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From 03/09/2025 to 04/07/2025

12:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2234 (Feedback): Merging Datasets and Missing Variables in UK Household Study: Hello Leon
I recommend taking the self-paced Moodle training "Introduction to Understanding Society" (https://www.... Understanding Society User Support Team
11:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2232 (Feedback): Respondents own property before they were born: Hello Shuqi,
In the specific cases you mentioned, I’ve identified the following:
• hidp = 430746026 has two owner... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2231: Partner's information (indresp or indall): Hi Luis,
You're welcome!
Best wishes,
Piotr Understanding Society User Support Team

01:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2216: Reasons of inapplicable in variable helpbuy: Dear Shuqi Lyu,
It’s possible that there is a small scripting error, and some households are being asked this ques... Understanding Society User Support Team

07:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2231 (Feedback): Partner's information (indresp or indall): Dear Luis,
All these variables are only in indresp, so you will need to use it for your analysis. While indall is ... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2227 (Feedback): Help needed with individual variable weighting: Understanding Society User Support Team
05:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2230 (Feedback): Having difficulty to create Tailored weight: Understanding Society User Support Team
05:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2228 (Feedback): Assistance with Extracting Variables from income.dta: Dear Chiara,
I'm guessing this could be because in the income file each row does NOT correspond to a single respon... Understanding Society User Support Team
05:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2229 (Feedback): jbnssec8_dv: Hi Michael,
Please see the attached file for creating the NS-SEC variables. To quickly get some examples, you can ... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2227 (In Progress): Help needed with individual variable weighting: Understanding Society User Support Team

12:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2226 (Feedback): svb Savings Variables in Wave 13: Hi Dan,
Looking at the questionnaire (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/documentation/main... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2216: Reasons of inapplicable in variable helpbuy: Hello Shuqi
As I mentioned in my initial reply, to verify the universe/routing specified for the variable,
!clip... Understanding Society User Support Team
10:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2216: Reasons of inapplicable in variable helpbuy: Hello Shuqi
The variable helpybuy is asked if the house is owned (outright, mortgaged, or shared ownership) at the... Understanding Society User Support Team
10:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2225 (Feedback): SF-12 missingness wave 2: Hello Verena,
In Wave 2, an unusually high number of "Don't know" responses were recorded for the question items ... Understanding Society User Support Team
01:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2224: SF12 coding: Hello Mark,
The released variables follow the structure presented in the survey questionnaire. You can refer to t... Understanding Society User Support Team
01:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2223 (Feedback): Questions of variable lvreladp1 and lvrel1: Hello Shuqi,
The variable npns_dv accounts not only for biological parents but also for step and adoptive parents.... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2224 (Feedback): SF12 coding: Hello Mark,
The response options for four items (scsf1, scsf5, scsf6a, scsf6b) are reverse-coded so that higher v... Understanding Society User Support Team
11:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2222 (Feedback): Merging main survey waves with COVID waves: Hello Jakub,

It will depend on the type of analysis you’re conducting. Some variables and information are only av... Understanding Society User Support Team
09:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2221 (Feedback): Longitudinal Weights for Ethnicity Representation across the 13 waves of the UKHLS: Hello Sebastian
The best way to determine which weight to use is by following the advice in the “Selecting the Cor... Understanding Society User Support Team

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