Innovation Panel variable: birthm DOB month

DOB month

This variable is only available in the Special Licence (SN 7083) and Secure Access (SN 7332) datasets.

Datafiles

Variable note:

For respondents who indicate in the preceeding check question that their status has not changed, this variable includes the value from the previous wave (from d_ff_birthm).

Question asked in the latest wave:

hhgrid_ip17.birthm

Question label:

DOB Month

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	237	6.57%
refusal	-2	1	0.03%
don't know	-1	4	0.11%
January	1	267	7.41%
February	2	269	7.46%
March	3	314	8.71%
April	4	255	7.07%
May	5	297	8.24%
June	6	303	8.4%
July	7	293	8.13%
August	8	264	7.32%
September	9	285	7.91%
October	10	270	7.49%
November	11	265	7.35%
December	12	281	7.79%
	Total	3605	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.48	242	1.0	12.0	3.42	3363

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.05%
refusal	-2	2	0.05%
don't know	-1	2	0.05%
January	1	354	8.4%
February	2	328	7.78%
March	3	387	9.18%
April	4	322	7.64%
May	5	376	8.92%
June	6	363	8.61%
July	7	363	8.61%
August	8	323	7.66%
September	9	375	8.9%
October	10	339	8.04%
November	11	324	7.69%
December	12	354	8.4%
	Total	4214	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.47	6	1.0	12.0	3.43	4208

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.1%
refusal	-2	2	0.05%
don't know	-1	2	0.05%
January	1	336	8.01%
February	2	340	8.1%
March	3	376	8.96%
April	4	331	7.89%
May	5	364	8.67%
June	6	367	8.74%
July	7	368	8.77%
August	8	318	7.58%
September	9	368	8.77%
October	10	340	8.1%
November	11	322	7.67%
December	12	359	8.55%
	Total	4197	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.49	8	1.0	12.0	3.43	4189

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	102	2.06%
don't know	-1	6	0.12%
January	1	404	8.14%
February	2	383	7.72%
March	3	439	8.85%
April	4	387	7.8%
May	5	433	8.72%
June	6	404	8.14%
July	7	411	8.28%
August	8	378	7.62%
September	9	424	8.54%
October	10	389	7.84%
November	11	385	7.76%
December	12	418	8.42%
	Total	4963	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.48	108	1.0	12.0	3.45	4855

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	7	0.2%
don't know	-1	4	0.12%
January	1	279	8.05%
February	2	267	7.7%
March	3	326	9.4%
April	4	271	7.82%
May	5	309	8.91%
June	6	308	8.88%
July	7	318	9.17%
August	8	264	7.61%
September	9	299	8.62%
October	10	265	7.64%
November	11	258	7.44%
December	12	292	8.42%
	Total	3467	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.45	11	1.0	12.0	3.41	3456

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.03%
don't know	-1	6	0.18%
January	1	277	8.38%
February	2	248	7.5%
March	3	321	9.71%
April	4	253	7.65%
May	5	300	9.07%
June	6	318	9.62%
July	7	294	8.89%
August	8	240	7.26%
September	9	274	8.29%
October	10	260	7.86%
November	11	258	7.8%
December	12	256	7.74%
	Total	3306	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.4	7	1.0	12.0	3.4	3299

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.07%
refusal	-2	37	0.82%
don't know	-1	15	0.33%
January	1	363	8.07%
February	2	334	7.43%
March	3	399	8.87%
April	4	341	7.58%
May	5	387	8.61%
June	6	422	9.38%
July	7	408	9.07%
August	8	333	7.4%
September	9	389	8.65%
October	10	344	7.65%
November	11	356	7.92%
December	12	366	8.14%
	Total	4497	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.49	55	1.0	12.0	3.41	4442

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	5	0.14%
refusal	-2	33	0.91%
don't know	-1	23	0.63%
January	1	305	8.38%
February	2	282	7.75%
March	3	318	8.73%
April	4	273	7.5%
May	5	339	9.31%
June	6	319	8.76%
July	7	311	8.54%
August	8	284	7.8%
September	9	311	8.54%
October	10	267	7.33%
November	11	283	7.77%
December	12	288	7.91%
	Total	3641	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.43	61	1.0	12.0	3.41	3580

