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10/12/2021

06:18 PM Support #1422: furlough in Covid-19 Study

Hello,
I am experiencing comparable difficulties as the original poster. I have been trying to build a consisten... Pierre Walthéry

05:05 PM Support #1435 (Resolved): BHPS wave 18 and UKHLS wave 1 integration

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05:04 PM Support #1437 (Resolved): JK weighting guidance

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05:04 PM Support #1440 (Resolved): Identifying Household Roles

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05:04 PM Support #1443 (Resolved): COVID wave 4 youth file

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05:04 PM Support #1444 (Resolved): COVID-19 telephone survey household composition data

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05:03 PM Support #1445 (Resolved): Geographic disaggregations available

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05:02 PM Support #1448 (Resolved): Selecting longitudinal weights for youth starting at wave 1

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05:02 PM Support #1450 (Resolved): Covid Study netpay_amount

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05:01 PM Support #1451 (Resolved): Matching household partners to find out who has the higher occupational class

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05:01 PM Support #1453 (Resolved): Wave 10 release date

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05:00 PM Support #1458 (Resolved): Weights for Covid longitudinal sample

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04:59 PM Support #1469 (Resolved): Matching data

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04:59 PM Support #1481 (Resolved): Missing values vs negative income

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04:57 PM Support #1511 (Resolved): Merging UKHLS data to the LFS data

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04:57 PM Support #1506 (Resolved): Number of children who have left the household before wave 1

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04:56 PM Support #1509 (Resolved): Real Household Income + Calendar Year vs Wave

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04:55 PM Support #1514 (Resolved): Covid Longitudinal weights

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04:55 PM Support #1525 (Resolved): BHPS Wave 1-18: Which documentation to use to convert SIC codes (variable mrjsic) to actual industries.

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04:54 PM Support #1518 (Resolved): Linkage to Hospital Episode Statistics

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04:54 PM Support #1519 (Resolved): Marital status (marstat_dv) and presence of non-respondent partners (ppid==-8, sppid==-8)?

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04:53 PM Support #1521 (Resolved): How to merge variables from newborn file when my main unit are children?

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04:53 PM Support #1522 (Resolved): data availability and representativeness

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04:53 PM Support #1523 (Resolved): Question on individual net labour income

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04:52 PM Support #1530 (Resolved): Questions for assignment

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04:51 PM Support #1531 (Resolved): w_sf12mcs_dv - SF-12 Mental Component Summary (PCS)

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04:51 PM Support #1532 (Resolved): b_scsf6c - last 4 weeks: felt downhearted and depressed

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04:50 PM Support #1534 (Resolved): b_scsf6c - last 4 weeks: felt downhearted and depressed

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04:50 PM Support #1574 (Feedback): Children's weights in the COVID-19 survey

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04:04 PM Support #1574: Children's weights in the COVID-19 survey

Hello,
We calculate children's weights based on longitudinal enumeration, which requires enumeration of a househol... Olena Kaminska

02:35 PM Support #1574 (In Progress): Children's weights in the COVID-19 survey

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04:49 PM Support #1569 (Resolved): USoc Query SEISS

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03:03 PM Support #1535 (Resolved): b_sf12mcs_dv SF-12 Mental Component Summary (PCS)

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03:03 PM Support #1536 (Resolved): Happiness Questionnaire in Youth Survey

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03:02 PM Support #1537 (Resolved): query re. b_wlk30min

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03:01 PM Support #1538 (Resolved): Comparing health conditions across US waves 1-10

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03:00 PM Support #1539 (Resolved): Identifying indivdiual movers

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03:00 PM Support #1541 (Resolved): Benefit income in indresp and income file: what accounts for the differences between frmnthimp_dv and fimnsben_dv, and how can I retrieve benefit amounts for non-matching records?

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02:59 PM Support #1542 (Resolved): Health conditions in 2019 mainstage data

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02:59 PM Support #1543 (Resolved): Inapplicanle racel data

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02:58 PM Support #1545 (Resolved): has birthy variable name changed over USoc waves?

