Understanding Society User Support

09/30/2020

02:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1418: Weight variable for appending all waves of USOC

Arpita,
Thank you for your question. 'ui' weight is better in two ways: it has higher sample size (so higher stati... Olena Kaminska

12:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1418 (In Progress): Weight variable for appending all waves of USOC

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

11:19 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1418 (Resolved): Weight variable for appending all waves of USOC

Dear User Support Team,
I hope you are doing well in these difficult times. My questions are related to this old o... Arpita Ghosh

12:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1417 (Feedback): Time-varying predictor variables at different waves to outcome

Dear Goerge,
Our remit is to answer queries related to Understanding Society data and provide general advice about... Alita Nandi

12:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Thanks Kevin Brennan

12:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411 (In Progress): Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Sorry about that Kevin. I have written to the team and waiting to hear back from them.
Best wishes,
Alita Alita Nandi

11:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Hi Alita,
Would it be possible to get contact information for whoever is processing my data. I haven't heard from... Kevin Brennan

09/29/2020

06:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1408: Family structure

Thanks for letting me know Gundi!
Harry Theocharis Kromydas

06:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1398: Weights when merging several waves of USoc + covid study

Many thanks Alita! I appreciate this. Best, Harry Theocharis Kromydas

10:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1398: Weights when merging several waves of USoc + covid study

Hello Harry,
My understanding is that with the weights currently provided you cannot do that. The weight, cW_betai... Alita Nandi

09:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1398: Weights when merging several waves of USoc + covid study

Thanks Alita.
I have certainly read the survey user guide before I post my question here. What is not clear to me ... Theocharis Kromydas

03:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1417 (Resolved): Time-varying predictor variables at different waves to outcome

I am using longitudinal models and have a specific question regarding Understanding Society data and a specific way I... George Comp

09/28/2020

11:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1416 (Resolved): components of weight variables

Alita Nandi

09/25/2020

10:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Abigail,
Just to add, if you are concerned about the differences in the populations, then you can use full samples... Olena Kaminska

10:03 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1408: Family structure

Hi Harry,
the definition of the dependent child variable seems to have changed over time and we are currently review... Gundi Knies

09/24/2020

11:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1416: components of weight variables

That's clear now Olena, many thanks! Filip Sosenko

11:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1416: components of weight variables

Filip,
We do not calibrate to housing tenure. Housing tenure is used in the correction for attrition. So the infor... Olena Kaminska

11:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1416: components of weight variables

Thank you for the answer Olena. Could you also let me know what external source is used for calibrating the housing t... Filip Sosenko

11:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1416: components of weight variables

Dear Filip,
Thank you for your question. I can confirm that housing tenure goes into weighting models.
Unfortuna... Olena Kaminska

08:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1416 (In Progress): components of weight variables

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

09/23/2020

04:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1416 (Resolved): components of weight variables

Hello,
I have a general question and a specific one.
1) Please could direct me to documentation regarding what vari... Filip Sosenko

02:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Sorry there was a typo: UKHLS Waves 1-2, use b_indinus_lw
And you can use i_indinub_lw for Waves 2-9.
And you c... Alita Nandi

02:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1414 (Feedback): Weighting dual pay only

Alita Nandi

11:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1414: Weighting dual pay only

Antonia,
Yes, you can and should apply survey design adjustment for a subset just a you would for the whole popula... Olena Kaminska

10:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1414 (Resolved): Weighting dual pay only

Hi,
I would like to analyze a subset of all households who pay their gas/electricity/oil bills on seperate bills ... Antonia Schuster

02:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1415 (Feedback): Using weights for all 9 waves

Hello,
If you are analysing data from adult questionnaire including self-completion questionnaire from Waves 1 to ... Alita Nandi

11:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1415 (Resolved): Using weights for all 9 waves

I'm using all 9 waves of data and need to choose the correct weight.
I understand that using 'indscui_lw' appears t... John Poole

10:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1392: natid - change in national identity

