Understanding Society User Support

07/03/2014

04:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #279 (Closed): Westminster Parliamentary Constituency identifiers

Dear Sir or Madam,
I am performing panel analyses that (1) combine the BHPS and Understanding Society and (2) incl... James Dennison

02:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #278 (Closed): _worktrav variable problem

Hello,
I'm currently studying Understanding Society Waves 1-3 in relation to travel behaviour and social trends, b... Robert Thomas

10:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #270 (Closed): Weighting

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10:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #272 (Closed): Questions about IP1 and IP4.

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07/02/2014

02:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #275 (In Progress): BHPS sample psu strata variables

The user guide explains about the different samples (hhorig) and ranges of psu/strata used, see "FORMER BHPS SAMPLE" ... Redmine Admin

01:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #276 (In Progress): Sample sizes at Local Authority level

The sampling design is explained in the user guide and in more detail in a working paper referenced in the user guide... Redmine Admin

07/01/2014

12:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #269 (Closed): Waves with Height and weight

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12:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #269: Waves with Height and weight

Lovely, thank you!
Tarra
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> Separate study number, 7251, for the health assessment data.
... Tarra Penney

12:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #269: Waves with Height and weight

Separate study number, 7251, for the health assessment data.
For data access in general;
https://www.understandings... Redmine Admin

12:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #269: Waves with Height and weight

Okay thank you. One more related query, the guide available here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentati... Tarra Penney

06/30/2014

07:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #277: Wave 2 Results from Methodological Experiments

Also, according to Wave2 technical report, the total sample is 2101.
please find the response table in technical rep... Hsin Chen

07:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #277 (Closed): Wave 2 Results from Methodological Experiments

When I was reading "Understanding Society Innovation Panel Wave 2 Results from Methodological Experiments" I tried to... Hsin Chen

07:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #272: Questions about IP1 and IP4.

Thank you Jakob and Olena Hsin Chen

04:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #274: Svy command using Youth data

most recent course information/downloads can now be found around here instead;
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.u... Redmine Admin

03:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #274: Svy command using Youth data

There are some worked examples of this particular problem in our training course materials, "Introduction to Understa... Redmine Admin

04:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #273 (Closed): Time variables at Wave 1

> 1. I suppose that time in seconds represents time from midnight in seconds, is that right?
Yes, seconds sinc... Redmine Admin

03:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #271 (Closed): Where is the Cognitive tests & personality traits wave 3 located?

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03:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #268 (Closed): Survey sample

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03:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #264 (Closed): Data inconsistency - satisfaction with health - c_sclfsat1

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06/26/2014

11:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #276 (Closed): Sample sizes at Local Authority level

Is there any way to find out roughly how many respondents are sampled within a particular local authority, so as to d... Saamah Abdallah

06/25/2014

04:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #275 (Closed): BHPS sample psu strata variables

BHPS contained psu and strata variables in the household sample datafiles not in the xwavedat datafile so there is a ... Charlotte Woodhead

04:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #264 (Feedback): Data inconsistency - satisfaction with health - c_sclfsat1

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06/24/2014

08:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #274 (Closed): Svy command using Youth data

I am using Youth data to see how their drinking behavious, using Stata. I understand we have to use svy command to ac... Noriko Cable

11:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #269 (In Progress): Waves with Height and weight

> nurse fieldwork document where height and weight would have been measured?
See protocol here
https://www.under... Redmine Admin

06/23/2014

05:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #272: Questions about IP1 and IP4.

Dear Hsin Chen,
To answer your first question, you should read the guide and pay attention to OSM (original sample... Olena Kaminska

05:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #270: Weighting

Vicky,
Yes, your situation is a clear example where pooling helps - i.e. with such a rare population that you stud... Olena Kaminska

06/22/2014

10:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #273 (Closed): Time variables at Wave 1

1. I suppose that time in seconds represents time from midnight in seconds, is that right?
2. There is a variable ... Jonathan Burton

06/20/2014

10:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #267 (Closed): Self-completion data (adults) from wave 2

Thanks for letting us know, we will pass the information on to UKDS.
Please also see this link to the documentation ... Redmine Admin

10:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #272 (In Progress): Questions about IP1 and IP4.

