Understanding Society User Support

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

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Understanding Society User Support Team

If you look at the user guide section on hh income here https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/user-guides/main-survey-user-guide/household-income-variables, you will find that

(1) hh income net of tax on earnings and NI contributions = fihhmnnet1_dv
(2) hh income net of tax on earnings and NI contributions & local tax liability = fihhmnnet3_dv = fihhmnnet1_dv - council tax, where council tax = ficountax_dv+ council tax benefit (but this part is not released)
(3) hh income net of tax on earnings and NI contributions & net of local tax liability but adding the housing benefit reported in the hh quex = fihhmnnet4_dv (only available in SL) = fihhmnnet3_dv + hbadjust_dv
(4) hh income net of tax on earnings and NI contributions and housing cost= fihhmnnet1_dv - w_houscost1_dv if you want to exclude rent and capital repayments
(5) hh income net of tax on earnings and NI contributions and housing cost= fihhmnnet1_dv - w_houscost2_dv if you want to exclude rent and interest payments
(6) fihhmnngrs1_dv = fihhmngrs_dv+hbadjust (as you have correctly stated)

Does this help in computing the type of net hh income you need?

Best wishes,
Understanding Society User Support Team