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From 12/10/2020 to 01/08/2021
01/08/2021
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06:11 PM Support #1477: clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)
- Dear Understanding Society support team,
a thousand thanks for identifying the problem - that explains it all!
I ha... -
01:39 PM Support #1477 (Feedback): clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)
- Hello Marion,
My colleague has checked your code and that is ok. We have identified that for 2 cases in b_indresp,... -
01:55 PM Support #1479 (Resolved): mismatch merging indall m:1 using hhresp (merge=1)
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12:14 PM Support #1479: mismatch merging indall m:1 using hhresp (merge=1)
- Thank you for the clarification, Alita.
That was very useful.
Best wishes,
Pilar -
11:53 AM Support #1479 (Feedback): mismatch merging indall m:1 using hhresp (merge=1)
- Hello,
While all individuals in indall must be in a responding household, the households in the file hhresp are on... -
11:51 AM Support #1480 (Feedback): Who was sampled for question ca_timeshare in the COVID-19
- Hello,
In the cW_indresp_w files, no responses were removed because of this reason (and that includes the timchcar... -
11:13 AM Support #1480 (Resolved): Who was sampled for question ca_timeshare in the COVID-19
- Hi,
I am working with the April 2020 COVID-19 web survey dataset ( ca_indresp_w ) and was wondering if the questio...
01/07/2021
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07:47 PM Support #1479 (Resolved): mismatch merging indall m:1 using hhresp (merge=1)
- Hi there,
I was merging household-level variables onto individual files (indresp) and found mismatches, so to make ... -
05:51 PM Support #1474: Covid-19 weighting
- Hi,
Thanks so much for your detailed and prompt reply.
Just a note around (b). We are not doing a separate an... -
04:10 PM Support #1474 (Feedback): Covid-19 weighting
- Hello,
(a) For cross-sectional analysis use the weights cW_betaindin_xw for Covid waves 1-4 (W=a,b, c, d), W_indin... -
04:19 PM Support #1477: clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)
- Thank you! Perhaps I should mention that I use the special license data. So the first line of the code is actually:
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03:59 PM Support #1477 (In Progress): clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)
- Sorry I didn't notice that you had included the lonelypsu correction. We are looking into this.
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02:32 PM Support #1477: clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)
- Dear Understanding Society team,
Thank you for your reply.
I am surprised because I had registered for and had lo... -
02:26 PM Support #1477 (Feedback): clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)
- Hello,
This is possible because of single PSU strata. While this is not the case by design, for a particular analy... -
11:16 AM Support #1477 (Resolved): clusters not nested in b_strata (using R and svydesign object)
Dear Understanding Society team,
I have an issue with the combination of clusters and strata in the Wave 2 dat...-
02:48 PM Support #1462 (Resolved): respondents without a record in the jk data weights and representativeness
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02:47 PM Support #1465 (Resolved): Highest qualifcation variable
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02:46 PM Support #1466: Determining which observations have been answered by a proxy
- If you exclude proxy respondents then you will use the weight for full respondent. For cross-sectional analysis that ...
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02:44 PM Support #1467 (Resolved): Website links not working
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02:44 PM Support #1468 (Resolved): Tracking category labels over time
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02:43 PM Support #1458: Weights for Covid longitudinal sample
- If you are using Wave 9 + all Covid waves, and conducting a longitudinal analysis, you should use the longitudinal we...
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02:29 PM Support #1455 (Resolved): Inapplicable responses to GHQ-12 and SF-12 in the extra five minutes sample
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02:22 PM Support #1473: keyworksector variable missing from pdf documents
- Many thanks! This is very useful.
Harry -
02:20 PM Support #1473 (Feedback): keyworksector variable missing from pdf documents
- Hello,
The question is the same as in the JUly questionnaire so please take a look at that for now, while we updat... -
01:57 PM Support #1473 (In Progress): keyworksector variable missing from pdf documents
- Hello,
We are looking into this and will get back to you asap.
Best wishes,
Understanding Society User Support... -
02:01 PM Support #1476: Calculating Equivalised Income Deciles AHC
- Thanks very much for your helpful reply.
Reviewing the documentation I see that to be consistent with HBAI after ... -
01:30 PM Support #1476: Calculating Equivalised Income Deciles AHC
- Hi Henry,
it is not possible to say why the results look different across the two studies; you'd have to compare t... -
12:14 PM Support #1476 (In Progress): Calculating Equivalised Income Deciles AHC
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
01/06/2021
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07:37 PM Support #1468: Tracking category labels over time
- Okay, thank you for the clarification.
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07:36 PM Support #1467: Website links not working
- Thanks, it's working now.
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07:34 PM Support #1466: Determining which observations have been answered by a proxy
- Thanks. If I take a subsample of the individual-level data (which happens to have no proxy respondents), would I use ...
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01:28 PM Support #1476 (Resolved): Calculating Equivalised Income Deciles AHC
- Dear USOC User Team,
I've written some code which seeks to work out people's equivalised household income decile af... -
10:03 AM Support #1474 (Resolved): Covid-19 weighting
- Good morning,
I have checked the guide and previous issues on weighting for Covid-19 study but I am still unclear...
