Understanding Society User Support

05/12/2016

07:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #564 (Resolved): Is there an Opportunity to get the BHPS Waves 1-18 and BHPS data that's integrated in UKHLS as one big dataset?

Hey,
If I understood coorectly, the BHPS got completely integrated into UKHLS. So that the variables and questionair... Leolo Vogt

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #563 (Resolved): Weights when using the youth panel

Hi,
I'm wondering which are the most appropriate weights for my analysis. I'm analysing employment transitions betwe... Libby Webb

02:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #554: Special license data for non-UK issues

Hi Moyin,
Apologies for the delay. Please find attached details of the 2a/2b classificaitons for BHPS and UKHLS.
... Victoria Nolan

01:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #557 (Resolved): hscost mgold

Dear David,
Apologies for the delay in responding. We do not currently provide a summary measure of housing/mortga... Victoria Nolan

09:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #561: Survey design and longitudinal weight choice in unbalanced panels

Dear Dan,
Many thanks for your follow-up. My colleague Olena, who is responsible for weighting, is currently on le... Victoria Nolan

05/11/2016

05:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #561: Survey design and longitudinal weight choice in unbalanced panels

Dear Victoria,
Thanks for your reply, and sorry for posting as an attachment! I have read the worksheets on weight... Dan Brown

05/10/2016

05:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #556: Death in BHPS and US

Hi Emily,
"ret'ing" stands for "retiring" and "ret'd" for "retired". If you cross-tabulate astat with the variable l... Gundi Knies

04:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #561 (In Progress): Survey design and longitudinal weight choice in unbalanced panels

Dear Dan,
Many thanks for your enquiry. In the first instance, please have a look at the worksheets on weighting i... Victoria Nolan

03:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #561 (Resolved): Survey design and longitudinal weight choice in unbalanced panels

Hi all!
My questions are in the attached pdf file. Thanks very much for your help!
Cheers,
Dan Dan Brown

04:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #541 (Closed): Health conditions module

Victoria Nolan

04:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #555 (Closed): Household and individual income components

Victoria Nolan

04:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #550 (Closed): Interview date

Victoria Nolan

04:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #553 (Closed): Measuring highest level of education in both the BHPS and US data

Victoria Nolan

04:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #551 (Closed): Hiqual_dv derivation

Victoria Nolan

04:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #544 (Closed): Background informations on the questions in BHPS/US data regarding gender equality

Victoria Nolan

04:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #549 (Closed): self employment

Victoria Nolan

03:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #543 (Closed): household income

Victoria Nolan

05/06/2016

05:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #511: SCEVERDRNK variable Wave 2

Note that 959 persons had left both boxes of Q23 blank (so -9 was coded) but had filled in b_scfalcdrnk categories 1-... Alita Nandi

05:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #511: SCEVERDRNK variable Wave 2

B_SCEVERDRNK was mislabelled: 1 means they ticked the "Have never had an alcoholic drink" box. We will revise it. Tha... Alita Nandi

05/04/2016

11:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #537: Merged File Request

Thanks for letting us know that m_rename is not available in the Moodle course. It has now been uploaded. Check the f... Alita Nandi

06:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #537: Merged File Request

Hi Gundi,
can you please post the m_rename.sps macro for exercise 8? i am reworking through the exercises.
than... zoe young

02:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #537 (Resolved): Merged File Request

Further to my last post, it has puzzled me why your interpretation of Stata code does not yield the same number of in... Gundi Knies

04:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #560 (Resolved): PNO of spouse in BHPS and UKHLS

Hi Christa,
when you are unsure about which relationships are covered in a variable pointing to a significant other ... Gundi Knies

03:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #560 (Resolved): PNO of spouse in BHPS and UKHLS

Hello,
Just for clarification: is the hgspn variable in BHPS waves 1-18 the same as ppno in UKHLS? It is not exact... Christa Hubers

05/03/2016

07:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #537: Merged File Request

Hi Zoe,
as we have said before, it is bejond the remit of this support forum to work through individual user's code ... Gundi Knies

01:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #558 (Closed): c_jbstat estimates in STATA compared to SPSS

From Angela Potter-Collins:
Hi thanks for the quick response Victoria - we spotted it after, thanks : ) Victoria Nolan

11:25 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #558 (Resolved): c_jbstat estimates in STATA compared to SPSS

Dear Angela,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
We have had a look and it looks like you are comparing two different... Victoria Nolan

09:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #556 (In Progress): Death in BHPS and US

