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09/06/2023

10:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1968 (Resolved): Is it possible to have access to the raw methylation data?

I received access for the dataset EGAD00010001521 through the Sanger Institute (link to the dataset: https://ega-arch... Sanem Özayral

07:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1952: Parenting style weights

Hello,
Thanks a lot for your previous message.
Regarding my query, I was wondering if the weighting expert can pr... Maria Sifaki

09/05/2023

11:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1967 (Resolved): Derived OECD equivalience scale variable which matches scale used to calculate relative poverty

Good afternoon,
Apologies but I have a (hopefully quick) query. I notice that the OECD equivalence scale variable ... Thomas Stephens

07:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1966 (Resolved): cross-sectional analysis

I am little confused since I have read a lot about cross-sectional research using the understanding society data: sin... Zahra Khan

03:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves

Hi Piotr,
Thanks very much for clearing that up and solving it so quickly, it makes sense.
This could be somet... Richard Belcher

02:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves

Hi Richard,
I checked this with the team generating the LSOA files.
The process for each wave works on the bas... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1965: citing the website

Hi,
Please cite it as Understanding Society and follow the standard academic citation rules.
Best wishes,
UKHL... Understanding Society User Support Team

09/04/2023

04:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves

Thank you. I'll investigate this further.
Best wishes,
Piotr Understanding Society User Support Team

09:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves

Hi Piotr,
Attached is the hidp*wave combinations with missing LSOA.
All the best,
Richard Richard Belcher

08:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves

Hi Richard,
Thank you for providing the information. Regarding 3), as hidp is a wave specific variable, I'd need t... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1962 (Feedback): Early-wave proxy/inapplicables for the physical and mental health (sf / scsf) variables and sources for the derived scales (sf12mcs_dv)

Hi Thomas,
1) I am assuming you're asking about the scsf1 question. That is a function of the gradual increase of ... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1965 (Resolved): citing the website

Hello,
I have a question about citing information from your website that is not from the User Guide for which I ha... Georgina Pavey

03:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1964: Universe for mglife and other home-ownership related questions

Hi Vikram,
The issue arises because the Universe syntax doesn't match the text description of this Universe. For ... Understanding Society User Support Team

09/03/2023

02:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1890: Extracting PSU and Individual-Level Weights for a Multilevel Model

Hi Olena,
I just wanted to follow up on the above, about creating a psnenub_xd weight.
Many thanks.
Best wishe... Laurence Rowley-Abel

02:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1932: Caring Module Covid Study Wave 2

Dear Roberto,
Thank you for explaining this - very helpful!
Best wishes,
Laurence Rowley-Abel Laurence Rowley-Abel

09/01/2023

04:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves

Hi Piotr,
Thanks for your quick reply. Information below:
1) the scale of the problem - for how many households thi... Richard Belcher

04:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1963 (In Progress): Missing LSOA for hidp across waves

Hi Richard,
Would you be able to provide some more details, please? To investigate this would be helpful to know:
... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves

My path forward is probably to impute the LSOA derived values to maintain it being nationally representative but I wa... Richard Belcher

02:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1963 (Resolved): Missing LSOA for hidp across waves

Hello,
I have been granted a special license to access the hidp LSOA codes. I am conducting a nationally represent... Richard Belcher

03:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1964 (Resolved): Universe for mglife and other home-ownership related questions

Hello,
My question concerns the universe for the following home-ownership related variables viz. mglife, hsval, h... Vikram Patil

01:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1962 (In Progress): Early-wave proxy/inapplicables for the physical and mental health (sf / scsf) variables and sources for the derived scales (sf12mcs_dv)

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

08/31/2023

05:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1962 (Resolved): Early-wave proxy/inapplicables for the physical and mental health (sf / scsf) variables and sources for the derived scales (sf12mcs_dv)

Good evening,
I have some brief queries about above variables.
By way of background (and mostly just to provi... Thomas Stephens

08/25/2023

10:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1956 (Resolved): Variable for Depression diagnosis by expert

The response can be found in issue #1957 Depression Diagnosis variable in BHPS. Understanding Society User Support Team

