Since May 2020, we’ve been tracking COVID-19 longitudinal research and evidence from the UK and Ireland’s longitudinal population studies.
Our COVID-19 Research Tracker brings together the latest briefing notes, reports, academic publications, and articles in an easy-to-use interactive tool.
Use the table below to search, sort and filter by study, topic, and geographical coverage.
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Last updated: 10 September 2021
| COVID-19 Publication | Date of publication | Longitudinal study | Geographical coverage | Type of publication | Topic/theme | Access publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The trajectory of loneliness in UK young adults during the summer to winter months of COVID-19 | 2021/09 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Loneliness; Young people; Emotional support | Link to the article |
| Longitudinal changes in the mental health of UK young male and female adults during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2021/09 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mental health; Gender; Health behaviours | Link to the article |
| Fuel poverty and financial distress | 2021/09 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Fuel poverty; Financial distress; Low income households | Link to the article |
| Importance of population-based longitudinal studies to understanding the impact of COVID-19 | 2021/09 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Editorial | Longitudinal population studies; Ageing; Social exclusion | Link to the publication |
| Risk factors for depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study in middle-aged and older adults | 2021/09 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Article | Depression; Mental health; Older adults | Link to the article |
| The role of vitamin C in pneumonia and COVID-19 infection in adults with European ancestry: a Mendelian randomisation study | 2021/09 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Vitamin C; Pneumonia; Nutrition | Link to the article |
| Patterns of multimorbidity and risk of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection: an observational study in the U.K | 2021/09 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Multimorbidity; Risk factors; Sociodemographics | Link to the article |
| COVID-19 susceptibility variants associate with blood clots, thrombophlebitis and circulatory diseases | 2021/09 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Epidemiology; Blood clots; Genetics | Link to the article |
| Adolescent psychopathological profiles and the outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study | 2021/08 | Millennium Cohort Study | National | Article | Adolescents; Psychopathology; Mental health | Link to the article |
| Welfare resilience at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in a selection of European countries: impact on public finance and household incomes | 2021/08 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Welfare state; Income loss; Benefits system | Link to the article |
| Association of chronic kidney disease, ethnicity and socioeconomic status with COVID-19 hospitalisation and mortality: a UK Biobank study | 2021/08 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Kidney disease; Ethnicity; Health inequalities | Link to the article |
| Estimating changes in physical behaviour during lockdowns using accelerometry-based simulations in a large UK cohort | 2021/08 | 1970 British Cohort Study | National | Article | Physical activity; Accelerometry; Public health | Link to the article |
| Brain imaging before and after COVID-19 in UK Biobank | 2021/08 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Neuroimaging; Brain; Diseases | Link to the paper |
| Association of COVID-19 vaccination with risks of hospitalization and mortality due to cardiovascular and other diseases: A study of the UK Biobank | 2021/08 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Vaccination; Cardiovascular disease; Hospitalization | Link to the paper |
| Gene-environment interaction analysis incorporating sex, cardiometabolic diseases, and multiple deprivation index reveals novel genetic associations with COVID-19 severity | 2021/08 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Biogenetics; Deprivation; Cardiometabolic diseases | Link to the paper |
| The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adult mental health in the UK: A rapid systematic review | 2021/08 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Health behaviours; Socioeconomic inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Association between accelerometer-assessed physical activity and severity of COVID-19 in UK Biobank | 2021/08 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Accelerometry; Physical activity; Fitness | Link to the article |
| Machine learning approach to dynamic risk modeling of mortality in COVID-19: a UK Biobank study | 2021/08 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Mortality; Epidemiology; Machine learning | Link to the article |
| Sex Differences in Association Between Anti-Hypertensive Medications and Risk of COVID-19 in Middle-Aged and Older Adults | 2021/08 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Hypertension; Sex differences; Mortality | Link to the article |
| Preexisting Mental Disorders Increase the Risk of COVID-19 Infection and Associated Mortality | 2021/08 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Mental health; Dementia; Comorbidity | Link to the article |
| Comparison of Experiences in Two Birth Cohorts Comprising Young Families with Children under Four Years during the Initial COVID-19 Lockdown in Australia and the UK: A Qualitative Study | 2021/08 | Born in Bradford | Regional | Article | Young children; Child development; Anxiety | Link to the article |
| ABO blood groups, COVID-19 infection and mortality | 2021/07 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Blood group; Hospitalization; Mortality | Link to the article |
| Did the UK COVID-19 Lockdown Modify the Influence of Neighbourhood Disorder on Psychological Distress? Evidence From a Prospective Cohort Study | 2021/07 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Psychological distress; Neighbourhoods; Residential mobility | Link to the article |
| COVID-19 and Adolescent Mental Health in the United Kingdom | 2021/07 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mental health; Adolescents; Inequalities | Link to the article |
| Can a data driven obesity classification system identify those at risk of severe COVID-19 in the UK Biobank cohort study? | 2021/07 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Obesity; Inequalities; Long Covid | Link to the article |
| Prevalence and changes in food-related hardships by socioeconomic and demographic groups during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: A longitudinal panel study | 2021/07 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Food security; Inequalities; Unemployment | Link to the article |
| The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of adults with intellectual impairment: evidence from two longitudinal UK surveys | 2021/07 | Millennium Cohort Study; 1970 British Cohort Study | National | Article | Intellectual disabilities; Health inequalities; Mental health | Link to the article |
| A flash in the pan or a permanent change? The growth of homeworking during the pandemic and its effect on employee productivity in the UK | 2021/07 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Home working; Productivity; Employees | Link to the article |
| COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK: A longitudinal household cross-sectional study | 2021/07 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Vaccine hesitancy; Trust; Ethnicity | Link to the paper |
| COVID-19, inter-household contact and mental well-being among older adults in the US and the UK | 2021/07 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Older adults; Mental health; Loneliness | Link to the article |
| The combined effect of Covid-19 and neighbourhood deprivation on two dimensions of subjective well-being: empirical evidence from England | 2021/07 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Wellbeing; Deprivation; Inequalities | Link to the article |
| Development and validation of a clinical and genetic model for predicting risk of severe COVID-19 | 2021/07 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Epidemiology; Genetics; Modelling | Link to the article |
| Sexual Orientation and the Incidence of COVID-19: Evidence from Understanding Society in the UK Longitudinal Household Study | 2021/07 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Sexual orientation; Marginalised groups; Inequalities | Link to the article |
| Remote history of VTE is associated with severe COVID-19 in middle and older age: UK Biobank cohort study | 2021/07 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Deep-vein thrombosis; Inequalities; Risk factors | Link to the article |
| Health and healthcare for people with disabilities in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2021/07 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Disability; Comorbidities; Health care | Link to the article |
