Understanding Society User Support

07/21/2014

02:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #287: Clarification on showcard items

which study (Mainstage, Innovation Panel, BHPS)? which wave? Redmine Admin

02:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #287 (In Progress): Clarification on showcard items

Have you looked in the "fieldwork document section":https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/fi... Redmine Admin

01:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #287 (Closed): Clarification on showcard items

Household questionnaire: "House in decent state of repair". "Enough money to keep your house in a decent state of rep... Sarah Hillcoat-Nalletamby

07/18/2014

08:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #278 (Closed): _worktrav variable problem

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08:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #279 (Closed): Westminster Parliamentary Constituency identifiers

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08:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #282 (Closed): Unemployment experience BHPS sample

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08:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #283 (Closed): Year and month of birth for head of household's parents

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08:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #285: Net household income

We are still working on these variables and plan to release them in November.
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07/14/2014

02:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #286 (Closed): ILO Unemployment indicator with BHPS

I need to use an unemployment indicator that accords with the ILO definition (rather than just using the self-reporte... Euan Ritchie

09:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #274 (Closed): Svy command using Youth data

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09:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #275 (Closed): BHPS sample psu strata variables

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09:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #276 (Closed): Sample sizes at Local Authority level

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07/11/2014

01:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #285: Net household income

Thanks Jakob (and thanks for the quick reply!).
I don't suppose there is any way of getting access to these varia... Robert de Vries

01:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #285 (In Progress): Net household income

We are currently developing a new method for deriving net income variables for release later this year. The Wave 1 ne... Redmine Admin

01:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #285 (Closed): Net household income

Hi,
Some versions of the USOC documentation include mention of a 'net household income' variable (a_fihhmnnet_dv -... Robert de Vries

12:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #284 (In Progress): Ethnic Boost in Innovation Panel

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12:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #281 (In Progress): Weights for IP5

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12:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #283 (In Progress): Year and month of birth for head of household's parents

We do collect data on family networks every other wave from Wave 1 onwards including parents' age, see e.g.
https://... Redmine Admin

07/10/2014

02:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #281: Weights for IP5

Hsin Chen,
We strongly recommend using our weights - these reflect the design in detail and nonresponse correction... Olena Kaminska

01:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #284: Ethnic Boost in Innovation Panel

Hsin Chen,
There is no ethnic boost in Innovation Panel. And IP is not an equal probability sample - the range fro... Olena Kaminska

09:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #284 (Closed): Ethnic Boost in Innovation Panel

Hi,
Are there boost samples for ethnic in Innovation panel? Since I cannot find the information about it, thank yo... HSIN CHEN

09:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #277 (Closed): Wave 2 Results from Methodological Experiments

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09:04 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #277: Wave 2 Results from Methodological Experiments

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> To break the ground for other work we aim to publish working papers such as the one you quote... HSIN CHEN

07/08/2014

09:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #283 (Closed): Year and month of birth for head of household's parents

I would like to know whether it is possible to know the year and month of birth of household respondents' parents. In... Sarah Cattan

09:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #278 (In Progress): _worktrav variable problem

The universe for this question can be found in the documentation, however, in this case you also need to exclude samp... Redmine Admin

08:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #282 (In Progress): Unemployment experience BHPS sample

The number of employment, non-employment and unemployment spells since the last interview are provided in W2+. Users ... Redmine Admin

07/07/2014

05:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #282 (Closed): Unemployment experience BHPS sample

Hi,
the BHPS (original) used to include two controls for unemployment experience (wNJUSP = number of unemployment ... Antje Mertens

02:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #279: Westminster Parliamentary Constituency identifiers

If you are creating a dataset with e.g. electoral results over time and space in the UK, I would advise you to apply ... Redmine Admin

12:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #277 (In Progress): Wave 2 Results from Methodological Experiments

To break the ground for other work we aim to publish working papers such as the one you quote as early as possible. O... Redmine Admin

07/04/2014

01:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #281 (Closed): Weights for IP5

Hi,
Thanks for previous answers.
However,I still have a problem on design weight for both original sample and ... HSIN CHEN

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
Redmine Admin wrote:
> 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