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From 11/01/2023 to 11/30/2023
11/30/2023
- 03:21 PM Support #1997 (Resolved): Issues using variable w_fimnnet_dv in COVID-19 dataset jk_wave
- Hello,
I am currently analyse the COVID-19 dataset, including the jk (2019) wave. I want to include a variable fo... - 02:10 PM Support #1875 (Resolved): jbscoc00
- 02:09 PM Support #1975 (Resolved): Weights - Cross-sectional Analysis on LAD level
- 02:09 PM Support #1988 (Resolved): Jbbgdat variable
- 02:02 PM Support #1081 (Resolved): Youth and individual respondents datasets - merging info
- 02:02 PM Support #1921 (Resolved): Non-Covid affected data
- 01:59 PM Support #1910 (Resolved): Information about NHS and purchase of private health isurance
- Dear Rosemary,
I am very sorry we missed your follow-up question. You are right that private health service can be... - 01:34 PM Support #1883: Periods for personal income - fimnlabgrs_dv & paygu_dv
- Thanks a lot, Piotr. That's helpful.
Best wishes,
Selçuk - 12:58 PM Support #1883 (Resolved): Periods for personal income - fimnlabgrs_dv & paygu_dv
- 01:33 PM Support #1985 (Resolved): Representativeness of housing tenure (tenure_dv)
- 01:32 PM Support #1982 (Resolved): reference person weights
- 01:32 PM Support #1981 (Resolved): Loneliness measure 'inapplicable' responses at wave 12
- 01:32 PM Support #1980 (Resolved): What is jbsoc90ly_cc?
- 01:32 PM Support #1979 (Resolved): Using UKHLS for financial year poverty rates
- 01:31 PM Support #1978 (Resolved): Potential issue with coding of wkaut1 wkaut2 wkaut3 wkaut4 and wkaut5 variables
- 01:31 PM Support #1977 (Resolved): Birth and non-birth parents
- 01:31 PM Support #1976 (Resolved): Combing specific variables from two waves for cross-sectional analysis
- 01:30 PM Support #1974 (Resolved): Other Arthritis and Other Cancer in j_hcondno* Variables
- 01:30 PM Support #1973 (Resolved): Family matrix
- 01:30 PM Support #1972 (Resolved): Asking health conditions (hcond*) and first apperance
- 01:27 PM Support #1971 (Resolved): vote8 for waves 3 through 6
- 01:27 PM Support #1968 (New): Is it possible to have access to the raw methylation data?
- 01:27 PM Support #1967 (Resolved): Derived OECD equivalience scale variable which matches scale used to calculate relative poverty
- 01:26 PM Support #1966 (Resolved): cross-sectional analysis
- 01:26 PM Support #1964 (Resolved): Universe for mglife and other home-ownership related questions
- 01:26 PM Support #1963 (Resolved): Missing LSOA for hidp across waves
- 01:25 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)
- 01:25 PM Support #1961 (Resolved): Newly diagosed health conditions in UKHLS wave 10
- 01:25 PM Support #1960 (Resolved): EU referendum questions
- 01:24 PM Support #1959 (Resolved): pooled analysis for one calendar year from 3 waves?