| Short Report on Long COVID | 2021/07 | COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study-CONVALESCENCE Study* | National | Report | Long Covid; Prevalence; Risk factors | Link to the report |
| In Their Own Words: The Voices of Older Irish People in the Covid-19 Pandemic | 2021/07 | The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing | Ireland | Report | Older people; Social isolation; Resilience | Link to the report |
| Integrative genomic analyses identify susceptibility genes underlying COVID-19 hospitalization | 2021/07 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Genomics; Ancestry; Hospitalization risk | Link to the article |
| re-pandemic psychiatric disorders and risk of COVID-19: a UK Biobank cohort analysis | 2021/06 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Psychiatric disorders; Comorbidity; Immunity | Link to the article |
| Dietary Behaviors and Incident COVID-19 in the UK Biobank | 2021/06 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Diet; Lifestyle behaviour; Nutrition | Link to the article |
| Pre-school childcare and inequalities in child development | 2021/06 | Millennium Cohort Study | National | Article | Child development; Family structure; Pre-school education | Link to the article |
| The effect of the pandemic on expected retirement resources | 2021/06 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Report | Retirement; Financial circumstances; Household income | Link to the report |
| The UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and changes in diet, physical activity and sleep during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from eight longitudinal studies | 2021/06 | Millennium Cohort Study; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; Understanding Society; English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Generation Scotland; Next Steps | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Job retention; Diet; Phystical activity; Sleep | Link to the paper |
| Cardiovascular-related deaths at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak: a prospective analysis based on the UK Biobank | 2021/06 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; Epidemiology | Link to the article |
| Risk factors for long COVID: analyses of 10 longitudinal studies and electronic health records in the UK | 2021/06 | Millennium Cohort Study; Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; Understanding Society; Generation Scotland; Adult Twin Registry; Born in Bradford | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Long Covid; Symptoms; Risk factors | Link to the paper |
| Mortality risk associated with combinations of loneliness and social isolation. Findings from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) | 2021/06 | The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing | Ireland | Article | Loneliness; Social isolation; Well-being | Link to the article |
| The impact of COVID-19 on the social inclusion of older adults with an intellectual disability during the first wave of the pandemic in Ireland | 2021/06 | The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing | Ireland | Article | Intellectual disabilities; Social inclusion; Older adults | Link to the article |
| Social isolation, loneliness and all-cause dementia: a longitudinal and imaging-genetic study in the UK Biobank cohort | 2021/06 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Social isolation; Loneliness; Dementia | Link to the paper |
| Multimorbidity, access to services and diagnosis of new health conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2021/06 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Report | Multimorbidity; Access to health care; Mental health | Link to the report |
| Longitudinal changes in psychological distress in the UK from 2019 to September 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a large nationally representative study | 2021/06 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Psychological distress; Mental health; Demographic groups | Link to the article |
| Inequalities in healthcare disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic: Evidence from 12 UK population-based longitudinal studies | 2021/06 | Millennium Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development; Next Steps; Understanding Society; Born in Bradford; Generation Scotland; TwinsUK; English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Access to health care; Inequalities; Socioeconomic status | Link to the paper |
| The effect of obesity-related traits on COVID-19 severe respiratory symptoms is mediated by socioeconomic status: a multivariable Mendelian randomization study | 2021/06 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Obesity; Socioeconomic status; Respiratory disease | Link to the paper |
| Vaccination history for diphtheria and tetanus is associated with less severe COVID-19 | 2021/06 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Vaccination; Immune system; Disease severity | Link to the paper |
| Greater loneliness in young people during lockdown | 2021/06 | Generation Scotland | Devolved nations | Briefing report | Loneliness; Young people; Lockdown | Link to the report |
| Differences in Subjective and Objective Social Isolation and Subjective Loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2021/06 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Report | Older people; Social isolation; Loneliness | Link to the report |
| Diet quality and risk and severity of COVID-19: a prospective cohort study | 2021/06 | COVID Symptom Tracker | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Diet; Lifestyle behaviour; Metabolic health | Link to the paper |
| Critically ill COVID-19 status associated trait genetics reveals CDK6 inhibitors as potential treatment | 2021/05 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Genetics; Drugs; Treatment | Link to the paper |
| Post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 infection: risk factors and illness profile in a prospective, observational community-based case-control study | 2021/05 | TwinsUK/Symptom Study | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Vaccination; Co-morbidity; Frailty | Link to the paper |
| Meeting you was fake: investigating the increase in romance fraud dring Covid-19 | 2021/05 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Financial crime; Fraud; Loneliness | Link to the article |
| Mental health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: a latent class trajectory analysis using longitudinal UK data | 2021/05 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mental health; Financial difficulties; Deprived areas | Link to the article |
| Eyeglasses Reduce Risk of COVID-19 Infection | 2021/05 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Eyeglasses; Shields; Public health | Link to the article |
| Changes in health and social well-being in the COVID-19 clinically vulnerable older English population during the pandemic | 2021/05 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Article | Older adults; Well-being; Health | Link to the article |
| Neurological diseases and COVID-19: prospective analyses using the UK Biobank | 2021/05 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Neurological diseases; Comorbidity; Risk factors | Link to the article |
| Disordered eating and self-harm as risk factors for poorer mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based cohort study | 2021/05 | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | Regional | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Eating disorders; Self-harm | Link to the paper |
| The association of estimated cardiorespiratory fitness with COVID-19 incidence and mortality: A cohort study | 2021/05 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Fitness; Cardiorespiratory health; Physical activity | Link to the article |
| Identifying risk factors for COVID-19 severity and mortality in the UK Biobank | 2021/05 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Risk factors; Biomarkers; Health behaviours | Link to the article |
| Gambling by Young Adults in the UK During COVID-19 Lockdown | 2021/05 | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | Regional | Article | Gambling; Young people; Lockdown | Link to the article |
| Trajectories of child emotional and behavioural difficulties before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a longitudinal UK cohort | 2021/05 | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | Regional | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Emotional and behavioural difficulties; Mental health; Young children | Link to the paper |
| Occupational differences in COVID-19 incidence, severity, and mortality in the United Kingdom | 2021/05 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Occupation; Inequalities; Health workers | Link to the paper |
| Impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on mental health: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in England and Scotland | 2021/05 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Lockdown; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Comparison and impact of COVID-19 for patients with cancer: a survival analysis of fatality rate controlling for age, sex and cancer type | 2021/05 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Cancer; Fatality; Co-morbidities | Link to the article |
