Understanding Society User Support

11/27/2015

04:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #456 (Closed): comparing across waves

Hello,
I wanted to know if it is possible to compare the effect of a variable in wave 1 with its effect in wave 5.
... Carolina Zuccotti

12:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #455 (Closed): Residential mobility indicators

Hello,
I have the latest version (W5 release) of SN6614 and SN7248 and have a question about residential mobility ... Rory Coulter

11:04 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #454 (Closed): BHPS hhch12 variable in INDRESP files

There is a minor discrepancy between the labelling and text for variable hhch12 in each of the indresp files. An exam... Mike Wilson

11/26/2015

01:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #453: Zero value weight with nurse data combined to blood sample and main sample (w2)

Olena,
Thanks a lot for your response.
I read the User Guide and several questions on the forum (in particular ... Gaelle Albertus

11/25/2015

10:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

Hi Alex,
the online data set documentation includes a brief description of the content of the data files which you a... Gundi Knies

11/24/2015

09:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

Thank you, I have read the imputation of income and other variables section. However, it doesn't say which questionna... Alex Best

11:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #453: Zero value weight with nurse data combined to blood sample and main sample (w2)

Gaelle,
We indeed expect some people to have 0 weights in nurse cross-sectional dataset. These are mostly TSMs in ... Olena Kaminska

08:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #453 (Closed): Zero value weight with nurse data combined to blood sample and main sample (w2)

Hi,
I am working on the nurse health assessment data combined to the blood sample data and the full main interview... Gaelle Albertus

11/23/2015

09:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #452: identifying same-sex (female-female)partner

Option 1: Use the w_egoalt file to identify same-sex partners in a household. Specifically, use variables: w_relation... Alita Nandi

11/22/2015

11:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #452 (Closed): identifying same-sex (female-female)partner

Dear Understanding society team
I'm interested in studying sleep in pregnancy, I'm keen to identify the predictors r... Nora Alafif

11/20/2015

05:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

Any job related question will be inapplicable for those who do not have a job. Please refer to the specific questions... Alita Nandi

05:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

Thanks.
I have had a look at income data within indresp on stata and the majority of respondents have said inappl... Alex Best

03:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

Adults (16+) are interviewed mostly F2F (with some exceptions). Those who complete F2F interviews are also asked to f... Alita Nandi

03:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

Ok, but are all the adult self-completion questionnaires done with interviewers face-to-face or over the telephone or... Alex Best

02:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

We follow, in short, individuals and their households over time; https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/about/longitu... Redmine Admin

01:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

Ahhh ok, thanks, so for indresp (i.e. the adult questionnaire) are the people interviewed in wave 1 different to the ... Alex Best

09:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/search?q=*sexuor*&t=mainstage_variable
The question was on the adult self-com... Redmine Admin

10:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #451: Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Boost sample Wave 6

We do not yet have complete written documentation, but here is a brief description of the design:
Two new sample c... Peter Lynn

09:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #448 (Closed): weights

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11/19/2015

09:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

Thank you. I have just had a look at the descriptions of the waves. However, I cannot find the sexuality variable in ... Alex Best

06:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #443: Orgm variables

Hello,
c_orgm is asked only of those who chose c_org=1. Just replace c_orgm* = 0 if c_org=2.
In case of c_orga... Alita Nandi

05:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #446: Childcare analysis

Hello,
Yes, if you combine ccare and ccwork and restrict the analysis to those who had a job last week (jbhas=1|jb... Alita Nandi

03:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #438 (Closed): Identifying a change in address

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03:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #447 (Closed): Wave 5

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12:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #451 (Closed): Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Boost sample Wave 6

Hello,
Is there any written documentation on the sample design for the additional immigrant and ethnic minority b... Dharmi Kapadia

11/18/2015

12:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #448: weights

And thank you, again, Olena.
Vernon
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10:18 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #448: weights

Vernon,
Thank you for your citations. And yes, you should use psu alone as clusters. This is because you are using... Olena Kaminska

11/17/2015

02:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #450 (Closed): subpopulation analysis

Hi, I need some advice on analyzing a subpopulation of the sample. Specifically I am only analyzing individuals that ... Stefanie Jane

02:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #448: weights

Thanks again, Olena,
With a fast encroaching penultimate deadline for a thesis, I guess it is too late for me to s... Vernon Hedge

11:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #448: weights

Vernon,
We suggest where possible to use full information on design, including psu, strata and weights. It is poss... Olena Kaminska

12:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #448: weights

In paragraph 5 "(i.e, 1/c_indscub_x)" should read "(i.e., 1/c_indscub_xw). Apologies. Vernon Hedge

12:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #448: weights

Thank you so much, Olena, for that very detailed and considerate reply!
It is my first attempt at negotiating surv... Vernon Hedge

09:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #449 (In Progress): Sexuality Variable

The various files are described here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-document... Redmine Admin

11/16/2015

07:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

I have just redownloaded it and it works, thank you! When I download the STATA version of the dataset I get the diffe... Alex Best

03:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

When I downloaded the data from UKDS a minute ago it was there(?).
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03:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449 (Closed): Sexuality Variable

Hi,
I have downloaded understanding society's dataset and have realised the variable c_sexuor which should be in d... Alex Best

03:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #442 (Closed): Weight for longitudinal analysis with BHPS Youth dataset

