional sources of expenditure information, such as the Expenditure and Food Survey, or how representative the data are and how, for example, attrition from such studies may be non-random. The project will compare the scanner expenditure and demographic data with the EFS, BHPS and Census and report on how useful such data could be for economic analysis and the extent to which it might be successfully incorporated into other data sources. The strengths and weaknesses of the data will be evaluated and recommendations made on how the data could be improved.

• BBC Trust Study – Dr Peter Marsh. April 2008

  A study commissioned by the BBC Trust to explore the implications of a wide range of social trends on the future of public service broadcasting
  Other surveys used: .

• Evolution of dwelling stocks in UK and its consequences regarding environmental impacts – Mr Guillaume Marchand. April 2008

  Analyzing the environmental impacts of residential and non-residential buildings (in their use and demolition phase) regarding the energetic/materials wastes they generates. This study covers different European countries, including the United Kingdom.
  Other surveys used: APS FES.

• Diffusion of successful coping with change – Dr Hanno Scholtz. April 2008

  How has the ability to cope with change over time changed in Swiss society? We aim to study how income reacts to previous changes in the employment situation. Results shall be compared with German (SOEP), Swiss (SHP), and U.S. (PSID) data. Funding: University of Zurich

• Shifting Paradigms of Social Justice – Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby (Kent, University of). April 2008

  Research questions: What are the conceptions of social justice that correspond to the traditional welfare state models in Germany and the UK? How have they changed in recent years and to what extent do the attitudes to social justice correspond to these changes? How are the new themes in welfare reform (social investment, reciprocity and accommodation to greater social diversity) viewed and discussed by the ordinary citizen? This project will carry out a literature review, re-analysis of existing surveys (including using the ALLBUS and the International Social Justice Project (ISJP) for Germany, the British Social Attitudes for the UK, supplemented by MORI polls and British Election Survey material, where appropriate, and Eurobarometer, and ISSP and ESS surveys for both countries and to provide a cross-national context), and focus group research in Germany and the UK. The project's findings will feed into the AGF Research Initiative on Creating Sustainable Growth in Europe and also contribute to work on the normative principles of contemporary institutions as part of the ESRC SCARR network.
  Other surveys used: BSA EFS.

• Wage Inequaility in the UK and Germany – Dr Johannes Giesecke. April 2008

  This project aims at investigating the social structure of wage inequality in the UK and in Germany.
  Other surveys used: GHS LFS.

• Household income inequality in the UK – Dr Jurgen Essletzbichler (University College London – Geography). March 2008

  Income inequality increased substantially in the UK over the last 10 years or so. On an international level some researchers argue that those inequalities are due primarily to regional differences in incomes not in social differences. This study aims to examine this thesis for the UK from 1991-2006.
  Other surveys used: FES.

• Study of health & income mobility – Dr Paul Allanson (University of Dundee – Economic Studies). March 2008

  Analysis of income and health status dynamics. Study aims to develop new measures of mobility to characterise changes in cross-sectional income and health inequality and to analyse determinants of these changes in terms of structural and stochastic components.

• Child Obesity in Britain – Dr Joan Costa Font (University of London School of Economics – European Institute). March 2008

  To examine the dynamics and causes of child obesity in Britain, to examine whether parents obesity is responsible for childrens obesity changes
  Other surveys used: BCS70 HSE.

• OECD "Taxing Wages" model – Dr Fidel Picos Sanchez. March 2008

  The aim of the project is to add a consumption taxation feature to the OECD Taxing Wages model (www.oecd.org/ctp/taxingwages), since currently it only includes personal income taxes, social security contributions and payroll taxes. For this purpose, we need to identify the consumption patterns of the eight family types defined in the model, and then calculate their consumption tax liabilities. Given the inadequacy of aggregate data for this objective, we need HBS microdata of OECD member countries to do the required calculations using microsimulation techniques.
  Other surveys used: EFS.

• Measuring the evolution of inequality in health for the UK – Mr Dennis Petrie (University of Dundee – Economic Studies). March 2008

  Using population survey data in order to measure and decompose the evolution of health distribution over time in the UK/Scotland.

• British Household Panel Survey – Dr Karen Windle (University of Warwick – Local Government Centre). March 2008

  Within our project, the National Evalution of Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPP), a Quality of Life Questionnaire has been administered (T1 & T2) across a number of interventions in 16 localities. The QoL uses the EQ-5D, SF Ryff and Client Services Receipt Inventory. The POPP Project involves 29 sites, none of which incorporate any control or comparator group. To assess the change of utility across the projects and 'clusters' of projects, we need to have some form of benchmark. We would argue that the BHPS would allow us to compare the necessary data.

• Wage Profiles and Monitoring – Professor John Sessions (University of Bath – Economics). March 2008

  For research into the impact of firm environment on wage profiles.

• Recurrent poverty – Dr Mark Tomlinson (University of Oxford – Social policy and social work). March 2008

  To investigate the determinants of recurrent poverty in UK households and its relation to labour market trajectories and household change. This is a project funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

• Stratification, health and aging – Dr Gindo Tampubolon (University of Manchester – Sociology). March 2008

  Health inequality is one aspect of an aging population that has recently received a lot of attention. This is an acute issue in advanced countries such as US, Japan and the UK. The focus of this work is whether disadvantages accumulated during working in the early stages in the life-course [upbringing, working life] persist into the old age. The stratification of health in the old age, if exists, will have important policy consequences.
  Other surveys used: ELSA HSE.

• Training, Job Satisfaction and Workplace Performance – Mr Richard Jones (University of Swansea – Economics). March 2008

  To assess the impact of training on job satisfaction and workplace performance. Work funded by the Sector Skill Development Agency

• Labour market research – Dr Dimitris Pavlopoulos. February 2008

  I will use the BHPS data for the purpose of my post-doctoral research at CEPS/INSTEAD in Luxembourg and at the University of Leuven in Belgium. My research is in the field of labour market including wage mobility, temporary employment, training and wage inequality. I will also use the data for teaching to MSc students of the International Master in Social Policy Analysis (IMPALLA).

• Continuation of work on ESRC funded research on disrupted family relationships and late-life support – Miss Karen Glaser (University of King's College London – Institute of Gerontology). February 2008

  This is a continuation of work on an ESRC funded project on disrupted family relationships and late-life support

• Teaching – Ms Robin Rice (University of Edinburgh – Data Library). February 2008

  This is to teach a practical exercise to postgrads of the University of Edinburgh's Survey Methods and Data course.

• ODI – Lapo Calamai (The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – dwp). February 2008

  These datasets will be used to monitor progress towards disability equality and model disability poverty dynamics

• Right to Buy ESRC project – Dr Lee Williamson (University of St Andrews – Centre for Housing Research, School of Geography & Geosciences). February 2008

  The Right to Buy - time to move? ESRC project will investigate the migration behaviour of people who bought their house under the Right to Buy. The purpose of the project is to examine rigorously whether there are differences in the mobility rates, distances moved, and reasons for moving between those who bought their council house as sitting tenants and social renters, private renters and 'traditional' homeowners, by analysing longitudinal data from the National Child Development Study (NCDS) and the British Household Panel Study (BHPS).
  Other surveys used: NCDS.

• Cohort Social Change, Social Stratification and Social Generations – Professor Louis Chauvel. February 2008

  This project focuses on an international comparision of the dynamics of social change explained by birth cohort. I analyze the shape of social stratification by age-period and cohort, in terms of educational assets, social position (occupation, wage, income) and consumption. I connect the diversities of welfare regimes and the responses of birth cohorts to social changes.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Mental Health and Employment – Mr Dominic Page (University of West of England – BBS). January 2008

  This study focuses on a key aspect of social participation, namely the employment status of the disabled community. This study represents a contextual and exploratory exercise developing an historical and documentary analysis of the impact of legislation (in particular the DDA) on enabling economic participation. Therefore, it aims to address the following key aims: i) To historically investigate the income, employment and economic participation of the disabled community in the United Kingdom. ii) To document the impact of legislative changes on the economic participation of disabled people. iii) To critically evaluate the content of legislative change in the United Kingdom.
  Other surveys used: GHS LFS.

• Small Area Estimates of Health Outcomes – Dr Ben Anderson (University of Essex – Chimera). January 2008

  Exploratory research to investigate the potential for small-area estimation of health outcomes.
  Other surveys used: WHS.

• Working out of Poverty – Mr Howard Reed (Institute for Public Policy Research – Research). January 2008

  Despite the claim that "work is the best route out of poverty", getting a job doesn't necessarily mean escaping poverty. This project will develop proposals to end the injustice of in-work poverty, through promoting greater fairness and opportunity to progress in the labour market. Public policy has been relatively effective at getting people into a job, with Britain now enjoying record levels of employment. However, a significant minority of working families remain poor and half of all children experiencing poverty live in a household where someone works. This research project will develop proposals to promote high levels of employment that do not depend on the injustice of working poverty. This means policies that promote greater fairness and opportunity to progress in the labour market. We will investigate people's ability to earn enough through work to lift them and their families out of poverty, as well as to realise other aspirations such as acquiring new skills or better balancing their work and family lives. We will consider the impact of possible trends in the structure of the labour market considering how people employed in low pay, low skill sectors can realise their potential, achieve greater security at work and enjoy a decent, poverty-free, standard of living. This project is generously supported by the Commission for Rural Communities, East of England Development Agency, the Learning and Skills Council, Leonard Cheshire, Remploy and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• MCS3 Guide to Initial Findings – Ms Tina Roberts (University of Institute of Education – Centre for Longitudinal studies). January 2008

  The BHPS data will be used for comparative purposes for the parental health chapter in the MCS3 report.
  Other surveys used: MCS.

• Education and Social Mobility in Europe – Mr Reinhard Pollak. January 2008

  I would like to analyse the role of education for social mobility in Europe in general, and for the UK and Germany in particular. For the UK and Germany, I want to look at the transition from school to work and the early years of the work-life careers. I will compare the impact of education and social origin on successful labour-market entry and career promotion in the UK and Germany.

• Heavy work and mortality – Dr Anderson Stanciole. January 2008

  BHPS data will be used to explore whether differential mortality patterns are observed for workers classified as heavy workers

• Modelling socio-economic change using longitudinal data – Dr Maria de Fatima Salgueiro (University of Southampton – S3RI). January 2008

  The research project aims to improve the skills of those involved in longitudinal research, in particular statistical methodologists and researchers in the social sciences. The proposed work addresses both important methodological questions and substantive issues. In particular, data from the British Household Panel Survey and the Portuguese Household Panel Survey ("Painel dos Agregados Familiares") will be used to illustrate methodological challenges. The project is funded by "Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia" (FCT), from Portugal.

• Psychology Research Project – Miss Yasi Shamtoub. January 2008

  The data will be used for a graduate level psychology research project. The study will investigate relationships between various variables. More specifically, the study will focus primarily on happiness and well-being.

• Migration flows within Europe – Miss Sophia Koch. January 2008

  The research project intends to get a deep insight in the decision to move by migrants.

• Health Data Repository – Mr Joe Schaffer (London South Bank University – Health). December 2007

  London South Bank University have funded the development of a geographical database linking health-and health-related data, with the over-arching aim of identifying and reducing health inequalities in London. The usage is non-commercial. Data in the repository would be freely available to all relevant non-commercial stakeholders to identify and reduce health inequalities.
  Other surveys used: HSE.

• Age at marriage and the risk of dissolution – Dr Richard Lampard (University of Warwick – Sociology). December 2007

  This usage will be carried out as an otherwise unfunded part of my research activity as an academic in an HEFCE-funded institution. The research will analyse changes over time in the way in which age at marriage affects the risk of marital dissolution (and will consider cohabiting relationships as well as legal marriages).

