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From 03/19/2015 to 04/17/2015
04/16/2015
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01:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #357: cluster variable
 - In addition, my variable of interest is "save": sometimes the variable takes value -7 since this specific obs was a ...
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10:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #357: cluster variable
 - Dear Alita,
I am using the entire sample (with all the boosting) and I guess I will consider a subsample (age 40+)... 
04/15/2015
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11:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #357: cluster variable
 - If in the documentation it has been specified that a specific weight is for the Original "Essex" Sample - it means yo...
 
04/14/2015
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08:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #357: cluster variable
 - Dear Alita, 
Thank you for your answer.
It is not totally clear to me how this procedure of weighting using lo... 
04/13/2015
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10:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #358 (In Progress): selfemployed well being
 - > Have you done any analyses of those who are self-employed, that I can look at? Based on the recent ONS analysis of ...
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10:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #358 (Closed): selfemployed well being
 - I contacted ONS on 25th March following its recently published report on wellbeing measures and job status but was ad...
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10:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #357: cluster variable
 - Most statistical packages assume that the data is a simple random sample. But if it is not, as in the case of the BHP...
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09:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #357 (In Progress): cluster variable
 - The weights are needed for the point estimates, while the PSU and strata are needed for the confidence intervals. Mor...
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10:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #351 (Closed): longitudinal vs. cross-sectional weights
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10:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #351: longitudinal vs. cross-sectional weights
 - Thanks a lot, much clearer now!
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10:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #351: longitudinal vs. cross-sectional weights
 - 1. Yes. Using c_indinub_lw means that the sample statistics can be used as the population estimates for those who are...
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10:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #352: BHPS
 - 1. In the BHPS respondents are eligible for interview even if they have not responded in one wave. As a result differ...
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09:08 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #352 (Closed): BHPS
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09:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #354 (Closed): mc
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09:09 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #353 (Closed): fed-forward (_ff_): what does this mean (doesn't always match previous wave)
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09:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #347 (Closed): finding open-ended question data from BHPS
 
04/11/2015
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02:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #357 (Closed): cluster variable
 - I am working on the BHPS dataset. My aim is to check whether the change in the Long Term Care policies in 2002 had an...
 
04/10/2015
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09:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #356 (Closed): Longitudinal response rates
 - Hello, 
I wanted to know if unconditional longitudinal individual response rates have been calculated for Wave 2 o... 
04/02/2015
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05:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #332 (Closed): In ECHP, FC and WFTC are included in pi211mg and deducted to get pi211m?
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02:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #158 (Closed): Derived income variables in the BHPS
 - We are planning a BHPS revision later this year and will redress the issue then. On behalf of the team, Jakob
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02:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #243 (Closed): BHPS query - Waves 12 + 17
 - We are planning a BHPS revision later this year and will redress the issue then. On behalf of the team, Jakob
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02:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #343 (Closed): Variables jnmnth and jnyear missing in wave 4?
 - The way data on household joiners were asked changed slightly between W3 and 4 and the variable names were changed. U...
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02:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #344 (Closed): Where can I find the variables movemth and moveyr in waves 2, 3 and 4?
 - movemth and moveyr are asked about issued sample members in responding households and they are now scheduled for rele...
 
04/01/2015
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03:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #332: In ECHP, FC and WFTC are included in pi211mg and deducted to get pi211m?
 - > I tend to think that this is not the case
Unfortunately, it has not been possible to verify this - although your... - 
  
03:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #347 (In Progress): finding open-ended question data from BHPS
 - I can confirm that the verbatim data have not been prepared for neither safeguarded nor controlled release. It could ...
 
03/30/2015
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08:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #351: longitudinal vs. cross-sectional weights
 - Hi Jacob, 
Thanks again for your response. I was re-reading your previous answer and I wanted to double-check.
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03/27/2015
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05:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #351: longitudinal vs. cross-sectional weights
 - Basic description of the sample as opposed to estimation of population parameters.
On behalf of the team,
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08:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #351: longitudinal vs. cross-sectional weights
 - Thanks Jakob for your response. It is much clearer now; however, what do you mean by "NB if sample statistics is mean...
 
03/26/2015
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04:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #349 (Closed): GLYCATED HAEMOGLOBIN (HbA1c)
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04:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #350 (Closed): Council tax
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04:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #348 (Closed): longitudinal or cross-sectional weights
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04:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #347: finding open-ended question data from BHPS
 - Your request has been forwarded to BHPS. We will update you in due course. Jakob
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04:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #353 (In Progress): fed-forward (_ff_): what does this mean (doesn't always match previous wave)
 - The fed-forward data follow the current wave individual response data and are not available for proxy respondents (IV...
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01:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #355 (Closed): mc
 - see #354
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01:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #355 (Closed): mc
 - I have noticed that the term mc had been used in some variables e.g: d_hcondn2 mc arthritis
could you please explain... - 
  
01:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #354 (In Progress): mc
 - "mc" stands for multi-choice item. You can see the full question and the different multi-choice categories for d_hcon...
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01:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #354 (Closed): mc
 - I have noticed that the term mc had been used in some variables e.g: d_hcondn2 mc arthritis
could you please explain... 
03/25/2015
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02:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #352: BHPS
 - I have copied in a reference to the relevant sections of the user guide below. Occasional unavailability and some for...
 
03/24/2015
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06:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #352: BHPS
 - So, details:
- I am using Stata
- I considered from wave "i" to wave "r".
- I renamed all the variables in the wav... - 
  
09:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #352: BHPS
 - Please provide more detail - ground rules can be found here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/projects/...
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09:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #351: longitudinal vs. cross-sectional weights
 - I can pass on the following advice:
1. Descriptive statistics: Using longitudinal weights, c_indinub_lw, means the... 
03/23/2015
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01:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #353 (Closed): fed-forward (_ff_): what does this mean (doesn't always match previous wave)
 - In wave 4 the fed-forward employment status (d_ff_jbstat) does not match the employment status provided in the previo...
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09:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #352 (Closed): BHPS
 - I am working with the BHPS. 
I got the data sorted among all the waves. Once I tried to put all the waves together t... 
03/19/2015
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11:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #351 (Closed): longitudinal vs. cross-sectional weights
 - Hello,
I have been doing analysis on the impact of parental employment (measured with the retrospective question) ... 
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