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10/02/2023

05:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1979 (Resolved): Using UKHLS for financial year poverty rates

Dear USOC team,
I am working on a project exploring the prevalence of mental health for people living in in-work p... Sam Tims

09/27/2023

10:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1978 (Feedback): Potential issue with coding of wkaut1 wkaut2 wkaut3 wkaut4 and wkaut5 variables

Hello Tim
The variable "w_scghq1_dv" consolidates valid responses to 12 questions from the General Health Question... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1978 (Resolved): Potential issue with coding of wkaut1 wkaut2 wkaut3 wkaut4 and wkaut5 variables

Hi understanding society team,
I'm writing to query the coding of the items wkaut1, wkaut2, wkaut3, wkaut4, and wk... Tim Ballard

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1959: pooled analysis for one calendar year from 3 waves?

Clara,
Yes, this sounds correct. You don't need to rescale in your situation if you are only analysing one calenda... Olena Kaminska

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1977 (Resolved): Birth and non-birth parents

Dear Understanding Society team,
We're currently using wave 11 data and want to distinguish birth and non-birth pa... Yushi Bai

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

09/20/2023

04:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1976 (Resolved): Combing specific variables from two waves for cross-sectional analysis

Hi there,
I had a quick question: I am using household and individual-level wave 6 data for cross-sectional analysis... Ilona Pinter

09/19/2023

12:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1975: Weights - Cross-sectional Analysis on LAD level

Caitlin,
If you think about sex as a stable characteristic that does not change, then I am not sure that pooling i... Olena Kaminska

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1975 (Resolved): Weights - Cross-sectional Analysis on LAD level

Good morning,
Using the main survey, I aim to run a cross-sectional analysis on a number of variables to analyse ... Caitlin Schmid

11:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1959: pooled analysis for one calendar year from 3 waves?

Dear Roberto and Olena,
Thank you for your replies. Can I check I have understood it correctly? Then, to run a cro... Clara Mascaro

09/18/2023

02:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1974: Other Arthritis and Other Cancer in j_hcondno* Variables

Hi Alita,
Thanks for sharing the FAQs. I read over the document but I think my problem still remains. According to t... Laurence Rowley-Abel

12:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1971: vote8 for waves 3 through 6

Hi,
Thanks for this. So, as I understand, there is no consistent data on vote choice in the survey until wave 7?
... Albert Ward

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1965 (Resolved): citing the website

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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... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1974 (Resolved): Other Arthritis and Other Cancer in j_hcondno* Variables

Dear Understanding Society Team,
I have noticed that in Wave 10, continuing sample members who have reported having ... Laurence Rowley-Abel

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

09/14/2023

03:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1959: pooled analysis for one calendar year from 3 waves?

Clara,
To answer your question, yes, you should use all interviews from the calendar year of interest. And yes, th... Olena Kaminska

01:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1973: Family matrix

Dear Piotr,
Thank you very much for your reply. It is very informative indeed. I have checked the egoalt files but... Alvertos Konstantinis

12:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1952: Parenting style weights

Maria,
Thank you. I suggest you select a weight of a parent who gave the response (indin??_?w) and give it to the ... Olena Kaminska

09/13/2023

05:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1964 (Feedback): Universe for mglife and other home-ownership related questions

Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:08 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1972 (Resolved): Asking health conditions (hcond*) and first apperance

Almost all respondents are asked about their health conditions (hcond*) when it is their first appearance in the pane... Alexander Labeit

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1973 (Resolved): Family matrix

Dear all,
My name is Alvertos Konstantinis, and I am a PhD researcher at the University of Groningen, Faculty of S... Alvertos Konstantinis

09/12/2023

02:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1971 (Resolved): vote8 for waves 3 through 6

Hi,
I previously asked a question about this (#1955) but wasn't able to clear it up completely.
I was wondering... Albert Ward

09/08/2023

04:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1952: Parenting style weights

Hi,
There’s a response from both parents (if applicable). I can figure out who is who from their ids.
Best wish... Maria Sifaki

02:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1952: Parenting style weights

Maria,
Don't use the development question from the age of 8 - it won't be correct.
There are two ways of creatin... Olena Kaminska

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 ... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1966: cross-sectional analysis

Zahra,
Yes, UKHLS represents people and households cross-sectionally at each wave, and people longitudinally over ... Olena Kaminska

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 Understanding Society User Support Team

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,... Understanding Society User Support Team

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