Understanding Society User Support

05/05/2025

06:03 PM Support #2249 (Feedback): Code Creator for BHPS data files

Hi,
I am trying to use the BHPS and UKHLS data files to observe individuals across childhood and into adulthood. I... serena grover

05/04/2025

01:31 PM Support #2248: Some queries r.e. issues with SOC 2000 and 2010 variables

Hi Roberto,
Thanks. Super helpful. I've now appraised myself more of this, reading your reply and also the revisio... Thomas Stephens

12:19 PM Support #2247: Discontinuation of j2hrs and j2has from Wave 13-onwards

Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Hello Tom
>
> From Wave 13, the questionnaire design... Thomas Stephens

05/01/2025

10:16 PM Support #2248 (Feedback): Some queries r.e. issues with SOC 2000 and 2010 variables

Hello Tom,
1. Yes, the issue affecting jbsoc is the same for jbsic07. We observed a significantly higher rate of ... Understanding Society User Support Team

04/30/2025

11:24 PM Support #2248 (In Progress): Some queries r.e. issues with SOC 2000 and 2010 variables

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

10:48 PM Support #2247 (Feedback): Discontinuation of j2hrs and j2has from Wave 13-onwards

Hello Tom
From Wave 13, the questionnaire design allows up to multiple jobs to be reported and the “Second jobs” m... Understanding Society User Support Team

10:37 PM Support #2245 (Feedback): Women diagnosed with breast cancer since previous wave in wave 10

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04/29/2025

02:57 PM Support #2248 (Feedback): Some queries r.e. issues with SOC 2000 and 2010 variables

Good afternoon,
I'm currently updating some analysis for Waves 13-14 and I noticed that from your variable guide t... Thomas Stephens

02:32 PM Support #2247 (Feedback): Discontinuation of j2hrs and j2has from Wave 13-onwards

Good afternoon,
I noticed that hours worked in second job (j2hrs) and whether has a second job (j2has) have been d... Thomas Stephens

04/28/2025

11:42 AM Support #2245: Women diagnosed with breast cancer since previous wave in wave 10

Hello,
You're correct that CANCERTYPN_3 (breast cancer) is available from Wave 10 onwards, but cancer data was col... Understanding Society User Support Team

04/25/2025

05:45 PM Support #2245: Women diagnosed with breast cancer since previous wave in 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... Understanding Society User Support Team

05:45 PM Support #2246: Mental health - other diagnosis

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

04/24/2025

03:28 PM Support #2246 (Feedback): Mental health - other diagnosis

Good afternoon,
I am a researcher with an interest in mental health variables, and I was wondering whether, in the... Emanuele Fino

04/23/2025

04:51 PM Support #2245 (Feedback): Women diagnosed with breast cancer since previous wave in wave 10

For my research I am looking into the relation between socio-economic status and breast cancer. Therefore, I want to ... Jella-Rike Spijkervet

03:53 PM Support #2241 (Feedback): Link COVID-19 Youth postal survey waves (4, 6, 8) to COVID-19 Adult surveys

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01:52 PM Support #2243 (Feedback): Groups and organisations module

Hello,
I don't think there was any further explanation of what these terms meant. You can also double-check the PD... Understanding Society User Support Team

01:43 PM Support #2242 (Feedback): Observations for gender egalitarian values

Dear Luis,
Sorry to disappoint, but I'm unaware of any such work.
Best wishes,
Piotr Marzec
UKHLS User Support Understanding Society User Support Team

01:30 PM Support #2244 (Feedback): jbnssec5_dv

Dear Evie,
Perhaps this is about how employment is defined. jbnssec is based on jbsoc, so the universe of the latt... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:54 AM Support #2244 (Feedback): jbnssec5_dv

Hi there,
I am working on waves 1, 3, and 5 of Understanding Society. I want to use the wave 1 "jbnssec5_dv" vari... Evie Gates

