Understanding Society User Support

03/02/2023

04:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1872 (Resolved): Pooling waves for longitudinal analysis

Hello,
I am doing some analysis on informal care. I want to track people's incomes for several years after they st... Spencer Thompson

03:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1864: Using survey weights in longitudinal analysis

See whether this information may help you:
18. Pooled analysis
You can pool the data however you want. There are ... Olena Kaminska

03:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1867: Significant change between waves - longitudinal weight

Monica,
No, you can't compare as you describe because such comparison implies data from independent samples. In th... Olena Kaminska

02:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1868: Use of weights for analysing job quality in UKHLS, Waves 4, 6, 8 and 10

Tom,
Thank you for your questions.
1. Yes, different weights. If you use multiple waves in your analysis (e.g. ... Olena Kaminska

12:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1870 (In Progress): Inquiry on the data on place of birth

Hello,
Can I ask how do you define the place of birth?
Best wishes,
UKHLS User Support Team Understanding Society User Support Team

11:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1871 (Feedback): Inquiry on the place of residence

Hello,
In such case they would be treated as living in a new household, whether they would be followed and intervi... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/01/2023

02:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1863: coding health conditions

Hello Karen if you want to create a variable denoting if someone has a health condition, meaning they still have it w... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1871 (Resolved): Inquiry on the place of residence

Dear officer,
I am looking at the data on the place of residence. I have one doubt which makes me a little bit con... Xinyu Tao

10:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1870 (Resolved): Inquiry on the data on place of birth

Dear officer,
May I get access to the data on individuals' places of birth, and how specific is this geographic lo... Xinyu Tao

02/28/2023

01:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1869 (Feedback): 2021 calendar data

Hi Matthias,
There is a slight delay and we now hope to release the dataset sometime in May.
Best wishes,
Piot... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1869 (Resolved): 2021 calendar data

Hi, do you have any further updates on when the 2021 calendar data will be available? Sorry to be persistnent, but we... Matthias Pierce

01:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1853 (Feedback): Missing Data in Higher Education Codes

Hello,
I am sorry that it has taken so long to get back to you.
The high level of missingness is due to some er... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:08 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1863: coding health conditions

Hi Alita,
I thought I might also provide the code below. Tt appears that there is something wrong with this coding ... Karen Arulsamy

02/27/2023

03:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1863: coding health conditions

Hi Alita,
Is it correct to use the responses in hconds (new entrants) and hcondns (continuing sample members) for... Karen Arulsamy

02:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1866 (Feedback): Code Creator Beta No longer working

Hello,
The IT team informed us that they fixed the issue, would you be able to check if it works for you now, plea... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/25/2023

04:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1868 (Resolved): Use of weights for analysing job quality in UKHLS, Waves 4, 6, 8 and 10

Good afternoon,
I have a few questions about the weights to use for some analysis of job quality which I'm carryin... Thomas Stephens

02/24/2023

02:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1865: Changes to USOC wave data downloaded from UK Data Service compared to previous downloads of the waves

Dear William,
Your observation is completely correct. We have taken ub_xw weight out from after wave 6 and have ma... Olena Kaminska

08:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1865 (In Progress): Changes to USOC wave data downloaded from UK Data Service compared to previous downloads of the 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

11:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1866 (In Progress): Code Creator Beta No longer working

Hello,
We are very sorry about that. I have informed our web team and asked them to look into this.
Best wishes... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1866 (Resolved): Code Creator Beta No longer working

Hello,
The code creator beta tool is no longer working and I receive the following error message:
Error: call to... Scarlett Scott

11:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1857: ISCED levels for Main study waves 1 to 12

Hello,
To be able to provide ISCED classification, we had to collect additional information which was done in Wave... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1867 (In Progress): Significant change between waves - longitudinal weight

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 #1867 (Resolved): Significant change between waves - longitudinal weight

Hello,
I am comparing variable trcarfq across waves 8, 10 and 12. I have applied a longitudinal weight and have r... Monica Li

08:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1864 (In Progress): Using survey weights in longitudinal analysis

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

08:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1861: Job tenure variable in Understanding Society

Sorry I should have been clearer, after the next job information if current spell not reached the employment loop sta... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/23/2023

04:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1865 (Resolved): Changes to USOC wave data downloaded from UK Data Service compared to previous downloads of the waves

Hi,
QUESTIONS
Q1: indscub_xw weight from wave 6 of USOC is present in our historical download of the wave 6 dat... William Shufflebottom

03:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1864 (Resolved): Using survey weights in longitudinal analysis

I am using Waves 7, 9 and 11 to conduct longitudinal analyses on changes in fruit and vegetable intake with age. I am... Tanya Braune

02:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1861: Job tenure variable in Understanding Society

Ah I see, I didn't know about those variables but that's very helpful - thanks! When you say the nxtjbend questions l... Laurence O'Brien

02:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1861: Job tenure variable in Understanding Society

If they were continuously employed and changed jobs then the end date of each job is recorded in jbendd/m/y4 & then i... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1861: Job tenure variable in Understanding Society

Hi Alita,
I understand you use dependent interviewing. It makes sense not to ask these questions to people who are... Laurence O'Brien

10:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1861 (Feedback): Job tenure variable in Understanding Society

As we use dependent interviewing, if someone is in the same job they are not asked these types of questions about the... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1859: sample size loss due to weighting

Caroline,
As you describe it, you are using a longitudinal analysis with information from wave 6 and one or more o... Olena Kaminska

12:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1859: sample size loss due to weighting

Dear Olena,
with pooled analysis I mean that my sample consists of individuals that have responded in wave 3, 4, ... Caroline Kienast von Einem

10:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1859 (Feedback): sample size loss due to weighting

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12:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1863 (Feedback): coding health conditions

hello Karen,
You are right the health conditions quesitons have changed. I am attaching two files that we have pre... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1863 (Resolved): coding health conditions

Hi there,
I am analyzing data from Waves 7,9 and 11 of UKHLS and would like to create a variable to denote if someon... Karen Arulsamy

11:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820 (Resolved): Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

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11:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1839 (In Progress): Combining individual level files across waves with different variables into a long format.

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11:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1839 (Feedback): Combining individual level files across waves with different variables into a long format.

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10:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1857 (In Progress): ISCED levels for Main study waves 1 to 12

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

10:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1858 (Feedback): Inquiry on the Youth files in BHPS

Hello,
Q: "I found no region of government indicator in the * *_youth files in BHPS. To solve this issue, I used t... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1860 (Feedback): household income special licence variables

Hello,
Please take a look at the section of our user guide that details the income variables that we provided and ... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1862: Welsh Language

But if you are interested in specific questions, you can either do a search across the questionnaires, or search usin... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1862 (Feedback): Welsh Language

Hello,
While there are some core questions that are asked every wave, these are not provided as a separate module,... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1852 (Feedback): Select the correct weighting values

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02/22/2023

02:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1859: sample size loss due to weighting

Caroline,
Thank you for your question. When you mention pooled analysis, do you mean using data cross-sectionally ... Olena Kaminska

11:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1862 (Resolved): Welsh Language

Is their a core module where their is a list of questions which is asked at the start of each participants participat... Joshua Parry

02/21/2023

02:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1861 (In Progress): Job tenure variable in Understanding Society

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02:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1861: Job tenure variable in Understanding Society

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

12:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1861 (Resolved): Job tenure variable in Understanding Society

Hi, I would like to work out how long someone has been working for their current employer for in Understanding Societ... Laurence O'Brien

02:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1860 (In Progress): household income special licence variables

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

02:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1859 (In Progress): sample size loss due to weighting

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

02:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1858 (In Progress): Inquiry on the Youth files in BHPS

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

02/20/2023

02:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1860 (Resolved): household income special licence variables

Hi,
Hoping to get some clarity on one of the UKHLS variables and get an idea what it adds. We will be using UKHLS... Sam Khavandi

02:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1859 (Resolved): sample size loss due to weighting

Hi,
I am aware that weighting will affect and alter the sample size of the analysis, however, I am working with ... Caroline Kienast von Einem

02/17/2023

06:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1858 (Resolved): Inquiry on the Youth files in BHPS

Dear officer,
I found no region of government indicator in the * *_youth files in BHPS. To solve this issue, I use... Xinyu Tao

02/15/2023

03:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1851 (Feedback): Labour Income whilst on maternity leave

Hello Cara
Generally speaking, the employee pay variables refer to “usual” pay. The Study asks about the last net ... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1857 (Resolved): ISCED levels for Main study waves 1 to 12

Hi,
We've been asked to run in R some analysis on the sclfsat7 variable looking at horizontal inequality by ISCED ... William Shufflebottom

11:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1856 (Feedback): Coding of currently on maternity leave

