Understanding Society User Support

01/11/2024

12:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2027 (Feedback): jbft_dv variable

Hello Yuliya,
It should be the same variable you mentioned. The Study introduces an improvement in the employment-... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/10/2024

11:19 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2029 (Feedback): Missing wave 1 data for yphsc, yphsw, yphlf

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11:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2029: Missing wave 1 data for yphsc, yphsw, yphlf

Hello Imogen,
The information you are looking for is not displayed on the website. We will add it as soon as possibl... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2029 (Resolved): Missing wave 1 data for yphsc, yphsw, yphlf

Good morning,
Hope you are well!
For the variables yphsc, yphsw and yphlf, data for Wave 1 is missing on the on... Imogen Cartwright

09:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2027 (In Progress): jbft_dv variable

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

01/09/2024

10:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2026: expenditure in UKHLS

Hi Roberto,
Thanks very much for this information. Much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Jane. Jane Fry

10:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2026: expenditure in UKHLS

Hello Jane,
Unfortunately, the UKHLS doesn’t have this type of questions. In addition to what you mentioned, ther... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/08/2024

06:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2027 (Resolved): jbft_dv variable

Dear Team Member,
There is a derived variable 'jbft_dv' to identify full or part-time employment. In the last 13th... Yuliya Tavares

04:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1836: 2021 calendar data

Hello Matthias
We just want to let you know the release of the Calendar Year Dataset, 2021, as follows:
*SN 919... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2026: expenditure in UKHLS

Dear Roberto,
thank you for this information. I see there are questions relating to food, alcohol and energy in th... Jane Fry

03:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2026 (Feedback): expenditure in UKHLS

Hello Jane,
Understanding Society asks questions about income and expenditure at the individual and household level,... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2026 (Resolved): expenditure in UKHLS

Hi,
I am new to Understanding Society/UKHLS but have used the Australian HILDA dataset, which is very similar. I gat... Jane Fry

03:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2025 (Feedback): expenditure in UKHLS

Hello Jane,
The response is provided on Issue #2026
Best wishes,
Roberto Cavazos
Understanding Society User Su... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2025 (Resolved): expenditure in UKHLS

Hi,
I am new to Understanding Society/UKHLS but have used the Australian HILDA dataset, which is very similar. I gat... Jane Fry

11:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2024: Death/dead in waves: dcsedfl_dv (Respondent reported as deceased) + dcsedw_dv (Wave respondent deceased) and value labels for waves

Hello Alexander
The data team is aware of this issue and will initiate the correction process.
Thank you for hi... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/05/2024

09:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2024 (Feedback): Death/dead in waves: dcsedfl_dv (Respondent reported as deceased) + dcsedw_dv (Wave respondent deceased) and value labels for waves

Hello Alexander
Thank you for bringing this up. I’ll ask the data team if there is a reason for these labels and let... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/04/2024

06:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2022 (Feedback): Is there a variable which indicates if a respondent is a single parent?

Hello Connor,
The response is provided on Issue #2023
Best wishes,
Roberto Cavazos
Understanding Society User S... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2023 (Feedback): Is there a variable which indicates if a respondent is a single parent? Also how to count .00 as missing.

Hello Connor,
Are you using "indresp" file? The total number of observations you showed differs from the current r... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2024 (Resolved): Death/dead in waves: dcsedfl_dv (Respondent reported as deceased) + dcsedw_dv (Wave respondent deceased) and value labels for waves

Dear Understanding Society Team,
I want to use the information if a respondent has died in one of the waves. There... Alexander Labeit

09:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2019 (Feedback): Tailored Weighting Guidance

Hello Freya
Here is the reply regarding xtreg
I can’t tell for sure from the information provided, but this see... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/03/2024

06:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1982: reference person weights

Yes, that's correct.
Olena Olena Kaminska

04:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1982: reference person weights

Thank you Olena for your helpful response. The representative person is defined as a head of a household, therefore t... Amelia Watts

12:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2019: Tailored Weighting Guidance

Freya,
Yes, this sounds correct. You would need _xw weights, not _lw weights if you are just pooling cross-section... Olena Kaminska

12:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2023 (Resolved): Is there a variable which indicates if a respondent is a single parent? Also how to count .00 as missing.

Hi there,
I am currently analysing data from wave 13, though this analysis was originally carried out on wave 10 d... Connor Drake

11:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2022 (Resolved): Is there a variable which indicates if a respondent is a single parent?