| Associations of socioeconomic position and adverse childhood experiences with health-related behaviour changes and changes to employment during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK | 2021/05 | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | Regional | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Health behaviour; Employment status; Socioeconomic inequalities | Link to the paper |
| The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of young people: A comparison between China and the United Kingdom | 2021/05 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mental health; Young people; Post-traumatic stress | Link to the article |
| Covid-19 and Mental Health of Individuals with Different Personalities | 2021/05 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Personality traits; Openness | Link to the paper |
| Smoking and COVID-19 Infection and Related Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Analysis of UK Biobank Dat | 2021/05 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Smoking; Chronic diseases; Health behaviours | Link to the article |
| Unemployment and mental health Why both require action for our COVID-19 recovery | 2021/04 | Understanding Society | National | Report | Mental health; Unemployment; Social security | Link to the report |
| COVID-19 and mortality risk in patients with psychiatric disorders | 2021/04 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Psychiatric disorders; Mortality; Mental health | Link to the paper |
| Cigarette and E-Cigarettes Dual Users, Exclusive Users and COVID-19: Findings from Four UK Birth Cohort Studies. | 2021/04 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study | National | Article | Smoking; E-cigarettes; Health behaviour | Link to the article |
| Impact of lockdown on key workers: findings from the COVID-19 survey in four UK national longitudinal studies | 2021/04 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study | National | Article | Key workers; Lockdown; Health | Link to the article |
| Looking Back to Move Forward: Reflections on the Strengths and Challenges of the COVID-19 UK Mental Health Research Response | 2021/04 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mental health; Inequalities; Academic research | Link to the article |
| The impact of reduced working on mental health in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the Understanding Society COVID-19 study | 2021/04 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mental health; Employment; Furlough | Link to the article |
| Mental health inequalities in healthcare, economic, and housing disruption during COVID-19: an investigation in 12 longitudinal studies | 2021/04 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development; Understanding Society; English Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Generation Scotland; TwinsUK; Adult Twin Registry; Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression Study | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Health care; Housing | Link to the paper |
| Mental health and social interactions of older people with physical disabilities in England during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal cohort study | 2021/04 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Article | Mental health; Older adults; Physical disabilities | Link to the article |
| London coronavirus economy tracker: Tracking the impact of coronavirus on the capital's economy - April 2021 | 2021/04 | Understanding Society | Regional | Report | Lockdown; Labour market; Unemployment | Link to the report |
| Dementia is an age‐independent risk factor for severity and death in COVID‐19 inpatients | 2021/04 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Dementia; Epidemiology; Hospitalization | Link to the article |
| Association of working shifts, inside and outside of healthcare, with severe COVID−19: an observational study | 2021/04 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Shift work; Health care workers; Ethnicity | Link to the article |
| More Frequent Internet Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic Associates with Enhanced Quality of Life and Lower Depression Scores in Middle-Aged and Older Adults | 2021/04 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Article | Internet use; Quality of life; Depression | Link to the article |
| Finances and Mental Health during the Covid-19 Pandemic | 2021/04 | Understanding Society | National | Report | Financial circumstances; Mental health; Inequalities | Link to the report |
| Vaccine side-effects and SARS-CoV-2 infection after vaccination in users of the COVID Symptom Study app in the UK: a prospective observational study | 2021/04 | TwinsUK / COVID Symptom Tracker | National | Article | Vaccination; Side-effects; Risk factors | Link to the article |
| Pre-pandemic mental and physical health as predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: evidence from a UK-wide cohort study | 2021/04 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Vaccine hesitancy; Mental health; Physical health | Link to the paper |
| The immediate and longer-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and wellbeing of older adults in England | 2021/04 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Older adults; Socioeconomic inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Social deprivation as a risk factor for COVID-19 mortality among women and men in the UK Biobank: nature of risk and context suggests that social interventions are essential to mitigate the effects of future pandemics | 2021/04 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Social deprivation; Pandemics; Gender | Link to the article |
| Implications of COVID-19: The Effect of Working From Home on Financial and Mental Well-Being in the UK | 2021/04 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Working from home; Mental health; Financial circumstances | Link to the article |
| Hepatic Steatosis, Rather Than Underlying Obesity, Increases the Risk of Infection and Hospitalization for COVID-19 | 2021/03 | UK Bioank | National | Article | Obesity; Liver health; Biogenetics | Link to the article |
| Older biological age is associated with adverse COVID-19 outcomes: A cohort study in UK Biobank | 2021/03 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Biological age; Risk factors; Genetic factors | Link to the paper |
| Changing living arrangements and stress during Covid-19 lockdown: Evidence from four birth cohorts in the UK | 2021/03 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development | National | Article | Living arrangements; Stress; Lockdown | Link to the article |
| Association analysis framework of genetic and exposure risks for COVID-19 in middle-aged and elderly adults | 2021/03 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Genetics; Comorbidity; Health behaviours | Link to the article |
| Evaluating access to health and care services during lockdown by the COVID-19 survey in five UK national longitudinal studies | 2021/03 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 MRC National Survey of Health and Development | National | Article | Access to health care; Inequalities; Public health | Link to the article |
| School closures and children’s emotional and behavioural difficulties | 2021/03 | Understanding Society | National | Report | School closures; Mental health; Well being | Link to the report |
| Shift work is associated with increased risk of COVID‐19: Findings from the UK Biobank cohort | 2021/03 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Shift work; Sleep; Vulnerable groups | Link to the article |
| Biological Aging Predicts Vulnerability to COVID-19 Severity in UK Biobank Participants | 2021/03 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Ageing; Phenotype; Biological markers | Link to the article |
| Cardiometabolic risk factors for COVID-19 susceptibility and severity: A Mendelian randomization analysis | 2021/03 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Epidemiology; Obesity; Cardiometabolic disease | Link to the paper |
| Non-communicable disease, sociodemographic factors, and risk of death from infection: a UK Biobank observational cohort study | 2021/03 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Mortality; Comorbidities; Socioeconomic status | Link to the article |
| Couples’ Changing Work Patterns in the United Kingdom and the United States during the COVID‐19 Pandemic | 2021/03 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Employment patterns; Gender roles; Human capital | Link to the article |
| The careers and time use of mothers and fathers | 2021/03 | Understanding Society | National | Report | Parents; Time use; Employment patterns; Gender gap | Link to the report |
| Ethnic minorities and COVID-19: Examining whether excess risk is mediated through deprivation | 2021/03 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Ethnic minorities; Material deprivation; Socioeconomic inequality | Link to the article |