- 01:24 PM Support #1958 (Resolved): Inquire about using 2011 Lower Super Output Areas data create Townsend Score and Carstairs Index
- 01:24 PM Support #1957 (Resolved): Depression diagnosis variable BHPS
- 01:24 PM Support #1955 (Resolved): General election voting variables routing
- 01:24 PM Support #1954 (Resolved): Absent from household
- 01:23 PM Support #1953 (Resolved): Inconsistencies in hcondna1 vs hconda01 and age told had health condition (starting age health condition)
- 01:23 PM Support #1952 (Resolved): Parenting style weights
- 01:23 PM Support #1951 (Resolved): Zero longitudinal weights
- 01:23 PM Support #1950 (Resolved): Merging w_hhresp for multiple waves
- 01:23 PM Support #1949 (Resolved): Merging two datasets
- 01:22 PM Support #1948 (Resolved): variables in secure data
- 01:22 PM Support #1947 (Resolved): Information on pooled data
- 01:22 PM Support #1945 (Resolved): Using the individual questionnaire
- 01:22 PM Support #1944 (Resolved): Sample size in regressions
- 01:18 PM Support #1941 (Resolved): Employee (jbpen + jbpenm) and personal (ppen + ppreg) pensions in Understanding Society - query re. some wave data
- 01:17 PM Support #1939 (Resolved): Data availability
- 01:17 PM Support #1937 (Resolved): "Inapplicable" responses for dweltyp
- 01:16 PM Support #1934 (Resolved): Linked credit history FCA data to be released in 2023
- 01:16 PM Support #1933 (Resolved): Linking individual data to mother's data in the BHPS
- 01:16 PM Support #1931 (Resolved): Child Birthweight
- 01:16 PM Support #1929 (Resolved): ISCO classification of occupations
- 01:15 PM Support #1928 (Resolved): Health condition (hcond) for new entrants and missing values (including -8 inapplicable)
- 01:15 PM Support #1927 (Resolved): SF1 and SCSF1 variables
- 01:10 PM Support #1926 (Resolved): Parent-reported variables
- 01:10 PM Support #1925 (Resolved): Importing data to R - converting from wide to long error
- 01:09 PM Support #1924 (Resolved): Control for mother/father educ
- 01:09 PM Support #1922 (Resolved): Care Home
- 01:09 PM Support #1920 (Resolved): Create a Schooling years variable
- 01:09 PM Support #1919 (Resolved): Marital status (mastat_dv & marstat_dv)
- 01:08 PM Support #1918 (Resolved): Controlling for residence/county
- 01:08 PM Support #1917 (Resolved): DVLA Data: Untaxed vehicles
- 01:06 PM Support #1916 (Resolved): xwavedat vs xwaveid
- 01:06 PM Support #1912 (Resolved): Merging newborn and child data Waves 11 & 12
- 01:04 PM Support #1908 (Resolved): Weights using the BHPS Consolidated Marital, Cohabitation and Fertility Histories
- 01:03 PM Support #1904 (Resolved): Using weights when variables have some or many "missing value" codes or NAs due to missing household level data
- 01:03 PM Support #1902 (Resolved): weights individual files waves 10 -11 wide format
- 01:02 PM Support #1899 (Resolved): Household weights
- 01:02 PM Support #1898 (Resolved): Link respondents to Westminster electoral constituencies
- 01:02 PM Support #1897 (Resolved): Birth year and birth order of all ever child
- 01:01 PM Support #1896 (Resolved): why there are so many cases inapplicable in terms of occupational class (current job)
- 01:01 PM Support #1894 (Resolved): Weight for unbalanced and merged UKHLS and BHPS data
- 01:01 PM Support #1893 (Resolved): How can I match the information of youths onto that of their fathers and mothers
- 01:01 PM Support #1892 (Resolved): Question regarding longitudinal weights
- 01:00 PM Support #1890 (In Progress): Extracting PSU and Individual-Level Weights for a Multilevel Model
- 01:00 PM Support #1889 (Resolved): Missing waves when merging UKHLS and BHPS datasets
- 01:00 PM Support #1888 (Resolved): Interpretation of 'trainany'
- 12:59 PM Support #1887 (Resolved): Merging PEACH with core file
- 12:59 PM Support #1886 (Resolved): Weighting unemployment duration data
- 12:59 PM Support #1885 (Resolved): Health status of all the household members
- 12:58 PM Support #1884 (Resolved): Reporting economic inactivity using the UK Household Longitudinal Study
- 12:58 PM Support #1882 (Resolved): Linking individual and household data and analysing at a household level
