Understanding Society User Support

12/20/2022

11:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1832 (Feedback): Highest qualification variables - query about correct variable and coverage of non-UK qualifications

Hello Thomas,
For your first question.
The key highest educational qualification variables are QFHIGH_DV and HIQ... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1832 (In Progress): Highest qualification variables - query about correct variable and coverage of non-UK qualifications

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

12/19/2022

12:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1822: Issue with Census 2011 Rural-Urban Indicators

Ah ok, that's annoying but thanks for letting me know. Albert Ward

10:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1797: Child birth years/fertility histories

Dear Olena
I've had a look into this and still haven't been able to get similar numbers so I think I do need the syn... Emily Humphreys

12/16/2022

06:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1832 (Resolved): Highest qualification variables - query about correct variable and coverage of non-UK qualifications

I just have a couple of very minor queries about the variables on qualifications in Understanding Society. By my unde... Thomas Stephens

01:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Sorry for the late reply. Thanks so much for your suggestion, I've worked through it this week! I would just like to ... Henrique Neves

12/15/2022

07:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1829 (Feedback): Proportions of groups within inactive population.

Understanding Society User Support Team

07:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1831 (In Progress): hhgrid_w12.clstat

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

05:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1831 (Resolved): hhgrid_w12.clstat

Hello,
There is a question in the household grid about where household leavers are now living (leavers abode): hhg... Becky Pennington

11:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1822: Issue with Census 2011 Rural-Urban Indicators

Hello Albert,
According to our data team, the ONS Postcode Directories are provided by the ONS, and they say for th... Understanding Society User Support Team

12/13/2022

11:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1773: Gig Economy module

Yuliya,
Thank you for your question. One doesn't need specific weights for small subgroups - just use our weights.... Olena Kaminska

10:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1830 (In Progress): Many missing values of sclonely (How often do you feel lonely?)

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

12/12/2022

10:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1773: Gig Economy module

Dear Support Team,
Following my question about the *Gig Economy* module. Given the relatively small sample size (w... Yuliya Tavares

02:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1830 (Resolved): Many missing values of sclonely (How often do you feel lonely?)

Dear all,
In the latest wave 12, there are so many missing values for the variable sclonely (How often do you feel... Frank Chuang

01:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1827: Correct weights to use

Amelia,
No, this isn't a valid option. Our sample months don't have the same selection probabilities, so using som... Olena Kaminska

12/11/2022

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

Hi,
Sorry, would it be possible to get an update on the northern ireland question? It would be good to be able to ... Albert Ward

12/09/2022

04:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1827: Correct weights to use

Hi Olena,
Many thanks for your response.
Could I ask a further question to help me understand the cross-secti... Amelia Watts

03:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1827: Correct weights to use

Amelia,
Thank you for your clarification.
1) No, you can't use only one calendar year. Using 2014 from wave 5 fo... Olena Kaminska

02:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1829: Proportions of groups within inactive population.

Alex,
Thank you for your question. There may be many reasons for the difference you mention, but from my previous ... Olena Kaminska

02:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Henrique,
Thank you. This clarifies the question. You should put the model together. If a person is in your model ... Olena Kaminska

01:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Sorry, I am a bit confused. My wave-combination of interest is participants at waves 7 to 11 of the mainstage and 1 t... Henrique Neves

12/08/2022

09:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1826 (Feedback): Socioeconomic status

Understanding Society User Support Team

09:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1826: Socioeconomic status

Hello Sadia,
A sketch of the matching is as follows:
For i_youth file, you have different identifiers for paren... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1829 (In Progress): Proportions of groups within inactive population.

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

03:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1829 (Resolved): Proportions of groups within inactive population.

Hi, I have recently analysed the inactive population using USoc within DWP to expand our evidence base, applying the ... Alex Brown

02:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1828: Partnership histories response status

Dear Michaela
Yes, the Partnership Histories dataset (SN 8473) is about to be deposited at the UK Data Service to ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1828: Partnership histories response status

Dear Understanding Society Support Team,
Thank you very much for this, it is really helpful.
One thing I'd like t... Michaela Kyclova

04:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1828 (Feedback): Partnership histories response status

Hello Michaela,
In the initial wave someone is interviewed they are asked if they were ever married, ever cohabite... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Henrique,
Do you mean you want to model first nonresponse to a Covid wave, and then conditional on response your m... Olena Kaminska

01:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Thanks so much for your suggestion. So what you are suggesting would be to fit a conditional model of response, where... Henrique Neves

11:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1825: 2011 LSOAs for BHPS waves

Hi,
Thanks for this; that makes sense. I am considering using 2001 LSOAs - though this would make the UKHLS waves ... Albert Ward

10:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1825 (Feedback): 2011 LSOAs for BHPS waves

Hello Albert,
According to our data team, there are no current plans to make LSOA 2011 apply to BHPS waves. As do... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1827: Correct weights to use

Thank you Olena for your response.
For 1), if I’m going to select respondents who were interviewed in 2014 in wav... Amelia Watts

12/07/2022

10:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1828 (Resolved): Partnership histories response status

Dear Understanding Society team,
I was wondering if there is any way to know whether a woman (specifically, a moth... Michaela Kyclova

02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Ok, then your best option would be to use wave 11 longitudinal weight as your base weight, and predict response in yo... Olena Kaminska

02:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

No, a person just needs to participate in one of the Covid waves.
Kind regards,
Henrique Henrique Neves

02:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Henrique,
Thank you. This clarifies it. Can you tell me how you are using Covid data - do you need a person to par... Olena Kaminska

01:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Thanks for your reply.
We are indeed interested in a 0/1 effect of our treatment variable. We are simply regressi... Henrique Neves

02:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1827: Correct weights to use

Amelia,
Thank you for your question. Our weights work with any population subgroup (but not a subsample). If you w... Olena Kaminska

09:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1827: Correct weights to use

Just to clarify regarding 2), I’m not looking at changes in this wave 2 independent variable over time, but simply ... Amelia Watts

09:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1827 (Resolved): Correct weights to use

Dear Olena,
I have two questions regarding using weights. I’m trying to conduct a cross-sectional analysis using ... Amelia Watts

09:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1826 (In Progress): Socioeconomic status

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

09:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1825 (In Progress): 2011 LSOAs 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

12/06/2022

06:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1826 (Resolved): Socioeconomic status

I wondered if there is a variable for socioeconomic status (e.g., parents' annual income) that I could match with the... Sadia Riya

06:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1825 (Resolved): 2011 LSOAs for BHPS waves

Hi,
I was wondering whether you have any plans to make the 2011 LSOA file (https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/dataca... Albert Ward

02:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Henrique,
Just to clarify, by treatment variable do you mean that you are interested in 0/1 effect of your treatme... Olena Kaminska

12/05/2022

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

yes Understanding Society User Support Team

10:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Thanks for your reply, and my apologies for not being clear. Responding to your questions:
1) We have combined th... Henrique Neves

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