| Limits of lockdown: characterising essential contacts during strict physical distancing | 2021/03 | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | Regional | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Social contacts; Distancing; Health inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Sarcopenic obesity and the risk of hospitalisation or death from COVID-19: findings from UK Biobank | 2021/03 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Obesity; Muscle mass; Risk factors | Link to the paper |
| Face covering adherence is positively associated with better mental health and wellbeing: a longitudinal analysis of the CovidLife surveys | 2021/03 | Generation Scotland | Devolved Nations | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Face masks; Mental health; Well being | Link to the paper |
| The impact of Covid-19 on food security: a qualitative analysis of the rise in London’s existing food insecurity due to the financial impact of Covid-19 | 2021/03 | Understanding Society | Regional | Article | Food security; Inequalities; Ethnic minorities | Link to the article |
| Mental health in relation to changes in sleep, exercise, alcohol and diet during the COVID-19 pandemic: examination of five UK cohort studies | 2021/03 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Exercise; Alcohol; Sleep | Link to the paper |
| Socioeconomic Inequalities and Ethnicity Are Associated with a Positive COVID-19 Test among Cancer Patients in the UK Biobank Cohort | 2021/03 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Cancer; Ethnic groups; Inequalities | Link to the article |
| Life in lockdown: a telephone survey to investigate the impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the lives of older people (≥75 years) | 2021/03 | Born Bradford | Regional | Article | Older adults; Anxiety; Social distancing | Link to the article |
| Growing Up in Ireland: Key findings from the special COVID-19 survey of Cohorts ’98 and ‘08 | 2021/03 | Growing Up in Ireland | Ireland | Report | Young people; Mental health; Home learning | Link to the report |
| Integration of genetically regulated gene expression and pharmacological library provides therapeutic drug candidates | 2021/02 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Biogenetics; Drugs; Therapy | Link to the article |
| A Review and Response to the Early Mental Health and Neurological Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic | 2021/02 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Well-being; Mental health; Neurological effects | Link to the paper |
| Obesity, walking pace and risk of severe COVID-19 and mortality: analysis of UK Biobank | 2021/02 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Obesity; Frailty; Walking | Link to the article |
| Impact of body composition on COVID-19 susceptibility and severity: a two-sample multivariable Mendelian randomization study | 2021/02 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Body composition; Biogenetics; Obesity | Link to the article |
| Heterogeneous Mental Health Development During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom | 2021/02 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Psychological distress trajectories; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Genetic predisposition to psychiatric disorders and risk of COVID-19 | 2021/02 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Psychiatric disorders; Genetics; Mental health | Link to the paper |
| Gout, rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of death from COVID-19: an analysis of the UK Biobank | 2021/02 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Gout; Rheumatoid arthritis; Comorbidities | Link to the paper |
| Vitamin D and COVID-19 Susceptibility and Severity in the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative: a Mendelian Randomization Stud | 2021/02 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Vitamin D; Genetics; Physiology | Link to the paper |
| New self-reported exhaustion during the COVID-19 Pandemic | 2021/02 | The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing | Ireland | Report | Exhaustion; Mental health; Multimorbidities | Link to the report |
| Pre-pandemic cognitive function and COVID-19 mortality: prospective cohort study | 2021/02 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Cognitive function; Mortality; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Everybody hurts: Self-employment, financial concerns, mental distress, and well-being during COVID-19 | 2021/02 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mental health; financial wellbeing; Self-employment | Link to the article |
| Explaining ethnicity disparities in COVID-19 mortality: population-based, prospective cohort study | 2021/02 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Ethnic groups; Mortality; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Work less, help out more? The persistence of gender inequality in housework and childcare during UK COVID-19 | 2021/02 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Housework; Child care; Gender inequality | Link to the article |
| COVID-19 mortality in the UK Biobank cohort: revisiting and evaluating risk factors | 2021/02 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mortality; Comorbidities; Ethnicity | Link to the article |
| Early life factors and COVID-19 infection in England: A prospective analysis of UK Biobank participan | 2021/02 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Maternal smoking; Birth weight; Early life | Link to the article |
| COVID-19 Shielding Programme (Scotland) rapid evaluation: full report. | 2021/02 | Understanding Society | Devolved Nations | Report | Shielding; Programme evaluation; Food support | Link to the report |
| TeenCovidLife Survey 2 General Report Health and wellbeing of young people in lockdown | 2021/02 | Generation Scotland | Devolved Nations | Report | Young people; Well being; Stress | Link to the report |
| TeenCovidLife Survey 2 - Schooling Mini Report Cancelled SQA exams - impact on young people | 2021/02 | Generation Scotland | Devolved Nations | Report | Young people; Schooling; Qualifications | Link to the report |
| Different Mental Health Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Latent Class Trajectory Analysis Using Longitudinal UK Data | 2021/02 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Financial difficulties; Deprived areas | Link to the paper |
| Welfare resilience at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in a selection of European countries: impact on public finance and household incomes | 2021/02 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Household income; Public finances; Welfare state | Link to the paper |
| Covid-19 lockdown: Ethnic differences in children’s self-reported physical activity and the importance of leaving the home environment. A longitudinal and cross-sectional study from the Born in Bradford birth cohort study | 2021/02 | Born in Bradford | Regional | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Physical activity; Play; Child health; Ethnic differences | Link to the paper |
| COVID‑19 mortality in the UK Biobank cohort: revisiting and evaluating risk factors | 2021/02 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Mortality; Risk factors; Comorbidities | Link to the article |
| Weather, Psychological Wellbeing and Mobility During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic | 2021/02 | Understanding Society | National | Discussion paper | Weather; Lockdown; Mental Health | Link to the paper |
| Preparing for COVID-19 vaccination: important learnings from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) | 2021/01 | The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing | Ireland | Report | Public health; Physical activity; Vaccination | Link to the report |
| Altered lives in a time of crisis: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the lives of older adults in Ireland | 2021/01 | The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing | Ireland | Report | Older adults; Social care; Well-being | Link to the report |
| Individual factors underlie temperature variation in sickness and in health: influence of age, BMI and genetic factors in a multi-cohort study | 2021/01 | TwinsUK | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Ageing; BMI; Biogenetics | Link to the paper |
| Habitual use of vitamin D supplements and risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection: a prospective study in UK Biobank | 2021/01 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Vitamin D; Biogenetics; Supplements | Link to the article |
| Medium-run wealth inequality following COVID-19 | 2021/01 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing note | Wealth inequality; Recession; Low-income households | Link to the briefing |
| Tracking the mental health of home-carers during the first COVID-19 national lockdown: evidence from a nationally representative UK survey | 2021/01 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Unpaid carers; Mental health; Lockdown | Link to the paper |
| RuralCovidLife Survey General Report: Health and wellbeing of rural communities in Scotland | 2021/01 | Generation Scotland | Devolved nations | Report | Rural communities; Well-being; Employment | Link to the report |
