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From 10/30/2022 to 11/28/2022

11/28/2022

05:32 PM Support #1817 (In Progress): oldest child via family matrix
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
05:14 PM Support #1819 (Feedback): Volunteering and donating questions
I have checked the Wave 12 questionnaire that is available online and these questions/variables are not included: htt... Understanding Society User Support Team
04:00 PM Support #1819 (Resolved): Volunteering and donating questions
Hello,
I was wondering if you could confirm that the two following variables will be available in Wave 12 of the U...
Karl Thompson
05:08 PM Support #1818 (Feedback): X-wave person identifier of resp. adult
Could you plesae try using the PIDP instead of pid? Please let us know if that solves the problem.
Best wishes,
U...
Understanding Society User Support Team

11/25/2022

03:38 PM Support #1818 (Resolved): X-wave person identifier of resp. adult
I'm trying to match children to their parent/responsible adult. To do this in the BHPS waves, I am using the variable... Esme Lilly
03:15 PM Support #1817 (Resolved): oldest child via family matrix
Dear Understanding Society team,
I am pleased to work with your newly released family matrix. My question regards ...
Lieke Holt
08:43 AM Support #1811: Longitudinal weight selection
By using the wave 5 longitudinal weights the estimates based on your analysis will be representative of the UK adult ... Understanding Society User Support Team
08:31 AM Support #1810 (Resolved): Inconsistent income variable values between data releases
Understanding Society User Support Team

11/24/2022

11:50 AM Support #1810: Inconsistent income variable values between data releases
Thank you for your reply.
I can see that the individuals with inconsistency in income values have imputed flags on...
João Duro
08:22 AM Support #1810 (Feedback): Inconsistent income variable values between data releases
Hello,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. If you check the imputation flags you will see that these chang...
Understanding Society User Support Team
08:17 AM Support #1816 (Feedback): Difference between plnowy4 and mvyr
If you look at the universe for these questions you will see who gets asked each question. You can find the Universe ... Understanding Society User Support Team
08:03 AM Support #1815 (Feedback): distmov_dv
Hello,
That is because this variable is based on the postcode at the time of last and current interview.
Hope th...
Understanding Society User Support Team
08:01 AM Support #1814 (Feedback): "inapplicable" in sempderived variable
Hello,
If someone only did a partial interview (identified as those who completed upto the coronavirus module), th...
Understanding Society User Support Team
07:52 AM Support #1813 (Feedback): Wave 12 Release Date
Hello,
Yes, it will be released this month, most likely towards the end of the month.
Best wishes,
Understandi...
Understanding Society User Support Team

11/22/2022

08:55 PM Support #1816 (Resolved): Difference between plnowy4 and mvyr
Hi,
Which differences are there between the plnowy4 and mvyr variables? In the description both are denoted as yea...
David Mesa
06:56 PM Support #1815 (Resolved): distmov_dv
Hi,
Checking the variable distmov_dv I came across that in many waves (not in the first ones) even though this va...
David Mesa
01:21 PM Support #1814 (Resolved): "inapplicable" in sempderived variable
Dear support team,
I have a question about the "semderived" variable in the Covid-19 study. I intend to create a b...
Claire Wu
12:54 PM Support #1813 (Resolved): Wave 12 Release Date
Hi I was just wondering when Wave 12 of the Understanding Society survey results would be released? The website say t... Laila Bara
08:27 AM Support #1811: Longitudinal weight selection
Thanks for the very quick reply!
So does this mean that by using the wave 5 longitudinal weights my analysis will be...
Rebeka Balogh

11/21/2022

04:18 PM Support #1812 (Feedback): Aggregate data on specific questions
You can check the frequencies of the responses for these questions by using our online interactive variable search. F... Understanding Society User Support Team
04:12 PM Support #1812 (Resolved): Aggregate data on specific questions
My name is Andrew Schein, and I'm the lead behavioural scientist for the Sustainable Future mission of Nesta, a UK ch... Andrew Schein
04:14 PM Support #1811 (Feedback): Longitudinal weight selection
Yes. As your analysis sample includes those who responded in Waves 1, 4 & 5, (and also Waves 2 & 3 if you used any la... Understanding Society User Support Team
04:02 PM Support #1811 (Resolved): Longitudinal weight selection
Hello,
I'd have (another) question on longitudinal weight selection.
I've conducted a latent class analysis in w...
Rebeka Balogh
09:51 AM Support #1810 (Resolved): Inconsistent income variable values between data releases
I am referring to the Understanding Society (US) dataset in https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/st... João Duro
08:56 AM Support #1808 (In Progress): nunmpsp_dv variable doesn't seem to aling with employ 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

11/20/2022

02:51 PM Support #1783: ff_jbsoc00 not available
Ah I see - this is very helpful, thank you!
Best,
Albert
Albert Ward

11/19/2022

12:38 PM Support #1808 (Resolved): nunmpsp_dv variable doesn't seem to aling with employ variable
Hi,
As far as I understand, the employ variable simply flags if someone is employed or not. And I think the nunmps...
Michael Oldridge