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02:58 PM Support #1548 (Resolved): 4-digit-ISCO-08?

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02:57 PM Support #1550 (Resolved): Modern Slavery and Children Data

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02:56 PM Support #1553 (Resolved): Household asset

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02:55 PM Support #1555 (Resolved): Weighting across main survey and Covid-19 survey

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02:55 PM Support #1557 (Resolved): Survey design

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02:54 PM Support #1559 (Resolved): Scottish Sample Size and Breakdown

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02:53 PM Support #1560 (Resolved): Project Query

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02:53 PM Support #1563 (Resolved): Survey Participant Drop-Outs

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02:52 PM Support #1565 (Resolved): Income Variable: Drop negative values?

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02:51 PM Support #1568 (Resolved): Household income components

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02:51 PM Support #1570 (Resolved): BHPS hhmove variable with 0 values

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02:50 PM Support #1504 (Resolved): Weights

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02:49 PM Support #1515 (Resolved): Meaning of different mstatch variables

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02:48 PM Support #1513 (Resolved): Variable for Income

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02:48 PM Support #1470 (Resolved): Question about data

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02:47 PM Support #1505 (Resolved): UKHLS data question

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02:47 PM Support #1498 (Resolved): Create child id in BHPS and assign them their parents' work status

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02:45 PM Support #1508 (Resolved): Which is the best way to merge all the files (INDRESP, HHRESP,JOBHIST, YOUNTH) across the 18 BHPS waves

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02:44 PM Support #1500 (Resolved): Definition of "living as a couple"

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02:43 PM Support #1496 (Resolved): data merge

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02:42 PM Support #1492 (Resolved): USoc Interview dates 'slotting' into financial year

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02:42 PM Support #1471 (Resolved): Identifying relation to respondent of those being cared for

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02:41 PM Support #1483 (Resolved): The use of weight "indscui_lw" reduces the number of observations. Is it correct?

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02:40 PM Support #1466 (Resolved): Determining which observations have been answered by a proxy

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02:38 PM Support #1480 (Resolved): Who was sampled for question ca_timeshare in the COVID-19

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02:36 PM Support #1489 (Resolved): SDQ Total Difficulties Score - too many 'inapplicable'

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02:36 PM Support #1585 (Resolved): Weights for youth dataset

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02:33 PM Support #1554 (In Progress): hsval - units

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02:33 PM Support #1571 (Resolved): Coding of Arts Variables (Wave 2 & 5)

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02:32 PM Support #1558 (Resolved): Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights

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02:31 PM Support #1575 (Resolved): _jk mainstage survey and COVID-19 survey responses-timing

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02:31 PM Support #1576 (Resolved): variables in Lower super output areas

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02:22 PM Support #1577 (Resolved): South Africa - anyone if there's an equivalent to BHPS in South Africa and/or where find South African wellbeing data sets?

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02:21 PM Support #1573 (Resolved): Pension contribution variable in BHPS

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02:20 PM Support #1572 (Resolved): Weighting in multilevel modelling in R Studio

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02:19 PM Support #1579 (Resolved): Refreshment sample IP4

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02:19 PM Support #1580 (Resolved): Questionnaire items relating to Social Capital

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02:16 PM Support #1582 (Resolved): UKHLS labour liked data

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02:16 PM Support #1578 (Resolved): Covid Universal Credit Variables

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02:05 PM Support #1592 (Feedback): individual records for variables collected during the survey

Hello,
This is a household longitudinal survey where individuals are interviewed repeatedly (at one year intervals... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:33 PM Support #1592 (Resolved): individual records for variables collected during the survey

Hi, we are interested in using individual records of surveys from 2010-2019 for modelling purpose. I realise that the... Weigang Yan

10:02 AM Support #1590: Creating a weight variable for fixed effects analysis

Hi Olena,
So sorry for the confusion. We are interested in studying changes between waves 2 and 4, and separately... Karen Mak