| The impact of disability on employment and financial security following the outbreak of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in the UK | 2021/01 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Disability; Financial insecurity; Employment | Link to the article |
| Working parents, financial insecurity, and childcare: mental health in the time of COVID-19 in the UK | 2021/01 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Financial insecurity; Child care; Mental health | Link to the article |
| The psychological impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns: a review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies and natural experiments | 2021/01 | Understanding Society, Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, Generation Scotland | National, Devolved nations | Article (Meta-analysis) | Mental health; Well-being; Lockdown | Link to the article |
| Poor metabolic health increases COVID-19-related mortality in the UK Biobank sample | 2021/01 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Metabolic health; Obesity; Hypertension | Link to the paper |
| No evidence that vitamin D is able to prevent or affect the severity of COVID-19 in individuals with European ancestry: a Mendelian randomisation study of open data | 2021/01 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Vitamin D; Genetics; Ancestry | Link to the article |
| Association of Timing and Balance of Physical Activity and Rest/Sleep With Risk of COVID-19: A UK Biobank Study | 2021/01 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Health behaviour; Sleep; Physical activity | Link to the article |
| Using machine learning to predict COVID-19 infection and severity risk among 4,510 aged adults: a UK Biobank cohort study | 2021/01 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Risk profile; Serology; Demographics | Link to the paper |
| The Heterogeneous and Regressive Consequences of COVID-19: Evidence from High Quality Panel Data | 2021/01 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Employment; Inequalities; Financial distress | Link to the paper |
| COVID-19 and mental health deterioration by ethnicity and gender in the UK | 2021/01 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mental health; Ethnicity; Inequalities | Link to the article |
| Cognitive disorders associated with hospitalization of COVID-19: Results from an observational cohort study | 2021/01 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Cognitive disorders; Dementia; Genetics | Link to the article |
| Links between air pollution and COVID-19 in England | 2021/01 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Air pollution; Nitrogen oxide; Mortality | Link to the article |
| Vulnerabilities in child wellbeing among primary school children: a cross-sectional study in Bradford, UK | 2021/01 | Born in Bradford | Regional | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Well-being; Primary school; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Labour market shocks during the Covid-19 pandemic: inequalities and child outcomes | 2020/12 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Labour market; Earnings; Inequalities | Link to the report |
| Downturn In Workers’ Mental And Financial Wellbeing During Covid-19: Hardest Hit Are Those That Can Least Afford It | 2020/12 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing report | Mental health; Financial wellbeing; Inequalities | Link to the report |
| Coronavirus and the social impacts on different ethnic groups in the UK: 2020 | 2020/12 | Understanding Society | National | Report | Ethnic groups; Socioeconomic inequalities; Mental health | Link to the report |
| Physical activity and COVID-19: an observational and Mendelian randomisation study | 2020/12 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Physical activity; Health behaviours; Biogenetics | Link to the article |
| Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the UK Household Longitudinal Study | 2020/12 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Vaccine hesitancy; Demographics; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Loneliness and depression in patients with cancer during COVID-19 | 2020/12 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Loneliness; Cancer; Mental health | Link to the article |
| Exploring drugs and vaccines associated with altered risks and severity of COVID-19: a UK Biobank cohort study of all ATC level-4 drug categories | 2020/12 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Vaccines; Medication; Comorbidities | Link to the paper |
| Shift work is associated with positive COVID-19 status in hospitalised patients | 2020/12 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Health care workers; Shift work; Hospitalization | Link to the paper |
| Prevalence of COVID-19, symptoms and testing: Initial findings from the COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Studies. | 2020/12 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development | National | Briefing paper | Prevalence; Symptoms; Generations | Link to the paper |
| Collider bias undermines our understanding of COVID-19 disease risk and severity | 2020/12 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Risk factors; Sampling bias; Epidemiology | Link to the article |
| The association between blood groups and COVID-19 infection: a study from the UK Biobank | 2020/12 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Blood group; Hospitalization; Infection | Link to the article |
| Understanding Covid-19 misinformation and vaccine hesitancy in context: Findings from a qualitative study involving citizens in Bradford, UK | 2020/12 | Born in Bradford | Regional | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Misinformation; Vaccine hesitancy; Emotions | Link to the paper |
| Unmet health care need and income-related horizontal equity in access during the Covid-19 pandemic | 2020/11 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Health care; Income inequality; Access to services | Link to the article |
| The Impact of Periodontal Disease on Hospital Admission and Mortality During COVID-19 Pandemic | 2020/11 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Oral health; Hospitalization; Mortality | Link to the article |
| Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for COVID-19, and comparison to risk factors for influenza and pneumonia: Results from a UK Biobank prospective cohort study | 2020/11 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Risk factors; Influenza; Pneumonia; Health behaviour | Link to the article |
| High-Risk Drinking in Midlife Before Versus During the COVID-19 Crisis: Longitudinal Evidence From the United Kingdom | 2020/11 | 1970 British Cohort Study | National | Article | Alcohol consumption; Mental health; Health behaviours | Link to the article |
| 'When will this end? Will it end?' The impact of the March-June 2020 UK Covid-19 lockdown response on mental health: a longitudinal survey of mothers in the Born in Bradford study | 2020/11 | Born in Bradford | Regional | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Motherhood; Ethnicity | Link to the paper |
| Alcohol Consumption is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Obese Patients with COVID-19: a Mendelian Randomization Study using UK Biobank | 2020/11 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Alcohol consumption; Obesity; Ethnicity | Link to the paper |
| Psychological distress among people with probable COVID-19 infection: analysis of the UK Household Longitudinal Study | 2020/11 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Psychological distress; Mental health; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Clinical, regional, and genetic characteristics of Covid-19 patients from UK Biobank | 2020/11 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Ethnicity; Inequalities; Genetics | Link to the article |
| Mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in two longitudinal UK population cohorts. | 2020/11 | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children / Generation Scotland | Regional | Article | Mental health; Anxiety; Well-being | Link to the article |
| Problem drinking before and during the COVID-19 crisis in US and UK adults: Evidence from two population-based longitudinal studies | 2020/11 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Alcohol consumption; Mental health; Health behaviours | Link to the article |
| ‘Her whole little life has changed dramatically’ Findings of a qualitative study into children’s mental wellbeing in Bradford during Covid-19 | 2020/11 | Born in Bradford | Regional | Report | Mental health; Anxiety; Well being | Link to the report |
| Changing probability of experiencing food insecurity by socioeconomic and demographic groups during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK | 2020/11 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Food security; Inequalities; Unemployment | Link to the paper |
| Household composition, couples’ relationship quality, and social support during lockdown - Initial findings from the COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Studies. | 2020/11 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development | National | Briefing paper | Household composition; Couples; Social support | Link to the paper |