Hi Alita,
Thank you for following up and for letting me know - much appreciated.
All the best,
Ivelina Ivelina Hristova

09/22/2020

12:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1401 (Resolved): AAPOR Response Rate for Innovation Panel Wave 8

Alita Nandi

12:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1392: natid - change in national identity

Hi Ivelina,
Currently there are no plans to ask natid questions again.
Best wishesm,
Alita Alita Nandi

12:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1390 (Resolved): englang - change in English as first language

Alita Nandi

12:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1397 (Resolved): questions about interviewer assignment and training for Innovation Panel Wave 8

Alita Nandi

12:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1398: Weights when merging several waves of USoc + covid study

Hello Harry,
Currently there is no longitudinal weight provided for analysing Covid waves. Only cross-sectional we... Alita Nandi

12:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1399: jobhist equivalent for Understanding Society

Note that the employment history in Waves 1 & 5 are about past employment history, that is, before the respondent joi... Alita Nandi

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411 (Resolved): Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Alita Nandi

12:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1412: Weights_poverty line (BHPS)

Hi Lydia,
If you are interested in gross household monthly income, then please use the variable called bw_fihhmngr... Alita Nandi

09/21/2020

03:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1409: Ethnicity Query

A follow up:
The weighted percentage of adults (16+) who report their ethnic group as "White: British/EnglishScott... Alita Nandi

02:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1413 (Feedback): Variables for employment

Hello Lior,
If you would like to know a person's main employment status then use the variable JBSTAT. If you would... Alita Nandi

02:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1412 (Feedback): Weights_poverty line (BHPS)

Alita Nandi

09/20/2020

03:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1398: Weights when merging several waves of USoc + covid study

Hi there
I also have the same question as Laia but I am not entirely sure I am getting Alita's response right. In ... Theocharis Kromydas

01:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1413 (Resolved): Variables for employment

Hello,
I am trying to understand what is the best variable to use in order to understand if a person is employed.
... Lior Shabtai

09/18/2020

03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1408: Family structure

Hi Gundi again
I read your last email carefully and it seems to me that the main problem I have is with definition... Theocharis Kromydas

10:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1412: Weights_poverty line (BHPS)

Lydia,
I am answering here your question regarding weights. The weight you use will depend on the level of analysi... Olena Kaminska

10:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Great, thanks Becky.
Best wishes,
Kevin Kevin Brennan

10:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411 (Feedback): Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Hi Kevin,
Just to confirm that the data team have received the approval from Metadac and will be in touch with yo... Rebecca Parsons

09/17/2020

02:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1412 (In Progress): Weights_poverty line (BHPS)

Hi Lydia,
Thanks for your query, it's been passed to our weights specialist. We'll be in touch with a response so... Rebecca Parsons

09/16/2020

08:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1412 (Resolved): Weights_poverty line (BHPS)

Dear Support Team,
I am computing the poverty line for each wave of BHPS and UKHLS, as indicated by the files in ... Lydia Palumbo

03:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Will do! Thanks,
Becky Rebecca Parsons

03:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Thank you,
If the team need to contact METADAC, could you please ask the team to cc someone from METADAC apart fr... Kevin Brennan

03:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Hi Kevin,
Thanks for the additional information. The data team are checking and if the email from Stephanie isn't... Rebecca Parsons

02:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Stephanie Roberts from METADAC has just got back to me, confirming to me that the email was sent to genetics@understa... Kevin Brennan

01:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Thank you.
Please not that while I am the contact person for the projects, the principal applicant is Olivier Gev... Kevin Brennan

01:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411 (In Progress): Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Hi Kevin,
Once the approval from Metadac has come through the data team at Understanding Society will prepare you... Rebecca Parsons

09/15/2020

04:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1408: Family structure

Hi Gundi
Thanks again for your very informative reply. I would need to test some of these classification using the... Theocharis Kromydas

01:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1408: Family structure

Dear Harry,
as I said, ndepchl_dv is an individual-level variable: how many dependent children does this enumerated ... Gundi Knies

11:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1408: Family structure

Dear Gundi
Many thanks for taking the time to look in my query in more detail. Many thanks for your suggestion too... Theocharis Kromydas

10:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411 (Resolved): Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Hi there,
On May 26th I raised issue #1349 to enquire about linking UKHLS genetic and DNA methylation data from t... Kevin Brennan

09/14/2020

09:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1401: AAPOR Response Rate for Innovation Panel Wave 8

Thank you for letting me know. Dana Garbarski

03:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1410 (Feedback): Determining the missing values in the jbsoc10_cc variable.

Hi Cameron,
we use dependent interviewing (DI) to minimise spurious changes in occupations, so instead of asking f... Gundi Knies

12:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1410 (Resolved): Determining the missing values in the jbsoc10_cc variable.

Hi there,
I see in the jbsoc10_cc variable note it says: "SOC 2010 codes are [-9] missing for jobs that were alrea... Cameron Harries

03:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1409: Ethnicity Query

Rebecca Parsons wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> We've looked into this and we think you need to contact CACI to see how the... mark sheppard

02:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1409 (Feedback): Ethnicity Query

Hi Mark,
We've looked into this and we think you need to contact CACI to see how they've arrived at their figure. ... Rebecca Parsons

09:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1409 (In Progress): Ethnicity Query

Hi,
Thanks for your question. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as so... Rebecca Parsons

08:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1409 (Resolved): Ethnicity Query

Hi - i'm not sure this is the correct forum but hoping you can help. I'm using CACI Acorn data which supply UK ethnic... mark sheppard

01:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1408: Family structure

Hi Harry,
sorry to not have been more precise. No, I am not recommending you to use or not use depchl_dv. I was just... Gundi Knies

11:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1408: Family structure

Hi Gundi
Many thanks for your quick response. So do you recommend me using depchl_dv (I guess you mean ndepchl_dv?... Theocharis Kromydas

11:04 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1408: Family structure

Hi Theocharis,
the household type variable draws on the number of dependent children in the household (depchl_dv) so... Gundi Knies

09:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1408 (In Progress): Family structure

Hi Theocharis,
Thanks for your question. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we'll get back to ... Rebecca Parsons

09:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1407 (Feedback): categories of the qfhigh_dv variable

Hi Jan,
qfhigh_dv does not make use of BTech and NVQs. These qualifications are captured in the variables qfvoc#,... Rebecca Parsons

09/11/2020

05:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1408 (Resolved): Family structure

Hi there
I am trying to construct a family structure variable composed by 4 categories: Single, no children, Coupl... Theocharis Kromydas

12:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1406 (Feedback): COVID-19 July release

Dear Darja,
Wave 4 of the COVID-19 survey will be released at the end of September - exact date to be confirmed. ... Rebecca Parsons

11:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1406 (Resolved): COVID-19 July release

Dear Understanding Society team,
Do you know when the COVID-19 Study Version 4 including the July wave will be rel... Darja Reuschke

12:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1407 (Resolved): categories of the qfhigh_dv variable

Dear Madam/Sir,
I'm really struggling to make sense of the categories of qfhigh_dv variable. Under which category ... Jan Janmaat

09/09/2020

10:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1404 (Resolved): Coding of vote3

Rebecca Parsons

07:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1404: Coding of vote3

Hi Becky,
thanks for clarifying this. My problem has been solved and you can close this issue.
Best,
Sebastian Sebastian Jungkunz

09/08/2020

10:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1404: Coding of vote3

Hi Sebastian,
Information about missing values can be found in the User Guide: https://www.understandingsociety.a... Rebecca Parsons

08:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1404: Coding of vote3

Hi Becky,
thank you very much for inquiry with the questionnaire development team. This makes things much clearer.... Sebastian Jungkunz

09/07/2020

04:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1404 (Feedback): Coding of vote3

