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From 03/10/2023 to 04/08/2023

04/07/2023

03:33 PM Support #1889 (Resolved): Missing waves when merging UKHLS and BHPS datasets
Hi there,
I have merged the UKHLS and BHPS datasets for a few data variables which were used in both datasets and ...
Neil Smith

04/06/2023

02:13 PM Support #1888 (Resolved): Interpretation of 'trainany'
I wanted to clarify the interpretation of the variable 'trainany' in the annual event history module.
The variable...
Laura Jones
12:36 PM Support #1887: Merging PEACH with core file
Dear Piotr,
Thanks for your quick reply! I have now deleted this version of PEACH and will use the new one upon it...
Gabriele Mari
11:01 AM Support #1887 (Feedback): Merging PEACH with core file
Dear Gabriele,
We have identified a major issue with the data - a lot of pidps are incorrect. Please refrain from ...
Understanding Society User Support Team

04/05/2023

03:33 PM Support #1887 (Resolved): Merging PEACH with core file
Hi,
I have been trying to merge the newly-released version of PEACH (2009-2021) to the core file (indresp, W1-W12...
Gabriele Mari

03/31/2023

12:50 PM Support #1883: Periods for personal income - fimnlabgrs_dv & paygu_dv
Hi Selcuk,
I am afraid it is impossible to identify specific dates relative to the interview for paygu_dv, for fim...
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:41 PM Support #1885 (Feedback): Health status of all the household members
Hello,
In principle, we try to collect at least some information about all households members, the most basic info...
Understanding Society User Support Team

03/30/2023

09:17 AM Support #1886: Weighting unemployment duration data
Fergus,
You will need a longitudinal weight for this as for some TSMs you will have only 1 wave observation and th...
Olena Kaminska

03/29/2023

03:47 PM Support #1886: Weighting unemployment duration data
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
02:18 PM Support #1886 (Resolved): Weighting unemployment duration data
Dear Team,
I am investigating the relationship between online job search and unemployment durations by pooling wav...
Fergus Jimenez-England
03:46 PM Support #1885: Health status of all the household members
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
11:56 AM Support #1885 (Resolved): Health status of all the household members
Dear Sir/Madam,
Does BHPS and UKHLS interview all the members within a household? Is the health status of each hou...
Yanan Zhang
03:45 PM Support #1884 (Feedback): Reporting economic inactivity using the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Hello,
Yes, julk4wk and jubgn are the right variables.
Best wishes,
Piotr
UKHLS User Support
Understanding Society User Support Team
03:43 PM Support #1883: Periods for personal income - fimnlabgrs_dv & paygu_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
03:43 PM Support #1882 (Feedback): Linking individual and household data and analysing at a household level
Hello,
If I understand correctly what you want to do then you started with a household level file, then linked an ...
Understanding Society User Support Team

03/28/2023

04:54 PM Support #1884 (Resolved): Reporting economic inactivity using the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Hi there
I'm starting a project that is looking at the drivers of economic inactivity and want to use data from th...
Peter Humphreys

03/27/2023

12:36 PM Support #1883 (Resolved): Periods for personal income - fimnlabgrs_dv & paygu_dv
Dear colleagues,
May I ask which time periods do the following personal income/earnings variables refer to: fimnl...
Selcuk Beduk
11:51 AM Support #1882 (Resolved): Linking individual and household data and analysing at a household level
Hi there!
Do let me know if this is the wrong place to be asking but I'm currently doing some analysis using wave...
Matty Grassow

03/24/2023

01:08 PM Support #1881 (Feedback): Explaining valid skips for AUDIT-C items
Dear Jessie,
You can find this information in these questions' universe (see the pdfs of the questionnaires here: ht...
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:16 AM Support #1880 (Feedback): Smart meter data
Hi Natalie,
We are indeed planning to link metered-consumption data for electricity and gas (annual amounts). We a...
Understanding Society User Support Team