• Self-employment – Professor Adrian Woods (Brunel University – Business school). December 2007

  Exploration of self-employment over time testing the hypothesis that life style self employment has risen in recent years

• Adaptation Towards Reference Values in Job Satisfaction Earnings and Health Research – Dr Jerome Healy (University of East Anglia – Business School). December 2007

  Research into the dynamics of adjustment towards reference points for key workplace and personal attributes. British Council funded research project in collaboration with Department of Economics at Brunel University

• Sociological research – Professor Yaojun Li (University of Manchester – Institute for Social Change). December 2007

  I am a quantitative sociologist interested in research on social mobility and social stratification, social and political capital, labour market postition especially concerning the minority ethnic groups in Britain, and comparative research between the UK and other countries such as the US, China. I need data primarily for purely academic research and sometimes may incorporate the research findings in teaching where appropriate.
  Other surveys used: LSYPE Household SAR APS LFS GHS NCDS Omnibus.

• Country comparision concerning socio-economical development / attitudes – Dr Jochen Hirschle. December 2007

  Data are used together with the German SOEP panel study to compare differences and similarities between the British and German population concerning socio-economic developments, attidudes and social behaviour.

• Capability approach/Well-being – Mr Lucas Pedace. November 2007

  Phipps (2002) developed an alternative framework to measure children's well being employing Sen's functioning approach (1992). We want to further develop and employ this approach to compare family well-being in the UK . Ref: Phipps, Shelley 2002. The well being of young Canadian children: a functionings approach. Review of Income and Wealth 48, 493-515 Sen, A. Inequality Re-Examined. Calderon Press, Oxford. 1992.
  Other surveys used: FACS.

• Quarter Century of Change in Employment Relations – Mr John Forth (National Institute of Economic and Social Research – Employment Studies Group). November 2007

  The BHPS data will be used to chart job satisfaction over the period since 1991, as part of a broader evaluation of changes in employment relations over the past quarter century. The project is funded by ESRC.

• Commissioning and performance (PSSRU) – Dr Julien Forder (University of London School of Economics – PSSRU). November 2007

  Department of Health funded research in social care. This work looks at the demand and financing of social care services for older people. It builds on work undertaken for the Wanless Social Care Review.
  Other surveys used: ELSA FRS.

• Skills Development – Mr Paul McCabe (Newham PCT – Public Health). November 2007

  Using the BHPS training dataset to develop and maintain skills in the manipulation and analysis of longitudinal datasets. This is part of local Continuing Professional Development and is covered by core funding.

• Friendship ties and geographical mobility - Evidence from the BHPS – Dr Michele Belot (University of Essex – Economics). November 2007

  We will use the data for a research paper invetsigating the relationship between friendship ties and geographical mobility in the UK. We will use 15 waves.

• High risk - high harm outcomes – Dr Ricardo Sabates (University of Institute of Education – Wider Benefits of Learning). October 2007

  This project has been funded by the PMSU and HM Treasury to undertake analysis on high risk factors that predict high harm outcomes. The project aims to find childhood risk factors, such as living in a single parent household, living in poverty, having a teenage parent, and how these factors predict later outcomes such as leaving school without qualifications. This project requires different datasets, in particular the cohort studies, NCDS, BCS70 and MCS. Each dataset has its strengths with respect to prediction of outcomes.
  Other surveys used: NCDS MCS BCS70.

• Social reporting and quality of life in europe – Dr Roland Habich. October 2007

  At the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) we are engaged in the bi-annual social report publication "Datenreport". In this report we are responsible for the part II on living conditions and subjective well-being. In order to prepare the 2008 edition we also will do comparative analysis on a European level.
  Other surveys used: BSA.

• Sustainability of educational improvement – Michaela Sixt. October 2007

  On the sustainability of educational improvement we want to investigate social heredity transmission of educational success over multiple generations.

• International Comparsions of the Social Determinants of Health, 1972-2005 – Mr Robert Hawes. October 2007

  The Contractor (at the Federal Public Health Agency of Canada) will be conducting a historical review of risk factors for chronic disease in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom for the period 1978 - 2005, and requires access to the microdata files from a number of historical British health surveys. Specifically, this analysis will employ a social determinants of health perspective to model the simultaneous contribution of gender, education, income, immigrant status, rural residence and ethnicity in the prediction of chronic disease risk factors. The requested BHPS microdata files provide crucial information regarding chronic disease risk factor surveillance for the period encompassing 1991 through 2005. In addition, the proposed analysis requires that the age of the respondent be included as a continuous variable to model the quadratic (squared) function of risk factors over time. This advanced analysis is not feasible using the public use microdata files (PUMF) of most data sets, wherein age is included as a grouped (ordinal) variable and hence not suitable for our needs. It is for these reasons that we request access to the BHPS 1991-2005 microdata share file, along with all corresponding analysis files for bootstrap and variance estimation.
  Other surveys used: HSE WHS SHES.

• Health and economic performance – Ms Yulia Kossykh. October 2007

  The dataset will be used to explore the relationships between (i) individuals' health and productivity and (ii) individuals' health and their decision to work. The project is funded by the Health and Safety Executives (HSE).
  Other surveys used: GHS APS.

• Household asset levels near retirement age – Mr L. Daniel Muldoon. September 2007

  The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College is undertaking a project which examines asset levels in households which are nearing retirement age. We believe that the data in the British Household Panel Survey would be a valuable resource to gather information on these levels in Britain
  Other surveys used: ELSA.

• Comparison of disability rates across surveys – Ms Rachel Stuchbury (University of King's College London – Gerontology). September 2007

  Comparison of standardised disability rates at older ages in UK across various surveys - General Household Survey, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, CFAS, British Household Panel Survey

• Household portfolio research data – Dr Ihsuan Li. September 2007

  I am exploring datasets that can help me test an hypothesis on household holding of debts and assets. Among those debts are bankcards. I am also interested in examining household pattern in buying and selling stocks (stock portfolio) across time given different socio demographic characteristics.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Postdoctoral Research – Dr Johnna Montgomerie (University of Manchester – Humanities). September 2007

  British household economic data, wealth, debt and income in particular to compare to US Survey of Consumer Finances. Looking for trends in the 1990s.

• Non-communicable diseases, work and lifestyle in OECD countries – Ms Ana Llena-Nozal. September 2007

  This is an OECD project to compare the evolution on non-communicable diseases over time in OECD countries
  Other surveys used: HSE.

• Cohesion in crisis – Dr EDWARD FERRARI (University of Sheffield – Town and Regional Planning). September 2007

  To produce some basic custom analyses of household mobility, house value and ethnicity. For co-authored book chapter in edited volume 'Cohesion in Crisis', edited by David Robinson and John Flint, to be published by Policy Press, Bristol. Search of UKDA suggests that similar analyses have not been performed already using BHPS data. Need to account for small sample sizes relating to ethnicity will be borne in mind; data are required initially for exploration and feasibility testing. No specific source of funding.
  Other surveys used: SEH.

• Modelling Needs and Resources of Older People to 2030 – Professor Michael Murphy (University of London School of Economics – Social Policy). September 2007

  This is an ESRC-funded project. Key issues to be investigated include how trends in mortality and morbidity will evolve, and if the extra years of life will be lived in good health; the consequences of changes in family circumstances on the availability of informal sources of care and for older people's social participation; and older people's ability to meet care costs. Statistical analyses will be undertaken on trends in the relationships between the determinants of needs and resources: mortality; disease and disability; household/family formation and kinship; family support and the availability and need for informal and formal care services; and how they differ between socio-economic and income groups. The project will use simulation models to project up to 2030 the numbers, family circumstances, income, pensions, savings, disability and care needs (formal and informal), the key determinants of the resources and needs of older people. The project will use a number of large-scale surveys including GHS, ELSA and the ONS 1% LS.
  Other surveys used: GHS ELSA.

• Teaching dataset – Dr Caroline Dewilde. September 2007

  Use of the BHPS Teaching Dataset on Work, Family and Health for a practical exercise on longitudinal analysis, as a part of an MA course on life course, population and family policy

• Analyzing British consumer patterns – Dr Ulysses Brown. September 2007

  The data will be used to analyze the consumer behavior of the british.

• Income and wealth inequalities – Dr Tracey Warren (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne – Sociology). August 2007

  Preliminary unfunded analysis of gendered and ethnically-related wealth inequalities in Britain, to feed into the development of research proposals on this topic.

• Quits and layoffs – Dr Jennifer Smith (University of Warwick – Economics). August 2007

  To assess the cost of downward nominal wage rigidity (DNWR) by investigating whether individual workers are more likely to be laid off after their pay has been frozen and whether nominal cuts prevent layoffs. The counterpart hypotheses will also be investigated - in particular whether nominal cuts lead to quits. Micro data will be used, in the hope of resolving the so-called "micro-macro" puzzle: the contrast between the plentiful evidence of DNWR from micro data but the general failure of empirical macroeconomic studies to find any unemployment-related cost of this rigidity.

• For academic purposes – Dr David Cutts (University of Manchester – Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research). August 2007

  I intend to use BHPS data for a paper I am writing on the importance of small spatial scales (including the household) as electoral contexts for individual voters.
  Other surveys used: BSA.

• Education in Cornwall and IoS – Dr Caroline Hattam (University of Exeter – Marchmont SLIM). August 2007

  As part of an evaluation of Objective One ESF, we are investigating longitudinal data sets that may help identify changes in the socio-economic situation of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Thsi work is funded by an ESF Technical Assistance grant
  Other surveys used: LFS APS BCS BSA FRS GHS SEH LSYPE.

• Testing the Risk Society Thesis – Mr Andreas Cebulla (National Centre for Social Research – Quantitative Research Department). August 2007

  Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the research project uses the NCDS, 1970 BCS and the BHPS to test key assumptions of the theory of risk society. The study compares child and parental attitudes, main respondents' attitudes and ambitions, and respondents' behaviours (and behavioural outcomes) across three age cohorts.
  Other surveys used: NCDS BCS70.

• Real Life Methods: Young Lives – Dr Sarah Irwin (University of Leeds – Sociology and Social Policy). August 2007

  Young Lives is a research project being run as part of Real Life Methods, a node of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods. Exploration of LSYPE data will be part of a multi layered analysis, of young people's experiences and outlooks, building also on an area based survey and longitudinal qualitative work.
  Other surveys used: LSYPE.

• Subjective well-being and transitions out of work – Dr Amilcar Moreira. July 2007

  Assuming that the individuals satisfaction with work depends on the working conditions and the level of job security they enjoy in employment, this paper will test the hypothesis that individuals with better working conditions and higher levels of employment security will have a higher probability of registering a decrease in personal utility (measured as subjective well-being) in the transition out of employment (be it unemployment or retirement). In order to test this hypothesis, it was decided to analyse the transitions from work to unemployment/retirement in two countries where working conditions are regulated in a very different way: Germany (which presents a higher level of employment protection and greater focus on good working conditions) the UK (with a more deregulated labour market, and a lesser focus on promoting good working conditions).
  Other surveys used: ELSA.

