Understanding Society User Support

02/15/2022

04:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1662 (Resolved): Linking with a different data set

Is it possible to link BHPS with Workplace Employment Relations Study? Thank you. Soyoung Han

03:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1661 (Resolved): Merging children with thier parent using SPSS

Hello,
I am trying to study the association between children's mental health and their parents' mental health, bef... Afag Mohammed

03:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1655: Household income in Covid surveys

Apologies, I have one final question. I can't seem to find household income in any of the mainstage wave 9 data files... Natalie Bennett

10:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1655: Household income in Covid surveys

Ok great, thanks so much for your help.
Best wishes
Natalie Natalie Bennett

09:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1655: Household income in Covid surveys

Hi Natalie,
Yes, I think it is the only solution.
Best wishes,
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02/14/2022

10:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1659: Longitudinal analysis - correct weight

Yes, set it to zero. Olena Kaminska

08:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1659: Longitudinal analysis - correct weight

Hi Olena,
Thanks very much for this quick and very clear answer.
One follow-up question: to correct for non-resp... Rebeka Balogh

09:13 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1650: yp2uni missing/inapplicable/don't know categories

Dear Understanding Society User Support Team,
Thank you for your answer. So if I understand correctly, the "Inappl... Alessandro Ferrara

02/13/2022

04:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1656: Difference between variables bl_unib and bl_unim

Thank you, this clears this up for me.
Additionally, is there a reason why both of these questions as well as the ... Jonathan Ramshaw

02/11/2022

03:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1660 (In Progress): Attitudes towards immigration (self-comp) in Wave 11

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

12:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1660 (Resolved): Attitudes towards immigration (self-comp) in Wave 11

The long-term content plan document appears to show that a module on attitudes towards immigration was planned for Wa... Maria Abreu

11:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1655: Household income in Covid surveys

Hi
Thanks for this. However, I am unsure how to handle the top coding of these household composition variables whe... Natalie Bennett

11:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1653 (Feedback): Representativeness of lone mothers

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02/10/2022

02:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1659: Longitudinal analysis - correct weight

Rebeka,
Yes, your approach will be correct and you could use wave 9 weights for both analyses (latent and regressi... Olena Kaminska

02:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1659 (Resolved): Longitudinal analysis - correct weight

Hi there,
I'd like to conduct longitudinal analysis using UKHLS. In brief terms: I will be conducting a latent cla... Rebeka Balogh

01:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1657 (Feedback): Identifying parents of under 5-year-olds

Hello,
Unfortunately, the parenthood status is not available in wave 1 of the Covid-19 survey. However, you can co... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1658 (Feedback): Questions

Hello,
There is a technical problem with the website, thank you for letting us know, we will try fix this ASAP. Re... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1658 (Resolved): Questions

Hello,
I am using BHPS Wave 15, however, do you know why I cannot access this variable: https://www.iser.essex.ac.u... Weixi Kang

02/09/2022

04:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1657: Identifying parents of under 5-year-olds

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

03:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1657 (Resolved): Identifying parents of under 5-year-olds

Hi,
I hope you are well.
I'm a research assistant working for Birgitta Rabe and Gabriella Conti on a project a... Junzhao Shi

02:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1652: Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?

Lucas,
Thank you. You seem to be on a good track with your analysis.
And thank you for the suggestion on a better... Olena Kaminska

12:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1652: Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?

Hi Olena,
Thanks for your reply. I was just typing up a follow-up:
I received the document yesterday and have g... Lucas Auer

12:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1652: Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?

Lucas,
Your approach seems fine. The choice of weights will be explained via email. Come back to me if you still h... Olena Kaminska

02:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1653: Representativeness of lone mothers

Tom,
Thank you for sharing this with us. We are aware of this general discrepancy. It can have a few different cau... Olena Kaminska

12:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1651 (Feedback): Matching Partners Data

Dear Laura,
You can identify partners who do not live with the respondent only in cases where we captured the two ... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1646: Weight for analysis of household income restricted to complete households

Great - thanks very much for your help. Matt Barnes

12:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1646: Weight for analysis of household income restricted to complete households

Matt,
Thanks. For the situations likes yours we have prepared an online training course for creating your own tail... Olena Kaminska

10:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1646: Weight for analysis of household income restricted to complete households

Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-3:
> Matt,
>
> Thank you for your question. Yes, you are ... Matt Barnes

11:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1655 (Feedback): Household income in Covid surveys

Hi Natalie,
Yes, you need to multiply the hhincome_amount by a factor corresponding to the period provided in the ... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1656 (Feedback): Difference between variables bl_unib and bl_unim

Dear Jonathan,
The unib question asked about the first degree (e.g. B.A., BSc, BEd), the unim about the second or ... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/08/2022

08:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1650: yp2uni missing/inapplicable/don't know categories

Dear Alessandro,
Thank you for pointing out these issues. In waves 6,8 and 9 the -8 "inapplicable" category was as... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1652: Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?

Dear Olena,
Thanks for the swift reply. I have now requested the information on pooled data from user support via ... Lucas Auer

03:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1652: Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?

Lucas,
Thanks. Please request usersupport for the information on pooled data. Have a look and come back to me if y... Olena Kaminska

03:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1652: Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?

Hi Olena,
Thanks so much for getting back to me. Using the data in long format seemed to make perfect sense to me,... Lucas Auer

02:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1652: Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?

Lucas,
Thank you. Can you give me a little bit more details on your analysis. It's not clear why you are using lon... Olena Kaminska

02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1646 (Feedback): Weight for analysis of household income restricted to complete households

Matt,
Thank you for your question. Yes, you are right - our weights are either for people who respondent to interv... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1646 (In Progress): Weight for analysis of household income restricted to complete households

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

02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1654 (Feedback): Looking for motherhood status variables

Dear Amwaj,
You can use nchild_dv which gives you the number of own children in the household, including natural c... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1647 (Feedback): Filter issues of "vote7"

Dear Sebastian,
Vote7 was asked only of respondents who completed their interview after the 12th of December 2019,... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1655 (In Progress): Household income in Covid surveys

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

11:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1655 (Resolved): Household income in Covid surveys

Hi
Could you advise me on the appropriate way to handle the income data provided in the covid-19 surveys? Am I ri... Natalie Bennett

02:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1656 (In Progress): Difference between variables bl_unib and bl_unim

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

11:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1656 (Resolved): Difference between variables bl_unib and bl_unim

Hi, I am seeking some information on what the difference is between variables "unib" and "unim" that are in wave BH12... Jonathan Ramshaw

02/07/2022

12:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1648 (Feedback): Help with linking data across two waves

Dear Fathia,
You can link variables across waves using the individual identifier variable pidp. Pidp is a cross-wa... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1648 (In Progress): Help with linking data across two waves

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

11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1650 (In Progress): yp2uni missing/inapplicable/don't know categories

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

11:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1651 (In Progress): Matching Partners Data

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

11:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1653 (In Progress): Representativeness of lone mothers

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

10:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1653 (Resolved): Representativeness of lone mothers

Hi,
I have been comparing the UKHLS data to data from the FRS and LFS. For reasons not clear to me, the UKHLS data... Tom Waters

11:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1654 (In Progress): Looking for motherhood status variables

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

10:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1654 (Resolved): Looking for motherhood status variables

To whom it may concern
I would like to conduct a study comparing women with children (group 1) to women without c... amwaj abugamza

11:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1652: Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?

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

02/05/2022

08:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1652 (Resolved): Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?

Dear Olena,
I have a question concerning the correct use of longitudinal weights. I want to perform longitudinal a... Lucas Auer

02/04/2022

04:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1651 (Resolved): Matching Partners Data

I am currently working with the data matched with partners but I am wondering if there is a way to match data with pa... Laura Bryce

11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Olena,
Thanks very much for your help. I have now implemented the longitudinal weights as you suggested and my es... Ashley Burdett

10:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Ashley,
You can use only the first wave weights with survival analysis.
I am still not sure whether your analysis... Olena Kaminska

10:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Olena,
I have now reviewed the pooled analysis document and it seems the document recommends that I use scaled x ... Ashley Burdett

11:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1649: Weights for longitudinal analysis

Hi Olena,
Ok that's good to know, thanks! I will email about the tailored weight course.
Many thanks
Laurence Laurence O'Brien

11:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1649: Weights for longitudinal analysis

Laurence,
Thank you for your questions. Firstly, yes, the choice of your weights is correct - well done :)
And on... Olena Kaminska

10:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1649 (Resolved): Weights for longitudinal analysis

Hello,
I am trying to use Understanding Society to estimate how changes in workplace pension saving decisions are... Laurence O'Brien

11:04 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1650 (Feedback): yp2uni missing/inapplicable/don't know categories

I am working with the yp2uni variable from the youth questionnaire and I see some incongruence in the missing values.... Alessandro Ferrara

10:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1648 (Resolved): Help with linking data across two waves

I am a Masters student completing my dissertation at Cardiff University using an COVID-19 Understanding Society data.... FATHIA Ali

02/03/2022

02:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Ashley,
I haven't used lifetable calculations, so I can't say. It depends on how the analysis treats missing data.... Olena Kaminska

02:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Olena,
I'm still waiting for the pooled analysis document, but I was wondering if your last comment applies to li... Ashley Burdett

02/02/2022

11:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1647 (In Progress): Filter issues of "vote7"

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

02/01/2022

02:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Ashley,
Ok, just one more question: are you using survival analysis? If so, you would use the weight at the first ... Olena Kaminska

02:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Thanks, Olena.
I think, given your question, that I am interested in a pooled analysis (if an individual becomes ... Ashley Burdett

11:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Ashley,
It sounds to me as a classic pooled analysis where you are not interested in representing people, but rath... Olena Kaminska

02:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1647 (Resolved): Filter issues of "vote7"

Dear Support-Team,
I am trying to make sense of the variable "vote7" which is called "voted in last general electi... Sebastian Jungkunz

01:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1646 (Resolved): Weight for analysis of household income restricted to complete households

I'm undertaking analysis to understand if pensioners who enter/exit poverty do so because their household receipt of ... Matt Barnes

01/31/2022

04:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1645 (Feedback): How to Deal with Missingness in Health Variables Over Time

Hello Sue,
Which health variables are you referring to? For some questions, not everyone is asked the question so ... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1645 (Resolved): How to Deal with Missingness in Health Variables Over Time

Hi,
How to Deal with Missingness in Health Variables Over Time
I'm looking t health variables in UKHLS waves 1-... Sue Easton

03:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Olena,
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
Not necessarily, individuals could be in my sample until the... Ashley Burdett

02:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Ashley,
Thank you for the details. So, for each person you are only interested in their life time period between 2... Olena Kaminska

02:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Olena,
I construct a panel using BHPS wave data only containing variables with information about age, marital sta... Ashley Burdett

11:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Ashley,
Can you specify which information you use in each wave combination. Give me an example if a person is 24 i... Olena Kaminska

09:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1643 (Feedback): Employment history for different samples

Hello,
The employment history for GPS & EMBS first six months samples were asked in Wave 1, and for the remaining ... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1644 (Feedback): Inapplicable issue

Hello,
Not every respondent is eligible for every question. To know who is eligible for a specific question, take ... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/30/2022

09:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Olena,
Thanks for your response and apologies for the delay.
Not sure this will resolve my problem. I am usin... Ashley Burdett

01/28/2022

01:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1644 (Resolved): Inapplicable issue

Hi, I am trying to analyse Wave 10 data and the following variables all have a high number of 'inapplicable':
j_plbo... Jo Cairns

01:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1643 (Resolved): Employment history for different samples

Hi support team,
I am looking to construct a variable indicating any unemployment spell prior to wave 8. I underst... Rebeka Balogh

01:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1642 (Feedback): Incomplete Merge of Longitudinal individual indresp variables (a - k; 1 - 11) and longitudinal hhresp variables - Unmatched Data both ways

Hello Sue,
While attempt is made that all enumerated/responding households complete the household questionnaire, t... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1642 (Resolved): Incomplete Merge of Longitudinal individual indresp variables (a - k; 1 - 11) and longitudinal hhresp variables - Unmatched Data both ways

Hi,
I have merged (appended) core individual variables from all UKHLS indresp waves a - k (1 - 11) longitudinally,... Sue Easton

09:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1641 (Feedback): 3 critical issues regarding COVID-19 UK Household Longitudinal Dataset

Hello,
Thank you for your valuable feedback.
A quick clarification - Understanding Society is led and managed a... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1641 (Resolved): 3 critical issues regarding COVID-19 UK Household Longitudinal Dataset

Dear UCL Institute of Education,
I am Seung Un Lee, currently studying Master's of Urban Economics at the National... Seung Un Lee

01/27/2022

02:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1621 (Resolved): How to merge two data files from two different waves?

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02:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1618 (Resolved): Measuring attacks in the home using wave 1 module on harassment. Q'aire suggests this is possible. Data does not.

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02:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1615 (Resolved): Enquiry of participants data collection

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02:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1614 (Resolved): jbstat Wave 11

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02:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1611 (Resolved): Geographical data

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02:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1606 (Resolved): Adult Subject Birth Order

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02:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1607 (Resolved): Questionnaire Sequencing for the last 5 minutes- EMBS

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02:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1587 (Resolved): panssec8_dv

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02:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1608 (Resolved): Question about weights for analysis of child and youth data

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02:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1609 (Resolved): Including/excluding zero weights changes SEs (but not coefficients)

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02:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1610 (Resolved): Weighting method for IP4 refreshment sample

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02:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1613: Linking administrative health data

Hello Luke,
Sorry this slipped through. The best way to know of what linked administrative data is available is he... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1620 (Resolved): Raven Progressive Matrix

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01:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1619 (Resolved): Differentiating between income-based benefits and contribution-based / "new style" benefits (JSA, ESA)

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01:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1634: Employment Status History Wave 1 of UKHLS

Hi Ishita,
For continuing sample members, they are asked questions about changes in employment status via the Annu... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1639 (Resolved): Creating housing benefit indicator using _renthb & _renthb_bh

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07:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1639: Creating housing benefit indicator using _renthb & _renthb_bh

Hello
Thank you for your response - it got me thinking and I realised my issue was that I did not account for resp... Jack Hewton

01/26/2022

06:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1637 (Feedback): Religion in Covid survey

Questions about religion has been asked in the main survey, every 4 years for the whole sample (Waves 1 4 8), and onl... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1638 (Feedback): w_fimnlabnet_dv

Hello,
Basic information on how the income variables were created is available in this User guide section:
https:... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1639 (Feedback): Creating housing benefit indicator using _renthb & _renthb_bh

Hello,
If you look at the Universe for this question, i.e., who were asked this question in the Questionnaire, you... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1640 (Feedback): Onward Social Fabric Index and Understanding Society Wave

Hello Luke,
Wave 12 data will be released in November 2022.
You can check which of these variables/questions we... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1640 (Resolved): Onward Social Fabric Index and Understanding Society Wave

Dear Understanding Society team,
I am writing to you on behalf of the thinktank Onward, regarding our Social Fabri... Luke Stanley

01:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1632: Correct weighting for mental health

Joe,
Thank you for the details. I suggest you start with either i_psnenus_lw or i_indinus_lw as your base weights ... Olena Kaminska

01/25/2022

03:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1632: Correct weighting for mental health

Good afternoon Olena,
I watched the videos yesterday, but have spent today going over them again and trying to wr... Joe Lillis

02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1639 (Resolved): Creating housing benefit indicator using _renthb & _renthb_bh

I was wondering if you were able to help me out at all with some clarification regarding the amount of missing variab... Jack Hewton

01/24/2022

04:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1638 (Resolved): w_fimnlabnet_dv