Hello Cara,
Are you working with variable w_matleave? If this is correct I just checked wave 5 and don't see and ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1856 (Resolved): Coding of currently on maternity leave

Hi,
It seems as if the coding for currently on maternity leave changed after wave 5. Would you be able to tell me ... Cara Nelson

10:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1785 (Resolved): Question regarding geographical data

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02/14/2023

04:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1854 (Feedback): Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles variable

Hello Catherine,
You will need to download UKHLS dataset again given the index of Multiple Deprivation variables ... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1844: Data Linkage with Stroke NHS Data

Hello Timea
According to our data team linking SSNAP information (collected by King’s College) with UKHLS is not i... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/12/2023

03:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1844: Data Linkage with Stroke NHS Data

Hello,
Just quickly following up on the above query, the SSNAP dataset seems to be available on NHS Digital for li... Timea Putnoki

02/10/2023

01:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1854 (Resolved): Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles variable

Hello,
I am carrying out analysis of waves 6 and 7 and would like to use the derived variable for Index of Multipl... Catherine Bunting

02/09/2023

01:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1852: Select the correct weighting values

Yushi,
Thank you for your question. Very interesting design and use of our data. There are two concepts your may w... Olena Kaminska

10:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1853 (In Progress): Missing Data in Higher Education Codes

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

09:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1853 (Resolved): Missing Data in Higher Education Codes

Hello!
I applied for special access to the data 8578 Higher Education Codes. I have now been given the data but I ... Johanna Reuter

07:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

Thanks for all your help! Henrique Neves

02/08/2023

09:18 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1852 (In Progress): Select the correct weighting values

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

02/07/2023

05:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1852 (Resolved): Select the correct weighting values

Dear colleagues,
I'm a post-doc research associate at the University of Manchester. We're currently planning an an... Yushi Bai

04:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1851 (In Progress): Labour Income whilst on maternity leave

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

11:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1851 (Resolved): Labour Income whilst on maternity leave

Whilst a participant is on maternity leave is the labour income they report 0 or their usual labour income? Cara Nelson

02:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1850 (Feedback): Query regarding consent for the COVID-19 study

Hello Olivia
As with the main survey, the overall mechanism for gaining consent for participation in the COVID-19 ... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1848: Sibling relationship measures in youth questionnaire/ young adult module

Hello Georgina,
Sorry for my misunderstanding.
They were derived from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/06/2023

02:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1850 (Resolved): Query regarding consent for the COVID-19 study

Could you please clarify whether participants gave written or oral consent to participate in the Understanding Societ... Olivia Hamilton

02/02/2023

04:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1848: Sibling relationship measures in youth questionnaire/ young adult module

Hi Roberto,
Thank you for the information but unfortunately it does not answer my question. My question was on whe... Georgina Pavey

04:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1848 (Feedback): Sibling relationship measures in youth questionnaire/ young adult module

Hello Georgina,
The Study has some questions regarding siblings' relationships. For household members aged 10-15 ... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1848 (Resolved): Sibling relationship measures in youth questionnaire/ young adult module

hello,
I am planning to use the sibling relationship items (asking about behaviours towards and from a sibling e.g... Georgina Pavey

02:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1847 (Feedback): Panel construction across all UKHLS for paygu_dv

Hello Vriddhi
As Understanding Society is a longitudinal study there is always a missingness risk involved. This m... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1840: errors in 4-digits ISCO88 variable

Finally, let me signal that one of the jbisco pseudo-codes 2470 ("Public service administrative professionals") does ... Matteo Pinna Pintor

08:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1840: errors in 4-digits ISCO88 variable

Dear Piotr,
thanks for the clarification. Let me also point out, both to ask your confirmation and for future read... Matteo Pinna Pintor

02:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1785: Question regarding geographical data

Thank you! Anil Menon

02/01/2023

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1847 (In Progress): Panel construction across all UKHLS for paygu_dv

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

04:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1847 (Resolved): Panel construction across all UKHLS for paygu_dv

Using the data management syntax available on your website, I was able to match parents with their children, and usin... Vriddhi Khattar

04:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1846 (Feedback): Question re. recontact for Understanding Society cohort

Hello Ben,
UKHLS asks participants for consent to give an interview in the current wave and the subsequent wave i... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1785: Question regarding geographical data

Hello Anil,
In general, the steps are:
1. Register with the UK Data Service at https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1845: Childhood socioeconomic status for adults

Hello Michaela,
UKHLS recently released a family matrix data file “xhhrel”, where you can identify family connect... Understanding Society User Support Team