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From 11/14/2024 to 12/13/2024

12/13/2024

08:52 PM Support #2187 (Feedback): W14 - How to best determine tenure (length of employment) in current job
Hello Andrei,
Several efforts have been made to identify employment spells. I recommend reviewing the work by Liam...
Understanding Society User Support Team
04:06 PM Support #2187: W14 - How to best determine tenure (length of employment) in current job
Just to follow up, the reason why the date of completion of the *Jbbgdat* question(s) is important is because I am in... Andrei Savitski
04:02 PM Support #2187 (Feedback): W14 - How to best determine tenure (length of employment) in current job
Good afternoon,
I am currently looking at W14 data and am interested in creating a dummy variable for whether a re...
Andrei Savitski
08:09 PM Support #2184: Wave 16 biological data
Hello Eleanor,
The analyte list remains unchanged, and unfortunately, the GlycA biomarker is not included in the ...
Understanding Society User Support Team

12/12/2024

09:13 PM Support #2184: Wave 16 biological data
Thank you. Yes, I have seen this document from 2022. My question was whether there had been a more recent update on... Eleanor Winpenny
12:36 PM Support #2184 (Feedback): Wave 16 biological data
Hello Eleanor,
Wave 16 will not include any younger participants (under 16).
We have outlined the collection fo...
Understanding Society User Support Team
09:19 AM Support #2184 (In Progress): Wave 16 biological 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
05:55 PM Support #2186 (Feedback): Finding a right variable in the dataset
Hello Ameer,
You may want to review the variables ch1by_dv (First Biological Child's Birth Year) and ch1bm_dv (Fir...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:18 PM Support #2186 (Feedback): Finding a right variable in the dataset
Hello Dear Admin,
My name is Ameer Khaleel, and I am a PhD student in Economics at Newcastle University. I am cond...
ameer mahmood Khaleel
05:20 PM Support #2185 (Feedback): Data availability for the variable of distmov_dv (UKHLS wave 01 and 02)
Hello Xiuxiang,
This variable was introduced starting from Wave 3 and captures the distance moved between Wave 2 a...
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:59 PM Support #2185 (Feedback): Data availability for the variable of distmov_dv (UKHLS wave 01 and 02)
Dear Sir or Madam,
I'm writing to ask questions regarding the variable of distmov_dv. This variable is missing for...
Xiuxiang Pan
09:53 AM Support #2183 (Feedback): Questions About OSM_HH and BMI Data in Youth Dataset

Hello Ömer,
The osm_hh variable is the origin household identifier, which links sample members to the household ...
Understanding Society User Support Team
09:13 AM Support #2164: Merging w_hhresp and w_indresp vars as a function of PNO
Hello Emma,
The questions from the "local neighbourhood" module (nbrcoh1 to nbrcoh4, nbrcoh_dv, and nbrcohdk_dv) h...
Understanding Society User Support Team

12/10/2024

06:17 PM Support #2184 (Feedback): Wave 16 biological data
Hi,
I was looking for more details on the wave 16 biomarker data. I have seen the paper published in March 2023 o...
Eleanor Winpenny
01:14 PM Support #2183 (Feedback): Questions About OSM_HH and BMI Data in Youth Dataset
Dear Understanding Society Support Team,
I have two questions related to the dataset that I would greatly apprecia...
Omer Sarigul
10:15 AM Support #2088: Weights for longitudinal analysis with USOC and COVID-19 survey combined
Great thank you for this quick reply, super helpful!
Michael
Michael Francis

12/09/2024

02:38 PM Support #2088: Weights for longitudinal analysis with USOC and COVID-19 survey combined
Michael,
Thank you. Yes, you still need to create a tailored weight, because even though you are using an event in...
Olena Kaminska

12/06/2024

05:24 PM Support #2088 (Feedback): Weights for longitudinal analysis with USOC and COVID-19 survey combined
Understanding Society User Support Team
04:32 PM Support #2088: Weights for longitudinal analysis with USOC and COVID-19 survey combined
Hi Olga,
I just had another question regarding this, I hope that's ok!
So, my research combines the MainStage...
Michael Francis

12/05/2024

10:59 AM Support #2164: Merging w_hhresp and w_indresp vars as a function of PNO
Hello,
Is there any documentation about the decision making about which questions to include in the household vs. ...
Emma Bridger

12/04/2024

12:46 PM Support #2076: Issues with xx_hadcvvac variables in COVID-19 data collection
Hello Laura,
Apologies for the delay, the Covid-19 team replied the following:
This might be because the routi...
Understanding Society User Support Team

12/02/2024

08:59 PM Support #2182 (Feedback): How are weights claculated
Understanding Society User Support Team

