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From 07/24/2022 to 08/22/2022

08/22/2022

04:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1755 (Feedback): Description of creating weights to adjust for nonresponse bias: Dear Daiga,
Please read the weighting section in the attached pdf document, it discusses in detail how the weights... Understanding Society User Support Team
02:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1755 (Resolved): Description of creating weights to adjust for nonresponse bias: Dear US team,
I am looking for a document that describes what information and from where was used to create weights... Daiga Kamerade
03:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1754 (Feedback): advice on creating a variable for number of children in the main & covid surveys: Hi Karen,
1) To get the most precise and accurate measure it is best to construct it using the set of cw_relation*... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/19/2022

12:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1754 (Resolved): advice on creating a variable for number of children in the main & covid surveys: Hi there,
Can I please get some advice on how best to create a variable to denote the number of children in a househ... Karen Arulsamy

08/18/2022

05:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #877 (Resolved): weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f): Understanding Society User Support Team
03:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1753 (Feedback): How to analyze environmental habits likert scale: Dear Nichaphat,
We do not advise on analysis-related issues and leave such decisions to researchers. However, you... Understanding Society User Support Team
03:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1752 (Feedback): Link wave 9 child module (i_child) with i_hhresp and i_indall: Dear Rafeya,
I think that the issue is related to what is the unit of analysis in each of these files. Let's have ... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/17/2022

05:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1753 (Resolved): How to analyze environmental habits likert scale: Hello,
I'm using all envhabits variables (11 items e.g. leave TV open). Could you please suggest if I could summa... Nichaphat Surawattananon
04:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1750 (Feedback): Sample size changes after applying sample weight: Dear Claire,
Please check question 13 "Should I worry that some members of my analysis sample have a weight of
ze... Understanding Society User Support Team
11:18 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1750 (In Progress): Sample size changes after applying sample weight: 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
03:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1749 (Feedback): Permission to use Understanding Society data in a book: Dear Catherine,
Yes, of course, we are happy for you to use the data. We would also be grateful if you could cite ... Understanding Society User Support Team
11:18 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1749 (In Progress): Permission to use Understanding Society data in a book: 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
11:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1752 (In Progress): Link wave 9 child module (i_child) with i_hhresp and i_indall: 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
08:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1752 (Resolved): Link wave 9 child module (i_child) with i_hhresp and i_indall: Dear concern,
I combined i_hhresp, i_indall, j_hhresp and j_indall datasets in Stata using 'pidp' variable and xwa... Rafeya Azad
11:19 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1751 (In Progress): Welsh education data linkage query: 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

08/16/2022

08:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1750: Sample size changes after applying sample weight: I found out the reason why after applying the sampling weights, the sample size shrank -- It was because that there w... Claire Wu
01:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1750 (Resolved): Sample size changes after applying sample weight: Dear Support Team,
I am having a problem running linear regression models with adjusted values in Stata. Specifica... Claire Wu
11:08 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1747: Weight problem when running regression: Me again, sorry! I also have a new problem with psu. I have decided to change my dataset and merge indresp of waves a... Parth Pandya
10:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1751 (Resolved): Welsh education data linkage query: Hello Understanding Society,
I recently came across this webpage (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2021/11/1... Hettie Burn

