Understanding Society User Support

01/14/2016

03:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #472 (Closed): Inapplicable Answers

Victoria Nolan

03:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #471 (Closed): Weights

Victoria Nolan

03:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #461 (Closed): Was Maternal BMI or Maternal Weigth and Height Data been recorded?

Victoria Nolan

03:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #474 (Resolved): Large income jump between Wave 18 of BHPS and Wave 2 of UKHLS

Dear Chris,
Please accept my apologies for the delay in getting back to you on this.
Annual income is not stric... Victoria Nolan

12:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #486 (Closed): BHPS education leaving age variables

Hi, I'm trying to create a variable for bhps that gives an overall 'education leaving age' which takes account of sch... Stefanie Jane

01/13/2016

03:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #485 (Resolved): Query about adapting and using a question from the survey

Dear Jessica,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
There is no problem with you using this education question - it was... Victoria Nolan

11:21 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #485 (Closed): Query about adapting and using a question from the survey

I'd like to use an adapted version of this question in an academic research project and I wasn’t sure whether I nee... Jessica Walburn

10:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #484 (Closed): Matching data to new administrative datasets

Dear Jack,
Many thanks - I have passed on your comments to our data linkage team.
Best wishes, Victoria. Victoria Nolan

10:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #484: Matching data to new administrative datasets

Hi Victoria,
Thank you very much for your quick reply. I feared this would be the case, but thought it worth check... Jack Worth

01/12/2016

04:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13

Yes. Indall includes some basic information on every household member (all ages) of every responding household in tha... Alita Nandi

11:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13

Thank you for your help Alita & Victoria, that is extremely useful to know!
Additionally, concerning the youth qu... Sharon Rith

04:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #484 (In Progress): Matching data to new administrative datasets

Dear Jack,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
Unfortunately, linking respondents to the School Workforce Census woul... Victoria Nolan

09:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #484 (Closed): Matching data to new administrative datasets

I am exploring the prospect of using Understanding Society data for a research project on teachers, as there are arou... Jack Worth

12:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #477: Childcare module

Hi Charlie,
I have looked into your follow-up question (posted below for the benefit of other users who may come acr... Gundi Knies

01/11/2016

07:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13

Yes the category 'inapplicable' is for individuals with 0 siblings (MSIBS=2). It is also inapplicable for individuals... Alita Nandi

10:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #482 (In Progress): Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13

Dear Sharon,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I have assigned this to my colleague Alita who will be able to respond ... Victoria Nolan

10:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #481 (Closed): Should household identifier match (for most respondents) across waves?

Victoria Nolan

09:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #469 (Resolved): cross tabulation question

Victoria Nolan

09:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #473 (Resolved): Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction

Dear Chris,
If you would like Understanding Society data with income not top-coded then you would need to apply vi... Victoria Nolan

01/10/2016

01:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #482 (Closed): Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13

Hi I am using the BHPS Wave 13 to undertake some undergraduate research.
I am unclear about the variable 'mnsibs' ... Sharon Rith

01/08/2016

08:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #473: Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction

Victoria
Thanks. There does appear to be one difference--the income from labor in US appears to be top-coded, wherea... Chris Martin

07:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #473: Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction

Dear Chris,
Based on the information you provided, I think you will find that the those with zero employment incom... Victoria Nolan

05:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #481: Should household identifier match (for most respondents) across waves?

Hi Alita,
Fantastic, thanks for your response (and so quickly).
Phil Phil Jones

05:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #481 (In Progress): Should household identifier match (for most respondents) across waves?

Hi Phil,
There is no concept of a longitudinal household in Understanding Society. As households change it is diff... Alita Nandi

05:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #481 (Closed): Should household identifier match (for most respondents) across waves?

Do household identifiers (b_hidp, and c_hidp) match across waves (for respondents who do not move home)?
I've crea... Phil Jones

04:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #463: Job History Data

The best way to find out is to either search in the questionnaire for the wave you are interested in
https://www.un... Alita Nandi

04:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #463: Job History Data

Alita Nandi wrote:
> Yes, it is called w_gor_dv (w is the wave prefix)
Ahh ok thank you very much. Also, I was st... Anuj Vithlani

01/07/2016

11:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #463: Job History Data

Yes, it is called w_gor_dv (w is the wave prefix)
Alita Nandi

02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #463: Job History Data

Alita Nandi wrote:
> As the reasons for this decision was not dependant on any individual, household or regional cha... Anuj Vithlani

04:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #478 (Feedback): Sexual orientation in Wave e

Dear Paco,
Yes, this question was only asked of 16-21 year olds in wave 5. Other adult respondents were not asked ... Victoria Nolan

09:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #478 (In Progress): Sexual orientation in Wave e

Dear Paco,
Many thanks for your enquiry - I am just following this up with colleagues and I will get back to you w... Victoria Nolan

03:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #480 (In Progress): Analysis by highest educational or vocational qualification

Dear Veronique,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
qfhigh_dv includes vocational qualifications which could not be f... Victoria Nolan

10:52 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #480 (Closed): Analysis by highest educational or vocational qualification

We are planning to analyse some of the Understanding Society variables by highest educational or vocational qualifica... Veronique Siegler

01/06/2016

05:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #473: Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction

Victoria
Thanks for your update. I've been using both BHPS and Understanding Society data. In BHPS, I've been using ... Chris Martin

03:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #477: Childcare module

Hi Chris,
the w_child.dta files include a number of pointers to the various people who may have provided information... Gundi Knies

08:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #477 (In Progress): Childcare module

Dear Charlie,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I have assigned this to my colleague Gundi who will be able to respond... Victoria Nolan