• Value of health – Professor Wim Groot. July 2007

  I will use the data to calculate the compensating income variation of health and health impairments

• Understanding of British Consumers – Mr Cilius Victor. July 2007

  Henley Centre Headlight Vision provides intelligence, consultancy and research solutions to blue chip clients around the world. We propose to use this data to strengthen our thinking around British consumers which will assist us in our commercial work

• Monitoring and understanding London's Labour Market – Dr Margarethe Theseira (Greater London Authority – GLA Economics). July 2007

  This project aims to analyse data relating to Londoners and their relationship with the labour market. Specifically the project will: analyse levels of labour market participation in London; identify those groups most at risk of exclusion and examine factors associated with exclusion. The project will also explore the general dynamics and characteristics of the London Labour market. In practice, the work is likely to comprise numerous smaller projects feeding into a general programme of research. The project is part of a continued programme of research by the Greater London Authority to support both the London Assembly and the Mayor. This project heading above describes an ongoing programme of research within the Greater London Authority (GLA). This research has two key strands: · Analysis of data relating to Londoners and their relationship with the labour market, with a particular focus on issues surrounding labour market exclusion in London · Analysis of labour market and sectoral data relating to the London economy
  Other surveys used: LFS APS TimeUse GHS FRS EFS FES.

• Network 1000 – Dr Graeme Douglas (University of Birmingham – Education). July 2007

  In an ongoing analysis of data collected from 1000 visually impaired people (Network 1000), we are using data from mainstream surveys to compare.
  Other surveys used: BSA.

• Trends in parenting of adolescents – Dr Stephan Collishaw (University of King's College London – SGDP, Institute of Psychiatry). July 2007

  The data will be used to examine time trends in parenting and parent-child relationships, trends in adolescent antisocial behaviour and substance use, and the extent to which changes in parenting account for changes in adolescent behaviour. The study is funded by the Nuffield Foundation.
  Other surveys used: BSA MCS NCDS BCS70.

• Savings behavior – Ms Emily McClintock Ekins. July 2007

  We are interested in learning about the savings behavior of UK citizens over time. Specifically we are interested in how different measures of the population correlate with the sales of Premium Savings Bonds. This data will provide the population data, savings, and consumer attitudes.
  Other surveys used: FRS FES.

• Revising Exploring Data book and creating teaching datasets – Dr Jane Elliott (University of Institute of Education – Centre for Longitudinal Studies). June 2007

  I am in the process of substantially revising Cathie Marsh's book 'Exploring Data' for Polity Press. Data is needed to provide examples in chapters but also to create specially designed teaching datasets. Main audience is social scientists and in particular sociology undergraduates.
  Other surveys used: GHS.

• Wales since 1939 – Dr Martin Johnes (University of Swansea – History). June 2007

  This study, which will be published as a book, is a major social history of Wales from 1939 until the present day. Its coverage includes social and political attitudes in Wales, for which the UK Data Archive will be a key source. The work is currently being carried out as part of my normal academic duties/research but I also plan to apply for a specific grant from a funding council.

• Outsourcing and individual wages – Dr Holger Goerg (University of Nottingham – School of Economics). June 2007

  The data is being used to investigate the impact of international outsourcing and individual wages. The research will compare results from the BHPS with results for Germany obtained using the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP). This work is partially funded by the German Science Foudation

• Cultural transmission of trust – Dr Sanna Read (University of Surrey – Sociology). June 2007

  This study is part of the project Social and Political Trust at the Department of Sociology, University of Surrey. The aim is to investigate the cultural transmission and assortative mating in terms of trust. For this purpose the BHPS data will be used to identify the parents and their children for the extended kinship models of trust. The study will use data from the waves H, J, M and O.
  Other surveys used: HSE.

• Testing for Adverse Selection in Health Insurance – Dr Marcos Vera Hernandez (University of University College London – Economics). June 2007

  I will use the BHPS to test for adverse selection in the health insurance market. We will be comparing hospitalization rates of different groups of the population, taking into account background characteristics, income, and labour market experience

• Services employment in Europe – Miss Janine Leschke. June 2007

  This project will look at employment conditions in the services sector distinguishing between the public and the private sector.

• Debt and finance among older people – Professor Stephen McKay (University of Birmingham – Institute of Applied Social Studies). June 2007

  In most studies, older people have very low levels of debt, despite often having low levels of income. However, there are signs that this may be changing, as younger cohorts exhibit less opposition to borrowing than their predecessors. We aim to examine the characteristics of older people with debt, and other kinds of financial problems, and how this is evolving over time.
  Other surveys used: BCS ELSA BSA.

• Time Use Project – Ms Rebecca Vichniac. June 2007

  The datasets would be used as a part of the analysis for a new paper, The Parent Trap, in the Journal of Economic Perspective. The paper is a cross-national comparison of the time spent with children and how the child care is divided amongst the parents.
  Other surveys used: TimeUse Omnibus.

• Social Trends 38 – Mr Kwabena Owusu-Agyemanga (Office for National Statistics – ONS). June 2007

  Require data for government report Social Trends 38. Specifically need job satisfaction data for labour market section.

• Comparing experiences of homelessness – Anthony Glendinning (University of Aberdeen – School of Social Science). May 2007

  The aim is to look at differing UK and US experiences of homelessness. This is done as part of the ESRC MRes. in Social Research postgraduate training programme at Aberdeen University

• Geographical mobility and voting – Professor Keith Dowding (University of London School of Economics – Government). May 2007

  To examine for use in a study looking at exit, voice and loyalty in the context of service satisfaction. Specific examination of geographical mobility in relationship to voting behaviour. The data will be examined in relationship with a dedicated survey funded by the ESRC.

• NICE Social QALY – Dr Richard Edlin (University of Sheffield – ScHARR). May 2007

  Used as part of the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and National Collaborating Centre for Research Methodology (NCC-RM) funded study on "the relative benefits of health gains to difference beneficiaries". The data will be used to determine the population mix of gender, education and age variables. This will be used when inferring the preferences of a representative sample of the population.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Job satisfaction and quits – Dr Yannis Georgellis (Brunel University – Economics and Finance). May 2007

  Despite recent interest in job satisfaction amongst economists, many still wonder about the reliability of such subjective data. The aim of this project is to contribute to the validation of job satisfaction scores by relating job satisfaction at time t to the quit probability between time t and time t+1. The analysis will be carried out using probit methods and/or duration analysis. We expect to find that ceteris paribus, those reporting lower levels of satisfaction at time t will be more likely to quit their job between t and t+1.

• Dietary-Obesity Relationship – Dr Damilola Olajide (University of Aberdeen – Health Economics Research Unit). May 2007

  The study aims to identify a dietary pattern in adults in England, using the dataset. The emerging pattern will be used to provide background information or the reference group against which dietary-obesity relationship will be examined using Scottish Household Survey dataset.
  Other surveys used: SHES HSE NFS BCS70.

• Are storks striking for a contract renewal? Childbirth under changing employment, family and welfare arrangements – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). April 2007

  Relatively recently European countries have experienced profound changes in patterns of employment and fertility rates. Strikingly, the Southern countries with their "familialist" culture and policies prime the record of "lowest-low" fertility levels, coupled with a lower female participation to paid employment. In this research, we study the interdependence between fertility and labour careers in different institutional contexts with different cultural and family arrangements in Europe. By comparing selected countries, we will dynamically and simultaneously explore the decisions to give birth and to increase/reduce employment participation. This research contributes to the literature by explicitly acknowledging unmeasured individuals' traits and the interdependence between partners' decisions at the household level. We explore whether uncertainty in employment relationships influence childbirth decisions and if there is any gender difference; whether employment participation and the decision to give birth are interrelated and if this is the same by gender and across countries and; how men's and women's decisions to participate in employment are interdependent with their joint fertility choices. Funding: Nuffield College

• International Comparison of the Inter-temporal Dynamics of Housing Choice – Professor Thomas Boehm. April 2007

  This work is intended for publication in an academic journal of econonmics. I have done a number of housing analyses using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to consider the factors affecting the dynamics of housing choice (ownership versus rental tenure) over time for families in this data set using a contiuous time, probability model developed by James Heckman at the University of Chicago. The British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) appears to provide comparable housing information and the ability to follow households over time. The intent is to do an international comparison with a comparable samples of households selected from the PSID and the BHPS.

• PhD research – Ms Julie Clark (University of Glasgow – Urban Studies). April 2007

  ESRC CASE funded PhD (the non-academic sponsor is Strathclyde Partnership for Transport), taking place at Glasgow University Department of Urban Studies under the supervision of Professor Gwilym Pryce. The working title is "Social Inclusion and the Urban Renaissance Without the Car", examining transitions in and out of car ownership by varying socio-economic status.

• Pathways of Housing Wealth and Well-being – Dr Beverley Searle (University of Durham – Geography). April 2007

  A ESRC/ARC funded longitudinal study using Panel surveys of the UK (BHPS) and Australia (HILDA)to explore the role and relevance of housing wealth as a tool for financial planning and a buffer against unexpected events, and disentangle the financial elements of home owning which undermine or promote well-being.

• Employment history - labour force – Dr Dilani Jayawarna (Manchester Metropolitan University, The – centre for enterprise). April 2007

  For research publications on self-employment and entreprenuer lifecourse. This research is a pilot study for an indepth study entitled enterprise and household.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Learning lives, learning identity, and agency – Dr Paul Lambe (University of Exeter – Education and Lifelong Learning). March 2007

  ESRC funded study combining qualitative/quantitative research methods to examine relationships between adult formal/non-formal learning in the life course with particular focus on learner identity and agency. Longitudinal analysis of the BHPS data.
  Other surveys used: BCS70 LSYPE.

• The role of faith in entrepreneurhip – Ms Maria Goranova. March 2007

  I need the data in order to conduct an empirical study examining the link between entrepreneurship and religion. There is very limited research on the topic, with the notable exception of Dodd and Seaman (1999) article Religion and Enterprise: An introductory Exploration published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. However they look at entrepreneurship as one of the determinants of religion's adherence. Recent anthropological research debates the benefits and disadvantages on believing in something that cannot be objectively known. As such beliefs could impact entrepreneurial activity. Thus in this study I take the opposite stance from Dodd and Seaman, in positing that religion may affect entrepreneurial activity, rather than that entrepreneurial activity affects religioius adherence. Given the paucity of research of the topic, despite its obvious importance from Max Weber writings onwards, I think a new empirical re-examination is warranted. Therefore I will conduct a bi-directional causality analysis, one replicating Dodd and Seaman (1999) study positing that entrepreneurial activity is an antecedent of religiousity, and second testing whether religious beliefs and adherence are antecedents of entrepreneurial orientation.

• Matthew and the Life Course. A Study into the Impact of Institutions on the Social Stratification over the Life Course – Dr Caroline Dewilde. March 2007

  In this postdoctoral project, funded by the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen), we want to further investigate the link between institutions, life courses and social inequality. Starting point is the conceptual framework developed in Dewilde (2003; 2004), in which we evaluate in what way the existing sociological perspectives on the life course can contribute to the study of inequality, poverty and exclusion. Although different approaches originate in different theoretical traditions, we can generally say that the life-course perspective calls attention to structural effects of a diverse nature, and on the way these effects over the life course of individuals create, preserve, weaken or strengthen social inequality. In this research project we are guided by two central questions, which, over the course of nine years, we will try to answer in several steps. A first question concerns the extent to which trajectories of inequality are structured by institutional factors. Secondly we want to evaluate whether and how during the last decades life courses have become less institutionalised, as well as the consequences of this evolution in terms of the stratification over the life course. During the first period of three years, we aim to achieve these objectives by means of a secondary analysis based on the available longitudinal data for four countries characterised by a different welfare regime: Belgium, Britain, Italy and Sweden.

• MSc Research Methods – Mr Nick Foard (Nottingham Trent University, The – Graduate School). March 2007

  Data will be used for teaching purposes on a module entitled 'Advanced Data Analysis' on the MSc Research Methods at Nottingham Trent University. The course is part funded by the European Social Fund and part funded by students' own fees.
  Other surveys used: BSA GHS HSE Omnibus ELSA .