08/15/2022

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1294 (Resolved): Universe of school variable: Understanding Society User Support Team
04:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1295 (Resolved): Stability across Big 5 personality between wave 15 of BHPS and wave 3 of Understanding Society: Understanding Society User Support Team
04:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1297 (Resolved): Household meat consumption: Understanding Society User Support Team
04:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1300 (Resolved): reason for leaving job for self-employment: Understanding Society User Support Team
04:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1422 (Resolved): furlough in Covid-19 Study: Understanding Society User Support Team
04:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1603 (Resolved): pasoc00_cc does not permit international comparisons bc ambigious correspondence to isco88: Understanding Society User Support Team
04:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1625 (Resolved): What is the value label of the value 56 in ethn_dv?: Understanding Society User Support Team
04:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1292 (Resolved): SF-12 Items: Understanding Society User Support Team
04:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1291 (Resolved): Measurement error in savings data: Understanding Society User Support Team
04:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1290 (Resolved): Zero/negative values of monthly labour income: Understanding Society User Support Team
04:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1288 (Resolved): Overtime variables: Understanding Society User Support Team
04:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1287 (Resolved): Inapplicable observations: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1285 (Resolved): Missing interview year and month: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1283 (Resolved): Job satisfaction: comparability across BHPS and Understanding Society: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1282 (Resolved): ISCO-88 derived classification: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1281 (Resolved): Big Five Personality in 2005 of BHPS and Wave 3 of UKHLS: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1280 (Resolved): ISCED: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1277 (Resolved): Tracking marital statuses: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1276 (Resolved): Info on estranged young people: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1274 (Resolved): Polygenic Scores: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1273 (Resolved): Weights_considering survey complex structure ?: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1271 (Resolved): Individual weights of those whose household questionnaires are not available: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1270 (Resolved): Weights and BHPS-Understanding Society data: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1269 (Resolved): Living with an ex: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1268 (Resolved): Political Ideology: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1265 (Resolved): Variable storage types changing from wave to wave: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1262 (Resolved): Index of multiple deprivation: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1261 (Resolved): Energy use data: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1256 (Resolved): questions re deaths and representativeness: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1255 (Resolved): Religion data: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1254 (Resolved): alternative for a question: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1253 (Resolved): Selecting correct weights: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1252 (Resolved): Youth survey subjective wellbeing questions: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1251 (Resolved): Identifying country of birth: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1248 (Resolved): Longitudinal Weights- BHPS and UKHLS: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1245 (Resolved): Weighting: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1243 (Resolved): longitudinal weighting adjustment for nonresponse since the last wave: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1242 (Resolved): Data inquiry - BHPS - Month of birth of first child.: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1240 (Resolved): School codes: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1236 (Resolved): Variable defining month of sample issue: Understanding Society User Support Team
02:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1225 (Resolved): Definition of partially productive interview: Understanding Society User Support Team
02:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1223 (Resolved): Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) linked dataset release timeline & access: Understanding Society User Support Team
02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1222 (Resolved): Self-reported employer size variable (jbsize): Understanding Society User Support Team
02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1220 (Resolved): Loneliness: Understanding Society User Support Team
02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1218 (Resolved): job change since the previous survey: Understanding Society User Support Team
02:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1217 (Resolved): BHPS and UKHLS weights: Understanding Society User Support Team
02:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1216 (Resolved): Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument & Neighbourhood Social Cohesion: Understanding Society User Support Team
02:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1209 (Resolved): Shared parenting arrangements: Understanding Society User Support Team
02:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1207 (Resolved): Weighting and state benefits: Understanding Society User Support Team
02:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1206 (Resolved): Data linkage to NHS data: Understanding Society User Support Team
12:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1749 (Resolved): Permission to use Understanding Society data in a book: Hi
I am working on a book manuscript for Policy Press on Social Care in the UK’s Four Nations, which comes out of... Catherine Needham

08/12/2022

05:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1748 (Feedback): stable mother pidp and household id in children survey: Hello,
1) the w_child file includes pidp of natural mother, w_mnpid, and for step/adoptive mothers you can work it... Understanding Society User Support Team
02:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1748 (In Progress): stable mother pidp and household id in children survey: 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
03:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1742 (Feedback): Recommended Method to Construct Unemployment Duration?: Hello JoAnn,
Alita is currently away but I'll try to help you. To construct the unemployment history you need to d... Understanding Society User Support Team
03:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1747: Weight problem when running regression: I merged the j and k individual response datasets. I used the j and k indinui_lw weight variable because I am going t... Parth Pandya
03:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1747: Weight problem when running regression: Dear Parth,
Sounds like your set up of the dataset / weight variable is wrong. Can you tell us how you created you... Olena Kaminska
02:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1747 (In Progress): Weight problem when running regression: 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

