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From 05/02/2023 to 05/31/2023

05/29/2023

05:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1908 (In Progress): Weights using the BHPS Consolidated Marital, Cohabitation and Fertility Histories
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
04:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1905 (Resolved): Inapplicable codes on the W12 hhresp helpbuy questions
Understanding Society User Support Team

05/26/2023

10:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1908 (Resolved): Weights using the BHPS Consolidated Marital, Cohabitation and Fertility Histories
Hello. I am studying differences in single/partnered parents. To do so, I am using the British Household Panel Survey... Natalia Carralero
05:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1905: Inapplicable codes on the W12 hhresp helpbuy questions
Hi Alita,
Thanks for this - all makes sense now!
Best
Rory
Understanding Society User Support Team wrote i...
Rory Coulter
12:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1907 (Feedback): Weighting advice for information from previous wave on wave 12 respondents
Hello,
if you are using only variables from Wave 12 indresp file (l_indresp) to compute the statistics then you ca...
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1907 (Resolved): Weighting advice for information from previous wave on wave 12 respondents
Hi there
So I'm using the indresp dataset and looking at adult respondents. My population is respondents who are c...
Peter Humphreys

05/23/2023

03:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1905 (Feedback): Inapplicable codes on the W12 hhresp helpbuy questions
Thanks for highlighting this pattern.
First, I need to amend my answer above. The syntax of the Universe for helpb...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1903: Weighting guidance for intergenerational analysis
Esme,
Yes, I think you've done your best.
Olena
Olena Kaminska
11:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1894 (Feedback): Weight for unbalanced and merged UKHLS and BHPS data
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1899 (Feedback): Household weights
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1890: Extracting PSU and Individual-Level Weights for a Multilevel Model
Hi Olena,
That's good to know - thanks! I am just using indresp, so adults.
Thank you so much for your on-going h...
Laurence Rowley-Abel

05/22/2023

04:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1903: Weighting guidance for intergenerational analysis
Hi Olena,
Only 24 of the 330 people are TSMs. I've tried using issue weights from wave 2, but unfortunately, it le...
Esme Lilly
02:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1903: Weighting guidance for intergenerational analysis
Esme,
First, check if 330 people are OSMs. If they are TSMs they should not have any weight. And yes, if you want,...
Olena Kaminska
02:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1903: Weighting guidance for intergenerational analysis
Hi Olena,
Thanks. I have done so using enumeration weights for my sample from the year they turn 25. However, now ...
Esme Lilly
02:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1890: Extracting PSU and Individual-Level Weights for a Multilevel Model
Laurence,
It is possible for you to create psnenub_xd yourself. But first, could you tell me if you are using any ...
Olena Kaminska
10:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1905: Inapplicable codes on the W12 hhresp helpbuy questions
Just a quick update - I'm wondering if this temporal trend is related to the broader patterning of inapplicable cases... Rory Coulter
09:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1905: Inapplicable codes on the W12 hhresp helpbuy questions
Hi Alita,
Many thanks for looking into this so swiftly. I've rerun the code with your more restricted universe and...
Rory Coulter

05/19/2023

02:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1905 (In Progress): Inapplicable codes on the W12 hhresp helpbuy questions
Hi Rory,
I have looked into this and found the same type of problem cases as you did. But after reading the univer...
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1905 (Resolved): Inapplicable codes on the W12 hhresp helpbuy questions
Hi,
This question might be of general interest unless I've missed something really obvious...
I'm trying to use...
Rory Coulter
02:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1902 (Feedback): weights individual files waves 10 -11 wide format
Understanding Society User Support Team
02:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1903 (Feedback): Weighting guidance for intergenerational analysis
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1903: Weighting guidance for intergenerational analysis
Esme,
Cross-sectional weight is a wrong one as a base weight, as we don't follow TSMs by design. You should use a ...
Olena Kaminska
01:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1903: Weighting guidance for intergenerational analysis
Hi Olena,
Thanks. I have followed the online course, however the course could not provide me with the answers on h...
Esme Lilly
12:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1903: Weighting guidance for intergenerational analysis
Esme,
Thank you for this clarification. You will need longitudinal weights. It may be best for you to create you o...
Olena Kaminska
02:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1904 (Feedback): Using weights when variables have some or many "missing value" codes or NAs due to missing household level data
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1904: Using weights when variables have some or many "missing value" codes or NAs due to missing household level data
Richard,
What to do with item missingness completely depends on the subject you study and research question you ha...
Olena Kaminska

