Understanding Society User Support

08/24/2021

08:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1574: Children's weights in the COVID-19 survey

I will assign this case to our survey statistician (currently on leave) who may be able to provide guidance on this.
Understanding Society User Support Team

08:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1573 (Feedback): Pension contribution variable in BHPS

Hello,
This is a derived variable using income information reported, so you will not find it in the questionnaire.... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/23/2021

03:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1577 (Feedback): South Africa - anyone if there's an equivalent to BHPS in South Africa and/or where find South African wellbeing data sets?

Hello,
Please take a look at the National Income Dynamics Survey that started in 2008: http://nids.uct.ac.za/
Y... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1577 (In Progress): South Africa - anyone if there's an equivalent to BHPS in South Africa and/or where find South African wellbeing data sets?

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

09:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1577 (Resolved): South Africa - anyone if there's an equivalent to BHPS in South Africa and/or where find South African wellbeing data sets?

Good afternoon,

We’re working on a SROI analysis for a project in South Africa, and my superior told me that ... Charlotte Österman

09:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1574: Children's weights in the COVID-19 survey

Hello,
thank you very much for your quick answer. What do you suggest to do with the missing weight cases then? Beca... Carla Grindel

08/20/2021

01:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1554: hsval - units

Thanks - I will pass this onto the data team Understanding Society User Support Team

01:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1576 (Feedback): variables in Lower super output areas

Hello,
Using the address information of survey respondents the geographical locator variables like MSOA, LSOA etc ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1576 (Resolved): variables in Lower super output areas

Hi, I am looking for variables in Lower Super Output areas, preferably individual records. After checking the guidanc... Weigang Yan

01:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1574 (Feedback): Children's weights in the COVID-19 survey

Hello,
The child weights are based on the main covid weight (i.e., the weight assigned to the parent or guardian w... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1575 (Feedback): _jk mainstage survey and COVID-19 survey responses-timing

Hello,
Yes you are correct. There are around 2600 cases (8%) in jk_indresp who were interviewed in 2020. The sampl... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1575: _jk mainstage survey and COVID-19 survey responses-timing

Hi there.
I am conducting a quantitative study using GHQ-12 variable as my outcome variable in a regression analys... Theocharis Kromydas

08/19/2021

12:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1575 (Resolved): _jk mainstage survey and COVID-19 survey responses-timing

Hi there.
I am conducting a study where using GHQ-12 variable as my outcome variable. I am using the mainstage sur... Theocharis Kromydas

08/18/2021

05:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1573 (In Progress): Pension contribution variable in BHPS

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

04:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1574 (In Progress): Children's weights in the COVID-19 survey

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

08/17/2021

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1574 (Resolved): Children's weights in the COVID-19 survey

Hello,
I am wondering why approximately 20% of the cross-sectional school child weights (ca_betasch_xw) in the data... Carla Grindel

02:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1573 (Resolved): Pension contribution variable in BHPS

Hello,
I am trying to ascertain what data the BHPS contains about pension saving. I have looked on the Understand... Laurence O'Brien

11:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1572 (Feedback): Weighting in multilevel modelling in R Studio

Hello,
If you are using the extra five minute sample data for longitudinal analysis for waves 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9 and y... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/15/2021

08:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1572 (Resolved): Weighting in multilevel modelling in R Studio

Hi,
I'm using Waves 3, 5, 7 and 9 of the Understanding society survey to measure change in health and which impact... Nora Chabach

08/12/2021

03:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1554: hsval - units

Hi, sorry for the delay. I've been away.
After compiling the full BHPS and UKHLS data and retaining the HH head, I... Edward Pinchbeck

08/10/2021

12:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1567 (Resolved): Information about most recent job

Understanding Society User Support Team

08/09/2021

08:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Carolin,
If you represent individuals and therefore run individual-level analysis you can use as many household at... Olena Kaminska

08/06/2021

03:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Hi Olena,
Thanks, this helps a lot, again!
Yes, we are using information from the household head (age, age at m... Carolin Schmidt

02:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Carolin,
Wave 8 is representative of the population with one exception: it does not include immigrants that ente... Olena Kaminska

01:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Hi Olena,
Our research question doesn't depend on the wave number and we were wondering if we could just use wave ... Carolin Schmidt