• Job Satisfaction – Dr Tim Hinks (University of Bath – Economics). March 2007

  Determinants of job satisfaction using different waves of the BHPS. Interest is focussed on trade union members, gender, age and earnings levels.

• Marriage and Well-Being – Dr Ulrich Schimmack (University of Toronto – Psychology). February 2007

  I intend to examine spousal similarity in well-being (life satisfaction, job satisfaction, etc.) in the BHPS using structural equation models of dyadic panel data.

• NRP Employment – Mr Karl Olsen (The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) – DWP). February 2007

  I will be looking at the rates of employment and occupations of non resident parents to inform a qualitative piece of research.

• Gendered poverty risks in the UK and Norway – Mrs Anne Hege Strand. February 2007

  BHPS data from waves 7-12 will be compared with Norwegian Level of Living data to explore whether there are any gender differences in poverty risks between the UK and Norway. The analysis will form the basis for my PhD in Sociology at the University of Bergen, Norway.

• Vocational Training and continuous learning in Europe – Mr Jean-Marie Jungblut. February 2007

  The aim is to find out about the relationship between initial vocational training and participation in training during worklife. Is the participation in initial vocational education programs either enhancing the participation in continuous vocational training or is it a supplement?

• Investigation on Social Capital – Dr Christoph Hauser. February 2007

  Based on the waves 1-14 of the BHPS we intend to investigate the dynamics driving the formation of social capital. We want to analyze if the given time span allows to discern significant changes in the accumulation of individual levels of social capital. Furthermore we plan to identify important socio-economic factors related to acquisition of social capital. In addition we intend to investigate the relationship between individual level and household level social capital with spatial econometric techniques. The finalized paper is designed for submission to the Singapore Economic Review for publication in a special issue on the theory and use of panel data.

• BHPS teaching data – Professor Paul Contoyannis. January 2007

  Use of the BHPS teaching dataset is related to a taught course on the 'Analysis of health Data' at McMaster University, Department of economics. The goal is to introduce students to statistical analyses of complex datasets, but in the first instance without the difficulties associated with merging, appending, dealing with missing values and balancing the data.

• Quantitative Research Methods – Dr Emma Uprichard (University of Durham – School of Applied Social Studies). January 2007

  I'm looking for suitable teaching datasets with which to teach introductory statistics to MA Gender Studies students.
  Other surveys used: HSE YPSA.

• Teaching purposes – Mr Richard Gillett (Thames Valley University – Professional Studies). January 2007

  The data will be used for teaching purposes e.g. for the setting of tutorial exercises and assignments for students undertaking undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

• Working Paper on Alcohol Consumption – Mr Brian Dodgeon (University of Institute of Education – Centre for Longitudinal Studies). January 2007

  I'd like to use GHS and BHPS data (and possibly explore other resources?) to look at changing patterns of alcohol consumption since 1991, by sex, social class and other predictive factors. This would be a small project covered by my core funding at IoE, not associated with an ESRC grant.
  Other surveys used: GHS NCDS.

• GeNet project 5: WHIPP – Mr Jerome De Henau (Open University, The – Economics). January 2007

  We analyse the determinants and the distribution of intra-household financial inequalities in the UK, with a focus on tax-benefits. We need the data to build an indicator of financial autonomy and analyse the dynamics within the household alongside usual socio-economic controls. The project is part of the Gender Equality Network, funded by the ESRC, and supervised by Holly Sutherland, Fran Bennett and Susan Himmelweit.
  Other surveys used: FRS GHS TimeUse LFS Omnibus FACS ELSA.

• Regional differences in cohabiting, diet and health – Dr Seraphim Alvanides (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne – Geography, Politics & Sociology). December 2006

  Recent research concluded that women eat more unhealthy foods and tend to put on weight when they move in with a male partner. The research, a literature review published in the health professional title Complete Nutrition, highlighted major health issues that couples need to address as a team early on in their relationship. This project will provide further evidence, while controlling for other factors such as exercise, childbirth and regional differences.
  Other surveys used: HSE FACS.

• Comparative Analysis of Labour Market Outcomes from Job – Dr Riccardo Welters. December 2006

  We plan to use the data to do a comparative analysis between Australia (using HILDA data), Germany (using G-SOEP data) and the UK concerning labour market segmentation. Main question: are labour market outcomes in the secondary labour market segment deteriorating in Europe like in Australia and if so how does this affect career avenues? No funding available

• Measuring equality – Dr Tania Burchardt (University of London School of Economics – CASE). December 2006

  The new Commission on Equality and Human Rights will monitor equality in Britain by gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation and religion/belief. This project is developing a framework for measurement for the CEHR.
  Other surveys used: LFS BSA HSE BCS FRS FES HBAI.

• Health, wealth and consumption – Dr Tania Burchardt (University of London School of Economics – CASE). December 2006

  To examine the relationship between health, consumption and savings / wealth in old age, comparing UK and US data
  Other surveys used: BSA ELSA.

• Demography, Politics and Old Age – Dr John Vincent (University of Exeter – Sociology). December 2006

  To provide empirical support of a paper I am writing based on a continuing interest in politics and old age.
  Other surveys used: NICHS FES BSA HSE LFS GHS EFS.

• Teaching sociological research methods – Dr Jacqueline O'Reilly (University of Sussex – Sociology). December 2006

  Teaching second year sociology students how to access real data sets as part of learning how to use SPSS
  Other surveys used: LFS BSA BCS .

• Gender, Labour Force Participation and Political Attitudes – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). November 2006

  In this research we would like to pay attention to the gender differences that can be found in voting behaviour. In many countries there seem to be significant differences between men and women in the attitudes they have towards political issues. The research that has been done in the US and Britain show us that the political preference trend is changing. Young women are becoming more left-wing than young men, while in the older generations older women are more right wing than older men. So the main question of this paper is: how come there is a difference in voting behaviour within gender and generation? The hypothesis that is central in this paper is the one of Manza and Brooks (1999), who explain the gender gap by taking labour force participation of women into account. They argue that more and more women are becoming left wing due to the growing feminine participation in the labour market. We would like to take it a step further and explain why women become more left wing when they start working. no funding.

• European Socio Economic Panel Comparison – Professor Goeran Kauermann. November 2006

  A comparison of European Socio Economic Panels with respect to income and unemployment data. In particular we will focus on differences between German (SOEP) data and british data.

• Pathways approach exploring problem gambling and homelessness – Ms Lesley McMahon (University of Dundee – School of Social Sciences). November 2006

  I hope to use this data to supplement primary data collected on homelessness and problem gambling collected in the UK and Australia, which explores the pathways into housing crisis and homelessness experienced by individuals experiencing problem gambling.
  Other surveys used: EFS NCDS.

• Step-parenting health – Paul Boyle (University of St Andrews – Geography & Geosciences). November 2006

  As part of an ESRC-funded project, we are examining the effects of being a step-parent on health. Considerable research has examined the health of step-children, but few studies have considered step-parent health. The study will use data from a variety of sources, including the census and the British Household Panel Study. We will be using logit regression models to compare the health status (limiting long-term illness and general health) of step-parents, compared to natural parents and single adults. We will include a range of additional explanatory variables in the model, which are expected to be related to health status. We will also examine whether there are geographical variations in the incidence of step-parenting, and whether there are significant differences between different areas in the influence of step-parenting on health. We expect to publish one peer-reviewed journal article which will examine the geography of step-parenting in Britain. A second peer-reviewed paper will explore whether there are health differences between step-parents and natural parents. We also expect to present conference presentations on the basis of the results of these analyses.
  Other surveys used: Household SAR SHES HSE APS LSYPE NCDS.

• The Economic Role of Independent Schools in Britain – Dr YU ZHU (Kent,University of – ECONOMICS). November 2006

  This project will examine an issue that has major implications both for public policy and for understanding of social and economic mobility. It will investigate important aspects of the role that independent schools play in England, both within the education sector and by extension in the wider economy. For public policy the main practical issue is the appropriate tax status of independent schools, the disproportionate utilisation of the government subsidised Higher Education sector by independent school students, and the possible influence of the private sector on the supply of teachers to the state sector. For understanding of social and economic mobility, the issues concern the impact that independent schools have on individuals' academic and economic success, for those educated in and out of the independent sector.
  Other surveys used: LFS APS BCS70 NCDS.

• Ethnic differences in patterns of employment and unemployment. – Professor Angela Dale (University of Manchester – CCSR). November 2006

  The extent of cohort changes in employment for ethnic women. Differences in employment participation by qualifications and prescence of children. Relationship between qualifications, unemployment and underemployment for different ethnic groups.
  Other surveys used: LFS HSE APS EFS FACS.

• Temporary work – Dr David Biggs (University of Gloucestershire – Natural and Social Sciences). November 2006

  I am a researcher of temporary workers and have used the UK Data Archive for specific information about the labour force etc. I use studies such as the labour force survey to keep an eye on labour market conditions and I have published some of my research findings on this in the past. I am also keen to work with other quantitative data-sets such as the BHPS.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Household Debt and the Labour Market – Prof Nicolas Williams. November 2006

  A careful investigation of the effect of debt levels on individual and household behaviour in the labour market. The focus is on the impact of consumer debt on job mobility, multiple job holding, perceived job satisfaction, occupational and educational choices, household composition, etc.

• Teaching statistics – Dr Gordana Uzelac (London Metropolitan University – DASS). November 2006

  The data will be used for teaching purposes only at London Metropolitan University. These include teaching statistics to undergraduate and postgraduate students of social sciences as well as introductury and advanced courses on SPSS.
  Other surveys used: BSA .

• Violence and Society – Dr Simon Moore (Cardiff University – Oral Surgery, Medicine and Pathology). October 2006

  To examine the causes and correlates of violence in UK society
  Other surveys used: LFS BCS HSE BCS70.

• Social mobility and the middle classes – Dr Gindo Tampubolon (University of Manchester – Sociology). October 2006

  Social mobility and the middle classes: latent growth models of class careers. Funded by the ESRC, grant no RES-000-22-1937.
  Other surveys used: Omnibus NCDS BCS70.

• Estimating Smoking Cessation Relapse Rates for Policy Evaluation – Dr Damilola Olajide (University of Aberdeen – Health Economics Research Unit). October 2006

  The study aims to explore the dataset to investigate the socioeconomic determinants of smoking cessation pathways and trajectories. The major research questions to answer are whether long term smoking relapse rate can be estimated more accurately and whether it can be systematically linked to population characteristics.
  Other surveys used: SHES.

• Early geographical correlates of health – Professor Robert Kaestner. October 2006

  Study whether infant mortality at the time of birth has effect on health at older ages. Using data on infant mortality at the administrative (county) level, analyze whether increases in infant mortality during WWII are associated with adverse health events in later life.
  Other surveys used: HSE ELSA.

• Estimatimating Smoking Cessation Relapse Rates for Policy Evaluation – Dr Damilola Olajide (University of Aberdeen – Health Economics Research Unit). October 2006

  This is an ongoing study being undertaken at the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU), Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen. I am a new member of the research team. The study is exploring the BHPS dataset to investigate the socio-economic determinants of smoking cessation pathways and relapse. Work on this topic has commenced already, with Wave 1 and Wave 2 data used to examine one single model. We need an updated data to look at relapse rates in the longer period as well as including policy related variables. Researches at HERU are funded by the Scottish Executive (see http://www.abdn.ac.uk/heru/about.shtml).