01/05/2021
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04:35 PM Support #1473 (Resolved): keyworksector variable missing from pdf documents
- Hi there. I think the variable keyworksector is missing from the "8644_ukhls_covid19_sept20_questionnaire_v2.0" pdf d...
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02:35 PM Support #1472 (In Progress): Weighting youth analysis across waves 1–8
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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02:33 PM Support #1472 (Resolved): Weighting youth analysis across waves 1–8
- Hello,
I will use youth data from waves 1 to 8 (not always from all 8 waves, depending on the analysis). I will al...
01/04/2021
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05:03 PM Support #1471 (Feedback): Identifying relation to respondent of those being cared for
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The variables w_aidhuax records whether the person in the household with PNO=x is cared for by the responde... -
02:41 PM Support #1471 (Resolved): Identifying relation to respondent of those being cared for
- Dear support,
I've been looking at the x_aidhh variables in the Understanding Society individual response files. F... -
02:55 PM Support #1470 (Feedback): Question about data
- Hello,
The sample is drawn from non-institutional postal addresses and so it is not likely to include any homeless... -
09:42 AM Support #1470 (Resolved): Question about data
- Hello
I am currently working on a research proposal for a project regarding the interplay of societal factors and... -
02:50 PM Support #1469: Matching data
- The website problem is fixed, so you will be able to access the syntax page now. Please see if the following syntax f...
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05:58 AM Support #1469 (Feedback): Matching data
- Hello Laura,
We have a worked out example on how to do this in our training material (available as Moodle course).... -
02:47 PM Support #1467 (Feedback): Website links not working
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02:47 PM Support #1467: Website links not working
- The problem has been fixed. Please try again and let us know if you continue to have problems. Please remember to emp...
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06:07 AM Support #1467 (In Progress): Website links not working
- Hello,
We are sorry about this and hope to resolve this very soon.
Best wishes,
Understanding Society User Sup... -
06:15 AM Support #1468 (Feedback): Tracking category labels over time
- Hello,
If a question remains the same across waves it will have the same name, as will the variables based on the ... -
06:06 AM Support #1466 (Feedback): Determining which observations have been answered by a proxy
- Hello,
Use the variable w_ivfio which will tell you if this was a proxy interview or a full interview (meaning the...
01/02/2021
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09:57 AM Support #1469 (Resolved): Matching data
- I am attempting to use wave 1 data to match data on individuals and their friends. I have used the 'egoalt' file to c...
12/30/2020
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03:13 PM Support #1467: Website links not working
- Hi, I noticed recently that the links on the Understanding Society have stopped working. I am able to search for a va...
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03:00 PM Support #1467 (Resolved): Website links not working
- Hi, I noticed recently that the links on the Understanding Society have stopped working. I am able to search for a va...
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03:04 PM Support #1468 (Resolved): Tracking category labels over time
- Hi, are variables with the same name (but across different waves) measured consistently over time? If this is not alw...
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11:29 AM Support #1466 (Resolved): Determining which observations have been answered by a proxy
- Hi, how do I determine which observation questions have been answered by a proxy? My understanding is that if the val...
12/17/2020
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04:48 PM Support #1465: Highest qualifcation variable
- Alita Nandi wrote in #note-2:
> You may find this document which shows how the different qualifications are matched ... -
02:58 PM Support #1459 (Feedback): Covid module high risk
- The derived variable which identified individuals who were considered to be highly or extremely highly clinically vul...
12/16/2020
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11:45 AM Support #1464 (Feedback): Matching household data from parents to children
- Hello,
In any wave, parental IDs are included only for co-resident parents in that wave. To identify parents not l... -
11:01 AM Support #1464 (In Progress): Matching household data from parents to children
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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10:39 AM Support #1464 (Resolved): Matching household data from parents to children
- Dear Support-Team,
I am trying to match the household income (e.g. fihhmngrs_dv) of parents to the children in the... -
11:03 AM Support #1465: Highest qualifcation variable
- You may find this document which shows how the different qualifications are matched onto the derived variables.
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10:59 AM Support #1465 (Feedback): Highest qualifcation variable
- Hello,
hiqual_dv and qfhigh_dv are longitudinally produced, that is, at each wave these are the highest qualificat... -
10:44 AM Support #1465 (Resolved): Highest qualifcation variable
- Hi there,
I want to run some longitudinal analysis which includes a variable for participants' highest qualificati...
12/11/2020
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02:01 PM Support #1462: respondents without a record in the jk data weights and representativeness
- Thank you Alita,
that is very helpful.
all best,
Laura -
07:27 AM Support #1462 (Feedback): respondents without a record in the jk data weights and representativeness
- Hello Laura,
Here are our responses:
"Would I be correct in saying that they do not correct for differential re... -
07:08 AM Support #1457: Variable for living in a big city
- In order to know the city of residence, you will have to download the SPecial License datafiles for LAD residential c...
12/10/2020
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05:51 PM Support #1462 (In Progress): respondents without a record in the jk data weights and representativeness
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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05:25 PM Support #1462 (Resolved): respondents without a record in the jk data weights and representativeness
- Dear US team,
I don't believe this question has been asked elsewhere or addressed in the user manual, but please do ... -
05:43 PM Support #1461 (Feedback): Special license access to wave 10-11 JK data
- Hello,
Special License version of Wave 10 has been released in November, and the Wave 11 data will be released in ...
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