11/18/2022

10:22 AM Support #1806: Socioeconomic classification
Yes, but I would change the order and use jbnssec5_dv followed by jlnssec5_dv at each wave. Here is a compact version... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/17/2022

07:20 PM Support #1806: Socioeconomic classification
Hello - thanks for this, I'm sorry if I wasn't clear in my original post but I have merged waves of data together but... Neil Kaye
01:24 PM Support #1806 (Feedback): Socioeconomic classification
Hello,
To create this variable for those who were interviewed previously and currently not working, you will need ...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:37 PM Support #1807 (Feedback): hadsymp and longcovid
Dear Karen,
Please check the questionnaire to know who gets asked this question. Below each question you will see ...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:28 PM Support #1807 (Resolved): hadsymp and longcovid
Hi there,
I am trying to create a variable based on longcovid that matches the number of observations in hadsymp ex...
Karen Arulsamy

11/14/2022

04:45 PM Support #1806 (Resolved): Socioeconomic classification
I am wondering if there is Stata syntax available to construct a socioeconomic status variable for each wave of the U... Neil Kaye
04:34 PM Support #1797: Child birth years/fertility histories
Hello
Thanks for your help. That isn't quite what I'm looking for - apologies for not explaining more clearly.
...
Emily Humphreys
03:34 PM Support #1797 (Feedback): Child birth years/fertility histories
Hello,
I looked at the age of first child for respondents by UKHLS waves 1-11 and did not find any difference in t...
Understanding Society User Support Team
02:11 PM Support #1803: Accessing multiple Special Licence geographic data linkage files
To clarify, their response is the same as mine, i.e., it is ok to make this application. Understanding Society User Support Team
02:08 PM Support #1803: Accessing multiple Special Licence geographic data linkage files
I have been informed by our data manager that they have responded to your query via the UKDS. Understanding Society User Support Team
02:03 PM Support #1803: Accessing multiple Special Licence geographic data linkage files
Ah great, that's good to know
thanks
Albert Ward
01:10 PM Support #1803 (Feedback): Accessing multiple Special Licence geographic data linkage files
No, this should not be a problem. Please see item 4.6 in the Data Access Strategy. https://www.understandingsociety.a... Understanding Society User Support Team
01:56 PM Support #1805 (Feedback): More information about the variable "bensta2": Education Grant other than a Student Loan or Tuition Fee Loan
The information that is provided to respondents when they are asked these questions is in the questionnaire. No addit... Understanding Society User Support Team
01:00 PM Support #1802: Missing data for pasoc10 in xwavedat
It may not be clear from my response above, pasoc90_cc, pasoc00_cc or pasoc10_cc are available in the End User Licens... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/11/2022

01:48 PM Support #1805 (Resolved): More information about the variable "bensta2": Education Grant other than a Student Loan or Tuition Fee Loan
Hello,
Can I have more descriptive information about the educational grant variable "bensta2"? Does it refer to th...
Xhiselda Demaj
10:58 AM Support #1803 (Resolved): Accessing multiple Special Licence geographic data linkage files
Hi,
I'm currently applying for Special Licence access to Understanding Society. I'm interested in using some of th...
Albert Ward

11/10/2022

12:20 PM Support #1802: Missing data for pasoc10 in xwavedat
Thank you for the prompt and helpful response.
That makes sense, and if I incorporate pasoc90 responses, there are...
Robert de Vries
09:21 AM Support #1799: query in advance of making data application
Sorry the text associated with that link is out of date. But if you follow the link then the UKDS page shows that it ... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/09/2022

02:30 PM Support #1799: query in advance of making data application
Thank you. Can you let me know if school identifiers are available within the mainstage youth self-completion questio... Sandra McNally
12:05 PM Support #1799: query in advance of making data application
1. Here is the latest information about linked education data available: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/docum... Understanding Society User Support Team
02:02 PM Support #1781: Identifying House Moves
You are correct w_addrmov_dv variable identifies moves between two consecutive waves using the postcode of the two ad... Understanding Society User Support Team
11:44 AM Support #1802 (Feedback): Missing data for pasoc10 in xwavedat
Hello,
Currently not all reports of parents' occupation are available using SOC 2010 coding frame. Parents occupat...
Understanding Society User Support Team

11/08/2022

03:21 PM Support #1799: query in advance of making data application
Thank you. This is useful and it might be what we need. But I was thinking about mainstage youth self-completion ques... Sandra McNally
01:37 PM Support #1799 (Feedback): query in advance of making data application
Dear Sandra,
This dataset contains school code variables for the Understanding Society COVID-19 study (SN 8644).
...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:50 PM Support #1802 (In Progress): Missing data for pasoc10 in xwavedat
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
01:49 PM Support #1800 (Feedback): Monthly variable on current labour force status
Hello,
To get this monthly labour force status variable you will need the employment event history data. This is c...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:44 PM Support #1801 (Feedback): Belong to religion oprlg variable: many missings
Hello,
This question is asked of everyone every few years (Waves 1, 4, 8,..) and in the intervening waves it is as...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:38 PM Support #1798 (Resolved): Which weight to use for Adults in COVID Wave 6 & 2
We have received your email and passed that on to the weighting team. As the conversation is now continuing via email... Understanding Society User Support Team

