Activity
From 01/10/2022 to 02/08/2022
02/08/2022
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08:51 PM Support #1650: yp2uni missing/inapplicable/don't know categories
- Dear Alessandro,
Thank you for pointing out these issues. In waves 6,8 and 9 the -8 "inapplicable" category was as... -
04:45 PM Support #1652: Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?
- Dear Olena,
Thanks for the swift reply. I have now requested the information on pooled data from user support via ... -
03:29 PM Support #1652: Should using longitudinal weights lead to a balanced panel?
- Lucas,
Thanks. Please request usersupport for the information on pooled data. Have a look and come back to me if y... -
- Hi Olena,
Thanks so much for getting back to me. Using the data in long format seemed to make perfect sense to me,... -
- Lucas,
Thank you. Can you give me a little bit more details on your analysis. It's not clear why you are using lon... -
- Matt,
Thank you for your question. Yes, you are right - our weights are either for people who respondent to interv... -
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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- Dear Amwaj,
You can use nchild_dv which gives you the number of own children in the household, including natural c... -
- Dear Sebastian,
Vote7 was asked only of respondents who completed their interview after the 12th of December 2019,... -
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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11:05 AM Support #1655 (Resolved): Household income in Covid surveys
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Could you advise me on the appropriate way to handle the income data provided in the covid-19 surveys? Am I ri... -
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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11:31 AM Support #1656 (Resolved): Difference between variables bl_unib and bl_unim
- Hi, I am seeking some information on what the difference is between variables "unib" and "unim" that are in wave BH12...
02/07/2022
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- Dear Fathia,
You can link variables across waves using the individual identifier variable pidp. Pidp is a cross-wa... -
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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10:28 AM Support #1653 (Resolved): Representativeness of lone mothers
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I have been comparing the UKHLS data to data from the FRS and LFS. For reasons not clear to me, the UKHLS data... -
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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10:58 AM Support #1654 (Resolved): Looking for motherhood status variables
- To whom it may concern
I would like to conduct a study comparing women with children (group 1) to women without c... -
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
02/05/2022
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- Dear Olena,
I have a question concerning the correct use of longitudinal weights. I want to perform longitudinal a...
02/04/2022
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04:04 PM Support #1651 (Resolved): Matching Partners Data
- I am currently working with the data matched with partners but I am wondering if there is a way to match data with pa...
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11:45 AM Support #1624: Weights for subsample
- Olena,
Thanks very much for your help. I have now implemented the longitudinal weights as you suggested and my es... -
- Ashley,
You can use only the first wave weights with survival analysis.
I am still not sure whether your analysis... -
- Olena,
I have now reviewed the pooled analysis document and it seems the document recommends that I use scaled x ... -
11:05 AM Support #1649: Weights for longitudinal analysis
- Hi Olena,
Ok that's good to know, thanks! I will email about the tailored weight course.
Many thanks
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- Laurence,
Thank you for your questions. Firstly, yes, the choice of your weights is correct - well done :)
And on... -
- Hello,
I am trying to use Understanding Society to estimate how changes in workplace pension saving decisions are... -
11:04 AM Support #1650 (Feedback): yp2uni missing/inapplicable/don't know categories
- I am working with the yp2uni variable from the youth questionnaire and I see some incongruence in the missing values....
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10:33 AM Support #1648 (Resolved): Help with linking data across two waves
- I am a Masters student completing my dissertation at Cardiff University using an COVID-19 Understanding Society data....
02/03/2022
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- Ashley,
I haven't used lifetable calculations, so I can't say. It depends on how the analysis treats missing data.... -
- Olena,
I'm still waiting for the pooled analysis document, but I was wondering if your last comment applies to li...
02/02/2022
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- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
02/01/2022
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- Ashley,
Ok, just one more question: are you using survival analysis? If so, you would use the weight at the first ... -
- Thanks, Olena.
I think, given your question, that I am interested in a pooled analysis (if an individual becomes ... -
- Ashley,
It sounds to me as a classic pooled analysis where you are not interested in representing people, but rath... -
02:31 PM Support #1647 (Resolved): Filter issues of "vote7"
- Dear Support-Team,
I am trying to make sense of the variable "vote7" which is called "voted in last general electi... -
01:52 PM Support #1646 (Resolved): Weight for analysis of household income restricted to complete households
- I'm undertaking analysis to understand if pensioners who enter/exit poverty do so because their household receipt of ...
