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From 09/16/2021 to 10/15/2021

04:26 PM Support #1595 (In Progress): Modified OECD equivalence scale in BHPS: 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
11:39 AM Support #1595 (Resolved): Modified OECD equivalence scale in BHPS: Hi,
I have been working the OECD equivalence scale variables in BHPS and USoc (variables eq_moecd and ieqmoecd_dv ... Marek Rojicek
04:21 PM Support #1596 (Feedback): Identifying a birth in indresp: Hello,
w_newmum in w_indall file identifies whether the household member is the biological mother of a new entrant... Understanding Society User Support Team
01:18 PM Support #1596 (Resolved): Identifying a birth in indresp: Dear all,
I would like to know your opinion on the following issue: I would like to define a variable identifying... Giorgio Piccitto

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: Understanding Society User Support Team
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

02:13 PM Support #1585: Weights for youth dataset: Ruth - I cannot see any email request from you. Please email usersupport@understandingsociety.ac.uk Understanding Society User Support Team
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

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

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: Understanding Society User Support Team
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

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

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