| In their own words: five generations of Britons describe their experiences of the coronavirus pandemic. Initial findings from the COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Studies | 2020/11 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development | National | Briefing paper | Social isolation; Mental health; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Understanding Society COVID-19 Survey Briefing Note: Social cohesion – what has changed during the coronavirus outbreak? | 2020/11 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing note | Social cohesion; Deprivation; Ethnic minorities | Link to the briefing note |
| Comparison of two different frailty measurements and risk of hospitalisation or death from COVID-19: findings from UK Biobank. | 2020/11 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Frailty; Lifestyle; Hospitalisation | Link to the article |
| Is older age associated with COVID-19 mortality in the absence of other risk factors? General population cohort study of 470,034 participants. | 2020/11 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Old age; Mortality; Comorbidities | Link to the article |
| Frailty and comorbidity in predicting community COVID-19 mortality in the UK Biobank: the effect of sampling | 2020/10 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Frailty; Comorbidity; Mortality | Link to the paper |
| Coming together or coming apart? Changes in social cohesion during the Covid-19 pandemic in England | 2020/10 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Social cohesion; Trust; Neighbourhoods | Link to the article |
| At the edge of the safety net: Unsuccessful benefits claims at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic | 2020/10 | Understanding Society | National | Report | Benefits claimants; Inequalities; Mental health | Link to the report |
| Experiences of lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic: descriptive findings from a survey of families in the Born in Bradford study | 2020/10 | Born in Bradford | Regional | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Anxiety; Financial insecurity; Families | Link to the paper |
| Generation COVID: Emerging Work and Education Inequalities | 2020/10 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Unemployment; Learning; Generations | Link to the paper |
| Fare differently, feel differently: mental well-being of UK-born and foreign-born working men during the COVID-19 pandemic European Societies | 2020/10 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mental health; Gender; Nationality | Link to the article |
| MPCs through COVID: spending, saving and private transfers | 2020/10 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Household finances; Consumption; Uncertainty | Link to the paper |
| Work, care and gender during the COVID-19 crisis | 2020/10 | Understanding Society | National | Discussion paper | Gender; Inequalities; Caring | Link to the paper |
| Trust in government and others during the COVID-19 pandemic - Initial findings from the COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Studies. | 2020/10 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development | National | Briefing paper | Trust; Compliance; Social distancing | Link to the briefing paper |
| Carrying the work burden of the COVID-19 pandemic: working class women in the UK | 2020/10 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing Note | Gender; Class; Employment; Mental health | Link to the briefing note |
| Weather Affects Mobility but not Mental Well-being During Lockdown | 2020/10 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Weather; Lockdown; Mental Health | Link to the paper |
| Sociodemographic inequality in exposure to COVID-19-induced economic hardship in the United Kingdom | 2020/10 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Inequalities; Economic hardship; Earnings | Link to the article |
| Risk of Depression in Family Caregivers: Unintended Consequence of COVID-19 | 2020/10 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Depression; Family caregiving; Loneliness | Link to the paper |
| Half of children entitled to free school meals do not have access to the scheme during the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK | 2020/10 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Free school meals; Food insecurity; Poverty | Link to the paper |
| Greater risk of severe COVID-19 in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic populations is not explained by cardiometabolic, socioeconomic or behavioural factors, or by 25(OH)-vitamin D status: study of 1326 cases from the UK Biobank | 2020/09 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Ethnicity; Socioeconomic disadvantage; Epidemiology | Link to the article |
| Financial consequences of the coronavirus pandemic for older people | 2020/09 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Briefing Note | Older people; Financial circumstances; Unemployment | Link to the briefing note |
| The experience of older people instructed to shield or self-isolate during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2020/09 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Briefing Note | Older people; Self-isolation; Mental health | Link to the briefing note |
| The experience of older people with multimorbidity during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2020/09 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Briefing Note | Older people; Comorbidity; Health behaviours | Link to the briefing note |
| Changes in older people’s experiences of providing care and of volunteering during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2020/09 | English Longitudinal Study of Ageing | National | Briefing Note | Older people; Caring; Volunteering | Link to the briefing note |
| Mental health and health behaviours before and during the COVID-19 lockdown: Longitudinal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study | 2020/09 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mental health; Health behaviours; Psychological distress | Link to the article |
| Obesity as a risk factor for COVID-19 mortality in women and men in the UK Biobank: comparisons with influenza/pneumonia and coronary heart disease | 2020/09 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Obesity; Influenza; Comorbidity | Link to the article |
| Poor inhibitory control and stress as risk-factors for alcohol (mis)use during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a national cross-sectional study across four generations | 2020/09 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Alcohol consumption; Stress; Health behaviours | Link to the paper |
| Genetic mechanisms of critical illness in Covid-19 | 2020/09 | Generation Scotland; UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Genetics; Comorbidity; Genomics | Link to the paper |
| The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children - A resource for COVID-19 research: Questionnaire data capture May-July 2020 | 2020/09 | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | Regional | Data note (awaiting peer review) | Cross-generation; Health; Well-being; Behaviour | Link to the Data note |
| Inequality in access to health and care services during lockdown - Findings from the COVID-19 survey in five UK national longitudinal studies | 2020/09 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Access to health care; Inequalities; Public health | Link to the paper |
| The impact of asthma on mental health & wellbeing during COVID-19 lockdown | 2020/09 | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | Regional | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Asthma; Self-isolation; Mental health | Link to the paper |
| COVID-19: has the pandemic affected relationships between children and their non-resident parents? | 2020/09 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing Note | Separated families; Child maintenance; Parent-child relationships | Link to the briefing note |
| Changing living arrangements, family dynamics and stress during lockdown: evidence from four birth cohorts in the UK | 2020/09 | Understanding Society, Millennium Cohort Study; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Living arrangements; Stress; Lockdown | Link to the paper |
| Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120,075 UK Biobank | 2020/09 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Occupation; Inequalities; Health workers | Link to the paper |
| Prevalence and Predictors of General Psychiatric Disorders and Loneliness during COVID-19 in the United Kingdom: Results from the Understanding Society UKHLS | 2020/09 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Loneliness; Mental health; Inequalities | Link to the article |
| BMI and future risk for COVID-19 infection and death across sex, age and ethnicity: preliminary findings from UK biobank | 2020/09 | UK Biobank | National | Article | BMI; Physical health; Ethnicity | Link to the paper |
| Mental health and health behaviours before and during the COVID-19 lockdown: Longitudinal analyses of the UK Household Longitudinal Study. | 2020/09 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mental health; Health behaviours; Psychological distress | Link to the paper |