01/31/2022
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- Hello Sue,
Which health variables are you referring to? For some questions, not everyone is asked the question so ... -
03:50 PM Support #1645 (Resolved): How to Deal with Missingness in Health Variables Over Time
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How to Deal with Missingness in Health Variables Over Time
I'm looking t health variables in UKHLS waves 1-... -
- Olena,
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
Not necessarily, individuals could be in my sample until the... -
- Ashley,
Thank you for the details. So, for each person you are only interested in their life time period between 2... -
- Olena,
I construct a panel using BHPS wave data only containing variables with information about age, marital sta... -
- Ashley,
Can you specify which information you use in each wave combination. Give me an example if a person is 24 i... -
- Hello,
The employment history for GPS & EMBS first six months samples were asked in Wave 1, and for the remaining ... -
- Hello,
Not every respondent is eligible for every question. To know who is eligible for a specific question, take ...
01/30/2022
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- Olena,
Thanks for your response and apologies for the delay.
Not sure this will resolve my problem. I am usin...
01/28/2022
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01:59 PM Support #1644 (Resolved): Inapplicable issue
- Hi, I am trying to analyse Wave 10 data and the following variables all have a high number of 'inapplicable':
j_plbo... -
01:36 PM Support #1643 (Resolved): Employment history for different samples
- Hi support team,
I am looking to construct a variable indicating any unemployment spell prior to wave 8. I underst... -
- Hello Sue,
While attempt is made that all enumerated/responding households complete the household questionnaire, t... -
- Hi,
I have merged (appended) core individual variables from all UKHLS indresp waves a - k (1 - 11) longitudinally,... -
- Hello,
Thank you for your valuable feedback.
A quick clarification - Understanding Society is led and managed a... -
04:24 AM Support #1641 (Resolved): 3 critical issues regarding COVID-19 UK Household Longitudinal Dataset
- Dear UCL Institute of Education,
I am Seung Un Lee, currently studying Master's of Urban Economics at the National...
01/27/2022
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- Hello Luke,
Sorry this slipped through. The best way to know of what linked administrative data is available is he... -
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- Hi Ishita,
For continuing sample members, they are asked questions about changes in employment status via the Annu... -
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07:51 AM Support #1639: Creating housing benefit indicator using _renthb & _renthb_bh
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Thank you for your response - it got me thinking and I realised my issue was that I did not account for resp...
01/26/2022
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- Questions about religion has been asked in the main survey, every 4 years for the whole sample (Waves 1 4 8), and onl...
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- Hello,
Basic information on how the income variables were created is available in this User guide section:
https:... -
- Hello,
If you look at the Universe for this question, i.e., who were asked this question in the Questionnaire, you... -
- Hello Luke,
Wave 12 data will be released in November 2022.
You can check which of these variables/questions we... -
01:49 PM Support #1640 (Resolved): Onward Social Fabric Index and Understanding Society Wave
- Dear Understanding Society team,
I am writing to you on behalf of the thinktank Onward, regarding our Social Fabri... -
- Joe,
Thank you for the details. I suggest you start with either i_psnenus_lw or i_indinus_lw as your base weights ...
01/25/2022
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03:42 PM Support #1632: Correct weighting for mental health
- Good afternoon Olena,
I watched the videos yesterday, but have spent today going over them again and trying to wr... -
- I was wondering if you were able to help me out at all with some clarification regarding the amount of missing variab...
01/24/2022
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04:54 PM Support #1638 (Resolved): w_fimnlabnet_dv
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Does this Labour income variable (w_fimnlabnet_dv) also capture the Statutory maternity pay (SMP) that the emplo... -
- Joe,
Have you listened to the full training material yet? Some of the answers will be there as well as an example ... -
- Hi Olena,
So having a look at the data today, and playing around with creating a tailored weight. To be clear agai... -
- Thanks very much for your help,
Will come back to this with further questions re. tailored weights if required.