- 12:58 PM Support #1881 (Resolved): Explaining valid skips for AUDIT-C items
- 12:57 PM Support #1880 (Resolved): Smart meter data
- 12:57 PM Support #1879 (Resolved): More detailed country of origin
- 12:57 PM Support #1878 (Resolved): Census 2011 Output Area Classification Linked Dataset
- 12:57 PM Support #1877 (Resolved): Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Output Area Classification
- 12:57 PM Support #1876 (Resolved): benefit claim
- 12:54 PM Support #1873 (Resolved): Health conditions explanation on website
- 12:54 PM Support #1872 (Resolved): Pooling waves for longitudinal analysis
- 12:54 PM Support #1871 (Resolved): Inquiry on the place of residence
- 12:54 PM Support #1870 (Resolved): Inquiry on the data on place of birth
- 12:53 PM Support #1869 (Resolved): 2021 calendar data
- 12:53 PM Support #1868 (Resolved): Use of weights for analysing job quality in UKHLS, Waves 4, 6, 8 and 10
- 12:53 PM Support #1867 (Resolved): Significant change between waves - longitudinal weight
- 12:53 PM Support #1866 (Resolved): Code Creator Beta No longer working
- 12:52 PM Support #1865 (Resolved): Changes to USOC wave data downloaded from UK Data Service compared to previous downloads of the waves
- 12:52 PM Support #1864 (Resolved): Using survey weights in longitudinal analysis
- 12:52 PM Support #1863 (Resolved): coding health conditions
- 12:52 PM Support #1862 (Resolved): Welsh Language
- 12:51 PM Support #1861 (Resolved): Job tenure variable in Understanding Society
- 12:51 PM Support #1860 (Resolved): household income special licence variables
- 12:51 PM Support #1859 (Resolved): sample size loss due to weighting
- 12:51 PM Support #1858 (Resolved): Inquiry on the Youth files in BHPS
- 12:51 PM Support #1857 (Resolved): ISCED levels for Main study waves 1 to 12
- 12:50 PM Support #1856 (Resolved): Coding of currently on maternity leave
- 12:50 PM Support #1854 (Resolved): Index of Multiple Deprivation quintiles variable
- 12:49 PM Support #1853 (Resolved): Missing Data in Higher Education Codes
- 12:49 PM Support #1852 (Resolved): Select the correct weighting values
- 12:49 PM Support #1851 (Resolved): Labour Income whilst on maternity leave
- 12:49 PM Support #1850 (Resolved): Query regarding consent for the COVID-19 study
- 12:48 PM Support #1848 (Resolved): Sibling relationship measures in youth questionnaire/ young adult module
- 12:47 PM Support #1847 (Resolved): Panel construction across all UKHLS for paygu_dv
- 12:47 PM Support #1846 (Resolved): Question re. recontact for Understanding Society cohort
- 12:47 PM Support #1845 (Resolved): Childhood socioeconomic status for adults
- 12:47 PM Support #1844 (Resolved): Data Linkage with Stroke NHS Data
- 12:46 PM Support #1843 (Resolved): missing data on parental education
- 12:46 PM Support #1842 (Resolved): Inquiry on the data on place of birth
- 12:46 PM Support #1841 (Resolved): charitable giving in wave 12 or wave 13?
- 12:46 PM Support #1840 (Resolved): errors in 4-digits ISCO88 variable
- 12:45 PM Support #1837 (Resolved): Census 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Areas
- 12:45 PM Support #1836 (Resolved): 2021 calendar data
- 12:45 PM Support #1835 (Resolved): Number of dependent children (inside or outside of household) - variable availability
- 12:44 PM Support #1834 (Resolved): Linkage National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework (NEED)
- 12:44 PM Support #1833 (Resolved): Data information necessary for publication in journal
- 12:43 PM Support #1832 (Resolved): Highest qualification variables - query about correct variable and coverage of non-UK qualifications
- 12:43 PM Support #1831 (Resolved): hhgrid_w12.clstat
- 12:42 PM Support #1829 (Resolved): Proportions of groups within inactive population.
- 12:42 PM Support #1828 (Resolved): Partnership histories response status
- 12:42 PM Support #1827 (Resolved): Correct weights to use
- 12:42 PM Support #1826 (Resolved): Socioeconomic status
- 12:32 PM Support #1825 (Resolved): 2011 LSOAs for BHPS waves
- 12:32 PM Support #1823 (Resolved): dual fuel energy expenditure- split into electricity and gas?
