Activity
From 01/07/2024 to 02/05/2024
02/05/2024
- 01:05 PM Support #2041: w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waves
- Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Dear Laura,
>
> I am not sure I understand what the ... - 11:33 AM Support #2044 (Feedback): Old Westminster constituecies
- Hello Margherita,
The geographical data files for all waves of UKHLS are generated, whenever feasible, from ONS Po... - 11:23 AM Support #2046 (Resolved): Unable to locate org variable used in the past
- Hello, We have previously used a variable which we noted the name of as 'org' which was about being a member of one o...
02/01/2024
- 02:32 PM Support #2045 (In Progress): Winter Fuel Payments
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 02:06 PM Support #2045 (Resolved): Winter Fuel Payments
- There are a range of benefits for those of pension age to help with fuel bills, including the Winter Fuel Payment and...
- 10:24 AM Support #2044 (In Progress): Old Westminster constituecies
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
01/31/2024
- 01:32 PM Support #2044 (Resolved): Old Westminster constituecies
- Hello, I am trying to link survey responses to electoral results for the Westminster constituencies. I have obtained ...
01/30/2024
- 04:13 PM Support #2043 (Feedback): Legality of sharing Understanding Society data
- Hello Michael,
The only way to share information with other people (considering they are registered in the UKDS) is ... - 01:28 PM Support #2043 (Resolved): Legality of sharing Understanding Society data
- Hello,
I am a final year PhD student who is very close to submission. As part of my research, I have reconstruct... - 01:09 PM Support #2042: Survey Weights for Multi-Wave Pooled Analysis
- Lisa,
Thank you for your question. Yes, you should use tailored weights, accounting for nonresponse of both parent...
01/29/2024
- 11:05 AM Support #2042 (In Progress): Survey Weights for Multi-Wave Pooled Analysis
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 09:47 AM Support #2042 (Feedback): Survey Weights for Multi-Wave Pooled Analysis
- Hello,
I have constructed an unconventional sample by pooling tab-delineated data files for SN 6614-Understanding... - 10:44 AM Support #2041: w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waves
- Hi Laura,
I am afraid there is no officially released background information about the meaning of these labels but...
01/26/2024
- 08:28 PM Support #2040 (Feedback): Survey Weights
- 11:26 AM Support #2040: Survey Weights
- Martha,
Thank you for your question. For answers have a look here, questions 13-17 are relevant to your question:
... - 11:20 AM Support #2040 (In Progress): Survey Weights
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 02:35 PM Support #2041: w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waves
- Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Dear Laura,
>
> I am not sure I understand what the ... - 11:19 AM Support #2041 (Feedback): w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waves
- Dear Laura,
I am not sure I understand what the problem is, could you elaborate please?
1) Which dataset are y... - 08:16 AM Support #2041 (Resolved): w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waves
- In the cv_indresp dataset (COVID-19 survey), there are three variables (i_outcome, j_outcome, k_outcome) referring to...
01/25/2024
- 11:26 AM Support #2036: Understanding Society - weights
- Valentina,
Thank you for your question. Have a look in this paper, questions 14-16 should be helpful:
https://www... - 10:27 AM Support #2040 (Resolved): Survey Weights
- Hi
I am conducting an analysis an dam struggling to determine the best weights to use and was hoping you could gi...
01/24/2024
- 06:07 PM Support #2039: Household identifier in Understanding Society COVID-19 Survey Waves
- Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Hello,
>
> I am guessing you are referring to the va... - 04:46 PM Support #2039 (Feedback): Household identifier in Understanding Society COVID-19 Survey Waves
- Hello,
I am guessing you are referring to the values of these variables in the cw_indresp files. Indeed, in most c... - 10:07 AM Support #2039 (Resolved): Household identifier in Understanding Society COVID-19 Survey Waves
- I have a question about the use of the household identifiers (i_hidp, j_hidp, k_hidp) in the Understanding Society CO...
- 05:02 PM Support #2038 (Feedback): Merging family level and individual level data
- Hi Ted,
You can proceed in two steps:
1) linking the household level data to the individual level data for each... - 09:58 AM Support #2038 (Resolved): Merging family level and individual level data
- Hi,
I am looking to create a panel data set using the main survey from Understanding society. Most variables I nee... - 09:27 AM Support #2037 (Feedback): Weight variables for BHPS Youth Study
- Hello,
As per the BHPS User guide you should use the ypwght (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/wp-content/upl...
01/23/2024
- 11:15 AM Support #2037 (Resolved): Weight variables for BHPS Youth Study
- Good morning,
I have downloaded the SPSS data files for *SN 6614*-Understanding Society: Waves 1-13, 2009-2022 and H...