• Low fertility and family life in comparative perspective – Ms Chizu Yoshida. September 2006

  I compare the U.K. and Japan with respect to interdependence of men's and women's decisions about work and family. I will analyze how differences between the U.K. and Japan influence interface between work and family. The aim of the study is finding factors that keep fertility declining in Japan. The study is supported by Research on Policy Planning and Evaluation, Health Labour Sciences Research Grant of The Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare, Japan.

• The Familial Benefits of Active Parental Involvement in Community Based Higher Education. – Mr Ceri Jones (University of Newport – CCLL). September 2006

  The focus of the original research, which addresses the conferences research initiative theme, was to outline and qualify the synergy between the range of home processes that form a stable and caring home environment and the provision of a range of experiences, activities and interactions that underpin the learning process of both child and parent. The research paper is based on the central argument that parental involvement in adult education has benefits that lie beyond the mere academic. In reality the benefits seemed to lie along a continuum from the creation of a supportive framework of learning within the family to having little perceptible impact, which creates the base for a different piece of research. However, in relation to this paper, the creation of a positive framework did have a major impact on educational enjoyment and attainment. In the sense that people who are healthy, feel safe, and are encouraged and supported, are more able to make sense of their immediate social and physical worlds. The effect of support from the extended family was also investigated. This included the support given by older siblings as well as adult family members to both parent and child. The amount and efficacy of the human and material resources available within the home were linked to learning being seen as a structural element of normal family activity. There was a symmetrical bond between active parental involvement in education and the provision of study facilities, computers and other resources that enhanced the learning experience of not only the child but also the parent. In this sense incorporating learning into normal family activity can have dramatic and positive impacts on both parent and child's development. The evidence from the research shows that enhanced resources in the home, both material and experiential, are crucial for both development and academic achievement. The evidence indicates that in order to create an effective home learning environment, families need a range of specific resources. This said the families in question also need relevant economic and cultural resources (to buy books, computers and other educational materials). In particular, parents need to possess quite specific knowledge about accessing particular educational resources,

• Urban Energy Systems – Mr Alexander Frenzel Baudisch (University of Imperial College – Tanaka Business School, Innovations Studies Center). September 2006

  The BP Urban Energy Systems project at Imperial will explore how costs, energy and environmental impacts could be reduced in the future if cities integrated the systems that supply them with resources. The Urban Energy Systems project will document and understand in detail how energy, people and materials flow through a city. The researchers aim to use this information to improve the efficiency of both existing and new-built cities. The project will analyse how much benefit would result if a whole city optimised its use of resources such as power, heating, transport and water, for example by heating homes with the heat from waste water or by arranging residential and business areas to reduce commuting traffic, as well by the systematic introduction of new technology. It will also investigate the energy lessons to be drawn from the differences between cities such as London, New York, and Beijing.
  Other surveys used: FES .

• Financial consequences of the death of a partner – Dr Michael Hirst (University of York – Social Policy Research Unit). September 2006

  This study investigates the financial consequences of partner bereavement prospectively. It includes a qualitative and a quantitative element. The quantitative element is based on data from the BHPS which will be used to: describe individuals' personal and household circumstances before and after bereavement; investigate changes in financial circumstances and outlook following bereavement; determine how far pre-bereavement circumstances influence the financial consequences of bereavement; identify individuals at greatest risk of financial difficulty following bereavement; examine the extent, timing and duration of financial difficulties in the post-bereavement period. The study sample will include all couples where one partner dies. The qualitative element will include 50 in-depth interviews with couples in different circumstances including: older bereaved partners, younger individuals whose partner died unexpectedly, and couples where one partner is receiving palliative care and death is not unexpected and follow-up interviews with the surviving partner. The project is funded by the ESRC, June 2006 to February 2008.

• Ethnic diversity and dynamics in the housing market – Dr Mark Ramsden (University of King's College London – Geography). August 2006

  To work on a Joseph Rowntree Fund (JRF) funded research project. The project examines housing trajectories of different ethnic groups in England. One aim of the project is to explore the housing profiles of different ethnic groups using quantitative data. The project examines the changes in housing patterns and aspirations of ethnic minority populations living in the UK. The research begins with secondary data analysis (mainly Census data) to discover housing outcomes in terms of housing type and tenure according to different ethnic minority groups. Use of these findings will allow issues to be identified and explored in a survey covering London and Leicester. An important aspect of the research is to explore the differences in housing outcome according to different waves if immigration and age group. We aim to examine the housing outcomes (tenure and type) according to ethnic group. We also need to dinstinguish between different generations and waves of immigration. Therefore we need to be able to examine tenure patterns not just by ethnic group but according to age group (generation) and if the HRP was born in the UK or overseas (waves). It is necessary to make use of household data as opposed to individual level data. A final report commissioned by JRF to be published, plus two academic journal papers.
  Other surveys used: SEH Household SAR.

• Flexible employment and social insurance – Miss Janine Leschke. August 2006

  I want to use the BHPS data to complement my dissertation on flexible employment and unemployment insurance in the UK, Germany, Denmark and Spain that is based on the ECHP data. I want to use the BHPS data for the case study on the UK because it provides a longer time span than the ECHP data and more encompassing information on social insurance indicators. My dissertation was financed by the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB). I will work at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) from October 2006 onwards and will then write some papers based on my dissertation.

• An analysis of employment, housing and family transitions – Dr Gary Pollock (Manchester Metropolitan University, The – Sociology). August 2006

  This work will continue that which has already been undertaken on the BHPS: namely an analysis of changes in employment, housing and family statuses using a variety of statistical techniques (MSA and EHA). There are no funding sources as yet for this work.

• Housing wealth – Dr NICOLINA KAMENOU (Heriot-Watt University – School of Management and Languages). August 2006

  Gross housing wealth by net financial wealth decile - analysis at the UK level or regional level. Home ownership rates and the links between access to household wealth and social inequality.

• Women employment – Ms Makiko Matsumura. August 2006

  I use this data for my PhD paper,"Women employment between Britain and Japan". I'd like to examine how women after having children continue their work or not.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Understanding the Transformation of the Prospects of Place – Dr Eldin Fahmy (University of Bristol – School for Policy Studies). August 2006

  This project, funded by Joseph Rowntree Foundation, seeks to develop a longitudinally consistent approach to understanding the changing geography of poverty and affluence in Britain in the period 1968-2004. The research involves extensive quantitative analysis of large-scale surveys of poverty and wealth in Britain in order to derive synthetic models that can then be applied to census small area statistics for the purposes of geospatial analysis. These sources include a series of nationally representative poverty surveys conducted in 1968-9, 1981, 1990, and 1999, and Family Expenditure Survey data for the period 1968-2001.
  Other surveys used: FES EFS LFS GHS FRS TimeUse APS BCS70 FACS ELSA .

• Unfunded Obligation Measures for EU Countries – Dr Jagadeesh Gokhale. August 2006

  Exploration on construction of fiscal sustainability measures for EU countries. The data would be used to construct age-gender profiles of wealth holdings for estimating the incidence of capital taxes across the population.
  Other surveys used: APS GHS.

• Exploring savings and assets by gender – Mr Stephen Mckay (University of Bristol – Geographical Sciences). August 2006

  Project to look at gender differences in levels of savings, assets and debt. Plan to look at the information at individual level, rather than aggregating to household level. In collaboration with Fawcett Society.
  Other surveys used: EFS BCS BSA ELSA.

• Wage dynamics - UK and GErmany compared – Dr Michal Myck. August 2006

  We compare the dynamics of wages in Germany (using GSOEP data) and the UK (using BHPS). Special attention will be paid to wage dynamics of people close to retirement age, and we shall try to construct dynamic wage equations for both countries.

• Regional MDP feasibility study – Mrs Juliet McBride (University of Southampton – Law). August 2006

  The Centre for Environmental Economics at Guildford University, together with the not-for-profit research organisation the New Economics Foundation, have been asked by some regional development agencies (RDAs) to explore the possibility of producing MDPs (Measure of Domestic Progress) for their regions. The MDP index is an attempt to account for society's progress in social and environmental terms as well as purely economic ones. The MDP would be contrasted with standard measures of progress such as GDP/GNP. Funding would come from the RDAs if the studies go ahead. The Time Use data would be used to assess the economic value of domestic labour and volunteering, which are not included in conventional economic indices.

• Heritage Counts – Mr Geoffrey Dawe. August 2006

  Background analysis for research into impact of historic environment on national, regional and local economy and society. Funding is through annual grant in aid from DCMS to English Heritage.
  Other surveys used: TimeUse LFS EFS APS.

• Longitudinal Marital Status Change – Dr Kate Bennett (University of Liverpool – Psychology). August 2006

  Modelling the effects of marital status and marital status change over time with respect to psychological and health factors. The work was originally funded by the Leverhulme Trust and this work is continuing as part of my normal HEFCE funded research activities.

• Devolution and political culture, Canada and UK – Dr Ailsa Henderson (University of Edinburgh – Political Science). August 2006

  This research project examines the impact of federalism (or devolution) on the heterogeneity of political attitudes within a State. The case studies are primarily Canada and the UK although supplementary information will be used from Spain, Belgium, Germany and Australia.
  Other surveys used: SSA NILTS BSA.

• Social and Political Trust – Dr Roger Patulny (University of Surrey – Sociology). August 2006

  This is a project funded by the ESRC which aims to examine Social and Political Trust. We will use quantitative methods and examine international and time series data. The project will last for two years.
  Other surveys used: BSA NILTS.

• Research project – Dr René Böheim. July 2006

  This project explores the dynamics of flexible work arrangements and investigates whether or not flexible work may be a tool to integrate individuals into the labour market. Our main research questions are the following: Does flexible work enhance the chances of regular work in the medium-term? Do workers in flexible contracts suffer wage penalties after switching to regular employment? We look at labour market transitions and medium-term wage penalties of part-time and marginal workers as well temporary and agency workers, comparing four different European countries (Austria, Germany, Italy and the UK). In contrast to most research output in this area, we go beyond a short-term, cross-sectional analysis, providing a comparative and dynamic view of the consequences of flexible work for employees. Funding: Austrian National Bank
  Other surveys used: LFS ELSA.

• Within Household Inequality and Public Policy – Prof Susan Himmelweit (Open University, The – Faculty of Social Sciences). July 2006

  This is a project funded by ESRC as part of its gender network. It will investigate the determinants and effects of inequalities within households looking at gender diifference across time and different types of households
  Other surveys used: EFS TimeUse.

• Currently cohabiting: attitudes – Dr Ernestina Coast (University of London School of Economics – Social Policy). July 2006

  Funded under ESRC Mid Career Fellowship as part of the "Understanding Population Trends and Processes" (UPTAP) initiative. Analysis of questions addressed to currently cohabiting couples about their future intentions vis a vis remaining in cohabiting couple or desire to marry.

• Essex Summer School Teaching – Dr Karen Robson (University of Essex – Summer School). July 2006

  To use in the teaching of summer school course in Stata Programming at Essex Summer school. The students are using the data as a typical example of panel data with multiple years and multiple types of file structures.

• PhD project (title: 'Escalating levels of consumer debt in the UK?') – Ms Stavroula Vina THEODORAKOPOULOU (Kingston University – faculty of Arts & Social Sciences- School of Economics). July 2006

  The BHPS data will be used for academic research purposes; I am a PhD student (1st year) at Kingston University. The title of my project is 'Escalating levels of consumer debt in the UK?'. I intend to use the BHPS as the primary data source, in order to quantify my main research question.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Wages and Work-Life Histories – Dr Dave Mare. July 2006

  My use of the data is for two purposes - first, completing documentation of the BHPS work-history data, for publication as an ISER working paper. Second, completing a substantive research project looking at the wage effects of past work experience, focusing not only on spells of labour force status, but also on the occupational mix of past work experience.