- 12:31 PM Support #1819 (Resolved): Volunteering and donating questions
- 12:28 PM Support #1818 (Resolved): X-wave person identifier of resp. adult
- 11:16 AM Support #1817 (Resolved): oldest child via family matrix
- 11:16 AM Support #1816 (Resolved): Difference between plnowy4 and mvyr
- 11:16 AM Support #1815 (Resolved): distmov_dv
- 11:15 AM Support #1814 (Resolved): "inapplicable" in sempderived variable
- 11:15 AM Support #1813 (Resolved): Wave 12 Release Date
- 11:14 AM Support #1812 (Resolved): Aggregate data on specific questions
- 11:14 AM Support #1811 (Resolved): Longitudinal weight selection
- 11:13 AM Support #1808 (Resolved): nunmpsp_dv variable doesn't seem to aling with employ variable
- 11:13 AM Support #1807 (Resolved): hadsymp and longcovid
- 11:12 AM Support #1806 (Resolved): Socioeconomic classification
- 11:12 AM Support #1805 (Resolved): More information about the variable "bensta2": Education Grant other than a Student Loan or Tuition Fee Loan
- 11:11 AM Support #1803 (Resolved): Accessing multiple Special Licence geographic data linkage files
- 11:11 AM Support #1801 (Resolved): Belong to religion oprlg variable: many missings
- 11:11 AM Support #1800 (Resolved): Monthly variable on current labour force status
- 11:11 AM Support #1799 (Resolved): query in advance of making data application
- 11:10 AM Support #1795 (Resolved): Wave 9 COVID-19 data
- 11:10 AM Support #1793 (Resolved): Biomarkers ethnic diversity breakdown
- 11:10 AM Support #1792 (Resolved): Employer changes in BHPS
- 11:09 AM Support #1791 (Resolved): child deprivation questions - youth questionnaire
- 11:09 AM Support #1790 (Resolved): Weighting approach in Understanding society
- 11:09 AM Support #1787 (Resolved): BHPS variables availability and question route (jlendm, rjlend4, rjlsoc00)
- 11:08 AM Support #1786 (Resolved): Weights for longitudinal study
- 11:07 AM Support #1784 (Resolved): Questions on Housing Problems
- 11:07 AM Support #1782 (Resolved): DK and prefer not to say options in web component of Understanding Society
- 11:07 AM Support #1781 (Resolved): Identifying House Moves
- 11:07 AM Support #1780 (Resolved): Code creator
- 11:07 AM Support #1779 (Resolved): Calculating persistent poverty
- 11:06 AM Support #1778 (Resolved): Asking about confusing variable in the birth date in UKHLS
- 11:06 AM Support #1777 (Resolved): Creating Longitudinal Weights for Unbalanced Panel
- 11:06 AM Support #1775 (Resolved): Reason for job change - same employer, different job
- 11:06 AM Support #1773 (Resolved): Gig Economy module
- 11:06 AM Support #1771 (Resolved): Computing number of own dependent children for BHPS waves
- 11:05 AM Support #1768 (Resolved): Merging the Xsample datafile to the main survey
- 11:05 AM Support #1767 (Resolved): Difference between j_pdvage and j_dvage
- 11:05 AM Support #1766 (Resolved): BHPS linked to Educational Data
- 11:04 AM Support #1758 (Resolved): Computing variable for distance to mother / father (using pafar, mafar, parmar)
- 11:04 AM Support #1755 (Resolved): Description of creating weights to adjust for nonresponse bias
- 11:04 AM Support #1754 (Resolved): advice on creating a variable for number of children in the main & covid surveys
- 11:03 AM Support #1753 (Resolved): How to analyze environmental habits likert scale
- 11:03 AM Support #1752 (Resolved): Link wave 9 child module (i_child) with i_hhresp and i_indall
- 11:03 AM Support #1751 (Resolved): Welsh education data linkage query
- 11:02 AM Support #1750 (Resolved): Sample size changes after applying sample weight
- 11:02 AM Support #1749 (Resolved): Permission to use Understanding Society data in a book
- 11:02 AM Support #1748 (Resolved): stable mother pidp and household id in children survey
- 11:02 AM Support #1747 (Resolved): Weight problem when running regression
- 11:01 AM Support #1746 (Resolved): reconciling household income between the main survey & covid-19 survey
- 11:01 AM Support #1744 (Resolved): weight
- 11:00 AM Support #1743 (Resolved): Averaging regional data to obtain control variables for individuals
- 11:00 AM Support #1742 (Resolved): Recommended Method to Construct Unemployment Duration?
