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11/22/2024

12:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2180 (Feedback): Relationship to the reference person

Hi Oscar,
gr2r
I’m not sure this is the best variable, especially if the person of reference isn’t the mother. Th... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/20/2024

03:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2088 (Resolved): Weights for longitudinal analysis with USOC and COVID-19 survey combined

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03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2176: USOC Wave 16 - Enquiry re: questions on employment rights

Hi Andrei,
I’ve asked around, and I don’t believe we asked any questions that directly correspond to what you’re l... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2179 (Feedback): Full interview but inapplicable answer in COVID-19 data

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01:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2179: Full interview but inapplicable answer in COVID-19 data

Hi Laura,
The data for those 12 respondents is missing and cannot be retrieved, which I assume is due to a technic... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2181 (Feedback): Longitudinal weights , merging in wave files then cross wave

Dear Rehana,
You can check the code included in exercise 6 of our Moodle Introduction to Understanding Society cou... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2082: "Type of job" variables and how they relate to each other

Here are some further thoughts.
The Covid-19 variables cg_occtenyr and cg_occtenmnth might be helpful, as they pro... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2082: "Type of job" variables and how they relate to each other

Hi Laura,
As of now, the full jbsoc10 variable is not available in the mainstage release of Understanding Society.... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/15/2024

01:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2083 (Resolved): Creating a tailored longitudinal weight for unbalanced panel data

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11/14/2024

01:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2164: Merging w_hhresp and w_indresp vars as a function of PNO

Hi Emma,
1) Yes.
2) Yes, you're correct about the universe for the matdep questions – these are not asked of hous... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2176 (Feedback): USOC Wave 16 - Enquiry re: questions on employment rights

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01:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2176: USOC Wave 16 - Enquiry re: questions on employment rights

Dear Andrei,
Could it be the flexible working experiment (see FSVIGNAME1 and the related questions in the IP16: h... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2177 (Feedback): school leaving age vs. further education leaving age

Hello,
'w_scend' ('w_' is a wave prefix) - this is the age provided in response to the question 'school' ('How old... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/11/2024

12:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2156 (Feedback): Gig economy job (wave 13)

Hello Darja,
Apologies for the delay in responding to this part of your query.
The initial question, "Gigempjob... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/07/2024

09:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2175 (Feedback): Inconsistent results across data files

Hello Sen,
This case is unique because pidp=1162045368 is a full-time student. This means the student is consider... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/04/2024

10:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2165 (Feedback): Inconsistency between dvage and birthy

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10:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2164 (Feedback): Merging w_hhresp and w_indresp vars as a function of PNO

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10:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2172 (Feedback): University students

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10:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2174 (Feedback): Negative Gross Income Variables

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11/01/2024

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

10/31/2024

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

10/30/2024

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

10/28/2024

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

10/25/2024

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

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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