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Housing affordability for single people in independent households and houses of multiple occupation
Drawing on the Family Resources Survey (FRS) and other datasets, Chihiro Udagawa estimates and compares income distributions of single people in independent households and those in a house in multi...
How does poor health influence people’s energy use?
Do some groups of people might find it difficult to change their behaviour and save more energy due to their life circumstances such as poor health? Dr Milena Buchs discusses her findings from anal...
Our Q-step interns look back over their time with us
This summer, we were lucky enough to have Manchester students Rabia Butt and Klara Valentova joined us for a Q-step internship. Q-Step was developed as a strategic response to the shortage of quant...
Is being the first in your family to attend university a sign of success of Widening Participation?
Morag Henderson and Nikki Shure investigate whether being the first in a family to attend university is a good indicator of the success of the Widening Participation agenda.
Do the arts help defend against cognitive decline and dementia in older people?
Daisy Fancourt explores whether arts and cultural activities can protect against cognitive decline and dementia.
Hacking data on nutrition and greenhouse gas emissions
What happened at the GGDOT Hacknight in Manchester, when people explored the National Diet and Nutrition Survey and a dataset looking at greenhouse gas emissions associated with food?