Understanding Society User Support

07/30/2020

05:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1389 (Resolved): Is there a variable for the number of children living outside the household?

Hello,
Is there a variable which indicates the number of children a respondent has living outside the household? ... Fiona Steele

01:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1388: Merging geographical special license data

Hi Alita,
It does, thanks for your help!
Kindest,
James James Risk

02:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1388 (Feedback): Merging geographical special license data

Hello,
The geographical special license data files include households with valid postcodes including those that di... Alita Nandi

02:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1387 (Feedback): Estimates of UK population

Hello,
Please take a look at the discussion in this working paper about this issue on pg 19-20 & see Table 6.
htt... Alita Nandi

07/29/2020

09:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1388 (Resolved): Merging geographical special license data

Hi,
I've merged two geographical special license datasets (SN7630 and SN7248) with the main dataset (SN6614) for e... James Risk

02:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1387 (In Progress): Estimates of UK population

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Alita Nandi

01:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1387 (Resolved): Estimates of UK population

* Hi,
I have a basic query regarding the estimates of the share of the foreign-born population aged 16 and above ... Marina Fernandez Reino

07/27/2020

04:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1347 (In Progress): weighting

Alita Nandi

03:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1347: weighting

Hi,
Apologies for the follow up.
I have a further question. Since I have individuals coming from only the you... Laura Silva

08:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1384 (Feedback): Sharing Data

Hello Isaac,
Thanks for your query.
You are not allowed to upload or share the data. If anyone wants to use th... Alita Nandi

07/24/2020

04:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1384 (Resolved): Sharing Data

Hello,
I am a MSc student at the United Nations University / Maastricht University completing my thesis using UKHL... Isaac Thornton

09:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1380: Calendar month analysis [item 11, weighting FAQ] not making sense to recreate January 2014

Hi Abigail,
I will email you from our "usersupport@understandingsociety.ac.uk" email address (where you had corres... Alita Nandi

07/22/2020

09:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1380: Calendar month analysis [item 11, weighting FAQ] not making sense to recreate January 2014

Hello Alita,
I keep going back and reading Olena’s advice and the weighting FAQ to make sure that the results I ge... Abigail Dumalus

06:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1380: Calendar month analysis [item 11, weighting FAQ] not making sense to recreate January 2014

Hi Abigail,
Has this question been answered by Olena's response to 1378?
Thanks,
Alita Alita Nandi

11:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1383: Coding of variable "hiqual_dv" in the harmonised BHPS

Gundi Knies wrote:
> Hi Pascale,
> please take a look at the posts https://iserswww.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/551 ... Pascale Bourquin

10:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1383: Coding of variable "hiqual_dv" in the harmonised BHPS

Hi Pascale,
please take a look at the posts https://iserswww.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/551 and https://iserswww.ess... Gundi Knies

09:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1383 (Resolved): Coding of variable "hiqual_dv" in the harmonised BHPS

Hi,
I was wondering whether you would be able to give me some more information on how the variable “hiqual_dv” is... Pascale Bourquin

10:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1379: Unmatched individuals when linking UKHLS to local authority data

Thanks Gundi, yes I will look into getting a better match with the look-up files.
Thank you all for your help.
... Clara Mascaro

10:18 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1379: Unmatched individuals when linking UKHLS to local authority data

Hi Clara,
jumping in here as I probably know a little more about geographical data linkage than Alita this being my ... Gundi Knies

07/21/2020

05:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1382 (Feedback): Where to find questionnaire modules?

Hello,
Have you read our User Guide? Please take a look at that.
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documenta... Alita Nandi

05:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1382 (Resolved): Where to find questionnaire modules?

I am interested in using the Wealth, assets and debt module in my research. However I cannot find this data on the UK... Shreya Nanda

04:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1379: Unmatched individuals when linking UKHLS to local authority data

Alita Nandi wrote:
> And for these unmatched cases we found gor_dv and country were missing, as is expected since th... Clara Mascaro

07/20/2020

06:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1379: Unmatched individuals when linking UKHLS to local authority data

And for these unmatched cases we found gor_dv and country were missing, as is expected since their postcodes were mis... Alita Nandi

06:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1379 (Feedback): Unmatched individuals when linking UKHLS to local authority data

Hi Clara,
Our data team has looked into this and found the number of individuals in w_indresp for whom a matched L... Alita Nandi

06:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1380 (Resolved): Calendar month analysis [item 11, weighting FAQ] not making sense to recreate January 2014

Alita Nandi

06:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1381 (Feedback): Query

The negative values refer to self-employment losses. You can check that by:
tab a_jbemp if a_fimnlabnet_dv<0
An... Alita Nandi

05:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

Hi Abigail,
You are correct, The answer to your first question "Which variable would indicate those “interviews th... Alita Nandi

07/19/2020

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

Abigail Dumalus wrote:
> Thanks so much, Alita, for your feedback. Does the 24-month wave period preclude me from us... Nick Dret

04:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1381 (Resolved): Query

Hi
I would like to ask about the fimnlabnet_dv variable: what dose the negative values represent ?
amwaj abugamza

07/17/2020

08:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

I will start with the second question:
- yes, you can use indinus_lw directly
- in the first option you assume that... Olena Kaminska

07/16/2020

07:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

Thanks for the suggestions, Olena.
Which variable would indicate those “interviews that took place (finished) in J... Abigail Dumalus

07:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

Oh, and with regard to your comment on 'it seems that I am still missing a step or two to generate average life satis... Olena Kaminska

06:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

Abigail,
The method I described earlier does not correspond to BHPS data (before UKHLS started). BHPS is normally ... Olena Kaminska

05:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

Hello Olena,
I am using indin91_lw for longitudinal regressions over time from 1996 to 2017 with life satisfaction... Abigail Dumalus

05:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

Abigail,
I think you have a few questions that I will try to answer below.
First, why are you using indin91_lw. I... Olena Kaminska

12:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

May I please get any advice on my queries above about item 11 in the weighting FAQ? Many thanks for your time and con... Abigail Dumalus

05:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1380 (In Progress): Calendar month analysis [item 11, weighting FAQ] not making sense to recreate January 2014

Hi Abigail,
I have assigned this to Olena. This is similar to your question on the other post which also I have as... Alita Nandi

04:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1380 (Resolved): Calendar month analysis [item 11, weighting FAQ] not making sense to recreate January 2014

Hello Alita,
I tried following item 11 for doing January 2014 as an example. When I filtered interviews from wave ... Abigail Dumalus

03:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1379 (Resolved): Unmatched individuals when linking UKHLS to local authority data

Hello,
I have recently added local authority level unemployment rates to a panel of individual-level UKHLS data (w... Clara Mascaro

07/15/2020

05:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

Hello Olena,
I tried following item 11 for doing January 2014 as an example. When I filtered interviews from wave ... Abigail Dumalus

04:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

Abigail,
Yes, I can confirm that FAQ question 11 applies to 3-months analysis. We do not have a ready syntax for y... Olena Kaminska

03:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

I read item 11 in the weighting FAQ. It seems appropriate but I cannot be sure whether this applies for building 3-mo... Abigail Dumalus

02:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

I see. Yes, you can analyse by calendar year. Take a look at item 11 in the weighting FAQ and see if that is appropri... Alita Nandi

01:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378: Overlapping interview periods across waves?

Thanks so much, Alita, for your feedback. Does the 24-month wave period preclude me from using “year” as a panel time... Abigail Dumalus

01:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378 (Feedback): Overlapping interview periods across waves?

Yes, in Understanding Society the fieldwork period for any wave stretches over 24 months and is overlaps with the nex... Alita Nandi

01:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1378 (Resolved): Overlapping interview periods across waves?

Hello Alita,
I noticed from browsing the dataset that wave periods from wave 2 until wave 9 have been overlapping.... Abigail Dumalus

01:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1375: XTREG error: weight must be constant within pidp

Yes drop all the weight variables, then merge i_indin91_lw from i_indrsp onto the entire long format file (many to on... Alita Nandi

01:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1375: XTREG error: weight must be constant within pidp

Hello Alita,
I apologise for not replying for almost a week. I have been ill. I currently have several weighting ... Abigail Dumalus

03:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1375 (Feedback): XTREG error: weight must be constant within pidp

Alita Nandi

03:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1241 (Resolved): Problem merging inderesp with children data

Alita Nandi

03:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1337 (Resolved): w_jbnssec3_dv have more than 3 category

Alita Nandi

03:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1374 (Resolved): Weights

Alita Nandi

03:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1377 (Feedback): Weights in Covid-19 Study

Hello Darja,
ca_betaindin_xw = i_indinui_xw * non-response probability based on a model of non-response between m... Alita Nandi

07/14/2020

03:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1377 (Resolved): Weights in Covid-19 Study

Dear Support Team,
I tsset (pidp wave) the April and May Study. Can I only use the weight (betaindin_xw) cross-sec... Darja Reuschke

01:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1376: Top coding on h_fimnnet_dv (total net personal income - no deductions)

Hello,
Sorry the variable note for w_fimnnet_dv does not clearly explain how topcoding is done. There are 51 obser... Alita Nandi

07/10/2020

10:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1374: Weights

Dear Olena,
This perfectly answers my question. Thanks so much for the clarification!
Best,
Maria Maria Cotofan

07/09/2020

02:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1374: Weights

Maria,
Thank you for your questions. I am replying in order:
In your original message:
(1) Yes, your set up is c... Olena Kaminska

10:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1374: Weights

ok. I am now assigning this to our Survey Statistican, Olena.
Alita Nandi

10:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1376 (In Progress): Top coding on h_fimnnet_dv (total net personal income - no deductions)

Hello,
Thank you for your query. I have passed on your query to our income team and we will get back to you soon.
... Alita Nandi

09:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1376 (Resolved): Top coding on h_fimnnet_dv (total net personal income - no deductions)

Hello there,
I'm working with h_fimnnet_dv, and trying to build a regression model to predict income based on a ra... Christopher Brown

10:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1375: XTREG error: weight must be constant within pidp

Let's say your long file is, long.dta. Then you do this:
use long, clear
merge m:1 pidp using i_indresp, keepus(i... Alita Nandi

07/08/2020

04:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1375: XTREG error: weight must be constant within pidp

Hello Alita,
I understand what you’re saying. but is there an extra step or specific code that I need to implement... Abigail Dumalus

06:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1375: XTREG error: weight must be constant within pidp

Hi Abigail,
You need to take i_indin91_lw (as Wave 9 is the last wave you are including) and then attach that to a... Alita Nandi

11:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1374: Weights

Dear Anita,
Thank you for your quick reply!
Regarding point (1), I was already familiar with item 12 in the FAQ... Maria Cotofan

06:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1374: Weights

Hello,
(1) Take a look at item 12 in the weighting FAQ which discusses pooling waves for cross-sectional analysis.... Alita Nandi

07/07/2020

08:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1375 (Resolved): XTREG error: weight must be constant within pidp

Dear Olena,
As I mentioned in a separate issue weeks ago, I am analysing life satisfaction and GHQ (using indresp ... Abigail Dumalus

10:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1374 (Resolved): Weights

Dear Sir/Madame,
I have a question regarding the use of weights when pooling the 9 waves of Understanding Society.... Maria Cotofan