Understanding Society User Support

01/11/2021

11:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1472: Weighting youth analysis across waves 1–8

Marie,
Thank you for your question.
On weights: we do not have a specific weight for your analysis. Please do no... Olena Kaminska

01/10/2021

02:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1477: clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)

Hi Marion - We have identified that the value of strata=122 should be changed to 130 if hhorig=4. Please make this ch... Alita Nandi

01/08/2021

06:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1477: clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)

Dear Understanding Society support team,
a thousand thanks for identifying the problem - that explains it all!
I ha... Marion Lieutaud

01:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1477 (Feedback): clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)

Hello Marion,
My colleague has checked your code and that is ok. We have identified that for 2 cases in b_indresp,... Alita Nandi

01:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1479 (Resolved): mismatch merging indall m:1 using hhresp (merge=1)

Alita Nandi

12:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1479: mismatch merging indall m:1 using hhresp (merge=1)

Thank you for the clarification, Alita.
That was very useful.
Best wishes,
Pilar Pilar Zueras

11:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1479 (Feedback): mismatch merging indall m:1 using hhresp (merge=1)

Hello,
While all individuals in indall must be in a responding household, the households in the file hhresp are on... Alita Nandi

11:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1480 (Feedback): Who was sampled for question ca_timeshare in the COVID-19

Hello,
In the cW_indresp_w files, no responses were removed because of this reason (and that includes the timchcar... Alita Nandi

11:13 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1480 (Resolved): Who was sampled for question ca_timeshare in the COVID-19

Hi,
I am working with the April 2020 COVID-19 web survey dataset ( ca_indresp_w ) and was wondering if the questio... Johara Meyer

01/07/2021

07:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1479 (Resolved): mismatch merging indall m:1 using hhresp (merge=1)

Hi there,
I was merging household-level variables onto individual files (indresp) and found mismatches, so to make ... Pilar Zueras

05:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1474: Covid-19 weighting

Hi,
Thanks so much for your detailed and prompt reply.
Just a note around (b). We are not doing a separate an... Laura Silva

04:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1474 (Feedback): Covid-19 weighting

Hello,
(a) For cross-sectional analysis use the weights cW_betaindin_xw for Covid waves 1-4 (W=a,b, c, d), W_indin... Alita Nandi

04:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1477: clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)

Thank you! Perhaps I should mention that I use the special license data. So the first line of the code is actually:
... Marion Lieutaud

03:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1477 (In Progress): clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)

Sorry I didn't notice that you had included the lonelypsu correction. We are looking into this. Alita Nandi

02:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1477: clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)

Dear Understanding Society team,
Thank you for your reply.
I am surprised because I had registered for and had lo... Marion Lieutaud

02:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1477 (Feedback): clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)

Hello,
This is possible because of single PSU strata. While this is not the case by design, for a particular analy... Alita Nandi

11:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1477 (Resolved): clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)

Dear Understanding Society team,
I have an issue with the combination of clusters and strata in the Wave 2 dat... Marion Lieutaud

02:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1462 (Resolved): respondents without a record in the jk data weights and representativeness

Alita Nandi

02:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1465 (Resolved): Highest qualifcation variable

Alita Nandi

02:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1466: Determining which observations have been answered by a proxy

If you exclude proxy respondents then you will use the weight for full respondent. For cross-sectional analysis that ... Alita Nandi

02:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1467 (Resolved): Website links not working

Alita Nandi

02:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1468 (Resolved): Tracking category labels over time

Alita Nandi

02:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1458: Weights for Covid longitudinal sample

If you are using Wave 9 + all Covid waves, and conducting a longitudinal analysis, you should use the longitudinal we... Alita Nandi

02:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1455 (Resolved): Inapplicable responses to GHQ-12 and SF-12 in the extra five minutes sample

Alita Nandi

02:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1473: keyworksector variable missing from pdf documents

Many thanks! This is very useful.
Harry Theocharis Kromydas

02:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1473 (Feedback): keyworksector variable missing from pdf documents

Hello,
The question is the same as in the JUly questionnaire so please take a look at that for now, while we updat... Alita Nandi

01:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1473 (In Progress): keyworksector variable missing from pdf documents

Hello,
We are looking into this and will get back to you asap.
Best wishes,
Understanding Society User Support... Alita Nandi

02:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1476: Calculating Equivalised Income Deciles AHC

Thanks very much for your helpful reply.
Reviewing the documentation I see that to be consistent with HBAI after ... Henry Parkes

01:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1476: Calculating Equivalised Income Deciles AHC

Hi Henry,
it is not possible to say why the results look different across the two studies; you'd have to compare t... Gundi Knies

12:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1476 (In Progress): Calculating Equivalised Income Deciles AHC

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

01/06/2021

07:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1468: Tracking category labels over time

Okay, thank you for the clarification. Leilah Plant-Tchenguiz

07:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1467: Website links not working

Thanks, it's working now. Leilah Plant-Tchenguiz

07:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1466: Determining which observations have been answered by a proxy

