Understanding Society User Support

09/16/2015

06:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #408 (Closed): mc

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06:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #407 (Closed): Missing variables in the UKHLS for the continuing members of the BHPS

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06:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #405 (Closed): Data on relationsihp duration

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06:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #419: Adult self completion wave 2 and weights

thank you so much for your detailed response. very helpful! i have one follow up question w/r to 2a:
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> 2. Yes,... afshin zilanawala

05:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #419: Adult self completion wave 2 and weights

1. 16,000 that you mentioned include 4000 proxies (that didn't get self-completion) + nonrespondents to self-completi... Olena Kaminska

12:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #419 (Closed): Adult self completion wave 2 and weights

hi user support,
1. i am doing a cross-sectional analysis using the wave 2 adult self completion (SC) interview. w... afshin zilanawala

09/15/2015

03:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #416: SOC 00 to ISCO 1988 stata dofile (code for 4 digits) Understanding society dataset

Please see resources available from CAMSIS: http://www.camsis.stir.ac.uk/
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03:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #418: Understanding Society dataset harmonised with GGP

Hi Katherine, Is it possible to reveal the source? Many of our questions are taken or adapted from other surveys with... Redmine Admin

10:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #418 (Closed): Understanding Society dataset harmonised with GGP

Hi,
I was told there was a special dataset of Understanding Society that has been harmonised with the questionnaire... Katy Keenan

09:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #417 (Closed): Choice of income bands in proxy question on annual earnings

I have a short question regarding the proxy question on annual earnings (Prearna) in the seventh wave of Understandin... Till Hoffmann

09/12/2015

07:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #416 (Closed): SOC 00 to ISCO 1988 stata dofile (code for 4 digits) Understanding society dataset

Dear Madam/Sir,
I was wondering if you could provide me the stata code you used to convert the variable current jo... Albert Arcarons

09/11/2015

05:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #412: Weights for BHPS and Understanding Society

Great, thanks.This makes sense in a regression framework, but what if I'd like to plot means of a variable over time,... Andreas Wiedemann

04:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #412: Weights for BHPS and Understanding Society

If you are doing longitudinal analysis since 1991, you should use indin91_lw weight. You use the weight once in your ... Olena Kaminska

05:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #414: Weights for unbalanced panel

Many thanks, that's really helpful.
h1. Weights
I'm pretty sure I want scenario (3):
> ??...or does it thi... Ewan Carr

04:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #414: Weights for unbalanced panel

I hope my answer helps to clarify yours and similar questions. There are potentially three scenarios:
1) if you are ... Olena Kaminska

05:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #409: Weights for w2 bloods

can be found on XLABBLOOD_NS.
On behalf of the team,
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04:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #409: Weights for w2 bloods

Yes, there is a weight called c_indbdub_xw. This is for the use of both, UKHLS GPS sample and BHPS sample. It was sup... Olena Kaminska

01:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #415: Question on household income

This update only to acknowledge receipt of your request. It might take us a few weeks at the moment to respond to thi... Redmine Admin

01:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #415 (Closed): Question on household income

Hello,
I am a PhD student at the Centre for Health Economics at University of York.
I am currently using BHPS d... Irene Sanchez

09/10/2015

06:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #414 (Closed): Weights for unbalanced panel

My question is very similar to "this one":https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/issues/393#change-1207, post... Ewan Carr

05:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #410: Income in Understanding and BHPS

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05:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #401 (Closed): Weights and finding variables

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10:19 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #413: discovering whether a variable is asked in Round 5 (etc.)

These questions were asked only of 16-19year olds in the extra 5 minute sample OR a recent immigrant. But they should... Alita Nandi

09/09/2015

04:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #413 (Closed): discovering whether a variable is asked in Round 5 (etc.)

Hi -- I would be grateful for a bit of help in determining whether the variable EthID3 is asked of all relevant respo... David Bartram

02:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #412 (Closed): Weights for BHPS and Understanding Society

Hello,
I’ve merged the BHPS with the BHPS-subset of Understanding Society to create a longitudinal panel of BHPS r... Andreas Wiedemann

09/08/2015

04:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #411: Ethnicity and Socio-economic information

For info about school linkage, please see: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2015/02/11/release-of-education-dat... Redmine Admin

04:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #411 (Closed): Ethnicity and Socio-economic information

We are looking at the possibility of using Understanding Society to compare pupils outcomes (intervention v/s compari... Javiera Cartagena Farias

09/04/2015

08:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #410 (Closed): Income in Understanding and BHPS

I see someone else raised a question about the precise calculation of income variables in Understanding Society. In ... Lori Bougher

09/03/2015

01:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #405: Data on relationsihp duration

I have received the following advice:
We collect information about partnership histories during the Partnership Hi... Redmine Admin

09/01/2015

05:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #402 (Closed): Health conditions

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05:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #406: Calcuation of net income variables

We are currently working on the documentation and should be able to provide more detail in a few weeks' time.
On beh... Redmine Admin

04:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #409 (Closed): Weights for w2 bloods

Please will you advise on the following: When using the bloods data in W2 (GPS sample) and W2 mainstage questionnair... Gill Weston

04:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #408: mc

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04:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #408 (Closed): mc

I have been searching for the abbreviation list inclding "mc" in many of variable labels - but cannot find.
could ... Chihiro Udagawa

12:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #407: Missing variables in the UKHLS for the continuing members of the BHPS

Dear Hiba,
the questions we ask about housing tenure in Understanding Society are identical to the ones asked in the... Gundi Knies

09:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #407 (Closed): Missing variables in the UKHLS for the continuing members of the BHPS

Dear understanding society members,
hope this email finds you well.
A quick introduction of myself, my name is ... hiba hussein

08/29/2015

03:13 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #406 (Closed): Calcuation of net income variables

Hi,
I have a question about the precise calculation of income variables such as hhnetinc1 (total household net inc... Andreas Wiedemann

08/27/2015

04:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #405 (Closed): Data on relationsihp duration

Dear Understanding Society people,
I am working with Understanding Society and I would like to know if the survey ... Paco Perales

04:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #360 (Closed): Non-response models for Wave 2

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04:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #399 (Closed): w_hiqual_dv coding

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08/25/2015

12:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #404 (Closed): Where did sceverdrnk go?

In going through the newest version of wave 2 I realised that the variable sceverdrnk has disappeared. It is in the q... Cara Booker

08/24/2015

01:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #401: Weights and finding variables

Tracy,
I suggest that you use the weight b_indinus_xw for your analysis. It is not quite optimal as it does not co... Peter Lynn

09:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #393 (Closed): Weights for unbalanced panel

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09:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #394 (Closed): Data in Excel?

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09:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #398 (Closed): Identifying drop outs and re joiners

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08/20/2015

02:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #401: Weights and finding variables

Tracy Turc-Milloy wrote:
> Hello,
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> Please could you tell me if the committee has determined yet a weighting th... Tracy Turc-Milloy