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From 02/01/2023 to 03/02/2023

03/02/2023

04:13 PM Support #1872 (Resolved): Pooling waves for longitudinal analysis
Hello,
I am doing some analysis on informal care. I want to track people's incomes for several years after they st...
Spencer Thompson
03:41 PM Support #1864: Using survey weights in longitudinal analysis
See whether this information may help you:
18. Pooled analysis
You can pool the data however you want. There are ...
Olena Kaminska
03:39 PM Support #1867: Significant change between waves - longitudinal weight
Monica,
No, you can't compare as you describe because such comparison implies data from independent samples. In th...
Olena Kaminska
02:43 PM Support #1868: Use of weights for analysing job quality in UKHLS, Waves 4, 6, 8 and 10
Tom,
Thank you for your questions.
1. Yes, different weights. If you use multiple waves in your analysis (e.g. ...
Olena Kaminska
12:10 PM Support #1870 (In Progress): Inquiry on the data on place of birth
Hello,
Can I ask how do you define the place of birth?
Best wishes,
UKHLS User Support Team
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:42 AM Support #1871 (Feedback): Inquiry on the place of residence
Hello,
In such case they would be treated as living in a new household, whether they would be followed and intervi...
Understanding Society User Support Team

03/01/2023

02:35 PM Support #1863: coding health conditions
Hello Karen if you want to create a variable denoting if someone has a health condition, meaning they still have it w... Understanding Society User Support Team
10:59 AM Support #1871 (Resolved): Inquiry on the place of residence
Dear officer,
I am looking at the data on the place of residence. I have one doubt which makes me a little bit con...
Xinyu Tao
10:40 AM Support #1870 (Resolved): Inquiry on the data on place of birth
Dear officer,
May I get access to the data on individuals' places of birth, and how specific is this geographic lo...
Xinyu Tao

02/28/2023

01:43 PM Support #1869 (Feedback): 2021 calendar data
Hi Matthias,
There is a slight delay and we now hope to release the dataset sometime in May.
Best wishes,
Piot...
Understanding Society User Support Team
10:00 AM Support #1869 (Resolved): 2021 calendar data
Hi, do you have any further updates on when the 2021 calendar data will be available? Sorry to be persistnent, but we... Matthias Pierce
01:15 PM Support #1853 (Feedback): Missing Data in Higher Education Codes
Hello,
I am sorry that it has taken so long to get back to you.
The high level of missingness is due to some er...
Understanding Society User Support Team
06:08 AM Support #1863: coding health conditions
Hi Alita,
I thought I might also provide the code below. Tt appears that there is something wrong with this coding ...
Karen Arulsamy

02/27/2023

03:54 PM Support #1863: coding health conditions
Hi Alita,
Is it correct to use the responses in hconds (new entrants) and hcondns (continuing sample members) for...
Karen Arulsamy
02:00 PM Support #1866 (Feedback): Code Creator Beta No longer working
Hello,
The IT team informed us that they fixed the issue, would you be able to check if it works for you now, plea...
Understanding Society User Support Team

02/25/2023

04:00 PM Support #1868 (Resolved): Use of weights for analysing job quality in UKHLS, Waves 4, 6, 8 and 10
Good afternoon,
I have a few questions about the weights to use for some analysis of job quality which I'm carryin...
Thomas Stephens

