Jon Burton @jburton123@qoto.org

Are political parties neglecting the ethnic minority votes? New research led by experts from @OfficialUoM @univofstandrews @Uni_of_Essex and @UniofNottingham https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/news/2023/05/04/are-political-parties-neglecting-the-ethnic-minority-votes

Short presentations on a variety of themes related to housing and households using data from the UK, including housing tenure, living arrangements and housing transitions, biological aging, mortality and population projections, followed by round table discussions.

One-day workshop from ESRC supported project on Families, households and health in ageing populations: Projections and implications. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/day-workshop-families-households-and-health-in-ageing-populations-tickets-609327634357

We are looking for a Research Assistant to assist with the core survey tasks in developing the Understanding Society: UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS). @iseressex @usociety. https://hrorganiser.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=786220SWdK&WVID=9918109NEm&LANG=USA

Anyone know the likely finishing time of "An evening with Bob Odenkirk" at the London Palladium this Sunday?

UKMOD country report 2020-2026 - @CeMPAEssex UKMOD enables researchers and policy analysts to calculate the effects of taxes and benefits on household incomes and work incentives for the UK as a whole or for the population of the each of its nations. https://www.microsimulation.ac.uk/publications/publication-547705/

Our finding that trust is selected more often as a reason for consenting by those who got the consent questions early suggests that the prevailing belief that trust is built up over the course of a survey is not empirically supported in our study.

The most frequent reason chosen for not consenting was “too personal, shared enough information” – especially if they were asked for consent at the end of the survey. This finding points to some form of fatigue, as does the effect of the placement of the consent request we find.

We find that order of the requests does not make much difference to whether or not respondents consent, but making the requests early in the survey significantly increases consent rates compared to asking them after a series of content-related questions or later in the survey.

The effects of position, context, and order on consent to data linkage in a survey, by @jburton123 Mick P. Couper & @AnnetteJackle - uses @usociety COVID-19 study. https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/research/publications/547726