Understanding Society User Support

06/18/2025

08:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2261 (Feedback): Cross wave with hhresp datafile

Hello Adele,
Households in UKHLS are uniquely identified in each wave by w_hidp, a wave specific variable with a ... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2259 (Closed): Request for explaining the different missing rates of variables across all waves

Response is provided in Issue #2260.
Best wishes,
Understanding Society User Support Team
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04:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2260 (Feedback): Request for explaining the different missing rates of variables across all waves

Hello Evan
In Waves 1 and 2, the self-completion questionnaire, including the GHQ questions, was administered on p... Understanding Society User Support Team

06/12/2025

11:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2256: Creation of a variable broadly capturing job change

Hello Luis
I think your approach is correct.
Your approach to creating a more inclusive job change variable is s... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2257: understanding society waves

Hello Raffaele,
To make yearly comparisons, you’ll need to combine data from two waves. For example, to construct... Understanding Society User Support Team

06/10/2025

04:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2257 (Feedback): understanding society waves

Hello Raffaele,
Each wave of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) is typically associated with a single refe... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2254 (Feedback): Weights for repeated cross sectional study

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02:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #2255 (Feedback): Request for Feedback on Weighting Strategy for Longitudinal Event History Analysis

Dear Irene,
We thought that you might find useful the exercise on weighting from our Introduction to Understanding... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #2256 (Feedback): Creation of a variable broadly capturing job change

Dear Luis,
Additionally, you could also use wkplsam - same workplace check - https://www.understandingsociety.ac.u... Understanding Society User Support Team