Hi Sebastian,
We've contacted the questionnaire development team and they caution that there can be a complicated ... Rebecca Parsons

04:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1405 (Feedback): Ethics application number for Understanding Society

Hi Neil,
We've been in touch with the survey team and unfortunately up until recently the University did not use a... Rebecca Parsons

09/04/2020

01:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1404 (In Progress): Coding of vote3

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

01:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1405 (In Progress): Ethics application number for Understanding Society

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

12:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1405 (Resolved): Ethics application number for Understanding Society

Hello,
I am trying submit a journal manuscript but the editors are refusing the accept the paper unless I supply an ... Neil Smith

09/03/2020

01:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1404 (Resolved): Coding of vote3

Dear support-team,
I am trying to identify potential non-voters in elections. The BHPS and the UKHLS both ask abou... Sebastian Jungkunz

01:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1300 (Feedback): reason for leaving job for self-employment

Hi Xiaowei - sorry the delay in getting back to you. I should have clarified that as there is an error in routing or ... Alita Nandi

01:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1302 (Resolved): See term variable changed for wave i?

Alita Nandi

01:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1303 (Feedback): Accessing linked data

Alita Nandi

01:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1304 (Resolved): The "fihhmnnet" net household income variables - what deductions are made?

Alita Nandi

01:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1304 (Feedback): The "fihhmnnet" net household income variables - what deductions are made?

Alita Nandi

01:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1372 (Feedback): Question about age of respondents based on age_dv, and racel_dv (Re-created as original was deleted)

Alita Nandi

01:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1395 (Feedback): f_scotvot2 - values

Alita Nandi

01:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1383 (Resolved): Coding of variable "hiqual_dv" in the harmonised BHPS

Alita Nandi

01:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1389 (Feedback): Is there a variable for the number of children living outside the household?

Alita Nandi

12:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1400 (Feedback): Importance of Britishness to sense of self

Variable note has been added to clarify the different routing rules across waves.
https://www.understandingsociety.a... Alita Nandi

12:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1402 (Feedback): Low wages/ how to prevent measurement bias

Alita Nandi

12:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1403 (Feedback): Questions about the data

Alita Nandi

12:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1401 (Feedback): AAPOR Response Rate for Innovation Panel Wave 8

To add, the response rate definition used to produce Tables 13.13. & 13.14 in the user guide is a modified version of... Alita Nandi

09/02/2020

11:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1401: AAPOR Response Rate for Innovation Panel Wave 8

Hi Dana,
As this is a longitudinal survey, we know that the households issued after the first wave are eligible (i... Alita Nandi

09:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1401: AAPOR Response Rate for Innovation Panel Wave 8

Dear Dana,
Thank you for your query. I have forwarded your question to the IP team and will get back to you soon.
... Alita Nandi

10:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1403: Questions about the data

Hello Lior,
1) Is there a number of years of education variable?
Ans: Not number of years of education, but highe... Alita Nandi

09:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1403 (Resolved): Questions about the data

Dear Madam/Sir,
There are several variables that I'm trying to find and I was hoping you could help me (if they ex... Lior Shabtai

10:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1402: Low wages/ how to prevent measurement bias

Hello,
Thank you for raising this issue. This is not directly within the remit of the User Support Team to answer ... Alita Nandi

09:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1402: Low wages/ how to prevent measurement bias

Following my above request I was also wondering how some individuals have very high overall work hours (jbot+jbhrs) w... C Josten

10:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1399: jobhist equivalent for Understanding Society

Alita Nandi wrote:
> Hello Mathhew,
>
> In Understanding Society, In Wave 1, past employment history was asked fo... Matthew Chen

09:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1399 (Feedback): jobhist equivalent for Understanding Society

Hello Mathhew,
In Understanding Society, In Wave 1, past employment history was asked for a quarter of the sample ... Alita Nandi

09:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1400: Importance of Britishness to sense of self

Hello Jesse,
If you check the questionnaire and find this question BRITID, you will find who gets asked this quest... Alita Nandi