Understanding Society User Support

10/03/2025

10:03 AM Support #2282: Complexity of family life

Dear Piotr,
Thank you very much for your help, that's much appreciated. I had a follow up to this. I've been using... Charlie McCurdy

09/25/2025

03:12 PM Support #2033 (In Progress): Derived variable on income / earnings of each benefit unit

Dear Tom,
Thank you for the detailed report, this is very helpful. We'll have a look into this.
Best wishes,
P... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:51 PM Support #2033: Derived variable on income / earnings of each benefit unit

Hi,
Just to update you I now seem to have found a workaround which gets this right: I think the only way to do it ... Thomas Stephens

03:08 PM Support #2282 (Feedback): Complexity of family life

Dear Charlie,
Thank you for your question.
“How many adults have dependent children who don’t live with them?”
... Understanding Society User Support Team

09/24/2025

11:35 AM Support #2033: Derived variable on income / earnings of each benefit unit

Hi,
Firstly thanks so much for this response, very helpful. Sorry to bring this up again but I've been doing some ... Thomas Stephens

09/23/2025

01:25 PM Support #2282 (Feedback): Complexity of family life

Hello,
I am particularly interested in looking at how the complexity of family life is changing. Specifically, I w... Charlie McCurdy

09/19/2025

11:48 AM Support #2281: Weights for longitudinal analysis - high zero-weighted numbers; and selecting weights

Thomas,
Thank you. Yes, you still need longitudinal weights with your set up of pooled analysis. I suggest you rea... Olena Kaminska

10:09 AM Support #2281 (In Progress): Weights for longitudinal analysis - high zero-weighted numbers; and selecting weights

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

09/18/2025

10:01 PM Support #2281 (In Progress): Weights for longitudinal analysis - high zero-weighted numbers; and selecting weights

Hi,
I'm carrying out some longitudinal analysis and have two questions about the longitudinal weights. For context... Thomas Stephens

09/13/2025

12:45 PM Support #2279: inquiry about "change in spending" variable in the COVID survey

Thank you very much Roberto. Z He

09/11/2025

11:00 AM Support #2280 (Feedback): Linking to EPC data

Hello Vicki,
UKHLS is currently linking EPC data to Innovation Panel (IP17) participants, but this does not cover ... Understanding Society User Support Team

09/10/2025

03:03 PM Support #2280: Linking to EPC data

Hi,
Is it possible to link to EPC rating data in Scotland?
Many thanks,
Vicki Vicki Ponce Hardy

03:03 PM Support #2280 (Feedback): Linking to EPC data

Is it possible to link to EPC data in Scotland? Vicki Ponce Hardy

01:43 PM Support #2279: inquiry about "change in spending" variable in the COVID survey

Hello Z He
Apologies for my misunderstanding.
The variable “spend” has been removed from the dataset. You can... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:14 AM Support #2279: inquiry about "change in spending" variable in the COVID survey

Hi Roberto,
Thank you very much for your reply. But my inquiry was not about the MPC variables.
To clarify, th... Z He

08:23 AM Support #2279 (Feedback): inquiry about "change in spending" variable in the COVID survey

Hello Z He
The variable you are interested in is called “mpc1 – Marginal Propensity to Consume”. You may also want... Understanding Society User Support Team

09/09/2025

03:02 PM Support #2279 (Feedback): inquiry about "change in spending" variable in the COVID survey

Hi,
I am writing to inquire about a specific variable in the Understanding Society UKHLS COVID-19 survey.
Accor... Z He

09/08/2025

05:54 PM Support #2269: Multilevel model guidance

Hello Verena,
Here are the answers for bullets 1 and 2 that were missing:
1. The design weight is at a household... Understanding Society User Support Team