Understanding Society User Support

08/18/2017

04:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #827: Lone parent flag nonepar_dv definition

Dear Oliver,
Apologies, I seem to have posted the wrong link. Please try https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/do... Stephanie Auty

03:16 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #833: How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?

Dear Peter,
You are correct in your second assumption. On the first assumption, the variables for self-employment... Stephanie Auty

02:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #826 (Resolved): transformed HH income measure?

Stephanie Auty

02:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #818 (Feedback): Exact numbers of children

Stephanie Auty

02:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #800 (Closed): Net Income

Stephanie Auty

02:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #799 (Closed): Parent sample for research project

Stephanie Auty

02:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #837 (In Progress): Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

12:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #837 (Closed): Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked

I have been running a query vis a cross-tabulation between _ff_bentype09 BY w_bendis8 filtering on w_ff_bentype09 = 0... Ray Storry

08/17/2017

11:11 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #835: Individuals falling out of the survey

Olly,
Just to add to this.... outcome codes (w_ivfio and w_ivfho) for all individuals from whom we attempted to c... Peter Lynn

11:04 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #836 (Closed): Weighting for general population

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From: Ray Storry <raystorry@incomesdataresearch.co.uk>
Date: Thu, Aug 17, 2... Peter Lynn

10:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #836: Weighting for general population

Ray,
Apologies, where I wrote "(base in table)", I meant "(cell count in table)".
Peter
Peter Lynn

10:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #836: Weighting for general population

Hello Ray,
Yes, all weights are designed for estimation of ratio estimates (proportions, means, regression coeffic... Peter Lynn

10:24 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #825: BHPS weights for BHPS components in UKHLS wave 6

Sook,
Apologies if i had misunderstood. Yes, if your analysis uses only variables from wave 6, then a cross-secti... Peter Lynn

09:41 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #822 (Closed): Brexit variable not in Wave 7?

Peter Lynn

09:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #822: Brexit variable not in Wave 7?

To be clear, the question 'Eumem' is included in the self-completion of all wave 8 interviews, involving fieldwork fr... Peter Lynn

08/16/2017

12:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #833: How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?

Dear Stephanie
Many thanks for your fast response, it is very helpful. Just to check I've understood two points co... Peter Spittal

10:06 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #836 (In Progress): Weighting for general population

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

10:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #835 (Feedback): Individuals falling out of the survey

Hi Olly,
Whether members of couples who split are followed depends on their status as Original Sample Members (OSM... Stephanie Auty

08/15/2017

04:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #836 (Closed): Weighting for general population

I have run a query on persons employed who expect to move in the next year Yes/No. I have weighted the data in Wave ... Ray Storry

03:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #833 (Feedback): How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?

Dear Peter,
The calculation of this variable is basically the same that of the BHPS equivalent (except that self-... Stephanie Auty

03:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #834 (Feedback): Existence of siblings

Hi Lea,
This question is part of the Family Networks module. As you can see in the long term content plan (https:/... Stephanie Auty

08/11/2017

04:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #835 (In Progress): Individuals falling out of the survey

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

04:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #835 (Closed): Individuals falling out of the survey

Hi,
Are there resources on individuals who fall out of the survey? (i.e. are missing in one wave)
In particular... Oliver Southwick

04:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #834 (In Progress): Existence of siblings

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

03:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #834 (Closed): Existence of siblings

Hi,
I am interested in whether respondents in Understanding Society have siblings. I am not interested in the numbe... Lea Samek

04:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #827: Lone parent flag nonepar_dv definition

Thanks Stephen,
I can't find this documentation for nonepar_dv
Does the documentation cover how the variable is... Oliver Southwick

03:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #823 (Feedback): BHPS Weights

Stephanie Auty

03:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #820 (Feedback): Longitudinal vs cross-sectional weight choice

Stephanie Auty

03:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #819 (Resolved): Gender identity

Stephanie Auty

03:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #831: Care recipient

Thank you. That was very helpful. Lea Samek

03:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #809 (Resolved): Deriving the persontality traits for Understanding Soc

Stephanie Auty

03:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #832 (Feedback): age and ethnicity of participants

Dear Naaheed,
You can find the frequencies by age group in 5 year intervals for the most recent wave at:
https://... Stephanie Auty

09:02 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #833 (In Progress): How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

08/10/2017

09:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #833 (Closed): How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?

