Activity
From 01/01/2025 to 01/30/2025
01/30/2025
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05:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2202 (Feedback): Weight Selection
- Hello,
I want to use the youth's SDQ score from waves 3-13 and link it to parents' information. I plan to merge th... -
01:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2201 (Feedback): Sexuality variables
- Dear Understanding Society Support Team,
I'm planning to investigate the cross-sectional association between sexu...
01/29/2025
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04:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2198 (Feedback): Fail to use the code creater
- Hi,
Thank you for reporting the issue. It has now been resolved, and the Code Creator is working normally.
Best... -
01:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2200 (Feedback): CAPI ringfence variable
- I’m interested in the effect of mode on a metric. The user guide suggests using the "ringfence" variable for sensitiv...
01/28/2025
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- Hello,
I tried to use Stata Code Creator to generate the code for GHQ. But every time I clicked the generate butto...
01/27/2025
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12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2196: Weighting
- Hi Piotr,
Thanks so much for explaining this!
Will the fact that my 'population size' is so low have any impa... -
- Dear Evie,
In Stata's SVY, the "Population size" is the sum of all individual values of the b_ind5mus_lw weight fo... -
- Hi James,
I just wanted to double-check if you’ve seen FAQs 13, and possibly 14 and 15 (https://www.understandings...
01/24/2025
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05:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2197 (Feedback): Query on the possibility of using the 2023 calendar year (from UKHLS wave 14 data) in some trend analysis
- Hi there,
I hope this message finds you well. I was just hoping to ask a question regarding the use of the UKHLS t...
01/21/2025
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- Hi Poitr,
Apologies, please see the updated do file. If it would be helpful I can also attach my dataset.
M... -
- Hi Evie,
Thanks. Could you also include the parts that open the data files and create/rename the variables you use... -
- Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Hi Evie,
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> Would you mind sending the code that re... -
- Hi Evie,
Would you mind sending the code that reproduces the creation of your target group and weighting?
Thank... -
- Hi there,
I am analysing wave 1 and 2 of Understanding society data and my sample is restricted to ethnic minorit... -
- Hi Evie,
Yes, the subpop command is recommended for small subpopulations, see the FAQ 12: https://www.understandin... -
01/20/2025
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- Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Hello Evie
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> I recommend taking a look at the Weig... -
- Hello Evie
I recommend taking a look at the Weighting guidance section in our user guide: https://www.understandin...
01/18/2025
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- I am conducting an analysis of wave 1 and 2 Understanding society data, and I intend to analyse a subpopulation of th...
01/16/2025
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10:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2193: Paygu_dv: difference between EUL and special licence data
- Dear Roberto,
thanks a lot for this great reply, much appreciated.
I hope you have a good day.
Best,
Nico -
- Hello Nico,
Reported and imputed income and investment amounts have been top-coded to protect respondent confiden...
01/15/2025
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- Dear Team,
I would like to know whether the wage data in the EUL version of Understanding Society is top coded or c... -
- Hello Hilary,
There isn't a specific derived variable for this purpose, but there are variables that identify the ... -
10:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2192 (Feedback): parental status
I am looking for the proportion of adults aged 16 and over (or 18 and over) who are parents, whether or not the chi...
01/14/2025
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09:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2191: First job & occupation
- Hello Roberto
Thank you for your advice and detailed information. That's indeed helpful.
Thank you
Jagriti
01/13/2025
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- Hello Jagriti,
The questions about the first job are only asked if the respondent "had a first job after full-tim...
01/10/2025
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- Good morning
I am looking for the First Job employment status variable and the occupation of the first job. I cou...
01/07/2025
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02:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2188: mortus_tw from wave i onwards
- Gareth,
Yes, correct. You should still remove the interviewer identified death, which can be found in outcome (ivf...
01/06/2025
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11:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2189: Negative values for fimngrs_dv
- Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Hi John,
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> Please refer to the answers to earlier ... -
- Hi John,
Please refer to the answers to earlier similar queries, such as: https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/is...
01/05/2025
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- I noticed some of the values in fimngrs_dv (total gross monthly income from all sources) in the indresp panel are neg...
01/04/2025
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05:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2188 (Feedback): mortus_tw from wave i onwards
- I am constructing a tailored weight and need to remove mortality and movement out of sample, from waves b to m.
In x...
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