08/24/2023

06:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1961 (Feedback): Newly diagosed health conditions in UKHLS wave 10

Hello Alexander,
For the continuing sample members variable hcondn identify newly diagnosed conditions for waves ... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/22/2023

03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1961 (In Progress): Newly diagosed health conditions in UKHLS wave 10

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

02:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1961 (Resolved): Newly diagosed health conditions in UKHLS wave 10

I want to potentially update health conditions for all waves from waves 2 to 12.
Looking at the updating health co... Alexander Labeit

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/21/2023

03:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1960: EU referendum questions

Hi Roberto,
Thank you, that's very helpful.
It's a bit odd that the survey would only ask a question about pas... Albert Ward

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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

01:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1960 (Resolved): EU referendum questions

Hi,
I have a couple of questions about the EU referendum questions in the survey:
1. The variable j_euref (wave... Albert Ward

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

12:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1959 (Resolved): pooled analysis for one calendar year from 3 waves?

Hello,
I have read item 12 on the FAQ titled "Can I pool data from different waves for cross-sectional analysis?" ... Clara Mascaro

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

07:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1950: Merging w_hhresp for multiple waves

I intend to use the variables: nkids_dv, nemp_dv, npens_dv, nue_dv, hhsize and xpgasy. I used pidp as identifier but ... Jelle De Schoenmaeker

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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

02:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1958 (Resolved): Inquire about using 2011 Lower Super Output Areas data create Townsend Score and Carstairs Index

Dear Sir/Madam,
Hope you are doing well.
My name is Wen Wang, a first year PhD student at ISER of University of... Wen Wang

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 ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1957: Depression diagnosis variable BHPS

Hi Roberto,
Thank you for your answer.
Yes, the reason is, that I need a variable which represents windfall incom... Michael Huber

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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.... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1955: General election voting variables routing

Hi Roberto,
Many thanks for your reply. I see my mistake in the question, sorry!
Out of curiosity as well, if I... Albert Ward

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1953: Inconsistencies in hcondna1 vs hconda01 and age told had health condition (starting age health condition)

Hi Alita,
thank you for the clarification.
I'm interested when a health condition (disease) has started, eg. as... Alexander Labeit

08/14/2023

08:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1950: Merging w_hhresp for multiple waves

Thanks for the help. I succeeded to merge the datasets and waves. Now i'm a bit struggling with putting the data in t... Jelle De Schoenmaeker

04:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1957 (Resolved): Depression diagnosis variable BHPS

Hello,
I am sorry, I think I selected the wrong "assignee".
I am working on my masters thesis on depression and... Michael Huber

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, ... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1956 (Resolved): Variable for Depression diagnosis by expert

Hello,
I am working on my masters thesis on depression and planned to use the BHPS data set (w6-w18). There are qu... Michael Huber

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

08/13/2023

02:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1951: Zero longitudinal weights

Hi Roberto,
Thanks for your response. I integrate the survey design weights by extracting the longitudinal weight ... Isabel Hopwood

12:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1955 (Resolved): General election voting variables routing

Hi,
I'm wondering about the question routing for vote7.
Just looking at Wave 9, I can see, as far as I understa... Albert Ward

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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

08/10/2023

02:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1954 (Resolved): Absent from household

I am working on a project looking at parental imprisonment. I was interested in the variable in each wave that indica... Katherine Bruce

12:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1952: Parenting style weights

Hello,
Thank you for your response.
My understanding is that parenting questions were asked when children aged ... Maria Sifaki

10:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1953 (Resolved): Inconsistencies in hcondna1 vs hconda01 and age told had health condition (starting age health condition)

I work with health condition variables and try to calculate the starting age of a health condition, e.g. asthma.
T... Alexander Labeit

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

12:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1952 (Resolved): Parenting style weights

Hello,
I would like to confirm which weights are appropriate to use for the parenting style questions (in the PEAC... Maria Sifaki

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

09:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1951 (Resolved): Zero longitudinal weights

Hi,
I am running some panel data regressions examining the change in mental health outcomes when an individual moves... Isabel Hopwood