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- Yes, we asked you to continue to post your questions here. Thanks for doing that.
But to clarify you do need to em... -
- Thanks Olena,
The USoc email team responded, asking me to make this request here:
I need the training manual f... -
01:17 PM Support #1637 (Resolved): Religion in Covid survey
- Hello,
I hope you are well.
I had a question about the Covid survey (adults 16+). Looking at the data I can't s... -
- Hello,
You are correct the questions were about employment status and not jobs. The empstat datafile includes the ... -
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- We also provide school locator variables of children's current schools and those of recent school leavers. To know mo...
01/22/2022
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- Hi Team,
I am trying to reconstruct the employment history of all the individuals. So, according to my understandi...
01/21/2022
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02:10 PM Support #1635 (Resolved): Scotland – all UKLHS participants who completed secondary education in Scotland?
- Hello,
Could you please advise us on the best way to identify individuals (in all UKLHS waves, but not BHPS) who h... -
- We do have food poverty questions in W12 but they are about foodbanks, not the Food Insecurity Experience (FIES) ones...
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- Thank you for your quick response. It is extremely helpful.
In the life employment history('empstat' file in wave 5)... -
- The employment history of the rest of the sample was asked in Wave 5. You may also be interested in the syntax that w...
01/20/2022
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- Hi,
According to the documentation the employment status history is only available for individuals surveyed betwee...
01/19/2022
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- Dear Rachel,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back... -
- Dear Michaela,
There is also one more thing you might find useful. As part of Understanding Society efforts to h...
01/18/2022
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03:22 PM Support #1633 (Resolved): Query regarding measurement of food poverty in UKLHS mainstage questionnaire
- Hello there,
I have been reviewing variables available in the UKLHS questionnaires related to food poverty. I see on... -
- Marie,
Sounds like using youth weights should be a good option for you.
Best,
Olena
01/17/2022
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09:23 PM Support #1631: Consistencies across gross and net income in BHPS and USoc
- Hi,
Thank you very much for helping with this.
Yes that's correct, I'm using the EUL version of the data and it... -
- Joe,
Thank you for your question. The set of instruments you use is unusual and we don't have specific weight for ... -
- Hello all,
Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
I've recently carried out an analysis on adolescent men... -
- Hi Isha,
It may take up to a few weeks, for further details please contact UK Data Service as they responsible fo...
01/14/2022
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- Thank you for your quick response.
May I know how much time does it usually take to get access to the data once the ... -
- Hi Isha,
I'm assuming you're using the End User Licence version of the data. Birthm variable is considered to be p... -
- In the UKHLS waves, most of these cases are explained by income top-coding. I am guessing you are using the EUL versi...
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- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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- Dear Jan,
The label of the value 7 of vote7 in wave7 of the BHPS reads "NA: ONS sub-sample" suggesting that this q... -
- Dear Jan,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to...
01/13/2022
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- Hi,
I have been doing some comparisons of the gross and net income variables in the hhresp files in USoc and BHPS ... -
- Hi,
I am exploring the Understanding Society Survey and I need data on the date of birth (date, month and year) of... -
04:30 PM Support #1629 (Resolved): Merging Variable vote_7
- Dear Madame or Sir,
i am a stundent and am using the bhps and ukhls datasets in a project.
I have a question co...
01/12/2022
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- Hi Alexandra,
We are investigating whether these are missing values which were not coded to the UKHLS convention (... -
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- Dear Michaela,
Please use the adresp15_dv variable to identify who is the responsible adult responding the SDQ que...
01/11/2022
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- Dear Ruth,
The fieldwork for the COVID-19 web surveys – and subsequent occupation coding – is done by a different ... -
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
01/10/2022
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- Ashley,
Thanks for your question. If you use wave 2 information than you will need to use longitudinal weight for ... -
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- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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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...
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11:24 AM Support #1627 (In Progress): Coding of k_ypfhweve in k_Youth
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I have just started looking at the data in Wave K of the youth data file and found that for k_ypfhweve: "Durin... -
- Hi Mushtahid,
This is a coding error, the correct value for this person is 15 "Black African".
Best wishes,
Un... -
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- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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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...
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