Understanding Society User Support

12/02/2022

04:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Henrique,
Thank you for your question. Just to clarify:
1) do you use wave 7-11 of the mainstage in one model?
... Olena Kaminska

09:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1822: Issue with Census 2011 Rural-Urban Indicators

The dataset you have referred to above SN 7630 is "Understanding Society: Waves 1-12, 2009-2021: Special Licence Acce... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:19 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1822: Issue with Census 2011 Rural-Urban Indicators

Sorry, just another question - I notice that the document says there is 'no data for northern ireland'. Why is this?
... Albert Ward

09:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1822: Issue with Census 2011 Rural-Urban Indicators

Ah ok, that's a bit confusing (the 2011 version uses 2001 indicators?) but thanks for letting me know.
Best,
Albe... Albert Ward

12/01/2022

06:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820 (In Progress): Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

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

06:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1823 (Feedback): dual fuel energy expenditure- split into electricity and gas?

You are correct. If they reported that they paid a combined bill they were asked for the total amount.
As a gener... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1823 (Resolved): dual fuel energy expenditure- split into electricity and gas?

Hello,
I'm doing some analysis on household fuel expenditure. I'd like to be able to split out gas and electricit... David Fantinic

05:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1822 (Feedback): Issue with Census 2011 Rural-Urban Indicators

Thanks for your question Albert. You will notice that the Geographical Identifiers guide that you refer to is dated 2... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1817: oldest child via family matrix

Dear data team,
Thank you very much for the clarification, this is very helpful.
I would like to ask one more f... Lieke Holt

11/30/2022

01:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1797: Child birth years/fertility histories

Thanks so much Olena, really appreciate it.
I don't think this can be the cause of the issue, though, because it is... Emily Humphreys

12:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1797: Child birth years/fertility histories

Emily,
There may be a few reasons for this, but one of them maybe related to the definition of the population that... Olena Kaminska

11/29/2022

05:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1797: Child birth years/fertility histories

Sorry about the delay.
The first child information is based on these variables for UKHLS sample members:
(1) w_ch... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1797: Child birth years/fertility histories

Hello
Just hoping for an update on this query?
Thanks very much
Emily Emily Humphreys

05:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1822 (In Progress): Issue with Census 2011 Rural-Urban Indicators

Dear Albert,
I have passed on your query to the data team.
Best wishes,
Understanding Society User Support Team Understanding Society User Support Team

02:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1822 (Resolved): Issue with Census 2011 Rural-Urban Indicators

Hi,
I've noticed that the Special Licence dataset SN 7630 (Rural-Urban Indicators) is not as described here: https... Albert Ward

05:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1817 (Feedback): oldest child via family matrix

Here is the response from the data team: The Family Matrix contains people reported in INDALL (those enumerated in th... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1818: X-wave person identifier of resp. adult

Dear Esme,
Sorry, pid and not pidp is the variable to use. The label for rapid_bh "X-wave person identifier of res... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1818: X-wave person identifier of resp. adult

Hi yes, sorry I meant pidp, it doesn't match with any pidp. I can't seem to find the pid variable in any of the BHPS ... Esme Lilly

08:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820 (Resolved): Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Dear Understanding society support team,

Our research team is using data from the Understanding Society Main Annu... Henrique Neves

11/28/2022

05:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1817 (In Progress): oldest child via family matrix

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

05:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1819 (Feedback): Volunteering and donating questions

I have checked the Wave 12 questionnaire that is available online and these questions/variables are not included: htt... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1819 (Resolved): Volunteering and donating questions

Hello,
I was wondering if you could confirm that the two following variables will be available in Wave 12 of the U... Karl Thompson

05:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1818 (Feedback): X-wave person identifier of resp. adult

Could you plesae try using the PIDP instead of pid? Please let us know if that solves the problem.
Best wishes,
U... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/25/2022

03:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1818 (Resolved): X-wave person identifier of resp. adult

I'm trying to match children to their parent/responsible adult. To do this in the BHPS waves, I am using the variable... Esme Lilly

03:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1817 (Resolved): oldest child via family matrix

Dear Understanding Society team,
I am pleased to work with your newly released family matrix. My question regards ... Lieke Holt

08:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1811: Longitudinal weight selection

By using the wave 5 longitudinal weights the estimates based on your analysis will be representative of the UK adult ... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1810 (Resolved): Inconsistent income variable values between data releases

Understanding Society User Support Team

11/24/2022

11:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1810: Inconsistent income variable values between data releases

Thank you for your reply.
I can see that the individuals with inconsistency in income values have imputed flags on... João Duro

08:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1810 (Feedback): Inconsistent income variable values between data releases

Hello,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. If you check the imputation flags you will see that these chang... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1816 (Feedback): Difference between plnowy4 and mvyr

If you look at the universe for these questions you will see who gets asked each question. You can find the Universe ... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:03 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1815 (Feedback): distmov_dv

Hello,
That is because this variable is based on the postcode at the time of last and current interview.
Hope th... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1814 (Feedback): "inapplicable" in sempderived variable

Hello,
If someone only did a partial interview (identified as those who completed upto the coronavirus module), th... Understanding Society User Support Team

07:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1813 (Feedback): Wave 12 Release Date

Hello,
Yes, it will be released this month, most likely towards the end of the month.
Best wishes,
Understandi... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/22/2022

08:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1816 (Resolved): Difference between plnowy4 and mvyr

Hi,
Which differences are there between the plnowy4 and mvyr variables? In the description both are denoted as yea... David Mesa

06:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1815 (Resolved): distmov_dv

Hi,
Checking the variable distmov_dv I came across that in many waves (not in the first ones) even though this va... David Mesa

01:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1814 (Resolved): "inapplicable" in sempderived variable

Dear support team,
I have a question about the "semderived" variable in the Covid-19 study. I intend to create a b... Claire Wu

12:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1813 (Resolved): Wave 12 Release Date

Hi I was just wondering when Wave 12 of the Understanding Society survey results would be released? The website say t... Laila Bara

08:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1811: Longitudinal weight selection

Thanks for the very quick reply!
So does this mean that by using the wave 5 longitudinal weights my analysis will be... Rebeka Balogh

11/21/2022

04:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1812 (Feedback): Aggregate data on specific questions

You can check the frequencies of the responses for these questions by using our online interactive variable search. F... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1812 (Resolved): Aggregate data on specific questions

My name is Andrew Schein, and I'm the lead behavioural scientist for the Sustainable Future mission of Nesta, a UK ch... Andrew Schein

04:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1811 (Feedback): Longitudinal weight selection

Yes. As your analysis sample includes those who responded in Waves 1, 4 & 5, (and also Waves 2 & 3 if you used any la... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1811 (Resolved): Longitudinal weight selection

Hello,
I'd have (another) question on longitudinal weight selection.
I've conducted a latent class analysis in w... Rebeka Balogh

09:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1810 (Resolved): Inconsistent income variable values between data releases

I am referring to the Understanding Society (US) dataset in https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/st... João Duro

08:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1808 (In Progress): nunmpsp_dv variable doesn't seem to aling with employ variable

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

11/20/2022

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