09:59 AM Support #1590: Creating a weight variable for fixed effects analysis

Karen,
Do you mean you study change between wave 2 and wave 10?
Or do you mean you study change between wave 2 a... Olena Kaminska

09:45 AM Support #1589 (Feedback): Tracking individuals moving house: lack of wave 2 data for addrmov_dv and distmov_dv

Hello,
The methodology for constructing these variables for Wave 2 was different from later waves, and was more ti... Understanding Society User Support Team

10/11/2021

05:59 PM Support #1591 (In Progress): Design and testing of questionnaire questions

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

09:37 AM Support #1591 (Resolved): Design and testing of questionnaire questions

For my PhD data collection that's beginning next week, I'm interested in using some of the questions asked in the UK ... Will Barnes

05:41 PM Support #1583 (Resolved): Children in Wave 1 of BHPS

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05:34 PM Support #1588 (Feedback): Combining the BHPS and UKHLS CNEF datasets

Hello,
Please contact CNEF. Contact information is available here: https://www.cnefdata.org/contact
Best wishes... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:31 PM Support #1587 (In Progress): panssec8_dv

Hello,
If the respondent says that their mother/father was working when they were 14 (maju/paju=1), then they are ... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:45 PM Support #1590: Creating a weight variable for fixed effects analysis

Hi Olena,
Thank you for your reply.
I am looking at a change between 5 waves (Waves 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10) at a ... Karen Mak

03:03 PM Support #1590: Creating a weight variable for fixed effects analysis

Karen,
There is no particular reason to create your own weight.
To help you select a weight, please explain how ... Olena Kaminska

10/08/2021

04:11 PM Support #1590: Creating a weight variable for fixed effects analysis

Hi Olena,
Thanks so much for your prompt reply and for your help.
I tried to look for similar questions on thi... Karen Mak

03:45 PM Support #1590: Creating a weight variable for fixed effects analysis

Karen,
Yes, weighting is necessary in fixed effect models.
Look for similar questions about pooled analysis on ... Olena Kaminska

03:21 PM Support #1590 (Feedback): Creating a weight variable for fixed effects analysis

(1) This is an analysis question. This is a good discussion about why and when we should weight. http://jhr.uwpress.o... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:22 PM Support #1590 (Resolved): Creating a weight variable for fixed effects analysis

Dear UKHLS support,
Hope you are well.
May I ask for your advice on whether you think weighting should be app... Karen Mak

03:23 PM Support #1589 (In Progress): Tracking individuals moving house: lack of wave 2 data for addrmov_dv and distmov_dv

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

10/07/2021

06:23 PM Support #1583: Children in Wave 1 of BHPS

Thank you Chris Tracey

04:36 PM Support #1589 (Resolved): Tracking individuals moving house: lack of wave 2 data for addrmov_dv and distmov_dv

Hello,
As part of my analysis I am attempting to track individuals who have move, how long they live at a subseque... Richard Belcher

11:00 AM Support #1588 (Resolved): Combining the BHPS and UKHLS CNEF datasets

Hi,
I'm a new user of the CNEF harmonised datasets, which include the BHPS dataset and the UKHLS from 2009 to 2015... A J

10/05/2021

06:52 PM Support #1581: Variables for the creation of education history spells

Dr. Liam Wright has provided syntax to produce Working Life Histories for BHPS and UKHLS data: https://osf.io/c3v9f/
... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:07 AM Support #1587 (Resolved): panssec8_dv

Hi folks,
I hope you are all well. I was just wondering why there are no positive values for manssec8_dv and panss... Michael Vallely

09/30/2021

01:10 PM Support #1586 (Feedback): Merging UKHLS waves and optimal weight

1. Do you want to set up the indresp data in long format? Then please look at the syntax file which shows you how to ... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:00 AM Support #1586: Merging UKHLS waves and optimal weight

Typo: when I say svyset i_psu[pw=i_ind5mus_lw], strata(i_strata) I meant *svyset j_psu[pw=j_ind5mus_lw], strata(j_str... Gonçalo Gameiro

