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02:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2248: Some queries r.e. issues with SOC 2000 and 2010 variables

Dear Roberto, all,
Hope all is well. Now the new wave is out (as of December) I just wanted to get an update on wh... Thomas Stephens

01/12/2026

03:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2311 (Feedback): Food Insecurity Experience Scale scoring

Hello Akansha,
Understanding Society includes all eight items of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES): ateles... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2311 (Feedback): Food Insecurity Experience Scale scoring

Hi,
I am trying to understand the best way to score the 8-item Food Insecurity Experience Scale used in the Under... Akansha Naraindas

01/09/2026

04:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2310 (Feedback): Why cannot merge indall datasets with hhresp datasets on 2000-3000 obs?

Hello Bing,
Individuals who do not match a household are those who did not respond to a household questionnaire an... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2309 (Feedback): Are samples in indresp datasets nationally representative?

Hello Bing,

As you correctly mentioned, indall contains information for all individuals in the household, includi... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2308 (Feedback): Choose a correct weight for analysis

Hello Bing,
As the user guide mentioned (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/user-guide... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2307 (Feedback): Questions about 'pensioner_dv' and 'pensioner'

Hello Bingqing,
The variables pensioner_dv and pensioner produce different information mainly because *_dv variabl... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/03/2026

12:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2310 (Feedback): Why cannot merge indall datasets with hhresp datasets on 2000-3000 obs?

Hi team,
Thanks very much for your help!
I have cleaned hhresp datasets and indall datasets and tried to merge ... Bingqing Guo

12:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2309 (Feedback): Are samples in indresp datasets nationally representative?

Hi Team,
Thanks for your help in advance! I have two questions about representativeness.
*First,*
I noticed ... Bingqing Guo

12/30/2025

03:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2308 (Feedback): Choose a correct weight for analysis

Hi team,
Happy New Year!
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I am analyzing wave 1-14 UKHLS data as a longitu... Bingqing Guo

12/29/2025

05:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2307 (Feedback): Questions about 'pensioner_dv' and 'pensioner'

Dear UKHLS Team,
I am using Understanding Society (UKHLS) data to select samples of individuals who are of State P... Bingqing Guo

12/22/2025

03:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2305: hsyr04 vs. mgyr04

Hi Piotr,
Yes, that's clear. Thanks for your help.
I am now realizing that mgyr04 and hsyr04 is almost identic... Selcuk Beduk

02:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2305: hsyr04 vs. mgyr04

Hi Selçuk,
What I wrote applies to the original BHPS variables, I'm sorry for the confusion. I should have noted... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2305: hsyr04 vs. mgyr04

Hi Piotr,
Thanks for the response.
So, the description in this page for hsyr04 is not correct then because the... Selcuk Beduk

12:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2305 (Feedback): hsyr04 vs. mgyr04

Hi Selçuk,
These questions come from the BHPS household questionnaire, a series of questions about _your household... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2306: hstotmg outstanding or total mortgage secured?

Hi Selçuk,
I will need to check this with the questionnaire team.
Best wishes,
Piotr Understanding Society User Support Team

12:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2306: hstotmg outstanding or total mortgage secured?

Hi Piotr,
So, the respondents are not specifically guided to the current vs. original value by the interviewee? T... Selcuk Beduk

12:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2306 (Feedback): hstotmg outstanding or total mortgage secured?

Hi Selçuk,
My understanding is that the intention of hstotmg is to capture _the total outstanding amount left at the... Understanding Society User Support Team

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