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03/11/2025

03:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2223: Questions of variable lvreladp1 and lvrel1

More details of the question:
If a person have none biological/step/adoptive parent (npns_dv==0) in the household,... SHUQI LYU

03/10/2025

05:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2223 (Resolved): Questions of variable lvreladp1 and lvrel1

Hello, I have a question about variable lvreladp1 and lvrel1.These two variables are about mother not living in the h... SHUQI LYU

03:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2222 (Resolved): Merging main survey waves with COVID waves

Hi!
I have merged together the main survey waves from 8 to 14 with the COVID-19 survey waves. However, I am wonder... Jakub Kowalczyk

03/09/2025

06:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2221 (Feedback): Longitudinal Weights for Ethnicity Representation across the 13 waves of the UKHLS

Dear Staff member,
I am reaching out to seek advice on the correct application of weights within the Understanding... Sebastian Ascui

03/07/2025

06:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2216: Reasons of inapplicable in variable helpbuy

Dear Roberto,
I want to add more details about note-3.
I use UKHLS-wave 13 to check the results. Codes are show... SHUQI LYU

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2216: Reasons of inapplicable in variable helpbuy

Dear Roberto,
Thanks for you answer. I want to check whether my understanding of your response is correct.
Ther... SHUQI LYU

08:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2216 (Feedback): Reasons of inapplicable in variable helpbuy

Hello Shuqi,
The reason for the difference is that the released data combine ff_hsownd and hsownd into hsownd, whe... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/06/2025

05:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2220 (Feedback): Dealing with the changing numbers of health conditions

Hello Isaac,
I’m attaching a brief guide about health conditions variables. From Wave 10 onwards, questions were ... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2220 (Feedback): Dealing with the changing numbers of health conditions

I am looking at the conditions present in the dataset, generally only considering those with hcond or mhcond. However... Isaac Hance

04:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2218: DWP and HMRC data

Hello David,
You may find the US Geographical Lookup Tables useful for identifying the corresponding matches betwe... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2213: Routing of variables lprnt, lnprnt, ladopt, lnadopt

Hi Roberto,
Many thanks for your response. This is very helpful.
Best wishes,
Verena Verena Schneider

12:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2213: Routing of variables lprnt, lnprnt, ladopt, lnadopt

Hello Verena,
In BHPS Wave 11, a substantial new sample was added in Northern Ireland through the Northern Ireland... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2213: Routing of variables lprnt, lnprnt, ladopt, lnadopt

Hi Roberto,
Many thanks. This is very helpful indeed.
I have one more question — in the BHPS lprnt variable, I ... Verena Schneider

03/05/2025

05:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2218: DWP and HMRC data

Of course, another option would be to aggregate (using weighted averages by population) as many (contiguous) local au... David Kong

05:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2218: DWP and HMRC data

Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Hello David,
>
> The Study includes several variabl... David Kong

08:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2218 (Feedback): DWP and HMRC data

Hello David,
The Study includes several variables related to "travel to work." For example: jsmainwktrv – Main mo... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:18 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2202 (Feedback): Weight Selection

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08:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2219 (Feedback): Household identifier in hhresp datafiles

Hello Milad,
There won’t be a direct match because the household identifier (hidp) is only unique within each wav... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:13 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2213: Routing of variables lprnt, lnprnt, ladopt, lnadopt

Hello Verena,
I’m attaching the syntax file for anychild_dv. This file creates ch1bm_dv and ch1by_dv month and ye... Understanding Society User Support Team

03/04/2025

04:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2217 (Feedback): Applying for both Special License and Secure Access (SA)?

Hi Eleanor,
Our recommendation is to apply for access to the Secure Access dataset (SN 6676) through the UK Data S... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2215: PSU, Strata

Strata is not nested within PSUs. It is also not used as clustering in the design. Of course you could define your cl... Olena Kaminska

01:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2219 (Feedback): Household identifier in hhresp datafiles

Hi,
I am doing some panel models at household levels. But in the hhresp spss datafile I cannot match data from dif... Milad Mehdizadeh

03/03/2025

02:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2215: PSU, Strata

Hi again,
I use a Bayesian model so I can include them as random effects, so I can include the PSU as a random eff... Ioannis Rotous

01:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2215: PSU, Strata

Ioannis,
Thank you for your question. The data structure within one wave is PSU, household, person, and in a longi... Olena Kaminska

03/02/2025

07:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2214 (Feedback): Controlling for Non-Random Attrition Bias with Weights

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07:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2215 (In Progress): PSU, Strata

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07:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2217 (In Progress): Applying for both Special License and Secure Access (SA)?

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

07:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2212: Children listed as HRPs in Wave 13

Hi Dan,
You're welcome!
Best wishes,
Piotr Understanding Society User Support Team

07:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2216 (In Progress): Reasons of inapplicable in variable helpbuy

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

04:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2218 (Feedback): DWP and HMRC data

Hi all,
I am a postgraduate researcher from America interested in looking at the experiences of people with disabi... David Kong

02/28/2025

02:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2212: Children listed as HRPs in Wave 13

Hi Piotr,
Thank you so much for your help and the suggestion of using HRPNO instead. It seems to be correct and is... Daniel Pinhay

10:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2217 (Feedback): Applying for both Special License and Secure Access (SA)?