09:16 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #476 (Resolved): Variable LVLONG reoccurence

Dear Kristina,
I have checked with colleagues and we do not carry that question, or anything about life expectancy... Victoria Nolan

08:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #476 (In Progress): Variable LVLONG reoccurence

Dear Kristina,
Many thanks for your enquiry - I am just following this up with colleagues and I will get back to y... Victoria Nolan

08:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #474 (In Progress): Large income jump between Wave 18 of BHPS and Wave 2 of UKHLS

Dear Chris,
Many thanks for your enquiry - I am just following this up with colleagues and I will get back to you ... Victoria Nolan

06:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #479 (In Progress): Urgent - data accesss support

What data management or statistical softwares do you use? If you use Stata or SPSS then you could download the data i... Alita Nandi

05:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #479 (Closed): Urgent - data accesss support

I am looking to download data in a format that I can ideally use in excel. If not, I am willing to download any softw... Christopher Booth

01/05/2016

10:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #478 (Closed): Sexual orientation in Wave e

Hi there,
I see from the documentation that the variable e_sexuor is available in wave 5 of the panel.
However, i... Paco Perales

03:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #477 (Closed): Childcare module

Is it possible to find the person number for the person completing the childcare module? The file c_child.sav include... Charlie Owen

02:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #473 (In Progress): Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction

Dear Chris,
Thank you for your request.
Firstly for information, the routing information for each variable is ... Victoria Nolan

11:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #470 (In Progress): Benefit Data

Dear Megan,
Mnany thanks for your enquiry.
There are different methods of finding variables available in the da... Victoria Nolan

11:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #476 (Closed): Variable LVLONG reoccurence

Dear UKHLS support team,

--- Could I please confirm if a specific question that first occurred in the British Hou... Kristina Dietz

09:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #475: ECHP-SCPR, ECHP-ONS, and ECHP-NI

Hi Chris,
As Gundi said, the ECHP sample is not part of Understanding Society. However, if you are using the BHPS ... Alita Nandi

09:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #475 (Resolved): ECHP-SCPR, ECHP-ONS, and ECHP-NI

Dear Chris,
the ECHP subsample did not become part of the Understanding Society sample because data collection for t... Gundi Knies

01/04/2016

05:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #475 (Closed): ECHP-SCPR, ECHP-ONS, and ECHP-NI

I am trying to understand the values of memorig, which codes the subsample in BHPS. I understand the meaning of value... Chris Martin

05:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #474 (Closed): Large income jump between Wave 18 of BHPS and Wave 2 of UKHLS

Hello
I have merged data from the BHPS with Understanding Society and have an issue with income data. In BHPS, two o... Chris Martin

05:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #473 (Closed): Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction

There are many cases where income from labor is zero, but the respondent has a high level of job satisfaction. Could ... Chris Martin

02:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #461 (Resolved): Was Maternal BMI or Maternal Weigth and Height Data been recorded?

Alita Nandi

02:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #463 (In Progress): Job History Data

Alita Nandi

02:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #472 (In Progress): Inapplicable Answers

Alita Nandi

02:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #472: Inapplicable Answers

Hi Alex,
As you can see from the Universe this was asked only of "proxy respondents" who were in paid work in the ... Alita Nandi

02:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #471 (In Progress): Weights

Alita Nandi

02:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #471: Weights

Hi Alex,
Please see "Example 6: Working with weights and complex survey design" of the "Introduction to Understand... Alita Nandi

02:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #465 (In Progress): Immediate - BHPS data access help

Alita Nandi

12/27/2015

06:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #472 (Closed): Inapplicable Answers

Hi,
I looked at the variable c_pjbptft (whether they work full time or part time) in c_indresp (adult self comple... Alex Best

05:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #471 (Closed): Weights

I am doing cross-sectional analysis of wave 3 (adult self completion questionnaire), so I am aware I need to use the ... Alex Best

12/23/2015

10:38 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #449 (Closed): Sexuality Variable

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10:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #450 (Closed): subpopulation analysis

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10:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #453 (Closed): Zero value weight with nurse data combined to blood sample and main sample (w2)

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10:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #456 (Closed): comparing across waves

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10:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #460 (Closed): Language variables

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10:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #464 (Closed): Local Authority Data

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10:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #466 (Closed): Deprivation scores

links should have been prepared. Thanks for making us aware of this problem. Jakob Redmine Admin

10:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #467 (Closed): Ns-sec/UKborn and religion

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12/22/2015

11:19 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #470 (Closed): Benefit Data

Hello,
Can you please tell me what information is collected with regards to benefit payments. Is this a simple ye... megan macpherson

12/21/2015

09:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #453: Zero value weight with nurse data combined to blood sample and main sample (w2)

Thanks Olena, it helps a lot !
Thank you again for the time you take to answer me. I better understand the use of ... Gaelle Albertus

07:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #463: Job History Data

As the reasons for this decision was not dependant on any individual, household or regional characteristics and as th... Alita Nandi

12/20/2015

10:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #469 (In Progress): cross tabulation question

Hi Veronique,
when you look at the online variable level description you will see that _jbnssec_dv is derived from _... Gundi Knies

11:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #463: Job History Data

Alita Nandi wrote:
> Hi Anuj,
> You will have to create these variables yourself. We do not provide these derived v... Anuj Vithlani

12/19/2015

04:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #463: Job History Data

Hi Anuj,
You will have to create these variables yourself. We do not provide these derived variables as yet.
Best w... Alita Nandi

12/18/2015

02:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #469 (Closed): cross tabulation question

When I cross tabulate c_jbnnssec_dv (NS-SEC of current job) with c_jobstat (current employment status) , some people ... Veronique Siegler