Understanding Society User Support

01/31/2023

08:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1785: Question regarding geographical data

Hi Piotr,
Thank you so much for the detailed response. After consulting the webpage you recommended, I have ident... Anil Menon

11:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1846 (Resolved): Question re. recontact for Understanding Society cohort

Dear Understanding Society team,

I hope this email finds you well. I'm reaching out with a couple of specific que... Benjamin Fell

01/30/2023

09:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1845: Childhood socioeconomic status for adults

Hi Piotr,
Thank you for this! I'm sorry, maybe I was not very clear. I am looking at maternal characteristics link... Michaela Kyclova

01/29/2023

01:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1844: Data Linkage with Stroke NHS Data

Hello,
Thank you for your quick reply, that is very helpful. We would be interested in linking the data from the s... Timea Putnoki

01/27/2023

04:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1785: Question regarding geographical data

Dear Anil,
Each of the geographical variables is available only as a separate dataset (basically, this dataset inc... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1845 (Feedback): Childhood socioeconomic status for adults

Hello,
I would suggest linking to children the information about their co-resident parents, we provide the code in... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1845 (Resolved): Childhood socioeconomic status for adults

Dear Understanding Society team,
I was wondering whether you could recommend a variable that would help me determi... Michaela Kyclova

04:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1844 (Feedback): Data Linkage with Stroke NHS Data

Hello,
Some health data linkage has been done under the UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration initiative (https://... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1840 (Feedback): errors in 4-digits ISCO88 variable

Dear Matteo,
Thank you for your additional clarifying comments.
The coding into ISCO-88 in UKHLS was done by tr... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/26/2023

07:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1785: Question regarding geographical data

Hi Piotr,
I somehow missed this reply, thank you for getting back to me! I was trying to apply for secure access ... Anil Menon

05:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1840: errors in 4-digits ISCO88 variable

I also realize now the issue is less debilitating than at first sight, because the codes with the fourth-digit zeroes... Matteo Pinna Pintor

04:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1840: errors in 4-digits ISCO88 variable

Dear Piotr,
thanks for your reply and appreciated efforts - and apologies for the initial disgruntled tone. Looki... Matteo Pinna Pintor

01/25/2023

02:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1838 (Feedback): Weights when using Data from waves with gaps

Understanding Society User Support Team

01:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1840: errors in 4-digits ISCO88 variable

Dear Matteo,
First of all, I am sorry for the inconvenience, I understand that sometimes the waiting time to get a... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1843 (Feedback): missing data on parental education

Hello,
In W1 UKHLS these questions were asked only during sample months JA1 to JU1 (January to June 2009) and coll... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1844 (In Progress): Data Linkage with Stroke NHS Data

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

01/24/2023

02:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1843 (In Progress): missing data on parental education

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

01/23/2023

06:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1844 (Resolved): Data Linkage with Stroke NHS Data

Hello,
I am currently working on a project looking at inequalities in stroke care access and outcomes in partners... Timea Putnoki

01/19/2023

07:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1843 (Resolved): missing data on parental education

Dear Sir/Madam,
Sorry to trouble you again.
I wish to ask a question on parental education in the USoc. I under... Yaojun Li

02:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Henrique,
Thank you for your questions.
1) You could start at wave 7 longitudinal weight. The gain will be smal... Olena Kaminska

11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1839 (In Progress): Combining individual level files across waves with different variables into a long format.

Hello Ingrid,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We are going to update our syntax to include your sug... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1842 (Feedback): Inquiry on the data on place of birth

Hello Karen,
In the EUL version, you can have the country of birth (*_ukborn *_plbornc *_ff_ukborn) and geographi... Understanding Society User Support Team

07:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1842 (Resolved): Inquiry on the data on place of birth

Dear officer,
Good morning.
I am a user of Understanding Society. May I get access to the data on individuals' pl... Xinyu Tao

01/18/2023

12:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1840 (In Progress): errors in 4-digits ISCO88 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

11:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1841 (Feedback): charitable giving in wave 12 or wave 13?

Hello Yaojun
Data on charitable giving are located in the Charitable Giving module, a rotative module appearing in... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/17/2023

06:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1841 (Resolved): charitable giving in wave 12 or wave 13?

Dear Sir/Madam,
Sorry to trouble you. I wish to ask whether data on charitable giving is available in wave 12 of U... Yaojun Li

01/16/2023

09:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1840: errors in 4-digits ISCO88 variable

erratum (somehow edit doesn't work): "...The zero sometimes does exist in the fourth digit, so it's NOT available to ... Matteo Pinna Pintor

09:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1840 (Resolved): errors in 4-digits ISCO88 variable

Dear survey help team,
Last spring I submitted a request for special license version in order to use the four-dig... Matteo Pinna Pintor

01/13/2023

09:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1826: Socioeconomic status

Thank you for the response. Is there a SPSS syntax code example you could provide rather than Stata? Sadia Riya

12:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1838: Weights when using Data from waves with gaps

Johanna,
Sounds like you are studying not people but events / states (that can differ over time). Sounds like you ... Olena Kaminska

10:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1797: Child birth years/fertility histories

Hello
Please could I have an update on whether this is possible and how long it might take?
Thank you
Emily Emily Humphreys

01/12/2023

02:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1839: Combining individual level files across waves with different variables into a long format.

I just found the answer to this myself- of course: isvar is a user generated command and I only had to download it (a... Ingrid Storm

02:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1839 (In Progress): Combining individual level files across waves with different variables into a long format.

I am trying to follow the suggested syntax for appending individual level files across waves into a long format. Howe... Ingrid Storm

01:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1838: Weights when using Data from waves with gaps

Olena Kaminska wrote in #note-1:
> Johanna,
>
> Could you explain a bit more the set up of your dataset, please? ... Johanna Pauliks

12:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1838: Weights when using Data from waves with gaps

Johanna,
Could you explain a bit more the set up of your dataset, please? Do you have multiple observations per pe... Olena Kaminska

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