05/17/2023

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1903: Weighting guidance for intergenerational analysis
Dear Olena,
Thanks for your swift response.
The population that I want to represent are people born 1975-1995....
Esme Lilly
01:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1903: Weighting guidance for intergenerational analysis
Esme,
Thank you for your question. To answer it you would need to clarify the population that you want to represen...
Olena Kaminska
04:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1904: Using weights when variables have some or many "missing value" codes or NAs due to missing household level data
Dear Olena,
Thank you for your quick reply and your ideas on what could be done.
Thank you for your suggestion ...
Richard Belcher
01:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1904: Using weights when variables have some or many "missing value" codes or NAs due to missing household level data
Richard,
Thank you for your question. Indeed, there may be some part of nonresponse unaccounted due to missing res...
Olena Kaminska
10:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1904 (Resolved): Using weights when variables have some or many "missing value" codes or NAs due to missing household level data
Dear Olena,
I am running a pooled cross sectional individual level analysis (waves 1-9), using cross-sectional wei...
Richard Belcher

05/16/2023

08:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1773: Gig Economy module
Hello Yuliya
Questions on wave 13 include the sharing economy. We used HMRC Sharing Economy report as a reference,...
Understanding Society User Support Team
05:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1773: Gig Economy module
Dear Alita,
Thank you very much for the detailed reply. It is extremely helpful.
May I ask what source and defi...
Yuliya Tavares
05:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1903 (Resolved): Weighting guidance for intergenerational analysis
Hi, I am doing research into the role of education in intergenerational income mobility, and I had some questions on ... Esme Lilly
02:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1890: Extracting PSU and Individual-Level Weights for a Multilevel Model
Hello Laurence,
The variable you are looking for is psnenub_xd. You can locate it in the xwavedat file.
I hope...
Understanding Society User Support Team

05/15/2023

03:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1902: weights individual files waves 10 -11 wide format
Dear Annaelena,
Thank you for your question. Here is information on our weights that may be helpful to you:
https...
Olena Kaminska
02:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1902 (Resolved): weights individual files waves 10 -11 wide format
Hi,
I am trying to merge individual files across waves 10 and 11 into wide format to create a 2019 calendar year d...
Aelen Valen

05/12/2023

01:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1900: People appearing in individual file but their household isn't in the household file
Great, thanks for the clarification! Imogen Farthing
12:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1900 (Feedback): People appearing in individual file but their household isn't in the household file
Dear Imogen,
Households who complete the household questionnaire are in the hhresp datafile. There are some cases ...
Understanding Society User Support Team
10:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1900 (Resolved): People appearing in individual file but their household isn't in the household file
Hello,
I'm looking at waves g to l. There are several instances where there are some individuals who are in the i...
Imogen Farthing
12:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1894: Weight for unbalanced and merged UKHLS and BHPS data
Yanan,
On tailored weights we have a online workshop for you: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/help/training...
Olena Kaminska
12:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1899: Household weights
Imogen,
Yes, this is definitely a possible option. In comparison over the years it is best to do it at an individu...
Olena Kaminska
12:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1890: Extracting PSU and Individual-Level Weights for a Multilevel Model
Dear Olena,
Thanks for your reply. I wrote to UKDA about accessing previous releases of Understanding Society, as th...
Laurence Rowley-Abel
11:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1890: Extracting PSU and Individual-Level Weights for a Multilevel Model
Laurence,
Look in xwavedat.dta. But please for this look in wave 11 release (which is not the most recent). You sh...
Olena Kaminska

05/10/2023

05:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1899 (In Progress): Household weights
Understanding Society User Support Team
04:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1899: Household weights
Olena,
I'm wanting to see how the characteristics of these households (e.g. max personal income, average financial...
Imogen Farthing
03:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1899: Household weights
Imogen,
Thank you for your question. How do you define household longitudinally? What happens if someone moves out...
Olena Kaminska
12:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1899 (Resolved): Household weights
Hello.
I am using individual data which I have joined onto household data, by hidp for each wave then put all of t...
Imogen Farthing
05:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1773 (Feedback): Gig Economy module
Dear Yuliya,
When this question was designed it was based on the definition of gig economy relevant at that time a...
Understanding Society User Support Team
08:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1773 (In Progress): Gig Economy module
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
08:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1892 (Feedback): Question regarding longitudinal weights
Understanding Society User Support Team

05/09/2023

05:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1773: Gig Economy module
Dear Team Member,
I have another Gig Economy module-related question. There is a question 'Thinking about the past...
Yuliya Tavares
03:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1890: Extracting PSU and Individual-Level Weights for a Multilevel Model
Dear Olena,
Above you stated that "Wave 11 release will have ub design weight", however I am unable to find this wei...
Laurence Rowley-Abel

05/05/2023

11:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1895: Parental leave histories
Thank you Piotr, this is very helpful
Emily
Emily Humphreys
 

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