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From 10/04/2024 to 11/02/2024

05:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2174: Negative Gross Income Variables: Dear Patricia,
Negative values come from the self-employment pay (w_seearngrs_dv*) component (reporting losses) of t... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2174 (In Progress): Negative Gross Income 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

03:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2169 (Resolved): understanding society dataset timeline: Answered in https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/2170 Understanding Society User Support Team
03:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2168 (Resolved): understanding society dataset timeline: Answered in https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/2170 Understanding Society User Support Team
03:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2170 (Feedback): understanding society dataset timeline: Hi Raffaele,
> I would like to make a difference between outcome variables between the wave seven and the wave nine,... Understanding Society User Support Team
01:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2171 (Feedback): Partnership history variable mismatches between partners: Hi Kimberly,
Thank you for uploading the code. I've contacted our team responsible for creating the partnership hi... Understanding Society User Support Team
01:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2173 (Feedback): Child number: Hi Shiyu,
You're right, since you need that for each wave using xhhrel will not work. You can use egoalt file and do... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2172: University students: Dear Eleanor,
Please see the text of the FAQ about this:
"Students who have left the household are followed an... Understanding Society User Support Team
05:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2173: Child number: Dear Shiyu Yuan,
You can use the bcx_N, acx_N, scx_N, fcx_N from the xhhrel file and combine it with the relevant ... Understanding Society User Support Team
05:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2164: Merging w_hhresp and w_indresp vars as a function of PNO: Dear Emma,
You are correct about the w_ivh1 - w_ivh16 variables. While we don’t have specific syntax for this situ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2164 (In Progress): Merging w_hhresp and w_indresp vars as a function of PNO: Dear Emma,
Thank you for your question. We’ve contacted our fieldwork expert about the exact procedure and will ge... Understanding Society User Support Team
11:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2170 (New): understanding society dataset timeline: Understanding Society User Support Team
11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2170 (Feedback): understanding society dataset timeline: 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
11:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2171 (In Progress): Partnership history variable mismatches between partners: Dear Kimberly,
Thank you for your question. Could you share the syntax or code for your analysis, please? It would... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2169 (Feedback): understanding society dataset timeline: Let's go step by step.
> does the wave 7 include years 2015-2017? Does this mean that this wave includes three yea... Understanding Society User Support Team
12:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2166 (Feedback): Employment Length of Service: Dear Andy,
In Understanding Society, for the sample in continuous employment, you can identify whether the responden... Understanding Society User Support Team
12:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2161 (Feedback): weights query: Understanding Society User Support Team
12:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2160 (Feedback): create a tailored weight: Understanding Society User Support Team
12:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2168 (Feedback): understanding society dataset timeline: Dear Raffaele,
1. We aim to interview households and individuals at roughly one-year intervals. You can check the ... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2165: Inconsistency between dvage and birthy: Dear Sen Li,
I'd recommend using w_age_dv as this is the most consistent and correct of the age variables in the s... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2163 (Feedback): Variables question: Hello Jolly,
I recommend using the “Mainstage Variables search” tool (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/docu... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2162 (Feedback): Do you have data about romantic relationship status?: Hello Jolly,
The Study has a question “ypsbfgf - Do you have a steady boyfriend or girlfriend?” that is only aske... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2158 (Feedback): Number of biological children ever had: Hello Irene,
There are a couple of approaches you could consider. For example, if you are looking to find the num... Understanding Society User Support Team
10:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2157 (Feedback): Merging x_indresp and x_child, then merging across waves: Hello Rehana,
You are correct merging by j_hidp and j_rapno8 is the right approach. In the j_child file, the varia... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2159: Order of mainstage interview and self-completion interview: Hello Joe
The order of the questionnaire modules can be found in the questionnaire section at https://www.understa... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2159 (Feedback): Order of mainstage interview and self-completion interview: Hello Joe,
Youth self-completion questionnaires are the only ones that may be left behind in cases where the youn... Understanding Society User Support Team

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