Understanding Society User Support

09/10/2024

09:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2147 (Feedback): UKHLS variable explanations

Hello Sen
The question "lvrel" is coded as "select all that apply" turning to variables lvrel1 to lvrel10 and lvre... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2147 (Feedback): UKHLS variable explanations

Dear Understanding Society team,
I am currently working on a project based on Understanding Society, in which “Lvr... Sen Li

06:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2145 (Feedback): Inapplicable values in family relationship variables

Hello Kuoshi
Are you using Stata to process your data? If so, could you share your code so I can follow along and ... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2146 (Feedback): jbterm2 clarification

Hello Kat
Unfortunately, we do not have any further information on what this response option means. There is no fo... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2146 (In Progress): jbterm2 clarification

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

04:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2148: link children's birth year and month with parents

I think I have figure it out by using "rename pidp bcx_pidp_1" in "xwavedat_protect", and then
using "xhhrel_prot... Eve Liu

03:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2148 (Feedback): link children's birth year and month with parents

Dear staff from Understanding Society,
I am currently doing a research which requires to link the parents and chil... Eve Liu

03:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2149 (In Progress): Age of entry into parenthood

Dear colleagues,
I intend to generate a variable that captures the age at which individuals enter into parenthood.... Luis Ortiz

02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2144 (Feedback): Creation of a unique calendar year for which information has been collected for a person*year dataset?

Hello Remigiusz
This process is not entirely straightforward. For instance, due to overlapping interviews, you wil... Understanding Society User Support Team

09/09/2024

12:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2146 (Feedback): jbterm2 clarification

Dear Understanding Society team,
I’m doing research on temporary work using Understanding Society. In the survey, ... Kat R

09/06/2024

03:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2145 (Feedback): Inapplicable values in family relationship variables

Dear Support Team,
Hi! I am investigating variables about the intergenerational relationship between adult and their... Kuoshi Hu

03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2136: Weights for multiple imputation in Mplus

Ivelina,
It's likely that you won't be able to include all the variables used in our weighting model as there are ... Olena Kaminska

09:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2144 (Feedback): Creation of a unique calendar year for which information has been collected for a person*year dataset?

Creation of a unique calendar year for which information has been collected for a person*year dataset?
Hi. Could y... Remigiusz Żulicki

09/05/2024

01:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2131: i_macurr 'inapplicable' cases

Hi Roberto
Many thanks for looking into this - that's really useful information and I will follow you strategy you... Rachel Bennett

10:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2131: i_macurr 'inapplicable' cases

Hi Rachel,
We have conducted an internal investigation to identify any patterns behind this error but have not fou... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2143: Weights

Césarine,
Thank you for your question. Yes, you should weight our data for your purpose, it is really crucial for ... Olena Kaminska

10:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2143 (In Progress): 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

09:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2143 (Feedback): Weights

Hi,
I am contacting you as I have a question regarding the use of weights. I would like to provide representativen... Césarine Boinet

12:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2141: Time-varying weights within the same ID

Lydia,
Thank you for your question. Survival analysis takes care of the attrition and needs only initial (wave 1) ... Olena Kaminska

12:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2142 (Feedback): query about mental health measures

Hello Foteini,
There are several variables related to mental health in the dataset, such as hcond, mhcond, etc. Ad... Understanding Society User Support Team

09/03/2024

01:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2142 (Feedback): query about mental health measures

I am new to the study and trying to familiarise with available measures. I am particularly interested in mental healt... Foteini Tseliou

09/02/2024

09:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2131: i_macurr 'inapplicable' cases

Hi Piotr,
Is it possible to provide a timescale for this? I have some analysis due by the end of this week which ... Rachel Bennett

08/27/2024

12:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2137: Help with Mother's Age and Employment History Variables

Hello Martina,
There is a related issue (# 1177) regarding birth order. You can check the advice given at this li... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/25/2024

11:08 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2137: Help with Mother's Age and Employment History Variables

Good morning,
I apologize for reaching out again, but I was hoping you could provide further clarification. The sy... Martina Ponassi

08/22/2024

02:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2140 (Feedback): Household Interview Date Variables

Hello,
It is not possible to know what % of the interview was conducted on the start date and what % on the end da... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2141: Time-varying weights within the same ID

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

08/20/2024

08:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2141 (Feedback): Time-varying weights within the same ID

Hello,
We are analyzing subjects participating in all waves of BHPS and UKHLS from all the boosts, using the time-... Lydia Palumbo

08/19/2024

11:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2136 (In Progress): Weights for multiple imputation in Mplus

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11:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2140 (In Progress): Household Interview Date Variables

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

11:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2138 (Feedback): Secure data access variables and questions of IEMBS in subsequent waves

You are correct in your understanding of the content of Secure Access dataset. The Abstract for SN 6676 on the UKDS w... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/18/2024

07:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2140 (Feedback): Household Interview Date Variables

Hello,
I wish to merge the household-level data with yearly information on council tax at the local authority level... Vikram Patil

08/16/2024

04:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2138 (In Progress): Secure data access variables and questions of IEMBS in subsequent waves

Hi Ilona,
The answer to your second questions is yes. We're still investigating your first question, we'll update ... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/15/2024

11:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2139 (Feedback): Social Support Variables - who is inapplicable?

Hi Tassia,
You can find this in the universe (routing) for each of these questions. This information can be found ... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/14/2024

02:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2139 (Feedback): Social Support Variables - who is inapplicable?

Hello,
I am looking at the following variables which are related to social support from family, friends, and partn... Tassia Oswald

09:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1375: XTREG error: weight must be constant within pidp

Hi Lydia,
This issue has been resolved, and we typically do not reopen issues unless they are a direct continuatio... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2137: Help with Mother's Age and Employment History Variables

Deart Martina,
We recommend using doby_dv - it is a derived variable for which we have run some additional data ch... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/13/2024

04:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2137: Help with Mother's Age and Employment History Variables

Thank you, that is really helpful. I have still one doubt: What if I use birthy instead of doby_dv? What is the diffe... Martina Ponassi

12:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2137 (Feedback): Help with Mother's Age and Employment History Variables

Hello Martina,
1.
In the file "xwavedat" (when you download the data this file is in the subfolder ukhls), you... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1375: XTREG error: weight must be constant within pidp

Hello,
I'm sorry if I'm jumping into this old thread. We are in the exact situation. We are analyzing subjects ... Lydia Palumbo

02:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2138 (Feedback): Secure data access variables and questions of IEMBS in subsequent waves

Hi there,
I wanted to double-check which further data is available under the Secure Access level (SN 6676). From t... Ilona Pinter

12:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2132 (Feedback): Citizenship

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12:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2134 (Feedback): Cognitive Ability data for users who answered language questions

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08/12/2024

08:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2137 (Feedback): Help with Mother's Age and Employment History Variables

Good morning.
As a research assistant, I am currently working on a projects concerning the child penalty of mother... Martina Ponassi