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02/11/2026

02:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1490 (Feedback): Top-coding of net income

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02:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325 (Feedback): Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

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02:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2296 (Feedback): Lagging Youth variable -> Adult variable - cross-sectional or longitudinal weight?

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01:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2295 (Resolved): Merging datasets

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01:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2294 (Resolved): Regarding the variable Livpar

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01:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2293 (Resolved): Wages/Pay in Sterling

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01:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2292 (Resolved): extract annual data from a UKHLS wave

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01:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2291 (Resolved): Sampling and Analytic Weights

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01:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2290 (Resolved): 2024 Data

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12:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2288 (Resolved): comparing two single years using Understanding Society

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12:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2287 (Resolved): ba_xewght not found

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12:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2285 (Resolved): Cross-sectional weights for having a household member interviewed in COVID-19 survey

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12:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2284 (Resolved): Chosen longitudinal weight check

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12:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2283 (Resolved): Private Rented Sector

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12:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2282 (Resolved): Complexity of family life

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12:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2281 (Resolved): Weights for longitudinal analysis - high zero-weighted numbers; and selecting weights

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12:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2280 (Resolved): Linking to EPC data

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12:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2278 (Resolved): Effect of self-completion weight on weighted count for sample of people who died

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12:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2276 (Resolved): Use of survey weight severely reducing sample size- longitudinal analysis

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12:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2273 (Resolved): Place-Based Change

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12:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2272 (Resolved): Wkhome variable in Wave 15?

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12:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2271 (Resolved): difference between sample size and weighted population appears incorrect

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12:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2270 (Resolved): indinui_xw and wave 14

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12:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2269 (Resolved): Multilevel model guidance

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12:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2268 (Resolved): Code Creator temp file

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12:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2267 (Resolved): Question on Merging and Weighting with R - Understanding Society Calendar Year 2022

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12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2265 (Resolved): Missing BMI check flag in tab files

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12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2264 (Resolved): seearnnet_dv variable query

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12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2263 (Resolved): Rent/ Mortgage Payment amounts available- COVID-19 survey

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12:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2262 (Resolved): Analysing debt: how to deduct mortgage debt and which weights to apply

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12:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2261 (Resolved): Cross wave with hhresp datafile

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12:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2260 (Resolved): Request for explaining the different missing rates of variables across all waves

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12:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2258 (Resolved): Longitudinal versus cross-sectional weighting guidance

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12:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2257 (Resolved): understanding society waves

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12:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2255 (Resolved): Request for Feedback on Weighting Strategy for Longitudinal Event History Analysis

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12:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2254 (Resolved): Weights for repeated cross sectional study

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12:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2253 (Resolved): The connection of variable hsyrbuy and gor_dv

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12:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2252 (Resolved): Quick query regarding the new UKHLS calendar year datasets

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12:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2251 (Resolved): jbsic07_cc Missing Data Query

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10:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2250 (Resolved): calculation of number of siblings

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10:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2249 (Resolved): Code Creator for BHPS data files

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10:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2247 (Resolved): Discontinuation of j2hrs and j2has from Wave 13-onwards

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10:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2245 (Resolved): Women diagnosed with breast cancer since previous wave in wave 10

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10:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2244 (Resolved): jbnssec5_dv

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10:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2243 (Resolved): Groups and organisations module

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10:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2242 (Resolved): Observations for gender egalitarian values

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10:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2241 (Resolved): Link COVID-19 Youth postal survey waves (4, 6, 8) to COVID-19 Adult surveys

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10:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2240 (Resolved): Enquiry for a variable and year dataset 2020-2022

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10:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2238 (Resolved): Missing variable in Calendar Year Dataset, 2020

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10:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2234 (Resolved): Merging Datasets and Missing Variables in UK Household Study

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10:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2233 (Resolved): Blood Biomarker Survey Weights

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10:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2230 (Resolved): Having difficulty to create Tailored weight

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10:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2229 (Resolved): jbnssec8_dv

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10:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2221 (Resolved): Longitudinal Weights for Ethnicity Representation across the 13 waves of the UKHLS

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10:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2228 (Resolved): Assistance with Extracting Variables from income.dta

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10:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2225 (Resolved): SF-12 missingness wave 2

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10:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2220 (Resolved): Dealing with the changing numbers of health conditions

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10:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2219 (Resolved): Household identifier in hhresp datafiles

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10:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2186 (Resolved): Finding a right variable in the dataset

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10:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2177 (Resolved): school leaving age vs. further education leaving age

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02/10/2026

06:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2218 (Resolved): DWP and HMRC data

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06:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2217 (Resolved): Applying for both Special License and Secure Access (SA)?

