Understanding Society User Support: Issueshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/support/favicon.ico?15995719382024-03-04T16:25:06ZUnderstanding Society User Support
Redmine Support #2066 (Resolved): Code creator E-Mailhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20662024-03-04T16:25:06ZLeo Haentjes
<p>Hello, after multiple tries and hours of waiting time I still do not get an e-mail containing my code when I try to use the code creator. I would be very thankful if you could look into it and help me solve the problem.<br />Best regards</p> Support #2060 (Resolved): Design weights taken account of in enumeration weights?https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20602024-02-27T13:21:37ZRosie Cornish
<p>I think the answer to this is yes, but can you confirm that the household enumeration weights (e.g. a_hhdenus_xw) take account of the design weights - i.e. they are the product of the design weight and a household response weight?</p> Support #2058 (Resolved): Using longitudinal weights when combining Covid-19 waves and mainstage ...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20582024-02-22T16:48:24ZJames Laurence
<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I was just hoping to get some more advice regarding correctly weighting my analysis combining the mainstage and Covid-19 waves of the UKHLS. You kindly helped with a previous weighting issue I had for treating the data as repeated cross-sections. However, I am also hoping to conduct some fixed effects panel data analysis of the combined mainstage and Covid-19 waves (web survey only).</p>
<p>As a basic set-up, I am combining wave 9 of the UKHLS mainstage survey (the last mainstage survey that doesn’t cover the pandemic) with waves 1 to 9 of the COVID-19 survey. The data are in long format. As I would like to do some fixed effects longitudinal analysis, I believe I need to use the longitudinal weights. From my reading, I need to choose the longitudinal weight from the last wave of the survey I will be using – in this case wave 9 of the Covid-19 survey: ci_betaindin_lw</p>
<p>Applying this weight [ci_betaindin_lw] will give me a balanced panel, restricting the sample to everyone who participated in all 9-waves of the Covid-19 survey. However, I would also like to analyse wave 9 of the mainstage survey as part of a longitudinal, fixed effects analysis covering mainstage wave 9 and Covid survey waves 1-9. Is this possible? If so, is one approach to feed back the ci_betaindin_lw weight so that the people who were in wave 9 of the mainstage survey who were also present in all 9-waves of the Covid-19 survey have the weight value of ci_betaindin_lw? Therefore, the ci_betaindin_lw weight would cover the mainstage wave 9 sample and the Covid-19 sample.</p>
<p>In case it’s not clear, to make-up an example of the data in long-format, which contains wave 9 of the mainstage survey and waves 1-9 of the Covid survey. Pidp no. 111111 was present in wave 9 of the mainstage sirvey and all 9 waves of the Covid survey and had a value of 1.5 for their longitudinal weight at wave 9 of the covid survey (ci_betaindin_lw). So, my data would just look like this:</p>
<p><strong>[PIDP]</strong> <strong>[WAVE] [Value of ci_betaindin_lw]</strong><br />111111 Mainstage wave 9 <em>Missing Value</em><br />111111 COVID wave 1 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 2 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 3 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 4 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 5 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 6 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 7 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 8 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 9 1.5</p>
<p>Is just feeding back the value of ci_betaindin_lw (1.5) what I need to do? So, it would now look like:</p>
<p><strong>[PIDP]</strong> <strong>[WAVE] [Value of ci_betaindin_lw]</strong><br />111111 Mainstage wave 9 <strong>1.5</strong><br />111111 COVID wave 1 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 2 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 3 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 4 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 5 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 6 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 7 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 8 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 9 1.5</p>
<p>If so, could this method apply if I wanted to include more mainstage waves of data? So, if I wanted to include waves 6, 7, 8 and wave 9 of the mainstage survey alongside waves 1-9 of the Covid survey - would I just feed back an individuals' weight value for ci_betaindin_lw back so the individual have that weight value for mainstage waves, 6, 7, 8 and 9?</p>
<p>I may be completely misunderstanding how to use the longitudinal weights, or have missed something crucial meaning you can't applying the Covid longitudinal weights to the pre-Covid survey mainstage waves. If so, apologies in advance and any advice would be hugely appreciated.</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>James</p> Support #2052 (Resolved): Vote Choice: display all partieshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20522024-02-09T15:52:16ZTarek Jaziri-Arjona
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>In the questions regarding voting behaviour. Is it possible to get the all the vote choices of the respondents? Concretely, is it possible to get all the possible parties that people named when answering those questions?</p> 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 #2050 (Resolved): Linking BHPS and US Dataset for special license data (6931)https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20502024-02-07T22:00:17ZMax Bradley
<p>I am attempting to merge individual files from harmonised bhps and ukhls into long format. The datasets I am using are the special license datasets 6931. In the syntax provided in the documentation page, it uses the age_dv (i.e., derived variable). However, it seems that these dervide variables are not present in the BHPS indresp stata files. Could someone enlighted me as to whether I am missing something? Or perhaps, how to derive such variables myself?</p>
<p>Many thanks</p> Support #2049 (Resolved): Linking BHPS and US Dataset for special license data (6931)https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20492024-02-07T15:44:08ZMax Bradley
