Understanding Society User Support

12/22/2022

05:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1831 (Feedback): hhgrid_w12.clstat

Hello Becky
According to our data team, leavers are dropped as the Household Grid module (hhgrid) is only for thos... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1835 (In Progress): Number of dependent children (inside or outside of household) - variable availability

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

02:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1835 (Resolved): Number of dependent children (inside or outside of household) - variable availability

Good afternoon,
By my reading, Understanding Society doesn't have a variable (derived or otherwise) on the number ... Thomas Stephens

12:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1834 (In Progress): Linkage National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework (NEED)

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

11:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1834 (Resolved): Linkage National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework (NEED)

Dear Support team,
I am writing to ask if there has been any process regarding the linkage of the National Energy ... Tobias Rüttenauer

12/21/2022

06:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1833 (Feedback): Data information necessary for publication in journal

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06:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1833: Data information necessary for publication in journal

Congratulations Nico!
We ask all data users to cite all datasets used - both SN6631 and SN6666 - correctly. The e... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:09 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1833 (Resolved): Data information necessary for publication in journal

Dear Understanding Society Team,
I would like to inform you that my job market paper out of my dissertation (Essays... Nico Ochmann

05:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1827 (Feedback): Correct weights to use

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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 (Feedback): 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.

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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

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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

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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