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10:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2343: Update to wave 14 weights?

Great, thanks Usoc team. We're hoping to put out some updated numbers in time for April, which might be before the da... Toby Murray

10:03 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2343 (Feedback): Update to wave 14 weights?

Thank you. Yes, we are aware of this and these will be available in the next release of the data, which should be ava... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/20/2026

01:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325 (Feedback): Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

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01:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2343 (In Progress): Update to wave 14 weights?

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2341 (Feedback): hrpid

Thank you for your message. We are aware of this issue and corrections have been implemented and the revised data has... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/19/2026

04:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2339 (Feedback): o_fihhmngrs_dv gross household income variable isn't as it is presented on main survey variable search

Hello M Kozdron
This occurs because the dataset you are working with is likely from the EUL study SN6614, where in... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2342: weighting wave 15

Megan,
Thank you for your question. You should use o_inding2_lw. This is equivalent to the old o_indscg2_lw.
H... Olena Kaminska

12:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2342 (Feedback): weighting wave 15

Hello,
You are right. We have provided the explanation in our user guide section on weights: "Note: for cross-sect... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2342 (Feedback): weighting wave 15

I am unclear on what weighting I should apply:
I want to look at sandwich carers and GHQ12 in wave 14 and 15 so acc... Megan Saunders

01:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2343 (Feedback): Update to wave 14 weights?

Hi there,
I'm updating some analysis I did last year. My downloaded data from 2025 (which includes wave n as the ne... Toby Murray

12:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2338 (Resolved): Wave 16 biomarker panel and comparability with Waves 2–3

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07:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2338: Wave 16 biomarker panel and comparability with Waves 2–3

Dear User Support Team,
Thank-you for the reply and providing this working paper. It's really helpful. I'll have a... James Laurence

03/17/2026

03:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2341 (Feedback): hrpid

I have created a file which merges individual and household data. I am trying to create a flag for hh reference pers... Beverley Searle

03/16/2026

05:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2338 (Feedback): Wave 16 biomarker panel and comparability with Waves 2–3

Hello,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Our health and biomarker team have suggested that you take a lo... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2339 (In Progress): o_fihhmngrs_dv gross household income variable isn't as it is presented on main survey variable search

Hello M Kozdron,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We will look into this and get back to you.
Thi... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2339 (Feedback): o_fihhmngrs_dv gross household income variable isn't as it is presented on main survey variable search

Dear user support team,
I've found that o_fihhmngrs_dv 'gross household income: month before interview' has a disc... M Kozdron

03/10/2026

01:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2335: Weights for Two Level Longitudinal Multilevel Model: Wave and Respondent

Benedict,
Thank you for your question. Yes, the weight you chose is correct, but potentially you could use differe... Olena Kaminska

11:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2335 (In Progress): Weights for Two Level Longitudinal Multilevel Model: Wave and Respondent

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01:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325: Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

Akansha,
Yes, we have material in R, which we can share. Could you email to "UKHLS User Support" <usersupport@unde... Olena Kaminska

11:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325 (In Progress): Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

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09:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2338 (In Progress): Wave 16 biomarker panel and comparability with Waves 2–3

Thanks for your questions. We have passed it on to our Health & Biomarker team and we will get back to you soon.
... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2338 (Resolved): Wave 16 biomarker panel and comparability with Waves 2–3

Dear Understanding Society team,
I am currently thinking about a research project that would use the Understanding... James Laurence

09:13 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2337 (Feedback): Use of AI

Hello Molly,
Thanks for contacting us to clarify this. As none of our datasets are Open Access these cannot be ana... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/06/2026

06:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2244: jbnssec5_dv

As Roberto said, NNSEC is computed using information about current job which is asked if JBHAS = 1 OR (JBHAS=2 & JBOF... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/05/2026

04:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2244: jbnssec5_dv

Hi Roberto
Many thanks for clarifying this. However, looking on the data what I can see is that although for jboff... Theocharis Kromydas

09:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2337 (Feedback): Use of AI

Hello,
Like many researchers, we have been exploring ways to streamline parts of our work processes using AI tools. ... Molly Broome

03/04/2026

05:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2335: Weights for Two Level Longitudinal Multilevel Model: Wave and Respondent

