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03/27/2024

02:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2077 (Feedback): Using income variables

Dear Mhairi,
Please use the latest 18th November 2023 available here: https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalog... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/26/2024

10:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2075 (Feedback): Using UKHLS to look at trends across calendar months

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10:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2060 (Resolved): Design weights taken account of in enumeration weights?

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10:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2058 (Resolved): Using longitudinal weights when combining Covid-19 waves and mainstage waves of UKHLS

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03/21/2024

04:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2052 (Resolved): Vote Choice: display all parties

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04:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2051 (Resolved): Local Authority variable name in Special Licence dataset (SN 6666)

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04:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2050 (Resolved): Linking BHPS and US Dataset for special license data (6931)

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04:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2049 (Resolved): Linking BHPS and US Dataset for special license data (6931)

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04:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2048 (Resolved): Code Creator

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04:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2047 (Resolved): Council Tax

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04:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2046 (Resolved): Unable to locate org variable used in the past

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04:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2045 (Resolved): Winter Fuel Payments

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04:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2044 (Resolved): Old Westminster constituecies

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04:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2033 (Resolved): Derived variable on income / earnings of each benefit unit

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04:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2001 (Resolved): Special licence request

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04:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2074 (In Progress): Longitudinal weights

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03/19/2024

09:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2076: Issues with xx_hadcvvac variables in COVID-19 data collection

Hello Laura,
Typically, upon receiving information from the field agency, we process the fed forward variables an... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/15/2024

09:18 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2076 (Feedback): Issues with xx_hadcvvac variables in COVID-19 data collection

Hello Laura
The question routing is as follows: If ff_hadcvvac = 3, then ask if the respondent has not reported in... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/14/2024

01:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2073 (Feedback): Data file

Hello Luisa
Wave 13 main stage Study covers years 2021 and 2022. The interviews span from January 2021 to May 2023... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2066 (Resolved): Code creator E-Mail

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01:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2069: Match children information with parental information

Hello Giovanni,
You would need first to identify children that have left the parental house. I think the best app... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2041 (Resolved): w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waves

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09:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2076 (In Progress): Issues with xx_hadcvvac variables in COVID-19 data collection

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

03/13/2024

04:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2075 (In Progress): Using UKHLS to look at trends across calendar months

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

03/11/2024

11:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2070: Creating Chronology when using COVID-19 and main panel data

Hello Isaac
As was mentioned COVID-19 survey data can be linked to the main UKHLS annual survey data using the var... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2070 (Feedback): Creating Chronology when using COVID-19 and main panel data

Hello Isaac,
I recommend using calendar year data because you will need to pool information from 3 waves. For yea... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2072 (Feedback): tracking spouse after the household dissolutions

Hello Seok
The Study follows all participants who are classified as original sample members (OSM), permanent sampl... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2071 (Feedback): Choosing weight where some variables are self-completion and others are interview

Hello Molly,
For individual level analysis, you may want to combine information from different questionnaires. In... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2069 (Feedback): Match children information with parental information

Hello Giovanni,
Please take a look at the "Data management syntax files":https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/d... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/08/2024

04:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2073 (In Progress): Data file

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

11:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2066: Code creator E-Mail

Hello Leo,
I tested the code on my PC, and it works fine. I’ve attached a log of my session named “2066”. However, ... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/07/2024

02:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2072 (In Progress): tracking spouse after the household dissolutions

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

02:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2071 (In Progress): Choosing weight where some variables are self-completion and others are interview

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

02:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2070 (In Progress): Creating Chronology when using COVID-19 and main panel data

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

02:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2069 (In Progress): Match children information with parental information

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

01:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2064 (Feedback): calendar year dataset - longitudinal analysis

Hello Marina,
Please take a look at Issues #2006 and #1959 on our User Support Forum, which address similar issues... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2066: Code creator E-Mail

Hello Leo,
I’m attaching two text files with the syntax code in long and wide formats. The data file produced will b... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/06/2024

02:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2065 (Feedback): How to manage longitudinal data analysis after excluding sample based on date of interview

Hello Marina,
The UKHLS sample is designed such that each sample month is a random representative (once weighted) ... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2067 (Feedback): data access

Hello Mike,
Understanding Society data consists of multiple files, downloadable as a single zipped folder and rele... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/05/2024

07:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2068 (Feedback): Wave 16 biological data

Hello Eleanor,
We expect it would be released around the same time as the main stage Wave 16, in November 2026. Ho... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2063: List of Validated Measures or Scales used in the Study?

Hello Luke
UKHLS covers various topics through different questionnaire modules. To find out which topics were cove... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2063 (Feedback): List of Validated Measures or Scales used in the Study?

Hello Luke,
We're currently developing a Health scale guidance, which we anticipate releasing later this year. Typic... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2061 (Feedback): Video content for part 8 + sections 11,12 & 13 greyed out

Hello Joe,
There are no videos available for section 8 in the training area. However, we offer specific guidance ... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/04/2024

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2066 (Feedback): Code creator E-Mail

Hello Leo,
I'll ask the data team about this issue. In the meantime, you could try using the "Get your code" tab ... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2064 (In Progress): calendar year dataset - longitudinal 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

02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2063 (In Progress): List of Validated Measures or Scales used in the Study?

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