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06:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2215 (Resolved): PSU, Strata

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06:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2214 (Resolved): Controlling for Non-Random Attrition Bias with Weights

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06:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2212 (Resolved): Children listed as HRPs in Wave 13

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06:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2210 (Resolved): Inquiry: Availability of 2010 IMD Quintile Data

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06:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2207 (Resolved): Weights

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06:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2206 (Resolved): Weights

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06:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2205 (Resolved): Education variable

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06:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2202 (Resolved): Weight Selection

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06:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2201 (Resolved): Sexuality variables

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06:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2200 (Resolved): CAPI ringfence variable

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06:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2196 (Resolved): Weighting

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06:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2194 (Resolved): Analysing sub populations

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06:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2192 (Resolved): parental status

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06:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2190 (Resolved): Weights wave 10,12, and 14

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06:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2187 (Resolved): W14 - How to best determine tenure (length of employment) in current job

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06:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2185 (Resolved): Data availability for the variable of distmov_dv (UKHLS wave 01 and 02)

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06:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2184 (Resolved): Wave 16 biological data

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06:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2183 (Resolved): Questions About OSM_HH and BMI Data in Youth Dataset

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06:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2182 (Resolved): How are weights claculated

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06:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2181 (Resolved): Longitudinal weights , merging in wave files then cross wave

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06:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2180 (Resolved): Relationship to the reference person

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06:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2179 (Resolved): Full interview but inapplicable answer in COVID-19 data

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05:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2175 (Resolved): Inconsistent results across data files

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05:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2174 (Resolved): Negative Gross Income Variables

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05:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2173 (Resolved): Child number

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05:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2172 (Resolved): University students

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05:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2170 (Resolved): understanding society dataset timeline

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05:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2167 (Resolved): Using weights for 17 BHPS and 13 UKHLS waves for pooled cross-sectional analysis.

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05:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2166 (Resolved): Employment Length of Service

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05:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2165 (Resolved): Inconsistency between dvage and birthy

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05:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2164 (Resolved): Merging w_hhresp and w_indresp vars as a function of PNO

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05:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2163 (Resolved): Variables question

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05:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2162 (Resolved): Do you have data about romantic relationship status?

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05:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2159 (Resolved): Order of mainstage interview and self-completion interview

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05:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2158 (Resolved): Number of biological children ever had

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05:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2157 (Resolved): Merging x_indresp and x_child, then merging across waves

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05:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2156 (Resolved): Gig economy job (wave 13)

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05:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2155 (Resolved): Inquiry Regarding Self-Control and Related Variables

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05:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2153 (Resolved): Household composition BHPS

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05:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2152 (Resolved): Does access require EU-US data bridge?

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05:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2151 (Resolved): Regarding hiqual_dv data

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05:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2150 (Resolved): j1soc10 - Special License Data

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05:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2148 (Resolved): link children's birth year and month with parents

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05:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2147 (Resolved): UKHLS variable explanations

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05:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2146 (Resolved): jbterm2 clarification

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05:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2145 (Resolved): Inapplicable values in family relationship variables

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05:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2144 (Resolved): Creation of a unique calendar year for which information has been collected for a person*year dataset?

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05:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2143 (Resolved): Weights

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05:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2142 (Resolved): query about mental health measures

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05:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2141 (Resolved): Time-varying weights within the same ID

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05:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2140 (Resolved): Household Interview Date Variables

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05:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2139 (Resolved): Social Support Variables - who is inapplicable?

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05:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2138 (Resolved): Secure data access variables and questions of IEMBS in subsequent waves

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05:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2137 (Resolved): Help with Mother's Age and Employment History Variables

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05:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2136 (Resolved): Weights for multiple imputation in Mplus

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05:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2135 (Resolved): yplvhm(_bh) and zero values

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05:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2134 (Resolved): Cognitive Ability data for users who answered language questions

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05:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2133 (Resolved): Rent increase data

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05:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2132 (Resolved): Citizenship

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05:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2130 (Resolved): scenv_nowo missings in 2004

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05:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2128 (Resolved): Chronic Health Conditions

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05:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2127 (Resolved): Attrition rate for sub-sample of children

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05:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2126 (Resolved): merging data files

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05:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2125 (Resolved): UKHLS pooled OLS weights

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05:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2123 (Resolved): Data on child disability

