Main survey variable: payu Usual pay

Usual pay

Usual pay in current job. Information as collected in the interview. For further details about derived income variables, see the Main Survey User Guide

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Derived Variables

Variable note:

Usual pay in current job. Information as collected in the interview. PAYUWC indicates the period covered by this amount. For further details about derived income variables, see the Main Survey User Guide

Derived variable note:

Usual pay in current job. Information as collected in the interview. For further details about derived income variables, see the Main Survey User Guide

Question asked in the latest wave:

employees_w15.payu

Question label:

Usual pay

Question text:

How much are you usually paid [for this job] {if MULTIJOBSTOTAL > 1}?

Question universe:

if [(CURRENTEMPLOYMENT.MULTIJOBSTOTAL = 1 & CURRENTEMPLOYMENT.JBSEMP = 1) | JOBCODE selected at CURRENTEMPLOYMENT.JBMAIN is CURRENTEMPLOYMENT.JBSEMP = 1)] // If has one job and is an employee OR has more than one job and is an employee in the main job
And If [PAYNL = 1..9999997 | PAYGL = 1..9999997] // If take home pay or gross pay at last payment provided
And If [PAYUSL = 2] // If last pay was not what is usually received

Question interviewer instructions:

IF NO USUAL GIVE AVERAGE
IF DON'T KNOW/CAN'T REMEMBER PROBE FOR APPROXIMATE AMOUNT
ENTER TO NEAREST POUND

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

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	31453	95.75%
proxy	-7	74	0.23%
refusal	-2	46	0.14%
don't know	-1	90	0.27%
[Value >= 0]	1	1186	3.61%
	Total	32849	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2781.67	31663	0	1000000.0	29210.48	1186

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	33907	95.59%
proxy	-7	134	0.38%
refusal	-2	37	0.1%
don't know	-1	100	0.28%
[Value >= 0]	1	1293	3.65%
	Total	35471	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
6321.67	34178	0	5567778.0	154894.63	1293

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	26889	96.04%
proxy	-7	104	0.37%
refusal	-2	36	0.13%
don't know	-1	98	0.35%
[Value >= 0]	1	871	3.11%
	Total	27998	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
2509.51	27127	0	555558.0	19631.8	871

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	28015	95.71%
proxy	-7	198	0.68%
refusal	-2	21	0.07%
don't know	-1	65	0.22%
[Value >= 0]	1	972	3.32%
	Total	29271	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1780.77	28299	0	65000.0	3268.82	972

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	30356	94.84%
proxy	-7	464	1.45%
refusal	-2	31	0.1%
don't know	-1	96	0.3%
[Value >= 0]	1	1061	3.31%
	Total	32008	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1890.77	30947	0	80000.0	4634.35	1061

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	32323	94.18%
proxy	-7	804	2.34%
refusal	-2	28	0.08%
don't know	-1	92	0.27%
[Value >= 0]	1	1072	3.12%
	Total	34319	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1783.43	33247	0	80000.0	4512.1	1072

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	33739	93.57%
proxy	-7	1096	3.04%
refusal	-2	27	0.07%
don't know	-1	104	0.29%
[Value >= 0]	1	1092	3.03%
	Total	36058	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1889.06	34966	0	132000.0	6007.89	1092

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	36471	92.82%
proxy	-7	1683	4.28%
refusal	-2	13	0.03%
don't know	-1	83	0.21%
[Value >= 0]	1	1044	2.66%
	Total	39294	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1854.7	38250	0	130000.0	6690.03	1044

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	38208	90.6%
proxy	-7	2832	6.72%
refusal	-2	7	0.02%
don't know	-1	135	0.32%
[Value >= 0]	1	988	2.34%
	Total	42170	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1381.95	41182	0	41000.0	2308.9	988

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.0%
inapplicable	-8	40621	89.89%
proxy	-7	3324	7.36%
refusal	-2	4	0.01%
don't know	-1	150	0.33%
[Value >= 0]	1	1092	2.42%
	Total	45192	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1495.63	44100	0	80000.0	3979.72	1092

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	39761	88.68%
proxy	-7	3858	8.6%
refusal	-2	2	0.0%
don't know	-1	135	0.3%
[Value >= 0]	1	1081	2.41%
	Total	44837	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1335.38	43756	0	38000.0	2154.31	1081

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	41851	88.9%
proxy	-7	3935	8.36%
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	122	0.26%
[Value >= 0]	1	1165	2.47%
	Total	47074	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1452.32	45909	0	40000.0	2986.62	1165

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	44517	89.59%
proxy	-7	3830	7.71%
refusal	-2	4	0.01%
don't know	-1	145	0.29%
[Value >= 0]	1	1196	2.41%
	Total	49692	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1381.73	48496	0	150000.0	4714.8	1196

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	49136	90.05%
proxy	-7	3880	7.11%
refusal	-2	6	0.01%
don't know	-1	136	0.25%
[Value >= 0]	1	1410	2.58%
	Total	54568	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1767.99	53158	0	150000.0	6947.39	1410

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	46149	90.5%
proxy	-7	3262	6.4%
refusal	-2	6	0.01%
don't know	-1	134	0.26%
[Value >= 0]	1	1443	2.83%
	Total	50994	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1262.54	49551	0	37000.0	2379.61	1443

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13554	94.0%
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
don't know	-1	44	0.31%
[Value >= 0]	1	589	4.08%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1208.68	13830	12.0	40000.0	2126.28	589