Hi there,
I am currently analysing data from wave 13, though this analysis was originally carried out on wave 10 d... Connor Drake

01/02/2024

08:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2019: Tailored Weighting Guidance

Hi Olena,
Thank you for your swift response.
I have pooled data from all 13 waves using the 'append' command.... Freya Buchanan

01:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2019: Tailored Weighting Guidance

Freya,
Thank you for your question. I am not sure you need a tailored weight for your analysis. It sounds like you... Olena Kaminska

05:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2010: BHPS and Understanding Society Dataset Query

Hello Joe
Here is the updated link
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/documentation/main-s... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2021 (Feedback): Question about gor_dv variable

Hello Kamil,
You're correct, there's no result when searching for gor_dv in the main Study. This might be due to the... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2020 (Feedback): Reasons for "-8 Inapplicable" response for life satisfaction variable "sclfsato"

Hello John,
Please review the universe/routing of the question, which is located at the end of each question/variabl... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2012: longitudinal weight

Margherita,
Thank you for your question. Yes, you should use the longitudinal weight from the last wave in your an... Olena Kaminska

01:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1982: reference person weights

Amelia,
Depends on your definition. Is the 'representative person' represents whole households? Or do you want to ... Olena Kaminska

12/28/2023

04:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2021 (Resolved): Question about gor_dv variable

Hi,
For some reason I cannot see the gor_dv variable in the mainstage variable search, maybe I am going crazy but ... Kamil Kadziolka

11:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2020 (Resolved): Reasons for "-8 Inapplicable" response for life satisfaction variable "sclfsato"

Within the first 12 waves of the main survey, a total of 27,645 observations do not include data on overall life sati... John Poole

12/27/2023

09:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2019: Tailored Weighting Guidance

Apologies, the code I used in (1) is actually:
> xtreg fimnlabnet_dv scghq2_dv $controls if wave==1|2 [pw=b_indinus... Freya Buchanan

04:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2019 (Resolved): Tailored Weighting Guidance

I'm investigating the effect of mental health on labour market earnings. My dependent variable is fimnlabnet_dv and m... Freya Buchanan

11:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1982: reference person weights

Thank you Olena for your response.
A further question is in studying such representative persons (one person per ... Amelia Watts

12/23/2023

10:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2010: BHPS and Understanding Society Dataset Query

Hi, thank you for the response. Unfortunately, the link to the Stata code doesn't seem to work. Where can I find it, ... Joe Mcilwaine

12/22/2023

03:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2009 (Feedback): Covid survey - longitudinal weights with telephone responses

Dear Marina,
Here is the answer from our Covid-19 data weighting expert:
"You aren’t going to be able to use th... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:09 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2012: longitudinal weight

Thank you very much, Olena, for your help, I understand the point.
If I wanted to use Understanding Society weight... Margherita Agnoletto

12/20/2023

05:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2015 (Feedback): Death information and death date + linked health data + US COVID-19 survey

Dear Alexander,
In principle, it would be possible to use the linked central registry data at the LLC, but please ... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2018 (Feedback): Month migrants came to Britain

Hello,
I'm afraid we don't collect the information about the month of arrival to the UK.
Best wishes,
UKHLS Us... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2018 (Resolved): Month migrants came to Britain

I wish to use Understanding Society retrospective data to construct life histories of migrants within the Understandi... Michael Mahony

12/19/2023

02:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2009 (In Progress): Covid survey - longitudinal weights with telephone responses

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02:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2017 (Feedback): Inquiry on the setting on variables on volfreq and lactl

Hi Karen,
1. We leave the choice about how to code the values in such cases to users.
2. I'd suggest looking thro... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2017 (Resolved): Inquiry on the setting on variables on volfreq and lactl

Dear officer,
I am looking at the variables indicating the volunteering. I noticed that 'volfreq' collected during... Xinyu Tao

02:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2015 (In Progress): Death information and death date + linked health data + US COVID-19 survey

Hi Alexander,
I will check this one with the linkage team.
Best wishes,
Piotr Marzec
UKHLS User Support Understanding Society User Support Team

09:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2015 (Resolved): Death information and death date + linked health data + US COVID-19 survey

Dear Understanding Society Team,
In US death information is available via the variables dcsedfl_dv (respondent rep... Alexander Labeit

02:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2014 (Feedback): Scottish health data

Hi Alexander,
I'm afraid this release is delayed and will be released in the second half of 2024 at the earliest.
... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2014 (In Progress): Scottish health data

Hi Alexander,
I'm checking this with the linkage team. I'll get back to you when they respond.
Best wishes,
Pi... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2014 (Resolved): Scottish health data

Dear Understanding Society Team,
your website
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/data-releases
... Alexander Labeit

01:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2016 (Feedback): Family connections

Hello,
1.Yes, that is correct. However, you can find some information about non-resident family members provided b... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2016 (Resolved): Family connections

Hello,
I have a few questions regarding family connections:
1. I read the user guide for the family matrix (xhh... Stav Federman