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08/09/2023

05:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1952 (Feedback): Parenting style weights

Hello Maria, if you are interested in newborn questions, please use w_chdnbXX_XX weights. If you are interested in ch... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1948 (Feedback): variables in secure data

Hello Tessa,
The dataset SN 8578 Understanding Society: Waves 5 and 11, 2013/14 and 2019/20: Special Licence Access... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/08/2023

05:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1951 (In Progress): Zero longitudinal weights

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

08/07/2023

05:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1950 (Feedback): Merging w_hhresp for multiple waves

Hello Jelle
Households are uniquely identified in each wave by w_hidp, a wave-specific variable with a different p... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/04/2023

11:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1909 (Resolved): Cognitive ability

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08/03/2023

05:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1949: Merging two datasets

Hi Taiba,
The step 1 is fine, you correctly linked the hhresp to indresp. However, as you are using indresp which ... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1949 (Feedback): Merging two datasets

This happens because these are individual level files, a lot of individuals live together in the same household there... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1949: Merging two datasets

Hi Taiba,
Which statistical package do you use?
Best wishes,
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09:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1945 (Feedback): Using the individual questionnaire

Hi Joshua,
You should use all individuals in the household.
Best wishes,
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09:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1947 (Feedback): Information on pooled data

Dear Rosemary,
Please see "Pooling data from different waves for cross-sectional analysis" section in the user gui... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1948 (In Progress): variables in secure data

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

08/01/2023

10:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1944 (Feedback): Sample size in regressions

Dear Michael,
If I understand your question right, this happens because each additional variable added to your mod... Understanding Society User Support Team

07/27/2023

02:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1688 (Resolved): Linkage Query

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02:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1699 (Resolved): BHPS - UKHLS self-completion weight

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02:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1700 (Resolved): Interview timing

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02:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1696 (Resolved): random effects logistic regression models and weighting

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02:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1676 (Resolved): Youth self-esteem measure

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02:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1693 (Resolved): household data

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02:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1689 (Resolved): Matching Spouses data across waves

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02:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1667 (Resolved): Youth self completion longitudinal weight with non-monotone response

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02:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1687 (Resolved): Query about Likert variable in ca_indresp_w

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02:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1631 (Resolved): Consistencies across gross and net income in BHPS and USoc

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02:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1657 (Resolved): Identifying parents of under 5-year-olds

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02:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1654 (Resolved): Looking for motherhood status variables

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02:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1647 (Resolved): Filter issues of "vote7"

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02:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1648 (Resolved): Help with linking data across two waves

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02:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1645 (Resolved): How to Deal with Missingness in Health Variables Over Time

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02:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1643 (Resolved): Employment history for different samples

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02:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1637 (Resolved): Religion in Covid survey

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02:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1638 (Resolved): w_fimnlabnet_dv

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02:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1640 (Resolved): Onward Social Fabric Index and Understanding Society Wave

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02:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1636 (Resolved): Empstat wave 5

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02:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1635 (Resolved): Scotland – all UKLHS participants who completed secondary education in Scotland?

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02:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1633 (Resolved): Query regarding measurement of food poverty in UKLHS mainstage questionnaire

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02:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1626 (Resolved): Who is the respondent parent - SDQ

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02:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1629 (Resolved): Merging Variable vote_7

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02:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1769 (Resolved): missing values after merging household and individual dataset

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07/25/2023

04:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1941 (In Progress): Employee (jbpen + jbpenm) and personal (ppen + ppreg) pensions in Understanding Society - query re. some wave data

Dear Thomas,
1) I can confirm that wave 6 looks odd, I will investigate this further.
2) I checked the long term ... Understanding Society User Support Team

07/24/2023

05:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1942 (In Progress): Bornuk_dv missing data

Hi Luis,
Before I can investigate this further, could you please provide a few more details: the name of the varia... Understanding Society User Support Team

07/13/2023

02:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1939 (Feedback): Data availability

Dear Ali,
You can see if a child has a foster parent using the relationship_dv variable from the egoalt datafile a... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1935 (Feedback): Missing data on MSOA codes

Dear Fiona,
You are right about the high number of -9 for MSOA11. We checked this and it seems that for MSOA11 for... Understanding Society User Support Team

07/12/2023

03:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1937 (Feedback): "Inapplicable" responses for dweltyp

Hello,
1) this was due to online interviewing being introduced in wave 7, in the web only households this informat... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1936 (Feedback): Missing/Inapplicable Data on Physical Activity

Hello,
The high number of missing values on the variables you listed is expected as these were asked only when the... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1934 (Feedback): Linked credit history FCA data to be released in 2023

Dear Belinda,
Please contact Dr Jack Kneeshaw (kneejw@essex.ac.uk) who can share a draft of the user guide for thi... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1935 (In Progress): Missing data on MSOA 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