I will try to find out about your second question. In the meantime please have a look at the user guide (and associat... Redmine Admin

08:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #272 (Closed): Questions about IP1 and IP4.

Dear Sir or Madam,
My name is Hsin, a postgraduate student in the Univeirsty of Manchester. I used Innovation Pan... Hsin Chen

10:19 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #266 (Closed): Wave 2-3 Biomarkers Release Date

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08:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #264: Data inconsistency - satisfaction with health - c_sclfsat1

I can confirm that the data that were released are consistent with the data delivered to us. Spot checks of the origi... Redmine Admin

06/18/2014

12:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #270: Weighting

Dear Olena
Thanks so much for the quick reply.
Studying and reporting the waves separately is definitely a cleane... Victoria Peacey

06/17/2014

01:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #269: Waves with Height and weight

Thank you Jakob.
Are you able to point me toward the nurse fieldwork document where height and weight would have... Tarra Penney

12:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #269: Waves with Height and weight

We have so far collected self-reported height and weight of adults at Wave 1 and of 10-15yr olds at Waves 2 and 4. We... Redmine Admin

12:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #271 (In Progress): Where is the Cognitive tests & personality traits wave 3 located?

The user guide has a section on this that might be of interest.
Jakob Redmine Admin

10:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #271 (Closed): Where is the Cognitive tests & personality traits wave 3 located?

I downloaded the latest copy of wave 1-3 data today and am unable to locate this new data Andrew Hind

12:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #270: Weighting

Vicky,
Your issue is not with weighting, but rather with the population that you are interested to represent and w... Olena Kaminska

11:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #264 (In Progress): Data inconsistency - satisfaction with health - c_sclfsat1

Gemma: would it be reasonable to say that there could be a potential issue with the data/coding?
Jakob: The only t... Redmine Admin

06/16/2014

06:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #270 (Closed): Weighting

Hi
I am using the first three waves of US data to look at job loss and associations with mental health and self-ra... Victoria Peacey

06:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #267: Self-completion data (adults) from wave 2

That's great, thank you Jakob. That's all I need.
I do think though that the b_indresp data dictionary should be up... Victoria Peacey

09:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #268: Survey sample

The region variable, GOR (UK Region), is on the main sample and response files, e.g. here;
https://www.understanding... Redmine Admin

06/13/2014

04:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #269 (Closed): Waves with Height and weight

I am looking for confirmation on the collection of body mass index in US. I have reviewed the questionnaires and nur... Tarra Penney

02:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #268 (Closed): Survey sample

Would it be possible to tell me what the Welsh sample size is for this survey please?
Rhian Davies

06/10/2014

10:13 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #267: Self-completion data (adults) from wave 2

you could search or browse the online documentation pages from around here for variables of interest;
https://www.un... Redmine Admin

10:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #267: Self-completion data (adults) from wave 2

Thanks Jakob. I've got the self-completion questionnaires. Is there a data dictionary file for the self completion va... Victoria Peacey

06/09/2014

04:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #266: Wave 2-3 Biomarkers Release Date

we will update this faq when we have got a date for the release. The samples are still being analysed at the moment.
... Redmine Admin

01:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #266 (Closed): Wave 2-3 Biomarkers Release Date

Hello,
I'm very interested in the Waves 2-3 Biomarkers dataset containing information derived from blood samples, ... Claryn Kung

04:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #267: Self-completion data (adults) from wave 2

The first couple of waves we used paper questionnaires for the self-completion. You can find these as pdf in the docu... Redmine Admin

04:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #267: Self-completion data (adults) from wave 2

Hello again - my apologies as it appears the variables are in the b_indresp dataset. I was confused because they are ... Victoria Peacey

03:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #267 (Closed): Self-completion data (adults) from wave 2

Hello, hope you can help. I've downloaded waves 1-3 from the data service in STATA format, but I can't find the varia... Victoria Peacey

06/06/2014

02:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #260 (Closed): age leaving home

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02:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #259 (Closed): Question about individual self comepletion weight in UKHLS Wave 3

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06/05/2014

10:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #264: Data inconsistency - satisfaction with health - c_sclfsat1

There does seem to be a shift for some categories between Wave 2 and 3 and more so for satisfaction with health than ... Redmine Admin