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04/21/2015

03:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #359: savings greater than income

forwarded to the BHPS team. Redmine Admin

09:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #359 (Closed): savings greater than income

Dear all,
working on the BHPS I noticed that there is a lot of observation which show annual saving (amount saved ... Elisa Macchi

02:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #357: cluster variable

Response to #5
If you are using 40+ year olds of all the 4 samples taken together then use wLRWTUK1. If the last w... Alita Nandi

12:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #360: Non-response models for Wave 2

And yes, we used Lavallee's method. Peter Lynn

12:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #360: Non-response models for Wave 2

1. These are the variables in the model for households with more than one eligible person (for single-person househol... Peter Lynn

11:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #360: Non-response models for Wave 2

Hello,
I also have one further question related to the construction of Wave 2 cross sectional weights. Can you pr... Dharmi Kapadia

10:13 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #360 (Closed): Non-response models for Wave 2

Hello,
On page 63 of the User Manual, it says that non-response to Wave 2 (for the construction of individual cro... Dharmi Kapadia

11:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #356: Longitudinal response rates

Dear Dharmi,
We have not yet produced and published standardised longitudinal response rates of the kind that you ... Peter Lynn

04/16/2015

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 ... Elisa Macchi

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+)... Elisa Macchi

04/15/2015

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... Alita Nandi

04/14/2015

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... Elisa Macchi

04/13/2015

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 ... Redmine Admin

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... Julia Heynat

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... Alita Nandi

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... Redmine Admin

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! Carolina Zuccotti

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... Alita Nandi

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... Alita Nandi

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

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04/11/2015

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... Elisa Macchi

04/10/2015

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... Dharmi Kapadia

04/02/2015

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 Redmine Admin

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 Redmine Admin

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... Redmine Admin

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... Redmine Admin

04/01/2015

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... Redmine Admin

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 ... Redmine Admin

03/30/2015

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.
1... Carolina Zuccotti

03/27/2015

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,
Jakob Redmine Admin

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... Carolina Zuccotti

03/26/2015

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 Redmine Admin

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... Redmine Admin

01:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #355 (Closed): mc

see #354 Redmine Admin

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... Nora Alafif

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... Redmine Admin

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... Nora Alafif

03/25/2015

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... Redmine Admin

03/24/2015

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... Elisa Macchi

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/... Redmine Admin

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... Redmine Admin

03/23/2015

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... Phil Jones

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... Elisa Macchi