Understanding Society User Support

01/30/2024

04:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2043 (Feedback): Legality of sharing Understanding Society data

Hello Michael,
The only way to share information with other people (considering they are registered in the UKDS) is ... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/29/2024

11:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2042 (In Progress): Survey Weights for Multi-Wave Pooled 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

10:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2041: w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waves

Hi Laura,
I am afraid there is no officially released background information about the meaning of these labels but... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/26/2024

08:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2040 (Feedback): Survey Weights

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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

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

01/24/2024

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

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

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

01/22/2024

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

01/19/2024

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.

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05:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2032 (Feedback): hidp missing from hhresp but present in income, egoalt, indresp files

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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

01/11/2024

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

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

10:10 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

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

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

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

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

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

01/02/2024

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