02/24/2023

02:17 PM Support #1865: Changes to USOC wave data downloaded from UK Data Service compared to previous downloads of the waves
Dear William,
Your observation is completely correct. We have taken ub_xw weight out from after wave 6 and have ma...
Olena Kaminska
08:47 AM Support #1865 (In Progress): Changes to USOC wave data downloaded from UK Data Service compared to previous downloads of the waves
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
11:58 AM Support #1866 (In Progress): Code Creator Beta No longer working
Hello,
We are very sorry about that. I have informed our web team and asked them to look into this.
Best wishes...
Understanding Society User Support Team
09:38 AM Support #1866 (Resolved): Code Creator Beta No longer working
Hello,
The code creator beta tool is no longer working and I receive the following error message:
Error: call to...
Scarlett Scott
11:54 AM Support #1857: ISCED levels for Main study waves 1 to 12
Hello,
To be able to provide ISCED classification, we had to collect additional information which was done in Wave...
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:24 AM Support #1867 (In Progress): Significant change between waves - 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
09:45 AM Support #1867 (Resolved): Significant change between waves - longitudinal weight
Hello,
I am comparing variable trcarfq across waves 8, 10 and 12. I have applied a longitudinal weight and have r...
Monica Li
08:44 AM Support #1864 (In Progress): Using survey weights in longitudinal analysis
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
08:43 AM Support #1861: Job tenure variable in Understanding Society
Sorry I should have been clearer, after the next job information if current spell not reached the employment loop sta... Understanding Society User Support Team

02/23/2023

04:42 PM Support #1865 (Resolved): Changes to USOC wave data downloaded from UK Data Service compared to previous downloads of the waves
Hi,
QUESTIONS
Q1: indscub_xw weight from wave 6 of USOC is present in our historical download of the wave 6 dat...
William Shufflebottom
03:34 PM Support #1864 (Resolved): Using survey weights in longitudinal analysis
I am using Waves 7, 9 and 11 to conduct longitudinal analyses on changes in fruit and vegetable intake with age. I am... Tanya Braune
02:51 PM Support #1861: Job tenure variable in Understanding Society
Ah I see, I didn't know about those variables but that's very helpful - thanks! When you say the nxtjbend questions l... Laurence O'Brien
02:05 PM Support #1861: Job tenure variable in Understanding Society
If they were continuously employed and changed jobs then the end date of each job is recorded in jbendd/m/y4 & then i... Understanding Society User Support Team
01:37 PM Support #1861: Job tenure variable in Understanding Society
Hi Alita,
I understand you use dependent interviewing. It makes sense not to ask these questions to people who are...
Laurence O'Brien
10:35 AM Support #1861 (Feedback): Job tenure variable in Understanding Society
As we use dependent interviewing, if someone is in the same job they are not asked these types of questions about the... Understanding Society User Support Team
01:08 PM Support #1859: sample size loss due to weighting
Caroline,
As you describe it, you are using a longitudinal analysis with information from wave 6 and one or more o...
Olena Kaminska
12:31 PM Support #1859: sample size loss due to weighting
Dear Olena,
with pooled analysis I mean that my sample consists of individuals that have responded in wave 3, 4, ...
Caroline Kienast von Einem
10:37 AM Support #1859 (Feedback): sample size loss due to weighting
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:35 PM Support #1863 (Feedback): coding health conditions
hello Karen,
You are right the health conditions quesitons have changed. I am attaching two files that we have pre...
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:30 PM Support #1863 (Resolved): coding health conditions
Hi there,
I am analyzing data from Waves 7,9 and 11 of UKHLS and would like to create a variable to denote if someon...
Karen Arulsamy
11:16 AM Support #1820 (Resolved): Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:02 AM Support #1839 (In Progress): Combining individual level files across waves with different variables into a long format.
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:02 AM Support #1839 (Feedback): Combining individual level files across waves with different variables into a long format.
Understanding Society User Support Team
10:52 AM Support #1857 (In Progress): ISCED levels for Main study waves 1 to 12
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
10:41 AM Support #1858 (Feedback): Inquiry on the Youth files in BHPS
Hello,
Q: "I found no region of government indicator in the * *_youth files in BHPS. To solve this issue, I used t...
Understanding Society User Support Team
10:37 AM Support #1860 (Feedback): household income special licence variables
Hello,
Please take a look at the section of our user guide that details the income variables that we provided and ...
Understanding Society User Support Team
10:34 AM Support #1862: Welsh Language
But if you are interested in specific questions, you can either do a search across the questionnaires, or search usin... Understanding Society User Support Team
10:33 AM Support #1862 (Feedback): Welsh Language
Hello,
While there are some core questions that are asked every wave, these are not provided as a separate module,...
Understanding Society User Support Team
10:30 AM Support #1852 (Feedback): Select the correct weighting values
Understanding Society User Support Team