11/07/2022

11:38 AM Support #1802 (Resolved): Missing data for pasoc10 in xwavedat
Hi all,
I'm conducting research which involves looking at social mobility - so I'm looking at data on parental occ...
Robert de Vries
10:21 AM Support #1801 (Resolved): Belong to religion oprlg variable: many missings
Dear Understanding Society team,
I am wondering why there is many missing/inapplicable responses to oprlg in later w...
Michaela Kyclova
09:10 AM Support #1800 (Resolved): Monthly variable on current labour force status
Dear Understanding Society User Support team,
I am using the variable jbstat "current labour force status". This i...
Luana Marx

11/04/2022

01:23 PM Support #1794: Weights
Caroline,
Literature on multilevel modelling will help you with your first question.
You can skip scaling if yo...
Olena Kaminska
01:17 PM Support #1794: Weights
Hi,
sorry maybe I wasn't clear I was more intersted in ways to _account_ for these small households in my model. ...
Caroline Kienast von Einem
12:14 PM Support #1794: Weights
Caroline,
Yes, there can be other reasons why a model does not converge.
You don't need to specify finite populat...
Olena Kaminska
09:55 AM Support #1794: Weights
Hi Olena,
I will check the manual yes thanks!
I am only using adukts yes so some of my household clusters are...
Caroline Kienast von Einem
11:44 AM Support #1781: Identifying House Moves
Hi Piotr,
Thank you for the suggestion to look at the addrmov_dv variable.
I have a follow up question please...
Caroline Kienast von Einem

11/03/2022

12:12 PM Support #1799 (Resolved): query in advance of making data application
Dear Sir/Madam,

Together with co-authors I am working on a project about the effect of school closures during the...
Sandra McNally

11/02/2022

12:04 PM Support #1794: Weights
Caroline,
On the specific melogit command it is best to check Stata manual.
Your non-convergence problem is lik...
Olena Kaminska
07:34 AM Support #1794: Weights
Hi Olena,
Thank you!
Do you know whether I would need to specify running [pweight=...] instead of svyset and ...
Caroline Kienast von Einem

11/01/2022

04:53 PM Support #1798: Which weight to use for Adults in COVID Wave 6 & 2
Thanks for letting us know. Could you please email us at usersupport@understandingsociety.ac.uk and our weighting tea... Understanding Society User Support Team
08:43 AM Support #1798 (In Progress): Which weight to use for Adults in COVID Wave 6 & 2
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
08:15 AM Support #1798 (Resolved): Which weight to use for Adults in COVID Wave 6 & 2
I could do with some advice re: which weights to use for the COVID module Waves 2 & 6 (that have both web and telepho... Gemma Schwendel
01:07 PM Support #1794: Weights
Caroline,
Firstly, I can confirm that you need a longitudinal weight. This is because those people who moved but d...
Olena Kaminska
12:20 PM Support #1794: Weights
Hi,
reading in more depth I am now sure that I will need to include weights at each level of my analysis if I wan...
Caroline Kienast von Einem
08:54 AM Support #1794: Weights
Good morning!
Households at the top level and individuals nested within the households at the lower level.
As...
Caroline Kienast von Einem
08:50 AM Support #1794: Weights
Sorry I sent this too quickly. Are you considering household and individual levels in your multilevel model? Understanding Society User Support Team
08:48 AM Support #1794: Weights
What are the different levels that you are considering in this multilevel model? Understanding Society User Support Team
08:44 AM Support #1797 (In Progress): Child birth years/fertility histories
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

10/31/2022

06:58 PM Support #1797 (Resolved): Child birth years/fertility histories
Hello
I am trying to create datasets for each wave of the survey which include the date (year) of birth for each ...
Emily Humphreys
09:52 AM Support #1794: Weights
Good morning,
thank you for your response this is very helpful.
When I run the svy:melogit command with the l...
Caroline Kienast von Einem

10/30/2022

01:48 PM Support #1795: Wave 9 COVID-19 data
This has now been corrected. Understanding Society User Support Team
01:36 PM Support #1793 (Feedback): Biomarkers ethnic diversity breakdown
Hello,
Combining b_indresp_ns and c_indresp_ns there are approx 20,000 individuals. Of these around 1900 are ethni...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:25 PM Support #1794: Weights
So, you need to include all those who were interviewed in Wave 3, but you also need to observe them in Waves 4, 5 & 6... Understanding Society User Support Team
12:56 PM Support #1783: ff_jbsoc00 not available
Hello Albert,
The employment questions (like many other questions) follow dependent interview, i.e., previously in...
Understanding Society User Support Team
 

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