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From 05/26/2024 to 06/24/2024
06/21/2024
- 01:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2117: Household members in COVID-19 collection
- Dear Piotr,
Thank you very much for your feedback, this is now clear.
All the best,
Laura - 10:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2123: Data on child disability
- Hello Chiara,
The Pregnancy and Early Childhood (PEACH) data file is a comprehensive cross-wave file that consolid...
06/19/2024
- 04:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2123: Data on child disability
- Thank you, that is really helpful. But then, what is the difference between PEACH and the "self completion child deve...
- 03:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2123 (Feedback): Data on child disability
- Hello Chiara,
There are some variables you might want to explore about children's health. Additionally, the varia... - 12:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2123 (Feedback): Data on child disability
- Good morning.
I am a research assistant at Bocconi University in Italy and I am currently working on several proje... - 09:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2121: Non-Binary Gender Controls
- Thank you for the confirmation and information Piotr, it is most helpful.
Best wishes,
Damien.
06/18/2024
- 12:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2119 (Feedback): Svy Commands and Fixed Effects Regressions
- Hello Emma,
Given that two-level models, where the higher level corresponds to clusters in the sample design, are ...
06/17/2024
- 04:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2122 (Resolved): W_hidp not available with variable w_seiss_reciept_dv
- 04:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2122: W_hidp not available with variable w_seiss_reciept_dv
- I've found the issue and the code works now! Feel free to disregard the above
- 03:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2122 (Resolved): W_hidp not available with variable w_seiss_reciept_dv
- Hello,
I have encountered a problem in Stata when using the w_hidp variable. I am currently merging household and...
06/14/2024
- 01:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2121 (Feedback): Non-Binary Gender Controls
- Dear Damien,
The first time these questions were asked was in wave 12 so there is no earlier data. The questions a...
06/13/2024
- 10:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2121 (Resolved): Non-Binary Gender Controls
- Hi. I am researching the mental health of self employed people and I note that in wave 12 of the survey there is a v...
06/12/2024
- 03:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2118 (Feedback): Geographical data linkage issue at LSOA11 level
- Hello,
1) The number of entries in each geography file (LSOA 11 in this instance) should be the number of matches ... - 03:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2115: Help with weights for longitudinal analysis
- Amy,
Thank you. You have two options. You could either use one of our _lw weights which would be from the last wav... - 12:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2115: Help with weights for longitudinal analysis
Hi Olena,
Analysis is at the person level. We are looking at GHQ score over time in relation to arthritis dia...- 12:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2115: Help with weights for longitudinal analysis
- Amy,
What is your level of analysis? Is it people? And diagnosis etc. are their attributes? Or are you analysing a...
06/11/2024
- 02:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2115: Help with weights for longitudinal analysis
- Thanks Olena,
The population of interest is anyone with a new diagnosis of arthritis at some point between 2009 a... - 12:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2115: Help with weights for longitudinal analysis
- Amy,
Thank you for your question. Read questions 14-16 here, which should help you choose the weight you need:
ht... - 12:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2110: Weights invalid stset
- Giovanni,
No, you can't use _xw weights split for just some of the samples as they are created to represent the po...
06/07/2024
- 04:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2118 (In Progress): Geographical data linkage issue at LSOA11 level
- Dear Lex,
I can confirm that I can see the same discrepancies. I have contacted our geodata team to investigate.
... - 03:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2115 (In Progress): Help with weights for longitudinal analysis
- 03:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2117 (Feedback): Household members in COVID-19 collection
- Dear Laura,
For waves 1-2 of the Covid-19 survey linking this from the mainstage data (for different people the ne... - 03:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2120 (Feedback): Employment rates at country or county level
- Dear Luis,
I am afraid we don't release such derived variables, except for the quintiles of the Index of Multiple ... - 03:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2119 (In Progress): Svy Commands and Fixed Effects Regressions
- 03:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2116 (Feedback): How to select variables to create legacy benefit variables
- Hello,
It is true that UKHLS data is very complex, due to the complexity of many areas of social life and people's... - 07:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2110: Weights invalid stset
- Good morning Olena,
thank you very much. Since my panel is unbalanced, would it make sense to use the three availabl...
06/06/2024
- 05:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2120 (Feedback): Employment rates at country or county level
- Dear members of the technical support staff of Understanding Society,
May I ask if, among the derived variables, t... - 12:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2119 (Feedback): Svy Commands and Fixed Effects Regressions
- Hi there,
I'm using UKHLS panel data for my MSc Behavioural Science dissertation in which I am trying to explore ...
06/05/2024
- 12:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2118 (Feedback): Geographical data linkage issue at LSOA11 level
This issue is about linking understanding society at the LSOA11-level.
Question
Until wave k, the number of geo...- 09:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2117 (Resolved): Household members in COVID-19 collection
- Good morning,
I am trying to reconstruct the household members' relationships in the COVID-19 study. While the CO...
06/04/2024
- 06:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2116 (Feedback): How to select variables to create legacy benefit variables
- I want to create a variable that indicates whether an individual received legacy benefits. Legacy benefits include si...
- 10:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2115 (Feedback): Help with weights for longitudinal analysis
- I was wondering if you could advise on the correct weights that I should use for an analysis. I have identified arthr...
06/03/2024
- 12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2110: Weights invalid stset
- Giovanni,
Survival analysis is unique because it allows for nonresponse correction within the analysis (through tr...
05/30/2024
- 04:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2114 (Feedback): Inquiry on Wave 13 Data for Variable 'm_lmar1y' Regarding First Marriage Year
- Hello Yihua,
This variable is collected from new entrants who have not been interviewed before, excluding rising ... - 02:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2114 (Feedback): Inquiry on Wave 13 Data for Variable 'm_lmar1y' Regarding First Marriage Year
- Dear Understanding Society Team,
I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out regarding the Wave 13 datas...
05/29/2024
- 12:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2111: Current economic activity & current job
- This is very useful and clarifying, Roberto.
Many thanks for your assistance with this
Best wishes
Luis Ortiz - 09:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2112 (Feedback): part-time work information
- Hello Nicholas,
It is the same variable you mentioned. The Study introduces an improvement in the employment-relat...
05/28/2024
- 05:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2113 (Feedback): Monetary variables
- Hello Leo
Unless otherwise indicated, monetary amounts are recorded in pounds (£).
I hope this information is h... - 05:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2113 (Feedback): Monetary variables
- Hello,
are all monetary variables (like income) measured in British pounds?
Thank you and best regards
Leo - 05:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2111 (Feedback): Current economic activity & current job
- Hello Luis
Questions about the current occupation (from which NSSEC is derived) are asked of those who say they ei... - 02:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2105: How to link parents-children using income variable between BHPS and UKHLS datasets
- Dear Peter,
You are welcome. I am happy I could help.
Best wishes,
Piotr - 01:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2109 (Feedback): Linking air pollution data to the Understanding society teaching dataset
- Hello Mary,
According to the UKDS guidelines on “Research data handling and security guide for users” (https://uk... - 11:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2112 (Feedback): part-time work information
- Dear Team Member,
What is the problem with part-time work information in most recent waves?? All related variables... - 09:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2110 (In Progress): Weights invalid stset
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
05/27/2024
- 05:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2105: How to link parents-children using income variable between BHPS and UKHLS datasets
- Dear Piot,
Thank you so much for providing me with the do-file which was extremely helpful.
Have a very nice da... - 11:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2111 (Resolved): Current economic activity & current job
- Dear members of the support team,
I am using the thirteen waves of UKHLS to analyse educational mismatch. To gener...
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