Dear Understanding Society User Support Team,
Thank you for your response. For the svy version of the command, would... Benedict John Hignell

07:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2336: DWP linking

And here is the link to the online variable search via Index Terms: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentat... Understanding Society User Support Team

07:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2336 (Feedback): DWP linking

Hello,
Our survey data has not been linked to DWP records as yet. Consent has been collected. If and when these ar... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/03/2026

11:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325: Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

i also realised that some psnenui weights are NA (95 to be precise) for my sample, is that typical? Akansha Naraindas

10:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325: Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

Hi Olena,
Thanks for this, i will attempt to do what you say regarding creating a tailored weight, i am wondering i... Akansha Naraindas

03/02/2026

08:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2336 (Feedback): DWP linking

Dear Understanding Society Team,
I wish to clarify the responses I received in Support #2218.
I understand tha... David Kong

12:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325: Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

Akansha,
Thank you. I understand you use youth children, who are presumably 10-13 in wave 13 and become 12-15 in w... Olena Kaminska

09:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2334 (Feedback): Private renting tenure variable

hello,
As "rentf" was no longer asked from onwards Wave 12, the tenure_dv=6 now represents all privately rented (n... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2335 (Feedback): Weights for Two Level Longitudinal Multilevel Model: Wave and Respondent

Thanks for your question. Our methods expert has said that standard weighting is needed here. The complexity arises o... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2332 (Resolved): SN 6666 Year LAD Fixed

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03/01/2026

07:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2335 (In Progress): Weights for Two Level Longitudinal Multilevel Model: Wave and Respondent

Dear User Support Team,
I hope you are well. I am planning to run a multi-level model to longitudinally analyse data... Benedict John Hignell

02/27/2026

03:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325: Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

Hi Olena,
Apologies for the confusion, I’ll try to clarify my setup more clearly.
My analysis uses youth Waves ... Akansha Naraindas

11:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325: Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

Akansha,
You could try to start with f_psnenui_li and model nonresponse yourself, if you like. You could either cr... Olena Kaminska

10:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325: Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

Thank you so much for your advice on this. I tried the weight you suggested, but it appears to assign a weight of 0 t... Akansha Naraindas

02/26/2026

08:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2332: SN 6666 Year LAD Fixed

Thank you for your response. David Kong

02:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2334 (Feedback): Private renting tenure variable

Dear UKHLS team,
I am looking at people's housing tenure in wave 15 and, for private renters, I can only see the cat... Mette Isaksen

02/25/2026

03:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2332: SN 6666 Year LAD Fixed

Yes Understanding Society User Support Team

11:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2333 (Feedback): Missing indresp and _dv harmonised variables in UKHLS download (SN 6614)

Hello Molly,
While INDRESP is the root name of the datafile with most information collected during adult interview... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/24/2026

08:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2333 (Feedback): Missing indresp and _dv harmonised variables in UKHLS download (SN 6614)

Hello,
I’m working with the dataset Understanding Society: Waves 1–15, 2009–2024 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1–18 (SN... Molly Beattie

02:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2332: SN 6666 Year LAD Fixed

Thanks for the response.
Does that imply that the LADs are those as they existed in 2013 for the BHPS respondents?... David Kong

12:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2332 (Feedback): SN 6666 Year LAD Fixed

Hello David,
This document shows which ONSPD file was used to identify each specific geography and each wave. htt... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2332: SN 6666 Year LAD Fixed

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03:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2332 (Resolved): SN 6666 Year LAD Fixed

Hi everyone,
As this is one of the datasets that I am able to assign to projects (along with the travel to work ar... David Kong

02/23/2026

10:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2301 (Resolved): Variables for whether respondents were interviewed alone, and death of non-coresident parent

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10:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2305 (Resolved): hsyr04 vs. mgyr04

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10:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2306 (Resolved): hstotmg outstanding or total mortgage secured?

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10:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2319 (Resolved): Net Household Income Data in the BHPS and UKHLS

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09:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2312 (Resolved): hrpid variable

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09:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2321 (Resolved): linking responsible adult to youth

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09:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2323 (Resolved): Question with regard to the variable nwage_dv

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09:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2324 (Resolved): ukborn variable

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09:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2328 (Resolved): Query about care home variables (no valid values shown)

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09:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2331 (Resolved): Access for Special Licence Data

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