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05:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2120 (Resolved): Employment rates at country or county level

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05:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2119 (Resolved): Svy Commands and Fixed Effects Regressions

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04:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2118 (Resolved): Geographical data linkage issue at LSOA11 level

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04:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2116 (Resolved): How to select variables to create legacy benefit variables

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04:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2115 (Resolved): Help with weights for longitudinal analysis

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04:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2114 (Resolved): Inquiry on Wave 13 Data for Variable 'm_lmar1y' Regarding First Marriage Year

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04:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2113 (Resolved): Monetary variables

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04:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2112 (Resolved): part-time work information

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04:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2110 (Resolved): Weights invalid stset

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04:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2109 (Resolved): Linking air pollution data to the Understanding society teaching dataset

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04:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2106 (Resolved): Selecting appropriate weights and using different weights

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04:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2105 (Resolved): How to link parents-children using income variable between BHPS and UKHLS datasets

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04:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2104 (Resolved): Dropped observations after specifying the complexity of the sample design

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04:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2102 (Resolved): Partnership

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04:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2101 (Resolved): Time variant and invariant variables using general UKHLS and Covid-19 survey

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04:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2100 (Resolved): Rural local authority data

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04:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2099 (Resolved): Merging household info to individual data

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04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2097 (Resolved): Variable availablility

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04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2096 (Resolved): hhincome variable in covid wave

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04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2095 (Resolved): parent children variable

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04:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2093 (Resolved): voteeuref variable

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04:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2092 (Resolved): Calculation of mortgage interest payments

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04:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2084 (Resolved): Linking NPD data with other special licence understanding society data

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04:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2082 (Resolved): "Type of job" variables and how they relate to each other

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04:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2081 (Resolved): Merging parents (or carer) information to youth data

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04:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2080 (Resolved): Repeated cross-sectional data weighting

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04:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2079 (Resolved): what is the difference between ethn_dv_all and ethn_dv?

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04:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2077 (Resolved): Using income variables

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04:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2076 (Resolved): Issues with xx_hadcvvac variables in COVID-19 data collection

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04:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2075 (Resolved): Using UKHLS to look at trends across calendar months

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04:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2073 (Resolved): Data file

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04:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2072 (Resolved): tracking spouse after the household dissolutions

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04:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2071 (Resolved): Choosing weight where some variables are self-completion and others are interview

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04:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2070 (Resolved): Creating Chronology when using COVID-19 and main panel data

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04:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2069 (Resolved): Match children information with parental information

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04:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2068 (Resolved): Wave 16 biological data

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04:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2067 (Resolved): data access

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04:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2065 (Resolved): How to manage longitudinal data analysis after excluding sample based on date of interview

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04:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2064 (Resolved): calendar year dataset - longitudinal analysis

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04:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2063 (Resolved): List of Validated Measures or Scales used in the Study?

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04:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2062 (Resolved): hcondncode38 variable

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04:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2061 (Resolved): Video content for part 8 + sections 11,12 & 13 greyed out

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04:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2059 (Resolved): BMI, weight and height variables

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04:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2057 (Resolved): What is ficode measuring?

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04:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2055 (Resolved): Reasoning for inapplicable variables which don't have a preceding question or perequisit.

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04:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2042 (Resolved): Survey Weights for Multi-Wave Pooled Analysis

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04:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2036 (Resolved): Understanding Society - weights

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04:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2031 (Resolved): Cross-Sectional Weighting Questions.

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02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1911 (Resolved): Code Creator Beta

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02:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1839 (Resolved): Combining individual level files across waves with different variables into a long format.

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02:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1650 (Resolved): yp2uni missing/inapplicable/don't know categories

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02:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1208 (Resolved): Identifying step-parent from relationship file

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02/09/2026

03:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2326: jbnssec8_dv - Large employers & higher management and Higher professional

All is good, I hope you're doing well too. Let us know if you have any other questions.
Best wishes,
Piotr Understanding Society User Support Team

02/06/2026

11:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2326: jbnssec8_dv - Large employers & higher management and Higher professional

Thanks Piotr. Hope you're well.
Michael Michael Vallely

02/05/2026

03:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2322: inapplicable in fwintvd_dv

Hi Emily,
There is some discrepancy between these variables because the sources are different. bornuk_dv is derive... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2317: Variable for childless

Hi Charlie,
You can modify the code creating nchild_dv to include only relationship_dv==9 (see https://www.underst... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2327 (Feedback): Wealth Variable

