Understanding Society User Support

12/17/2015

05:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #463: Job History Data

Alita Nandi wrote:
> Employment histories were collected for the 1-6 month samples in wave 1 and for the remaining 6... Anuj Vithlani

03:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #468: Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed

Wonderful, many thanks for your response and your help! I am looking forward to analysing the data!
Best wishes,
Ko... Konstantin Käppner

02:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #468 (Closed): Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed

Erroneously, the documentation from the previous deposit is currently the first part of the ducumentation you find. W... Redmine Admin

12:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #468: Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed

Dear Jakob,
thank you for the information. I will hence apply for the special license datasets to obtain ward iden... Konstantin Käppner

10:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #468: Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed

The most accurate information that we can offer on location is postcode centroids at a single point in time. This inf... Redmine Admin

10:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #465: Immediate - BHPS data access help

All household level questions are asked in the household questionnaire. You can search for these variables by looking... Alita Nandi

12/16/2015

07:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #468: Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed

Dear Jakob,
many thanks for the swift response. As I said, I think it would be an easier solution if I could obtai... Konstantin Käppner

06:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #468 (In Progress): Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed

Unfortunately, we are not currently able to grant access to Secure Access data to researchers based outside the UK. W... Redmine Admin

12:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #468 (Closed): Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed

Dear Understanding Society Team mebmers at ISER,
I am currently conducting an analysis of individual voting dynam... Konstantin Käppner

07:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #464: Local Authority Data

Please see this FAQ: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/projects/support/wiki/Is_it_possible_to_merge_in_... Redmine Admin

12/15/2015

07:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #453: Zero value weight with nurse data combined to blood sample and main sample (w2)

Dear Gaelle,
First, let me answer a question whether you need weights. You don’t need weights if you want to talk ... Olena Kaminska

02:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #467: Ns-sec/UKborn and religion

"Whether current job NS-SEC is given by c_j1soc10_cc (NS-SEC 10) or c_j1soc00_cc (NS-SEC 2000)?"
These do not ref... Alita Nandi

02:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #467: Ns-sec/UKborn and religion

ukborn (and other iniital conditions questions) are asked only when first interviewed so they will have a lot of miss... Alita Nandi

12:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #467 (Closed): Ns-sec/UKborn and religion

Please could you just clarify(apologies unfamilar with running these in Understanding society and a colleague has que... angela potter-collins

08:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #466: Deprivation scores

Thanks for letting us know. The new link is:
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/projects/support/wiki/Is... Redmine Admin

12/14/2015

08:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #466 (Closed): Deprivation scores

My enquiry is about IMD/Carstairs scores. As I understand they are not included in the data but should be linked to g... Johanna Jokio

05:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #450 (In Progress): subpopulation analysis

All our weights are designed for analysis of the whole population on any population subgroup. Apologies for taking a ... Redmine Admin

04:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #465 (Closed): Immediate - BHPS data access help

Dear Understanding Society User Support,
I have registered for the UK Data Service and acquired BHPS data for my d... Christopher Booth

01:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #464 (Closed): Local Authority Data

Hello,
I am looking to use the Understanding Society data for a project I am involved in. I wondered if the data ... megan macpherson

12:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #461: Was Maternal BMI or Maternal Weigth and Height Data been recorded?

Please take a look at the variable description in the Online Documentation for the frequency distribution of response... Alita Nandi

12:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #463: Job History Data

Employment histories were collected for the 1-6 month samples in wave 1 and for the remaining 6-24 month samples in w... Alita Nandi

12:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #460: Language variables

>Can I clarify that there is no question asking if the respondents speaks a language other than English at home?
YES... Alita Nandi

12:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

Hi Alex,
Proxy interview: When a person is unable to give an interview, in some cases, their spouse or adult child... Alita Nandi

07:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #453: Zero value weight with nurse data combined to blood sample and main sample (w2)

Hi Olena,
Thanks a lot for your helpful response.
I already read the User guide of both main stage and nurse h... Gaelle Albertus

12/09/2015

07:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #452 (Closed): identifying same-sex (female-female)partner

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07:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #454 (Closed): BHPS hhch12 variable in INDRESP files

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07:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #457 (Closed): ethnicity

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07:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #458 (Closed): country of birth and derived variable UK born

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07:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #459 (Closed): derived variable for total number of children

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07:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #462 (Closed): Longitudinal weights

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05:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #462: Longitudinal weights

Thanks Olena- this is a great help.
I think the most suitable solution is to continue to just use the longitudina... Rory Coulter

02:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #462: Longitudinal weights

Rory,
Cross-sectional weights will be wrong in this situation simply because you can't observe a move in a cross-s... Olena Kaminska

01:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #462: Longitudinal weights

