Understanding Society User Support

02/10/2016

10:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #492: Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRP

Thank you Gabriella for offering the code.
I will write to you directly about this.
Best wishes,
Alita Alita Nandi

02/09/2016

01:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #500 (In Progress): ever had/fathered children

Dear Charlie,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I have attached the table here in a word document. We will look into y... Victoria Nolan

11:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #502: Weights to use to analyse year-to-year transitions within waves 1-5

Sanne,
Yes, your situation is very similar to question 462. Potentially pooled data or balanced panel may be best ... Olena Kaminska

11:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #502 (Closed): Weights to use to analyse year-to-year transitions within waves 1-5

Hi,
I have a question about which weights to use. A similar question (no. 462) has been asked before, but I'm sti... Sanne Velthuis

02/08/2016

03:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #499: Blood pressure feedback

Dear Will,
Many thanks for your enquiry. We are actively looking into this at the moment and will respond as soon ... Victoria Nolan

03:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #495: ethnicity

Thanks Angela for your reply - I've added it here as it is a reply to this post rather than a new issue, and I will... Victoria Nolan

01:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #498 (Closed): weight youth self-completion + adult

Victoria Nolan

01:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #491 (Closed): parental education

Victoria Nolan

01:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #489 (Closed): HRP

Victoria Nolan

01:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #492: Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRP

Garbiella Melis wrote:
thank you very much for your suggestion, although instead of the w_hsownd I have used the d... Victoria Nolan

11:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #500 (Closed): ever had/fathered children

In the indresp file there is a variable lprnt: Variable label = ever had/fathered children
I am analysing wave 3 d... Charlie Owen

02/05/2016

05:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #487: Understanding Society variable: change jobs

Dear Victoria and Alita,
Thank you very much for this information!
Best wishes,
Mariska Mariska van der Horst

03:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #487: Understanding Society variable: change jobs

Dear Mariska,
There was a scripting error for this routing flag. These cases were assigned a value of -9. This iss... Alita Nandi

11:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #499 (Closed): Blood pressure feedback

Hi,
I am working with the blood pressure data from the wave 2/3 nurse health assessment data and I am hoping y... Will Cook

02/04/2016

02:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #492: Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRP

As explained in Issue# 290
"Both in the BHPS and Understanding Society, the household questionnaire is completed b... Alita Nandi

02:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #497 (Resolved): NPD linkage to Primary/Secondary SEN type?

Dear Eric,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
Primary/Secondary SEN type is a very sensitive data item for DfE and a... Victoria Nolan

02:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #495: ethnicity

Hi Angela,
You are correct it is based on the EW version of the Census ethnic group qusetion. These can still be u... Alita Nandi

02:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #495 (In Progress): ethnicity

Dear Angela,
Many thanks for your enquiry. We are actively looking into this at the moment and we will be able to ... Victoria Nolan

02:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #487 (In Progress): Understanding Society variable: change jobs

Dear Mariska,
Many thanks for your enquiry, and apologies for the delay in responding.
We are actively looking... Victoria Nolan

01:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #493 (Resolved): Difference in response 3 and 4 for solar questions

Dear Ante,
The correct labels should be
3 ”no”
4 “considered in the past and rejected”
We will be correctin... Victoria Nolan

01:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #498 (Resolved): weight youth self-completion + adult

Victoria Nolan

11:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #498: weight youth self-completion + adult

Many Thanks Olena, found it! Carolina Zuccotti

11:09 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #498: weight youth self-completion + adult

Carolina,
For w1-w2 analysis you should use b_psnenus_lw weight, and for 1-3 waves, it should be c_psnenus_lw.
... Olena Kaminska

10:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #498: weight youth self-completion + adult

Hi Olena,
Many thanks for this prompt reply.
Just to make sure I understood, if I use individuals who are 15 in w1 ... Carolina Zuccotti

10:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #498: weight youth self-completion + adult

Carolina,
The best weight for your analysis is an enumeration longitudinal weight taken from the last wave of your... Olena Kaminska

10:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #498 (Closed): weight youth self-completion + adult

Hello,
I would like to follow individuals (14-15 yrs) who completed the self-completion youth questionnaire into the... Carolina Zuccotti

01:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #496 (In Progress): Clarification Query - Understanding Society linked NPD, and Understanding Society with School Codes

Dear Matteo,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
All the files (Understanding Society waves 1-5, NPD linkage files, s... Victoria Nolan

02/03/2016

10:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #497 (Closed): NPD linkage to Primary/Secondary SEN type?

Hi

We are contracted through Public Health England to contribute to their Knowledge and Intelligence Directorate ... Eric Emerson

02:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #492: Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRP

Gabriella Melis wrote:
Hi,

Thank you for your answer below.