I was wondering if you could provide some guidance on how the derived monthly labour income variable in UKHLS (w_fiml... Peter Spittal

04:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #831 (Feedback): Care recipient

Hi Lea,
The variables which state which of the household members are cared for by the respondent are w_aidhua1-w_a... Stephanie Auty

08/09/2017

03:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #832 (In Progress): age and ethnicity of participants

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #832 (Closed): age and ethnicity of participants

I would like to carry out some research on dementia across different ethnic groups. I cannot find information on the ... Naaheed Mukadam

12:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #824 (Feedback): Question on individual saving

Dear Lucyna,
The question aims to exclude mortgage payments. Mortgage payments wouldn’t usually be considered as s... Stephanie Auty

08/08/2017

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #827 (Feedback): Lone parent flag nonepar_dv definition

Hi Olly,
The variable level documentation available online includes information on which variables are used in the... Stephanie Auty

03:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #821 (Feedback): Surveying methods of tracking separated parents

Stephanie Auty

03:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #817 (Resolved): Satisfaction questions wave 3 - missing C_FF_LIFESATW3 variable

Stephanie Auty

03:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #813 (Resolved): Match of sex across waves

Stephanie Auty

03:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #812 (Resolved): BHPS TTWA codes

Stephanie Auty

03:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #811 (Resolved): Wave 6 youth questionnaire confusion

Stephanie Auty

03:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #808 (Closed): b_ff_oprlg - feed forward variable for whether belong to a religion

Stephanie Auty

03:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #792 (Resolved): Merging datasets

Stephanie Auty

12:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #816: Identifying youth Questionnaire respondents who are adopted

Hi Andrew,
I'm sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
The w_adopt file is created from questions in the fe... Stephanie Auty

08/07/2017

09:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #831 (In Progress): Care recipient

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

08/05/2017

06:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #831 (Closed): Care recipient

Hi, I am interested in caregivers as well as care recipients, in particular the relationship between the two, i.e. wh... Lea Samek

08/04/2017

04:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #829 (In Progress): What is the difference between qualoc_dv from xwavedat and qualoc from wave a,b,c,d,e,f

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

08/03/2017

06:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #829 (Closed): What is the difference between qualoc_dv from xwavedat and qualoc from wave a,b,c,d,e,f

Dear Alita,
I have been using the qualoc variable for the different waves. However, I am curious about the derive... Nico Ochmann

08/01/2017

04:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #826 (Feedback): transformed HH income measure?

Stephanie Auty

03:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #826: transformed HH income measure?

Dear Seok Woo Kwon,
We do not include an adjustment factor for comparability purposes across time. It should be s... Stephanie Auty

02:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #800 (Resolved): Net Income

Stephanie Auty

02:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #799 (Resolved): Parent sample for research project

Stephanie Auty

07/31/2017

11:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #825: BHPS weights for BHPS components in UKHLS wave 6

Dear Peter,
Thank you for the reply. Currently, we're not conducting longitudinal analysis. Maybe I have confused ... Sook Kim

01:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #827 (In Progress): Lone parent flag nonepar_dv definition

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

11:37 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #827 (Closed): Lone parent flag nonepar_dv definition

Hi,
What is the definition used for the derived lone parent flag "nonepar_dv"?
I've been unable to find this i... Oliver Southwick

09:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #818: Exact numbers of children

Dear Elisa,
If you already have access to the data, you can look at the variable w_birthy on the w_indall record. ... Stephanie Auty

09:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #826 (In Progress): transformed HH income measure?

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

07/30/2017

11:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #821: Surveying methods of tracking separated parents

Hello Charlotte,
1. Data management issue
From your description below it is not clear what data management step... Alita Nandi

07/28/2017

07:58 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #826 (Closed): transformed HH income measure?

Does anyone have suggestions on how to make household incomes comparable across years in the BHPS survey? Is there a ... Seok Woo Kwon

02:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #822: Brexit variable not in Wave 7?

Thanks Peter for your clarification.
So data about the referendum will be published after W8 fieldwork, guess it w... Christoph Thewes

12:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #822: Brexit variable not in Wave 7?

