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From 07/25/2023 to 08/23/2023

08/22/2023

03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1961 (In Progress): Newly diagosed health conditions in UKHLS wave 10
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01:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1802 (Resolved): Missing data for pasoc10 in xwavedat
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09:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1951: Zero longitudinal weights
Hello Isabel,
Our team responsible for weights provided us with the following response.
The R survey package c...
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08/21/2023

02:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1960 (Feedback): EU referendum questions
Hello Albert,
You can review the questionnaire in the questionnaire module section at https://www.understandingso...
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11:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1959 (Feedback): pooled analysis for one calendar year from 3 waves?
Hello Clara
I recommend exploring our sections “Running analysis on a calendar year or month” and “Pooling data fr...
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08/18/2023

05:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1941 (Feedback): Employee (jbpen + jbpenm) and personal (ppen + ppreg) pensions in Understanding Society - query re. some wave data
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03:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1941: Employee (jbpen + jbpenm) and personal (ppen + ppreg) pensions in Understanding Society - query re. some wave data
Dear Thomas,
Some further information
2) As I mentioned earlier, the Personal Pensions module was moved to wav...
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05:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1954 (Feedback): Absent from household
Hello Katherine
The paper you mentioned used the variable clstat (leavers abode) and according to our data team, t...
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03:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1958 (Feedback): Inquire about using 2011 Lower Super Output Areas data create Townsend Score and Carstairs Index
Hello Wen,
UKHLS has the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) as a variable in the EUL version. These variables (I...
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08/17/2023

02:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1960 (In Progress): EU referendum questions
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
01:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1959 (In Progress): pooled analysis for one calendar year from 3 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
09:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1943 (Resolved): Weights
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09:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1950: Merging w_hhresp for multiple waves
Hello Jelle,
I suggest reviewing the syntax located in the "Data management syntax files" section. Pay specific a...
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08/16/2023

04:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1950: Merging w_hhresp for multiple waves
Hello Jelle
How to construct a panel will depend on the research you are doing. Could you provide some insight int...
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03:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1958 (In Progress): Inquire about using 2011 Lower Super Output Areas data create Townsend Score and Carstairs Index
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
03:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1957: Depression diagnosis variable BHPS
Hello Michael,
Certainly, I understand. This seems feasible. I suggest you take a look at the variables hconda17 ...
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08/15/2023

04:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1943 (Feedback): Weights
Hello Michael,
I'm about to share Pablo Cabrera's response, which I understand he replied directly to you as well...
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03:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1952: Parenting style weights
Hello Maria,
Your understanding is correct. To conduct your analysis, you'll need to utilize a suboptimal weight....
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03:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1955: General election voting variables routing
Hello Albert,
This general election question was asked of respondents who were interviewed around the time of the...
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09:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1955 (Feedback): General election voting variables routing
Hello Albert,

The question (vote7: voted in last general election) may refer to the same general elections in mor...
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12:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1957 (Feedback): Depression diagnosis variable BHPS
Hello Michael,
Do you have a specific reason for preferring BHPS? If not, I would recommend considering UKHLS. Th...
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11:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1932 (Feedback): Caring Module Covid Study Wave 2
Hello Laurence
I can confirm we did not release variable carechange2 by itself, instead, the variable was processe...
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08/14/2023

04:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1953 (Feedback): Inconsistencies in hcondna1 vs hconda01 and age told had health condition (starting age health condition)
Hi Alexander,
Response to your 1st question: The "mc" in the variable label for hconda01 (appears in Waves 4 & 6, ...
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01:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1955 (In Progress): General election voting variables routing
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

08/11/2023

11:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1951 (Feedback): Zero longitudinal weights
Hello Isabel,
Our team responsible for weights provided us with the following response
To give you a comprehensiv...
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10:03 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1954 (In Progress): Absent from household
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

08/09/2023

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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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,
UKHLS User Support
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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,
UKHLS User Support
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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