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.13%
refusal	-2	2	0.06%
don't know	-1	11	0.35%
january	1	265	8.5%
february	2	241	7.73%
march	3	282	9.05%
april	4	235	7.54%
may	5	274	8.79%
june	6	264	8.47%
july	7	290	9.31%
august	8	256	8.22%
september	9	263	8.44%
october	10	234	7.51%
november	11	244	7.83%
december	12	251	8.06%
	Total	3116	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.44	17	1.0	12.0	3.42	3099

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.12%
refusal	-2	5	0.15%
don't know	-1	5	0.15%
january	1	291	8.85%
february	2	259	7.87%
march	3	296	9.0%
april	4	249	7.57%
may	5	291	8.85%
june	6	276	8.39%
july	7	298	9.06%
august	8	275	8.36%
september	9	267	8.12%
october	10	256	7.78%
november	11	244	7.42%
december	12	273	8.3%
	Total	3289	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.42	14	1.0	12.0	3.43	3275

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	28	0.77%
don't know	-1	33	0.91%
january	1	305	8.42%
february	2	285	7.87%
march	3	326	9.0%
april	4	273	7.54%
may	5	323	8.92%
june	6	303	8.37%
july	7	328	9.06%
august	8	280	7.73%
september	9	307	8.48%
october	10	277	7.65%
november	11	263	7.26%
december	12	290	8.01%
	Total	3621	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.41	61	1.0	12.0	3.42	3560

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	2	0.07%
don't know	-1	9	0.31%
January	1	266	9.05%
February	2	212	7.21%
March	3	266	9.05%
April	4	244	8.3%
May	5	274	9.32%
June	6	241	8.2%
July	7	267	9.08%
August	8	237	8.06%
September	9	238	8.1%
October	10	223	7.59%
November	11	215	7.31%
December	12	246	8.37%
	Total	2940	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.4	11	1.0	12.0	3.43	2929

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.03%
don't know	-1	3	0.1%
January	1	272	9.05%
February	2	216	7.19%
March	3	276	9.19%
April	4	255	8.49%
May	5	275	9.15%
June	6	250	8.32%
July	7	277	9.22%
August	8	249	8.29%
September	9	247	8.22%
October	10	227	7.56%
November	11	219	7.29%
December	12	237	7.89%
	Total	3004	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.37	4	1.0	12.0	3.4	3000

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.03%
don't know	-1	3	0.09%
january	1	297	8.78%
february	2	259	7.66%
march	3	304	8.99%
april	4	278	8.22%
may	5	309	9.14%
june	6	268	7.92%
july	7	308	9.11%
august	8	281	8.31%
september	9	274	8.1%
october	10	255	7.54%
november	11	252	7.45%
december	12	293	8.66%
	Total	3382	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.42	4	1.0	12.0	3.44	3378

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	4	0.16%
January	1	212	8.54%
February	2	188	7.57%
March	3	228	9.19%
April	4	202	8.14%
May	5	230	9.27%
June	6	208	8.38%
July	7	227	9.15%
August	8	200	8.06%
September	9	217	8.74%
October	10	189	7.61%
November	11	187	7.53%
December	12	190	7.66%
	Total	2482	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.4	4	1.0	12.0	3.39	2478

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	2	0.07%
refusal	-2	5	0.19%
don't know	-1	13	0.48%
January	1	226	8.41%
February	2	203	7.55%
March	3	246	9.15%
April	4	221	8.22%
May	5	261	9.71%
June	6	231	8.59%
July	7	247	9.19%
August	8	210	7.81%
September	9	234	8.71%
October	10	188	6.99%
November	11	192	7.14%
December	12	209	7.78%
	Total	2688	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.36	20	1.0	12.0	3.38	2668

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	25	0.69%
don't know	-1	16	0.44%
january	1	294	8.17%
february	2	267	7.42%
march	3	334	9.28%
april	4	290	8.06%
may	5	328	9.11%
june	6	293	8.14%
july	7	325	9.03%
august	8	292	8.11%
september	9	300	8.33%
october	10	279	7.75%
november	11	281	7.81%
december	12	276	7.67%
	Total	3600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.43	41	1.0	12.0	3.4	3559