09/29/2021

04:09 PM Support #1586: Merging UKHLS waves and optimal weight

And if it is merging that I should do, is it 1:1 or m:1?
Thanks! Gonçalo Gameiro

01:08 PM Support #1586 (Resolved): Merging UKHLS waves and optimal weight

Hello everyone,
I am doing my master thesis and I am interested in studying the integration/assimilation process o... Gonçalo Gameiro

09/27/2021

11:52 AM Support #1585: Weights for youth dataset

Thank you! Ruth Plackett

11:49 AM Support #1585: Weights for youth dataset

Ruth,
Yes, this would be the correct suboptimal weight.
Best,
Olena Olena Kaminska

10:38 AM Support #1585: Weights for youth dataset

Hi there
As you've suggested I have used psnenus_lw weight when they are 13 at wave 2 and so on and ui from wave 6... Ruth Plackett

09/22/2021

02:13 PM Support #1585: Weights for youth dataset

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11:59 AM Support #1585: Weights for youth dataset

Thanks Olena. OK that makes sense and so xw weights aren't relevant for my case as I do want to use info form latter ... Ruth Plackett

11:45 AM Support #1585: Weights for youth dataset

Ruth,
You can use xw weight only if your analysis uses 1 wave, and therefore does not use any information from oth... Olena Kaminska

12:16 PM Support #1582 (Feedback): UKHLS labour liked data

Our data team have responded to this query:
About "the exact number of employees by firm": What the Nest data will... Understanding Society User Support Team

09/21/2021

11:05 PM Support #1585: Weights for youth dataset

Hi Olena
Thanks for your reply it was really helpful. I've emailed user support to request the training material ... Ruth Plackett

09/20/2021

05:04 PM Support #1584 (Feedback): "inapplicable" end date of maternity leave & how to find out when leave ended

Hello,
You are correct in your reading of how the questionniare works. I am summarising it here.
jbstat and mat... Understanding Society User Support Team

04:44 PM Support #1584 (In Progress): "inapplicable" end date of maternity leave & how to find out when leave ended

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

03:55 PM Support #1585 (Feedback): Weights for youth dataset

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03:46 PM Support #1585: Weights for youth dataset

Ruth,
Yes, technically you will be pooling young people from different years. As a suboptimal weight try to use ps... Olena Kaminska

03:20 PM Support #1585 (Resolved): Weights for youth dataset

Hi there
I'm looking to conduct a longitudinal analysis using the youth data from waves 1-10 from Usoc. I'm lookin... Ruth Plackett

09/17/2021

06:28 PM Support #1584: "inapplicable" end date of maternity leave & how to find out when leave ended

apologies, some "=" got deleted from the above before posting.
The entry should read
Dear support team,
I am try... Laura Jones

06:25 PM Support #1584 (Resolved): "inapplicable" end date of maternity leave & how to find out when leave ended

Dear support team,
I am trying to create a variable measuring length of labour market interruption following childbi... Laura Jones

09/15/2021

05:26 AM Support #1583 (Feedback): Children in Wave 1 of BHPS

Hello,
Basic information about all household members of households that responded/enumerated are recorded in the f... Understanding Society User Support Team

09/14/2021

03:05 PM Support #1583 (Resolved): Children in Wave 1 of BHPS

Hi.
I'd like to be able to track adults in Wave 2 of BHPS who were children in wave 1. There doesn't seem to be a ... Chris Tracey

01:34 PM Support #1581 (Feedback): Variables for the creation of education history spells

Hello,
As you have rightly pointed out the education data is collected differently for UKHLS, so you will have to ... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:55 PM Support #1581 (In Progress): Variables for the creation of education history spells

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

12:54 PM Support #1582 (In Progress): UKHLS labour liked data

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

09/13/2021

10:52 AM Support #1582 (Resolved): UKHLS labour liked data

Hello,
I am currently working on a research project in which I need to know the exact number of employees by firm ... Maria Cabrera