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03/03/2022

08:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1664 (In Progress): IEMB sample when combining data to financial years

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

04:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1627: Coding of k_ypfhweve in k_Youth

Hi, is there any update for my query? Alexandra Turner

03/02/2022

06:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1664 (Resolved): IEMB sample when combining data to financial years

Dear UKHLS team,
I am trying to understand, based on Q11 and Q12 of the Weighting FAQ document, whether I can incl... Dorothee Schneider

04:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1655: Household income in Covid surveys

Hi
That's great, thanks so much
Best wishes
Natalie Natalie Bennett

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

01:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1631: Consistencies across gross and net income in BHPS and USoc

Hi,
Thank you for looking further into this, that's useful to know.
Would you please also be able to look into... Marek Rojicek

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

02/22/2022

12:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1658: Questions

Hi,
Thanks for that. I think it indeed answered my question. Many thanks.
Weixi Kang

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

02/20/2022

09:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1631: Consistencies across gross and net income in BHPS and USoc

Hi,
I hope you are well, could I please request if someone would be able to help with this?
Thank you,
Marek... Marek Rojicek

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

12:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1663 (Resolved): How to obtain an approximate measure for UK citizenship across Waves 1-11

Dear Forum,
I am trying to construct a simple rough binary variable UK citizen yes or no for all eleven waves. I ha... Nico Ochmann

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

11:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1658: Questions

Hello,
Thanks for that. May I know which institution approved the ethics of the study with relevant detials?
Weixi Kang

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

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