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From 12/24/2025 to 01/22/2026

04:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2312: hrpid variable: Thank you Roberto.
Best wishes,
Monica Monica Hernandez
12:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2312: hrpid variable: Hello Monica,
The variable hrpno also has issues, so I would recommend not using it for the time being.
Best wi... Understanding Society User Support Team
12:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2248: Some queries r.e. issues with SOC 2000 and 2010 variables: Hello Tom,
It was not possible to include the changes in this release. Work on them is ongoing, and the current ai... Understanding Society User Support Team
11:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2314 (Feedback): Wave 6 weight selection: Hello Nina,
Both options are correct, and the choice depends on which sample you want to represent. Weights ending... Understanding Society User Support Team
10:08 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1941 (Feedback): Employee (jbpen + jbpenm) and personal (ppen + ppreg) pensions in Understanding Society - query re. some wave data: Hello Thomas,
The variable ppen is part of the Personal Pensions module questionnaire. This module was asked in th... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2314 (Feedback): Wave 6 weight selection: Hello,
This document sets out "adult main interview" and "adult main and proxy interview" cross-sectional weights ... Nina Lutz
02:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2312: hrpid variable: Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Hello Monica,
>
> I can confirm that the variable hr... Monica Hernandez
11:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2312: hrpid variable: Thank you very much Roberto, that's very helpful.
Kind regards,
Monica Monica Hernandez
10:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2312 (Feedback): hrpid variable: Hello Monica,
I can confirm that the variable hrpid was removed from the different files because it was incorrectl... Understanding Society User Support Team
09:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2312 (Feedback): hrpid variable: Hi,
I am having trouble locating the hrpid variable in the hhresp data file in the latest release of the data. The... Monica Hernandez
01:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1941: Employee (jbpen + jbpenm) and personal (ppen + ppreg) pensions in Understanding Society - query re. some wave data: Hi,
Sorry to reopen this chat but I'm updating some of my work and wanted to check re the ppen variable, as I noti... Thomas Stephens

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

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

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

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

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

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

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