Understanding Society User Support

05/03/2024

07:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2102 (Feedback): Partnership

Hello Michael,
UKHLS has recently released a partnership history file, which includes details about the start and... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2102 (Feedback): Partnership

Hi, I'm doing some analysis on partnerships using the USOC data and I had a couple of questions I was hoping you coul... Michael Twinem

04:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2006: Longitudinal analysis using calendar year?

Massive thanks for all of your help! The materials you sent me appear to be very useful and will read them in detail.... Marina Kousta

03:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2006: Longitudinal analysis using calendar year?

Marina,
Yes, it is usually 3 waves to create one calendar year. Read more here: question 13 https://www.understand... Olena Kaminska

03:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2006: Longitudinal analysis using calendar year?

Hi Olena,
Many thanks for your very useful reply. May I ask two follow-up questions:
1) I was under the impress... Marina Kousta

02:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2101 (Feedback): Time variant and invariant variables using general UKHLS and Covid-19 survey

Hello Michael
Our remit is to address questions related to the survey, its details, and the datasets including dat... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2101 (Feedback): Time variant and invariant variables using general UKHLS and Covid-19 survey

Hi there,
I was wondering if you could provide some advice about how to treat the Covid-19 survey variables in co... Michael Francis

05/01/2024

11:04 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2097 (Feedback): Variable availablility

Hello Lisa
The Study only includes variable "unisub1 - most preferred subject at university" for respondents aged 16... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2100 (Feedback): Rural local authority data

Hello Pat
Understanding Society can be linked to geographical data. The Study provides a range of geographical ident... Understanding Society User Support Team

04/30/2024

11:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2100 (Feedback): Rural local authority data

Dear Sir/Madam,
I hope this email finds you well.
First of all, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Pa... Pattanapong Tiwasing

12:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2099 (Feedback): Merging household info to individual data

Hello Marina
Some households completed enumeration and at least one individual interview but did not respond to th... Understanding Society User Support Team

04/29/2024

06:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2099 (Feedback): Merging household info to individual data

Hello,
I wish to perform some longitudinal analysis and I aim to append waves 9-13 from UKHLS. Before appending th... Marina Kousta

03:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2098 (Feedback): Help with weighting

Hello Mel
You are correct on both weights you need for your analysis. The identifier “ub” changes to “ui” from Wave ... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2098 (Feedback): Help with weighting

Hi, I would like to check whether I have understood the weighting guidance correctly. Firstly, I am using individual ... Mel Cairns

04/26/2024

05:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2097 (In Progress): Variable availablility

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

11:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2097 (Feedback): Variable availablility

Can you confirm if it is possible to get the subject/programme of degree studied for people with a degree in the Unde... Lisa Buckner

12:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2096 (Feedback): hhincome variable in covid wave

Hello Shiyu
I recommend reviewing the "UKHLS COVID-19 user guide":https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documenta... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2096 (Feedback): hhincome variable in covid wave

Hi there,
I am currently using both the main survey and the covid 19 wave to conduct some analysis, and I would like... Shiyu Yuan

04/25/2024

12:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2092: Calculation of mortgage interest payments

Hello Sam

Here is the Income team feedback:

The interpretation of your first paragraph is exactly right ie. ... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2092: Calculation of mortgage interest payments

Thanks for this information Roberto.
Could I clarify what exactly you mean by estimating interest "based on a sta... Sam Ray-Chaudhuri

04/24/2024

11:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2078: Choosing the correct group and sample for weight

Ah, I see. That makes sense thanks. Albert Ward

11:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2078: Choosing the correct group and sample for weight

BHPS never provided self-completion weights, so we kept with that tradition. But sample size would be very small by n... Olena Kaminska

04/23/2024

05:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2092: Calculation of mortgage interest payments

Hello Sam,

The income team is currently undertaking a significant review of the calculation of housing costs and ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2092: Calculation of mortgage interest payments

Thank you for the fast response. That's helpful to know, but it would be good if you could ask the Income Team for fu... Sam Ray-Chaudhuri

03:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2078: Choosing the correct group and sample for weight

Thanks again. One final question: I thought I might need these weights: I_indsc91_lw and I_indsc01_lw, but it seems t... Albert Ward

02:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2078: Choosing the correct group and sample for weight

Albert,
So, all you mentioned in num4 message messages is correct, but if you use more than one wave you have to u... Olena Kaminska