| Who is lonely in lockdown? Cross-cohort analyses of predictors of loneliness before and during the COVID-19 pandemic | 2020/09 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Cross-cohort; Loneliness; Inequalities | Link to the article |
| All together now? The impacts of the Government’s coronavirus income support schemes across the age distribution | 2020/09 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing note | Household income; Financial support; Social security | Link to the briefing note |
| Unprecedented reduction in births of very low birthweight (VLBW) and extremely low birthweight (ELBW) infants during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ireland: a ‘natural experiment’ allowing analysis of data from the prior two decades | 2020/09 | Growing Up in Ireland | Ireland | Article | Birth weight; Pregnancy; Access to health services | Link to the article |
| Risk factors for positive and negative COVID-19 tests: a cautious and in-depth analysis of UK biobank data | 2020/08 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Risk factors; Ethnicity; Disadvantage | Link to the article |
| Longitudinal evidence for persistent anxiety in young adults through COVID-19 restrictions | 2020/08 | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | Regional | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Anxiety; Lockdown; Adolescents | Link to the paper |
| Gender differences in the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on unpaid care work and psychological distress in the UK | 2020/08 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Lockdown; Gender inequalities; Unpaid care work | Link to the paper |
| SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection in pregnant women: characterization of symptoms and syndromes predictive of disease and severity through real-time, remote participatory epidemiology | 2020/08 | TwinsUK | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Pregnancy; Epidemiology; Comorbidity | Link to the paper |
| Association of obesity and its genetic predisposition with the risk of severe COVID-19: Analysis of population-based cohort data | 2020/08 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Obesity; Genetics; Epidemiology | Link to the article |
| Excess cardiovascular deaths in the beginning of COVID-19 outbreak | 2020/08 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; Hospitalization | Link to the paper |
| Vitamin D and COVID-19 infection and mortality in UK Biobank | 2020/08 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Vitamin D; Mortality; Inequalities | Link to the article |
| Genetically-predicted vitamin D status, ambient UVB during the pandemic and COVID-19 risk in UK Biobank: Mendelian Randomisation study | 2020/08 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Vitamin D; Genetics; Seasonality | Link to the paper |
| The Born in Bradford COVID-19 Research Study: Protocol for an adaptive mixed methods research study to gather actionable intelligence on the impact of COVID-19 on health inequalities amongst families living in Bradford | 2020/08 | Born in Bradford | Regional | Article | Health inequalities; Deprivation; Ethnicity; Methodology | Link to the paper |
| Who is left behind? Altruism of giving, happiness and mental health during the Covid-19 period in the UK | 2020/08 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Altruism; Mental health; Happiness | Link to the paper |
| What can previous recessions tell us about the Covid-19 downturn? | 2020/08 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Recession; Unemployment; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Estrogen and COVID-19 symptoms: associations in women from the COVID Symptom Study | 2020/08 | Twins UK/Symptom Study | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Estrogen; Women; Menopause | Link to the paper |
| TeenCovidLife Survey 1 General Report Health and wellbeing of young people in lockdown | 2020/08 | Generation Scotland | Devolved Nations | Report | Young people; Well being; Stress | Link to the report |
| Working parents, financial insecurity, and child-care: mental health in the time of COVID-19 | 2020/08 | Understanding Society | National | Discussion paper | Mental health; Child care; Financial insecurity | Link to the paper |
| Mental health during lockdown: evidence from four generations - Initial findings from the COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Studies | 2020/08 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development | National | Briefing Note | Mental health; Generations; Inequalities | Link to the briefing note |
| Intersecting ethnic and native–migrant inequalities in the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK | 2020/08 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; Inequalities | Link to the article |
| Ethnic differences in effects of COVID-19: household and local context | 2020/08 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing Note | Ethnicity; Mental health; Neighbourhood cohesion | Link to the briefing note |
| Loneliness and social isolation in the COVID-19 Pandemic among the over 70s: Data from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) and ALONE | 2020/07 | The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing | Ireland | Report | Loneliness; Social isolation; Well-being | Link to the report |
| Dynamic linkage of COVID-19 test results between Public Health England's Second Generation Surveillance System and UK Biobank | 2020/07 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Epidemiology; Genetics; Microbiology | Link to the article |
| Preexisting Comorbidities Predicting COVID-19 and Mortality in the UK Biobank Community Cohort | 2020/07 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Comorbidity; Mortality; Epidemiology | Link to the article |
| Estimates of the rate of infection and asymptomatic COVID-19 disease in a population sample from SE England | 2020/07 | Twins UK | Regional | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Symptomology; Serology; Antibodies | Link to the paper |
| Changes in the behavioural determinants of health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic: gender, socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in 5 British cohort studies | 2020/07 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Health behaviour; Gender; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Learning inequalities during the Covid-19 pandemic: how families cope with home-schooling | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Working Paper | Home schooling; Family structure; Socioeconomic disadvantage | Link to the report |
| Coronavirus and the impact on caring | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Report | Caring; Support; Well being | Link to the report |
| Finances and employment during lockdown - Initial findings from the COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Studies | 2020/07 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development | National | Briefing Note | Financial circumstances; Employment; Self-employed workers | Link to the briefing note |
| Parental involvement in home schooling and developmental play during lockdown - Initial findings from the COVID19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Studies | 2020/07 | Millennium Cohort Study; Next Steps; 1970 British Cohort Study; 1958 National Child Development Study; 1946 National Survey of Health and Development | National | Briefing Note | Home schooling; Child development; Parenting | Link to the briefing note |
| The Effect of the Great Lockdown on Homeworking in the United Kingdom | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Report | Home working; Employment; Well being | Link to the report |
| Mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal probability sample survey of the UK population | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Mental health; Inequalities; Employment | Link to the article |
| Sleepless in Lockdown: unpacking differences in sleep loss during the coronavirus pandemic in the UK | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Sleep loss; Ethnicity; Well-being | Link to the paper |
| Estimating Variation of Covid-19 infection in the Population:Results from Understanding Society (UKHLS) first monthly covid-19 survey | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Infection rates; Ethnicity; Regional disparities | Link to the paper |
| Home learning during Covid-19: Findings from the Understanding Society Longitudinal Study | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Report | Home schooling; Inequalities; Ethnicity | Link to the report |
| Diagnostic value of skin manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection | 2020/07 | COVID Symptom Tracker | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Symptomology; Skin rashes; Hospitalization | Link to the paper |
| Race, socioeconomic deprivation, and hospitalization for COVID-19 in English participants of a national biobank | 2020/07 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; Hospitalization | Link to the article |
| Vitamin D concentrations and COVID-19 infection in UK Biobank | 2020/07 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Vitamin D; Ethnicity; Inequalities | Link to the article |
