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comparing two single years using Understanding Society

Added by Raffaele Ciula 3 days ago. Updated about 17 hours ago.

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Feedback
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High
Category:
Data documentation
Start date:
11/04/2025
% Done:

50%


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My name is Raffaele Ciula,

some time ago, I asked if I could extract the year 2016 and 2019 from the dataset Understanding Society to compare individual wellbeing of these two years, this was your answer:

"To make yearly comparisons, you’ll need to combine data from two waves. For example, to construct estimates for the year 2019, you should use data from Year 2 of Wave 10 and Year 1 of Wave 11."
and this was your answer:

"UKHLS has calendar year data available for 2020 to 2022, and the 2023 data will be released in the coming months.You can find more details in the “Data Releases” section on the Understanding Society website:https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/data-releases
I also recommend reviewing the User Guide, here’s the latest version:https://doc.ukdataservice.ac.uk/doc/9333/mrdoc/pdf/9333_main_survey_calendar_year_user_guide_2022.pdfIn particular, please refer to Section 3 (Data structure) and Section 4 (Analysis guidance).
You can follow similar steps to create calendar year datasets for earlier years. However, it is important to follow the guidance I mentioned in my previous message regarding weights and sample representativeness.
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As far as I understood, UKHLS researchers created a procedure to extract single years from 3-year waves. Referring to the year 2022, the researchers created files and variables lmn_xxxx, I read the document you suggested me and I did not understand how to create those variables and files, and how to extract the year 2016 from wave9 and wave10. Are you planning to extract single years from each past wave of UKHLS in the future? I would like to ask you if you can extract the single years 2016 and 2019 for me, I am willing to pay some money if you would like to do that. If you can do this, how much would it be?
If you are not allowed to extract single years from past waves, which waves would be more suitable to compare years 2016 and 2019? Thanks for your help;

Best Regards,
Raffaele Ciula

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