04/22/2024

02:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2078: Choosing the correct group and sample for weight

That was worded poorly: what I meant was that, I assume that if I am matching variables from previous waves and then ... Albert Ward

11:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2084 (Feedback): Linking NPD data with other special licence understanding society data

Understanding Society User Support Team

11:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2095 (Feedback): parent children variable

Hello Leo,
Consider exploring the variable "nchild_dv," which indicates the number of own children in the household,... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2094: Universe for macob/pacob in xwavedat

Hi Piotr,
That's great thanks!
Albert Ward

04/19/2024

05:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2094 (Feedback): Universe for macob/pacob in xwavedat

Hi Albert,
M/pacob are asked in the adult questionnaire, so the be biggest group in xwavedat for whom these are m... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2094 (Resolved): Universe for macob/pacob in xwavedat

Hi,
I'm just wondering why there are missing values for macob/pacob in the xwavedat file? Is there something I'm n... Albert Ward

04:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2095 (Feedback): parent children variable

Hello,
I cannot seem to find a variable that simply states if the respondent has children (=is a parent) or not. I... Leo Haentjes

01:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2093 (Feedback): voteeuref variable

Hi Felicity,
The reasons for the missing data you're observing are quite complex.
First, you need to check the w... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2083: Creating a tailored longitudinal weight for unbalanced panel data

Isabelle,
I suggest you start with wave 6 weight as it includes IEMB sample that has many immigrants and model fro... Olena Kaminska

08:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2083: Creating a tailored longitudinal weight for unbalanced panel data

Hi Olena!
To my understanding, the multilevel model can handle missingness under the assumption that its missing a... Isabelle Munier

11:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2084: Linking NPD data with other special licence understanding society data

Hi Laura,
Below the answers from our data access expert:

1. You will need two applications. One for the Sec... Understanding Society User Support Team

04/18/2024

11:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2093 (Feedback): voteeuref variable

Hello,
For Wave 10,11 and 12, why does the variable "voteeuref" have such a high proportion of inapplicable and mi... Felicity Leung

07:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2090: Overcrowding measure in USoc

Hi Piotr,
This is very helpful, thank you!
Best wishes,
Michaela Michaela Kyclova

07:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2090: Overcrowding measure in USoc

Hi Michaela,
Age and sex of all members of the household is recorded in in the indall file for each wave. You may ... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2090: Overcrowding measure in USoc

Dear Piotr,
Thanks so much for your response. In overcrowding measures, it is often needed to also know the exact ... Michaela Kyclova

07:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2092 (Feedback): Calculation of mortgage interest payments

Hi Sam,
You can find some information on how this variable is derived in the Derived Income Variables section of t... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2092 (Feedback): Calculation of mortgage interest payments

Hello,
I am interested in working out mortgage interest payments of households with mortgages in USoc. I see there... Sam Ray-Chaudhuri

04/17/2024

06:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2090 (Feedback): Overcrowding measure in USoc

Dear Michaela,
There is no derived measure of overcrowding but you can try to create one yourself using the follow... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2090 (Resolved): Overcrowding measure in USoc

Dear Understanding Society team,
I was wondering whether there are any resources/code available that would help me... Michaela Kyclova

04:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2078: Choosing the correct group and sample for weight

Sorry, a final question: with regards to cross-sectional weights, if I am matching questions BHPS wave 9 to a ukhls w... Albert Ward

04:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2078: Choosing the correct group and sample for weight

Thanks for this! Yes, the earliest wave at least is BHPS wave 9. So the prefix is based on the final wave for longitu... Albert Ward

03:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2078: Choosing the correct group and sample for weight

Albert,
Additionally, this can answer many of your questions:
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/wp-content/u... Olena Kaminska

03:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2074: Longitudinal weights

Joe,
In any software, in including R, you would just need a function for running a logistic regression in order to... Olena Kaminska

03:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2080: Repeated cross-sectional data weighting

Fran Reah,
Thank you for your question. Question 13 here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/wp-content/upload... Olena Kaminska

03:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2083: Creating a tailored longitudinal weight for unbalanced panel data

Isabelle,
My understanding is that while your model allows for missingness, it does not correct for it. Is this ri... Olena Kaminska

02:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2088: Weights for longitudinal analysis with USOC and COVID-19 survey combined

Michael,
You can use wave 9 of the mainstage with any Covid data without additional adjustment. Once you want to u... Olena Kaminska