Hi Sarah,
“Wealth” can mean different things (e.g., housing wealth/home value and mortgage balance, savings and in... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2326 (Feedback): jbnssec8_dv - Large employers & higher management and Higher professional

Hi Michael,
NS-SEC does distinguish between these two categories, but as subcategories (see page 13, Table 3 in th... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/04/2026

04:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2327 (Feedback): Wealth Variable

Hi, I am an undergraduate who is studying the impact of homeownership on wealth and I have been looking for the best ... Sarah Frost

12:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2326 (Feedback): jbnssec8_dv - Large employers & higher management and Higher professional

Hi Folks,
I am writing to ask if you could provide some information and examples of jobs for 'Large employers & hi... Michael Vallely

12:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2324: ukborn variable

Hi Piotr,
Apologies I can see wave o is actually present in my folder, it must be my code. Sorry for not checking!... emily naish

12:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2317: Variable for childless

Hiya Roberto,
This is very helpful. Are you also able to provide a suggestion on how to derive a variable that is ... Charlie McCurdy

01/30/2026

11:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2321: linking responsible adult to youth

Thank you so much for your help with this Piotr! this was incredible useful.
I have now merged youth from wave 13 w... Akansha Naraindas

01/29/2026

04:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2323: Question with regard to the variable nwage_dv

Great support, thanks a lot!
Best,
Nico Nico Ochmann

01:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2323 (Feedback): Question with regard to the variable nwage_dv

nwage_dv is just a household headcount, not an employment or income measure. It’s created from the individual-level a... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2320: Parliamentary Constituency Codes

Hi Stuart,
Wave 16 will use the May 2025 ONSPD. Since the Westminster parliamentary constituency (PCON) boundary c... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/28/2026

06:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325: Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

Thanks very much for this. I looked through the previous queries and it seems that when a custom weight is not create... Akansha Naraindas

05:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325 (In Progress): Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

Hi Akansha,
Please have a look at these past similar queries to see if these answer your question:
https://iser... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325: Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

i now realise there arent any youth longitudinal weights, i do not think id have the capabilities to create my own we... Akansha Naraindas

12:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2325 (Feedback): Joining and weighting youth, adults and households

Hi,
I have a somewhat complex merge and would appreciate some guidance on weighting. My analysis examines how hous... Akansha Naraindas

04:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2323: Question with regard to the variable nwage_dv

Both!
Thanks Piotr for your reply and help.
Best,
Nico Nico Ochmann

04:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2323: Question with regard to the variable nwage_dv

Hi Nico,
I want to double-check if I correctly understand your question. Are you surprised by the number of househ... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2324: ukborn variable

Hi Emily,
Below a comparison of the 2024 release of SN6614 and 2025 downloaded yesterday using dta (Stata) files. ... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2324: ukborn variable

Hi Piotr,
Before I logged this question, I had redownloaded the dataset from data service and it still gave me the... emily naish

03:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2321: linking responsible adult to youth

Hi Akansha,
I see. Adresp15_dv give you the person number of person responsible for child under 16, that is, their... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2322: inapplicable in fwintvd_dv

Hi Piotr,
Thank you, I will exclude these people.
Sorry I should've given more details...Using both the *ukborn... emily naish

10:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2306: hstotmg outstanding or total mortgage secured?

Hi Piotr,
Thanks very much. That's really helpful.
Best wishes,
Selçuk Selcuk Beduk

01/27/2026

05:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2321: linking responsible adult to youth

Thanks for this! My issue is that i want to use the https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/innovation-p... Akansha Naraindas

04:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2321 (Feedback): linking responsible adult to youth

Hi Akansha,
To link youth to themselves across waves, use their PIDP. To link to their parents, the easiest way is... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2306: hstotmg outstanding or total mortgage secured?

Hi Selçuk,
I'm sorry for the delay in replying to you. The reply from the questionnaire team:
"Yes, it’s the cu... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2324 (Feedback): ukborn variable

Hi Emily,
The numbers in the latest wave files should align with the numbers on the website. From what I can see, ... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1874: Issue with religion variable in wave 12

Hi Ekaterina,
We will investigate this and get back to you.
Best wishes,
Piotr Marzec
UKHLS User Support Understanding Society User Support Team

04:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2322 (Feedback): inapplicable in fwintvd_dv

Hi Emily,
fwintvd_dv is derived from the wave-level individual interview outcome variable (w_ivfio), taking the fi... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2320: Parliamentary Constituency Codes

Thank you for this update. Is there any way of knowing when the updated boundaries will be incorporated into this dat... Stuart Fox

