Understanding Society User Support

02/06/2024

04:30 PM Support #2047 (Feedback): Council Tax

Hello Elaine,
“w_ficountax_dv” is designated as a special licence variable and can be located within the study "SN... Understanding Society User Support Team

03:00 PM Support #2047 (Resolved): Council Tax

Where can I find the amount of council tax paid by a household?
The variable look up suggests I need ficountax_dv an... Elaine Robinson

04:15 PM Support #2045 (Feedback): Winter Fuel Payments

Hello Elaine,
We categorized benefits as a source of income. The benefits we’ve collected are listed in the income... Understanding Society User Support Team

07:45 AM Support #2041: w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waves

Hello Laura,
Here is the feedback from our Survey team.
1. Yes, if they start the interview but stop before a point ... Understanding Society User Support Team

07:41 AM Support #2046 (Feedback): Unable to locate org variable used in the past

Hello Mel,
The variable you mentioned, along with others related to the module groups and organisations, are curre... Understanding Society User Support Team

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 ... Laura L

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Mel Cairns

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Elaine Robinson

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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 ... Margherita Negri

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 ... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Michael Mahony

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... Olena Kaminska

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Lisa Waddell

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/26/2024

08:28 PM Support #2040 (Feedback): Survey Weights

Understanding Society User Support Team

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:
... Olena Kaminska

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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 ... Laura L

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Laura L

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... Olena Kaminska

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... Martha Tindall

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... Laura L

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Laura L

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Ted Porter

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Imogen Cartwright

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... Valentina Di Iasio

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Xinyu Tao

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:18 PM Support #2031 (Feedback): Cross-Sectional Weighting Questions.

Understanding Society User Support Team

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 Chris Grollman

05:06 PM Support #2032 (Feedback): hidp missing from hhresp but present in income, egoalt, indresp files

Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Thomas Stephens

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 ... Olena Kaminska

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... Ifraz Hussain

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... Chris Grollman

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-... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/10/2024

11:19 AM Support #2029 (Feedback): Missing wave 1 data for yphsc, yphsw, yphlf

Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Imogen Cartwright

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

01/09/2024

10:27 AM Support #2026: expenditure in UKHLS

Hi Roberto,
Thanks very much for this information. Much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Jane. Jane Fry

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Yuliya Tavares

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Jane Fry

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,... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Jane Fry

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... Understanding Society User Support Team

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... Jane Fry

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... Understanding Society User Support Team