Activity
From 08/16/2023 to 09/14/2023
09/14/2023
- 03:02 PM Support #1959: pooled analysis for one calendar year from 3 waves?
- Clara,
To answer your question, yes, you should use all interviews from the calendar year of interest. And yes, th... - 01:54 PM Support #1973: Family matrix
- Dear Piotr,
Thank you very much for your reply. It is very informative indeed. I have checked the egoalt files but... - 12:57 PM Support #1952: Parenting style weights
- Maria,
Thank you. I suggest you select a weight of a parent who gave the response (indin??_?w) and give it to the ...
09/13/2023
- 05:14 PM Support #1964 (Feedback): Universe for mglife and other home-ownership related questions
- 01:39 PM Support #1972: Asking health conditions (hcond*) and first apperance
- Dear Alexander,
Thank you for letting us know. Would you be able to include any syntax related to this issue? It w... - 11:08 AM Support #1972 (Resolved): Asking health conditions (hcond*) and first apperance
- Almost all respondents are asked about their health conditions (hcond*) when it is their first appearance in the pane...
- 01:37 PM Support #1973 (Feedback): Family matrix
- Dear Alvertos,
Have you considered using the w_relationship_dv variable available in w_egoalt files? https://www.u... - 11:42 AM Support #1973 (Resolved): Family matrix
- Dear all,
My name is Alvertos Konstantinis, and I am a PhD researcher at the University of Groningen, Faculty of S...
09/12/2023
- 02:43 PM Support #1971 (Resolved): vote8 for waves 3 through 6
- Hi,
I previously asked a question about this (#1955) but wasn't able to clear it up completely.
I was wondering...
09/08/2023
- 04:13 PM Support #1952: Parenting style weights
- Hi,
There’s a response from both parents (if applicable). I can figure out who is who from their ids.
Best wish... - 02:06 PM Support #1952: Parenting style weights
- Maria,
Don't use the development question from the age of 8 - it won't be correct.
There are two ways of creatin...
09/07/2023
- 05:51 PM Support #1966 (Feedback): cross-sectional analysis
- Dear Zahra,
Please check our pooling guidance and see if this answers your question. If it doesn't, we are happy to ... - 03:40 PM Support #1966: cross-sectional analysis
- Zahra,
Yes, UKHLS represents people and households cross-sectionally at each wave, and people longitudinally over ... - 03:48 PM Support #1968 (Feedback): Is it possible to have access to the raw methylation data?
- Dear Sanem,
I am afraid we do not make the raw dat files available to users.
Best wishes,
UKHLS User Support - 02:39 PM Support #1967 (Feedback): Derived OECD equivalience scale variable which matches scale used to calculate relative poverty
- Dear Tom,
We follow the methodology and procedure proposed by the OECD for their OECD-modified scale: "This scale,...
09/06/2023
- 10:35 AM Support #1968 (Resolved): Is it possible to have access to the raw methylation data?
- I received access for the dataset EGAD00010001521 through the Sanger Institute (link to the dataset: https://ega-arch...
- 07:48 AM Support #1952: Parenting style weights
- Hello,
Thanks a lot for your previous message.
Regarding my query, I was wondering if the weighting expert can pr...
09/05/2023
- 11:47 PM Support #1967 (Resolved): Derived OECD equivalience scale variable which matches scale used to calculate relative poverty
- Good afternoon,
Apologies but I have a (hopefully quick) query. I notice that the OECD equivalence scale variable ... - 07:24 PM Support #1966 (Resolved): cross-sectional analysis
- I am little confused since I have read a lot about cross-sectional research using the understanding society data: sin...
- 03:04 PM Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves
- Hi Piotr,
Thanks very much for clearing that up and solving it so quickly, it makes sense.
This could be somet... - 02:59 PM Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves
- Hi Richard,
I checked this with the team generating the LSOA files.
The process for each wave works on the bas... - 09:47 AM Support #1965: citing the website
- Hi,
Please cite it as Understanding Society and follow the standard academic citation rules.
Best wishes,
UKHL...
09/04/2023
- 04:52 PM Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves
- Thank you. I'll investigate this further.
Best wishes,
Piotr - 09:11 AM Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves
- Hi Piotr,
Attached is the hidp*wave combinations with missing LSOA.
All the best,
Richard - 08:58 AM Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves
- Hi Richard,
Thank you for providing the information. Regarding 3), as hidp is a wave specific variable, I'd need t... - 04:37 PM Support #1962 (Feedback): Early-wave proxy/inapplicables for the physical and mental health (sf / scsf) variables and sources for the derived scales (sf12mcs_dv)
- Hi Thomas,
1) I am assuming you're asking about the scsf1 question. That is a function of the gradual increase of ... - 04:36 PM Support #1965 (Resolved): citing the website
- Hello,
I have a question about citing information from your website that is not from the User Guide for which I ha... - 03:48 PM Support #1964: Universe for mglife and other home-ownership related questions
- Hi Vikram,
The issue arises because the Universe syntax doesn't match the text description of this Universe. For ...
09/03/2023
- 02:25 PM Support #1890: Extracting PSU and Individual-Level Weights for a Multilevel Model
- Hi Olena,
I just wanted to follow up on the above, about creating a psnenub_xd weight.
Many thanks.
Best wishe... - 02:20 PM Support #1932: Caring Module Covid Study Wave 2
- Dear Roberto,
Thank you for explaining this - very helpful!
