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From 01/02/2025 to 01/31/2025

01/31/2025

12:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2201: Sexuality variables
Hi Merle,
Can you please specify which variables (names) you are using?
Best wishes,
Piotr Marzec
UKHLS User ...
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12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2200: CAPI ringfence variable
Hi Alex,
We would advise to request the UKDS for the 2023 version of the data which includes this variable. We pro...
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01/29/2025

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...
Understanding Society User Support Team

01/27/2025

10:03 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2197 (In Progress): Query on the possibility of using the 2023 calendar year (from UKHLS wave 14 data) in some trend analysis
Hi James,
I just wanted to double-check if you’ve seen FAQs 13, and possibly 14 and 15 (https://www.understandings...
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09:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2196 (Feedback): Weighting
Dear Evie,
In Stata's SVY, the "Population size" is the sum of all individual values of the b_ind5mus_lw weight fo...
Understanding Society User Support Team

01/21/2025

04:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2194: Analysing sub populations
Hi Evie,
Yes, the subpop command is recommended for small subpopulations, see the FAQ 12: https://www.understandin...
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04:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2196: Weighting
Hi Evie,
Thanks. Could you also include the parts that open the data files and create/rename the variables you use...
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04:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2196 (In Progress): Weighting
Hi Evie,
Would you mind sending the code that reproduces the creation of your target group and weighting?
Thank...
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01:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2188 (Feedback): mortus_tw from wave i onwards
Understanding Society User Support Team

01/20/2025

10:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2194 (Feedback): Analysing sub populations
Hello Evie
I recommend taking a look at the Weighting guidance section in our user guide: https://www.understandin...
Understanding Society User Support Team

01/16/2025

09:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2193 (Feedback): Paygu_dv: difference between EUL and special licence data
Hello Nico,
Reported and imputed income and investment amounts have been top-coded to protect respondent confiden...
Understanding Society User Support Team

01/15/2025

04:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2192 (Feedback): parental status
Hello Hilary,
There isn't a specific derived variable for this purpose, but there are variables that identify the ...
Understanding Society User Support Team

01/13/2025

10:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2191 (Feedback): First job & occupation
Hello Jagriti,
The questions about the first job are only asked if the respondent "had a first job after full-tim...
Understanding Society User Support Team

01/06/2025

11:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2189 (Feedback): Negative values for fimngrs_dv
Hi John,
Please refer to the answers to earlier similar queries, such as: https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/is...
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