Good afternoon,
Hoping you are well. I am an accredited researcher with the ONS, working at the University of Oxford... Eleanor Dickens

02/27/2025

02:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2216 (Feedback): Reasons of inapplicable in variable helpbuy

Hi, I have question about variable helpbuy1, helpbuy2, helpbuy3 in Wave 14 of UKHLS.
My understanding is household... SHUQI LYU

12:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2214: Controlling for Non-Random Attrition Bias with Weights

Niall,
Thank you for your question. Sounds like you would want to create your own tailored weights. Our course on ... Olena Kaminska

02/26/2025

06:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2215 (Feedback): PSU, Strata

I read through the documentation provided in Understanding Society web page for the data design and data collections,... Ioannis Rotous

06:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2214 (Feedback): Controlling for Non-Random Attrition Bias with Weights

I am carrying out an event study project using an unbalanced pooled panel dataset made up of Waves 1-14 of the UKHLS.... Niall Bingham

12:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2213: Routing of variables lprnt, lnprnt, ladopt, lnadopt

Hi Piotr,
Many thanks for this.
It would be great to get more insight from the anychild_dv code if this can be sh... Verena Schneider

10:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2117: Household members in COVID-19 collection

Dear Piotr,
Thank you for your reply. I see some discrepancies between the j_hidp provided within the COVID-19 sur... Laura L

07:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2211: Using wave 14 Harmonized UKHLS file with Marital and Cohabitation Histories, 1991-2022 file

Hi Piotr,
Thank you so much for the help. I see that the Marital and Cohabitation Histories have been updated, so ... Kimberly McErlean

02/25/2025

05:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2117: Household members in COVID-19 collection

Hi Laura,
In principle, the Calendar Year datasets are derived from the mainstage data, so you shouldn’t expect an... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/24/2025

04:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2204 (Resolved): test (genetics)

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04:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2213 (Feedback): Routing of variables lprnt, lnprnt, ladopt, lnadopt

Hi Verena,
The universe shown in the variable search applies only to the most recent wave, i.e., wave 14 at the m... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:09 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2213 (Resolved): Routing of variables lprnt, lnprnt, ladopt, lnadopt

Hi,
I have a few questions regarding the routing of the variables _lprnt, lnprnt, ladopt, lnadopt_ , and their der... Verena Schneider

03:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2210 (Feedback): Inquiry: Availability of 2010 IMD Quintile Data

Hi Gabriel,
We had to decide on which LSOA to use for the IMDs and we settled on LSOA2011 as that covered the IMDs... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2209: COVID-19 data collection attrition

Thank you very much, this is now clear.
Best regards,
Laura Laura L

01:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2209 (Feedback): COVID-19 data collection attrition

Hi Laura,
You can use the variable cW_outcome [Outcome of web survey]. Values: 11 Full interview, 12 Partial inter... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2211 (Feedback): Using wave 14 Harmonized UKHLS file with Marital and Cohabitation Histories, 1991-2022 file

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03:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2211: Using wave 14 Harmonized UKHLS file with Marital and Cohabitation Histories, 1991-2022 file

Hi Kimberly,
I just wanted to let you know that the updated version of the Marital and Cohabitation Histories will... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2212 (Feedback): Children listed as HRPs in Wave 13

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02:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2212: Children listed as HRPs in Wave 13

Hi Dan,
I've checked this, and you're right—the HRPID variable is incorrect in some waves. Before we have a chance... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2117: Household members in COVID-19 collection

Dear Piotr,
Thank you for your reply. This could be also an option. I was just wondering in principle and more gen... Laura L

02/21/2025

05:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2212 (In Progress): Children listed as HRPs in Wave 13

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

05:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2117: Household members in COVID-19 collection

Hi Laura,
Have you tried identifying which mainstage wave is closest in time by comparing the interview dates, the... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2209 (In Progress): COVID-19 data collection attrition

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

05:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2211 (In Progress): Using wave 14 Harmonized UKHLS file with Marital and Cohabitation Histories, 1991-2022 file

Hi Kimberly,
If you'd like to add waves 13 and 14, I suggest checking the Marital and Cohabitation Histories 1991–... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/20/2025

03:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2212 (Feedback): Children listed as HRPs in Wave 13

Hello,
I am using Wave 13 data for my analysis and have been looking to create household or HRP specific variables... Daniel Pinhay

03:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2211 (Resolved): Using wave 14 Harmonized UKHLS file with Marital and Cohabitation Histories, 1991-2022 file

Hi there,
I know wave 14 of the UKHLS was recently released. However, it seems as though the marriage and cohabita... Kimberly McErlean

02/18/2025

05:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2210: Inquiry: Availability of 2010 IMD Quintile Data

Hi Gabriel,
I’m really sorry that we haven’t yet replied to your original message. I’ll try to find out and get ba... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2210 (Feedback): Inquiry: Availability of 2010 IMD Quintile Data

Dear Understanding Society User Support Team,
I hope this message finds you well.
I am writing to inquire about... Gabriel Hollis

02/16/2025

02:18 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2203: Transitions from households to institutions

Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Hello Haiyu,
>
> You might find it useful to look a... Haiyu Jin

02/15/2025

06:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2209 (Resolved): COVID-19 data collection attrition

Hi,
Quick question: is it possible to know the reason for attrition between subsequent COVID-19 data collection w... Laura L

04:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2117: Household members in COVID-19 collection

Good afternoon,
Sorry for the follow-up question, but new doubts have emerged while reconstructing families.
I ... Laura L

02/12/2025

02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2200: CAPI ringfence variable

Hello Alex,
UKDS handles all their requests, so we wouldn’t be able to provide a timescale.
I recommend submitt... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/11/2025

04:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2200: CAPI ringfence variable

Thanks for the advice. I requested the 2023 version at the end of Jan using the contact form (https://beta.ukdataserv... Alex Orlek