Activity
From 04/01/2022 to 04/30/2022
04/30/2022
- 01:55 PM Support #1632 (Resolved): Correct weighting for mental health
- 01:51 PM Support #1622 (Resolved): Creating my own longitudinal weight
- 01:50 PM Support #1624 (Resolved): Weights for subsample
- 01:50 PM Support #1623 (Resolved): Gender first-born child
- 01:50 PM Support #1646 (Resolved): Weight for analysis of household income restricted to complete households
- 01:49 PM Support #1658 (Resolved): Questions
- 01:49 PM Support #1655 (Resolved): Household income in Covid surveys
04/29/2022
- 12:33 PM Support #1690: jbnssec8_dv
- Yes for jbnssec_dv unemployed is not included as an additional category, rather jbnssec_dv=-8 identifies those who sa...
- 10:05 AM Support #1690: jbnssec8_dv
- Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Hello,
>
> The value labels of jbnssec8_dv do not ma...
04/28/2022
- 05:07 PM Support #1676: Youth self-esteem measure
- Hello,
Thank you very much for your reply. So, do you mean there are 10 items (9 + 1) or 9 items (8 + 1)?
The q... - 04:10 PM Support #1676 (Feedback): Youth self-esteem measure
- There are 9 questions (ypesta-ypesti) and the question "On the whole, I am satisfied with myself" is asked separately...
- 03:54 PM Support #1691 (Feedback): Combining BHPS with US, as well as match children to parents across waves
- The second option should work - first merge children with parents in each wave (BHPS & UKHLS) individually. It is not...
- 01:25 PM Support #1691 (Resolved): Combining BHPS with US, as well as match children to parents across waves
- I am analyzing effects of divorce, and the outcomes I am investigating are the household income, education level, hea...
- 03:46 PM Support #1690 (Feedback): jbnssec8_dv
- Hello,
The value labels of jbnssec8_dv do not match the ONS NSSEC 8-cateogorisation, but the categories are the sa... - 11:42 AM Support #1690 (Resolved): jbnssec8_dv
- Hi, I'm looking for some information around US SEC data (e.g. jbnssec8_dv). I'm looking for a variable to proxy socio...
- 12:04 PM Support #1685: creating a disabled status variable
- Hi,
Maybe we can use the Main survey Wave 10 to make things clearer as we attached these data from Wave 11 to Wave...
04/27/2022
- 06:15 PM Support #1686: New diabetes diagnoses in UKHLS wave 10
- Yes, continuing sample members were asked if they had ever been diagnosed with these health conditions - not whether ...
- 06:12 PM Support #1686: New diabetes diagnoses in UKHLS wave 10
- Thanks for getting back to me.
Is the suggestion then that the change in the way the variable was asked at wave 10... - 05:33 PM Support #1686 (Feedback): New diabetes diagnoses in UKHLS wave 10
- Hello,
These health conditions were changed in Wave 10. Please take a look at the FAQ about this. Go to the FAQ pa... - 06:12 PM Support #1685: creating a disabled status variable
- Hello,
We could not find these variables in the UKHLS Covid Survey Wave 8 dataset (collected in Mar 2021 and more ... - 05:50 PM Support #1689 (Feedback): Matching Spouses data across waves
- Best to Link individuals and spouses at each wave and then link the waves. Here are the syntax files about how to mat...
- 01:10 PM Support #1689 (Resolved): Matching Spouses data across waves
- I am looking to link consecutive waves together as well as link individuals data with their spouses. I am wondering i...
- 12:11 PM Support #1667 (Feedback): Youth self completion longitudinal weight with non-monotone response
- 12:10 PM Support #1670 (Resolved): Local Authority Districts (LAD) from SN 6666
04/26/2022
- 03:51 PM Support #1688 (In Progress): Linkage Query
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
04/25/2022
- 03:07 PM Support #1688 (Resolved): Linkage Query
- Hello,
Can Understanding Society data be linked to General Practice Workforce data in anyway?
Kind regards
Brenda
04/22/2022
- 10:10 AM Support #1685: creating a disabled status variable
- Hi,
Our definition is:
health: (long-standing illness or disability) where the standard response 1 = "yes"; res...
