Jonathan Burton
Associate Director for Surveys for Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS). Working at ISER, University of Essex pretending to be a grown-up.
iser.essex.ac.uk/people/jburton
- ISER in London – presenting new research on ethnic minority and immigrant pupils in Secondary Schools @iseressex.bsky.social Presenting of a range of new research to a selected group of campaigners, practitioners and policy makers at Broadway House in Westminster on Thursday 22 January
- @slate.com - the Slate Plus Culture Gabfest seems to be only 2 seconds long this week. The Bonus podcast is there in full, and the Slate non-Plus version of the main show is there in full.
- Short introductions to @usociety.bsky.social topics - www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/help/trainin... Linked data – 5 March Income, wealth and housing – 12 March Health and Biomarker data - 15 April Employment – 14 May Family, households and children – 21 May Linked data – 1 October
- BLOG from @usociety.bsky.social The disappearance of the hump shape in ill-being by age - Lifetime happiness trend changes as youth mental health suffers www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2026/01... By @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @alexbryson.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jonathan BurtonLevels of despair have surged among the young: '..for men under 25, despair more than doubled between 2009 and 2021. The percentage of young women in despair rose even more sharply, with most of the increase coming after 2016.'
- Insights 2026: Children and young people’s futures www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/events/insig... Join @usociety.bsky.social for the launch of the 2026 Insights report at a one-day policy conference on building social infrastructure to support development and reduce inequalities.
- This policy conference will focus on three themes: - Building the early foundations - Supporting the adolescent years - Improving youth health and social mobility across places
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- Still the gold standard in survey research? Comparing face-to-face and self-completion data collection in a repeat cross-sectional general social survey in Great Britain New Working Paper from Survey Futures: surveyfutures.net/working-pape...
- Professor Peter Lynn gives expert view to BBC Radio 4 on the issues at the Office for National Statistics with the Labour Force Survey www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...
- Professor @annettejackle.bsky.social debates survey methods on BBC Radio 4 www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/10... The Radio 4 programme, More of Less, looked into the survey statistic by Resume Templates claiming 77 percent of young people brought a parent along to their job interviews.
- PODCAST: Does pollution affect immigrant populations disproportionately? www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/podcasts/bre... Chris Coates looks at air pollution and in particular how common is it for immigrant populations to live in more polluted areas. With @ruettenauer.bsky.social and L’myah Sherae
- BLOG: Young people’s aspirations rise with parents’ income, by Alexander O’Donnell & Alexandra Wake www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2025/10...
- What? Hang on... Only Connect is on tonight???
- Field an experiment or suggest questionnaire content for the next wave of the @usociety.bsky.social Innovation Panel. www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/10... Two types of proposal can be submitted: New survey content and Experiments and methodological tests.
- What? Hang on... there's no Only Connect on tonight???
- "Do you resist change?" @jdickerson.bsky.social on @slate.com Plus Political Gabfest <applause>
- BLOG: How do you build a survey that works? by Peter Lynn "In an article published today in the journal Nature: Human Behaviour, I attempt to tackle this question." doi.org/10.1038/s415...
- Childcare more common in higher income families. Welsh Government uses @usociety.bsky.social to investigate childcare and effects on children www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/impact/welsh...
- The latest Pregnancy and Early Childhood data from @usociety.bsky.social are now available from the UK Data Service. www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/09... Understanding Society collects information on social, economic and behavioural factors, and information on babies/children
- New User Guide for @usociety.bsky.social with information on the geographical identifiers and geographical classifications datasets available in Understanding Society and provides information on how they can be used. www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentatio...
- New data from @usociety.bsky.social Innovation Panel is now available. www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/09... What new experiments are now available? - Youth survey invite mailing - Consent decision process - Identification of informal caregiving - Labour market expectations ...
- Reposted by Jonathan BurtonOur podcast is back from its summer break! Our new episode has Adelina Gschwandtner @kent.ac.uk and Ashleigh Brown from RSPCA discussing pets and life satisfaction, and how it’s possible to work out a monetary value for the benefits we get from cats and dogs
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- Reposted by Jonathan BurtonNew case study! Charity @pbe.co.uk used our data to show that the £28 billion annual bill for disability benefits creates £42bn in positive effects
- Online course: Survey Measurement of Health: Implications for Social Science Research A short online training course on the implications of survey measurement of health for future social science research online on 22 and 23 September. www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...
