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06/07/2022

07:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1711 (In Progress): Identifying care home residents

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07:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1713 (In Progress): fiyrl variable

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07:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1702: Wave 4 GHQ scores

Hi Emily,
We've had another look at the most up-to-date tab data on the UKDS website and the distribution of bd_cg... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1709: Self-completion questionnaire during Covid-19

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I am sorry, I misunderstood your question. However, the situation was similar in the main survey - such que... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1653 (Resolved): Representativeness of lone mothers

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10:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1651 (Resolved): Matching Partners Data

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10:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1662 (Resolved): Linking with a different data set

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

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10:09 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1659 (Resolved): Longitudinal analysis - correct weight

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06/06/2022

09:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1661 (Resolved): Merging children with thier parent using SPSS

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09:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1652 (Resolved): Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?

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09:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1649 (Resolved): Weights for longitudinal analysis

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09:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1660 (Resolved): Attitudes towards immigration (self-comp) in Wave 11

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09:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1665 (Resolved): j_youth file lacking hrpid

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08:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1666 (Resolved): Clarification of weights when joining datasets and comparing COVID and main survey waves

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08:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1664 (Resolved): IEMB sample when combining data to financial years

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08:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1669 (Resolved): Employment history and labour force spell

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08:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1672 (Resolved): Long Covid

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08:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1671 (Resolved): Linking parents-children data during COVID (2019-2021)

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08:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1668 (Resolved): Net household income including housing benefit adjustment

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08:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1675 (Resolved): Wave 7 COVID-19 DATA- Employment Status

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08:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1679 (Resolved): Wave 7 COVID-19 DATA- Universal Credit receipt

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08:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1677 (Resolved): Covid Wave cx_age variable inconsistencies

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08:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1680 (Resolved): Merging: Many to one & sorting

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08:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1681 (Resolved): ff_stillfurl

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08:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1678 (Resolved): Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data

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08:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1683 (Resolved): Merging parents (cd_indresp_w.dta) to children (cd_youth.dta)

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08:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1684 (Resolved): Difference between cd_chsdqtd_dv_f and cd_chsdqtd_dv_m

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08:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1690 (Resolved): jbnssec8_dv

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08:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1682 (Resolved): How to get access to postcodes?

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08:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1685 (Resolved): creating a disabled status variable

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07:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1692 (Resolved): Data Query

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06:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1712 (Feedback): Linking waves

Hello,
You can link these datasets using the unique identifier variable, that is, pidp. The syntax files are avail... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1710: Variable for current health status?

Hello,
Please have a look at the FAQs here https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/help/faqs "Questions about varia... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1710 (Feedback): Variable for current health status?

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02:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1709 (Feedback): Self-completion questionnaire during Covid-19

Hi Nico,
The covid-19 surveys did include some questions from the self-completion module in the annual mainstage i... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1711: Identifying care home residents

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

05/31/2022

07:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1709 (In Progress): Self-completion questionnaire during Covid-19

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

06:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1701: Problems with latest release

Hi Lydia,
The variable bw_age_dv, Age at Date of Interview, in bw_indall and bw_indresp, has been renamed
to its ... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1705 (Feedback): Longitudinal Weighting of UKHLS Data in MLwiN

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06:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1706 (Feedback): International Socio-Economic Index for class from ISCO-88 codes

Hi George,
You can use the ISCO-88 version of the occupation variables, jbisco88_cc Current job: ISCO88 (condensed... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1707 (Feedback): mvyr - Year Moved To Current Address

Dear Caroline,
In wave 1 the mvyr and mvmnth questions were asked of people who had not lived at current address w... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1708 (In Progress): Usual and last pay - question on imputation and missing values

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05/27/2022

03:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1701 (Feedback): Problems with latest release

Hi Lydia,
The missing BHPS identifier PID is a separate issue. It was accidentally dropped, the issue will be fixe... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:18 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1704 (Feedback): Representative Counts of Migration Moves

Dear Morgan,
You need to multiple the weighted proportions by the UK population, then you will get the population ... Understanding Society User Support Team

05/25/2022

03:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1702: Wave 4 GHQ scores

Hi Emily,
So this might be the reason behind the difference, I was using SPSS and Stata. I'll investigate this fur... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1702: Wave 4 GHQ scores

Hi Emily,
Which software version of the data are you using? Stata, SPSS or Tab?
Best wishes,
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01:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1703: Time-varying UKHLS identifier

Thank you for sending more details over email. We will check this with our Data Team and try to find out the cause of... Understanding Society User Support Team

05/24/2022

02:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1705 (In Progress): Longitudinal Weighting of UKHLS Data in MLwiN

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

02:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1702: Wave 4 GHQ scores

Hi Emily,
Thank you, I'm attaching the distribution of the bd_scghq2_dv in wave 4 of the BPHS. As you can see, the... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1704: Representative Counts of Migration Moves

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05/23/2022

04:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1702 (Feedback): Wave 4 GHQ scores

Hi Emily,
I have compared the distribution of these variables in wave 4 BPHS to waves 3 and 6 of the BHPS and have... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1702 (In Progress): Wave 4 GHQ scores

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

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1703 (In Progress): Time-varying UKHLS identifier

Hi Lydia,
Could please provide some examples? It will make it easier to investigate this.
Best wishes,
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12:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1701 (In Progress): Problems with latest release

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

05/20/2022

05:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1699: BHPS - UKHLS self-completion weight

Hi Rebeka,
The course "How to create tailored weights is here" https://open.essex.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=301
an... Understanding Society User Support Team

05/16/2022

12:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1700 (Feedback): Interview timing

Hello,
We don't think this is a serious issue for our survey due to way the interviews are conducted. Sample house... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1688 (Feedback): Linkage Query

Hello,
We are sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
We are not planning on linking our data to the GP wo... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1699 (Feedback): BHPS - UKHLS self-completion weight

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11:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1698 (Feedback): Weights for Waves 1-11 (CS and Longitudinal)

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05/11/2022

12:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1696 (Feedback): random effects logistic regression models and weighting

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12:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1694: Question on meaning ivfio

There is a variable bW_ivrref which provides reasons for refusal that may help understanding this category of cases f... Understanding Society User Support Team

05/10/2022

04:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1612 (Resolved): Understanding length of time unemployed

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04:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1694: Question on meaning ivfio

We are not aware of a more detailed version of this variable for BHPS that has been released. Understanding Society User Support Team

04:09 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1696 (In Progress): random effects logistic regression models and weighting

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

04:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1695 (Feedback): Intimate Partner Violence Related Measure

Hello,
No we do not ask questions about this.
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