<p>I am attempting to merge individual files from harmonised bhps and ukhls into long format. The datasets I am using are the special license datasets 6931. In the syntax provided in the documentation page, it uses the age_dv (i.e., derived variable). However, it seems that these dervide variables are not present in the BHPS indresp stata files. Could someone enlighted me as to whether I am missing something? Or perhaps, how to derive such variables myself?</p>
<p>Many thanks</p> Support #2048 (Resolved): Code Creatorhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20482024-02-07T09:42:14ZMartha Tindall
<p>Hi</p>
<p>I am having issues when trying to use the code creator on your website. When I click save the save it does nothing and doesn't save the variable to the code creator on the right of the screen. I have tried different browsers, clearing my cookies and different variables but have no luck.</p>
<p>Thanks <br />Martha</p> Support #2047 (Resolved): Council Taxhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20472024-02-06T15:00:26ZElaine Robinson
<p>Where can I find the amount of council tax paid by a household?<br />The variable look up suggests I need ficountax_dv and it is listed as present the hhresp file in waves 1 to 13 of Understanding Society:<br /><a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/variables/ficountax_dv/">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/variables/ficountax_dv/</a><br />Yet, when I browse the data in the hhresp file, it seems that this variable is not present.</p> Support #2046 (Resolved): Unable to locate org variable used in the pasthttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20462024-02-05T11:23:20ZMel Cairns
<p>Hello, We have previously used a variable which we noted the name of as 'org' which was about being a member of one of (or at least one of) a list of organisations such as WI, trade union, religious organisation etc. The last data we have for this variable was from 2016. Now when I search for 'org' in the variable list it doesn't come up. It looks like it was one of the questions listed here: <a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/questionnaire-modules/groupsandorganisations_w12/">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/questionnaire-modules/groupsandorganisations_w12/</a> <br />but either these are from the BHPS which finished well before 2016, or when I search for them in the mainstage variable search they don't come up.</p>
<p>So I'm wondering how I can find the latest data for this variable? Is it in a different section (not the main stage survey)? And if so is that comparable to the data from 2016? Or is there something else I'm missing?</p>
<p>Many thanks for any help you can give.<br />Mel</p> Support #2045 (Resolved): Winter Fuel Paymentshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20452024-02-01T14:06:26ZElaine Robinson
<p>There are a range of benefits for those of pension age to help with fuel bills, including the Winter Fuel Payment and the Cold Weather Payment.<br />Are they included as income or benefits in Understanding Society?</p> Support #2044 (Resolved): Old Westminster constituecieshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20442024-01-31T13:32:18ZMargherita Negri
<p>Hello, I am trying to link survey responses to electoral results for the Westminster constituencies. I have obtained the information about the Westminster constituencies of the respondents. However, these seem to be the most recent constituencies. For elections before 2005, I am unable to assign some constituencies to individual responses because these constituencies only existed up to 2005. Would it be possible to obtain more accurate information about the exact Parliamentary constituency where the individual lived <strong>at the time they responded</strong>? Thank you in advance.</p> Support #2041 (Resolved): w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waveshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20412024-01-26T08:16:49ZLaura L
<p>In the cv_indresp dataset (COVID-19 survey), there are three variables (i_outcome, j_outcome, k_outcome) referring to three survey waves of the main survey. They are supposed to indicate the completion status of each of these main survey wave for each respondent. However, I cannot find I clear indication about the values coding. How should I interpret the different values of the w_outcome variables?</p> Support #2033 (Resolved): Derived variable on income / earnings of each benefit unithttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20332024-01-18T20:03:04ZThomas Stephenst.c.stephens@lse.ac.uk
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I notice that Understanding Society has a useful derived variable which splits households by their benefit unit (buno_dv); <a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/variables/buno_dv/">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/variables/buno_dv/</a>. This appears to be aligned to how the DWP and Family Resources Survey define a benefit unit.</p>
<p>Is there a derived variable on income strictly for those in each benefit unit? This would ideally include several additional variables, distinguishing between income from all sources, earnings, investments, benefit income, pension, e.t.c. I am aware of household income derived variables and individual income derived variables, and have used them in my other analysis,, but I can't seem to see a set of the same derived variables for the benefit unit. Perhaps this exists and I have missed it.</p>
<p>If it hasn't been created, any advice / code on how it has been constructed in other cases would be very welcome of course.</p>
<p>Thanks in anticipation and let me know if any questions or ambiguities.</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>Tom</p> Support #2001 (Resolved): Special licence requesthttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20012023-12-06T14:36:34ZMiriam Yang
<p>Dear support team of UKHLS,</p>
<p>I am a researcher working on the UKHLS dataset to understand the mental health trajectory throughout COVID. We have accessed the data of the main questionnaire and the Covid questionnaire, and found that the date and time of the responses are not available. We would like to find a baseline self-report mental health condition before the covid, so I wonder if it is possible to access the month and year of response for wave 10, 11 and 13 so that we could impute the baseline measure and the effect on mental health due to the covid.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>