02/22/2023

02:13 PM Support #1859: sample size loss due to weighting
Caroline,
Thank you for your question. When you mention pooled analysis, do you mean using data cross-sectionally ...
Olena Kaminska
11:16 AM Support #1862 (Resolved): Welsh Language
Is their a core module where their is a list of questions which is asked at the start of each participants participat... Joshua Parry

02/21/2023

02:44 PM Support #1861 (In Progress): Job tenure variable in Understanding Society
Understanding Society User Support Team
02:43 PM Support #1861: Job tenure variable in Understanding Society
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
12:13 PM Support #1861 (Resolved): Job tenure variable in Understanding Society
Hi, I would like to work out how long someone has been working for their current employer for in Understanding Societ... Laurence O'Brien
02:42 PM Support #1860 (In Progress): household income special licence variables
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
02:42 PM Support #1859 (In Progress): sample size loss due to weighting
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
02:39 PM Support #1858 (In Progress): Inquiry on the Youth files in BHPS
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

02/20/2023

02:45 PM Support #1860 (Resolved): household income special licence variables
Hi,
Hoping to get some clarity on one of the UKHLS variables and get an idea what it adds. We will be using UKHLS...
Sam Khavandi
02:26 PM Support #1859 (Resolved): sample size loss due to weighting
Hi,
I am aware that weighting will affect and alter the sample size of the analysis, however, I am working with ...
Caroline Kienast von Einem

02/17/2023

06:24 AM Support #1858 (Resolved): Inquiry on the Youth files in BHPS
Dear officer,
I found no region of government indicator in the * *_youth files in BHPS. To solve this issue, I use...
Xinyu Tao

02/15/2023

03:34 PM Support #1851 (Feedback): Labour Income whilst on maternity leave
Hello Cara
Generally speaking, the employee pay variables refer to “usual” pay. The Study asks about the last net ...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:27 PM Support #1857 (Resolved): ISCED levels for Main study waves 1 to 12
Hi,
We've been asked to run in R some analysis on the sclfsat7 variable looking at horizontal inequality by ISCED ...
William Shufflebottom
11:51 AM Support #1856 (Feedback): Coding of currently on maternity leave
Hello Cara,
Are you working with variable w_matleave? If this is correct I just checked wave 5 and don't see and ...
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:10 AM Support #1856 (Resolved): Coding of currently on maternity leave
Hi,
It seems as if the coding for currently on maternity leave changed after wave 5. Would you be able to tell me ...
Cara Nelson
10:02 AM Support #1785 (Resolved): Question regarding geographical data
Understanding Society User Support Team

02/14/2023

04:21 PM Support #1854 (Feedback): Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles variable
Hello Catherine,
You will need to download UKHLS dataset again given the index of Multiple Deprivation variables ...
Understanding Society User Support Team
03:59 PM Support #1844: Data Linkage with Stroke NHS Data
Hello Timea
According to our data team linking SSNAP information (collected by King’s College) with UKHLS is not i...
Understanding Society User Support Team

02/12/2023

03:42 PM Support #1844: Data Linkage with Stroke NHS Data
Hello,
Just quickly following up on the above query, the SSNAP dataset seems to be available on NHS Digital for li...
Timea Putnoki

02/10/2023

01:56 PM Support #1854 (Resolved): Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles variable
Hello,
I am carrying out analysis of waves 6 and 7 and would like to use the derived variable for Index of Multipl...
Catherine Bunting

