Understanding Society User Support

04/12/2020

07:45 PM Support #1084: Financial situation

Hi,
during my analysis, I ended up with exploring the variable w_xphsdba again. I am using both BHPS and UKHLS. I... Lydia Palumbo

04/08/2020

04:38 PM Support #1331 (Feedback): query about food poverty/insecurity information

Dear Fatemeh,
In the data currently available, we have two variables relating to food which may be of some help: x... Stephanie Auty

04:22 PM Support #1306: Marital and Cohabitation History Dataset

Dear Charlotte,
Would it be ok to contact you on your registered email address on this topic?
Best wishes,
Ste... Stephanie Auty

04/07/2020

05:29 PM Support #1329 (Feedback): Enumeration of strata variable and

Stephanie Auty

05:28 PM Support #1331 (In Progress): query about food poverty/insecurity information

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

01:24 PM Support #1331 (Resolved): query about food poverty/insecurity information

Dear Sir/Madam
I am a PhD student studying food environments with a focus on health inequalities and deprivation.
... Fatemeh Eskandari

04/06/2020

05:43 PM Support #1329: Enumeration of strata variable and

Dear Andreas,
Thank you for your questions.
1. The strata variable is correct and correctly reflects the sample... Olena Kaminska

02:34 PM Support #1330: neighbourhood modules / neighbourhood trust in subsequent waves

Thank you, that really helps. I don't know if I need to mark this as resolved somehow. Anyway, that is what I needed ... Soraya Safazadeh

02:28 PM Support #1330 (Feedback): neighbourhood modules / neighbourhood trust in subsequent waves

Dear Soraya,
The local neighbourhood module was cut from Wave 9 due to timing issues, but does appear in Wave 12. ... Stephanie Auty

04/03/2020

05:15 PM Support #1330 (In Progress): neighbourhood modules / neighbourhood trust in subsequent waves

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

09:45 AM Support #1330 (Resolved): neighbourhood modules / neighbourhood trust in subsequent waves

I have previously used data from Wave 6 to create local authority estimates of levels of neighbourhood trust. The var... Soraya Safazadeh

05:15 PM Support #1329: Enumeration of strata variable and

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

11:43 AM Support #1306: Marital and Cohabitation History Dataset

Hi, sorry to jump on this post, I was searching for information about when the latest consolidated marital history an... Charlotte Edney

04/01/2020

10:25 AM Support #1329: Enumeration of strata variable and

2. Question implies I want a definitive advice on how to cluster in practice. What I meant is: Is there theoretically... Andreas Wejs Andersen

10:22 AM Support #1329 (Resolved): Enumeration of strata variable and

Dear Support
I have two questions regarding strata formation and clustering in analysis:
1. After reading Lynn ... Andreas Wejs Andersen

10:09 AM Support #1328 (Feedback): jbsoc10 jbsic07

Dear Chloe,
The blue banner at the top of the pages in the online documentation for the full (non-condensed) versi... Stephanie Auty

09:29 AM Support #1328 (Resolved): jbsoc10 jbsic07

I want to use jbsoc10 and jbsic07 on the indresp file from wave 3-wave 9 for some analysis that i'm doing. However, t... Chloe Lloyd

03/27/2020

01:48 PM Support #1327 (Feedback): Revision of derived variables in new release

Dear Emily,
There is a document which lists changes since the last release. The most recent version is available o... Stephanie Auty

12:04 PM Support #1324 (Feedback): Childcare by grandparents

Stephanie Auty

03/26/2020

05:39 PM Support #1324: Childcare by grandparents

Cath,
Thank you for your question.
So if you want to represent adults who have children of a particular type etc... Olena Kaminska

02:55 PM Support #1327 (Resolved): Revision of derived variables in new release

Hi,
I've run my code with the latest version of the special licence data (waves 1-9) and I'm getting slightly dif... Emily Harris

03/25/2020

04:09 PM Support #1326 (Feedback): Attitudes Towards Immigration Info

Dear Laura,
You can find more related questions by using our index terms search: https://www.understandingsociety.... Stephanie Auty

02:39 PM Support #1326 (Resolved): Attitudes Towards Immigration Info

I am currently investigating the development of attitudes towards immigration and I am planning to use Understanding... Laura Silva

03/24/2020

04:21 PM Support #1323: youth self completion longitudinal weight

Dear Olena,
Thank you for your suggestions.
I have found the f_psnenub_lw weight in the f_indall file.
That's ve... Linda Ng

03/23/2020

05:36 PM Support #1323 (Feedback): youth self completion longitudinal weight

Stephanie Auty

05:26 PM Support #1323: youth self completion longitudinal weight

Linda,
Yes, the weight for the situation C is correct.
For the situations A and B we do not have tailored weights... Olena Kaminska

04:26 PM Support #1305 (Feedback): Weighting for youth questionnaire

Stephanie Auty

04:25 PM Support #1319 (Feedback): clarification on jbpen variable in UKHLS

Stephanie Auty

03/20/2020

10:23 AM Support #1324 (In Progress): Childcare by grandparents

Hi Cath,
Thanks for your query. A member of our user support team is looking at these and we'll be in touch soon. ... Rebecca Parsons

09:31 AM Support #1324 (Resolved): Childcare by grandparents

Hello,
I’m looking at USOC data on the use of grandparents for childcare. As the datafile structures are slightly co... Cath Roberts

03/18/2020

03:17 PM Support #1323 (In Progress): youth self completion longitudinal weight

Hi Linda,
Your questions have been passed to our weighting specialists and we'll get back to you very soon.
Best ... Rebecca Parsons

01:37 PM Support #1323 (Resolved): youth self completion longitudinal weight

Hi US Support,
I have a question about the youth self-completion weight.
My analytical sample comprises of yout... Linda Ng

01:49 PM Support #1321 (Resolved): Self-efficacy module - wave 2

Rebecca Parsons

01:22 PM Support #1321: Self-efficacy module - wave 2

Thanks for that Becky.
It seems that the first two items from question 32 on that self-completion questionnaire re... Lewis Anderson

12:50 PM Support #1321 (Feedback): Self-efficacy module - wave 2

Hi Lewis,
This one is a little more complicated.
Self-efficacy questions were asked in Wave 2, but this used ... Rebecca Parsons

12:52 PM Support #1322 (Resolved): Positive and negative events

Rebecca Parsons

12:43 PM Support #1322: Positive and negative events

Ok thanks, that makes sense.
Regards,
Lewis Lewis Anderson

12:36 PM Support #1322 (Feedback): Positive and negative events

Hi Lewis,
I'm answering this question first, as it's the more straight forward one!
We don't release data from ... Rebecca Parsons

03/17/2020

12:38 PM Support #1142: Identifying unemployment spells

Thanks, that's good to know. Issue resolved.
(Apologies, I only just noticed this was assigned back to me for feed... Lewis Anderson

03/16/2020

12:50 AM Support #1322 (Resolved): Positive and negative events

Hello,
This is similar to #1321 which I recently opened (i.e. a discrepancy between the long-term content plan and... Lewis Anderson

03/15/2020

07:32 PM Support #1321 (Resolved): Self-efficacy module - wave 2

Hello,
The long-term content plan states that the 'Self-Efficacy (self-completion)' module was included in the adu... Lewis Anderson