Understanding Society User Support

Hi Ted,

You can proceed in two steps:

1) linking the household level data to the individual level data for each wave using the w_hidp variable - for that task, you may find useful the code in "Distributing household level information to the individual level" available here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/syntax/
2) and then linking the individuals across waves using the pidp variable - you can use the code from the "Merging individual files across waves into wide format" and the "Merging individual files across waves into wide format" files (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/syntax/)

Linking households across waves is not possible as there is no longitudinal household identifier in UKHLS (hidp changes in each wave even if the household stays exactly the same).

Best wishes,
Piotr Marzec,
UKHLS User Support