• Effect of severity and onset of disability on labour market outcomes – Dr Umut Oguzoglu. July 2006

  The effect of severity and onset of disability on labour market outcomes will be investigated. The persistence of labour market states will be compared across disabled and non-disabled working age population. This research is funded by Australian Reseach Council.
  Other surveys used: ELSA.

• Economic analysis and general equilibrium modelling – Dr Keshab r Bhattarai (University of Hull – Economics, Business School). July 2006

  Teaching for Economics 2nd and 3rd year and M.Sc. and PhD. students in the Business School of the University of Hull.
  Other surveys used: FES APS NTS GHS LFS EFS.

• Marriage and Divorce: Changes and Driving Forces – Professor Justin Wolfers. July 2006

  Analyzing how responses to the happiness question change with marital history events (marriage, divorce, etc.). Analysis requires longitudinal data on both measures of subjective wellbeing, and marital history. Intended usage is for a review article on the Economics of the Family.

• Devolution and Decentralization in the NHS – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). July 2006

  Since Devolution the regional health policies of the NHS Scotland, England and Wales have diverged; resulting in different NHS structures. This paper aims to look at how differences in regional policy have impacted the centralization of services provided and in turn how this affects health outcomes. Funding Source: ESRC
  Other surveys used: GHS.

• Factor structure of the GHQ-12 – Mr Matthew Hankins (University of King's College London – Psychology (at Guy's)). June 2006

  Many studies have found the GHQ-12 to be a multidimensional measure rather than the unidimensional measure proposed. I believe the apparent 2- or 3- factor solution found in these studies (and confirmed in further studies) are artefacts of the wording of the 12 items of the questionnaire. I have demonstrated this in a dataset of 1300 women attending screening, (paper in preparation) but a general population sample would be a useful confirmation of the hypothesis that the factor structure resulting from PCA is entirely artefactual, and the GHQ-12 is unidimensional. This study is unfunded, but the results so far have been useful for teaching purposes (measurement theory) as well as resolving a confused and extensive literature.
  Other surveys used: HSE ELSA GHS.

• Youth sport – Miss Harriet Dismore (Canterbury Christ Church University College – DER). June 2006

  We are a physical education research centre and would like the data in order to explore patterns of access to sports facilities and clubs, physical fitness and later participation in physical activity.
  Other surveys used: BCS70 NCDS.

• BHPS – Dr Gereltuya Altankhuyag (University of St Andrews – Geography & Geosciences). June 2006

  I aim to analyse mixed-ethnic unions in England and Wales using BHPS data. The existing literature indicate that there have not been studies which used longitudinal data to analyse mixed-ethnic unions in the UK.

• labour market studies – Professor Daniel Rich. June 2006

  General area of research agenda involves econometric labour market studies for academic publication. The primary topic of these studies will be labour market returns to experience, job tenure and training. Other topics will relate to late career outcomes including displacement, reemployment and retirement.

• Dynamics of health – Dr David Pevalin (University of Essex – Health and Human Sciences). June 2006

  Continuing analysis of BHPS data investigating issues around health and determinants of health. Replication of analyses conducted on fewer waves. Specific immediate questions involve housing conditions and health, pysical activity and mental health.

• Fertilty effects of risk aversion – Mr Christian Schmitt. June 2006

  The aim of the study is a cross national comparision of the effects of risk aversion on fertility. The empirical analysis relies on a conceptual comparision of welfare regimes in Germany and the United Kingdom. The empirical part will be carried out by comparing information on individuals from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and the British Household Panel Study. General aim is the investigation if differing cultures of risk aversion affect individual childbearing decisions. The project is part of my Dissertation Thesis.

• Modelling and simulation for e-social science (Moses) – Dr Mark Birkin (University of Leeds – Geography). May 2006

  This is an ESRC funded project (part of the National Centre for e-Social Science) which is concerned with building simulation and forecasting models of the UK population and its activities. To investigate policy applications of these procedures, particularly to health care and transport applications.
  Other surveys used: GHS.

• Earnings Returns to Qualifications – Mr John Houston (Glasgow Caledonian University – Economics). May 2006

  To estimate, for the first time, earnings' returns to formal qualifications in Northern Ireland, to be compared with those accruing in the rest of the UK, with particular emphasis on Scotland.

• SOCQUIT Project – Dr Ben Anderson (University of Essex – Chimera). May 2006

  Analysis of a wide range of data sets on social capital and quality of life and ICTs for an FP6 project

• Health and labour market activity – Dr Lixin Cai. May 2006

  To examine the relationship between health and labour market activities such as labour supply and wages.

• Methodological Research on Analysis of Household Survey Data – Dr Robert Clark. May 2006

  Different methods of analysing household survey data will be compared, and new methods will be developed. Some of this work is being funded by an internal University of Wollongong grant.
  Other surveys used: GHS BSA HSE.

• The Social Mobility of Black People: The Public/Private Sector Divide – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). May 2006

  The study is undertaken in the hopes of seeing whether black people enjoy better social mobility, measured by occupation, in the public or private sector and in which country they enjoy the most mobility. From the results I hope to draw conclusions as to the social, historical and other factors that have influenced the situation in each country, compare them and hopefully draw some policy recommendations. No funding.
  Other surveys used: GHS LFS BSA.

• Determinants of subjective well-being – Dr Alois Stutzer (University of Zurich – Department of Economics). April 2006
• Longitudinal Methods - Teaching – Robin Brown (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne – School of Geography Politics and Sociology). April 2006

  Teaching on the post-graduate training program in the Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, at Newcastle University

• The changes of relationship between household income and people's choices and attitudes – Mr Wataru Nakazawa. April 2006

  I will focus on the relationship between the household income, life events and the people's choices and their attitudes, especially educational or occupational choices. I have a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

• The Making of Social Values – Ms Paula Surridge (University of Bristol – Sociology). April 2006

  The aim of this 2-year project is to investigate the relationship between education and social attitudes in the context of changing social and political climates
  Other surveys used: BSA.

• Labour Market Institutions, the Distribution of Wages, and Investment in Human Capital – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). March 2006

  I intend to empirically test the impact of minimum wage upratings on the distribution of wages, and use my results to evaluate the theoretical predictions about investment in training for low skilled workers. Funding: My research is funded by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Intrinsic/ extrinsic motivation – Ms Sarah Smith (University of Bristol – Economics). March 2006

  This project will examine the evidence on "donated labour" ie unpaid overtime across different sectors and assess the extent to which donated labour is greater in the not-for-profit and public sectors than in the private sector. Funded by the ESRC

• Subjective well-being and unemployment shock in UK and Germany – Dr Theodoros Papadopoulos (University of Bath – Scoial and Policy Sciences). March 2006

  Small research grant from British Academcy

• Comparison with FACS – Mr Lorenc Hoxhallari (National Centre for Social Research – Employment, welfare and crime). March 2006

  Would like to compare number of relationships to respondent with Families and Childrens Study.

• Varieties of capitalism – Mr Lauge Andrea Stoltze Rasmussen. February 2006

  The Copenhagen Centre is currently performing a comparative study between the service sector in Denmark and in UK. We would therefore like to use data from Denmarks Statistics and UK Data Archive to perform the comparative study
  Other surveys used: LFS BSA.

• Languages LMI – Miss Tracy Docherty (University of Salford – School of Languages). February 2006

  Regional Language Networks NE, NW & YH. RDA funded non-profit organisations. Data needed to assess foreign language skills in each region.
  Other surveys used: FRS LFS APS.

• Young people's sense of self-worth – Anthony Glendinning (University of Aberdeen – School of Social Science). February 2006

  This study looks at the effects in later youth of young people's sense of self-worth in early youth, beginning in 1994 (Wave D) when 11-15 year-olds were first contacted within BHPS households.

• Exploring Geographies of happiness and well-being – Dr Dimitris Ballas (University of Sheffield – Geography). January 2006

  The data will be used in the context of an ESRC fellowship project aimed at investigating different definitions of happiness and explore the degree to which happiness varies over time and space. In particular, the research aims at extending existing work on the perception of happiness by providing a detailed explanation of the factors and life events that appear to make different types of individuals happy and how these affect the overall structure and cohesion of society. The research will produce an extensive critical review of existing theories of happiness. It will also attempt to provide an answer to the question: Can happiness be measured, quantified and valued in monetary terms? Recent theories and methodologies of providing measurements of happiness will be critically discussed and their advantages and limitations will be investigated. Further, new possibilities for testing these theories will be highlighted in the light of recent advances in socio-economic data availability. One of the main objectives of this research will be to add a geographical dimension to the existing research on happiness, by building a geographical model of happiness that will be capable of providing information on the different degrees of happiness attained by people in different regions and localities, under alternative scenarios and happiness definitions. Further, the relationship between what defines happiness and socio-economic phenomena such as unemployment and income inequalities will be explored.
  Other surveys used: FRS.

• Social Exclusion Indicators – Mr Tristan Carlyon. January 2006

  Following David Miliband's identification of the indicators against which social exclusion will be measured, we wish to see what changes have taken place since 1997.

• Health Status and Health Care Utilisation – Dr Richard Layte. January 2006

  Health Research Board (Ireland) funded research programme into the determinants of health status and factors influencing health care utilisation

• Religiosity and Fertility – Dr Eric Kaufmann (University of Birkbeck College – Politics & Sociology). January 2006

  ESRC-Funded Project, Part of ESRC programme on Understanding Population Trends and Processes - A Secondary Data Analysis Initiative.
  Other surveys used: BCS70 NCDS.

• MOLS paper – Professor Gad Nathan. January 2006

  For use as example of joint treatment of nonignorable dropout and informative sampling for longitudinal survey data in invited paper for Meeting on Longitudinal Studies.

• Quantitative methods teaching – Dr David Barron (Oxford: Jesus College – Said Business School). December 2005

  Intended for use in teaching quantitative methods to master's degree students.
  Other surveys used: LFS ELSA.

• Jobs preferred by working mothers – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). December 2005

  Women don't enter the workforce on same terms as men. They need to take the household into account even if they are career minded. Things are even more stringent for working mothers. Maternity comes with many conditions and women have to meet all of them. This could have an impact on the types of jobs they prefer to be employed in. This paper essentially tries to investigate what kind of jobs working women seek.

• Persistence and Change of Political Attitudes – Prof Alan Zuckerman. December 2005

  Analysis of party support over time in the context of household preferences.

• CNEF-BHPS – Dr Dean Lillard. December 2005

  We rework a subset of the BHPS data to be comparable to similar data from panel studies in Canada, Germany, and the US. These data are issued as the CNEF-BHPS. Currently the project is not funded but we are applying to get support from the National Institutes on Ageing.

• The relative postion of Flanders in Europe – Dr Marc Callens. December 2005

  The data will be used to analyse the relative position of Belgium/Flanders with respect to the major research topics of the Population and Family Research Centre: demography, family formation, combination of family and labour and welfare.

• Time use and care/social capital of older people – Dr Anne Gray (London South Bank University – Families and Social Capital Research Group). December 2005

  Work on social capital of older people within Time Use and Care sub-project of the ESRC Research Group on Families and Social Capital at London South Bank University. Interested in analysing data on extended family relationships and on friends; correlating this with socio-demographic background info and feelings of loneliness, depression etc. This will be used to contextualise author's quantitative work on Time Use Survey and qualitative work with small sample of older people using day centres in London. This work is part of a large project funded by the ESRC
  Other surveys used: ELSA.