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	13937	93.71%
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	59	0.4%
[Value >= 0]	1	610	4.1%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1026.76	14263	10.0	15000.0	1173.79	610

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14368	93.35%
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
don't know	-1	56	0.36%
[Value >= 0]	1	668	4.34%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
942.33	14724	10.0	16000.0	997.23	668

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	2	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14585	93.39%
proxy	-7	310	1.99%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	61	0.39%
[Value >= 0]	1	657	4.21%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1083.39	14960	5.0	32650.0	2540.86	657

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	13956	88.38%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	79	0.5%
[Value >= 0]	1	739	4.68%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
929.59	15052	5.0	40000.0	1913.73	739

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	4	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	14491	89.24%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
don't know	-1	84	0.52%
[Value >= 0]	1	766	4.72%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
948.19	15472	5.0	42000.0	2415.28	766

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	3	0.02%
inapplicable	-8	14835	89.38%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
don't know	-1	73	0.44%
[Value >= 0]	1	797	4.8%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1059.56	15800	4.0	32000.0	2649.31	797

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	16992	90.06%
proxy	-7	801	4.25%
don't know	-1	76	0.4%
[Value >= 0]	1	998	5.29%
	Total	18867	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
868.12	17869	4.0	25000.0	1679.6	998

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	14033	89.94%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
don't know	-1	95	0.61%
[Value >= 0]	1	953	6.11%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
792.85	14650	4.0	22000.0	1528.82	953

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	1	0.01%
inapplicable	-8	14070	90.06%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
don't know	-1	78	0.5%
[Value >= 0]	1	1039	6.65%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
825.77	14584	5.0	33000.0	1959.75	1039

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	11	0.1%
inapplicable	-8	9668	88.65%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	65	0.6%
[Value >= 0]	1	803	7.36%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
773.84	10103	2.0	22575.0	1639.69	803

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	9	0.08%
inapplicable	-8	9887	88.33%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	3	0.03%
don't know	-1	77	0.69%
[Value >= 0]	1	852	7.61%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
750.54	10341	3.0	26000.0	1495.35	852

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	6	0.06%
inapplicable	-8	8335	88.31%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
don't know	-1	65	0.69%
[Value >= 0]	1	729	7.72%
	Total	9438	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
647.42	8709	3.0	29794.0	1418.77	729

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	19	0.21%
inapplicable	-8	8055	87.09%
proxy	-7	422	4.56%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
don't know	-1	52	0.56%
[Value >= 0]	1	700	7.57%
	Total	9249	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
551.52	8549	4.0	11320.0	655.88	700

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	15	0.16%
inapplicable	-8	8223	86.73%
proxy	-7	421	4.44%
refusal	-2	2	0.02%
don't know	-1	73	0.77%
[Value >= 0]	1	747	7.88%
	Total	9481	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
549.28	8734	2.0	18000.0	810.18	747

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	17	0.18%
inapplicable	-8	8180	85.21%
proxy	-7	576	6.0%
don't know	-1	70	0.73%
[Value >= 0]	1	757	7.89%
	Total	9600	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
688.05	8843	6.0	44000.0	2194.31	757

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	13	0.13%
inapplicable	-8	8609	87.45%
proxy	-7	386	3.92%
don't know	-1	58	0.59%
[Value >= 0]	1	779	7.91%
	Total	9845	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
563.6	9066	6.0	18000.0	961.56	779

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	56	0.55%
inapplicable	-8	8947	87.17%
proxy	-7	352	3.43%
refusal	-2	4	0.04%
don't know	-1	86	0.84%
[Value >= 0]	1	819	7.98%
	Total	10264	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
796.59	9445	3.0	30000.0	2417.63	819

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Index term

Variable note:

Derived variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

employees_w15.payu

Question label:

Question text:

Question universe:

Question interviewer instructions:

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Index term

Variable note:

Derived variable note:

Question asked in the latest wave:

employees_w15.payu

Question label:

Question text:

Question universe:

Question interviewer instructions:

Wave 15 (o_payu indresp)

Wave 14 (n_payu indresp)

Wave 13 (m_payu indresp)

Wave 12 (l_payu indresp)

Wave 11 (k_payu indresp)

Wave 10 (j_payu indresp)

Wave 9 (i_payu indresp)

Wave 8 (h_payu indresp)

Wave 7 (g_payu indresp)

Wave 6 (f_payu indresp)

Wave 5 (e_payu indresp)

Wave 4 (d_payu indresp)

Wave 3 (c_payu indresp)

Wave 2 (b_payu indresp)

Wave 1 (a_payu indresp)

Wave B18 (br_payu indresp)

Wave B17 (bq_payu indresp)

Wave B16 (bp_payu indresp)

Wave B15 (bo_payu indresp)

Wave B14 (bn_payu indresp)

Wave B13 (bm_payu indresp)

Wave B12 (bl_payu indresp)

Wave B11 (bk_payu indresp)

Wave B10 (bj_payu indresp)

Wave B9 (bi_payu indresp)

Wave B8 (bh_payu indresp)

Wave B7 (bg_payu indresp)

Wave B6 (bf_payu indresp)

Wave B5 (be_payu indresp)

Wave B4 (bd_payu indresp)

Wave B3 (bc_payu indresp)

Wave B2 (bb_payu indresp)

Wave B1 (ba_payu indresp)

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What else is Understanding Society doing?

Understanding Society Wave 15

Understanding Society Wave 15 – what can data users expect?

Understanding Society used for Gender Equality Index

Understanding Society Biosocial Conference 2026: combining biological and social data

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