Understanding Society User Support

02/22/2021

09:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1513 (Feedback): Variable for Income

Dear Emily,
Have you looked at the Income section in the User Guide? It describes the income variables that are pr... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1512 (In Progress): Wave drop down menus not responding

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09:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1512: Wave drop down menus not responding

Hello,
We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused by this disruption. We are aware of this issue and are looki... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1511 (Feedback): Merging UKHLS data to the LFS data

It is not possible to merge Understanding Society and LFS data.
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02/18/2021

03:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1452 (Resolved): panssec8_dv and manssec8_dv

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03:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1456 (Resolved): Youth and young adults who filled in incorrect surveys

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03:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1457 (Resolved): Variable for living in a big city

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02:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1459 (Resolved): Covid module high risk

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02:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1460 (Resolved): HE consent variables

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02:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1461 (Resolved): Special license access to wave 10-11 JK data

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02:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1464 (Resolved): Matching household data from parents to children

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02:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1454 (Resolved): Understanding Society area level deprivation measure

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02:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1509: Real Household Income + Calendar Year vs Wave

Hello Vikram,
Our remit is to answer questions related to the survey & its details and the datasets (incl data man... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/17/2021

09:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1470: Question about data

"Is there a list somewhere of what is defined within sheltered and institutional?"
The two places to look are the... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1509 (In Progress): Real Household Income + Calendar Year vs Wave

Hello Vikram,
The way you have set up the data is ok.
"More specifically, if I were to try plotting average rea... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/12/2021

01:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1506: Number of children who have left the household before wave 1

In Wave 1, a_nnatch is missing for 3262 cases who are the Proxy respondents. Then those with a_nnatch=0 (no children ... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/11/2021

02:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1505: UKHLS data question

Unfortunately we cannot give you a date when this linked data will be available as talks are ongoing, but it will not... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1505 (Feedback): UKHLS data question

Hello,
The variable w_jbsize shows the number of employees at the workplace of current job (as reported by the res... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1498: Create child id in BHPS and assign them their parents' work status

ok. I have added more explanation in the attached syntax file, and also slightly changed the syntax so that only thos... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1498: Create child id in BHPS and assign them their parents' work status

Hi Mario,
We have provided you with the syntax for merging parents with children. Please modify that to create the... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1491 (Resolved): advice on constructing ISCED variable

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11:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1490 (In Progress): Top-coding of net income

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11:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1500 (Feedback): Definition of "living as a couple"

Hello,
The variable w_mastat_dv is "de-facto" marital status and not the legal marital status. To know about the l... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1506 (Feedback): Number of children who have left the household before wave 1

Hello,
The variable a_lprnt asks those who have no children in the household (a_nnatch=0) if they have ever had/fa... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:18 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1508 (Feedback): Which is the best way to merge all the files (INDRESP, HHRESP,JOBHIST, YOUNTH) across the 18 BHPS waves

Hello Mario,
To merge INDRESP and HHRESP use HIDP
To merge INDRESP and YOUTH - there is no point doing this as ... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/08/2021

01:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1504: Weights

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

01:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1504 (In Progress): Weights

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12:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1505 (In Progress): UKHLS data question

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

12:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1506 (In Progress): Number of children who have left the household before wave 1

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

02/04/2021

07:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1494 (Resolved): Weights

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07:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1501 (Feedback): xtreg and fixed effects

Dear Leilah,
Your question is about Stata and more generally about statistics/econometrics. That is beyond the rem... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1501 (In Progress): xtreg and fixed effects

Hi Leilah,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1500 (In Progress): Definition of "living as a couple"

Hi Leilah,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/03/2021

01:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1498: Create child id in BHPS and assign them their parents' work status

Yes,
Step 1: create the step/adopted/natural parent pidp using the egoalt files. This was covered in the workshop... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1498 (Feedback): Create child id in BHPS and assign them their parents' work status

Hello Mario,
If you want to link children with their parents information you can do it for the waves they were liv... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1490 (Feedback): Top-coding of net income

Hello Leah,
Currently the only way to identify the cases where income has been topcoded is using the _tc variable... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/02/2021

06:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1496 (Feedback): data merge

Hi Rachel,
1) I am assuming you want to merge a household level file (such as w_hhresp) with an individual level f... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:04 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1496 (In Progress): data merge

Dear Rachel,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1493 (Resolved): negative income

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10:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1498 (In Progress): Create child id in BHPS and assign them their parents' work status

Dear Mario,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back t... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/01/2021

09:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1495 (In Progress): Zero weights in the extra five minutes sample

Hi Natalie,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back t... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1494 (In Progress): Weights

Dear Lydia,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back t... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/29/2021

05:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1493 (Feedback): negative income

Dear Rachel,
Negative values result from self-employed respondents reporting losses. This question comes up quite ... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1493 (In Progress): negative income

Dear Rachel,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back ... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1492 (Feedback): USoc Interview dates 'slotting' into financial year

Dear Babar,
"my concern is that a person could be interviewed on 5th April 2013 (end of 2012/13 FYR) and then 20th... Understanding Society User Support Team