11:08 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Carolin,
If you tell me how you define your longitudinal households I would be able to suggest the best option for... Olena Kaminska

10:09 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Hi Olena,
Thanks for the quick reply. We are looking at households and so, there are no longitudinal weights in th... Carolin Schmidt

11:18 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1554: hsval - units

Thanks Ted. I understand. I have passed on your request to the data team. If you have written any code to automate th... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1554: hsval - units

Good morning. No problem.
So if I have understood correctly this soft check occurs when Hsval < 50000 OR > 100000... Edward Pinchbeck

11:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1571 (Feedback): Coding of Arts Variables (Wave 2 & 5)

Hello,
The way to understand -8 cases is to look at the questionnaire and see who is asked the question. Those who... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/05/2021

06:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Carolin,
I can't comment on the substantive idea of using later wave income. I will only mention that I wouldn't u... Olena Kaminska

01:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Those aspects that are not expected change frequently are asked less frequently including wealth. So, it is expected ... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1567: Information about most recent job

Thank you - that is very helpful. What a fantastic support service!
Best wishes,
Catherine Catherine Bunting

12:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1567: Information about most recent job

Dear Catherine,
1) for those who are unemployed in wave 8 and for whom the information on their occupation in the... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1571 (Resolved): Coding of Arts Variables (Wave 2 & 5)

For variables b_arts1freq, b_art2freq and e_arts1freq, e_arts2freq, does "-8" refer to all those who replied "none of... Ipsitaa Khullar

02:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1482 (Resolved): Top-coded income

Understanding Society User Support Team

02:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1501 (Resolved): xtreg and fixed effects

Understanding Society User Support Team

01:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1520 (Resolved): Pooling cross-sectional data of UKHLS - Waves 1 to 7

Understanding Society User Support Team

01:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1555 (Feedback): Weighting across main survey and Covid-19 survey

Understanding Society User Support Team

01:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1529 (Resolved): Linking couples across waves

Understanding Society User Support Team

01:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1546 (Resolved): Wave 8 innovation panel trace/keystroke files for a few cases as a manipulation check

Understanding Society User Support Team

11:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1570: BHPS hhmove variable with 0 values

The bk_ivnadd shows whether this is a new address, corrected address etc and bk_ivfho shows the household interview o... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1570: BHPS hhmove variable with 0 values

Hi,
Thank you for looking into this, these explanations are very helpful.
Could I please just ask how the bk_hh... Marek Rojicek

11:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1570 (Feedback): BHPS hhmove variable with 0 values

Hello,
In Wave 7, the UK component of the ECHP panel sample were added to the BHPS and the hhmove variable is miss... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1554: hsval - units

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. The data team have looked into this but their investigation releaved that... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1554: hsval - units

Hello. Thank you. When convenient, please could you let me know if the data team have been able to look at this yet? ... Edward Pinchbeck

11:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1561 (Resolved): Residential mobility of youth and children

Understanding Society User Support Team

11:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1562 (Resolved): Is the answer to question #933 up to date?

Understanding Society User Support Team

08/04/2021

10:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1570 (Resolved): BHPS hhmove variable with 0 values

Hi,
In BHPS waves 7 and 11, the derived _hhmove_ variable has blank values associated with a value label of 0. The... Marek Rojicek

12:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Dear Olena,
Thanks for the details. I'll meet my coauthors soon and will discuss the definition of households with... Carolin Schmidt

08/02/2021

01:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1567: Information about most recent job

Thank you very much for a clear and helpful response. I can now see how to derive the variable I need using a combi... Catherine Bunting

07/30/2021

02:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1569 (Feedback): USoc Query SEISS

Understanding Society User Support Team

02:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1569 (In Progress): USoc Query SEISS

Hello,
1. The best way to find out sample sizes for the main survey is to use the online variable search facility:... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1569 (Resolved): USoc Query SEISS

Dear Usoc Team,

I work for HMRC on the evaluation of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). I’m hopin... Josh Munday

02:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1568 (Feedback): Household income components

Thanks for your question. Our income team has had a deeper a look into the issue and can confirm the variables contai... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1567 (Feedback): Information about most recent job

Dear Catharine,
There is no quicker alternative to the method you are suggesting. But your method needs to be adj... Understanding Society User Support Team