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Analysing debt: how to deduct mortgage debt and which weights to apply

Added by Gabriele Mari about 2 months ago. Updated about 1 month ago.

Status:
Feedback
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Understanding Society User Support Team
Category:
Data documentation
Start date:
07/07/2025
% Done:

50%

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Hi,

I was wondering if you have suggestions on best practices for an analyses of debt using the "debty" variable asked in waves 4, 8, 13. Specifically,

1. Is there a way you'd suggest to calculate non-mortgage debt amounts? I see that mortgage information is recorded in a number of variables outside of the wealth modules. Would there be a (best) way to go about this?
2. I was also wondering which weights are best for a pooled cross-sectional analyses of waves 4, 8, and 13. Would it be via indinub (W4) and indinui (W8, W13) or should I perhaps rely on the weight for the "extra five minutes" questions (which seem to include "debty")?

Thanks so much for your help. I deeply appreciate it.

All the best,
Gabriele

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