Understanding Society User Support

01/21/2016

05:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13

Hi Sharon,
Sorry about the confusion - the above Stata code was an example to show how to merge the different file... Alita Nandi

01/20/2016

02:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13

Error: For the BHPS the unique cross-wave individual identifier is "pid" and not "pidp" ("pidp" is for Understanding ... Alita Nandi

02:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13

Hello,
To merge individual level files from different waves use pidp. For example,
use pidp kmaju using kindresp,... Alita Nandi

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

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

01/08/2016

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

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

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)
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01/06/2016

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

01/05/2016

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

01/04/2016

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

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

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

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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

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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

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