04/22/2025

02:59 PM Support #2243 (Feedback): Groups and organisations module

Within this module participants are asked if they are part of and active in a list of organisations. Are the intervie... Mia Alexander

04/21/2025

06:25 PM Support #2242 (Feedback): Observations for gender egalitarian values

Dear colleagues,
As far as I know, the information on gender egalitarian values is only available for the waves 2,... Luis Ortiz

10:02 AM Support #2241: Link COVID-19 Youth postal survey waves (4, 6, 8) to COVID-19 Adult surveys

Hi Piotr,
That's really helpful. Thank-you.
Best wishes,
James James Laurence

04/20/2025

03:20 PM Support #2237: Investigating fihhmngrs_dv - Gross monthly household income

Hi Piotr,
Thank you for such a detailed response - I have since looked through Stephen's work and it's given me mo... William Pilcher

04/17/2025

06:48 PM Support #2241: Link COVID-19 Youth postal survey waves (4, 6, 8) to COVID-19 Adult surveys

Hi James,
The way you retrieved the responsible adults' identifiers for the children in the youth file is correct.... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:51 AM Support #2241 (Feedback): Link COVID-19 Youth postal survey waves (4, 6, 8) to COVID-19 Adult surveys

Hi there,
I hope this message finds you well. I am trying to link respondents in the COVID-19 Youth postal surveys... James Laurence

11:15 AM Support #2240: Enquiry for a variable and year dataset 2020-2022

Hi,
I'm afraid sexuor is not included in the Calendar Year dataset for 2022. The dataset includes all data collect... Understanding Society User Support Team

04/16/2025

09:26 PM Support #2240 (New): Enquiry for a variable and year dataset 2020-2022

Hi, I am wondering if there is sexual orientation variable in the year dataset 2020-2022? And if the year dataset 202... Yuanfei Liu

04/15/2025

03:49 PM Support #2237: Investigating fihhmngrs_dv - Gross monthly household income

Hi Will,
I’ve discussed this with our income expert, and that’s the guidance they provided: 'UKHLS only ask about... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:32 AM Support #2237: Investigating fihhmngrs_dv - Gross monthly household income

Hi Alita,
Thank you for that update and for clarifying 1 and 3 - I still have a question regarding the middle poin... William Pilcher

04/14/2025

11:12 AM Support #2238 (Feedback): Missing variable in Calendar Year Dataset, 2020

Hello,
Please see the user guide for the calendar year data, especially Section 2.2: "As the Calendar Year dataset... Understanding Society User Support Team

11:02 AM Support #2227 (Resolved): Help needed with individual variable weighting

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10:59 AM Support #2237 (Feedback): Investigating fihhmngrs_dv - Gross monthly household income

Hello,
1. About the negative values for gross household income, fihhmngrs_dv - that is because of losses reported ... Understanding Society User Support Team

04/10/2025

05:55 PM Support #2238 (Feedback): Missing variable in Calendar Year Dataset, 2020

I found that some variables in the study questionnaire document but not in the dataset file. For example the environm... Yuanfei Liu

04:57 PM Support #2237 (Feedback): Investigating fihhmngrs_dv - Gross monthly household income

Good afternoon,
I've looked through the variable details and perhaps I've missed the information, but I have a few... William Pilcher

04:51 PM Support #2227: Help needed with individual variable weighting

Hi Olena,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you - that makes a lot of sense, thank you for the thorough expan... William Pilcher

04:07 PM Support #2236: Problems with partner's information

Many thanks for your swift attention to our query, Alita...¡
Your answer is reassuring. The explanation provided f... Luis Ortiz

09:46 AM Support #2236 (Feedback): Problems with partner's information

Hello Luis,
I have attempted to replicate this exercise (Stata syntax attached) for Wave 2. I too am getting highe... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:48 AM Support #2236 (Feedback): Problems with partner's information

Dear colleagues,
[I have previously posted this query as an extension (modification) of a previous one that was so... Luis Ortiz

