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Understanding Society User Support Team's activity

From 04/16/2024 to 05/15/2024

05:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2078 (Resolved): Choosing the correct group and sample for weight: Understanding Society User Support Team
05:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2087 (Resolved): Values coded as -20 in sex_dv: Understanding Society User Support Team
05:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2090 (Resolved): Overcrowding measure in USoc: Understanding Society User Support Team
05:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2094 (Resolved): Universe for macob/pacob in xwavedat: Understanding Society User Support Team
05:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2104 (Feedback): Dropped observations after specifying the complexity of the sample design: The number of observations for estimations using weights and without are different as the number of cases with 0 weig... Understanding Society User Support Team

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
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

11:04 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

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

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

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
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

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

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

11:52 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

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
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
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

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
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

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

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

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