Thanks. If I take a subsample of the individual-level data (which happens to have no proxy respondents), would I use ... Leilah Plant-Tchenguiz

01:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1476 (Resolved): Calculating Equivalised Income Deciles AHC

Dear USOC User Team,
I've written some code which seeks to work out people's equivalised household income decile af... Henry Parkes

10:03 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1474 (Resolved): Covid-19 weighting

Good morning,
I have checked the guide and previous issues on weighting for Covid-19 study but I am still unclear... Laura Silva

01/05/2021

04:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1473 (Resolved): keyworksector variable missing from pdf documents

Hi there. I think the variable keyworksector is missing from the "8644_ukhls_covid19_sept20_questionnaire_v2.0" pdf d... Theocharis Kromydas

02:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1472 (In Progress): Weighting youth analysis across waves 1–8

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

02:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1472 (Resolved): Weighting youth analysis across waves 1–8

Hello,
I will use youth data from waves 1 to 8 (not always from all 8 waves, depending on the analysis). I will al... Marie Mueller

01/04/2021

05:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1471 (Feedback): Identifying relation to respondent of those being cared for

Hello,
The variables w_aidhuax records whether the person in the household with PNO=x is cared for by the responde... Alita Nandi

02:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1471 (Resolved): Identifying relation to respondent of those being cared for

Dear support,
I've been looking at the x_aidhh variables in the Understanding Society individual response files. F... Rachel Tan

02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1470 (Feedback): Question about data

Hello,
The sample is drawn from non-institutional postal addresses and so it is not likely to include any homeless... Alita Nandi

09:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1470 (Resolved): Question about data

Hello
I am currently working on a research proposal for a project regarding the interplay of societal factors and... Ben Phillips-Farmer

02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1469: Matching data

The website problem is fixed, so you will be able to access the syntax page now. Please see if the following syntax f... Alita Nandi

05:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1469 (Feedback): Matching data

Hello Laura,
We have a worked out example on how to do this in our training material (available as Moodle course).... Alita Nandi

02:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1467 (Feedback): Website links not working

Alita Nandi

02:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1467: Website links not working

The problem has been fixed. Please try again and let us know if you continue to have problems. Please remember to emp... Alita Nandi

06:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1467 (In Progress): Website links not working

Hello,
We are sorry about this and hope to resolve this very soon.
Best wishes,
Understanding Society User Sup... Alita Nandi

06:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1468 (Feedback): Tracking category labels over time

Hello,
If a question remains the same across waves it will have the same name, as will the variables based on the ... Alita Nandi

06:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1466 (Feedback): Determining which observations have been answered by a proxy

Hello,
Use the variable w_ivfio which will tell you if this was a proxy interview or a full interview (meaning the... Alita Nandi

01/02/2021

09:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1469 (Resolved): Matching data

I am attempting to use wave 1 data to match data on individuals and their friends. I have used the 'egoalt' file to c... Laura Bryce

12/30/2020

03:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1467: Website links not working

Hi, I noticed recently that the links on the Understanding Society have stopped working. I am able to search for a va... Leilah Plant-Tchenguiz

03:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1467 (Resolved): Website links not working

Hi, I noticed recently that the links on the Understanding Society have stopped working. I am able to search for a va... Leilah Plant-Tchenguiz

03:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1468 (Resolved): Tracking category labels over time

Hi, are variables with the same name (but across different waves) measured consistently over time? If this is not alw... Leilah Plant-Tchenguiz

11:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1466 (Resolved): Determining which observations have been answered by a proxy

Hi, how do I determine which observation questions have been answered by a proxy? My understanding is that if the val... Leilah Plant-Tchenguiz

12/17/2020

04:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1465: Highest qualifcation variable

Alita Nandi wrote in #note-2:
> You may find this document which shows how the different qualifications are matched ... Stef Williamson

02:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1459 (Feedback): Covid module high risk

The derived variable which identified individuals who were considered to be highly or extremely highly clinically vul... Alita Nandi

12/16/2020

11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1464 (Feedback): Matching household data from parents to children

Hello,
In any wave, parental IDs are included only for co-resident parents in that wave. To identify parents not l... Alita Nandi

11:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1464 (In Progress): Matching household data from parents to children

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

10:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1464 (Resolved): Matching household data from parents to children

Dear Support-Team,
I am trying to match the household income (e.g. fihhmngrs_dv) of parents to the children in the... Sebastian Jungkunz

11:03 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1465: Highest qualifcation variable

You may find this document which shows how the different qualifications are matched onto the derived variables. Alita Nandi

10:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1465 (Feedback): Highest qualifcation variable

Hello,
hiqual_dv and qfhigh_dv are longitudinally produced, that is, at each wave these are the highest qualificat... Alita Nandi

10:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1465 (Resolved): Highest qualifcation variable

Hi there,
I want to run some longitudinal analysis which includes a variable for participants' highest qualificati... Stef Williamson