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	235	9.42%
January	1	181	7.26%
February	2	189	7.58%
March	3	208	8.34%
April	4	172	6.9%
May	5	200	8.02%
June	6	203	8.14%
July	7	205	8.22%
August	8	167	6.7%
September	9	196	7.86%
October	10	178	7.14%
November	11	175	7.02%
December	12	185	7.42%
	Total	2494	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.44	235	1.0	12.0	3.42	2259

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
January	1	241	8.47%
February	2	236	8.29%
March	3	267	9.38%
April	4	220	7.73%
May	5	254	8.92%
June	6	234	8.22%
July	7	252	8.85%
August	8	225	7.9%
September	9	241	8.47%
October	10	228	8.01%
November	11	212	7.45%
December	12	237	8.32%
	Total	2847	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.41	0	1.0	12.0	3.44	2847

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
January	1	230	8.46%
February	2	229	8.42%
March	3	255	9.38%
April	4	221	8.12%
May	5	239	8.79%
June	6	233	8.57%
July	7	232	8.53%
August	8	201	7.39%
September	9	251	9.23%
October	10	206	7.57%
November	11	206	7.57%
December	12	217	7.98%
	Total	2720	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.38	0	1.0	12.0	3.43	2720

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	36	1.18%
don't know	-1	2	0.07%
January	1	263	8.59%
February	2	248	8.1%
March	3	281	9.18%
April	4	255	8.33%
May	5	278	9.08%
June	6	251	8.2%
July	7	264	8.62%
August	8	236	7.71%
September	9	251	8.2%
October	10	232	7.58%
November	11	227	7.42%
December	12	237	7.74%
	Total	3061	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.34	38	1.0	12.0	3.42	3023

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
January	1	184	8.12%
February	2	190	8.38%
March	3	209	9.22%
April	4	172	7.59%
May	5	206	9.09%
June	6	206	9.09%
July	7	208	9.18%
August	8	179	7.9%
September	9	190	8.38%
October	10	171	7.54%
November	11	165	7.28%
December	12	187	8.25%
	Total	2267	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.4	0	1.0	12.0	3.41	2267

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1	0.05%
January	1	194	8.77%
February	2	179	8.09%
March	3	222	10.03%
April	4	157	7.09%
May	5	193	8.72%
June	6	218	9.85%
July	7	198	8.95%
August	8	159	7.18%
September	9	171	7.73%
October	10	170	7.68%
November	11	172	7.77%
December	12	179	8.09%
	Total	2213	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.35	1	1.0	12.0	3.44	2212

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	23	0.77%
don't know	-1	10	0.33%
January	1	249	8.33%
February	2	230	7.69%
March	3	277	9.26%
April	4	222	7.42%
May	5	258	8.63%
June	6	290	9.7%
July	7	271	9.06%
August	8	225	7.53%
September	9	242	8.09%
October	10	219	7.32%
November	11	225	7.53%
December	12	249	8.33%
	Total	2990	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.42	33	1.0	12.0	3.41	2957

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.08%
refusal	-2	14	0.54%
don't know	-1	11	0.43%
January	1	208	8.09%
February	2	209	8.13%
March	3	239	9.3%
April	4	191	7.43%
May	5	241	9.38%
June	6	220	8.56%
July	7	229	8.91%
August	8	207	8.05%
September	9	205	7.98%
October	10	179	6.96%
November	11	209	8.13%
December	12	206	8.02%
	Total	2570	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.41	27	1.0	12.0	3.42	2543

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.04%
don't know	-1	1	0.04%
january	1	187	8.26%
february	2	173	7.64%
march	3	211	9.32%
april	4	167	7.38%
may	5	205	9.06%
june	6	193	8.53%
july	7	205	9.06%
august	8	187	8.26%
september	9	186	8.22%
october	10	160	7.07%
november	11	177	7.82%
december	12	184	8.13%
[Value >= 0]	1	2235	98.76%
	Total	2263	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.43	28	1.0	12.0	3.41	2235

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.04%
january	1	209	8.79%
february	2	187	7.86%
march	3	220	9.25%
april	4	191	8.03%
may	5	220	9.25%
june	6	204	8.58%
july	7	218	9.17%
august	8	196	8.24%
september	9	181	7.61%
october	10	182	7.65%
november	11	177	7.44%
december	12	192	8.07%
	Total	2378	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.36	1	1.0	12.0	3.42	2377

