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10/30/2022

01:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1795: Wave 9 COVID-19 data

This has now been corrected. Understanding Society User Support Team

01:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1793 (Feedback): Biomarkers ethnic diversity breakdown

Hello,
Combining b_indresp_ns and c_indresp_ns there are approx 20,000 individuals. Of these around 1900 are ethni... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

So, you need to include all those who were interviewed in Wave 3, but you also need to observe them in Waves 4, 5 & 6... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1783: ff_jbsoc00 not available

Hello Albert,
The employment questions (like many other questions) follow dependent interview, i.e., previously in... Understanding Society User Support Team

10/27/2022

02:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Cross-sectional weights make the sample estimates generalizable to the population of that time period while longitudi... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Stata help for xtgee says "iweights, fweights, and pweights are allowed; see weight. Weights must be constant within... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794 (Feedback): Weights

Hello,
If you want to correctly compute standard errors taking into account the sample design then you should use ... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1795 (Feedback): Wave 9 COVID-19 data

Hello,
There was no Covid19 survey in May 2021. There were three surveys in 2021: January 2021 (Wave 7), March 202... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1787: BHPS variables availability and question route (jlendm, rjlend4, rjlsoc00)

In the BHPS questionnaires the Universe description is a little complicated. If you take a look at the questionnaire ... Understanding Society User Support Team

10/26/2022

01:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1770 (Resolved): Making best use of the Ethnic Minority Boost Sample

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01:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1792 (Feedback): Employer changes in BHPS

Hello,
From onwards Wave 16 of the BHPS dependent interviewing was implemented, i.e., questions were asked based o... Understanding Society User Support Team

10/25/2022

11:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1791 (Feedback): child deprivation questions - youth questionnaire

Hello,
If you want to know who gets asked a particular question please refer to the questionnaire. If you look at ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1790 (Feedback): Weighting approach in Understanding society

Hello,
We don't provide a prevalence weighted combined material deprivation score. Only the individual variables a... Understanding Society User Support Team

10/20/2022

10:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1789 (Resolved): Missing responses for racel_dv at each wave

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08:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1789: Missing responses for racel_dv at each wave

I see.
racel_dv is combined from the information on racel (or racelt*) collected from across all the waves, i.e.,... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1709 (Resolved): Self-completion questionnaire during Covid-19

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08:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1723 (Resolved): 'Other qualifications' category in hiqual_dv

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08:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1725 (Resolved): Variable for region of work?

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08:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1721 (Resolved): Random effects analysis and weights (no time*person interaction)

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08:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1724 (Resolved): Weights and accounting for individual clustering

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08:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1733 (Resolved): Covid Survey - Measuring Internal Migration

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08:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1745 (Resolved): the equivalent of jbstat in the covid surveys

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08:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1756 (Resolved): Creating length of residence variable for BHPS and UKHLS using plnowy4, plnowm, mvyr, mvmnth and mvever

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08:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1757 (Resolved): Computing a travel time to work variable using jsttwt (and jsttwtb_cawi?)

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08:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1759 (Resolved): Differences between figures for tenure_dv and hsownd

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08:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1764 (Resolved): Identifying individual movers consistently across UKHLS and BHPS samples

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08:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1765 (Resolved): Weights for unbalanced longitudinal analysis

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08:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1772 (Resolved): Start of interview (istrtdaty) for BHPS wave 1

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08:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1774 (Resolved): adcts not available for UKHLS wave 2

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08:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1776 (Resolved): Wave6 - Migration history questionnaire module missing

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10/19/2022

04:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1703: Time-varying UKHLS identifier

Thanks for pointing this out. This is a data error and we will fix this in the next data release. Understanding Society User Support Team

01:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1703 (Resolved): Time-varying UKHLS identifier

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01:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1739 (Feedback): Weights when pooling data from different waves

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01:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1741 (Feedback): Weights - Main Survey Wave 9 & Covid Waves

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01:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1747 (Feedback): Weight problem when running regression

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01:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1789 (Feedback): Missing responses for racel_dv at each wave

Every adult respondent is asked questions about their ethnic group the first time they are interviewed. Those who are... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1787 (Feedback): BHPS variables availability and question route (jlendm, rjlend4, rjlsoc00)

Q1&2
Only new entrants who say they are not currently employed are asked about the last job they ever had, while c... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1786 (Feedback): Weights for longitudinal study

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12:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1779 (Feedback): Calculating persistent poverty

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12:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1780 (Feedback): Code creator

