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From 12/28/2023 to 01/26/2024

01/26/2024

08:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2040 (Feedback): Survey Weights
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2040: Survey Weights
Martha,
Thank you for your question. For answers have a look here, questions 13-17 are relevant to your question:
...
Olena Kaminska
11:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2040 (In Progress): Survey 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
02:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2041: w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waves
Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Dear Laura,
>
> I am not sure I understand what the ...
Laura L
11:19 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2041 (Feedback): w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waves
Dear Laura,
I am not sure I understand what the problem is, could you elaborate please?
1) Which dataset are y...
Understanding Society User Support Team
08:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2041 (Resolved): w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waves
In the cv_indresp dataset (COVID-19 survey), there are three variables (i_outcome, j_outcome, k_outcome) referring to... Laura L

01/25/2024

11:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2036: Understanding Society - weights
Valentina,
Thank you for your question. Have a look in this paper, questions 14-16 should be helpful:
https://www...
Olena Kaminska
10:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2040 (Resolved): Survey Weights
Hi
I am conducting an analysis an dam struggling to determine the best weights to use and was hoping you could gi...
Martha Tindall

01/24/2024

06:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2039: Household identifier in Understanding Society COVID-19 Survey Waves
Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Hello,
>
> I am guessing you are referring to the va...
Laura L
04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2039 (Feedback): Household identifier in Understanding Society COVID-19 Survey Waves
Hello,
I am guessing you are referring to the values of these variables in the cw_indresp files. Indeed, in most c...
Understanding Society User Support Team
10:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2039 (Resolved): Household identifier in Understanding Society COVID-19 Survey Waves
I have a question about the use of the household identifiers (i_hidp, j_hidp, k_hidp) in the Understanding Society CO... Laura L
05:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2038 (Feedback): Merging family level and individual level data
Hi Ted,
You can proceed in two steps:
1) linking the household level data to the individual level data for each...
Understanding Society User Support Team
09:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2038 (Resolved): Merging family level and individual level data
Hi,
I am looking to create a panel data set using the main survey from Understanding society. Most variables I nee...
Ted Porter
09:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2037 (Feedback): Weight variables for BHPS Youth Study
Hello,
As per the BHPS User guide you should use the ypwght (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/wp-content/upl...
Understanding Society User Support Team

01/23/2024

11:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2037 (Resolved): Weight variables for BHPS Youth Study
Good morning,
I have downloaded the SPSS data files for *SN 6614*-Understanding Society: Waves 1-13, 2009-2022 and H...
Imogen Cartwright

01/22/2024

12:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2036 (Feedback): Understanding Society - weights
Good morning,
After reading the user guide and watch the short YouTube video, I am still confused on which are the...
Valentina Di Iasio
12:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2035 (Feedback): Inquiry on the Travel to work area special license data
Hello,
Do you mean the postcode of each household, or do you mean a list of all postcodes within each TTWA? If the...
Understanding Society User Support Team

01/20/2024

09:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2035 (Resolved): Inquiry on the Travel to work area special license data
Dear officer,
We wonder if data on postcodes of the travel to the work area are available.
Many thanks for you...
Xinyu Tao

01/19/2024

05:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2033 (In Progress): Derived variable on income / earnings of each benefit unit
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
05:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2031 (Feedback): Cross-Sectional Weighting Questions.
Understanding Society User Support Team
05:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2032: hidp missing from hhresp but present in income, egoalt, indresp files
Dear Piotr,
Thank you, that is a nice, easy explanation.
Best wishes,
Chris
Chris Grollman
05:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2032 (Feedback): hidp missing from hhresp but present in income, egoalt, indresp files
Understanding Society User Support Team
05:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2032: hidp missing from hhresp but present in income, egoalt, indresp files
Dear Chris,
This happens in households in which there were some individual interviews completed (thus there is a h...
Understanding Society User Support Team

01/18/2024

08:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2033 (Resolved): Derived variable on income / earnings of each benefit unit
Hi,
I notice that Understanding Society has a useful derived variable which splits households by their benefit uni...
Thomas Stephens
01:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2031: Cross-Sectional Weighting Questions.
Dear Ifraz,
Thank you for your question.
I am not sure what your first two questions relate to, but please note ...
Olena Kaminska
11:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2031 (Feedback): Cross-Sectional Weighting Questions.
Hi, I'm currently working on a cross-sectional study across waves to examine the proportion of children who live in c... Ifraz Hussain
01:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2032 (Resolved): hidp missing from hhresp but present in income, egoalt, indresp files
Hi there,
I am taking values of _ficode_ from the *income* file, and want to attach them to the associated househ...
Chris Grollman

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
Understanding Society User Support Team
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
 

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