Best wishes,
Laurence Rowley-Abel
09/01/2023
- 04:41 PM Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves
- Hi Piotr,
Thanks for your quick reply. Information below:
1) the scale of the problem - for how many households thi... - 04:25 PM Support #1963 (In Progress): Missing LSOA for hidp across waves
- Hi Richard,
Would you be able to provide some more details, please? To investigate this would be helpful to know:
... - 02:50 PM Support #1963: Missing LSOA for hidp across waves
- My path forward is probably to impute the LSOA derived values to maintain it being nationally representative but I wa...
- 02:46 PM Support #1963 (Resolved): Missing LSOA for hidp across waves
- Hello,
I have been granted a special license to access the hidp LSOA codes. I am conducting a nationally represent... - 03:56 PM Support #1964 (Resolved): Universe for mglife and other home-ownership related questions
- Hello,
My question concerns the universe for the following home-ownership related variables viz. mglife, hsval, h... - 01:00 PM Support #1962 (In Progress): Early-wave proxy/inapplicables for the physical and mental health (sf / scsf) variables and sources for the derived scales (sf12mcs_dv)
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
08/31/2023
- 05:40 PM Support #1962 (Resolved): Early-wave proxy/inapplicables for the physical and mental health (sf / scsf) variables and sources for the derived scales (sf12mcs_dv)
- Good evening,
I have some brief queries about above variables.
By way of background (and mostly just to provi...
08/25/2023
- 10:27 AM Support #1956 (Resolved): Variable for Depression diagnosis by expert
- The response can be found in issue #1957 Depression Diagnosis variable in BHPS.
08/24/2023
- 06:32 PM Support #1961 (Feedback): Newly diagosed health conditions in UKHLS wave 10
- Hello Alexander,
For the continuing sample members variable hcondn identify newly diagnosed conditions for waves ...
08/22/2023
- 03:30 PM Support #1961 (In Progress): Newly diagosed health conditions 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...
- 02:53 PM Support #1961 (Resolved): Newly diagosed health conditions in UKHLS wave 10
- I want to potentially update health conditions for all waves from waves 2 to 12.
Looking at the updating health co... - 01:38 PM Support #1802 (Resolved): Missing data for pasoc10 in xwavedat
- 09:38 AM Support #1951: Zero longitudinal weights
- Hello Isabel,
Our team responsible for weights provided us with the following response.
The R survey package c...
08/21/2023
- 03:17 PM Support #1960: EU referendum questions
- Hi Roberto,
Thank you, that's very helpful.
It's a bit odd that the survey would only ask a question about pas... - 02:20 PM Support #1960 (Feedback): EU referendum questions
- Hello Albert,
You can review the questionnaire in the questionnaire module section at https://www.understandingso... - 11:12 AM Support #1959 (Feedback): pooled analysis for one calendar year from 3 waves?
- Hello Clara
I recommend exploring our sections “Running analysis on a calendar year or month” and “Pooling data fr...
08/18/2023
- 05:37 PM Support #1941 (Feedback): Employee (jbpen + jbpenm) and personal (ppen + ppreg) pensions in Understanding Society - query re. some wave data
- 03:50 PM Support #1941: Employee (jbpen + jbpenm) and personal (ppen + ppreg) pensions in Understanding Society - query re. some wave data
- Dear Thomas,
Some further information
2) As I mentioned earlier, the Personal Pensions module was moved to wav... - 05:33 PM Support #1954 (Feedback): Absent from household
- Hello Katherine
The paper you mentioned used the variable clstat (leavers abode) and according to our data team, t... - 03:16 PM Support #1958 (Feedback): Inquire about using 2011 Lower Super Output Areas data create Townsend Score and Carstairs Index
- Hello Wen,
UKHLS has the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) as a variable in the EUL version. These variables (I...
08/17/2023
- 02:12 PM Support #1960 (In Progress): EU referendum questions
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 01:57 PM Support #1960 (Resolved): EU referendum questions
- Hi,
I have a couple of questions about the EU referendum questions in the survey:
1. The variable j_euref (wave... - 01:25 PM Support #1959 (In Progress): pooled analysis for one calendar year from 3 waves?
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 12:26 PM Support #1959 (Resolved): pooled analysis for one calendar year from 3 waves?
- Hello,
I have read item 12 on the FAQ titled "Can I pool data from different waves for cross-sectional analysis?" ... - 09:34 AM Support #1943 (Resolved): Weights
- 09:32 AM Support #1950: Merging w_hhresp for multiple waves
- Hello Jelle,
I suggest reviewing the syntax located in the "Data management syntax files" section. Pay specific a... - 07:10 AM Support #1950: Merging w_hhresp for multiple waves
- I intend to use the variables: nkids_dv, nemp_dv, npens_dv, nue_dv, hhsize and xpgasy. I used pidp as identifier but ...
08/16/2023
- 04:44 PM Support #1950: Merging w_hhresp for multiple waves
- Hello Jelle
How to construct a panel will depend on the research you are doing. Could you provide some insight int... - 03:23 PM Support #1958 (In Progress): Inquire about using 2011 Lower Super Output Areas data create Townsend Score and Carstairs Index
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 02:42 PM Support #1958 (Resolved): Inquire about using 2011 Lower Super Output Areas data create Townsend Score and Carstairs Index
- Dear Sir/Madam,
Hope you are doing well.
My name is Wen Wang, a first year PhD student at ISER of University of... - 03:20 PM Support #1957: Depression diagnosis variable BHPS
- Hello Michael,
Certainly, I understand. This seems feasible. I suggest you take a look at the variables hconda17 ... - 11:17 AM Support #1957: Depression diagnosis variable BHPS
- Hi Roberto,
Thank you for your answer.
Yes, the reason is, that I need a variable which represents windfall incom...
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