Understanding Society User Support

11/14/2021

08:42 AM Support #1606 (Feedback): Adult Subject Birth Order

Hello,
This information is available for adult respondents only for the BHPS sample - they were asked in Wave 13:
... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:38 AM Support #1605 (Feedback): Life Satisfaction Data

In BHPS, this question was first asked in Wave 6 and then every wave after that, and in UKHLS it has been asked every... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/11/2021

08:01 PM Support #1606 (Resolved): Adult Subject Birth Order

Dear UndSoc team,
I am interested in analysing the long term effects of birth order using the UndSoc dataset. I a... INGO OUTES

11/09/2021

06:22 PM Support #1605 (Resolved): Life Satisfaction Data

Hi, I am a postgraduate student at the University of Leeds hoping to use the survey as part of my end of year dissert... Alex Brown

11/05/2021

09:24 AM Support #1603: pasoc00_cc does not permit international comparisons bc ambigious correspondence to isco88

Dear Daniel,
Thanks for your response. It is clear now. I have passed on your request to the data team.
In the... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:16 AM Support #1587: panssec8_dv

The issue that you highlighted has been resolved for this latest data release. The latest data will be released by th... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/04/2021

12:33 PM Support #1590: Creating a weight variable for fixed effects analysis

Karen,
Yes, that's correct.
Olena Olena Kaminska

10:47 AM Support #1603: pasoc00_cc does not permit international comparisons bc ambigious correspondence to isco88

Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-4:
> Dear Daniel,
>
> It is not entirely clear what your ... Daniel Graeber

11/03/2021

01:03 PM Support #1603 (Feedback): pasoc00_cc does not permit international comparisons bc ambigious correspondence to isco88

Dear Daniel,
It is not entirely clear what your question is.
You have said that you want to transform pasoc00 i... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:35 AM Support #1603 (In Progress): pasoc00_cc does not permit international comparisons bc ambigious correspondence to isco88

Re-opened upon request Understanding Society User Support Team

11/02/2021

05:47 PM Support #1603: pasoc00_cc does not permit international comparisons bc ambigious correspondence to isco88

Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> This issue has been resolved - this person let us know ... Daniel Graeber

03:55 PM Support #1603 (Resolved): pasoc00_cc does not permit international comparisons bc ambigious correspondence to isco88

This issue has been resolved - this person let us know via our usersupport@ email address so setting this to resolved. Understanding Society User Support Team

03:54 PM Support #1604 (Feedback): religiosity variables

Hello,
ff_oprlg is just the value of oprlg fed forward from past waves.
This question has been asked in differe... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:47 PM Support #1604 (Resolved): religiosity variables

Hi,
Can you clarify the key difference between the variable oprlg and the ff_oprlg variable in Wave 2 of the UKHLS?... A J

03:18 PM Support #1602 (Feedback): unemployment rate

Hello,
We do not provide this information with our survey data. But we do provide data on the geographical locatio... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:52 PM Support #1598 (Feedback): Time Use Module

Hello,
We don’t have a time use set of questions in Understanding Society and we’ve not carried time-use diaries. ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/01/2021

11:42 AM Support #1603 (Resolved): pasoc00_cc does not permit international comparisons bc ambigious correspondence to isco88

Dear all,
I am trying to harmonize parents' occupational position (e.g., pasoc00) across household panels. However... Daniel Graeber

10/29/2021

01:26 AM Support #1602 (Resolved): unemployment rate

Hi,
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to find the local unemployment rate of the geographical areas that the res... Seok Woo Kwon

10/28/2021

06:48 AM Support #1601 (Feedback): SF-12 Physical and Mental Component Scores

Hello,
As stated in the syntax file you have mentioned for further details about the scoring method used please se... Understanding Society User Support Team

10/27/2021

03:35 PM Support #1591: Design and testing of questionnaire questions

Thank you so much for this, very helpful!
All the best,
Will Will Barnes

01:55 PM Support #1601 (Resolved): SF-12 Physical and Mental Component Scores

Dear UKHLS support,
Hope you are well.
I am currently working on a research looking at the longitudinal assoc... Karen Mak

10/26/2021

09:33 PM Support #1595: Modified OECD equivalence scale in BHPS

Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-2:
> Hello,
>
> Thanks for highlighting this issue.
>
... Marek Rojicek

09:19 PM Support #1595 (Feedback): Modified OECD equivalence scale in BHPS

Hello,
Thanks for highlighting this issue.
We have checked and in each wave there are around 1-2k cases where ... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:24 PM Support #1600 (Feedback): 'Other' response in hsownd variable

We have no information about what kinds of living arrangements are covered in the 'other' response to the hsownd vari... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:22 PM Support #1600 (Resolved): 'Other' response in hsownd variable

Hello,
I am working on a project looking at economic security across different housing tenures. Is there any more ... James Morrison

08:16 PM Support #1597 (Feedback): UK born variable for BHPS member in UKHLS

A variable that identifies whether someone was born in the UK or not is available in the file xwavedat for all sample... Understanding Society User Support Team

07:38 PM Support #1599 (Feedback): Recreating adresp17 - person number of responsible adult

The variable adresp17 was created automatically during the interview – the rules for creating it can be found in the ... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:39 AM Support #1599 (In Progress): Recreating adresp17 - person number of responsible adult

Many thanks for your inquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Understanding Society User Support Team

06:19 PM Support #1591 (Feedback): Design and testing of questionnaire questions

Dear Will,
The life satisfaction and satisfaction with other domains were introduced in Wave 6 of BHPS and were mo... Understanding Society User Support Team

12:07 PM Support #1598 (In Progress): Time Use Module

Many thanks for your inquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Understanding Society User Support Team

10/25/2021

02:34 PM Support #1599 (Resolved): Recreating adresp17 - person number of responsible adult

Hi there,
I am updating some code which uses Understanding Society data. The code was last ran in 2015 (by a former ... James Oswald

11:41 AM Support #1598 (Resolved): Time Use Module

Hi, a bit of the background first: there was a time use module (as far as I am aware stylized questions only) for BHP... Ewa Jarosz

09:51 AM Support #1591: Design and testing of questionnaire questions

Hi there,
I just wanted to get in touch to ask whether there has been any progress on the below?
Many thanks,
... Will Barnes

10/20/2021

09:37 AM Support #1597 (In Progress): UK born variable for BHPS member in UKHLS

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

09:01 AM Support #1597 (Resolved): UK born variable for BHPS member in UKHLS

I am trying to create a UK born variable for all UKHLS members across waves. There doesn’t seem to be a value for the... stephen jivraj