01/22/2024
- 12:50 PM Support #2036 (Feedback): Understanding Society - weights
- Good morning,
After reading the user guide and watch the short YouTube video, I am still confused on which are the... - 12:50 PM Support #2035 (Feedback): Inquiry on the Travel to work area special license data
- Hello,
Do you mean the postcode of each household, or do you mean a list of all postcodes within each TTWA? If the...
01/20/2024
- 09:22 AM Support #2035 (Resolved): Inquiry on the Travel to work area special license data
- Dear officer,
We wonder if data on postcodes of the travel to the work area are available.
Many thanks for you...
01/19/2024
- 05:24 PM Support #2033 (In Progress): Derived variable on income / earnings of each benefit unit
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 05:18 PM Support #2031 (Feedback): Cross-Sectional Weighting Questions.
- 05:11 PM Support #2032: hidp missing from hhresp but present in income, egoalt, indresp files
- Dear Piotr,
Thank you, that is a nice, easy explanation.
Best wishes,
Chris - 05:06 PM Support #2032 (Feedback): hidp missing from hhresp but present in income, egoalt, indresp files
- 05:06 PM Support #2032: hidp missing from hhresp but present in income, egoalt, indresp files
- Dear Chris,
This happens in households in which there were some individual interviews completed (thus there is a h...
01/18/2024
- 08:03 PM Support #2033 (Resolved): Derived variable on income / earnings of each benefit unit
- Hi,
I notice that Understanding Society has a useful derived variable which splits households by their benefit uni... - 01:46 PM Support #2031: Cross-Sectional Weighting Questions.
- Dear Ifraz,
Thank you for your question.
I am not sure what your first two questions relate to, but please note ... - 11:20 AM Support #2031 (Feedback): Cross-Sectional Weighting Questions.
- Hi, I'm currently working on a cross-sectional study across waves to examine the proportion of children who live in c...
- 01:10 PM Support #2032 (Resolved): hidp missing from hhresp but present in income, egoalt, indresp files
- Hi there,
I am taking values of _ficode_ from the *income* file, and want to attach them to the associated househ...
01/11/2024
- 12:41 PM Support #2027 (Feedback): jbft_dv variable
- Hello Yuliya,
It should be the same variable you mentioned. The Study introduces an improvement in the employment-...
01/10/2024
- 11:19 AM Support #2029 (Feedback): Missing wave 1 data for yphsc, yphsw, yphlf
- 11:17 AM Support #2029: Missing wave 1 data for yphsc, yphsw, yphlf
- Hello Imogen,
The information you are looking for is not displayed on the website. We will add it as soon as possibl... - 08:44 AM Support #2029 (Resolved): Missing wave 1 data for yphsc, yphsw, yphlf
- Good morning,
Hope you are well!
For the variables yphsc, yphsw and yphlf, data for Wave 1 is missing on the on... - 09:24 AM Support #2027 (In Progress): jbft_dv variable
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
01/09/2024
- 10:27 AM Support #2026: expenditure in UKHLS
- Hi Roberto,
Thanks very much for this information. Much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Jane. - 10:10 AM Support #2026: expenditure in UKHLS
- Hello Jane,
Unfortunately, the UKHLS doesn’t have this type of questions. In addition to what you mentioned, ther...
01/08/2024
- 06:37 PM Support #2027 (Resolved): jbft_dv variable
- Dear Team Member,
There is a derived variable 'jbft_dv' to identify full or part-time employment. In the last 13th... - 04:45 PM Support #1836: 2021 calendar data
- Hello Matthias
We just want to let you know the release of the Calendar Year Dataset, 2021, as follows:
*SN 919... - 04:22 PM Support #2026: expenditure in UKHLS
- Dear Roberto,
thank you for this information. I see there are questions relating to food, alcohol and energy in th... - 03:53 PM Support #2026 (Feedback): expenditure in UKHLS
- Hello Jane,
Understanding Society asks questions about income and expenditure at the individual and household level,... - 02:02 PM Support #2026 (Resolved): expenditure in UKHLS
- Hi,
I am new to Understanding Society/UKHLS but have used the Australian HILDA dataset, which is very similar. I gat... - 03:56 PM Support #2025 (Feedback): expenditure in UKHLS
- Hello Jane,
The response is provided on Issue #2026
Best wishes,
Roberto Cavazos
Understanding Society User Su... - 01:58 PM Support #2025 (Resolved): expenditure in UKHLS
- Hi,
I am new to Understanding Society/UKHLS but have used the Australian HILDA dataset, which is very similar. I gat... - 11:23 AM Support #2024: Death/dead in waves: dcsedfl_dv (Respondent reported as deceased) + dcsedw_dv (Wave respondent deceased) and value labels for waves
- Hello Alexander
The data team is aware of this issue and will initiate the correction process.
Thank you for hi...
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