Understanding Society User Support

10/13/2015

05:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #432 (In Progress): Distributions of NS-SEC variables in earlier and later versions of Wave 1 data

Dear Sharon,
we try to assign the most appropriate missing values according to our definitions, i.e. -9 "missing or ... Gundi Knies

04:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #432 (Closed): Distributions of NS-SEC variables in earlier and later versions of Wave 1 data

I first accessed the Wave 1 dataset around 2012 at which time there was a ‘refusal’ category for the derived variable... Sharon Cruise

05:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #431: Coding of 'missing' in earlier and later versions of Wave 1 data of variable 'a_scghq2_dv'

Dear Sharon,
we try to assign the most appropriate missing values according to our definitions, i.e. -9 "missing or ... Gundi Knies

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #431 (Closed): Coding of 'missing' in earlier and later versions of Wave 1 data of variable 'a_scghq2_dv'

I first accessed the Wave 1 dataset around 2012 at which time there was a ‘missing’ category for the derived variable... Sharon Cruise

10/12/2015

05:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #410 (Closed): Income in Understanding and BHPS

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09:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #425 (Closed): MEMORIG unclear values

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09:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #422 (Closed): SIC 2007 variables in Wave 3

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09:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #420 (Closed): NPD linkage

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09:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #430: Sample size and weight within blood sample w2

Hi,
Thank you very much for your response.
Indeed, I would do a cross-sectional analysis of wave 2 data only, w... Gaelle Albertus

10/09/2015

02:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #430: Sample size and weight within blood sample w2

Gaelle,
Thank you for your question. From your message I understand that you want to use information from three so... Olena Kaminska

09:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #430 (Closed): Sample size and weight within blood sample w2

Hi,
I am working on Nurse Health Assessment database in order to use data related to biomarkers and health. I deci... Gaelle Albertus

10/08/2015

05:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #424: Proxies in general, how do they work?

Hello Vernon,
As a general rule if any of the response outcomes say proxy (value = -7) it means that this was a pr... Alita Nandi

10/07/2015

03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #429 (Closed): Calculation of Benefits Income in BHPS and USoc

I am writing with the hopes that someone can clarify precisely how income from benefits is constructed in the BHPS (a... Lori Bougher

09:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #412 (Closed): Weights for BHPS and Understanding Society

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09:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #414 (Closed): Weights for unbalanced panel

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09:09 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #421: mining of genetic + other data: collaboration?

Just to acknowledge receipt - we hope to have a reply for you soon. On behalf of the team, Jakob Redmine Admin

08:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #423 (Closed): Application to use HES data

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08:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #427: Income variables' descriptive stats on US website do not match my results

The online documentation is incorrect in these cases. Thanks for making us aware of this.
On behalf of the team,
J... Redmine Admin

10/05/2015

01:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #426: Merging youth to family information

Follow these steps:
1. Merge youth questionnaire file, w_youth, to w_indall using pidp. The variables that you nee... Alita Nandi

11:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #428 (Closed): Adult SC Questionnaire Wave 2

hi User support,
i'm using the questions on alcohol drinking from the W2 SC interview. specifically my questions a... afshin zilanawala

10/02/2015

08:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #414: Weights for unbalanced panel

Olena,
Perfect, thanks. That makes sense. Many thanks for your help with all of this.
Ewan
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07:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #427 (Closed): Income variables' descriptive stats on US website do not match my results

Dear all,
please, could you kindly clarify the following points?
- The variable b_netinc1 as presented on the w... Gabriella Melis

10:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #426 (Closed): Merging youth to family information

Dear All, could someone please assist me. I have created a file with responses from the youth questionnaire.
I have... K.Samantha Russell Jonsson

10/01/2015

09:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #424: Proxies in general, how do they work?

Thanks Jakob!
I had begun working with the c_egoalt file. I am adding variables according to suitability on to a s... Vernon Hedge

08:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #424: Proxies in general, how do they work?

This variable is an intermediate variable computed by the interviewing scripts and there are other more comprehensive... Redmine Admin

06:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #425: MEMORIG unclear values

The various samples are represented e.g. here: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/bhps/documentation/volb/wave11/kindsamp.h... Redmine Admin

06:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #425 (Closed): MEMORIG unclear values

Hello I am working with the BHPS, and am trying to learn more about values of the variable MEMORIG. This code the sam... Chris Martin

09:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #418: Understanding Society dataset harmonised with GGP

The GGP Harmonized Histories (http://www.ggp-i.org/data/harmhistories.html) are in part based on the predecessor stud... Redmine Admin

08:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #419 (Closed): Adult self completion wave 2 and weights

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09/29/2015

03:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #414: Weights for unbalanced panel

Ewan,
You would need a weight called b_psnenub_xw or b_indpxub_xw (or another depending on the variables you are u... Olena Kaminska

11:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #424 (Closed): Proxies in general, how do they work?

I am looking at data from Wave C, file name c_indresp.sav SPSS file.
I am very interested in targeting households ... Vernon Hedge

09/28/2015

05:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #423: Application to use HES data

pls see #306 Redmine Admin

03:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #420: NPD linkage

At the moment data have been linked for children, youths and young adults in England with valid consents in wave 1. E... Redmine Admin

02:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #416 (Closed): SOC 00 to ISCO 1988 stata dofile (code for 4 digits) Understanding society dataset

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02:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #404 (Closed): Where did sceverdrnk go?

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12:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #422 (In Progress): SIC 2007 variables in Wave 3

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12:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #422: SIC 2007 variables in Wave 3

Dear Ashwin,
can you confirm that you are using the latest edition of the Understanding Society released data, i.e.,... Gundi Knies

09/25/2015

10:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #423 (Closed): Application to use HES data

Is there an application process to request linked HES data for Understanding Society? Gareth Hagger-Johnson

09/24/2015

03:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #414: Weights for unbalanced panel

Many thanks for your reply, this is very helpful.
> ??You can either use BHPS dataset with the first wave weight a... Ewan Carr

02:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #422 (Closed): SIC 2007 variables in Wave 3

Hi there
I am trying to carry out a set of analyses for specific industry groups but I find that, of the 23,177 sa... Ashwin Kumar

02:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #421 (Closed): mining of genetic + other data: collaboration?

In general my question is whether collaboration on the Understanding Society data is possible.
In particular: I am... Katrijn Van Deun

09/22/2015

12:09 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #414: Weights for unbalanced panel

Ewan,
You can either use BHPS dataset with the first wave weight and have information from a longer period, or you... Olena Kaminska

11:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #412: Weights for BHPS and Understanding Society

You can use in-built stata programs to use weights (which are much easier and save you from making mistakes), such as... Olena Kaminska

11:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #419: Adult self completion wave 2 and weights

Yes, you are right. You should use b_indscus_lw. Thanks for pointing it.
Olena Kaminska

10:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #409 (Closed): Weights for w2 bloods

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10:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #411 (Closed): Ethnicity and Socio-economic information

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10:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #413 (Closed): discovering whether a variable is asked in Round 5 (etc.)

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10:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #404: Where did sceverdrnk go?

Just to confirm that this variable has not been released previously and that it has made it into the revision planned... Redmine Admin

09/21/2015

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #420 (Closed): NPD linkage

is it correct that NPD data is only linked for those individuals in the Und Soc Youth Survey in Wave 1
is it ever go... Jennifer Roberts

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/
On behalf of the team, Jakob Redmine Admin

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