| Living in poverty was bad for your health before COVID-19 | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Poverty; Inequalities; Public health | Link to the paper |
| Ethnicity and COVID-19 infection: are the pieces of the puzzle falling into place? | 2020/07 | UK Biobank | National | Commentary | Ethnicity; Inequalities; Deprivation | Link to the commentary |
| Intersecting household level health and socio-economic vulnerabilities and the COVID-19 crisis: an analysis from the UK | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Article | Health inequalities; Household types; Employment | Link to the article |
| How has the Covid-19 crisis impacted parents’ relationships with their children? | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Policy briefing | Parenting; Inequalities; Family composition | Link to the briefing |
| Cut hours, not people: no work, furlough, short hours and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Working hours; Mental health; Unemployment | Link to the paper |
| Understanding Society COVID-19 Survey May Briefing Note: Family relationships | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing note | Parenting; Home schooling; Inequalities | Link to the note |
| The mental health impact of COVID-19 and pandemic related stressors among adults in the UK | 2020/07 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Living conditions; Work | Link to the paper |
| The gender gap in mental well-being during the Covid-19 outbreak: evidence from the UK | 2020/06 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Mental health; Gender; Loneliness | Link to the paper |
| Ethnic disparities in hospitalisation for COVID-19 in England: The role of socioeconomic factors, mental health, and inflammatory and pro-inflammatory factors in a community-based cohort study | 2020/06 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Ethnicity; Mental health; Hospitalization | Link to the article |
| The mental health effects of the first two months of lockdown and social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK | 2020/06 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Mental health; Inequalities; Age groups | Link to the paper |
| Inequalities in home learning and schools’ provision of distance teaching during school closure of COVID-19 lockdown in the UK | 2020/06 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Home schooling; inequalities; ethnicity | Link to the paper |
| The effects of coronavirus on household finances and financial distress | 2020/06 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing note | Household finances; Financial distress; Earnings | Link to the briefing note |
| Did the UK policy response to Covid-19 protect household incomes? | 2020/06 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Household income; Employment; Earnings | Link to the paper |
| COVID-19 Survey Briefing Note: Health and caring | 2020/06 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing note | Mental health; Health behaviours; Caring | Link to the briefing note |
| COVID-19 Survey Briefing Note: Home schooling | 2020/06 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing note | Education; Household resources; Parenting | Link to the briefing note |
| ALSPAC COVID-19 Questionnaire data (April-May 2020) | 2020/06 | Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | Regional | Data note (awaiting peer review) | Cross-generation; Health; Well-being; Behaviour | Link to the Data note |
| Longitudinal changes in mental health and the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study. | 2020/06 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Mental health; Well-being; Demographic groups | Link to the paper |
| Gender inequalities: changes in income, time use and well-being before and during the UK COVID-19 lockdown | 2020/06 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Gender; Inequalities; Well-being; Time use | Link to the paper |
| COVID-19 and associations with frailty and multimorbidity: a prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants | 2020/06 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Frailty; Multimorbidity; Epidemiology | Link to the paper |
| Ethnicity, comorbidity, socioeconomic status, and their associations with COVID-19 infection in England: a cohort analysis of UK Biobank data | 2020/06 | UK Biobank | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Epidemiology; Inequalities; Ethnicity | Link to the paper |
| The idiosyncratic impact of an aggregate shock: the distributional consequences of COVID-19 | 2020/06 | Understanding Society | National | Working paper | Economic shocks; Social security; Earnings | Link to the paper |
| Older and ‘staying at home’ during lockdown: informal care receipt during the COVID-19 pandemic amongst people aged 70 and over in the UK | 2020/06 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Older people; Household composition; Care needs | Link to the paper |
| TILDA Nursing Home Data: A short report to inform COVID-19 responses for our most vulnerable | 2020/05 | The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing | Ireland | Report | Nursing homes; Mental health; End-of-life care | Link to the report |
| The COVID-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Inequality of Opportunity in Psychological Distress in the UK | 2020/05 | Understanding Society | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Psychological distress; Occupation; Inequalities | Link to the paper |
| Obesity and risk of COVID-19: analysis of UK biobank | 2020/05 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Obesity; Health behaviours; BMI | Link to the article |
| COVID-19 Survey Briefing Note: The Economic Effects | 2020/05 | Understanding Society | National | Briefing note | Economics; Employment; Earnings | Link to the briefing note |
| Real-time tracking of self-reported symptoms to predict potential COVID-19. | 2020/05 | Twins UK | National | Article | Medicine; Epidemiology; Symptomology | Link to the article |
| Rapid implementation of mobile technology for real-time epidemiology of COVID-19. | 2020/05 | Twins UK | National | Article | Epidemiology; Public health; Mobile technology | Link to the article |
| Lifestyle risk factors, inflammatory mechanisms, and COVID-19 hospitalization: A community-based cohort study of 387,109 adults in UK. | 2020/05 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Health behaviours; Inequalities; Obesity | Link to the article |
| Ethnic and socioeconomic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection: prospective cohort study using UK Biobank. | 2020/05 | UK Biobank | National | Article | Health behaviours; Inequalities; Ethnicity | Link to the article |
| Generation Scotland CovidLife Survey First Report | 2020/05 | Generation Scotland | Devolved Nations | Report | Employment; Well-being; Mental health | Link to the report |
| Current tobacco smoking and risk from COVID-19: results from a population symptom app in over 2.4 million people | 2020/05 | TwinsUK / COVID Symptom Tracker | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Symptoms; Smoking; Epidemiology | Link to the paper |
| How COVID-19 has exposed inequalities in the UK food system: The case of UK food and poverty | 2020/05 | Born in Bradford | Regional | Article | Food insecurity; Inequalities; Poverty | Link to the article |
| Vitamin D Deficiency in Ireland - Implications for Covid-19. Results from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing | 2020/04 | The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing | Ireland | Report | Vitamin D; Immunology; Older adults | Link to the report |
| TILDA Report on Population Estimates of Physical Frailty in Ireland to Inform Demographics for Over 50s in Ireland during the COVID-19 Pandemic | 2020/04 | The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing | Ireland | Report | Frailty; Physical health; Older adults | Link to the report |
| High-risk categories for COVID-19 and their distribution by county in Republic of Ireland-evidence from the TILDA study | 2020/04 | The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing | Ireland | Report | Older adults; Multimorbidity; Immunodeficiency | Link to the report |
| Self-reported symptoms of covid-19 including symptoms most predictive of SARS-CoV-2 infection, are heritable | 2020/04 | TwinsUK | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Symptoms; Heritability; Public health | Link to the paper |
| Geo-social gradients in predicted COVID-19 prevalence and severity in Great Britain: results from 2,266,235 users of the COVID-19 Symptoms Tracker app | 2020/04 | COVID Symptom Tracker | National | Pre-print (awaiting peer review) | Inequalities; Public health; Deprivation | Link to the paper |
Notes.
*The longitudinal population studies involved in the COVID-19 Longitudinal Health and Wellbeing National Core Study-CONVALESCENCE Study are:
- Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
- 1970 British Cohort Study
- Born in Bradford
- The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing
- Generation Scotland
- Millennium Cohort Study
- 1958 National Child Development Study
- Next Steps
- 1946 MRC National Survey of Health and Development
- Southall and Brent Revisited
- TwinsUK
- Understanding Society: The UK Household Longitudinal Study