11/28/2024

03:47 PM Support #2182: How are weights claculated
Hi Matthias,
I would recommend checking the following documents online:
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/...
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:49 PM Support #2182 (Feedback): How are weights claculated
Hello, i have been asked to provide information on the model used to calculate the cross-sectional weighs for the you... Matthias Pierce

11/26/2024

01:04 PM Support #2179: Full interview but inapplicable answer in COVID-19 data
Dear Laura,
You're welcome.
Best wishes,
Piotr
UKHLS User Support
Understanding Society User Support Team

11/25/2024

04:35 PM Support #2179: Full interview but inapplicable answer in COVID-19 data
Dear Piotr,
Thank you very much for the clarification.
Best regards,
Laura
Laura L

11/22/2024

12:29 PM Support #2180 (Feedback): Relationship to the reference person
Hi Oscar,
gr2r
I’m not sure this is the best variable, especially if the person of reference isn’t the mother. Th...
Understanding Society User Support Team

11/20/2024

03:47 PM Support #2176: USOC Wave 16 - Enquiry re: questions on employment rights
Hi Piotr,
Thanks for getting back to me - I'll have another look at the W16 questionnaire.
Best wishes,
Andrei
Andrei Savitski
03:30 PM Support #2176: USOC Wave 16 - Enquiry re: questions on employment rights
Hi Andrei,
I’ve asked around, and I don’t believe we asked any questions that directly correspond to what you’re l...
Understanding Society User Support Team
03:33 PM Support #2088 (Resolved): Weights for longitudinal analysis with USOC and COVID-19 survey combined
Understanding Society User Support Team
03:22 PM Support #2179 (Feedback): Full interview but inapplicable answer in COVID-19 data
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:44 PM Support #2179: Full interview but inapplicable answer in COVID-19 data
Hi Laura,
The data for those 12 respondents is missing and cannot be retrieved, which I assume is due to a technic...
Understanding Society User Support Team
02:04 PM Support #2181 (Feedback): Longitudinal weights , merging in wave files then cross wave
Dear Rehana,
You can check the code included in exercise 6 of our Moodle Introduction to Understanding Society cou...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:12 PM Support #2082: "Type of job" variables and how they relate to each other
Here are some further thoughts.
The Covid-19 variables cg_occtenyr and cg_occtenmnth might be helpful, as they pro...
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:50 PM Support #2082: "Type of job" variables and how they relate to each other
Hi Laura,
As of now, the full jbsoc10 variable is not available in the mainstage release of Understanding Society....
Understanding Society User Support Team

11/19/2024

09:46 PM Support #2181 (Feedback): Longitudinal weights , merging in wave files then cross wave
Hello,
I was wondering if some R sample code may be available for longitudinal weighting. I am merging variables fro...
Rehana Meeajan
08:50 PM Support #2180: Relationship to the reference person

Dear sir, madam
My apologies, but I have one extra question (which may solve the problem immediately!).
If th...
Oscar Frison
08:34 PM Support #2180 (Feedback): Relationship to the reference person
Dear sir, madam
In BHPS (indall & indresp file), the variable 'hgr2r' indicates the individual's relationship to t...
Oscar Frison
03:26 PM Support #2082: "Type of job" variables and how they relate to each other
Dear Piotr,
I just text you again to check if there is any news about the release of the occupation variables, or...
Laura L
03:25 PM Support #2076: Issues with xx_hadcvvac variables in COVID-19 data collection
Dear Roberto,
Is there any update on this issue? How should I interpret these potential inconsistencies in routin...
Laura L
03:05 PM Support #2179 (Feedback): Full interview but inapplicable answer in COVID-19 data
Good afternoon,
I am using the COVID-19 datasets, specifically wave 7 cg_indresp_w file, and I have a doubt. In t...
Laura L

11/15/2024

06:18 PM Support #2176: USOC Wave 16 - Enquiry re: questions on employment rights
Hi Piotr,
Many thanks for your response. I had a look, but these questions deal more with flexible working and hyp...
Andrei Savitski
01:04 PM Support #2083 (Resolved): Creating a tailored longitudinal weight for unbalanced panel data
Understanding Society User Support Team

11/14/2024

01:23 PM Support #2164: Merging w_hhresp and w_indresp vars as a function of PNO
Hi Emma,
1) Yes.
2) Yes, you're correct about the universe for the matdep questions – these are not asked of hous...
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:05 PM Support #2176 (Feedback): USOC Wave 16 - Enquiry re: questions on employment rights
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:05 PM Support #2176: USOC Wave 16 - Enquiry re: questions on employment rights
Dear Andrei,
Could it be the flexible working experiment (see FSVIGNAME1 and the related questions in the IP16: h...
Understanding Society User Support Team
12:44 PM Support #2177 (Feedback): school leaving age vs. further education leaving age
Hello,
'w_scend' ('w_' is a wave prefix) - this is the age provided in response to the question 'school' ('How old...
Understanding Society User Support Team
 

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