Understanding Society User Support

08/15/2025

03:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2271 (Feedback): difference between sample size and weighted population appears incorrect

Hello Jane,
Here is the feedback from our weighting team:
_Understanding Society weights are scaled to a mean o... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2276 (In Progress): Use of survey weight severely reducing sample size- longitudinal analysis

Hello Chloe
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back t... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2276 (In Progress): Use of survey weight severely reducing sample size- longitudinal analysis

Hello,
I am currently doing analysis for my dissertation studying how the experience of intergenerational and intr... Chloe Byrne

08/14/2025

07:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2274: Identifying self-employed individuals (jbstat vs. jbsemp)

Hello,
Thank you for the response!
Best,
Carolin Heuser Carolin Heuser

08/13/2025

04:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2275 (In Progress): ukwelc and ukahead Source

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

03:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2275 (In Progress): ukwelc and ukahead Source

Hi User Support Team,
The source for ukwelc and ukahead is "the Socio-cultural Integration of Polish Migrants study... Benedict John Hignell

10:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2274 (Feedback): Identifying self-employed individuals (jbstat vs. jbsemp)

Hello Carolin,
In "jbstat", respondents report their main activity status. For example, someone could select “4 – ... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2274 (Feedback): Identifying self-employed individuals (jbstat vs. jbsemp)

Dear members of the support team,
I am using the UKHLS to analyse the well-being of self-employed individuals.
Fo... Carolin Heuser

10:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2273 (Feedback): Place-Based Change

Hello Andrew,
When Understanding Society data is collected from respondents, it includes postcode information. Th... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/12/2025

03:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2273 (Feedback): Place-Based Change

Working on a place-based evaluation, where policy change, interventions, and programme are delivered into three lSOAs... Andrew Brinkley

01:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2272 (Feedback): Wkhome variable in Wave 15?

Helo Oleg,
The variable wkhome is part of the Work Conditions questionnaire module, which is asked every other wa... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2272 (Feedback): Wkhome variable in Wave 15?

I am currently working on a research project looking into the effects of hybrid work on various labour market and hou... Oleg Kitov

08/08/2025

06:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2269: Multilevel model guidance

Hello Verena,
Please find below the response to questions 3 and 4. I will send the remaining information as soon ... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2271 (Feedback): difference between sample size and weighted population appears incorrect

Hi,
I am new to using UKHLS. I have used HILDA in the past so am aware of how to use weights. My question is this:... Jane Fry

08/07/2025

02:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2269: Multilevel model guidance

Dear Support Team,
Many thanks for the clarification. Could I also follow up on the other points?
* In the guid... Verena Schneider

11:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2269 (Feedback): Multilevel model guidance

Hello Verena,
Please find below the response from our Weighting Team:
The confusion here (which we will need to... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/06/2025

04:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2269 (In Progress): Multilevel model guidance

Hello Verena,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get bac... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/05/2025

10:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2270 (Feedback): indinui_xw and wave 14

Hello Amber,
For wave 14 inding2_xw is the appropriate cross-sectional adult main interview weight. This new weig... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2270 (Feedback): indinui_xw and wave 14

Hi there, I am trying to use the indinui_xw weights in my indresp data, but it is not matching any of my wave 14 data... Amber Talbott

06:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2154: Scaling weights for pooled calendar year analysis

Hi Olena, I would like to ask a further question on this project (I had to set it aside last year and am just getting... Emma Maun

01:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2268: Code Creator temp file

Hello Ziran,
Just to double-check, are you running the syntax as a do-file?
From the screenshot you sent, it look... Understanding Society User Support Team

08/04/2025

08:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2269: Multilevel model guidance

I have forgotten to add one more question:
Dear Support Team,
Thank you for your comprehensive guidance on the ... Verena Schneider

08:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2269 (Feedback): Multilevel model guidance

Dear Support Team,
Thank you for your comprehensive guidance on the website and in this forum.
I’m currently try... Verena Schneider

06:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2268: Code Creator temp file

Dear UKHLS User Support
I am adding this screenshot to show where I think the problem is.
Best Regards,
Ziran Ziran Wei

05:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2268: Code Creator temp file

Hi,UKHLS User Support
The same problem appears it seems.
I am really confused right now.
Best regards,
Ziran Ziran Wei

05:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2268: Code Creator temp file

Hi Ziran,
I get the code in the attached file when I try your combination of variables. It works for us, can you c... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2268: Code Creator temp file

Hi UKHLS User Support
My problem is that the temp file was never created from the first place I believe, the warni... Ziran Wei

03:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2268 (Feedback): Code Creator temp file

Hello,
The file you're looking for, temp_a.dta, is automatically deleted in the last loop in the code (around line... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2267: Question on Merging and Weighting with R - Understanding Society Calendar Year 2022

Hello,
Yes, the results will be representative of the UK population. See the User Guide, section 4.1 (https://doc.... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2267: Question on Merging and Weighting with R - Understanding Society Calendar Year 2022

Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-2:
> Hello,
>
> The approach you described sounds correct... Balsam Gharib

02:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2267 (Feedback): Question on Merging and Weighting with R - Understanding Society Calendar Year 2022

Hello,
The approach you described sounds correct. About cross-sectional weights - there are 3 _xw waves available ... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2258 (Feedback): Longitudinal versus cross-sectional weighting guidance

Understanding Society User Support Team

08/03/2025

09:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2268 (Feedback): Code Creator temp file

Dear Understanding Society support team,
I am Ziran Wei, and I am quite new to this dataset. I am using the Code C... Ziran Wei

07/30/2025

12:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2267: Question on Merging and Weighting with R - Understanding Society Calendar Year 2022

Hello,
I am conducting a comparative study on household conditions in London and the South West, using the calenda... Balsam Gharib

11:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2267 (Feedback): Question on Merging and Weighting with R - Understanding Society Calendar Year 2022

Hello,
I am conducting a comparative study on household conditions in London and the South West, using the calenda... Balsam Gharib

07/17/2025

10:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2262: Analysing debt: how to deduct mortgage debt and which weights to apply

Hello Gabriele,
The variable debty captures the total amount of debt associated with the question "debt," and it d... Understanding Society User Support Team