Thanks Olena, this helps a lot.
Just one (hopefully final) clarification regarding pooled analysis. If I were to f... Rory Coulter

11:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #462: Longitudinal weights

To answer your questions:
1. Yes, and this is a safe option;
2. Pooled analysis is a good option if you want to rep... Olena Kaminska

05:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #463 (Closed): Job History Data

I've looked at both the BHPS and UKHLS data. Am I correct in saying that BHPS has job history data whilst the UKHLS d... Anuj Vithlani

12:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #449: Sexuality Variable

Thank you!
I was just wondering how do I find out what the "proxy" answers refer to? I assume proxy means other pe... Alex Best

12/08/2015

05:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #462: Longitudinal weights

Hi Olena,
Many thanks for the very quick reply and advice. I can see that just using the wave 1 weight is not eno... Rory Coulter

02:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #462: Longitudinal weights

Rory,
You can't use different longitudinal weights for different people in the same analysis - such analysis will ... Olena Kaminska

10:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #462 (Closed): Longitudinal weights

Hi,
I'm conducting a longitudinal analysis of waves 1-5 using the GPS and EMB samples and have a quick question ab... Rory Coulter

12:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #456: comparing across waves

Thanks Olena.
I realize that if I pool data I would need to have "individuals x wave" as unit of analyses, which mi... Carolina Zuccotti

10:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #455 (Closed): Residential mobility indicators

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10:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #455: Residential mobility indicators

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> xwhist is under development and did not make it into the latest release. You are advised to a... Rory Coulter

12/07/2015

04:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #453: Zero value weight with nurse data combined to blood sample and main sample (w2)

Dear Gaelle,
Indeed, you are right in thinking that generally for most of the studies all people who provide infor... Olena Kaminska

12/03/2015

05:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #456: comparing across waves

Dear Carolina,
To select the weights you will need to first decide on what you want to represent: either people ov... Olena Kaminska

12/02/2015

03:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #459 (Resolved): derived variable for total number of children

Welcome! Gundi Knies

02:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #459: derived variable for total number of children

Thank you. This answers my questions. Alexey Bessudnov

02:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #459: derived variable for total number of children

Hi Alexey,
apologies, it turns out the _lnprnt is asked of men and women who appear not to have any natural children... Gundi Knies

12:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #459: derived variable for total number of children

Hi Gundi,
Many thanks for your detailed and timely reply. Just a couple of things to clarify. You said that lnprnt... Alexey Bessudnov

09:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #459 (In Progress): derived variable for total number of children

Hi Alexey,
first, to confirm that there is no derived variable which provides this information. Hence, you are rig... Gundi Knies

03:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #461 (Closed): Was Maternal BMI or Maternal Weigth and Height Data been recorded?

Hi,
I am a research assistant and I am currently searching for maternal datasets containing maternal BMI or ... Nicoleta Pasecinic

12/01/2015

05:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #460 (Closed): Language variables

I am interested in exploring the information related to respondents' language in Understanding Society.
It is clea... Joanna Clifton-Sprigg

09:08 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #443 (Closed): Orgm variables

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09:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #451 (Closed): Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Boost sample Wave 6

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09:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #454 (In Progress): BHPS hhch12 variable in INDRESP files

Thanks for raising it - now forwarded to the BHPS team. On behalf of the team, Jakob Redmine Admin

09:04 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #455 (In Progress): Residential mobility indicators

xwhist is under development and did not make it into the latest release. You are advised to apply for access to https... Redmine Admin

09:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #421: mining of genetic + other data: collaboration?

advised to email biomarker team directly by email today. Redmine Admin

09:00 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #421 (Closed): mining of genetic + other data: collaboration?

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11/30/2015

10:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #459 (Closed): derived variable for total number of children

Hi,
I'd like to create variables for a total number of biological children for individuals in each wave. My unders... Alexey Bessudnov

09:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #458: country of birth and derived variable UK born

use ukborn in xwavedat
use c_hiqual_dv in c_indresp
c_jlnssec8_dv: is about last job. Information about the las... Alita Nandi

05:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #458: country of birth and derived variable UK born

Hi please could you advise with the following variables. It is similar to the previous request on ethnicity.
We are... angela potter-collins

05:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #458 (Closed): country of birth and derived variable UK born

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05:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #446 (Closed): Childcare analysis

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03:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #446: Childcare analysis

Thank you for your help on this Ceri Hughes

01:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #457: ethnicity

Please use the variable c_racel_dv. This question was asked of all adult respondents in wave 1 and after that only of... Alita Nandi

01:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #457: ethnicity

I have a query re an output for ethnicity that a colleague has run.
The output below is for ethnicity. There appea... angela potter-collins

01:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #457 (Closed): ethnicity

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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