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12:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2262 (Feedback): Analysing debt: how to deduct mortgage debt and which weights to apply

Hello Gabriele
Regarding your first question, I’ve shared it with the Income Team to get their input. I’ll forward... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2264 (Feedback): seearnnet_dv variable query

Hello Benjamin
The variable seearnnet_dv is a derived measure of net self-employment earnings, constructed using v... Understanding Society User Support Team

07/08/2025

07:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2263 (Feedback): Rent/ Mortgage Payment amounts available- COVID-19 survey

Hello Mhairi,
There are a few variables related to rent and mortgages in the COVID-19 Survey. You can locate them ... Understanding Society User Support Team

07/04/2025

05:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2260: Request for explaining the different missing rates of variables across all waves

Hi Evan,
The gradually increasing missing values in these variables are due to the mode effect. The highest number... Understanding Society User Support Team

06/24/2025

03:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2260: Request for explaining the different missing rates of variables across all waves

Dear Evan,
Is there a particular element you'd like us to explain further?
Best wishes,
UKHLS User Support Understanding Society User Support Team

06/18/2025

08:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2261 (Feedback): Cross wave with hhresp datafile

Hello Adele,
Households in UKHLS are uniquely identified in each wave by w_hidp, a wave specific variable with a ... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2259 (Closed): Request for explaining the different missing rates of variables across all waves

Response is provided in Issue #2260.
Best wishes,
Understanding Society User Support Team
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04:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2260 (Feedback): Request for explaining the different missing rates of variables across all waves

Hello Evan
In Waves 1 and 2, the self-completion questionnaire, including the GHQ questions, was administered on p... Understanding Society User Support Team

06/12/2025

11:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2256: Creation of a variable broadly capturing job change

Hello Luis
I think your approach is correct.
Your approach to creating a more inclusive job change variable is s... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2257: understanding society waves

Hello Raffaele,
To make yearly comparisons, you’ll need to combine data from two waves. For example, to construct... Understanding Society User Support Team

06/10/2025

04:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2257 (Feedback): understanding society waves

Hello Raffaele,
Each wave of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) is typically associated with a single refe... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2254 (Feedback): Weights for repeated cross sectional study

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02:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2255 (Feedback): Request for Feedback on Weighting Strategy for Longitudinal Event History Analysis

Dear Irene,
We thought that you might find useful the exercise on weighting from our Introduction to Understanding... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2256 (Feedback): Creation of a variable broadly capturing job change

Dear Luis,
Additionally, you could also use wkplsam - same workplace check - https://www.understandingsociety.ac.u... Understanding Society User Support Team