04/16/2024

04:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2088 (Resolved): Weights for longitudinal analysis with USOC and COVID-19 survey combined

Hi there,
I read a thread on weightings for longitudinal analysis of UKHLS (Support #925) on using the ub weightin... Michael Francis

04:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2087: Values coded as -20 in sex_dv

Thanks for such a swift, clear and reassuring answer, Piotr.
Best
Luis Luis Ortiz

03:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2087 (Feedback): Values coded as -20 in sex_dv

Hi Luis,
-20 is a missing value used only in xwavedat, it is assigned to the BHPS participants who didn't continue... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2087 (Resolved): Values coded as -20 in sex_dv

Dear colleague,
I have proceeded to re-run my do-files to add Wave 13 to my dataset for analysis, profiting from t... Luis Ortiz

04/15/2024

07:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2086 (Feedback): Questions of Welsh proficiency

Hello,
You're correct, the plan is to next ask this module in wave 20, and then wave 30.
Best wishes,
UKHLS Us... Understanding Society User Support Team

07:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2086 (In Progress): Questions of Welsh proficiency

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 #2086 (Feedback): Questions of Welsh proficiency

Hi,
I was wondering whether there was a timescale for when the next questions of Welsh proficiency (e.g. wlsh1, wl... Efan Hywel

07:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2084 (In Progress): Linking NPD data with other special licence understanding society 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

04:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2082: "Type of job" variables and how they relate to each other

Hi Laura,
I'm sorry, I forgot to answer this question! There was a plan to release these variables with the update... Understanding Society User Support Team

04/12/2024

01:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2082: "Type of job" variables and how they relate to each other

Hi Piotr,
Thank you very much for your answer. Just one last thing: are there any updates about the "type of job"... Laura L

04/11/2024

01:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2084 (Feedback): Linking NPD data with other special licence understanding society data

Dear support team,
I am writing an application for access to the linked NPD data. As well as the NPD variables we ... Laura Jones

08:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2083 (In Progress): Creating a tailored longitudinal weight for unbalanced 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

08:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2078 (Feedback): Choosing the correct group and sample for weight

Hi Albert,
We would need some more information to advise on the weight to use. For instance, you would need a more... Understanding Society User Support Team

04/10/2024

05:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2083 (Resolved): Creating a tailored longitudinal weight for unbalanced panel data

Hello,
I am performing a multilevel growth curve model, using STATA:s mixed command, in which repeated measures o... Isabelle Munier

11:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2080 (Feedback): Repeated cross-sectional data weighting

Hello,
If you are using at least one self-completion variable in your analysis model then the correct weights are ... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:09 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2082 (Feedback): "Type of job" variables and how they relate to each other

Hello Laura,
w_jbsoc10 will only be populated for individuals who have changed their job since we introduced codi... Understanding Society User Support Team

04/09/2024

07:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2081 (Feedback): Merging parents (or carer) information to youth data

Hello,
It looks like your analysis is at the youth level, so I'd suggest starting from the youth file and then:
... Understanding Society User Support Team

04/08/2024

08:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2082 (Feedback): "Type of job" variables and how they relate to each other

Good morning,
I am looking at the variables related to job type in the Calendar Year 2020 dataset, specifically t... Laura L

04/06/2024

06:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2081 (Feedback): Merging parents (or carer) information to youth data

Hi Understanding Society team,
I am studying the relationship between type of rental housing (ie private vs socia... Lydia Sung

04/05/2024

05:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2079 (Feedback): what is the difference between ethn_dv_all and ethn_dv?

Hello Maya
Variables ending in “_all” are classified as part of the special licence version because they have a hi... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2079 (Feedback): what is the difference between ethn_dv_all and ethn_dv?

Hi
What is the difference between ethn_dv_all and ethn_dv? The descriptions seem very similar, but ethn_dv_all is ... Maya Middleton-Welch

01:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2080 (Feedback): Repeated cross-sectional data weighting

Hi!
I am a third year student writing my dissertation and I was hoping for some guidance on weighting. I am usin... Fran Reah

04/04/2024

11:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2078 (In Progress): Choosing the correct group and sample for weight

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

11:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2074: Longitudinal weights

I would also just like to ask if you would recommend any resources for coding tailored weights in R Studio?
Joe Joe Mattock

09:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2074: Longitudinal weights

Hi Olena,
Thank you very much for the response, all is clear on the data merging front.
I should clarify that... Joe Mattock