Understanding Society User Support

Hello Nico,

Reported and imputed income and investment amounts have been top-coded to protect respondent confidentiality. Specifically:
• Individual earnings, self-employment profits, investment income, and rent have been top-coded at £100,000 per annum (or the monthly equivalent), after accounting for tax and National Insurance for net incomes.
• Income sources (e.g. paygu_dv, payu_dv, etc) have been top-coded at ±£8,333 per month (or the equivalent net amount).

For access to income and investment data without top-coding, the Special Licence version of the dataset (SN 6931) is available here https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=6931

You can find more details in the "Imputation flags and top-coding of income variables" section of the user guide here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/user-guides/main-survey-user-guide/imputation-flags-and-top-coding-of-income-variables/

I hope this information is helpful.

Best wishes,
Roberto Cavazos
Understanding Society User Support Team