Victoria Nolan

09:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #548 (Closed): Age variables BHPS and UKHLS

Victoria Nolan

09:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #546 (Closed): What is the cost for businesses to access the Understanding Society data

Victoria Nolan

09:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #547 (Closed): Socio-economic status parents BHPS and UKHLS

Victoria Nolan

04/29/2016

06:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #554: Special license data for non-UK issues

Hi Victoria,
Thank you very much for your reply. I read through the links you gave me, I still have 3 more quest... audrina li

05:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #537: Merged File Request

Hi
I have managed to finally perform steps 1 and 2. In case other people read this feed you need to:
ADD FILES for... zoe young

02:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #558 (Resolved): c_jbstat estimates in STATA compared to SPSS

We are looking at the variable c_jbststat1 and analysing using STATA, we have also run in SPSS and are getting differ... angela potter-collins

12:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #556: Death in BHPS and US

Alita Nandi wrote:
> Please note that the data structure of indsamp is different from indresp or indall. Here each i... Emily Murray

04/28/2016

04:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #557 (Resolved): hscost mgold

Is it correct that to obtain the original purchase price and the amount borrowed at purchase for mortgagors it is nec... david rhodes

03:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #554 (Feedback): Special license data for non-UK issues

Dear Moyin,
Many thanks for your enquiry. Apologies for the broken link, we will get this fixed.
Medium level g... Victoria Nolan

12:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #541 (Resolved): Health conditions module

Victoria Nolan

11:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #555 (Feedback): Household and individual income components

Dear Alba,
The great majority of differences are proxy cases for which we do include the component values in the d... Victoria Nolan

11:04 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #556: Death in BHPS and US

Please note that the data structure of indsamp is different from indresp or indall. Here each individual can have mor... Alita Nandi

11:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #556: Death in BHPS and US

Additionally:
In the BHPS, as in UKHLS, you can also identify deceased respondents using "wivfio" variable in "winds... Alita Nandi

10:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #556: Death in BHPS and US

Emily,
There is a cross-wave variable indicating final known status of respondents: it is astat in xwlsten.dta dat... Olena Kaminska

09:30 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #550: Interview date

Great, thanks Victoria! Christoph Kronenberg

08:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #550: Interview date

Hi Christoph,
In the BHPS, the respondent never reports the date of interview, it’s always done by the interviewer... Victoria Nolan

04/27/2016

05:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #550: Interview date

Thanks Vicotria,
that is helpful, as a follow up:
At least in the BHPS (haven't checked US yet) there are vars wh... Christoph Kronenberg

03:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #556 (Resolved): Death in BHPS and US

How can I determine whether an individual in BHPS has died at following waves, including during their time in Underst... Emily Murray

03:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #555 (Resolved): Household and individual income components

We are researching changes in household income over time, and are interested in determining which components (labour ... Alba Lanau

04/26/2016

07:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #553: Measuring highest level of education in both the BHPS and US data

Hi Vanessa,
further to Victoria's response, I am now uploading the code that we run to create a proxy for the Unders... Gundi Knies

03:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #553 (In Progress): Measuring highest level of education in both the BHPS and US data

Hi Vanessa,
Many thanks for your enquiry and for transferring it to the user support forum.
Please can I refer ... Victoria Nolan

03:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #553 (Resolved): Measuring highest level of education in both the BHPS and US data

Dear Victoria,
I noted that you responded to a colleague’s question on this matter, but provided the solution via... vanessa gash

05:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #554 (Resolved): Special license data for non-UK issues

Hi there,
I'm a PhD student from the U.S.. I'm working with my professors on a social exclusion project that co... audrina li

03:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #537: Merged File Request

Hi Alita,
I have been trying to do the steps Gundi mentioned was done in stata in spss. Is there a possibility of g... zoe young

04/25/2016

10:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #551 (Resolved): Hiqual_dv derivation

Victoria Nolan

10:08 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #551: Hiqual_dv derivation

Hi Emily,
we are aware that there are, unfortunately, problems with the correct display of some of the variable note... Gundi Knies

09:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #551 (Resolved): Hiqual_dv derivation

I am looking for information about how the hiqual_dv variable is derived. I have found on the website the following i... Emily McDool

10:19 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #550 (Feedback): Interview date

Dear Christoph,
Advance letters are sent to adults living in households that we are issuing to field. The advance ... Victoria Nolan

10:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #545 (Closed): I would like data for C-reactive protein