• Essex Summer School Introduction to Stata – Dr David Pevalin (University of Essex – Health and Human Sciences). November 2005

  Data for teaching course on Stata software

• Job quality in the UK. How bad are good jobs? – Mr Mark Williams (University of London School of Economics – Research). November 2005

  I am a 3rd year Industrial Relations student studying at LSE. I am writing my dissertation.

• White Goods – Dr Surhan Cam (Cardiff University – School of Social Sciences). November 2005

  This project aims to investigate the implications of new management strategies for companies and employment relations in the UK. The project is funded by ESRC.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Working beyond the state pension age – Mrs Svetlana Speight (National Centre for Social Research – Health Research Group). November 2005

  The project looks at factors that facilitate or work as barriers to employment beyond state pension age. It is funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

• Dignity in and at Work Project – Dr Sharon Bolton (Lancaster University – OWT). October 2005

  ESRC funded project looking into the concept of dignity at work. Initial research seeks to use existing data sets to explore how people feel about the quality of their working experiences and their working conditions and environment. This information will then be used as a foundation for creating a conceptual framework that will enable a broad understanding of dignity in contemporary workplaces and form a foundation for further in depth qualitative research.
  Other surveys used: APS LFS BSA BCS.

• Gender roles in household – Dr Damon Berridge (Lancaster University – Mathematics and Statistics). October 2005

  Analysis of changes in attitudes towards gender roles in the household between 1991 and 2003

• Trends in and transitions to unpaid caregiving – Dr Michael Hirst (University of York – Social Policy Research Unit). October 2005

  To extend earlier work examining caring relationships over time, and caring-related inequalities. Funded by the UK Department of Health.
  Other surveys used: TimeUse BSA GHS EFS ELSA.

• PhD on household transitions and adolescent mental health – Mr James Fagg (University of Queen Mary – Geography). October 2005

  Funding is a full time studentship from the ESRC and MRC joint studentship
  Other surveys used: Vital Statistics.

• Relative income and happiness – Dr Fernando De Maio. October 2005

  For analyses of relative income and happiness

• Social Research Methods – Mr Jeffrey Roberts (Open University, The – Social Sciences). October 2005

  The data will be used by undergraduate students as part of a course on quantitative methods.
  Other surveys used: BSA.

• Labour market – Miss Kelly Ward (University of Institute of Education – Centre for Longitudinal Studies). October 2005

  Analyse longitudinal datasets to gain understanding of labour markets and gender
  Other surveys used: NCDS BCS70 MCS.

• Luxembourg Wealth Study – Dr Eva Sierminska. October 2005

  LWS will contain data on detailed wealth holdings, household and adult characteristics, behavioral aspects of wealth holdings and, to the extent possible, income and consumption data as well. Thus it will facilitate wealth comparability with income comparability across countries and lead to new studies including wealth, consumption and income. Funded by Statistics Canada, Central Bank of Cyprus, Statistics Finland, Deutsches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Banca d'Italia, Statistics Norway, Nuffield Foundation and Institute for Social and Economic Research, Statistics Sweden and Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (FAS) and the United States National Science Foundation.

• Time and income poverty – Dr Tania Burchardt (University of London School of Economics – CASE). September 2005

  To investigate the circumstances of those who can avoid income poverty only by incurring time poverty and vice versa. Funded by Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
  Other surveys used: TimeUse EFS LFS FRS.

• The nature of Job Displacement in Europe: Some Comparative Evidence based on the BHPS and the GSOEP – Mr Richard Murphy (University of Westminster – Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods). September 2005

  To investigate the nature and the incidence of job displacement in europe, focusing on two of the largest economies. Including looking at the trends in the patterns of job displacement over a ten year period.

• Privatisations and labour market – Mrs Orietta Dessy (University of Southampton – Economics). September 2005

  I will use the BHPS data for a research project on the impact of privatisations on the labour market, funded by the Italian government.

• Population based multilevel analysis – Mr hu yongjian (University of Southampton – department of social statistics). September 2005

  We are going to use the British Household Panel Survey to make population-based multilevel analyses on the complex interactions between people, places and mental health.
  Other surveys used: HSE.

• eSocTu - Time Use Data to Analyse Macro and Micro Change in an e-Society – Dr Paul Stoneman (University of Essex – Chimera Institute). August 2005

  Funding Source: ESRC e-Society Programme Phase II Contact: Dr Ben Anderson
  Other surveys used: TimeUse Omnibus.

• Inequality of Opportunities in the US and in Europe – Miss Anna Crespo. August 2005

  The data would be used in a research about inequality of opportunities in the US and in European countries. The main goal of this research is to try to capture the fraction of inequality that is due to different opportunities inside each country and compare these fractions among the countries. In order to do so, it has been developed a methodology following the ideas presented in Roemer (1998), which defines that each person's income is determined by circumstances and efforts. We associate circumstances to the exogenous variables that are called the opportunities. On the other hand, the effort variables in our model are just in the residual component -everything that we cannot explain. We expect to find some differences in the results using the US data and in the results for the European countries data, since these countries are characterized by so different economic systems and cultural factors, as pointed out in many papers as Alesina and Angeletos (2003), Prescott (2003) and Alesina, di Tella, MacCulloch (2001).

• Fatherhood and employment – Dr Michéle Smith (University of Bristol – Sociology). August 2005

  ESRC grant awarded for Investigating the effect of fatherhood on men's employment patterns
  Other surveys used: NCDS BCS70.

• Sizing the illicit drugs market – Dr Jonathan Burton (University of Essex – ISER). August 2005

  Funded by the Home Office.
  Other surveys used: Omnibus BCS ELSA MCS.

• Migration – Mr David Beaney (University of Northumbria at Newcastle – Built Environment). August 2005

  Examination of returning migration
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Comparative study of gender wage gaps – Dr Michael Shalev. August 2005

  BHPS waves will be pooled to take advantage of the high-quality data for the UK on both wages and also classes, as part of a comparative study across OECD countries of how the gender wage gap varies by class.

• Union decline and wage dispersion; the British Evidence – Mr Andy Charlwood (University of Leeds – Business School). July 2005

  The data is to be used to investigate the following question; to what extent did the decline of collective bargaining result in widening wage inequality in Britian during the 1990s?

• Flexibility forms at labor market entry and in the early career: a cross-national comparison of the development of social inequality – Mr Paul Schmelzer. July 2005

  The project is funded by the German Research Foundation and will be conducted by the Institute for Family Research at University of Bamberg (IFB). The project aims to study the flexibility strategies in ten industrialized countries and the impact of these strategies on social inequality structures. We concentrate on the labor market entry and early careers and ask how the chances of labor market entrants have changed in the last decades. Both labor market entry and early careers play a crucial role for occupational success. The countries under study are: Germany (East and West), Great Britain, USA, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Hungary, and Estonia.

• Within household inequalities and public policy – Prof Susan Himmelweit (Open University, The – Faculty of Social Sciences). June 2005

  ESRC funded via University of Cambridge Network "Gender Inequality in Production and Reproduction"

• The progression project – Dr Ricardo Sabates (University of Institute of Education – Wider Benefits of Learning). June 2005

  Use the BHPS to investigate progression on the educational system in Britain. Funding DFES
  Other surveys used: BCS70 NCDS.

• Income distribution analyses in a cross-national perspective – Dr Joachim R Frick. May 2005

  We intend to compare various indicators on income inequality and income mobility in the UK (based on BHPS) with those for Germany (based on SOEP) and the U.S. (based on PSID). Special emphasis will be given to item-non-response on income questions and the impact of imputation of missing values on measures of income inequality and mobility. Funding used for this project is core funding for the SOEP.

• Modelling longitudinal survey data with transition models – Dr Zilin Wang. May 2005

  The objective of this project to develop a transition model to analyze the dynamic changes in an individual's state over time and how covariates may affect the governing dynamics. Since the British Panel Survey is a longitudinal survey, we can use the data to test our methodology. This project is funded by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

• The dynamics of commuting behaviour – Dr Joyce Dargay (University of Oxford – Transport Studies Unit). May 2005

  This study will analyse the factors determing commuting patterns, and changes in commuting over time for various types of individuals. It will be based on a model that considers cummuting in the context of the joint decision regarding workplale and residential location.
  Other surveys used: LFS SEH.

• National Comparator – Mr Paul McCabe (Newham PCT – Public Health). May 2005

  Using national data to provide context for the analysis of local data. Part of core NHS work.

• Means-testing and retirement – Dr Justin van de Ven (National Institute of Economic and Social Research – Analysis). May 2005

  structural analysis of the effects of pension policy on savings and retirement behaviour, and the impact on the government budget. Commissioned research by the DWP.
  Other surveys used: EFS FRS.

• Health and social care of older people – Ms Maria Evandrou (University of King's College London – Institute of Gerontolgy). May 2005

  This project continues previous work that examines the health and social care of older people over time. It is part of my HEFC funded research time.
  Other surveys used: GHS.

• Analysis of British labour markets – Dr Andrew Clark. April 2005

  Empirical analysis of labour markets, well-being and health

• Household Bargaining and Family Outcomes in Britain – Dr Lynn Cooke (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Policy). April 2005

  Couples in the BHPS will be followed over time to analyze patterns of the household division of labor and its effects on the risk of higher-order births and divorce.

• Property issues in cohabitation breakdown – Professor Gillian Douglas (Cardiff University – Law). April 2005

  Background for ESRC-funded study on property issues arising on cohabitation breakdown.

• The benefits and risks of Low Cost Home Ownership in different housing markets – Dr Youngha Cho (Oxford Brookes University – Department of Real Estate and Construction). April 2005

  The research aims to identify key issues relating to the demand for existing low cost homeownership schemes concentrated on: (i) whether the pattern of LCHO sales varies across different types of local housing markets (measured by the extent of pressure in the market and the gap between social housing and market housing costs); (ii) the attributes of LCHO purchasers and how they differ between areas; and (iii) the extent to which these groups and the dwellings they purchase represent different financial risks. The research will use large-scale secondary data sources including the Housing Corporation's CORE new sales data, the Survey of English Housing and the British Household Panel Survey as well as local income and house price data. This research project was funded by the internal promising researcher scheme within our university.

• Health Related Risk and Resilience Programme – Dr Frank Popham (University of Edinburgh – RUHBC). April 2005

  Various analysis on health and health related behaviours as part of a programme of work on risk and resilience. My research fellow post is funded by the Chief Scientist Office of The Scottish Executive Health Department and NHS Health Scotland
  Other surveys used: HSE SHES.

• British Election Study – Ms Martha Peach. April 2005

  The study will be about electoral competition between socialist and nationalist parties in Spain (Galicia, Basque Country, Catalonia) and Britain (Scotland and Wales). For the British case we will use all survey data available with respect to electoral behaviour, social values, social attitudes etc.
  Other surveys used: BSA .

• Health service use by people with long term conditions – Mr Roger Halliday (Department of Health – Department of Health). April 2005

  Policy analysis of the use made of different parts of the health service by people with different long term conditions
  Other surveys used: GHS HSE LFS ELSA.

• Job mobility of dual earner couples – Dr Birgitta Rabe. April 2005

  The project looks at job mobility of dual earner couples which involves internal migration. It examines how the spouses' earnings potentials, other socio-economic variables, and intra-family bargaining influence family migration in UK. The research is funded my the Ministry of Science of Northrhine-Westfalia under a 'Lise-Meitner' grant.
  Other surveys used: LFS.

• Economic Insecurity and Globalization – Professor Michael Hiscox. April 2005

  Examine the data to measure the effects of recent job loss on individual attitudes toward government policies and political parties in Britain. Appplication of new methods for the statistical analysis of panel survey data. Aim to produce article (co-authored with graduate student) for publication in an academic journal.

