Understanding Society User Support

11/20/2022

02:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1783: ff_jbsoc00 not available

Ah I see - this is very helpful, thank you!
Best,
Albert
Albert Ward

11/19/2022

12:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1808 (Resolved): nunmpsp_dv variable doesn't seem to aling with employ variable

Hi,
As far as I understand, the employ variable simply flags if someone is employed or not. And I think the nunmps... Michael Oldridge

11/18/2022

10:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1806: Socioeconomic classification

Yes, but I would change the order and use jbnssec5_dv followed by jlnssec5_dv at each wave. Here is a compact version... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/17/2022

07:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1806: Socioeconomic classification

Hello - thanks for this, I'm sorry if I wasn't clear in my original post but I have merged waves of data together but... Neil Kaye

01:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1806 (Feedback): Socioeconomic classification

Hello,
To create this variable for those who were interviewed previously and currently not working, you will need ... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1807 (Feedback): hadsymp and longcovid

Dear Karen,
Please check the questionnaire to know who gets asked this question. Below each question you will see ... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1807 (Resolved): hadsymp and longcovid

Hi there,
I am trying to create a variable based on longcovid that matches the number of observations in hadsymp ex... Karen Arulsamy

11/14/2022

04:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1806 (Resolved): Socioeconomic classification

I am wondering if there is Stata syntax available to construct a socioeconomic status variable for each wave of the U... Neil Kaye

04:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1797: Child birth years/fertility histories

Hello
Thanks for your help. That isn't quite what I'm looking for - apologies for not explaining more clearly.
... Emily Humphreys

03:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1797 (Feedback): Child birth years/fertility histories

Hello,
I looked at the age of first child for respondents by UKHLS waves 1-11 and did not find any difference in t... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1803: Accessing multiple Special Licence geographic data linkage files

To clarify, their response is the same as mine, i.e., it is ok to make this application. Understanding Society User Support Team

02:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1803: Accessing multiple Special Licence geographic data linkage files

I have been informed by our data manager that they have responded to your query via the UKDS. Understanding Society User Support Team

02:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1803: Accessing multiple Special Licence geographic data linkage files

Ah great, that's good to know
thanks Albert Ward

01:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1803 (Feedback): Accessing multiple Special Licence geographic data linkage files

No, this should not be a problem. Please see item 4.6 in the Data Access Strategy. https://www.understandingsociety.a... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1805 (Feedback): More information about the variable "bensta2": Education Grant other than a Student Loan or Tuition Fee Loan

The information that is provided to respondents when they are asked these questions is in the questionnaire. No addit... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1802: Missing data for pasoc10 in xwavedat

It may not be clear from my response above, pasoc90_cc, pasoc00_cc or pasoc10_cc are available in the End User Licens... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/11/2022

01:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1805 (Resolved): More information about the variable "bensta2": Education Grant other than a Student Loan or Tuition Fee Loan

Hello,
Can I have more descriptive information about the educational grant variable "bensta2"? Does it refer to th... Xhiselda Demaj

10:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1803 (Resolved): Accessing multiple Special Licence geographic data linkage files

Hi,
I'm currently applying for Special Licence access to Understanding Society. I'm interested in using some of th... Albert Ward

11/10/2022

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1802: Missing data for pasoc10 in xwavedat

Thank you for the prompt and helpful response.
That makes sense, and if I incorporate pasoc90 responses, there are... Robert de Vries

09:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1799: query in advance of making data application

Sorry the text associated with that link is out of date. But if you follow the link then the UKDS page shows that it ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/09/2022

02:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1799: query in advance of making data application

Thank you. Can you let me know if school identifiers are available within the mainstage youth self-completion questio... Sandra McNally

12:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1799: query in advance of making data application

1. Here is the latest information about linked education data available: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/docum... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1781: Identifying House Moves

You are correct w_addrmov_dv variable identifies moves between two consecutive waves using the postcode of the two ad... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1802 (Feedback): Missing data for pasoc10 in xwavedat

Hello,
Currently not all reports of parents' occupation are available using SOC 2010 coding frame. Parents occupat... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/08/2022

03:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1799: query in advance of making data application

Thank you. This is useful and it might be what we need. But I was thinking about mainstage youth self-completion ques... Sandra McNally

01:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1799 (Feedback): query in advance of making data application

Dear Sandra,
This dataset contains school code variables for the Understanding Society COVID-19 study (SN 8644).
... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1802 (In Progress): Missing data for pasoc10 in xwavedat

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

01:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1800 (Feedback): Monthly variable on current labour force status

Hello,
To get this monthly labour force status variable you will need the employment event history data. This is c... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1801 (Feedback): Belong to religion oprlg variable: many missings

Hello,
This question is asked of everyone every few years (Waves 1, 4, 8,..) and in the intervening waves it is as... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1798 (Resolved): Which weight to use for Adults in COVID Wave 6 & 2

We have received your email and passed that on to the weighting team. As the conversation is now continuing via email... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/07/2022

11:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1802 (Resolved): Missing data for pasoc10 in xwavedat

