From finishing studies to entering the workforce, from getting married to earning the most money – everyone’s journey through adulthood is different. However, we can use a range of data to explore when key events in life are most likely to happen. Rich Pereira looks at how these milestones of adulthood have changed over the past decade and how society is shifting.
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The ONS works closely with the United Nations on a number of international projects to improve statistics around the world. With older populations often having suffered the worst impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, awareness of the need for better evidence on the impact of ageing populations has increased. Here Rich Pereira explains why the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is leading international work to develop a standard approach to producing improved statistics on an issue of increasing global significance.
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The impact of the pandemic and Brexit means there has never been a greater need to understand changes in our…
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The latest ONS mid-year estimates suggest the UK population has reached 67 million for the first time. But the year…
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The coronavirus pandemic has made measuring the size and changing nature of the UK population more challenging, particularly with many of…
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