04/21/2022
- 09:01 PM Support #1687 (Feedback): Query about Likert variable in ca_indresp_w
- Hi,
This is a summary index for the battery of the 12 General Health Questionnaire questions ranging from scghqa t... - 02:46 PM Support #1687 (Resolved): Query about Likert variable in ca_indresp_w
- Hi,
I'm a final year student working on my dissertation and had a question about the variable ca_scghq1_dv in ca_i... - 05:53 PM Support #1685 (Feedback): creating a disabled status variable
- So, if I understand correctly, your definition of disability is this: health=2 AND disdif96=0, which translates to: n...
04/20/2022
- 07:40 PM Support #1686 (In Progress): New diabetes diagnoses in UKHLS wave 10
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 10:30 AM Support #1686 (Feedback): New diabetes diagnoses in UKHLS wave 10
- Hello
Sorry if I've missed details on this somewhere but I was wondering if there was any information on the appar... - 07:39 PM Support #1685 (In Progress): creating a disabled status variable
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 09:14 AM Support #1685 (Resolved): creating a disabled status variable
- Hi USoC team,
Could you advise on an appropriate recode for disability status? We are currently using the "health"... - 06:07 AM Support #1631: Consistencies across gross and net income in BHPS and USoc
- 2. These were cases where either the total annual hh income or the labour income or non-labour incomes were imputed (...
04/19/2022
- 05:56 PM Support #1684 (Feedback): Difference between cd_chsdqtd_dv_f and cd_chsdqtd_dv_m
- _m stands for mothers, _f for fathers. Please see section 14.2 "July 2020: Special Education Needs (SEN) and Strength...
- 01:42 PM Support #1683 (Feedback): Merging parents (cd_indresp_w.dta) to children (cd_youth.dta)
- Rename pidp_c in cd_youth to pidp and then merge it to the latest main survey wave w_indall file from the main survey...
- 01:16 PM Support #1631: Consistencies across gross and net income in BHPS and USoc
- Hi,
Apologies for checking in on this again but could I please request if you could look into the other questions ...
04/14/2022
- 06:05 PM Support #1684 (Resolved): Difference between cd_chsdqtd_dv_f and cd_chsdqtd_dv_m
- Hello!
I am currently using cd_schild_w.dta dataset from COVID-19 wave 4 (June 2020).
I have noticed that after ... - 05:42 PM Support #1683 (Resolved): Merging parents (cd_indresp_w.dta) to children (cd_youth.dta)
- Hello!
I am trying to merge children to parents for COVID waves. Could you please tell me how can I do that?
T... - 03:31 AM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- looked t the screenshop - yes, weights created and use of svyset is ok
- 03:26 AM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- As your objective i to estimate trends, you don't need to restrict to cases that responded in all 3 waves.
04/13/2022
- 05:40 PM Support #1682 (Feedback): How to get access to postcodes?
- Hello,
Please check the list of available geographical identifiers: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documen... - 04:18 PM Support #1682 (Resolved): How to get access to postcodes?
- I'm a postgrad student at LSE and I am wanting to use the understanding society study for my dissertation which has t...
- 03:32 PM Support #1681 (Feedback): ff_stillfurl
- Dear Darja,
In Waves 5 & 6, respondents who had said they had been on furlough and hadn’t said previously that the... - 12:30 PM Support #1681 (Resolved): ff_stillfurl
- Dear support team,
In the online data catalogue, the variable still furloughed (ff_stillfurl) is coded 1=no longe... - 12:58 PM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- and do I need to keep only matched observations (when I am merging waves in the beginning) in this case?
- 12:57 PM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- Hello! I have applied the weights for the youth as you recommended, could you please tell me if I have done it correc...
04/12/2022
- 05:51 PM Support #1650 (Feedback): yp2uni missing/inapplicable/don't know categories
- Hi Alessandro,
1) Such an interpretation is possible as the yp2uni questions reads “after you finish school?”, so ... - 05:18 PM Support #1680 (Feedback): Merging: Many to one & sorting
- Dear Irina,
1) all these files are individual level files in which pidp is a unique identifier, so this is 1:1 mer... - 11:33 AM Support #1680 (In Progress): Merging: Many to one & sorting
- 11:33 AM Support #1680: Merging: Many to one & sorting
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 05:13 PM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- Sorry about that - same principle applies for baseline using Wave 9.
