Home > Data and documentation > Main Survey > Variables

Mainstage Variable

hhint_length

Length of time it took to complete the household interview

Datafile

callrec

Index term

Interview Characteristics and Conditions

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	93988	68.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	44149	31.96%
	Total	138137	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.62	93988	1.14	625.28	18.43	44149

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	24470	40.1%
[Value >= 0]	1	36556	59.9%
	Total	61026	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
15.74	24470	1.54	1165.28	34.62	36556

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	32614	38.2%
[Value >= 0]	1	52755	61.8%
	Total	85369	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
14.52	32614	1.45	618.09	22.82	52755

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	35686	35.31%
[Value >= 0]	1	65369	64.69%
	Total	101055	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.23	35686	0.56	634.17	13.93	65369

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	43357	40.8%
[Value >= 0]	1	62912	59.2%
	Total	106269	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
12.64	43357	0.37	603.36	16.04	62912

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
8.97	42235	0	450.24	10.88	80796

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	33210	23.34%
[Value >= 0]	1	109059	76.66%
	Total	142269	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
12.17	33210	0	611.0	12.22	109059

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	44522	27.34%
[Value >= 0]	1	118313	72.66%
	Total	162835	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
7.33	44522	0	348.0	7.26	118313

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	126186	54.3%
[Value >= 0]	1	106191	45.7%
	Total	232377	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.81	126186	0	319.0	5.87	106191

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.