- 11:00 AM Support #1741 (Resolved): Weights - Main Survey Wave 9 & Covid Waves
- 11:00 AM Support #1740 (Resolved): Survey participant drop out across waves
- 11:00 AM Support #1739 (Resolved): Weights when pooling data from different waves
- 10:59 AM Support #1738 (Resolved): Variables- child abuse, child witnessing of abuse
- 10:59 AM Support #1737 (Resolved): Linkage of Understanding Society (BHPS) data to Cancer Registrations
- 10:59 AM Support #1736 (Resolved): Data request - by Scottish Local Authority
- 10:59 AM Support #1735 (Resolved): Sample size in Bradford, West Yorkshire
- 10:59 AM Support #1734 (Resolved): Imputation flag for income variable fimngrs_dv in BHPS
- 10:58 AM Support #1732 (Resolved): Inapplicable values in qfhigh_dv variable
- 10:58 AM Support #1731 (Resolved): Interview Time for Main Survey Wave 10
- 10:58 AM Support #1730 (Resolved): study youth health
- 10:58 AM Support #1729 (Resolved): variable for out of work with a disability
- 10:58 AM Support #1728 (Resolved): Merging main survey wave to COVID-19 study wave
- 10:57 AM Support #1727 (Resolved): harassment variables unclear
- 10:57 AM Support #1726 (Resolved): BHPS and Understanding Society - weights
- 10:57 AM Support #1722 (Resolved): Quick weight to use check for 7 variables
- 10:57 AM Support #1720 (Resolved): Which children are selected for parent reported SDQ?
- 10:57 AM Support #1719 (Resolved): Several inconsistencies for birthy and also mastat
- 10:56 AM Support #1718 (Resolved): Sexuor Access
- 10:56 AM Support #1717 (Resolved): vote8 variable election coverage
- 10:56 AM Support #1716 (Resolved): constituency level data
- 10:56 AM Support #1714 (Resolved): Merge the COVID19 survey waves
- 10:55 AM Support #1713 (Resolved): fiyrl variable
- 10:54 AM Support #1712 (Resolved): Linking waves
- 10:54 AM Support #1711 (Resolved): Identifying care home residents
- 10:54 AM Support #1710 (Resolved): Variable for current health status?
- 10:53 AM Support #1708 (Resolved): Usual and last pay - question on imputation and missing values
- 10:53 AM Support #1707 (Resolved): mvyr - Year Moved To Current Address
- 10:51 AM Support #1706 (Resolved): International Socio-Economic Index for class from ISCO-88 codes
- 10:50 AM Support #1704 (Resolved): Representative Counts of Migration Moves
- 10:50 AM Support #1702 (Resolved): Wave 4 GHQ scores
- 10:50 AM Support #1701 (Resolved): Problems with latest release
- 10:50 AM Support #1698 (Resolved): Weights for Waves 1-11 (CS and Longitudinal)
- 10:49 AM Support #1695 (Resolved): Intimate Partner Violence Related Measure
- 10:49 AM Support #1694 (Resolved): Question on meaning ivfio
- 10:49 AM Support #1691 (Resolved): Combining BHPS with US, as well as match children to parents across waves
- 10:48 AM Support #1628 (Resolved): data and documentation not matching up (jbsoc variable)
- 10:46 AM Support #1838 (Resolved): Weights when using Data from waves with gaps
11/23/2023
- 12:00 PM Support #1996 (Feedback): Issues using variable fihhmnnet3_dv
- Hello Mhairi,
The variable you are referring to is special licence data. For further information about access lev... - 11:12 AM Support #1996 (Resolved): Issues using variable fihhmnnet3_dv
- Good afternoon,
I am a current researcher using the Understanding Society data and I'd like to use a few of your ...