Thanks for your feedback and spotting the error. Our data team are working on correcting this. In the meantime we hav... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1771 (Feedback): Computing number of own dependent children for BHPS waves

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11:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1771: Computing number of own dependent children for BHPS waves

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11:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1777 (Feedback): Creating Longitudinal Weights for Unbalanced Panel

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10/12/2022

06:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1770: Making best use of the Ethnic Minority Boost Sample

Dear Laurence,
Here is the advice from Olena Kaminska, our survey statistician:
"For an analysis with only one... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1764: Identifying individual movers consistently across UKHLS and BHPS samples

Hi Albert,
This is postcode change, not the exact address change.
Best wishes,
Piotr,
UKHLS User Support Understanding Society User Support Team

06:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1785 (Feedback): Question regarding geographical data

Hello,
You can find the list of all available geographic variables here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/do... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1784 (Feedback): Questions on Housing Problems

Hello,
Thank you for your feedback.
If the questions you are interested in are asked every wave than a more up... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1783 (Feedback): ff_jbsoc00 not available

Hi Albert,
This is because that ff_jbosoc00 is a text variable, by definition it is very disclosive and that's why... Understanding Society User Support Team

10/11/2022

10:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1782 (Feedback): DK and prefer not to say options in web component of Understanding Society

Dear Alessandra,
I am posting the answer from Tarek (which you have also received directly from him via email):
... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1782 (In Progress): DK and prefer not to say options in web component of Understanding Society

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

09:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1781 (Feedback): Identifying House Moves

Dear Caroline,
It looks like the addrmov_dv could be helpful: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1780 (In Progress): Code creator

Dear David,
I am sorry to hear you have encountered an issue. I will report this to people responsible for the cod... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1779: Calculating persistent poverty

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

09:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1778 (Feedback): Asking about confusing variable in the birth date in UKHLS

Dear Yi Wu,
These variables use a different source of information, you can check the questionnaires (https://www.u... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1777 (In Progress): Creating Longitudinal Weights for Unbalanced Panel

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10/07/2022

02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1777: Creating Longitudinal Weights for Unbalanced Panel

You can access the tailored weights course here: https://open.essex.ac.uk/enrol/index.php?id=301
Best wishes,
Piotr Understanding Society User Support Team

10:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1777: Creating Longitudinal Weights for Unbalanced 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

02:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1770: Making best use of the Ethnic Minority Boost Sample

Dear Laurence,
Can I ask which weight you use and with which wave?
Best wishes,
Piotr
Understanding Society U... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1776 (Feedback): Wave6 - Migration history questionnaire module missing

Hi Marion,
Thank you for letting us know about the issue with the empty Migration history module on the website, I... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1775 (Feedback): Reason for job change - same employer, different job

Dear Ceri,
The reasons for job change are captured in the following way:
1) empchk=2 -> stendreas (wave 1-6), s... Understanding Society User Support Team

10/05/2022

01:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1771: Computing number of own dependent children for BHPS waves

Hi Albert,
The syntax file for the w_ndepchl_dv variable that we provide is available on the syntax page under "UK... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1774 (Feedback): adcts not available for UKHLS wave 2

Hi Albert,
Are you sure this is from the wave 2 questionnaire pdf? I've had a quick look and I think it is the fol... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1770 (Feedback): Making best use of the Ethnic Minority Boost Sample

Dear Laurence,
A significant reduction of the weighted counts for ethnic minorities (so from 1314 respondents to 4... Understanding Society User Support Team

10/04/2022

12:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1773 (Feedback): Gig Economy module

Dear Yuliya,
Unfortunately, I have no quick way of checking wave 12, but you can look at the numbers from wave 11:... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1773: Gig Economy module

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

11:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1771 (In Progress): Computing number of own dependent children for BHPS waves

Dear Albert,
Can I just clarify one thing, what do you mean by _their_ children? Natural children?
Best wishes,... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1771: Computing number of own dependent children for BHPS 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

10:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1772 (Feedback): Start of interview (istrtdaty) for BHPS wave 1

Dear Albert,
You are right, istrtdaty is indeed missing in ba_indresp and we will consider adding it in the next r... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1772: Start of interview (istrtdaty) for BHPS wave 1

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

09:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1770: Making best use of the Ethnic Minority Boost Sample

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

10/03/2022

10:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1769 (Feedback): missing values after merging household and individual dataset

Hello,
Such missing values are rare but can happen in two situations:
1) the household questionnaire is completed... Understanding Society User Support Team