Index terms - Understanding Society

Our Index Terms cover all the thematic areas in the Study. Use the Index to identify the variables most relevant to your research interests and to find other variables with related data throughout the dataset.

Survey information (1298)
- Interview characteristics and conditions (783)
  - Interview context (26)
  - Member removed (95)
  - Dwelling units (90)
  - Screening questions (14)
  - Interviewer observations (83)
  - Refusal (34)
  - Contact details (74)
  - Interview length (16)
  - Interview language (45)
  - Household interview (49)
  - Interview date (79)
  - Computer-assisted self interviewing (CASI) (7)
  - Incentives (5)
  - Telephone interview (8)
  - Consent details (4)
  - Proxy interview (7)
  - Experiments (31)
  - Household grid (9)
- Individual and household identifiers (142)
- Interview outcomes (145)
- Sample design (56)
  - Sample month (16)
  - Sample status (13)
  - Sample origin (7)
  - Selection probability (13)
- Population weights (145)
  - Mortality adjustment (32)
  - Longitudinal inclusion (12)
  - Cross-sectional weight (47)
  - Longitudinal weight (40)
  - Issue weight (2)
  - Design weight (7)
  - Household weight (7)
- Interview mode (9)
- Interview date (18)
Family and households (2032)
- Household composition (277)
  - Member status (68)
    Absent member (26)
  - Children (89)
  - Household size (83)
  - Parents (21)
- Child maintenance (93)
  - Non-resident parent (18)
  - Court maintenance (22)
  - No support aggrement (1)
  - Agency or service maintenance (7)
  - Support service (16)
  - Voluntary maintenance (11)
- Family life (693)
  - Leisure activities (43)
    Sport activities (12)
    Culture activities (13)
    Gambling (10)
  - Fertility history (178)
  - Language profile (133)
    Welsh (10)
  - Digital behaviour (53)
  - Family planning (32)
  - Proximity to family members (4)
  - Friends (71)
  - Partnership history (116)
  - Living apart together (LAT) (20)
  - Life course events (9)
  - Housework (33)
    Childcare (5)
- Family structure (420)
  - Children (135)
  - Household relationship (21)
  - Parents (55)
  - Siblings (106)
  - Aunt or uncle (29)
  - Cousins (21)
  - Grandparents (13)
  - Niece or nephew (21)
  - Partner (19)
- Non co-residents family (109)
  - Parents (16)
  - Children (30)
- Family background (76)
  - Mother background (22)
  - Father background (21)
  - Grandparents background (16)
- Parenting (180)
  - Parent-child relationship (34)
  - Parenting styles (45)
- Child developmment (91)
  - Technology and screen time (12)
  - Psychological well-being (30)
- Family cohesion (63)
  - Intergenerational support (6)
  - Parents relationship (19)
  - Siblings relationship (8)
  - Partners relationship (16)
  - Family relationships (9)
- Childcare (30)
  - Childcare payments (10)
  - Childcare arrangements (17)
  - Childcare hours (5)
Health and well-being (1185)
- Lifestyle and health (365)
  - Nutrition and exercise (93)
    Exercise (46)
    Healthy eating (26)
    Physical measurements (21)
  - Substance use (100)
    Health behaviours (15)
    Smoking/vaping (10)
    Alcohol use (5)
    Alcohol use (29)
    Drug use (25)
    Smoking/vaping (30)
  - Material deprivation measures (MDM) (65)
    Child measures (12)
    Adult measures (28)
    Food insecurity experience (2)
    Index of multiple deprivation (7)
    Pensioner measures (16)
  - Health status (73)
  - Health limitations (10)
    Activities of daily living (8)
    Pain and physical discomfort (2)
  - Sleep behaviour (22)
- Social care (115)
  - Social care expenditures (37)
  - Care homes (15)
  - Caring activities (44)
  - Formal care (10)
  - Informal care provider (4)
- Reproductive health (144)
  - Pregnancy (49)
    Pregnancy health behaviours (16)
    Alcohol use during pregnancy (9)
    Smoking during pregnancy (7)
  - Childbirth (80)
    Live birth (61)
    Miscarriage/still-births (2)
    Multiple births (10)
  - Fertility (15)
    Fertility treatment (11)
- Health conditions (107)
  - Personal health conditions (99)
  - Disabilities (8)
- Well-being (166)
  - Discrimination (43)
    Harassment (18)
    Bullying (14)
  - Personality traits (20)
  - Psychological assessment (37)
    Loneliness & social isolation (6)
    Self-esteem (11)
  - Life satisfaction (13)
  - Quality of life (35)
- Child health (21)
- Health consent (26)
- Mental health (111)
  - Children mental health (30)
  - Youth mental health (31)
- Covid-19 (45)
- Health service use (77)
