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From 03/10/2021 to 04/08/2021

04/08/2021

02:12 PM Support #1533 (In Progress): Adjusting weights when constructing a calendar year from two waves
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
11:03 AM Support #1533 (Resolved): Adjusting weights when constructing a calendar year from two waves
I'm combining the second half of one wave with the first half of the next wave based on sample month to create a cale... Charlotte Bermingham
01:13 PM Support #1532 (Feedback): b_scsf6c - last 4 weeks: felt downhearted and depressed
This is part of the SF12 module of 12 questions to measure mental and physical health
These questions are asked in...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:11 PM Support #1531 (Feedback): w_sf12mcs_dv - SF-12 Mental Component Summary (PCS)
These variables are derived from the SF12 questions: scsf*
The Stata syntax for deriving these variables is availa...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:08 PM Support #1530 (Feedback): Questions for assignment
Hello,
The two versions summarise information collected in the 12 GHQ questions (w_scghqa - w_scghql) in two diffe...
Understanding Society User Support Team

04/07/2021

05:56 PM Support #1532 (Resolved): b_scsf6c - last 4 weeks: felt downhearted and depressed
Hi -
Again, where is b_scsf6c - last 4 weeks: felt downhearted and depressed derived from?
Thanks
Jennie
Jennifer Knights
05:50 PM Support #1531 (Resolved): w_sf12mcs_dv - SF-12 Mental Component Summary (PCS)
Hi -
Could you advise on what SF-12 Mental Component Summary (PCS) is derived from? For b_scghq1_dv Subjective well...
Jennifer Knights
05:45 PM Support #1530: Questions for assignment
Sorry, could you also tell me how to identify which questions in the questionnaire link to the Subjective Wellbeing v... Jennifer Knights
05:42 PM Support #1530 (Resolved): Questions for assignment
Hi -
I am a PhD student undertaking a module in quantitative methods with University of Birmingham.
I am wanting ...
Jennifer Knights

04/06/2021

06:10 PM Support #1529: Linking couples across waves

Ok, that what I've done.
Thanks
yoav Eilon
05:59 PM Support #1529 (Feedback): Linking couples across waves
ok, thanks. Thse couple identifiers use pno & ppno and so are unique within a household and wave. So, you cannot use ... Understanding Society User Support Team
05:52 PM Support #1529: Linking couples across waves
Yes, I have.
I used the "Matching individuals within a household" syntax and then generated an id for each couple ba...
yoav Eilon
05:39 PM Support #1529 (In Progress): Linking couples across waves
Hello,
When you say you are trying to link couples in households across waves, have you produced couple identifier...
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:59 PM Support #1529 (Resolved): Linking couples across waves
Hi
I trying to link couples within the same household across waves.
Is there any way/test I can validate the outco...
yoav Eilon

03/31/2021

04:19 PM Support #1474 (Resolved): Covid-19 weighting
Understanding Society User Support Team
04:18 PM Support #1526 (Resolved): variable "region" - a mistake in "Variable Search tool?
Understanding Society User Support Team
04:17 PM Support #1527 (Resolved): parental education
Understanding Society User Support Team
04:13 PM Support #1517 (Resolved): Covid weights
Correspondence is continuing via email, so setting to resolved here.
Our response is copied here:
1: If your m...
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:46 PM Support #1525 (Feedback): BHPS Wave 1-18: Which documentation to use to convert SIC codes (variable mrjsic) to actual industries.
Hello Simon,
Please take a look at the BHPS User Guide: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/bhps/documentation/vola/index...
Understanding Society User Support Team
10:53 AM Support #1525: BHPS Wave 1-18: Which documentation to use to convert SIC codes (variable mrjsic) to actual industries.
Dear Understanding Society User Support Team,
I would appreciate if you are able to provide an update to my query....
Simon Cremer
10:38 AM Support #1528 (Resolved): Difference between mainstage 2019 data and wave 10 UKHLS data
Understanding Society User Support Team
10:18 AM Support #1528: Difference between mainstage 2019 data and wave 10 UKHLS data
Thank you very much, this clears it up Patrick Daniel
10:09 AM Support #1528 (Feedback): Difference between mainstage 2019 data and wave 10 UKHLS data
Hello,
The 2019 datasets made available with the Covid survey data (SN8644), includes information collected during...
Understanding Society User Support Team

03/29/2021

01:46 PM Support #1528 (Resolved): Difference between mainstage 2019 data and wave 10 UKHLS data
I am wondering what the difference in dates are between the mainstage_2019 and UKLFS wave 10 data and what differenti... Patrick Daniel

03/26/2021

03:10 PM Support #1527: parental education
Thank you very much for your help.
Have a nice weekend.
Danuta
Danuta Zyczynska-Ciolek
09:05 AM Support #1527 (Feedback): parental education
Hello,
Only for those respondents who lived with their parents in the same household at least once during the surv...
Understanding Society User Support Team

