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From 09/03/2023 to 10/02/2023

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

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

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

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

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

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: Understanding Society User Support Team

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

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

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
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

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
03:48 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

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

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
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
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

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