  - Hospital and clinic use (14)
  - Health check-up (21)
  - Medical insurance (3)
- Oral health (4)
- Environmental exposure (3)
  - Exposure to noise (3)
- Section introduction (5)
- Accidents (11)
Housing (412)
- Residential mobility (81)
  - Mobility reasons (31)
  - Residential transitions (13)
- Dwelling characteristics (119)
  - Structure & layout (18)
  - Amenities & facilities (75)
    Cost of appliances (14)
  - Utilities (8)
  - Housing conditions (18)
- Housing benefits (1)
- Housing tenure (93)
  - Home extensions (8)
  - Property ownership (20)
    Home-buying support (3)
    Second property (7)
  - Rented accommodation (13)
  - Mortgage characteristics (31)
  - Rent characteristics (9)
- Neighbourhood attachment (49)
  - Local services (8)
  - Service use (3)
- Housing costs (43)
  - Council tax (5)
  - Mortgage (8)
  - Rent (15)
- Housing expenditures (26)
  - Utilities (24)
  - Home improvements (2)
Money and finances (1253)
- Housing costs (43)
  - Council tax (6)
  - Mortgage (8)
  - Rent (15)
- Household income aggregates (83)
  - Deductions (6)
  - Benefit income (10)
  - Investment income (10)
  - Labour income (15)
  - Gross income (4)
  - Non-labour income (2)
  - Miscellaneous income (1)
  - Pension income (8)
  - Transfer income (7)
  - Annual income (6)
- Expenditures (60)
  - Social care (22)
    Care for older people (22)
  - Childcare (12)
  - Student fees (13)
  - Insurance (3)
  - Student loans (4)
  - Leisure (1)
  - Food (1)
- Financial data consent (6)
- Financial stress (13)
- Section introduction (2)
- Prices, inflation and cost of living (8)
- Financial support (3)
  - Property purchase (3)
- Financial assets (92)
  - Savings (57)
    Account ownership (11)
    Saving amounts (27)
    Type of account (8)
  - Investment (35)
    Investment amount (19)
    Type of account (6)
    Account ownership (6)
- Remittances (9)
- Income components (386)
  - Labour income (178)
    Earnings (105)
    Second job (2)
    Self-employment (25)
    Expected earnings (10)
  - Social benefit income (65)
  - Private benefit income (14)
  - Miscellaneous income (6)
  - Pension income (12)
  - Investment income (20)
  - Other sources (4)
  - Estimated income (28)
  - Personal income (12)
  - Non-labour income (5)
  - Transfer income (21)
  - Total income (9)
  - Annual income (3)
  - Income source (24)
- Benefits (88)
  - Disability benefits (1)
  - Benefits consent (3)
  - Family benefits (4)
  - Housing benefits (1)
  - Tax credits (2)
  - Unemployment benefits (1)
  - Benefit income (2)
- Household assets (95)
  - Vehicles (9)
  - Consumer durables (61)
  - Properties (25)
    Second property (7)
- Debts and liabilities (70)
  - Credit cards (5)
    Amount (2)
  - Loans (24)
    Amount (10)
    Borrowing behaviour (5)
  - Debt source (8)
  - Joint debt (5)
  - Borrowing behaviour (3)
  - Mortgage characteristics (27)
- Financial behaviour (30)
  - Credit access (11)
  - Subjective measure (2)
  - Household financial responsibility (2)
  - Financial satisfaction (3)
  - Use of money (5)
- Material deprivation measures (MDM) (65)
  - Child measures (13)
  - Adult measures (29)
  - Index of multiple deprivation (7)
  - Pensioner measures (16)
- Household expenditures (85)
  - Utilities (24)
  - External transfers (25)
  - Internal transfers (28)
- Charitable giving (3)
- Child maintenance (35)
  - Court maintenance (16)
  - Voluntary maintenance (11)
  - Agency or service maintenance (7)
- Retirement income (86)
  - Pension drawdown (4)
Demographic characteristics (116)
- Age (12)
- Date of birth (24)
- Sex (12)
- Country of birth (13)
- Citizenship (7)
- Place of residence (9)
- Ethnicity (21)
- Gender (3)
- Marital status (11)
Politics and social attitudes (372)
- Social values and attitudes (205)
  - Social attitudes (59)
    Gender role (23)
  - National identity (35)
    Engagement with major sport events (7)
    Commonwealth games (1)
    Olympics (6)
  - Neighbourhood attachment (49)
  - Religious attitudes (29)
    Religious practice (18)
  - Personal values (8)
  - Political values (25)
- Civic and community engagement (57)
  - Charitable giving (3)
  - Volunteering (6)
  - Social behaviour (5)
  - Civic participation (43)
- Institutional politics and governance (87)
  - Political engagement (15)
  - Eu integration (6)
  - Eu elections (4)
  - Eu referendum (3)
  - Party support (16)
  - Ni elections (7)
  - Political efficacy (4)
  - Scottish referendum (4)
  - Scottish elections (5)
  - Welsh elections (5)