03/25/2021

04:27 PM Support #1527 (Resolved): parental education
Hello again,
Is there a possibility to find information about an educational level obtained by respondents' parents ...
Danuta Zyczynska-Ciolek
03:52 PM Support #1526: variable "region" - a mistake in "Variable Search tool?
Thank you, everything is clear! Danuta Zyczynska-Ciolek
03:27 PM Support #1526: variable "region" - a mistake in "Variable Search tool?
Sorry just to be clear the search tool is working ok! Understanding Society User Support Team
03:26 PM Support #1526 (Feedback): variable "region" - a mistake in "Variable Search tool?
Hello,
This variable is only available for Waves 6 onwards in the files CHILD & INDALL for UKHLS, and for all BHPS...
Understanding Society User Support Team
02:19 PM Support #1526 (Resolved): variable "region" - a mistake in "Variable Search tool?
Hello,
Under the following link:
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentati...
Danuta Zyczynska-Ciolek
02:53 PM Support #1524 (Resolved): Mortality weight adjustment
Discussion has moved to email (usersupport@understandingsociety.ac.uk), so setting to resolved. Understanding Society User Support Team

03/24/2021

12:00 PM Support #1525 (In Progress): BHPS Wave 1-18: Which documentation to use to convert SIC codes (variable mrjsic) to actual industries.
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
11:59 AM Support #1524: Mortality weight adjustment
Yu-Tzu Wu,
Please email us at usersupport@understandingsociety.ac.uk
Best wishes,
Understanding Society User S...
Understanding Society User Support Team

03/23/2021

12:31 PM Support #1525 (Resolved): BHPS Wave 1-18: Which documentation to use to convert SIC codes (variable mrjsic) to actual industries.
I am currently using the British Household Panel Survey (study 5151). Specifically, I am using all waves 1-18 (1991-2... Simon Cremer
11:09 AM Support #1524: Mortality weight adjustment
Hi Olena,
Thank you for your reply. Sorry that I cannot find the full User Guide from wave 9 in UKDA. Would it be ...
YT Wu
09:51 AM Support #1524: Mortality weight adjustment
Yu-Tzu Wu,
The best document for you to read is the full User Guide from wave 9. You can download it with wave 9 d...
Olena Kaminska
07:17 AM Support #1524: Mortality weight adjustment
Hi Olena,
Thank you very much for your help.
I am interested in UKHLS data and consider to generate my own weights...
YT Wu

03/22/2021

10:22 AM Support #1524: Mortality weight adjustment
Yu-Tzu-Wu,
Thank you for your question. The mortality that is provided with the data is for BHPS sample, and it ha...
Olena Kaminska
09:49 AM Support #1524 (In Progress): Mortality weight adjustment
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
09:47 AM Support #1524 (Resolved): Mortality weight adjustment
Dear Sir/Madam,
I was wondering how to account for mortality when using the weights in Understanding Society. I foun...
YT Wu
09:58 AM Support #1523 (Feedback): Question on individual net labour income
Hi Lydia,
Details about how the income variables in UKHLS have been derived are explained in this paper:
https:/...
Understanding Society User Support Team
07:54 AM Support #1523: Question on individual net labour income
And just to be precise, I would be interested in the usual monthly earning, not the last earning or annual one. Lydia Palumbo
07:52 AM Support #1523 (Resolved): Question on individual net labour income
Dear Understanding Society Team,
I have a question on individual net labour income. I would like to know whether, ...
Lydia Palumbo

03/16/2021

01:40 PM Support #1520: Pooling cross-sectional data of UKHLS - Waves 1 to 7
Marie,
Yes, this sounds correct.
Best of luck,
Olena
Olena Kaminska
01:03 PM Support #1520: Pooling cross-sectional data of UKHLS - Waves 1 to 7
Hi Olena,
Yes, thank you!
From our various exchanges, I conclude the following:
Using *svyset*, accounting f...
Marie Mueller
12:23 PM Support #1520: Pooling cross-sectional data of UKHLS - Waves 1 to 7
Marie,
You need to account for the highest level of clustering as a minimum. Our sample is clustered within PSUs -...
Olena Kaminska

03/15/2021

03:58 PM Support #1520: Pooling cross-sectional data of UKHLS - Waves 1 to 7
Thank you, Alita!
Note: As I am interested in neighbourhood influences measured at LSOA level, I thought a multile...
Marie Mueller
02:45 PM Support #1520: Pooling cross-sectional data of UKHLS - Waves 1 to 7
About clustering on individuals: If you pool data across waves of this data, you are right the error is not independe... Understanding Society User Support Team
01:24 PM Support #1520: Pooling cross-sectional data of UKHLS - Waves 1 to 7
Dear Alita,
Thank you very much for your quick and very helpful reply. Yes, of course, I understand that I need to...
Marie Mueller
12:23 PM Support #1520 (Feedback): Pooling cross-sectional data of UKHLS - Waves 1 to 7
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:23 PM Support #1520: Pooling cross-sectional data of UKHLS - Waves 1 to 7
Hello Marie,
You are right (1) will result in small sample sizes and there are no avaialble weights to use with ap...
Understanding Society User Support Team

03/12/2021

11:41 AM Support #1520: Pooling cross-sectional data of UKHLS - Waves 1 to 7
Dear Olena,
To make it (hopefully) even clearer:
* My outcomes are measured at waves 1, 3, 5, and 7
* In every...
Marie Mueller
 

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