11:40 AM Support #2235 (Resolved): Data access following Brexit

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10:05 AM Support #2231 (Resolved): Partner's information (indresp or indall)

Hi Luis,
As this is continuing separately as Issue 2236, I setting this to resolved.
Best wishes,
Alita Understanding Society User Support Team

10:03 AM Support #2232 (Resolved): Respondents own property before they were born

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09:37 AM Support #2232: Respondents own property before they were born

Very helpful, and many thanks. I forgot the possibility of second owner.
Shuqi SHUQI LYU

04/09/2025

05:09 PM Support #2231: Partner's information (indresp or indall)

Luis Ortiz wrote in #note-4:
> Dear Piotr (and colleagues),
>
> I greatly appreciate your support in my previous ... Luis Ortiz

05:06 PM Support #2231: Partner's information (indresp or indall)

Dear Piotr (and colleagues),
I greatly appreciate your support in my previous query.
As I said then, I'm intere... Luis Ortiz

04/08/2025

03:32 PM Support #2235: Data access following Brexit

Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-3:
> We are not aware of any pending changes that will impac... Elias Hofmann

02:14 PM Support #2235: Data access following Brexit

We are not aware of any pending changes that will impact your access.
All the best. Understanding Society User Support Team

12:11 PM Support #2235: Data access following Brexit

Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
> Hello,
>
> What type of Understanding Society data a... Elias Hofmann

11:22 AM Support #2235 (Feedback): Data access following Brexit

Hello,
What type of Understanding Society data are you interested in accessing - End User License, Special License... Understanding Society User Support Team

08:48 AM Support #2235 (Resolved): Data access following Brexit

Dear UKHLS team,
As a prospective UKHLS user at an EU institution, I was wondering whether I can expect that there w... Elias Hofmann

11:56 AM Support #2215 (Feedback): PSU, Strata

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11:55 AM Support #1289 (Resolved): What are the values 7 through 12 in the jbnssec3_dv variable

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11:55 AM Support #1289 (New): What are the values 7 through 12 in the jbnssec3_dv variable

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11:55 AM Support #2191 (Resolved): First job & occupation

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11:52 AM Support #2088 (Resolved): Weights for longitudinal analysis with USOC and COVID-19 survey combined

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11:51 AM Support #2117 (Resolved): Household members in COVID-19 collection

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11:51 AM Support #2117 (New): Household members in COVID-19 collection

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11:50 AM Support #2171 (Resolved): Partnership history variable mismatches between partners

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11:50 AM Support #2176 (Resolved): USOC Wave 16 - Enquiry re: questions on employment rights

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11:49 AM Support #2189 (Resolved): Negative values for fimngrs_dv

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11:49 AM Support #2193 (Resolved): Paygu_dv: difference between EUL and special licence data

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11:49 AM Support #2197 (Resolved): Query on the possibility of using the 2023 calendar year (from UKHLS wave 14 data) in some trend analysis

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11:48 AM Support #2203 (Resolved): Transitions from households to institutions

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11:48 AM Support #2208 (Resolved): Child passed away during study period

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11:47 AM Support #2209 (Resolved): COVID-19 data collection attrition

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11:47 AM Support #2226 (Resolved): svb Savings Variables in Wave 13

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11:47 AM Support #2211 (Resolved): Using wave 14 Harmonized UKHLS file with Marital and Cohabitation Histories, 1991-2022 file

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11:46 AM Support #2213 (Resolved): Routing of variables lprnt, lnprnt, ladopt, lnadopt

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11:46 AM Support #2222 (Resolved): Merging main survey waves with COVID waves

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11:46 AM Support #2223 (Resolved): Questions of variable lvreladp1 and lvrel1

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11:45 AM Support #2224 (Resolved): SF12 coding

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11:45 AM Support #2233 (Feedback): Blood Biomarker Survey Weights

Hello Rosie,
Which version are you using? I have checked the latest released version and that just has the variabl... Understanding Society User Support Team