  - Elections (6)
  - General elections (11)
- Information and social connectedness (23)
  - Social networks (11)
    Friendship (9)
    Social participation (2)
  - Media exposure (12)
    News website (2)
    News source (2)
    Newspaper (6)
    Tv news (2)
Employment (1622)
- Gig economy (11)
  - Earnings (3)
  - Working hours (2)
  - Job characteristics (3)
- Second job (10)
- Employment conditions (360)
  - Retirement (152)
    Pensions (72)
    Occupations (2)
    Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) (2)
  - Wages (94)
  - Overtime pay (17)
  - Job promotion (7)
  - Working time arrangement (68)
  - Leave (21)
  - Job security (1)
- Job search (19)
  - Occupations (3)
    Standard occupational classification (SOC) (3)
- Employment status (102)
  - Supervisory status (18)
  - Type of employment (11)
  - Employer (4)
  - Voluntary work (3)
- Parents employment status (52)
- Commuting behaviour (40)
  - Alternative transport modes (1)
  - Willingness to commute (12)
    Shared or private options (6)
    Active transport (2)
    Public transport (3)
    Other transport (1)
  - Commuting patterns (18)
    Mode of travel (12)
    Work location (2)
    Distance and time (2)
    Parking access (2)
  - Service quality (1)
  - Carbon emissions (1)
  - Barriers to commuting (6)
  - Remote working (2)
- Returning to work (13)
- Income (46)
  - Benefits (13)
    Allowance (4)
    Unemployment (5)
    Pensions (1)
    Tax credit (4)
  - Household labour income (18)
  - Household pension income (6)
  - Labour income (9)
- Youth employment (51)
  - Expected earnings (8)
  - Working hours (8)
  - Occupations (12)
    Standard occupational classification (SOC) (11)
    National statistics socio-economic classification (NS-SEC) (1)
  - Job satisfaction (9)
  - Earnings (5)
  - Second job (6)
    Occupations (6)
    Standard occupational classification (SOC) (6)
  - Employment conditions (3)
    Working time arrangement (3)
- Working conditions (133)
  - Workplace (38)
    Workplace composition (13)
  - Job preferences (18)
  - Job satisfaction (22)
  - Job expectations (35)
  - Work illness (2)
  - Flexible arrangements (2)
  - Work autonomy (6)
  - Technology use (3)
- Employment services (1)
- Current job (85)
- Employment history (172)
- Discrimination (8)
- Training and development (266)
  - Educational participation (24)
    Enrolment history (18)
    Educational financial support (6)
  - Training schemes (165)
    Training participation (82)
    Training financial support (21)
    Enrolment history (29)
    Training qualifications (83)
    Further education (33)
    Vocational qualifications (14)
    Apprenticeships (2)
    Secondary education (28)
    Higher education (2)
  - Educational background (14)
  - Educational levels (63)
    Academic qualifications (54)
    Secondary education (24)
    Further education (30)
    Vocational qualifications (6)
- Section introduction (19)
- Job aspirations (32)
  - Occupations (7)
    Standard occupational classification (SOC) (6)
    National statistics socio-economic classification (NS-SEC) (1)
  - Work values (12)
- Self-employment (149)
  - Earnings (37)
  - Job satisfaction (6)
  - Employment history (7)
  - Employment spell (2)
  - Occupations (2)
  - Income support scheme (SEISS) (24)
  - Working hours (52)
  - Commuting behaviour (11)
    Commuting patterns (11)
    Mode of travel (7)
    Distance and time (4)
  - Pensions (1)
  - Type of employment (1)
- Employment consent (1)
- Unemployment (52)
Education (845)
- Career advice (1)
- Educational aspirations (74)
  - Parental expectations (16)
  - Higher education expectations (42)
    University expectations (22)
    Expected loans (2)
    Expected earnings (16)
    Expected tuition (2)
- Educational background (55)
  - Country of education (8)
- Educational levels (247)
  - Vocational qualifications (59)
    Apprenticeships (7)
  - Academic qualifications (156)
    Secondary education (103)
    Further education (47)
    Higher education (7)
  - National school tests (24)
- Educational status (27)
- Cognitive ability (134)
- Education consent (38)
- Non-uk educational qualifications (8)
- Educational participation (54)
  - Enrolment history (33)
  - Educational financial support (21)
- Training schemes (171)
  - Training participation (88)
    Training financial support (21)
    Enrolment history (32)
  - Training qualifications (83)
    Further education (33)
    Vocational qualifications (14)
    Apprenticeships (2)