03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2320 (Feedback): Parliamentary Constituency Codes

Hi Stuart,
In Wave 15, the May 2024 release of ONSPD was used (see https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/wp-conte... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/26/2026

05:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2324 (Feedback): ukborn variable

Hi,
Sorry if this is a silly question, I'm still getting to grips with the dataset and coding with R. I just redow... emily naish

05:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2323 (Feedback): Question with regard to the variable nwage_dv

Dear Understanding Society Team,
I am working with household level income data and I would like to adjust that da... Nico Ochmann

03:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2322 (Feedback): inapplicable in fwintvd_dv

Hi,
For this row in fwintvd_dv:
inapplicable -8 39856 23.67%
Are these all participants that were enrolled ... emily naish

03:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2321 (Feedback): linking responsible adult to youth

Hi,
I am linking youth data from Wave 13 to Wave 15 and would also like to link each young person to their Wave 13... Akansha Naraindas

01:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2320 (Feedback): Parliamentary Constituency Codes

I have accessed the latest version of the Parliamentary Constituency file, and noticed that the constituencies are id... Stuart Fox

12:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1874: Issue with religion variable in wave 12

Thanks for the update.
I can still see this as an issue in Wave 12 though. This will not be addressed, will it? For ... Ekaterina Kolpinskaya

09:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2307: Questions about 'pensioner_dv' and 'pensioner'

Hello Bingqing,
As a follow-up to my previous response, both variables are calculated using government-defined rul... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/23/2026

09:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1874 (Feedback): Issue with religion variable in wave 12

Hello Katya,
This issue was addressed and fixed in the Wave 13 release (November 2023) and has not appeared again si... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1874: Issue with religion variable in wave 12

Good afternoon!
I am now in the same boat as Laurence was a few years ago, as per the original inquiry. The issue ... Ekaterina Kolpinskaya

05:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2319: Net Household Income Data in the BHPS and UKHLS

Hi Roberto,
Thanks for your reply.
I think looking at the link that hhneti is weekly household data, so that's ... Nico Ochmann

01:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2319 (Feedback): Net Household Income Data in the BHPS and UKHLS

Hello Nico,
If net income is not essential, note that there is a gross household income variable harmonised across... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2317 (Feedback): Variable for childless

Hello Charlie,
You might want to check variable ch1by_dv, which measures the birth year of the first (biological) ... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/22/2026

12:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2319 (Feedback): Net Household Income Data in the BHPS and UKHLS

Dear Understanding Society Team,
I am trying to get a hold of a net hh income variable for both datasets, and I f... Nico Ochmann

12:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2318 (Feedback): Missing variables in data set

Hello Marie,
The dataset you need is SN6614: Understanding Society – Waves 1–15 (2009–2024) and Harmonised BHPS – ... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/21/2026

03:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2318 (Feedback): Missing variables in data set

Hi. I am working on my undergrad dissertation and I was planning on using the Understanding Society Wave 2 data set b... Marie Moller

03:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2313 (Feedback): Wave 14 changes: age_dv and indscg2_xw

Hello Nina,
In general, new wave releases may include updates to earlier waves, such as the addition or removal of... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2074 (Resolved): Longitudinal weights

Understanding Society User Support Team

10:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2316 (Feedback): Removal of Variables from Mainstage Variable Search

Hello Joe
I can confirm variables voteintent (voting intention) and vote7 (voted in last general election) are sti... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2317 (Feedback): Variable for childless

Hiya,
I'd like to generate a variable that is whether or not an individual is childless (or has had a child) ideal... Charlie McCurdy

01/19/2026

09:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2313 (In Progress): Wave 14 changes: age_dv and indscg2_xw

Hello Nina,
We are still doing some checks on your query and expect to be able to provide you with an answer later... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2316 (Feedback): Removal of Variables from Mainstage Variable Search

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am coming back to a dissertation I wrote a few years ago in the hope to rewrite it for publicati... Joe Mattock

03:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2074: Longitudinal weights

Hi Olena, coming back to this after some time. Feel free to mark this issue as resolved.
Thanks, Joe.
Joe Mattock

12:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2315 (Feedback): Basrate / payu - hourly pay

Hello Eleanor,
basrate is a direct question from the Employees module questionnaire and is asked of respondents wh... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/18/2026

09:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2315 (Feedback): Basrate / payu - hourly pay

Hello,
I am trying to investigate hourly pay differences. I wanted to use basrate. However, the min and max look w... Eleanor Keeble

01/15/2026

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