• Social Mobility and Home Ownership - A Risk Assessment – Miss Sandy Patel. March 2005

  The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) commissioned Brook Lyndhurst, under the New Horizons Research Programme, to explore the risks posed by relying on homeownership to promote social mobility and to propose avenues other than homeownership to promote housing wealth and social mobility. Research objectives: The New Horizons programme aims to introduce new research ideas, develop innovative, cross-cutting approaches to research and offer a forward-thinking perspective on medium- to long-term policy issues pertaining to the ODPM. The purpose of the study is four fold: (i) To explore the relationship between homeownership and both inter- and intra-generational social mobility; (ii) To highlight the risks that may weaken existing links between homeownership and social mobility; (iii) To identify other options to promote housing wealth (iv) To place these risks and alternative options in the context of policy developments in housing and in creating sustainable communities. Methodology: The research will be conducted in three phases: Phase 1: Literature Review; Phase 2: Risk Assessment (including the formulation of 2 broad quantitative scenarios and the development of models to achieve increased social mobility through housing wealth); Phase 3: Synthesis & Reporting
  Other surveys used: YPSA BSA GHS BCS70 NCDS.

• Pensioner expenditure patterns – Mrs Julie Williams (University of York – Social Policy Research Unit). February 2005

  Work for DWP to look at the important factors in explaining why some pensioners do not spend all their income.
  Other surveys used: FES EFS ELSA.

• Learning in the life course – Dr Flora Macleod (University of Exeter – School of Education and Lifelong Learning). February 2005

  Looking at learning in the life course.

• Research – Miss Michele Belot (University of Essex – economics). February 2005

  Analysis of the determinants of friendship formation and their effects on mobility

• Friendship through the lifecourse – Dr David Pevalin (University of Essex – Health and Human Sciences). February 2005

  Analysis of factors leading to friendship changes particularly between kin and non-kin.

• Spells of common mental illness – Dr David Pevalin (University of Essex – Health and Human Sciences). February 2005

  Duration analysis of spells of common mental illness No external funding

• Essex Summer School Intermediate Programming in Stata – Dr David Pevalin (University of Essex – Health and Human Sciences). February 2005

  Used as data for teaching course

• Household statistics comparison – Ms Sara Holder. February 2005

  Socio-economic comparison at the household level.

• Center of health and wellbeing (CWiPP) – Miss Oluboyede Yemi (University of Sheffield – ScHARR). February 2005

  I have just finished my masters in Economics and Health economics and I am currently working in CWiPP based in the University of Sheffield. I hope to carry out research using the BHPS data set in order to pursue the possibility of doing a PHD and/or use the BHPS data set to find new research interests I would like to develop.

• Survey of Assets and Wealth planning – Mr Charles Lound (Office for National Statistics – Methodology Directorate). February 2005

  We want to use BHPS data on assets and savings asked on waves five and ten in order to see how wealth holdings evolve over time. The speed of this change will inform the sample size required for the proposed survey of assets and wealth.

• The Conservative Party since 1997: the futility or failure of strategies to reverse electoral decline – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). February 2005

  Using the Conservative Party as a case study of a party in a period of electoral weakness I test and challenge existing theoretical predictions of the strategies political parties adopt in such periods and their rationale for doing so. Funding: ESRC
  Other surveys used: BSA.

• Britain's Poorest Children project – Dr Monica Magadi (Loughborough University – Social Sciences). January 2005

  This project is an update of Phase I of Britain's Poorest Children undertaken by CRSP in 2003. The project is funded by Save the Children - UK.

• Newborns and New Schools – Mr Mike Brewer (Institute for Fiscal Studies – Direct Tax and Welfare Sector). January 2005

  Project funded by Department for Work and Pensions to investigate women's labour market experiences before and after birth, and as their children enter full-time education.

• Household Churn – Miss Helen Walker (National Energy Action (NEA) – Research). January 2005

  The Household Panel Survey data set is required to undertake research on fuel poverty churn (i.e changing rates of fuel poverty over given period of time). NEA are undertaking the research on behalf of DEFRA and is not for profit.
  Other surveys used: FRS.

• Skills and Returners to Employment – Dr Wendy Olsen (University of Manchester – Cathie Marsh Centre for Census & Survey Research). January 2005

  Non-commercial research for DTI regarding returners to employment / gender wage differentials

• Trial design support – Dr Elaine Mccoll (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne – Population & Health Sciences). January 2005

  I wish to be able to quote data on household statistics and consumption patterns (e.g. the % of households owning certain consumer durables) to support trial grant applications

• Development of commuting distances over time – Dr Jan Rouwendal. January 2005

  The BHPS data will be used to study interactions between the labour and housing markets. Attention will be focused on commuting distances in relation to earnings, house prices, housing characteristics etc. The research is funded by the Free University of Amsterdam and Wageningen University.

• Feminisation of poverty? A comparative analysis of UK and Norway – Mrs Anne Hege Strand. December 2004

  The data will be used as part of my PhD project in sociology where the aim is to analyse poverty in a family and gender perspective. The funding for my PhD comes from he University of Bergen, Norway.

• Educational purposes – Mr Xander Koolman. December 2004

  The data will be used to advance the health econometrics skills for students Health Economics and Health Economics Policy and Law from the Erasmus University and to advance junior researchers experience with methods to evaluate SES related health and health care inequalities. They may also be used in comparative European research (ECHP) on the above topic to replace the ECHP version of the BHPS.

• Housing wealth over the life-cycle – Mrs Zoe Oldfield (Institute for Fiscal Studies – Direct Tax and Welfare). December 2004

  This is an ESRC funded project which will look at the effect of house price volatility on home ownership and housing consumption decisions

• An Analysis of Gradute Demand, Employment and Income in Wales – Professor Ralph Fevre (Cardiff University – School of Social Sciences). December 2004

  To support the preparation of a briefing paper which will form part of 'The Changing Graduate Labour Market - A Review of the Evidence' being prepared by Professor Phil Brown and others for the National Assembly for Wales.

• Dynamics of Unhealthly Housing – Dr David Pevalin (University of Essex – Health and Human Sciences). November 2004

  Analysis of effects of moving from and into housing with poor condition. Funded by British Academy.

• Welfare State Policy, Married Women's Early Work Careers and Family Income Stratification in the United States, Germany, and Great Britain – Professor Patricia McManus. November 2004

  This project addresses the challenges posed to the welfare state by changes in women's employment in the United States, Germany and Great Britain. Certainly, shifts in household composition, coupled with a rise in earnings inequality among men, are key factors underlying the recent rise in family income inequality. While it is generally accepted that these changes in the male breadwinner role across households promote income inequality, other shifts in household income streams are less well understood. Changes in the distribution of family income in recent decades can be attributed to at least three additional social trends: (1) trends in married women's employment participation, (2) shifts in the distribution of women's earnings, and (3) changes in family income streams from welfare state taxes and transfers, or state-mandated private transfers. These trends tend to undermine the dominance of male earnings as a source of economic well-being while reducing gender inequality within households. These trends also vary cross-nationally, sometimes tempering and sometimes exacerbating aggregate income inequality.

• Gender inequalities in Health and Health Care – Dr Paula Lorgelly (University of Nottingham – Health Economics Group). November 2004

  This paper investigates the patterns of gender differences in health and health care in the UK and examines the causes of these inequalities.

• Poverty and Debt – Mr Martin Weale (National Institute of Economic and Social Research – All). November 2004

  A study of the interrelationship between poverty and debt using data from the British Household Panel Survey. The study is funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
  Other surveys used: GHS EFS FRS LFS.

• Exploratory research – Professor Andy Furlong (University of Glasgow – sociology). November 2004

  Exploration of the possibility of developing a comparative analysis of youth transitions using the BHPS and the Australian HILDA survey. At this stage no funding has been sought but it is likely that an application will be made to the ESRC in 2005.

• Evaluating the Impact of 'Valuing People' – Professor Eric Emerson (Lancaster University – Institute for Health Research). July 2004

  Aim: To develop a comprehensive set of performance indicators that can be used to evlaute the impact of current health and social care policies for people with learning disabilities.
  Other surveys used: LFS Omnibus HSE TimeUse GHS FRS BCS NCDS FACS MCS BCS70.

• An analysis of undergraduate labour market behaviour in Northern Ireland – Dr Mark Bailey (University of Ulster – School of Economics & Politics). June 2004

  The purpose of the analysis is to examine what factors influence the labour market behaviour of (i) undergraduates and (ii) recent graduates in Northern Ireland. There is no funding for this research.

• Patterns of ICT Time Use – Dr Ben Anderson (University of Essex – Chimera). September 2003

  Analysis of ONS 2000 Time Use data on ICT usage to look at patterns of use (by time of day) and mode of use - i.e. what activities are people starting to use ICTs to achieve (e.g. shopping)
  Other surveys used: TimeUse.

• The Gender Pay Gap – Mr John Forth (National Institute of Economic and Social Research – Employment Studies Group). July 2002

  The research will undertake cross-sectional analysis of the gender pay gap using matched employer-employee data from the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS98). We aim to examine the importance of a variety of employer, workplace and job characteristics not usually available within the individual surveys commonly used in this field. In particular, we will focus on the role of gender segregation. But we will also investigate the importance of pay determination arrangements and other employer practices, plus product market influences.

• Analysis of British labour markets – Dr Andrew Clark. February 2002

  Analysis of British labour markets using job satisfaction and subjective well-being measures. Also the analysis of smoking behaviour.

• Subjective well-being, income, and labour market behaviour – Dr Andrew Clark. February 2002

  Analysis of job satisfaction, life satisfaction and well-being in the context of the labour market. Analysis of well-being with relation to income. Analysis of turnover and quits in the labour market.

• Understanding domestic violence during pregnancy in Germany – Ms Jane Roberts (Oxford: Nuffield College – Social Studies). 0000

  My proposed research will be the foundation of my MSc thesis and an integral part of my DPhil thesis. It will be based on the report of Federal ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ) on the 'Health, Well-being and Personal Safety of Women in Germany', a representative study on violence against women in Germany (2004). The report has a specific focus on partnered violence. In my MSc thesis I plan to look further into the prevalence of domestic violence during pregnancy or the first year after the child was born, an analysis which was suggested in the BMFSFJ report as well (2004: 362). The questions I want to answer in relationship to pregnancy are how prevalent violence is during pregnancy, what type of violence is inflicted on the women and if a certain violence pattern can be found in their relationship. The personal history and life satisfaction of pregnant women and their violent partners and their usage of alcohol and drugs should also be considered as well as the health and legal consequences of the violence. Another part of the questions will be concerned with the consequences the violence during the pregnancy has on their relationship, the reasons why some women leave and others stay and what kind of assistance is available to and wanted of women with this kind of experiences. My DPhil thesis will be a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods, looking deeper into the question raised before. One special focus will be the relationship dynamics that make women, who experienced domestic violence during pregnancy and in the first year after their child was born, more likely to stay with their violent partner. Other focuses will seek to 1) understand the violence pattern during the time of pregnancy, 2) ascertain the relationship dynamics between the perpetrators and the pregnant women, especially regarding the circumstances of the pregnancy, 3) inspect the multiple consequences of domestic violence during pregnancy and 4) examine what means of assistance are available to battered pregnant women in Germany. My MSc this year is self-funded. The Rhodes Trust will fund my DPhil for three years.

• Creative workers life standards – Dr Roberta Comunian (University of Southampton – School of Geography). 0000

  we are working on a research project looking at the career patterns and opportunities of graduates in the creative disciplines. We would like to expand this work with some longitudinal data on the lifestyle of the people working in this sector.