02/09/2023

01:58 PM Support #1852: Select the correct weighting values
Yushi,
Thank you for your question. Very interesting design and use of our data. There are two concepts your may w...
Olena Kaminska
10:47 AM Support #1853 (In Progress): Missing Data in Higher Education Codes
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
09:12 AM Support #1853 (Resolved): Missing Data in Higher Education Codes
Hello!
I applied for special access to the data 8578 Higher Education Codes. I have now been given the data but I ...
Johanna Reuter
07:54 AM Support #1820: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Thanks for all your help! Henrique Neves

02/08/2023

09:18 AM Support #1852 (In Progress): Select the correct weighting values
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

02/07/2023

05:53 PM Support #1852 (Resolved): Select the correct weighting values
Dear colleagues,
I'm a post-doc research associate at the University of Manchester. We're currently planning an an...
Yushi Bai
04:00 PM Support #1851 (In Progress): Labour Income whilst on maternity leave
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
11:54 AM Support #1851 (Resolved): Labour Income whilst on maternity leave
Whilst a participant is on maternity leave is the labour income they report 0 or their usual labour income? Cara Nelson
02:07 PM Support #1850 (Feedback): Query regarding consent for the COVID-19 study
Hello Olivia
As with the main survey, the overall mechanism for gaining consent for participation in the COVID-19 ...
Understanding Society User Support Team
09:43 AM Support #1848: Sibling relationship measures in youth questionnaire/ young adult module
Hello Georgina,
Sorry for my misunderstanding.
They were derived from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and...
Understanding Society User Support Team

02/06/2023

02:34 PM Support #1850 (Resolved): Query regarding consent for the COVID-19 study
Could you please clarify whether participants gave written or oral consent to participate in the Understanding Societ... Olivia Hamilton

02/02/2023

04:58 PM Support #1848: Sibling relationship measures in youth questionnaire/ young adult module
Hi Roberto,
Thank you for the information but unfortunately it does not answer my question. My question was on whe...
Georgina Pavey
04:34 PM Support #1848 (Feedback): Sibling relationship measures in youth questionnaire/ young adult module
Hello Georgina,
The Study has some questions regarding siblings' relationships. For household members aged 10-15 ...
Understanding Society User Support Team
02:09 PM Support #1848 (Resolved): Sibling relationship measures in youth questionnaire/ young adult module
hello,
I am planning to use the sibling relationship items (asking about behaviours towards and from a sibling e.g...
Georgina Pavey
02:57 PM Support #1847 (Feedback): Panel construction across all UKHLS for paygu_dv
Hello Vriddhi
As Understanding Society is a longitudinal study there is always a missingness risk involved. This m...
Understanding Society User Support Team
09:16 AM Support #1840: errors in 4-digits ISCO88 variable
Finally, let me signal that one of the jbisco pseudo-codes 2470 ("Public service administrative professionals") does ... Matteo Pinna Pintor
08:49 AM Support #1840: errors in 4-digits ISCO88 variable
Dear Piotr,
thanks for the clarification. Let me also point out, both to ask your confirmation and for future read...
Matteo Pinna Pintor
02:28 AM Support #1785: Question regarding geographical data
Thank you! Anil Menon

02/01/2023

04:46 PM Support #1847 (In Progress): Panel construction across all UKHLS for paygu_dv
Hello Vriddhi
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back...
Understanding Society User Support Team
04:28 PM Support #1847 (Resolved): Panel construction across all UKHLS for paygu_dv
Using the data management syntax available on your website, I was able to match parents with their children, and usin... Vriddhi Khattar
04:25 PM Support #1846 (Feedback): Question re. recontact for Understanding Society cohort
Hello Ben,
UKHLS asks participants for consent to give an interview in the current wave and the subsequent wave i...
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:44 AM Support #1785: Question regarding geographical data
Hello Anil,
In general, the steps are:
1. Register with the UK Data Service at https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/...
Understanding Society User Support Team
10:34 AM Support #1845: Childhood socioeconomic status for adults
Hello Michaela,
UKHLS recently released a family matrix data file “xhhrel”, where you can identify family connect...
Understanding Society User Support Team
 

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