08/11/2022

03:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1741 (In Progress): Weights - Main Survey Wave 9 & Covid Waves: Dear Karen,
Please email us at usersupport@understandingsociety.ac.uk and we will direct you to our Covid-19 weigh... Understanding Society User Support Team
10:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1748 (Resolved): stable mother pidp and household id in children survey: Hi,
As a child might belong to different household in different waves, is it possible for me to find a stable moth... huihui song

08/10/2022

05:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1747 (Resolved): Weight problem when running regression: When I try to do a regression I come up with the error in screenshot below. My weight values have to be different bec... Parth Pandya
04:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1554 (Resolved): hsval - units: Understanding Society User Support Team
03:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1737: Linkage of Understanding Society (BHPS) data to Cancer Registrations: Dear Laura,
The person responsible for this linkage is currently on holiday, we will be able to answer when they a... Understanding Society User Support Team
03:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1746 (Feedback): reconciling household income between the main survey & covid-19 survey: Dear Karen,
Yes, fihhmnnet1_dv is the closest variable in the sense that this is net hh income from all sources. O... Understanding Society User Support Team
02:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1746 (Resolved): reconciling household income between the main survey & covid-19 survey: Hi there,
Can I please get some advice on how to accurately compare household income in the main survey vs. the c... Karen Arulsamy
02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1743 (Feedback): Averaging regional data to obtain control variables for individuals: Understanding Society User Support Team
01:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1739: Weights when pooling data from different waves: Jonas,
2) Yes, svyset command is sufficient;
1) We do recommend rescaling, especially if you include BHPS data. T... Olena Kaminska
11:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1204 (Resolved): UKHLS zero weight in panel data: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1199 (Resolved): UKHLS higher education data linkage: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1198 (Resolved): Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1197 (Resolved): 'inapplicable' category for jbft_dv variable: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1195 (Resolved): Merging data: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1194 (Resolved): h_jbfxuse9: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1192 (Resolved): Caring for a Child: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1191 (Resolved): Availability of requested variables: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1187 (Resolved): Is it possible to identify contributory and income-based JSA: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1186 (Resolved): Ethnicity Data Inapplicable: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1182 (Resolved): Pooling data for analysis by calendar year: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1181 (Resolved): Merging general health variables: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1180 (Resolved): BHPS + US harmonized measure of mental well-being: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1179 (Resolved): EQ-5D-5L: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1176 (Resolved): Merging a set of variables to wave 1: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1175 (Resolved): Can the cross-sectional self-completion interview weight variable be used to estimate the real population distribution at the Local Authority level?: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1174 (Resolved): Creating reliable fertility history variables - UKHLS waves 1-8: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1173 (Resolved): Clustering: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1170 (Resolved): Self reported health: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1169 (Resolved): Micro-level locational data: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1164 (Resolved): job classification: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1161 (Resolved): Medication query: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1160 (Resolved): sample size - households in NI in latest wave: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1158 (Resolved): On variables in entrepreneurship studies: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1157 (Resolved): Missing variable: a_nbrsnci_dv (Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument): Understanding Society User Support Team
11:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1156 (Resolved): Fertility History and birth events: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1152 (Resolved): Coding of x_jbxpcha in Waves 6 and 8: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1151 (Resolved): Carrying forward variables across waves, creating 'how long lived at address' variable: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1149 (Resolved): Caregiving: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1148 (Resolved): Geographic information: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1147 (Resolved): Identification of members of household receiving care: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1146 (Resolved): Understanding Society Wave 8 Interview dates/times data: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1145 (Resolved): disdif and health variables: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1143 (Resolved): Derived interview and demographic characteristics: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1141 (Resolved): Weighting: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1139 (Resolved): Polytechnic vs university degree: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1138 (Resolved): fihhmnnet1_dv: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1137 (Resolved): Field of Study Variable: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1135 (Resolved): Wave 8 - Vote 8 - Northern Ireland: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1134 (Resolved): Weights Northern Ireland: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1130 (Resolved): risk items innovation sample waves 6 and 7: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1129 (Resolved): fimnlabgrs: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1127 (Resolved): Determing end date of cohabitation spell: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1126 (Resolved): Who owns vehicle: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1125 (Resolved): Weighting problem: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1121 (Resolved): Variable "plbornc" vs "plbornc_all: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1120 (Resolved): Identification of child in the chmain.dta within the third wave of UKHLS: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1119 (Resolved): fiseq_bh and pidp are not unique in the income dataset: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1114 (Resolved): Tracking health conditions: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1110 (Resolved): Uprating Wages for Inflation: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1104 (Resolved): Variable "plbornc": Understanding Society User Support Team
11:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1102 (Resolved): Type of further education (variable: FETYPE) inapplicable: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1101 (Resolved): Use of social media: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1098 (Resolved): Consulting: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1097 (Resolved): YPDKLM: irregular variable dist.: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1095 (Resolved): question about sample sizes: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1093 (Resolved): Mortality and attrition: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1089 (Resolved): Does the data collection procedure of US fit the rule of randomization?: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1088 (Resolved): More information on variable "plbornc": Understanding Society User Support Team
11:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1086 (Resolved): Biomarker serum creatinine: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1085 (Resolved): Inapplicable and missing data: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1084 (Resolved): Financial situation: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:13 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1083 (Resolved): Subjective Well-Being Data: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:13 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1082 (Resolved): House details in youth or adult datasets: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1078 (Resolved): Marital change: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1077 (Resolved): Variable on country of birth: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1047 (Resolved): Weights: Understanding Society User Support Team
08:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1745: the equivalent of jbstat in the covid surveys: Thank you for your advice Piotr, this is very helpful.
Many thanks
Karen Karen Arulsamy