Hi all,
I'm conducting research which involves looking at social mobility - so I'm looking at data on parental occ... Robert de Vries

10:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1801 (Resolved): Belong to religion oprlg variable: many missings

Dear Understanding Society team,
I am wondering why there is many missing/inapplicable responses to oprlg in later w... Michaela Kyclova

09:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1800 (Resolved): Monthly variable on current labour force status

Dear Understanding Society User Support team,
I am using the variable jbstat "current labour force status". This i... Luana Marx

11/04/2022

01:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Caroline,
Literature on multilevel modelling will help you with your first question.
You can skip scaling if yo... Olena Kaminska

01:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Hi,
sorry maybe I wasn't clear I was more intersted in ways to _account_ for these small households in my model. ... Caroline Kienast von Einem

12:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Caroline,
Yes, there can be other reasons why a model does not converge.
You don't need to specify finite populat... Olena Kaminska

09:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Hi Olena,
I will check the manual yes thanks!
I am only using adukts yes so some of my household clusters are... Caroline Kienast von Einem

11:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1781: Identifying House Moves

Hi Piotr,
Thank you for the suggestion to look at the addrmov_dv variable.
I have a follow up question please... Caroline Kienast von Einem

11/03/2022

12:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1799 (Resolved): query in advance of making data application

Dear Sir/Madam,

Together with co-authors I am working on a project about the effect of school closures during the... Sandra McNally

11/02/2022

12:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Caroline,
On the specific melogit command it is best to check Stata manual.
Your non-convergence problem is lik... Olena Kaminska

07:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Hi Olena,
Thank you!
Do you know whether I would need to specify running [pweight=...] instead of svyset and ... Caroline Kienast von Einem

11/01/2022

04:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1798: Which weight to use for Adults in COVID Wave 6 & 2

Thanks for letting us know. Could you please email us at usersupport@understandingsociety.ac.uk and our weighting tea... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1798 (In Progress): Which weight to use for Adults in COVID Wave 6 & 2

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

08:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1798 (Resolved): Which weight to use for Adults in COVID Wave 6 & 2

I could do with some advice re: which weights to use for the COVID module Waves 2 & 6 (that have both web and telepho... Gemma Schwendel

01:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Caroline,
Firstly, I can confirm that you need a longitudinal weight. This is because those people who moved but d... Olena Kaminska

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Hi,
reading in more depth I am now sure that I will need to include weights at each level of my analysis if I wan... Caroline Kienast von Einem

08:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Good morning!
Households at the top level and individuals nested within the households at the lower level.
As... Caroline Kienast von Einem

08:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Sorry I sent this too quickly. Are you considering household and individual levels in your multilevel model? Understanding Society User Support Team

08:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

What are the different levels that you are considering in this multilevel model? Understanding Society User Support Team

08:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1797 (In Progress): Child birth years/fertility histories

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

10/31/2022

06:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1797 (Resolved): Child birth years/fertility histories

Hello
I am trying to create datasets for each wave of the survey which include the date (year) of birth for each ... Emily Humphreys

09:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Good morning,
thank you for your response this is very helpful.
When I run the svy:melogit command with the l... Caroline Kienast von Einem

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

04:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Hi,
thank you very much!
Maybe I should explain this better. Let's just focus on the first model to not make ... Caroline Kienast von Einem

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

01:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Hi,
thank you for your quick response.
I am hoping to do cross-sectional analysis. I am interested in differe... Caroline Kienast von Einem

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

12:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794: Weights

Hi,
this is helpful thank you.
I am looking to use generalized estimating equations (in stata command: xtgee)... Caroline Kienast von Einem

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

10:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1794 (Resolved): Weights

Hi team,
I have a question about applying survey weights:
When I am applying the weights do I have to do this v... Caroline Kienast von Einem

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

11:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1795 (Resolved): Wave 9 COVID-19 data

On the Understanding Society webpage Waves 1-9 are described as having taken place from April 2020 to May 2021, with ... Joel Cooper

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

05:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1793 (Resolved): Biomarkers ethnic diversity breakdown

Hi Understanding Society Support team,
I am trying to find out the ethnic diversity breakdown of the wave 2-3 GPS... India Francis-Crossley

04:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1792: Employer changes in BHPS

Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Hello,
>
> From onwards Wave 16 of the BHPS dependen... Kat R

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

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

Understanding Society User Support Team

10/25/2022

06:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1792 (Resolved): Employer changes in BHPS

Dear USoc team,
Like some previous questions, this question is about job changes. In the Understanding Society wav... Kat R

01:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1770: Making best use of the Ethnic Minority Boost Sample

Dear Piotr and Olena,
Thank you for your help with this. I believe my understanding of the use of weighted/unweighte... Laurence Rowley-Abel

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

10/24/2022

04:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1791 (Resolved): child deprivation questions - youth questionnaire

I have read on your website that 'Respondents aged 16 and over take part in the main adult survey and young people ag... Danielle Watson

04:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1790 (Resolved): Weighting approach in Understanding society

Do you take a prevalence weighting approach similar to the FRS to calculate a material deprivation score for relevant... Danielle Watson