Understanding Society User Support

10/15/2020

03:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1427 (Feedback): i_hidp and hidp missing from jk datasets?

Each person in the Covid19 survey will have been interviewed in 2019 either as part of Wave 10 or Wave 11. This dataf... Alita Nandi

02:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1426: Adverse childhood experience data

Hi Luke - Could you please clarify what you mean by "adverse childhood experience by adulthood"? From your earlier po... Alita Nandi

01:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1426: Adverse childhood experience data

Dear Alita,
Thank you for passing on this information. I have been using some of these methods and havent been abl... Luke Barry

10/14/2020

06:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1427 (Resolved): i_hidp and hidp missing from jk datasets?

Hi there
I realised that there are only the j_hidp k_hidp and jk_hidp variables available in the new "mainstage_d... Theocharis Kromydas

04:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1398: Weights when merging several waves of USoc + covid study

The current weights available with Covid19 survey data (cW_betaindin_xw) do not adjust for any bias arising from non-... Alita Nandi

11:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1398: Weights when merging several waves of USoc + covid study

Thanks Alita. Are there any advices Usoc users can get from covid weighting team on how to construct longitudinal wei... Theocharis Kromydas

04:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

No same population. This is how longitudinal weights in this survey are computed: Iniital wave cross sectional weight... Alita Nandi

04:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Hello Alita,
Thanks so much for the syntax file that you sent. I may be misunderstanding what you said here:
“ ... Abigail Dumalus

03:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Hi Abigail - I am providing a Stata syntax file to show you what I mean. Alita Nandi

03:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Hello Alita,
For option 1, does this mean I can disregard the weight variable lrwtuk1 for BHPS W11-18 and simply f... Abigail Dumalus

02:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Option 1: Append individual level files (indresp) from W11 of BHPS until W18, and W2 UKHLS until W9 into a long forma... Alita Nandi

02:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Hello Alita,
I am using xtreg for W11-18 of BHPS along with W2-9 of UKHLS, so I am looking at the “harmonisation” ... Abigail Dumalus

02:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Hello Abigail,
If you are using xtreg you can only use one weight for the entire set of waves - as it is the same ... Alita Nandi

01:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Hello Olena,
Many thanks for your response. I tried generating a single variable to combine these two weighting va... Abigail Dumalus

11:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Abigail,
The data for indin01_lw starts with 2001, and the data for indin91_lw starts in 1991. While the variabl... Olena Kaminska

03:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1426 (Feedback): Adverse childhood experience data

Dear Luke,
There is alarge number of questions that are asked across the waves. Here are different ways you can se... Alita Nandi

03:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1426 (Resolved): Adverse childhood experience data

Hello,
I have been looking through the data documentation to see if there are any variables which capture any adve... Luke Barry

10/13/2020

04:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1424: Stability of resp ethnicity over time

Yes, but there is one exception: When the Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Boost sample was added in Wave 6, ethnic grou... Alita Nandi

04:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1424: Stability of resp ethnicity over time

Alita Nandi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> You are right. Here is a summary:
>
> Those who enter the survey as adults (16... Alex Mathers

04:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1424 (Feedback): Stability of resp ethnicity over time

Hello,
You are right. Here is a summary:
Those who enter the survey as adults (16+) are asked the question once... Alita Nandi

11:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1424 (Resolved): Stability of resp ethnicity over time

Hi,
I'm investigating the degree to which individuals retain or change their ethnicity over time, particularly fro... Alex Mathers

04:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1421 (Feedback): top coding in income components

Alita Nandi

04:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1421: top coding in income components

Hi Luca - Yes, if you use the non-topcoded values, there will be more extreme values. But please note that we do not ... Alita Nandi

03:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1398: Weights when merging several waves of USoc + covid study

The longitudinal weights will not be available with the next release of the data. Alita Nandi

12:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1422: furlough in Covid-19 Study