08/09/2022

06:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1745 (Feedback): the equivalent of jbstat in the covid surveys: Dear Karen,
Unfortunately, there is no equivalent for jbstat in the Covid-19 survey. The only question covering em... Understanding Society User Support Team
02:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1745 (Resolved): the equivalent of jbstat in the covid surveys: Hi there,
Is there an equivalent of the variable 'jbstat' (in the main survey) in the covid survey? I've looked thro... Karen Arulsamy
01:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1739: Weights when pooling data from different waves: Dear Olena,
Thank you very much for your clear and quick response.
I will go with the first approach. I just h... Jonas Kaufmann

08/08/2022

04:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1744 (Feedback): weight: Hello,
You can use one of the weights available in the child file (w_psnenxx_lw). Please read the weights selectio... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/06/2022

08:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1743: Averaging regional data to obtain control variables for individuals: Thanks for the swift reply, Olena! Carolin Schmidt
08:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1744 (Resolved): weight: Hi,
I use the 1-8 wave child survey to study the children's health (longitudinal data), should I use the weight wh... huihui song

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
11:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1743 (Resolved): Averaging regional data to obtain control variables for individuals: Hi there,
I am using wave 6 to study household heads' homeownership probabilities. I am looking at native Brits an... Carolin Schmidt
10:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1742 (Resolved): Recommended Method to Construct Unemployment Duration?: Hi Alita,
Hope you are doing well. :)
I am wondering what the best way is to construct unemployment duration fo... JoAnn Tan

08/04/2022

06:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1740 (Feedback): Survey participant drop out across waves: Hello,
1) Yes, the drop results from survey attrition which could have happened in wave 10, but also in any of the... Understanding Society User Support Team
12:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1740 (Resolved): Survey participant drop out across waves: Hello,
I'm using data from wave 1, 4 and 10. I've merged them and keep only participants who provided response in... Nichaphat Surawattananon
06:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1741: Weights - Main Survey Wave 9 & Covid 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
03:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1741 (Resolved): Weights - Main Survey Wave 9 & Covid Waves: Hi there,
I've combined the main & covid-19 waves in long-format. My goal is to understand changes over time compa... Karen Arulsamy
06:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1739 (In Progress): Weights when pooling data from different 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