    Secondary education (28)
    Higher education (2)
- Tutoring (12)
- Full-time student (8)
- Parental education (2)
- Primary school (11)
  - Enrolment history (2)
- Special education (3)
Transport and environment (216)
- Beliefs about changes (12)
  - Perceived barriers (6)
  - Perceived solutions (1)
  - Environmental values (2)
  - Perceived responsibility (3)
- Environmental lifestyle (10)
  - Lifestyle attitudes (3)
  - Beliefs about impact (5)
  - Emotional evaluation (1)
  - Willingness to pay (2)
- Commuting behaviour (48)
  - Alternative transport modes (1)
  - Willingness to commute (12)
    Shared or private options (6)
    Active transport (2)
    Public transport (3)
    Other transport (1)
  - Commuting patterns (27)
    Work location (2)
    Mode of travel (17)
    Distance and time (6)
    Parking access (2)
  - Barriers to commuting (6)
  - Remote working (2)
- Environmental activities (5)
- Diet behaviour (11)
  - Food consumption (8)
  - Food purchasing behaviour (3)
- Vehicle access (8)
  - Vehicle characteristics (3)
    Vehicle age (1)
    Type of fuel (1)
    Engine size (1)
  - Vehicle capacity (4)
- Transport behaviour (16)
  - Vehicle preferences (1)
  - Distance travel (1)
  - Mobility services (1)
  - Air travel (4)
  - Barriers to active travel (2)
  - Frequency of travel (6)
  - Consent (1)
- Transport attitudes (6)
- Energy use (37)
  - Consumer durables (1)
    Electronics (1)
    Appliances (1)
  - Dwelling size and composition (9)
  - Household fuel (25)
    Energy cost (19)
    Fuel type or heating source (6)
  - Consent (2)
- Pollution (2)
- Environmental behaviours (24)
  - Energy-saving behaviour (10)
  - Low-carbon transport (4)
  - Resource-saving behaviour (3)
  - Sustainable consumption (7)
- Section introduction (1)
- Renewable energy (4)
  - Solar electricity (1)
  - Solar heating (1)
  - Wind electricity (1)
- Recycling behaviour (11)
  - Recycling practices (10)
    Glass recycling (3)
    Household sorting behaviour (2)
    Paper recycling (2)
    Plastic recycling (2)
    Organic waste recycling (1)
  - Recycling infrastructure (1)
    Local authority scheme (1)
- Transport in local area (3)
  - Service quality (2)
  - Barriers to access (1)
- Environmental concerns (8)
  - Carbon emissions (2)
  - Global environmental concerns (2)
  - Environmental crisis perception (4)
- Climate relevant beliefs (15)
  - Perceived consequences (8)
  - Perceived control (5)
  - Beliefs about impact (1)
  - Perceived urgency (2)
Ethnicity and immigration (255)
- Harassment (16)
- Country of birth (30)
- Ethnicity of associates (14)
- Identity affiliation (60)
- Citizenship (4)
- Education (13)
- Language (11)
- Ethnic group (51)
- Discrimination (11)
- Migration intentions (7)
- Migration history (12)
- Religion (16)
- Remittances (8)
- Emb participation (2)
Young people (426)
- Plans for the future (11)
- Youth development (100)
  - Educational aspirations (6)
    Higher education expectations (4)
  - Emotional and psychological well-being (49)
    Self-esteem (8)
    Life satisfaction (8)
    Psychological well-being (31)
  - School (24)
    Bullying (5)
    Homework (9)
  - Vocabulary knowledge (7)
  - Social experiences (3)
    Discrimination (1)
    Bullying (2)
  - Out-of-school learning (2)
  - Cognitive ability (9)
- Risky behaviours (52)
  - Drinking habits (12)
  - Drug use (19)
  - Smoking/vaping (14)
- Lifestyle (100)
  - Leisure activities (32)
    Sport activities (8)
    Culture activities (11)
  - Voluntary work (2)
  - Nutrition and exercise (16)
    Healthy eating (10)
    Exercise (6)
  - Caring (4)
  - Housework (4)
  - Life course events (6)
  - Environmental behaviours (6)
  - Health status and behaviours (24)
    Physical measurements (13)
    Covid-19 (5)
    Personal health conditions (1)
    Sleeping habits (2)
  - Use of money (6)
- Family cohesion (39)
  - Parents relationship (23)
  - Family relationships (16)
- Friendship and socialising (14)
- Technology and screen time (28)
  - Digital gaming (8)
- Neighbourhood attachment (4)
- Demographic characteristics (9)
- Family background (7)
  - Social status (2)
- Political and social attitudes (22)
  - Political attitudes (4)
  - Social attitudes (18)
- Employment (40)
  - Working time arrangement (12)
  - Occupations (15)
    National statistics socio-economic classification (NS-SEC) (1)
    Standard occupational classification (SOC) (14)
  - Earnings (2)

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