Home > Data and documentation > Main Survey > Variables

Mainstage Variable

yearrec

year of receipt

Datafile

issue

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	390	1.26%
[Value >= 0]	1	30617	98.74%
	Total	31007	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2013.5	390	2013.0	2015.0	0.57	30617

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	534	1.49%
[Value >= 0]	1	35420	98.51%
	Total	35954	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2012.48	534	2012.0	2014.0	0.57	35420

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	940	2.22%
[Value >= 0]	1	41317	97.78%
	Total	42257	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2011.47	940	2011.0	2013.0	0.55	41317

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	126	0.27%
[Value >= 0]	1	46226	99.73%
	Total	46352	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2010.49	126	2010.0	2012.0	0.55	46226

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	458	0.36%
[Value >= 0]	1	127526	99.64%
	Total	127984	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2009.59	458	2009.0	2011.0	0.57	127526

Code creator
0

Create your own Stata code to extract data from the main end user licence Understanding Society dataset. Find out more

Saved variables

What else is Understanding Society doing?

Photo of family walking their dog in the countryside

Children’s worries include good grades and rising prices

Children’s average happiness is lower across six aspects of life in 2022/23 compared to 2009/10

Photo of calendar showing the year 2023

Calendar Year 2023 data now available

The latest release of our Calendar Year datasets can now be accessed via the UK Data Service.

Deputy Director of Understanding Society

Professor Annette Jäckle debates survey methods on BBC Radio 4

The Deputy Director of Understanding Society, Professor Annette Jäckle, has featured on a BBC Radio 4 programme to unpick the reality behind a recent headline about young people.

A group of teenage friends, laughing

Young people’s aspirations rise with parents’ income

Our capacity to plan for the future shapes our lives, and is affected by family wealth.

Email newsletter

Sign up to our newsletter

ESRC Institute for Social and Economic Research University of Essex

The Economic and Social Research Council is the primary funder of the study
The Study is led by a team at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex.