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03/01/2022

01:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1660: Attitudes towards immigration (self-comp) in Wave 11

And you can find these questions in the Wave 12 questionnaire which is now available online here: https://www.underst... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1631 (Feedback): Consistencies across gross and net income in BHPS and USoc

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. The reason for the few remaining cases with net income being greater than... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/21/2022

05:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1658: Questions

Hello,
You can find some additional information about ethics and consent in the BHPS Quality Profile: https://www.... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1649 (Feedback): Weights for longitudinal analysis

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02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1652 (Feedback): Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?

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02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1661 (Feedback): Merging children with thier parent using SPSS

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02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1659 (Feedback): Longitudinal analysis - correct weight

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02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1663 (Feedback): How to obtain an approximate measure for UK citizenship across Waves 1-11

If you look at the questionniares you will see that the Universe of these questions that these changed across waves, ... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1663 (In Progress): How to obtain an approximate measure for UK citizenship across Waves 1-11

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

02/17/2022

12:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1658: Questions

I will need to check with one of the team members who worked on the BHPS, I will let you know when I hear back.
Be... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1656: Difference between variables bl_unib and bl_unim

Dear Jonathan,
These two questions were discontinued, but you can see the Higher Education establishments of resp... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1650: yp2uni missing/inapplicable/don't know categories

Dear Alessandro,
So, just to make sure, your question is whether one can interpret answering 1 "Get a full time jo... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/16/2022

09:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1660 (Feedback): Attitudes towards immigration (self-comp) in Wave 11

Hello,
This module has been postponed and will be available in wave 12 (November 2022).
Best wishes,
Understan... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1661: Merging children with thier parent using SPSS

Hello,
We would recommend checking the SPSS version of our online Introduction to Understanding Society Moodle cou... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1662 (Feedback): Linking with a different data set

Hello,
It is not possible to link UKHLS to WERS at an individual and workplace level. The only linkage that might ... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1655: Household income in Covid surveys

Hi Natalie,
Household income variables were not included in the 2019 jk dataset. However, since wave 11 was releas... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/15/2022

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

Hi Natalie,
Yes, I think it is the only solution.
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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

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

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02/10/2022

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

02/02/2022

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

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

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