03/23/2023

04:25 PM Support #1881 (Resolved): Explaining valid skips for AUDIT-C items
Hello,
I'm using alcohol data (AUDIT-C) from Waves 7, 9 and 11 for a longitudinal study. Please could you provide ...
J Smith

03/22/2023

11:56 AM Support #1872 (Feedback): Pooling waves for longitudinal analysis
Understanding Society User Support Team

03/21/2023

10:09 PM Support #1880 (In Progress): Smart meter data
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
04:11 PM Support #1880 (Resolved): Smart meter data
Hi
I recently attended a UKHLS event where it was mentioned that Smart Meter data for participants might be made ...
Natalie Bennett
09:15 PM Support #1879 (Feedback): More detailed country of origin
Hi Mark
Another variable is plbornc_all which is the country of birth for those not born in the UK coding a long u...
Understanding Society User Support Team
03:38 PM Support #1879 (In Progress): More detailed country of origin
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
02:30 PM Support #1879 (Resolved): More detailed country of origin
Hi,
I am trying to construct a variable of region of origin for those not born in the UK. The variable plbornc has...
Mark Tomlinson
10:07 AM Support #1877 (Feedback): Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Output Area Classification
Hello Lina
The SN7629. Understanding Society: Waves 1-12, 2009-2021: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Output Ar...
Understanding Society User Support Team
10:06 AM Support #1878 (Feedback): Census 2011 Output Area Classification Linked Dataset
Hello Lina
The SN7629. Understanding Society: Waves 1-12, 2009-2021: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Output Ar...
Understanding Society User Support Team
08:52 AM Support #1878 (Resolved): Census 2011 Output Area Classification Linked Dataset
I am planning on requesting the OAC2011 Special License Access to study neighbourhood classification and health.
S...
Lina Böttcher

03/17/2023

11:38 AM Support #1877 (Resolved): Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Output Area Classification
I am planning on requesting the OAC2011 Special License Access to study neighbourhood classification and health.
...
Lina Böttcher

03/16/2023

09:33 AM Support #1874: Issue with religion variable in wave 12
Hi,
I've done some initial checks and I can confirm that the l_oprlg1 variable is incorrect - my provisional diagn...
Understanding Society User Support Team

03/15/2023

12:54 PM Support #1873: Health conditions explanation on website
Hello Laurence,
The information you previously found on the webpage is correct. It is just that we are updating t...
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:31 PM Support #1876 (Feedback): benefit claim
Hello Huihui
The Study has a specific benefit module called benefits_w(1 to 12) which has information about unearn...
Understanding Society User Support Team

03/13/2023

11:24 AM Support #1876 (Resolved): benefit claim
Is there a variable measuring whether the interviewer has claimed any benefit from waves 1-10? If not, is there a way... huihui song
10:48 AM Support #1870: Inquiry on the data on place of birth
Hello,
Moreover, for some respondents (the surviving BHPS sample members) you can also get the information on the ...
Understanding Society User Support Team
09:38 AM Support #1875 (Feedback): jbscoc00
Hello,
The End User Licence version of the data (https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=6...
Understanding Society User Support Team

03/12/2023

03:53 PM Support #1875 (Resolved): jbscoc00
Hi. I would like to use the variable "jbsoc00" for my research. In the dataset documentation, it says that I need Spe... Fergus McCormack

03/10/2023

02:17 PM Support #1874: Issue with religion variable in wave 12
Many thanks Piotr, looking forward to hearing what you find Laurence O'Brien
02:01 PM Support #1874 (In Progress): Issue with religion variable in wave 12
Hi Laurence,
Thank you for flagging this up, we will look into the issue.
Best wishes,
Piotr
UKHLS User Support
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:56 AM Support #1874 (In Progress): Issue with religion variable in wave 12
Hello support forum,
I think there might be an issue with the religion variable (l_oprlg1) in wave 12. I suspect t...
Laurence O'Brien
 

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