Understanding Society User Support

04/30/2012

09:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #46 (Closed): Review Board

Good day! I am at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. We are applying to our Institutional Review Board for de... Amy Thomas

08:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #45: BHPS year first job

Ps: Also, I am using STATA. Hannah Zagel

08:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #45 (Closed): BHPS year first job

Dear support team,
I am looking for the best way to derive the information of 'year of first job' in the BHPS. Am I ... Hannah Zagel

06:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #44: Weighting on a restricted sample (outcome=110)

This is a summary of a longer discussion via email. The process has two stages and will require two weights: first st... Olena Kaminska

02:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #44 (Closed): Weighting on a restricted sample (outcome=110)

Dear User Support
I am using the Understanding Society data for poverty analysis and would like to ask you if you ... Rigmor Nielsen

12:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #43: Weighting-related questions

Thank you for your questions.
1) you should use analysis weights. These also correct for nonresponse. Design weig... Olena Kaminska

12:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #43 (Closed): Weighting-related questions

Hello: I have various weighting-related questions, which I have tried to list by similarity below:
1) What are the... Sung Park

11:19 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #40: School Code (Schcode)

Hi Jakob,
Thank you for your response.
Unfortunately, the a_schsta variable is not so relevant, because I am in... Lorraine Waller

04/27/2012

02:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #42 (Closed): Imputation flags on gross income

We are trying to compute poverty indicators using both waves of the USoc. We have found that there is a significant i... Mark Tomlinson

02:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #41: Citizenship question -- only once?

Your request will be considered in this consultation round, which finishes end of May. Redmine Admin

12:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #41: Citizenship question -- only once?

Thank you, Jakob. Is there any way of gauging how quickly they are likely to respond/react? (I have some very anxio... David Bartram

12:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #41 (In Progress): Citizenship question -- only once?

David, Thanks for raising this. It is a good point and something we will have to consider for future waves. I have fo... Redmine Admin

10:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #41 (Closed): Citizenship question -- only once?

Am I correct in perceiving (from the "Content Plan" document) that the citizen question (CITZN) will be asked only on... David Bartram

11:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #40 (In Progress): School Code (Schcode)

Lorraine,
The quick answer is that we ask about whether the school is a state or a private school;
https://www.un... Redmine Admin

04/26/2012

04:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #40 (Closed): School Code (Schcode)

Dear User Support,
Could you please tell me whether there are any variables available within the special license v... Lorraine Waller

04/17/2012

10:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #39 (Closed): Discontinued derived variable a_jsprof_dv? v2

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10:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #37 (Closed): Discontinued derived variable a_jsprof_dv?

See also #39 Redmine Admin

04/16/2012

07:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #39: Discontinued derived variable a_jsprof_dv? v2

We have provided two self-employment earnings imputed variables with the latest release:
a_seearngrs_dv: self empl... Redmine Admin

04/10/2012

03:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #39 (Closed): Discontinued derived variable a_jsprof_dv? v2

Dear Jakob,
Thank you for your reply in #37.
Has the variable a_jsprof_dv only changed name or is it no longer sup... Rigmor Nielsen

04/05/2012

08:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #38 (Closed): Weight to use at benefit unit level

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04/04/2012

07:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #38: Weight to use at benefit unit level

Great - thanks for the quick reply. Mike Bielby

03:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #38: Weight to use at benefit unit level

Yes! The selection probability of a BU is identical to that of the household to which it belongs (as all BUs in a hou... Peter Lynn

03:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #38 (Closed): Weight to use at benefit unit level

Hi, I am constructing a dataset for longitudinal analysis at benefit unit level using b_buno_dv. As there is no dedic... Mike Bielby

03:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #37 (In Progress): Discontinued derived variable a_jsprof_dv?

Dear Rigmor, This variable name is no longer used. As mentioned in #36 we are in the process of putting together addi... Redmine Admin

03:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #36 (In Progress): Derived variables documentation and OECD equivalisation scale

Dear Meng, We are in the process of putting together additional documentation on the processes used for deriving inco... Redmine Admin

04/03/2012

04:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #37 (Closed): Discontinued derived variable a_jsprof_dv?

Dear User Suppport,
In the earlier release of wave 1 data you provided a derived variable imputing the profit from... Rigmor Nielsen

10:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #36 (Closed): Derived variables documentation and OECD equivalisation scale

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am currently doing some analysis using the Understanding Society data. I have looked through the... Meng Lu

04/02/2012

05:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #35 (Closed): Employment status history

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01:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #35: Employment status history

OK, thank you for you help.
Best wishes,
Lorraine Lorraine Waller