Understanding Society User Support Team's activity
From 08/28/2023 to 09/26/2023
09/26/2023
- 03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1974: Other Arthritis and Other Cancer in j_hcondno* Variables
- Hello Laurence
I can confirm that when respondents report having conditions categorized as "other," such as 25 for... - 01:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1973: Family matrix
- Hello Alvertos,
The approach you should take depends on the specific analysis you intend to conduct. However, ass... - 12:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1971: vote8 for waves 3 through 6
- Hello Albert,
Starting from Wave 7 and continuing through Wave 12, the question regarding the party voted for in the...
09/25/2023
- 02:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1976 (Feedback): Combing specific variables from two waves for cross-sectional analysis
- Hello Ilona,
Data from various waves can be merged for cross-sectional analysis, given that each of the 24 monthly... - 01:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1977 (Feedback): Birth and non-birth parents
- Hello Yushi,
Your approach is correct. The variable "natural mother" indeed refers to the birth mother, as you co...
09/21/2023
- 09:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1976 (In Progress): Combing specific variables from two waves for cross-sectional analysis
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
09/19/2023
- 11:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1975 (In Progress): Weights - Cross-sectional Analysis on LAD level
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
09/18/2023
- 11:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1971 (Feedback): vote8 for waves 3 through 6
- Dear Albert,
In wave 2 these questions were asked differently than it was done later in the study, that is, only i... - 10:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1965: citing the website
- Dear Georgina,
In addition to our previous answer, we also encourage our users to cite the data itself. Depending on... - 09:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1965 (Resolved): citing the website
09/17/2023
- 05:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1974 (Feedback): Other Arthritis and Other Cancer in j_hcondno* Variables
- Hi Laurence,
I am sharing the FAQ for the health conditions questions which we hope will clarify this issue (speci...
09/15/2023
- 01:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1972 (Feedback): Asking health conditions (hcond*) and first apperance
- Dear Alexander,
1) the universe condition says ff_ivlolw <> 1 and ff_everint <> 1 which means that proxies from th... - 09:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1971 (In Progress): vote8 for waves 3 through 6
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
09/13/2023
- 05:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1964 (Feedback): Universe for mglife and other home-ownership related questions
- 01:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1972: Asking health conditions (hcond*) and first apperance
- Dear Alexander,
Thank you for letting us know. Would you be able to include any syntax related to this issue? It w... - 01:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1973 (Feedback): Family matrix
- Dear Alvertos,
Have you considered using the w_relationship_dv variable available in w_egoalt files? https://www.u...
09/07/2023
- 05:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1966 (Feedback): cross-sectional analysis
- Dear Zahra,
Please check our pooling guidance and see if this answers your question. If it doesn't, we are happy to ... - 03:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1968 (Feedback): Is it possible to have access to the raw methylation data?
- Dear Sanem,
I am afraid we do not make the raw dat files available to users.
Best wishes,
UKHLS User Support - 02:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1967 (Feedback): Derived OECD equivalience scale variable which matches scale used to calculate relative poverty
- Dear Tom,
We follow the methodology and procedure proposed by the OECD for their OECD-modified scale: "This scale,...
09/05/2023
- 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... - 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...
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 - 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... - 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 ... - 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 ...
09/01/2023
- 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:
... - 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...
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