Victoria Nolan

10:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #539 (Closed): matlv: Had period of maternity/paternity leave

Victoria Nolan

10:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #542 (Closed): Partner Relationship Quality Measure

Victoria Nolan

10:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #544 (Feedback): Background informations on the questions in BHPS/US data regarding gender equality

Dear Thea,
Many thanks for your enquiry and I'm sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
These questions are... Victoria Nolan

04/23/2016

07:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #537: Merged File Request

Hi Alita,
Thank you for you help.
zoe zoe young

04/22/2016

02:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #549: self employment

The variable w_Jb2pay_dv relates to second job, not self-employment, and it is monthly gross income.
Best wishes,... Alita Nandi

02:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #543: household income

1. For net income for BHPS please take a look at the net income files also available from the UKDA Study Number 3909
... Alita Nandi

11:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #543: household income

I think I need to compute equivalent variables to netinc1 and hhnetinc1 with the BHPS - can you clarify what '31 rent... david rhodes

04/21/2016

10:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #550 (Resolved): Interview date

Hi,
I am wondering how interview dates came about mainly in the BHPS, but also US.
How much control over interv... Christoph Kronenberg

12:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #548 (Feedback): Age variables BHPS and UKHLS

Hi Christa,
the variables wage in the BHPS and w_dvage in the UKHLS report the respondent's age at the time of the i... Gundi Knies

11:03 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #549 (Resolved): self employment

Is e_jb2pay_dv a gross figure - it doesn't say on your web, as neither does it in the datafile, p90 of the user guide... david rhodes

09:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #546 (Feedback): What is the cost for businesses to access the Understanding Society data

Dear Samantha,
Information about commercial use of Understanding Society data can be found on the UK Data Service ... Victoria Nolan

04/20/2016

03:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #548 (Resolved): Age variables BHPS and UKHLS

Dear,
I was wondering which age-variables to use in my analyses of both the BHPS and UKHLS data? The BHPS provides... Christa Hubers

02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #547 (Resolved): Socio-economic status parents BHPS and UKHLS

Dear Christa,
masoc and pasoc on the BHPS data file XWAVEDAT report the 3-digit SOC 1990. The corresponding variable... Gundi Knies

01:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #547 (Resolved): Socio-economic status parents BHPS and UKHLS

Dear,
I would like to compare 18-39 year old respondents from BHPS waves 13-17 with those from UKHLS waves 1-5. On... Christa Hubers

09:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #511 (In Progress): SCEVERDRNK variable Wave 2

Dear Orla,
Many thanks for your enquiry. We are just consulting with colleagues on this and will get backto you as... Victoria Nolan

07:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #537: Merged File Request

Dear Zoe,
Our remit at the User Forum is to answer queries related to Understanding Society data and provide gener... Alita Nandi

04/19/2016

04:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #537: Merged File Request

Dear Zoe,
Many thanks for your email.
The status of all posts is changed to public after we have verified that ... Victoria Nolan

03:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #546 (Resolved): What is the cost for businesses to access the Understanding Society data

The business I work for would like to access the survey data - what is the cost to businesses to access the date and ... Samantha Scotland

03:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #543: household income

Thank you. Could you confirm that BHPS does not have an equivalent variable - it appears that the household level var... david rhodes

02:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #541: Health conditions module

This doesn't appear to be the case with the health questions in BHPS - HLPRBA to HLPRBM, as these appear (by the lack... david rhodes

10:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #541: Health conditions module

Thank you. As there do not appear to be these health questions in the xwave data compiled for all respondents, does t... david rhodes

09:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #541 (Feedback): Health conditions module

Dear David,
Many thanks for your enquiry. Apologies for the delay in getting back to you - I was consulting with c... Victoria Nolan

09:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #533 (Closed): Using the ego_alt datafile

Victoria Nolan

09:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #535 (Closed): Creating duration of marriage variable

Victoria Nolan

09:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #531 (Closed): Context of blood sampling

Victoria Nolan

04/18/2016

09:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #537: Merged File Request

Hi Gundi
Re your message:
I am not familiar with SPSS but I have written Stata code to identify all those respond... zoe young

01:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #537: Merged File Request

Hi Alita,
I am having trouble still with the merge. I have been able to do the merge for a and b but when i try to ... zoe young

02:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #511: SCEVERDRNK variable Wave 2

hello,
I just wanted to follow-up on my earlier question relating to variable SCEVERDRNK (Wave 2). I've downloaded... Orla McBride