Understanding Society User Support

06/29/2015

09:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #387: Weights when nurse visit is baseline

Assigned to the methodology team. Please note that it currently may take us a few weeks to respond to the more detail... Redmine Admin

06/26/2015

02:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #385: EMB sample

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> EMB can be included in weighted analysis. Please see user guide for further info https://www.... Vivian So

06/25/2015

05:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #387 (Closed): Weights when nurse visit is baseline

I’m doing an analysis in which variables measured in the W2/W3 nurse visit (baseline) are used to predict outcomes on... Amanda Hughes

02:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #386: Using BHPS / Understanding Society for CNEF

Please apply for a licence to BHPS data here: http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=5151&type=Data%20cata... Redmine Admin

01:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #386 (Closed): Using BHPS / Understanding Society for CNEF

Dear staff of Understanding Society (formerly BHPS),
I would like to use the Understanding Society / BHPS data in th... Martin Schröder

06/24/2015

03:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #381: lvwhy recording

> Is it possible to get any information on the actual year of death for these individuals, or are there any estimates... Redmine Admin

06/23/2015

10:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #365 (Closed): Net income variables

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10:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #382 (Closed): *_sex (not *_sex_cr) in egoalt file

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10:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #383 (Closed): NPD and Understanding Society

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10:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #385: EMB sample

EMB can be included in weighted analysis. Please see user guide for further info https://www.understandingsociety.ac.... Redmine Admin

06/20/2015

07:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #385 (Closed): EMB sample

Hi, I've got a question on the EMB sample. If I'm looking only on the general population, should I include the EMB sa... Vivian So

06/18/2015

03:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #384 (Closed): NS-SEC variable

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03:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #384: NS-SEC variable

Great, thank you. M Bourne

10:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #384 (In Progress): NS-SEC variable

Before asking about current job, we ask about current economic activity category, see:
https://www.understandingsoci... Redmine Admin

06/17/2015

06:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #384: NS-SEC variable

Dear Jakob,
Thank you for this. It answers my first question - that those listed as inapplicable are unemployed (a... M Bourne

06/16/2015

12:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #384: NS-SEC variable

Info about method and underlying variables can be found, e.g. here:
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documenta... Redmine Admin

06/15/2015

07:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #384 (Closed): NS-SEC variable

Dear all,
I need to use the NS-SEC variables from waves 1 and 3. Two questions:
1. Why are so many cases listed ... M Bourne

01:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #359 (Closed): savings greater than income

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06/12/2015

02:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #382: *_sex (not *_sex_cr) in egoalt file

You are correct about the current source of the sex variable. We have so far only provided corrected sex and age vari... Redmine Admin

01:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #382: *_sex (not *_sex_cr) in egoalt file

For some reason, the double equals signs aren't showing.
They should be in the sixth row
drop if `wave'_sex EQUAL... Dave Griffiths

01:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #382 (Closed): *_sex (not *_sex_cr) in egoalt file

Hello, I've been looking at gender in the egoalt file and it appears that ego gender is based on *_sex, rather than *... Dave Griffiths

02:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #383: NPD and Understanding Society

You should be able to find all the details around here: http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7642&type=D... Redmine Admin

01:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #383 (Closed): NPD and Understanding Society

Hi, I am interested in using the NPD with Understanding Society.
Could you inform me of the process I need to go ... Jack Higgins

10:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #381: lvwhy recording

Thank you for the quick response.
I've found 1,253 observations, where the length of non-response prior to being... Valentina Zigante

10:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #381 (In Progress): lvwhy recording

We have yet to obtain permissions to link to mortality registers. We would like to replicate your analysis. How many ... Redmine Admin

10:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #381 (Closed): lvwhy recording

Hello,
this query is in regards to the recording practices of 'leavers' in variable lvwhy in the BHPS (1991 to 20... Valentina Zigante

06/11/2015

02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #377 (Closed): Twins

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02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #379 (Closed): Query re nursing occupation representation in the datasets

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02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #380 (Closed): conditional access to BHPS with older LAD coding?

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06/08/2015

03:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #368 (Closed): variable "inc1lab" (Wave C)

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03:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #368: variable "inc1lab" (Wave C)

Ok thank you! That helped a lot.
Best regards, Sabrina Sabrina Kraus

06/03/2015

03:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #359: savings greater than income

I have received the following advice:
It is correct that there are a few hundred cases like this. Two suggestions ... Redmine Admin

03:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #368: variable "inc1lab" (Wave C)

The content of inc1lab is described on page 79 of the user guide, in terms of the variables which contribute to it an... Redmine Admin

10:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #378 (In Progress): Retirement data

please provide more detail (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/projects/support/wiki)
on behalf of the t... Redmine Admin

06/02/2015

04:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #379: Query re nursing occupation representation in the datasets

Respondents are asked for current job title and sector. Job titles are coded to the Standard Occupational Classificat... Redmine Admin

04:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #380 (In Progress): conditional access to BHPS with older LAD coding?

The source of the LAD code can be found in the documentation. Lookup tables to older geographies can be created from ... Redmine Admin

04:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #377 (In Progress): Twins

There were about 170 pairs.
On behalf of the team,
Jakob Redmine Admin