08/03/2022

08:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1739 (Resolved): Weights when pooling data from different waves: Dear Understanding society support team,
I am currently working on a study for which I would like to pool data fro... Jonas Kaufmann
03:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1737 (In Progress): Linkage of Understanding Society (BHPS) data to Cancer Registrations: 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
03:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1738 (Feedback): Variables- child abuse, child witnessing of abuse: Dear Luke,
This perhaps depends on how you define violence, but I think you can find some potentially useful varia... Understanding Society User Support Team
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

08/02/2022

03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1738 (Resolved): Variables- child abuse, child witnessing of abuse: I am a data analyst working for the Scottish Government’s ‘Children and Families Analysis’ group. I’m currently worki... Luke Power
02:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1737 (Resolved): Linkage of Understanding Society (BHPS) data to Cancer Registrations: Hi there
I'm looking to developing a study about cancer and subjective social class (variable opcls2, Subjective s... Laura Woods

08/01/2022

03:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1735: Sample size in Bradford, West Yorkshire: Dear Dan,
These are the sample sizes for adult (16+) individuals, I'm attaching samples sizes for adult and all in... Understanding Society User Support Team

07/27/2022

07:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1735: Sample size in Bradford, West Yorkshire: Thank you very much, this is extremely useful. I was looking for the number of participants in Bradford (E08000032), ... Dan Lewer
05:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1735 (Feedback): Sample size in Bradford, West Yorkshire: Dear Dan,
Here are the sample sizes (individual respondents) across 11 waves of the UKHLS for Bradford identified ... Understanding Society User Support Team
01:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1735 (Resolved): Sample size in Bradford, West Yorkshire: Dear Understanding Society,
I'm a researcher at the Bradford Institute for Health Research and UCL, and I'm trying... Dan Lewer
06:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1736 (Feedback): Data request - by Scottish Local Authority: Dear Christina,
You can certainly get any information separately for males and females and by Scottish Local Autho... Understanding Society User Support Team
03:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1736 (Resolved): Data request - by Scottish Local Authority: Hello,
I work for Public Health Scotland and am developing a mental health indicator dashboard for Scotland. The ... Christina Wraw
11:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1734 (Feedback): Imputation flag for income variable fimngrs_dv in BHPS: Dear Daniël,
Please use the w_fimnthi (Imputation flag - wFIMN (derived)) - fimngrs_dv is named fimn in the unha... Understanding Society User Support Team

07/26/2022

10:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1734 (Resolved): Imputation flag for income variable fimngrs_dv in BHPS: I am using the income variable fimngrs_dv, which measures the total monthly personal income of a respondent. This inc... Daniël van Wijk

07/25/2022

03:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1733: Covid Survey - Measuring Internal Migration: Dear Piotr,
This was very helpful, thank you.
Best wishes,
Morgan Morgan Ward
03:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1733 (Feedback): Covid Survey - Measuring Internal Migration: Dear Morgan,
I suspect that you have incorrectly calculated the number of moves. I managed to get 147 moves to Sou... Understanding Society User Support Team
02:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1733 (Resolved): Covid Survey - Measuring Internal Migration: Hello,
I am attempting to measure 3-monthly internal migration moves between UK regions during the Covid pandemic... Morgan Ward
03:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1732 (Feedback): Inapplicable values in qfhigh_dv variable: Dear Claire,
Please check the variable note for qfhigh_dv (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/ma... Understanding Society User Support Team

07/24/2022

09:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1732 (Resolved): Inapplicable values in qfhigh_dv variable: Dear support team,
I am confused when examining the derived variable "w_qfhigh_dv" for respondents' educational qu... Claire Wu

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