Understanding Society User Support

12/01/2014

02:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #326: Revised weights

As described in the user guide (section 3.7.3), cross-sectional weights are non-zero for persons in households where ... Peter Lynn

11/28/2014

12:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #324 (In Progress): race/migration in BHPS

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12:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #324: race/migration in BHPS

In the BHPS,"wrace" was asked in 1991 (the first wave) and then after that each year it was only asked of those who h... Alita Nandi

12:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #318: missing standard erroros Wave 3

At this point there is no guidance available as to which of the three options (certainty, scaled, centered) produce b... Alita Nandi

12:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #323 (In Progress): which weight to use

Alita Nandi

12:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #323: which weight to use

First let me apologise for the delay in responding.
Answer to your first post
Your understanding is correct.
- ... Alita Nandi

11/27/2014

05:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #308: Current and past employment and non-employment at UKHLS wave 2

I hope this example will elucidate how the questionnaire script works. There is a bit about whether status has change... Redmine Admin

03:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #323: which weight to use

Your request is being looked at and we hope to have a reply for you by middle of next week.
Jakob Redmine Admin

11/21/2014

07:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #308 (In Progress): Current and past employment and non-employment at UKHLS wave 2

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06:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #308: Current and past employment and non-employment at UKHLS wave 2

Sorry, I checked that variable and while the nextjob* in the same loop does work for most of the spells in the sequen... Amanda Hughes

05:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #308 (Closed): Current and past employment and non-employment at UKHLS wave 2

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03:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #308: Current and past employment and non-employment at UKHLS wave 2

OK, thanks.
Best wishes,
Amanda Amanda Hughes

05:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #326: Revised weights

Many thanks for the quick response. If I am not mistaken, there are a still a considerable number of zeros on the wei... Noah Carl

04:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #327: Fed-forward employment status at W3

If you are using data from before Wednesday, please get the latest version. We have revised some of the occupational ... Redmine Admin

03:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #327 (Closed): Fed-forward employment status at W3

Hello,
I'm slightly concerned about the'fed-forward' employment status variables from wave 2 to wave 3, because th... Amanda Hughes

12:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #305 (Closed): Mixed race sample in wave 1 and 2

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12:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #320 (Closed): Tracing movers

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12:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #321 (Closed): Nurse assessment for Wave 4

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09:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #325: stata docile to convert soc00 to isco-88

Please see this FAQ
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/projects/support/wiki/Which_variables_are_release... Redmine Admin

09:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #325: stata docile to convert soc00 to isco-88

Thank you very much. I was wondering if it would be possible for me to have access to the 4-digit version of the vari... Albert Arcarons

11/20/2014

04:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #326 (In Progress): Revised weights

related #259
c_indscub_xw is on C_INDRESP
Jakob Redmine Admin

04:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #326 (Closed): Revised weights

Hello. I'm sorry if this question has an obvious answer. It was my understanding that revised cross-sectional weights... Noah Carl

01:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #323: which weight to use

My colleague is also saying that if I decide to look at changes (not to do a longirudinal analysis) (for example, loo... Veronique Siegler

09:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #323: which weight to use

I would be very grateful if you could let me know if you have the resources and time to deal with my query within the... Veronique Siegler

12:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #325 (In Progress): stata docile to convert soc00 to isco-88

Please see #104 Redmine Admin

12:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #325 (Closed): stata docile to convert soc00 to isco-88

Dear Sir Madam,
I was wondering if you could advice me on where I can get a STATA dofile to recode SOC2000 categorie... Albert Arcarons

11/19/2014

02:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #324 (Closed): race/migration in BHPS

I want to use the variable race/migration in my study. All that I find is "race" and "racel" in the xwavedat file. As... Janina Zeh

11/18/2014

09:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #309 (In Progress): Unmatched District codes

The source of our data is the ONS Postcode Directory Nov 2013. OSLAUA is related to LAD13 boundaries in England, wher... Redmine Admin

09:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #322 (Closed): Net Income measures

and here it is;
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2014/11/17/wave-4-data-release-coming-soon
expected releas... Redmine Admin

11/14/2014

05:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #322 (In Progress): Net Income measures

For the latest news on this, please see https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news Redmine Admin

12:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #323 (Closed): which weight to use

I am currently working on a publication with a very tight schedule using data from the Understanding Society. The pub... Veronique Siegler

11/13/2014

03:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #308: Current and past employment and non-employment at UKHLS wave 2

> 1) Whether it is in some way possible to tell whether past 'paid work' spells were employment or self-employment - ... Redmine Admin

11/12/2014

02:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #319 (In Progress): Merging individual and household data in SPSS

Please provide everything up-front and be specific about variables, files, waves, release date, and software. A few l... Redmine Admin

11/04/2014

02:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #322 (Closed): Net Income measures

Hi
I noticed in response to Support #285 you mention that net household income for W1-3 should be completed this m... Andy Ross

10:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #308: Current and past employment and non-employment at UKHLS wave 2

Dear Jakob,
Thank you but I'm still unclear on both of the issues above. I realise that the respondent is sent thr... Amanda Hughes

10:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #317 (Closed): Analysis including Northern Ireland

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10:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #317: Analysis including Northern Ireland

Thanks for the advice.
Best wishes,
David David Bayliss

11/03/2014

05:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #305: Mixed race sample in wave 1 and 2

> ... could not find a cross-wave version of current marital status (in the XWAVEDAT). I would like to find out if it... Redmine Admin

05:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #308 (In Progress): Current and past employment and non-employment at UKHLS wave 2

The non-employment status, nextelse, is dealt with in the same loop as the employment status question, nextstat. If t... Redmine Admin

11:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #307 (Closed): Survey design xwaves

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11:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #320: Tracing movers

> IDENTIFYING MOVERS
> 1. For estimating movers while we wait for secure access, the only variable I can find for ... Redmine Admin

10:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #321 (In Progress): Nurse assessment for Wave 4

Just for Waves 2-3. For background and plans for further development of the health content, please see; https://www.u... Redmine Admin