Understanding Society User Support

08/02/2016

09:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #611: longitudinal weights or cross-sectional weights for descriptive with index constructed with longitudinal weights

Rita,
Very good question. In both situations you should use longitudinal weights. This is because people who were ... Olena Kaminska

07/26/2016

02:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #601: cross-sectional weight for xtra five minute sample missing from wave 2 datafile

Renee,
The questionnaire by mistake was not asked to TSMs in wave 2. For this reason cross-sectional analysis woul... Olena Kaminska

07/13/2016

09:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #598: crosssectional BHPS sample weights in Understanding Society

I suggest you use W_indin01_lw. This is a longitudinal weight but it also represents the cross-sectional population. ... Olena Kaminska

07/11/2016

04:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #598: crosssectional BHPS sample weights in Understanding Society

For how to scale the 'ub' weight please see our reply to issue #228.
Olena Olena Kaminska

04:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #598: crosssectional BHPS sample weights in Understanding Society

Thanks for your question. Yes, we do not provide separate cross-sectional weights for separate samples simply because... Olena Kaminska

11:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #592: Sampling weights when using the Youth Survey

Tom,
Indeed, you are one of our users who use an unusual combination of waves and questionnaires. We don't provide... Olena Kaminska