Understanding Society User Support

07/24/2013

05:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #173: Understanding "inapplicable"

We will have to get back to you about the BHPS question - meanwhile; UKHLS is another name for _Understanding Society... Redmine Admin

05:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #172: racel

There are new entrants at Wave 2 and some that have only turned 16 years since the Wave 1 interview, etc.
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05:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #171 (Closed): Source: NSFH

Thanks for making us aware of this. The more likely source would be BHPS's
wYPEATN Past week times evening meal w... Redmine Admin

07/22/2013

02:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #173: Understanding "inapplicable"

This question was actually concerning the BHPS. I do want to integrate the last two years of Understanding Society da... Chris Martin

07/21/2013

06:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #174: Understanding "Missing" in IP data

System missing are coded to -9 in the data processing and recoded to missing value codes if this can be infered from ... Redmine Admin

06:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #173: Understanding "inapplicable"

If this is a question concerning the UKHLS XWAVEDAT, then this file contains the latest valid response to a given ite... Redmine Admin

07/20/2013

07:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #174 (Closed): Understanding "Missing" in IP data

Hello.
When I read the Understanding Society IP User Guide, it was mentioned that -9 is assigned to data that are ... Vivian So

07/19/2013

10:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #173 (Closed): Understanding "inapplicable"

This is a general question. I've found that "inapplicable" is a common answer to many questions in the xwavedat datas... Chris Martin

10:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #172: racel

Hello,
I am just using the first wave of Understanding Society and I noticed a difference in the number of observat... Giulia Montresor

07:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #172: racel

racel is only asked of new adult entrants each wave and this information is consolidated together with other stable c... Redmine Admin

07:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #170 (Closed): Unable to access full sample size

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07/18/2013

05:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #172 (Closed): racel

Hello,
I was thinking I'd better use the ethnicity variable racel for adults of age 16+ from xwavedat instead ind... Giulia Montresor

07/12/2013

02:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #171 (Closed): Source: NSFH

In the questionnaire (UK Household Longitudinal Study: Mainstage Questionnaire:
Wave 1, v04) i have found a questio... Charlie Owen

07/11/2013

02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #170: Unable to access full sample size

The UKDS helpdesk should be able to help you.
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02:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #170: Unable to access full sample size

I believe I may have identified the problem, the link that claims I am downloading wave 1 and 2 on the UK data servic... Madeline Crosswaite

02:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #170 (In Progress): Unable to access full sample size

the sample sizes to expect can be gleaned from the tables here:
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation... Redmine Admin

02:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #170 (Closed): Unable to access full sample size

Despite having insured it is the main sample (no the innovation panel) and having downloaded it multiple times (in SP... Madeline Crosswaite

11:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #155 (Closed): Number of biological children in the household (nnatch)

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11:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #163 (Closed): OMS movers, not resident in wave 2

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11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #166 (Closed): country of birth

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11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #168 (Closed): Main survey access

w_gor_dv is the UK Region of the household.
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11:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #164 (Closed): ethnicity

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11:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #154 (Closed): '0' weight in BHPS

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07/09/2013

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #168: Main survey access

Jakob,

Thank you very much for drawing my attention to this part of the webpage. What I am unable to find in the ... Kevin Mulligan

07/05/2013

10:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #155: Number of biological children in the household (nnatch)

Hi Ben
as you know from the study documentation and user guide there were some problems with the collection of the h... Gundi Knies

07/04/2013

09:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #160: Mental health service use data

Progress on linkage will be updated here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/about/data-linkage
We are are app... Redmine Admin

09:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #160: Mental health service use data

Thanks for the reply but has Understanding Society data actually been linked to NHS service use data i.e. has anyone ... Dharmi Kapadia

07:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #160 (Closed): Mental health service use data

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07:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #162 (Closed): How to get data?

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07:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #168 (In Progress): Main survey access

GHQ is asked every wave and relased under the End User License, see e.g. https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/docum... Redmine Admin

07/03/2013

04:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #164: ethnicity

Yes, that is correct.
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04:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #163: OMS movers, not resident in wave 2

This type of question can in some cases be answered by studying the household composition of persons across waves (us... Redmine Admin

02:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #168 (Closed): Main survey access

Hello,
I am a masters student from the University of Limerick, Ireland. I am trying to access Wave 2 of Understand... Kevin Mulligan

07/02/2013

05:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #156 (Closed): Variables and weights

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05:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #161 (Closed): Leisure, Culture and Sport module variables

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05:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #167 (Closed): M2 Leisure, Culture and Sport

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04:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #167: M2 Leisure, Culture and Sport

Could it happen that you have downloaded the Innovation Panel data rather than the data from the mainstage panel?
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03:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #167 (Closed): M2 Leisure, Culture and Sport

Sorry couldnt reply to the previous query so this follows on from issue #161. Where do I find the data for the varia... clare leadbetter

10:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #166: country of birth

The univariate tabulations in the online documentation are based on the Special License version, see e.g. https://www... Redmine Admin

07/01/2013

10:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #166 (Closed): country of birth

I need detailed information on parents' country of birth (or, more broadly, on their origin). From the questionnaire ... marta de philippis

06/28/2013

04:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #164: ethnicity

Hello,
the ethnic variables in indall are part of the household grid module. As far as I understood this module is... Giulia Montresor

12:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #164: ethnicity

Please see #147 Redmine Admin

12:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #164 (Closed): ethnicity

Hello,
I noticed that for some observations there is a mismatch for the ethnicity variables between the files a_i... Giulia Montresor

06/27/2013

03:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #153 (Closed): weighting BHPS sample correctly in longitudinal analysis

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03:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #157 (Closed): how long in the labor market

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03:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #162: How to get data?

The BHPS topic guide or thesaurus should be of use, see e.g. "job satisfaction"
https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/bhps/do... Redmine Admin

03:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #161: Leisure, Culture and Sport module variables

can be found around here
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave... Redmine Admin

11:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #156: Variables and weights

Giulia,
With regard to your question on subpopulation use in estimation of standard errors, I feel this is a quest... Olena Kaminska

11:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #154: '0' weight in BHPS

David,
The reason for 0 values in cross-sectional weights is most likely due to no OSM within a household having l... Olena Kaminska

11:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #163: OMS movers, not resident in wave 2

Dear Jacob,
Thank you for your quick reply. I would like to address a few follow-up questions on your reply and ex... peter tammes

06/26/2013

04:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #163 (In Progress): OMS movers, not resident in wave 2

The best way to analyse moves is to work with the postcode grid references, which are accessible through the secure d... Redmine Admin

04:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #163 (Closed): OMS movers, not resident in wave 2

We are interested in OSM's who have moved or are not resident any more in the wave 1 household. In the wave 2 quest... peter tammes

04:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #159: Father's social class

Thanks Jakob. I'm still a bit confused though. In BHPS Wave R, 230 people (1.6% of the sample) were rising 16 years o... Robert de Vries

03:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #159: Father's social class

A bit of history ...PAJU and PASOC were asked at Wave 1 and again at Wave 8 of new entrants since Wave 1 and at Wave ... Redmine Admin

12:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #162 (Closed): How to get data?

Hi,
I am from the university trier in germany and need to do a one year
reasearch project with the topic "union ... Lisa Reuter