Understanding Society User Support

01/11/2023

04:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1838 (Resolved): Weights when using Data from waves with gaps

Greetings,
I'm currently unsure which weights I should use for my analysis. I'm interested in the effect of flexi... Johanna Pauliks

09:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1830 (Feedback): Many missing values of sclonely (How often do you feel lonely?)

Hello Frank,
The variable sclonely belongs to the Self-Completion Loneliness Module, which is asked in wave 9 to ... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/10/2023

05:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1837 (Feedback): Census 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Areas

Dear Caroline,
All of our geographies are taken directly from the ONS Postcode Directory. LSOA for England & Wales... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1837 (In Progress): Census 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Areas

Hello Caroline,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get b... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1836 (Feedback): 2021 calendar data

Hello Matthias
Our data team is still working on the calendar year 2021 dataset.
An estimated release date is th... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/09/2023

01:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1837 (Resolved): Census 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Areas

Hi,
In the special licenced dataset that includes 2011 Census Lower Layer Super Output Areas, what spatial scale... Caroline Kienast von Einem

11:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1836 (Resolved): 2021 calendar data

Hi, do you have an update on when the 2021 calendar data will be released?
Thanks Matthias Pierce

01/06/2023

10:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1834: Linkage National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework (NEED)

Thank you very much for the quick reply. That is very helpful!
Best wishes
Tobias Tobias Rüttenauer

01/05/2023

02:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1834 (Feedback): Linkage National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework (NEED)

Hello Tobias,
Our data team is expecting to match the data from the National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework (NE... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/03/2023

02:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1835 (Feedback): Number of dependent children (inside or outside of household) - variable availability

Hello Thomas,
For the moment UKHLS only have a derived variable for the number of own dependent children in the hou... Understanding Society User Support Team

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 (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.

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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