Hi,
Does this Labour income variable (w_fimnlabnet_dv) also capture the Statutory maternity pay (SMP) that the emplo... ISHA GUPTA

04:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1632: Correct weighting for mental health

Joe,
Have you listened to the full training material yet? Some of the answers will be there as well as an example ... Olena Kaminska

03:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1632: Correct weighting for mental health

Hi Olena,
So having a look at the data today, and playing around with creating a tailored weight. To be clear agai... Joe Lillis

10:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1632: Correct weighting for mental health

Thanks very much for your help,
Will come back to this with further questions re. tailored weights if required.
... Joe Lillis

10:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1632: Correct weighting for mental health

Yes, we asked you to continue to post your questions here. Thanks for doing that.
But to clarify you do need to em... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1632: Correct weighting for mental health

Thanks Olena,
The USoc email team responded, asking me to make this request here:
I need the training manual f... Joe Lillis

01:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1637 (Resolved): Religion in Covid survey

Hello,
I hope you are well.
I had a question about the Covid survey (adults 16+). Looking at the data I can't s... Samir Sweida-Metwally

11:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1636 (Feedback): Empstat wave 5

Hello,
You are correct the questions were about employment status and not jobs. The empstat datafile includes the ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:08 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1631 (In Progress): Consistencies across gross and net income in BHPS and USoc

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11:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1635 (Feedback): Scotland – all UKLHS participants who completed secondary education in Scotland?

We also provide school locator variables of children's current schools and those of recent school leavers. To know mo... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/22/2022

12:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1636 (Resolved): Empstat wave 5

Hi Team,
I am trying to reconstruct the employment history of all the individuals. So, according to my understandi... ISHA GUPTA

01/21/2022

02:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1635 (Resolved): Scotland – all UKLHS participants who completed secondary education in Scotland?

Hello,
Could you please advise us on the best way to identify individuals (in all UKLHS waves, but not BHPS) who h... Yulia Anopa

12:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1633 (Feedback): Query regarding measurement of food poverty in UKLHS mainstage questionnaire

We do have food poverty questions in W12 but they are about foodbanks, not the Food Insecurity Experience (FIES) ones... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1632 (Feedback): Correct weighting for mental health

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11:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1634: Employment Status History Wave 1 of UKHLS

Thank you for your quick response. It is extremely helpful.
In the life employment history('empstat' file in wave 5)... ISHA GUPTA

07:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1634 (Feedback): Employment Status History Wave 1 of UKHLS

The employment history of the rest of the sample was asked in Wave 5. You may also be interested in the syntax that w... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/20/2022

06:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1634 (Resolved): Employment Status History Wave 1 of UKHLS

Hi,
According to the documentation the employment status history is only available for individuals surveyed betwee... ISHA GUPTA

01/19/2022

08:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1633 (In Progress): Query regarding measurement of food poverty in UKLHS mainstage questionnaire

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

08:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1626: Who is the respondent parent - SDQ

Dear Michaela,
There is also one more thing you might find useful. As part of Understanding Society efforts to h... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/18/2022

03:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1633 (Resolved): Query regarding measurement of food poverty in UKLHS mainstage questionnaire

Hello there,
I have been reviewing variables available in the UKLHS questionnaires related to food poverty. I see on... Rachel Loopstra

11:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1608: Question about weights for analysis of child and youth data

Marie,
Sounds like using youth weights should be a good option for you.
Best,
Olena Olena Kaminska

01/17/2022

09:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1631: Consistencies across gross and net income in BHPS and USoc

Hi,
Thank you very much for helping with this.
Yes that's correct, I'm using the EUL version of the data and it... Marek Rojicek

02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1632: Correct weighting for mental health

Joe,
Thank you for your question. The set of instruments you use is unusual and we don't have specific weight for ... Olena Kaminska

02:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1632 (Resolved): Correct weighting for mental health

Hello all,
Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
I've recently carried out an analysis on adolescent men... Joe Lillis

01:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1630: Date of birth data

Hi Isha,
It may take up to a few weeks, for further details please contact UK Data Service as they responsible fo... Understanding Society User Support Team