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Rent/ Mortgage Payment amounts available- COVID-19 survey

Added by Mhairi Webster 21 days ago. Updated 21 days ago.

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Feedback
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Understanding Society User Support Team
Category:
COVID-19
Start date:
07/08/2025
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Hello,

I'm just looking to check whether housing payments (rent/mortgage) are available in the COVID-19 survey? I can't find them in the variable search, but want to make sure I'm not just missing something.

Thank you!

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Updated by Understanding Society User Support Team 21 days ago

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Hello Mhairi,

There are a few variables related to rent and mortgages in the COVID-19 Survey. You can locate them using the COVID-19 variable search tool by searching for the concepts like "rent" and/or "mortgage."
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/covid-19/variables/

However, more comprehensive household-related information should be taken from the Main Stage survey. You can link the COVID-19 data to the main UKHLS annual survey using the pidp variable, which is available in all datasets.
For more details, please refer to Section 10.7 of the COVID-19 User Guide: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/documentation/user-guides/8644_covid_19_user_guide.pdf

I hope this information is helpful.

Best wishes,
Roberto Cavazos
Understanding Society User Support Team

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