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	5	0.21%
don't know	-1	1	0.04%
january	1	197	8.16%
february	2	194	8.04%
march	3	229	9.49%
april	4	196	8.12%
may	5	225	9.32%
june	6	208	8.62%
july	7	216	8.95%
august	8	194	8.04%
september	9	194	8.04%
october	10	179	7.42%
november	11	180	7.46%
december	12	195	8.08%
	Total	2413	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.38	6	1.0	12.0	3.4	2407

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	4	0.19%
January	1	191	8.89%
February	2	152	7.07%
March	3	198	9.21%
April	4	176	8.19%
May	5	198	9.21%
June	6	180	8.38%
July	7	193	8.98%
August	8	177	8.24%
September	9	165	7.68%
October	10	174	8.1%
November	11	160	7.45%
December	12	181	8.42%
	Total	2149	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.43	4	1.0	12.0	3.43	2145

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
don't know	-1	1	0.05%
January	1	186	8.68%
February	2	158	7.38%
March	3	198	9.24%
April	4	177	8.26%
May	5	204	9.52%
June	6	190	8.87%
July	7	211	9.85%
August	8	173	8.08%
September	9	162	7.56%
October	10	158	7.38%
November	11	155	7.24%
December	12	169	7.89%
	Total	2142	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.35	1	1.0	12.0	3.38	2141

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	1	0.04%
don't know	-1	2	0.08%
january	1	208	8.72%
february	2	178	7.46%
march	3	217	9.1%
april	4	200	8.39%
may	5	224	9.39%
june	6	195	8.18%
july	7	225	9.43%
august	8	202	8.47%
september	9	181	7.59%
october	10	175	7.34%
november	11	176	7.38%
december	12	201	8.43%
	Total	2385	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.39	3	1.0	12.0	3.41	2382

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
January	1	142	8.09%
February	2	128	7.29%
March	3	159	9.05%
April	4	148	8.43%
May	5	172	9.79%
June	6	149	8.49%
July	7	166	9.45%
August	8	142	8.09%
September	9	153	8.71%
October	10	129	7.35%
November	11	137	7.8%
December	12	131	7.46%
	Total	1756	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.42	0	1.0	12.0	3.36	1756

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	2	0.11%
January	1	160	8.56%
February	2	140	7.49%
March	3	171	9.14%
April	4	157	8.4%
May	5	186	9.95%
June	6	152	8.13%
July	7	186	9.95%
August	8	143	7.65%
September	9	158	8.45%
October	10	132	7.06%
November	11	141	7.54%
December	12	142	7.59%
	Total	1870	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.35	2	1.0	12.0	3.38	1868

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
refusal	-2	9	0.35%
don't know	-1	2	0.08%
january	1	214	8.33%
february	2	183	7.13%
march	3	249	9.7%
april	4	221	8.61%
may	5	249	9.7%
june	6	200	7.79%
july	7	235	9.15%
august	8	209	8.14%
september	9	203	7.9%
october	10	195	7.59%
november	11	203	7.9%
december	12	196	7.63%
	Total	2568	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6.39	11	1.0	12.0	3.39	2557

birthm

Datafiles

Variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

hhgrid_ip17.birthm

Question label:

What else is Understanding Society doing?

Children’s worries include good grades and rising prices

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Datafiles

Variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

hhgrid_ip17.birthm

Question label:

Wave 17 (q_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 16 (p_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 15 (o_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 14 (n_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 13 (m_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 12 (l_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 11 (k_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 10 (j_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 9 (i_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 8 (h_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 7 (g_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 6 (f_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 5 (e_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 4 (d_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 3 (c_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 2 (b_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 1 (a_birthm indall_ip)

Wave 17 (q_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 16 (p_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 15 (o_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 14 (n_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 13 (m_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 12 (l_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 11 (k_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 10 (j_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 9 (i_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 8 (h_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 7 (g_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 6 (f_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 5 (e_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 4 (d_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 3 (c_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 2 (b_birthm indresp_ip)

Wave 1 (a_birthm indresp_ip)

What else is Understanding Society doing?

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Calendar Year 2023 data now available

Professor Annette Jäckle debates survey methods on BBC Radio 4

Young people’s aspirations rise with parents’ income

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