11/22/2023
- 12:44 PM Support #1995: question about different SOC used
- Hello Peijie,
Our fieldwork agency uses CASCOT to code to the latest SOC and then uses look-up tables to populate...
11/20/2023
- 12:37 PM Support #1995 (Feedback): question about different SOC used
- Hello Peijie,
The SOC 1990 classification for the occupation of the last job is only for the BHPS Study. There is... - 10:25 AM Support #1994 (Feedback): Matching a_natchild and w_newborn datasets
- Hello Omer,
I suggest reviewing the Pregnancy and Early Childhood (PEACH) file (SN9075). The study gathered data ...
11/18/2023
- 08:12 PM Support #1995 (Resolved): question about different SOC used
- Dear officer,
Hope you are doing well.
I have a question regarding the different SOC used.
I noticed in an e...
11/17/2023
- 03:57 PM Support #1993: Indall and hhresp
- Yes, that's correct.
You may want to check the study documentation to learn more about the study design and content... - 03:52 PM Support #1993: Indall and hhresp
- Hi,
Am I correct in thinking that files beginning b_ are linked to wave 2, but ba_, bb_, etc are linked to waves 1... - 02:29 PM Support #1994 (In Progress): Matching a_natchild and w_newborn datasets
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 08:25 AM Support #1994 (Resolved): Matching a_natchild and w_newborn datasets
- Dear Mr or Mrs
I hope you are doing well, I am trying to check birthweight as an initial outcome. I know that xwa...
11/16/2023
- 03:09 PM Support #1993 (Feedback): Indall and hhresp
- Dear Isaac,
The data in indall comes from the enumeration/household grid questionnaire and the data in hhresp from...
11/15/2023
- 02:27 PM Support #1993 (Resolved): Indall and hhresp
- Am I right to understand that all of the variables in the study are in these two files (indall and hhresp)? And that ...
- 01:08 PM Support #1990 (Feedback): urban_dv
- 01:07 PM Support #1992 (Feedback): household income
11/10/2023
- 11:11 AM Support #1990: urban_dv
- Dear Caroline,
We will consider updating the urban_dv variable using the newer 2011 classification. In the meantim... - 10:13 AM Support #1987: IP12 Blood and Hair Sample Particpation
- Hello Jasmine,
After consulting with our experts, I learnt that participants who engaged either online or with an ...
11/09/2023
- 02:45 PM Support #1992: household income
- Hello,
w_fihhmnnet1_dv+ is the net household monthly income. It is the sum of net monthly incomes from all househo...
11/08/2023
- 08:27 AM Support #1992 (Resolved): household income
- Hello,
I'm using Understanding Society together with Eu SILC and I was wondering whether w_fihhmnnet1_dv+ (*12 mon...
11/07/2023
- 01:54 PM Support #1991 (Feedback): request explanation for variable 'Njbsp' in BHPS
- Hello,
Please see the note in the BHPS User Manual (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/sites/default/files/dow... - 01:30 PM Support #1991: request explanation for variable 'Njbsp' 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...
- 01:30 PM Support #1990: urban_dv
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
11/06/2023
- 10:01 PM Support #1991 (Resolved): request explanation for variable 'Njbsp' in BHPS
- Dear officer,
I hope you are doing well.
I'm writing to request more explanation on a variable 'Njbsp' in BHPS.... - 10:41 AM Support #1990 (Resolved): urban_dv
- Hi,
from the variable catalogue I can see that "urban_dv" is derived from the ONS Rural and Urban Classification ...
11/01/2023
- 01:37 PM Support #1987 (Feedback): IP12 Blood and Hair Sample Particpation
- Hello Jasmine,
For both question routing, it's important to note that the mode is face-to-face, and the respondent... - 11:50 AM Support #1989 (Feedback): inapplicable ukborn
- Hello Aelen,
May I know which wave you are referring to? In general, not every respondent is eligible for every qu... - 10:19 AM Support #1989 (Resolved): inapplicable ukborn
- Hi, what does "inapplicable" suggest? Why there are 96.66% of inapplicable replies to "ukborn"? Thanks
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