After you have put the data together (as you ... - 04:27 PM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- Dear Understanding Society User Support Team,
Thank you for your response.
Just a quick remark - I am not using... - 04:06 PM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- Hi Irina,
It seems that you want to estimate trend in these SDQ summary scales, rather than within person change i...
04/11/2022
- 10:01 AM Support #1650: yp2uni missing/inapplicable/don't know categories
- Dear Support team,
Thank you for your help
To your question "So, just to make sure, your question is whether on...
04/10/2022
- 08:05 PM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
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- 08:04 PM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- Hello,
I have finally managed to figure out the syntax for the regression part.
Here is my syntax:
// July 202...
04/08/2022
- 05:46 PM Support #1680 (Resolved): Merging: Many to one & sorting
- Hello,
I wanted to merge youth datasets for Wave 10 (UKHLS), Wave 4 (COVID) and Wave 8 (COVID).
1) Should I use ... - 04:19 PM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- I have just realised that I do not know which dependent variable I should use for my regression.
I was thinking to g... - 03:31 PM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- Could you please also include the syntax for the regression part?
Best wishes,
Understanding Society User Support... - 03:27 PM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- Let me show my steps:
1) I merged youth who participated in Wave 4 (July 2020) and Wave 8 (March 2021) and kept thos... - 03:17 PM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- As I am using the same respondents who took part in the pre-covid wave, the 4th Covid wave and the 8th Covid wave I t...
- 02:12 PM Support #1678 (Feedback): Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- 02:11 PM Support #1678: Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- Dear Irina,
Is your analysis cross-sectional or longitudinal?
Best wishes,
Understanding Society User Support ... - 03:22 PM Support #1677 (Feedback): Covid Wave cx_age variable inconsistencies
- This inconsistency is due to the fact that in the April 2020 web survey, there were 433 full and 49 partial responden...
- 02:31 PM Support #1679 (Feedback): Wave 7 COVID-19 DATA- Universal Credit receipt
- Hi Fatiha,
You can look for variables using the variable search (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentat... - 02:01 PM Support #1679 (Resolved): Wave 7 COVID-19 DATA- Universal Credit receipt
- Hi there I am trying to use claiming Universal Credit as an independent variable when looking at food insecurity, how...
04/07/2022
- 05:36 PM Support #1678 (In Progress): Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 04:59 PM Support #1678 (Resolved): Weights for the linked COVID-19 Youth data
- Hello!
Hope this email finds you well.
I am currently working with COVID-19 youth data and I have a question a... - 05:34 PM Support #1677 (In Progress): Covid Wave cx_age variable inconsistencies
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 11:49 AM Support #1677 (Resolved): Covid Wave cx_age variable inconsistencies
- I have noticed a few inconsistencies with the derived cx_age variables. For example if ages are listed where ca_age >...
- 05:33 PM Support #1675 (Feedback): Wave 7 COVID-19 DATA- Employment Status
- In the Covid-19 survey the question about labour market activity was not asked in each wave, only whether the respond...
04/05/2022
- 06:24 PM Support #1673: pensioner_dv seems to be wrong for men
- Hi Tom,
We have passed this to our Data Team who are now investigating this discrepancy. We will keep you updated.... - 05:47 PM Support #1675 (In Progress): Wave 7 COVID-19 DATA- Employment Status
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 05:47 PM Support #1676 (In Progress): Youth self-esteem measure
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 10:56 AM Support #1676 (Resolved): Youth self-esteem measure
- Hello,
I am using the self-esteem measure from the youth questionnaire. There are 8 items - they seem to be from t...
04/04/2022
- 02:31 PM Support #1675 (Resolved): Wave 7 COVID-19 DATA- Employment Status
- I am trying to find a variable for employment status but cannot find one measuring whether people are employed or une...
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