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Articles from IPPO

  1. Growing up in the Covid-19 pandemic: An evidence review of the impact of pandemic life on physical development in the early years

    Growing up in the Covid-19 pandemic: An evidence review of the impact of pandemic life on physical development in the early years

    January 7, 2022

    Early Intervention Foundation (EIF) report by Max Stanford, Pippa Davie and James Mulcahy (Nov 2021) This report is a brief review of emerging international and UK evidence on seven key factors associated with children’s early physical health and development, and the extent to which the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic (such as lockdowns and social distancing) have impacted on these factors and affected children’s early physical development, including children from low-income and UK ethnic minority families.

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  3. Changes in political trust in Britain during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: integrated public opinion evidence and implications

    Changes in political trust in Britain during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: integrated public opinion evidence and implications

    December 17, 2021

    Davies et al, Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (December 2021) In this paper, we document changes in political trust in the UK throughout 2020 so as to consider wider implications for the ongoing handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analysed data from 18 survey organisations with measures on political trust (general, leadership, and COVID-19-related) spanning the period December 2019–October 2020. We examined the percentage of trust and distrust across time, identifying where significant changes coincide with national events. Levels of political trust were low following the 2019 UK General Election. They rose...

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