Christoph,
The question is asked only in wave 8. Wave 8 fieldwork started in January 2016, so this means that the ... Peter Lynn

12:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #825: BHPS weights for BHPS components in UKHLS wave 6

Hello,
For analysis A, if you are using data from 1991-2015, you should use f_indin91.lw.
For B, if you are usi... Peter Lynn

09:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #825 (In Progress): BHPS weights for BHPS components in UKHLS wave 6

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

09:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #825 (Closed): BHPS weights for BHPS components in UKHLS wave 6

Our team is analysing gender pay gap using BHPS samples. We require two separate weights, A and B, and we exclude Nor... Sook Kim

12:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #823: BHPS Weights

Liviu,
Your question is clear. The BHPS longitudinal weights are indeed designed for analysis of sample members wh... Peter Lynn

09:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #824 (In Progress): Question on individual saving

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

07/27/2017

07:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #824 (Closed): Question on individual saving

Dear Support Team,
I am using the US wave 4 to analyze households' saving decisions. I am looking at the questions... Lucyna Gornicka

02:05 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #819 (Feedback): Gender identity

Dear Manuela,
Whilst we do not currently carry question items about gender identity, it is an area that is schedul... Stephanie Auty

11:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #823 (In Progress): BHPS Weights

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

11:46 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #822 (In Progress): Brexit variable not in Wave 7?

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

07/26/2017

04:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #823 (Closed): BHPS Weights

Ispoke briefly on the phone to one of your IESR colleagues about getting some information about weights in the BHPS. ... Liviu Nafornita

02:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #822 (Closed): Brexit variable not in Wave 7?

I wonder why the question if someone thinks UK should remain/leave the EU is not asked in W7, but next year in W8?
... Christoph Thewes

07/25/2017

02:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #809 (Feedback): Deriving the persontality traits for Understanding Soc

Stephanie Auty

12:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #820: Longitudinal vs cross-sectional weight choice

Olly,
Yes, if your regression uses variables from two consecutive waves (even if it is only the dependent variable... Peter Lynn

10:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #820 (In Progress): Longitudinal vs cross-sectional weight choice

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

10:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #820 (Closed): Longitudinal vs cross-sectional weight choice

I am performing a regression analysis, assessing which characteristics in one wave influence outcomes in the next
... Oliver Southwick

11:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #821 (In Progress): Surveying methods of tracking separated parents

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

10:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #821 (Closed): Surveying methods of tracking separated parents

Hi,
I've been using Understanding Society data to look at parental separation and have been trying to match child... Charlotte Edney

07/24/2017

09:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #816: Identifying youth Questionnaire respondents who are adopted

Hi Stephanie
Thanks for your swift and detailed reply (I hope this is the proper way to reply!).
I will try the mer... Andrew Brown

09:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #816 (Feedback): Identifying youth Questionnaire respondents who are adopted

Hi Andrew,
We are aware of some inconsistencies in relationships recorded in the data. As with all data collection... Stephanie Auty

04:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #814 (Closed): Longitudinal weight in R with - wide datset

Peter Lynn

03:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #819 (In Progress): Gender identity

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

03:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #819 (Closed): Gender identity

Is there information about participants' gender identity (not sex, thys beyond the male vs. female binary) in any of ... Manuela Barreto

10:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #817 (Feedback): Satisfaction questions wave 3 - missing C_FF_LIFESATW3 variable

Hello Daniel,
Yes, the order of questions in the questionnaire corresponds to the order in which they were asked.
... Stephanie Auty

07/21/2017

02:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #818 (In Progress): Exact numbers of children

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

11:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #818 (Closed): Exact numbers of children

Dear team of the support service,
for a research project at the Lifbi(Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajector... Elisa Himbert

07/20/2017

03:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #816 (In Progress): Identifying youth Questionnaire respondents who are adopted

Stephanie Auty

11:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #816: Identifying youth Questionnaire respondents who are adopted

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

11:20 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #816 (Closed): Identifying youth Questionnaire respondents who are adopted

Hi
I'm currently trying to identify respondents to the Youth questionnaire who are adopted, across all waves. I woul... Andrew Brown

03:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #817 (In Progress): Satisfaction questions wave 3 - missing C_FF_LIFESATW3 variable

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

03:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #817 (Closed): Satisfaction questions wave 3 - missing C_FF_LIFESATW3 variable

Hello
I'm using the innovation panel for my masters dissertation. Currently i'm looking at the satisfaction varia... Daniel Malocco