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12/05/2022

07:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1817: oldest child via family matrix

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12/02/2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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11/24/2022

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

11/21/2022

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

04:14 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

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

11/18/2022

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

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

01:24 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

11/14/2022

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

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

11/10/2022

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

02:02 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

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

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

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

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