Understanding Society User Support

08/05/2022

03:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1739: Weights when pooling data from different waves

Jonas,
Thank you for your question. The first approach is correct and you can use it with relevant cross-sectional... Olena Kaminska

03:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1743: Averaging regional data to obtain control variables for individuals

Carolin,
You don't need our weight (probability weight) in creating variables. Sometime people use analitical weig... Olena Kaminska

08/03/2022

12:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1715: Longitudinal Weighting of Non-Movers Only from UKHLS (in Wave 1)

Sue,
Yes, such analysis with a longitudinal weight from wave k will be fine. Having said that some models that all... Olena Kaminska

07/15/2022

11:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1726: BHPS and Understanding Society - weights

Maria,
This should answer your question:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xwrIdUmxts
and https://www.understandi... Olena Kaminska

07/13/2022

11:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1724: Weights and accounting for individual clustering

And to reply to your earlier question, yes, use longitudinal weight from wave 9. As soon as you use information from ... Olena Kaminska

10:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1724: Weights and accounting for individual clustering

Kind of yes. The answer is more complicated because households are not a longitudinal concept, but I wouldn't worry a... Olena Kaminska

07/12/2022

01:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1724: Weights and accounting for individual clustering

Catherine,
You only need psu as your clustering variable as it is the highest level (pidps are nested within psu),... Olena Kaminska