Understanding Society User Support

12/19/2025

05:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2306 (In Progress): hstotmg outstanding or total mortgage secured?

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

12:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2306 (Feedback): hstotmg outstanding or total mortgage secured?

Dear survey team,
May I confirm whether _hstotmg_ shows the total amount of mortgage secured at the purchase, or... Selcuk Beduk

05:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2305 (In Progress): hsyr04 vs. mgyr04

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

11:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2305 (Feedback): hsyr04 vs. mgyr04

Dear survey team,
I am curious what's the difference between hsyr04 vs. mgyr04 (specifically in BHPS)?
Separa... Selcuk Beduk

05:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2304 (Feedback): multiple jobs

Hi Darja,
The information in indresp refers to the main job. Information on multiple jobs is now stored in the "em... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2304 (Feedback): multiple jobs

In waves 14 & 15, I am struggling to find information on other jobs (than the main job). Multijobstotal gives me the ... Darja Reuschke

05:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2303 (Feedback): gigempjob2

Hi Daria,
The O_employment file is a long-format dataset in which each row represents a single job. The unique ide... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2303 (Feedback): gigempjob2

In the standard licence file, gigempjob2 in o_indresp has n=915 'yes' counts but the same variable has n=1133 'yes' c... Darja Reuschke

12/12/2025

04:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2301: Variables for whether respondents were interviewed alone, and death of non-coresident parent

Hi Roberto,
Thank you, that's perfect.
All the best,
Elias Elias Hofmann

03:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2301: Variables for whether respondents were interviewed alone, and death of non-coresident parent

Hello Elias,
Glad it helped.
The interviewer observation module link points to the Wave 1 information. Here are... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2301: Variables for whether respondents were interviewed alone, and death of non-coresident parent

Great, thank you for your quick and helpful reply!
All the best,
Elias Elias Hofmann

12:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2301: Variables for whether respondents were interviewed alone, and death of non-coresident parent

Hello Elias,
The variable “wivprsnt” was included in the new Wave 15 release, and you will find it starting from W... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2301: Variables for whether respondents were interviewed alone, and death of non-coresident parent

Dear Roberto,
Thank you very much for your replies and the information!
About the limitations of the ivprsnt-variab... Elias Hofmann

12/06/2025

07:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2301 (Feedback): Variables for whether respondents were interviewed alone, and death of non-coresident parent

Hello Elias,
You may use the variable ivprsnt, which measures whether someone else was present during the intervie... Understanding Society User Support Team

12/03/2025

03:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2301 (Feedback): Variables for whether respondents were interviewed alone, and death of non-coresident parent

Dear user support,
I am currently looking for two variables ideally capturing:
- Whether respondents were interview... Elias Hofmann

11/29/2025

10:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2299 (Feedback): indresp.dta: hcondn6 and hcondn7 variables discrepancy

Dear Camilla,
This may be related to the change in how some of the health conditions questions were asked. Please ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/27/2025

06:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2299 (Feedback): indresp.dta: hcondn6 and hcondn7 variables discrepancy

Dear Sir/Madame,
I am using the indresp datasets from all the waves. I noticed that the variables hcondn6 and hcond... Camilla Bianchi

02:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2296: Lagging Youth variable -> Adult variable - cross-sectional or longitudinal weight?

Szymon,
Thank you for your question. The weight would depend on whether the model requires complete or incomplete ... Olena Kaminska

11/21/2025

04:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2298 (Feedback): Covid19 food insecurity data linked to main survey

Dear Akansha,
1. Can the COVID survey data be linked to the main UKHLS survey and to the household, adult and yout... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2298 (Feedback): Covid19 food insecurity data linked to main survey

Hi,
I am currently analysing how household food insecurity is associated with eating disorder pathology in young p... Akansha Naraindas

03:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2297 (Feedback): Conducting quarterly analysis

Dear Thomas,
Thank you for you question – it’s worth having a look at the weighting FAQ (see https://www.understan... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2295 (Feedback): Merging datasets

Dear Yashi,
It’s hard to know for sure without seeing the full data management process that produced these dataset... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/20/2025

04:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2296 (In Progress): Lagging Youth variable -> Adult variable - cross-sectional or longitudinal weight?

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