Understanding Society User Support: Issueshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/support/favicon.ico?15995719382024-02-08T16:56:41ZUnderstanding Society User Support
Redmine Support #2051 (Resolved): Local Authority variable name in Special Licence dataset (SN 6666)https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20512024-02-08T16:56:41ZHannah Chappell
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am struggling to find the variable name for Local Authority indicators in the Special Licence Access version SS 6666. I need this information in order to complete my application for access.</p>
<p>Can someone please tell me what the naming convention for this variable is?</p> Support #2035 (Resolved): Inquiry on the Travel to work area special license datahttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20352024-01-20T09:22:28ZXinyu Tao
<p>Dear officer,</p>
<p>We wonder if data on postcodes of the travel to the work area are available.</p>
<p>Many thanks for your time and help.</p>
<p>Best regards,<br />Karen</p> Support #1958 (Resolved): Inquire about using 2011 Lower Super Output Areas data create Townsend ...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/19582023-08-16T13:42:27ZWen Wangww22315@essex.ac.uk
<p>Dear Sir/Madam,</p>
<p>Hope you are doing well.</p>
<p>My name is Wen Wang, a first year PhD student at ISER of University of Essex. I am writing to inquire about which dataset I should apply to create Index of Multiple Deprivation, Townsend Score and Carstairs Index on Wave 1 of Understanding Society. I plan to see the association between multiple organ systems ageing measurements with area deprivation indexes using Understanding Society. And I should use 2011 Lower Super Output Areas data to ceate these 3 area deprivation indexes for both England, Scotland Wales, and Northern Ireland people. I find we have dataset SN 7248 named "Understanding Society: Waves 1-12, 2009-2021: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Areas", SN 7533 "Understanding Society: Waves 1-2, 2009-2011: Special Licence Access, Geographical Accessibility", and SN 6676 "Understanding Society: Waves 1-12, 2009-2021 and Harmonised BHPS: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009: Secure Access". I know SN 7248 have IMD on onwards Wave 12, but am not sure for IMD, Townsend Score and Carstairs Index on Wave 1 which dataset I should apply for. Thanks so much for your help!</p>
<p>Many thanks,<br />Wen</p> Support #1878 (Resolved): Census 2011 Output Area Classification Linked Datasethttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/18782023-03-21T08:52:56ZLina Böttcher
<p>I am planning on requesting the OAC2011 Special License Access to study neighbourhood classification and health.</p>
<p>Since the OAC2011 exists on different geographical levels (local authority district, lower layer super output area, output area), I was hoping on clarification which geographical level is included in the data set under special license?</p>
<p>In the File Abstract on UK Data Service it says: "These are the classifications for Output Areas and not the Output Area codes themselves. The lowest level of geography available under Special Licence is Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA)." Does that mean that Output Area Classifications on LSOA level are included?</p>
<p>Thank you for your help</p> Support #1877 (Resolved): Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Output Area Classificationhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/18772023-03-17T11:38:06ZLina Böttcher
<p>I am planning on requesting the OAC2011 Special License Access to study neighbourhood classification and health.</p>
<p>Since the OAC2011 exists on different geographical levels (local authority district, lower layer super output area, output area), I was hoping on clarification which geographical level is included in the data set under special license?</p>
<p>In the File Abstract on UK Data Service it says: "These are the classifications for Output Areas and not the Output Area codes themselves. The lowest level of geography available under Special Licence is Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA)." Does that mean that Output Area Classifications on LSOA level are included?</p>
<p>Thank you for your help</p> Support #1875 (Resolved): jbscoc00https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/18752023-03-12T15:53:22ZFergus McCormack
<p>Hi. I would like to use the variable "jbsoc00" for my research. In the dataset documentation, it says that I need Special License Access to apply for this data. I would like to apply for this access, but when I look through the datasets available on the UK Data Service, I am unable to find a dataset which has what I'm looking for.</p>
<p>Could you help direct me as to how I can get access to this data? This variable is in the "indresp" file.</p> Support #1803 (Resolved): Accessing multiple Special Licence geographic data linkage fileshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/18032022-11-11T10:58:56ZAlbert Wardalbert.ward@politics.ox.ac.uk
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm currently applying for Special Licence access to Understanding Society. I'm interested in using some of the geographical data linkage files, listed here: <a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/linked-data/geographical-identifiers#:~:text=Understanding%20Society%20can%20be%20linked,as%20indicated%20by%20the%20filenames">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/linked-data/geographical-identifiers#:~:text=Understanding%20Society%20can%20be%20linked,as%20indicated%20by%20the%20filenames</a>, specifically 2011 LSOAs and the 2011 Rural / Urban identifiers.</p>