- Join the Understanding Society user support team for lunch-time learning on some of the key topic areas covered by @usociety.bsky.social. The free, one-hour online courses are designed for both new and experienced users of Understanding Society. www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/09...
- PODCAST from @usociety.bsky.social about pets! Can we put a monetary value on what pets bring to our lives? Interviews with Adelina Gschwandtner (Kent) and Ashleigh Brown (RSPCA) www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/podcasts/pet...
- Topic webinars One-hour, lunch time webinars on key topics in @usociety.bsky.social www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/help/trainin... Linked data – 2 October Employment – 9 October Family, households & children – 16 October Income, wealth & housing – 23 October Ethnicity & immigration – 30 October
- Reviewing our questions on ethnicity and immigration. Let us know your views on this important part of the @usociety.bsky.social survey. www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/06...
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- Quality of Expenditure Data Collected With a Mobile Receipt Scanning App in a Probability Household Panel - by Alexander Wenz, @annettejackle.bsky.social @jonburton.bsky.social Mick P. Couper & Brendan Read. doi.org/10.18148/srm...
- History of the World in 47 Borders by @jonnelledge.bsky.social whilst crossing the Canadian/Alaskan border
- Reposted by Jonathan Burton📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙮 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙙𝙨 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄! The latest issue (Vol. 19, No. 2) of 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴 is here – featuring new research on survey design, data quality, sampling, nonresponse, & more. See the issue: 🔗 ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/srm/issue/vi... #SurveyResearch #SurveyMethods #ESRA
- Reposted by Jonathan BurtonWe're reviewing our questions on ethnicity and immigration. If you'd like to give us feedback on the questions we ask and the variables you use for your research there's information on how to take part in the review on our website: www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/06...
- Reposted by Jonathan BurtonVery happy to anounce that our latest piece has been published in SM&R ✨️ Spoiler: Only ~1/3 of respondents make a thorough consequentialist decision when asked for consent!
- How Do Survey Respondents Decide Whether to Consent to Data Linkage? @jonburton.bsky.social, Mick P. Couper, Thomas F. Crossley, @annettejackle.bsky.social & @sawalzenbach.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Young adults in coastal areas face ‘double whammy of poor mental health’ CASE STUDY from @usociety.bsky.social Research shows lower self-rated mental health and a higher likelihood of undiagnosed conditions. www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/impact/young...
- @herring1967.bsky.social Tideland.
- Data from @usociety.bsky.social helps genetic analysis of rare neurodevelopmental conditions. BLOG from @hilarycmartin.bsky.social www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2025/07...
- Reposted by Jonathan BurtonOur latest blog: @hilarycmartin.bsky.social on how data from Understanding Society and others played a part in @sangerinstitute.bsky.social research into rare neurodevelopmental conditions
- Reposted by Jonathan BurtonGreat #ESRA25 - so much fun to see so many familiar faces, hear all this inspiring research, and cycle the bike paths of beautiful Utrecht!
- Getting consent to survey in new ways: evidence from experiments about questions by text message in the @usociety.bsky.social Innovation Panel Jim Vine, @annettejackle.bsky.social, @jonburton.bsky.social, Mick P. Couper www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/research/pub...
- How Do Survey Respondents Decide Whether to Consent to Data Linkage? @jonburton.bsky.social, Mick P. Couper, Thomas F. Crossley, @annettejackle.bsky.social & @sawalzenbach.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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- How Different Mixed-Mode Data Collection Approaches Impact Response Rates and Provision of Biomeasure Samples - paper using @usociety.bsky.social, by Tarek Al Baghal, @jonburton.bsky.social, Thomas F Crossley, Michaela Benzeval, & Meena Kumari. doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
- Survey weights: an explainer. BLOG from @usociety.bsky.social www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2025/06... What survey weights do is balance the influence of survey answers from members of different subgroups in analyses of the data so they reflect the population distribution of subgroups...
- Selectivity of digital trace data: the case of the UK COVID-19 contact tracing apps - working paper at @usociety.bsky.social by Jim Vine, @jonburton.bsky.social Mick P. Couper, @annettejackle.bsky.social & Daniel Horn www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/research/pub...
- This is great - would recommend subbing: steviemartin.substack.com/p/afternoon-...
- Case Study from @usociety.bsky.social UK underperforms in employment for ill and disabled New case study says employment gap is the highest of 15 countries studied. www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/impact/emplo...
- Reviewing our questions on ethnicity and immigration. Let us know your views on this important part of the @usociety.bsky.social survey. www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/06...