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03:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #444 (Closed): I need help

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03:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #445 (Closed): Pain and work

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12:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #448: weights

Dear Vernon,
Thank you for your question. Your thinking of selecting the weight for your analysis are all correct.... Olena Kaminska

12:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #448 (Closed): weights

I am looking at data exclusively at Wave C Understanding Society c_indresp.sav. I am planning to employ model based ... Vernon Hedge

11/10/2015

12:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #81: Does Health Visitor data still exist in Understanding Society

FYI: There has been a review of the information Understanding Society collects about health, and the lack of informat... Gundi Knies

11/09/2015

01:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #241 (Closed): c_fiyrinvinc_dv vs c_fiyrdia

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01:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #406 (Closed): Calcuation of net income variables

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01:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #415 (Closed): Question on household income

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01:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #417 (Closed): Choice of income bands in proxy question on annual earnings

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01:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #418 (Closed): Understanding Society dataset harmonised with GGP

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01:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #428 (Closed): Adult SC Questionnaire Wave 2

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01:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #430 (Closed): Sample size and weight within blood sample w2

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01:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #435 (Closed): Question relating to " main reason respondent was away from work last week?" in the UK HLS

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01:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #436 (Closed): How to identify the Household Reference Person

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01:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #437 (Closed): sample design and community establishments

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01:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #440 (Closed): Longitudinal Regression Analysis Weights

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12:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #445 (In Progress): Pain and work

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12:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #447: Wave 5

We expect the Wave 5 launch the third week of Nov - so very soon.
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11:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #447 (Closed): Wave 5

Hello,
Please can you let me know the date of the Wave 5 data release?
Many thanks,
Dharmi Dharmi Kapadia

12:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #438: Identifying a change in address

I have received the following advice:
You are correct – w_plnowy4 identifies those who moved since the last wave. ... Redmine Admin

11/06/2015

12:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #446 (Closed): Childcare analysis

Hello,
I would like to use the Understanding Society wave 4 data to assess whether childcare arrangements made to ... Ceri Hughes

07:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #435: Question relating to " main reason respondent was away from work last week?" in the UK HLS

Hi Alita,
thanks for your answer.
It's a pity the duration cannot be inferred. I hope this issue could be conside... Ourega-Zoe Ejebu

11/05/2015

05:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #435: Question relating to " main reason respondent was away from work last week?" in the UK HLS

Hi Zoe,
No, these questions only refer to whether they were off from work during the week before the interview and... Alita Nandi

11/04/2015

09:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #440: Longitudinal Regression Analysis Weights

That's great thank you! Esther Afolalu

05:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #445: Pain and work

Look at the Data Documentation: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation
... Alita Nandi

02:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #445 (Closed): Pain and work

We are currently looking into a project on pain and work. I saw the following question in the most recent Understandi... Karen Steadman

11/03/2015

07:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #444: I need help

XWAVEID, XWLSTEN and XWAVEDAT: these are individual level files for all individuals ever sampled. The online document... Alita Nandi

05:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #444 (Feedback): I need help

Hi Abdulganiyu Ajani,
you say you are merging files ... and then that you are appending variables ... this makes it ... Gundi Knies

04:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #444 (Closed): I need help

I am currently using BHPS to do a research, but facing problems merging the waves. I was able to successfully appen... Abdulganiyu Ajani

02:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #435: Question relating to " main reason respondent was away from work last week?" in the UK HLS

Hi Alita. Thanks for your answer. Much appreciated.
I did use the variables you mentioned to help me calculate the ... Ourega-Zoe Ejebu

01:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #443 (Closed): Orgm variables

Hi there,
I want to compare orga and orgm of wave 3 but I can't do this as they are not both representative of the... Olivia D'Lima

09:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #442: Weight for longitudinal analysis with BHPS Youth dataset

Genevieve,
Thanks for your question. There is no one way of conducting longitudinal analysis of youth data. The ma... Olena Kaminska

11/02/2015

05:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #442 (Closed): Weight for longitudinal analysis with BHPS Youth dataset

Hello,
What weights should I use when conducting longitudinal analysis with BHPS YOUTH data? Only cross-sectional ... Genevieve Gariepy

10:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #440: Longitudinal Regression Analysis Weights

Here are the answers to your questions in the order asked. Yes, d_indscus_lw is correct, and a_indscus_xw is correct ... Olena Kaminska

11/01/2015

06:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #440 (Closed): Longitudinal Regression Analysis Weights

Hello. I am working on the understanding society database looking specifically at the self-completion questionnaire d... Esther Afolalu

10/30/2015

06:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #428: Adult SC Questionnaire Wave 2

thanks very much Jakob! i'll look for the data update.
Redmine Admin wrote:
> Please note that we have no self-c... afshin zilanawala

12:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #428: Adult SC Questionnaire Wave 2

Please note that we have no self-completion data for observations with missing value codes -7 (proxy respondent) and ... Redmine Admin

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

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11:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #429 (Closed): Calculation of Benefits Income in BHPS and USoc

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11:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #433 (Closed): How can I apply for a special license?

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11:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #434 (Closed): "None of the above" in `w'_qfhigh

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10/29/2015

12:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #438 (Closed): Identifying a change in address

Hello,
I am studying the effects of a reform on rents paid by an household.
I need accurate information on when the... Federico Zilio