<p>Would you be able to say whether you would accept an application to link both of these files at the same time? To me, the risk of disclosure is quite low, since there are only 8 very general levels to the urban / rural identifiers, which do not identify specific settlements, only rough classifications. These are themselves only a disaggregation of the 2-level rural / urban identifier already available in the base dataset.</p>
<p>Many thanks,<br />Albert</p> Support #1725 (Resolved): Variable for region of work?https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/17252022-07-13T10:57:10ZLucy Manly
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I have found a variable for the region where the respondent lives (gor_dv). Is there a similar variable for the region where the respondent works?</p>
<p>Furthermore, if I received access to the Understanding Society data in the SRS, would I be able to access region of residence and potentially region of work at the local authority level?</p>
<p>Many thanks,<br />Lucy</p> Support #1718 (Resolved): Sexuor Accesshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/17182022-06-16T14:19:37ZEvie Tabor
<p>To whom it may concern, <br />I have noticed that the sexuor variable has been moved to special licence access via the UK Data Service. I work extensively with this variable and was surprised to see the change.<br />I was wondering when this change was made and why?<br />Many thanks,<br />Evie</p> Support #1682 (Resolved): How to get access to postcodes?https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/16822022-04-13T15:18:57ZBenjamin Laidlaw
<p>I'm a postgrad student at LSE and I am wanting to use the understanding society study for my dissertation which has the current working title: "How do differences regarding the lived experience of the UK's rising inequality effect political outcomes?" For this question I would need to know the location of where respondents reside to compare between different parts of the UK. However, within the data I have downloaded it just shows wether respondents have provided postcodes/addresses and I was wondering how I could gain access to these?</p>
<p>Conversely if there are broader variables in the survey like county or something such as this, then this will be equally as fine however I cannot see any such data.</p>
<p>Many thanks!</p> Support #1630 (Resolved): Date of birth datahttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/16302022-01-13T16:34:33ZISHA GUPTA
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am exploring the Understanding Society Survey and I need data on the date of birth (date, month and year) of all the children born to a mother. <br />According to the US documentation, there should a variable called "birthm" in the following data files of all the rounds- child, xwaveid, xwavedat, indall, indresp, xwaveid_bh.<br />But In the data files there is no such variable. <br />Please help.</p> Support #1603 (Resolved): pasoc00_cc does not permit international comparisons bc ambigious corre...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/16032021-11-01T11:42:28ZDaniel Graeber
<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>I am trying to harmonize parents' occupational position (e.g., pasoc00) across household panels. However, the condensed version (pasoc00_cc) does not permit an unambigous translation of the SOC 2000 to the ISCO 1988. I understand I need a special license for this. However, is there a way to get the data on a more aggregated level which gurantees the anonomity of the respondents (e.g. one or two digit level)? This would be a nice addition for future data deliveries as well I believe.</p>
<p>Thank you very much.</p>
<p>Best</p>
<p>Daniel</p> Support #1445 (Resolved): Geographic disaggregations availablehttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/14452020-11-19T15:04:27ZEvelyn Jager
<p>Good afternoon,</p>
<p>I am hoping to get a better understanding of what sociodemographic and health variables can be accessed at MSOA, LSOA or Ward level. Could you please advise?</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br />Evelyn</p> Support #1368 (Resolved): Unmatched households when merging hhresp with lsoa datahttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/13682020-06-23T16:01:07ZNatalie Bennett
<p>Hi I am trying to distribute LSOA identifiers to household level data using wave 3. I have an issue when I merge the c_hhresp file with the c_lsoa11_protect file using the below stata code:</p>
<p>use c_hhresp.dta, clear <br />merge m:1 c_hidp using c_lsoa11_protect.dta</p>
<p>When performing this command I find 7 households from the hhresp file which are not found in the LSOA file, and 6,507 households from the LSOA file not found in the hhresp file.</p>
<p>I haven't been able to identify a reason from looking at the data as to why these data are only found in one file, rather than both. I was wondering if you could confirm if the above merge is correct and if so, what the reason is for these data which cannot be matched?</p>
<p>Many thanks</p>
<p>Natalie</p> Support #1328 (Resolved): jbsoc10 jbsic07https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/13282020-04-01T08:29:37ZChloe Lloyd
<p>I want to use jbsoc10 and jbsic07 on the indresp file from wave 3-wave 9 for some analysis that i'm doing. However, the data sets that I have downloaded from the UKDA do not have these variables despite the Understanding Society website saying that these variables appear on every wave. There is only the 3 digit condensed version of these variables available (jbsoc10_cc and jbsic07_cc). Please can you help with how I can obtain the 4 digit versions on the understanding society indresp datasets?</p>