Understanding Society User Support

01/12/2022

02:28 PM Support #1627: Coding of k_ypfhweve in k_Youth

Hi Alexandra,
We are investigating whether these are missing values which were not coded to the UKHLS convention (... Understanding Society User Support Team

02:15 PM Support #1628 (Feedback): data and documentation not matching up (jbsoc variable)

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09:03 AM Support #1626 (Feedback): Who is the respondent parent - SDQ

Dear Michaela,
Please use the adresp15_dv variable to identify who is the responsible adult responding the SDQ que... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/11/2022

02:36 PM Support #1628: data and documentation not matching up (jbsoc variable)

Dear Ruth,
The fieldwork for the COVID-19 web surveys – and subsequent occupation coding – is done by a different ... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:10 PM Support #1628 (In Progress): data and documentation not matching up (jbsoc variable)

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

01:10 PM Support #1627 (In Progress): Coding of k_ypfhweve in k_Youth

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

01/10/2022

12:08 PM Support #1624: Weights for subsample

Ashley,
Thanks for your question. If you use wave 2 information than you will need to use longitudinal weight for ... Olena Kaminska

09:57 AM Support #1624 (In Progress): Weights for subsample

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09:57 AM Support #1624: Weights for subsample

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

11:43 AM Support #1628 (Resolved): data and documentation not matching up (jbsoc variable)

Hi, I am trying to use wave 8 job title and description variable ch_jbsoc, however the variable doesn't seem to exist... Ruth Boardman

11:24 AM Support #1627 (In Progress): Coding of k_ypfhweve in k_Youth

Hi,
I have just started looking at the data in Wave K of the youth data file and found that for k_ypfhweve: "Durin... Alexandra Turner

10:12 AM Support #1625 (Feedback): What is the value label of the value 56 in ethn_dv?

Hi Mushtahid,
This is a coding error, the correct value for this person is 15 "Black African".
Best wishes,
Un... Understanding Society User Support Team

09:47 AM Support #1625 (In Progress): What is the value label of the value 56 in ethn_dv?

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09:39 AM Support #1625: What is the value label of the value 56 in ethn_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

09:28 AM Support #1626 (In Progress): Who is the respondent parent - SDQ

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

09:01 AM Support #1626 (Resolved): Who is the respondent parent - SDQ

Good morning,
I was wondering whether there is a way to identify if the respondent parent is the mother or the fath... Michaela Kyclova

01/09/2022

04:36 PM Support #1625 (Resolved): What is the value label of the value 56 in ethn_dv?

Hi,
In ethn_dv (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/variable/ethn... Md Mushtahid Salam

01/06/2022

02:49 PM Support #1624 (Resolved): Weights for subsample

Hello,
I am trying to estimate the fraction of people that transition to their first relationship (cohabitation o... Ashley Burdett

01/04/2022

10:38 AM Support #1623 (Feedback): Gender first-born child

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12/23/2021

05:40 PM Support #1623: Gender first-born child

Dear Lieke,
Yes, lchsx is the correct variable for non-resident children. You need to combine the information on r... Understanding Society User Support Team

12/22/2021

09:55 AM Support #1610: Weighting method for IP4 refreshment sample

Olena,
Problems are solved, thanks for your help.
Best Wishes
Jun Jun Wang

12/21/2021

05:42 PM Support #1623 (In Progress): Gender first-born child

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

02:26 PM Support #1623: Gender first-born child

Sorry, I think I found it already: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentati... Lieke Holt

01:32 PM Support #1623 (Resolved): Gender first-born child

Dear User Support team,
I have been looking for a variable that captures the gender of individual respondents' fir... Lieke Holt

12/19/2021

02:10 PM Support #1619: Differentiating between income-based benefits and contribution-based / "new style" benefits (JSA, ESA)

Thank you very much for following up on this so quickly and for the clarification. I have since checked once more in ... Lucas Auer

12/15/2021

12:34 PM Support #1622: Creating my own longitudinal weight

Kate,
As your analysis is longitudinal you will need a longitudinal weight. You can create your own tailored weigh... Olena Kaminska

10:48 AM Support #1622 (Feedback): Creating my own longitudinal weight

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

12/14/2021

04:38 PM Support #1622 (Resolved): Creating my own longitudinal weight

I am running a linear regression using participants who have responded in waves 9 and 10. I understand that using the... Kate Dotsikas

02:49 PM Support #1617 (Resolved): Rare cases of time varying psu and strata

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02:27 PM Support #1617: Rare cases of time varying psu and strata

Thank you very much for following up on this so quickly, and for providing such a detailed explanation! Helps a lot.
... Lucas Auer

01:43 PM Support #1605 (Resolved): Life Satisfaction Data

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01:42 PM Support #1604 (Resolved): religiosity variables

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01:42 PM Support #1602 (Resolved): unemployment rate

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01:38 PM Support #1601 (Resolved): SF-12 Physical and Mental Component Scores

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01:37 PM Support #1600 (Resolved): 'Other' response in hsownd variable

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01:37 PM Support #1599 (Resolved): Recreating adresp17 - person number of responsible adult

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01:37 PM Support #1598 (Resolved): Time Use Module

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01:36 PM Support #1597 (Resolved): UK born variable for BHPS member in UKHLS

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01:36 PM Support #1596 (Resolved): Identifying a birth in indresp

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01:36 PM Support #1594 (Resolved): Distributing household level information to individuals

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01:35 PM Support #1593 (Resolved): Are the BHPS and UKHLS pidp values unique?

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01:35 PM Support #1592 (Resolved): individual records for variables collected during the survey

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01:34 PM Support #1590 (Resolved): Creating a weight variable for fixed effects analysis

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01:34 PM Support #1589 (Resolved): Tracking individuals moving house: lack of wave 2 data for addrmov_dv and distmov_dv

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01:33 PM Support #1588 (Resolved): Combining the BHPS and UKHLS CNEF datasets

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01:33 PM Support #1586 (Resolved): Merging UKHLS waves and optimal weight

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01:32 PM Support #1574 (Resolved): Children's weights in the COVID-19 survey

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01:32 PM Support #1581 (Resolved): Variables for the creation of education history spells

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01:31 PM Support #1584 (Resolved): "inapplicable" end date of maternity leave & how to find out when leave ended

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01:20 PM Support #1621 (Feedback): How to merge two data files from two different waves?

Hello,
(1) Merge into a wide format file, and you only want to keep those who appeared in both datasets
use j_ind... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:15 PM Support #1619 (Feedback): Differentiating between income-based benefits and contribution-based / "new style" benefits (JSA, ESA)

Hello,
We do not collect the information that you need. You can double check by looking at the questionnaires:
ht... Understanding Society User Support Team