Hence, for UndSoc we must assume that the pers... Victoria Nolan

10:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #496 (Closed): Clarification Query - Understanding Society linked NPD, and Understanding Society with School Codes

Dear Understanding Society team,

My name is Matteo and I would like to ask you some clarifications regarding, nam... Matteo Sandi

02/02/2016

03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #488 (Closed): Matching educational qualification in BHPS and Understanding Society

Victoria Nolan

03:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #490 (Closed): Modified oecd equivalence scale

Victoria Nolan

02/01/2016

03:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #495 (Closed): ethnicity

Hi all
I think you might need to clarify the Racel variable on your questionnaire. It states in your questionnaire... angela potter-collins

01:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #474 (Closed): Large income jump between Wave 18 of BHPS and Wave 2 of UKHLS

Victoria Nolan

01:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #477 (Closed): Childcare module

Victoria Nolan

09:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #494 (Closed): Pooled Cross-Sectional Analysis

We are aware that some users wish to pool data from multiple waves for the purpose of cross-sectional estimation (for... Peter Lynn

01/28/2016

06:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #491: parental education

Dear Carolina,
In wave 1, these questions were asked of the first six months sample (a_month>=1 & a_month<=6), tha... Alita Nandi

05:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #486: BHPS education leaving age variables

If there is someone who has completed school but is in further education, for them ascend>0 but afeend==-8. So, by yo... Alita Nandi

05:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #492: Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRP

Hello Gabriella,
You can construct the hrp variable for Understanding Society using the variables:
w_hidp, w_pno,... Alita Nandi

11:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #492: Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRP

Gabriella Melis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for your answer below.
>
> Hence, for UndSoc we must assume that th... Gabriella Melis

11:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #492: Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRP

Hi,
Thank you for your answer below.
Hence, for UndSoc we must assume that the person who answered the HH quest... Gabriella Melis

01/27/2016

03:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #485 (Closed): Query about adapting and using a question from the survey

Victoria Nolan

03:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #486: BHPS education leaving age variables

Hi Alita,
Stefanie emailed me with the details below - are you able yo follow up? Many thanks, Victoria.
Dear V... Victoria Nolan

01:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #493 (Closed): Difference in response 3 and 4 for solar questions

Dear Sir or Madam,
I'm referring to the summarised responses for variables d_solar1, d_solar2 and d_solar3 in wave... Ante B

08:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #488 (In Progress): Matching educational qualification in BHPS and Understanding Society

Dear Min Zhang,
Many thanks for your enquiry. Please refer to the variable _hiqual_dv and its description. To cons... Victoria Nolan

08:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #491 (In Progress): parental education

Dear Carolina,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I am assigning this to my colleague Alita who will be able to get bac... Victoria Nolan

08:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #489 (In Progress): HRP

Dear David,
Please refer to this earlier query for a response that hopefully answers your question?
https://www... Victoria Nolan

08:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #492 (In Progress): Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRP

Dear Gabriella,
Many thanks for your enquiry, and apologies for any confusion. I think in that earlier issue, the ... Victoria Nolan

01/26/2016

06:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #492 (Closed): Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRP

Hi,
please, I have already seen that this same query was dealt with around a year ago here: https://www.understand... Gabriella Melis

01/25/2016

03:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #490 (Resolved): Modified oecd equivalence scale

Dear David,
for the purpose of deriving this scale Understanding Society currently defines children as persons aged ... Gundi Knies

12:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #491 (Closed): parental education

Hello,
I am working with Wave 1, and I wanted to know why the number of missing cases is so high for the mother & ... Carolina Zuccotti

01/22/2016

05:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #490 (Closed): Modified oecd equivalence scale

What are the criteria used in this scale? I find the applicable variables in the HH file misleading. eg. wave 'e' ind... david rhodes

04:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #489 (Closed): HRP

How do I identify the HRP? Although the HH data is answered by the HRP ('usually'), there are no details of sex, age,... david rhodes

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #488 (Closed): Matching educational qualification in BHPS and Understanding Society

Dear Sir/Madam,
Could you please advise me how to match the educational qualification variables in the BHPS and Unde... Min Zhang

03:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #487 (Closed): Understanding Society variable: change jobs

I was trying to look at who changed jobs using waves 2, 3, and 4 of Understanding Society. For this I looked at wheth... Mariska van der Horst

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

12:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13

Hi thanks for the reply,
Unfortunately when I follow those commands for my data I end up only retaining the three ... Sharon Rith

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

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

Victoria Nolan

02:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #463 (Closed): Job History Data

Victoria Nolan

02:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #480 (Closed): Analysis by highest educational or vocational qualification

Victoria Nolan

01:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #478 (Closed): Sexual orientation in Wave e

Victoria Nolan

01/19/2016

12:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #473 (Closed): Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction

Victoria Nolan

12:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #486 (In Progress): BHPS education leaving age variables

Dear Stefanie,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
Would you be able to send on a copy of the syntax that you are usi... Victoria Nolan

12:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #465 (Closed): Immediate - BHPS data access help

Victoria Nolan

12:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #479 (Closed): Urgent - data accesss support

Victoria Nolan

12:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #476 (Closed): Variable LVLONG reoccurence

Victoria Nolan

12:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #470 (Closed): Benefit Data

Victoria Nolan

12:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #475 (Closed): ECHP-SCPR, ECHP-ONS, and ECHP-NI

Victoria Nolan

01/17/2016

06:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13

Since some variables in Wave 13 do not have enough responses, I am trying to merge variables from other waves into th... Sharon Rith

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