If someone returned to work you will be able to identify them by using the employment status variable, cW_sempchk. Th... Alita Nandi

12:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1423 (Feedback): Merging youth to adult data

Hello,
To link individual level data to household level data use the household ID, w_hidp
To link children/youth ... Alita Nandi

10/12/2020

02:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1423 (Resolved): Merging youth to adult data

Hello,
I am using R to do my work.
I am looking at the impact of social media usage on the outcome variable s... George Comp

09:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1398: Weights when merging several waves of USoc + covid study

Hi Alita. Are there any news from covid weighting team on the longitudinal weighting issue? Theocharis Kromydas

09:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1422: furlough in Covid-19 Study

Thanks so much again for your prompt responses. I checked the coding for those who were furloughed on hrschange* in t... Darja Reuschke

08:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1422: furlough in Covid-19 Study

Yes, use the hrschange* variables. Alita Nandi

08:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1422: furlough in Covid-19 Study

Thanks so much. However, are those who were on furlough in April or May ask whether they are still on furlough? I can... Darja Reuschke

06:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1422 (Feedback): furlough in Covid-19 Study

Hello Darja,
Take look at the Universe for the question FURLOUGH in the questionnnaires for Waves 2 & 3. The Unive... Alita Nandi

10/11/2020

06:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1422 (Resolved): furlough in Covid-19 Study

Hello Support team,
I am grateful if you could help me identifying respondents who are on furlough in each wave in... Darja Reuschke

10/09/2020

11:09 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access

Hi Alita,
I still haven't heard from the team. As I have mentioned before, it's been over a year since I first ap... Kevin Brennan

10/08/2020

05:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1421: top coding in income components

Alita Nandi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for your query. I have passed on your concern to the income team.
>
> A... Luca Giangregorio

03:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1421: top coding in income components

Hello,
Thanks for your query. I have passed on your concern to the income team.
About your question, "In this c... Alita Nandi

05:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Hello Alita,
If br_lrwtuk1 is the weight variable for BHPS W11-18 for longitudinal analysis, then I have to genera... Abigail Dumalus

09:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Hi Abigail,
It is not your mistake, it is mine. Very sorry. The names of the weight variables for BHPS have not ye... Alita Nandi

10/07/2020

11:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1421 (Resolved): top coding in income components

Hi there,
sorry to bother during these unfortunate times.
I'm working with UKHLS 1-3 to build a 3-years income av... Luca Giangregorio

06:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Hello Alita,
When I am restricting the analysis to Waves 11-18 of the BHPS, using indin01_lw as weighting variable... Abigail Dumalus

10/06/2020

12:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1420: covid-19 observations not merging with wave 9 data

Sorry I misunderstood your question. But I could not find the problem you have highlighted. Your understanding of i_i... Alita Nandi

11:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1420: covid-19 observations not merging with wave 9 data

Thanks Alita, I'm still a bit confused.
I understand that the covid sample also includes some individuals who were... Cristina Sechel

10:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1420 (Feedback): covid-19 observations not merging with wave 9 data

Hello Cristina,
Anyone 16+ years, who was in a household that participated in at least one of the last two waves o... Alita Nandi

10/05/2020

11:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1420 (Resolved): covid-19 observations not merging with wave 9 data

Hello
Some individuals from the April-June covid-19 data files do not match with wave 9 data (using the pidp varia... Cristina Sechel

11:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1418: Weight variable for appending all waves of USOC

Dear Olena,
Thank you very much for your reply. It helps a lot.
Best, Arpita
Olena Kaminska wrote:
> Arpi... Arpita Ghosh

11:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1419 (Feedback): Moved to current address variable

Hi Laura,
No, there is no such composite variable.
Best wishes,
Alita Alita Nandi

10/03/2020

04:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1419 (Resolved): Moved to current address variable

Hi,
if I understand well the variable *_myvr is asked every wave only to new entrants. Is there any variable that... Laura Silva

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