Understanding Society User Support

12/06/2017

03:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #883 (Feedback): a_indrep.sav Rel Quality Data

Stephanie Auty

03:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #883: a_indrep.sav Rel Quality Data

Dear Sharon,
These variables were not added for a specific project, but they have been used by Relate. You can rea... Stephanie Auty

03:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #887 (In Progress): Treatment of student sample members

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

02:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #887 (Resolved): Treatment of student sample members

Hello,
I have some questions about how the study treats sample members who are university students. Is there any g... Lewis Anderson

03:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #886 (In Progress): Zero weights and statistical power

Stephanie Auty

02:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #886: Zero weights and statistical power

Hi Olena
Many thanks for this. I am aware of the purposive oversampling of specified minority ethic groups. Howeve... Eric Emerson

10:45 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #886: Zero weights and statistical power

Eric,
You are correct about the 'loss' of statistical power in the analysis of extra five minutes. This loss is al... Olena Kaminska

12/05/2017

12:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #864 (Resolved): filterring

From: Maslovskaya O. [mailto:om206@soton.ac.uk]
Sent: 28 November 2017 12:45
To: usersupport@understandingsociety.... Stephanie Auty

12:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #880: Genetic data linked to NPD

From: LUCIANO Michelle [mailto:michelle.luciano@ed.ac.uk]
Sent: 04 December 2017 22:47
To: usersupport@understandi... Stephanie Auty

12/04/2017

09:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #882 (Feedback): scprely, scrrely and scfrely

Stephanie Auty

09:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #882: scprely, scrrely and scfrely

Dear Chris,
These questions are part of the Social Support self-completion module, as shown here: https://www.unde... Stephanie Auty

09:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #880 (Feedback): Genetic data linked to NPD

Dear Michelle,
I have spoken with the teams responsible for both the NPD and genetic datasets. The genetic data re... Stephanie Auty

05:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #886 (Closed): Zero weights and statistical power

Hi
I'm interested in data contained the harassment modules (in Waves 1, 3, 5 and 7), but am concerned about the si... Eric Emerson

11/28/2017

12:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #864 (Feedback): filterring

Dear Olga,
Yes, that's right. The Universe is the group of respondents who are asked that question.
In the poli... Stephanie Auty

12:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #864: filterring

From: Maslovskaya O. [mailto:om206@soton.ac.uk]
Sent: 13 November 2017 13:46
To: usersupport@understandingsociety.... Stephanie Auty

12:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #864 (In Progress): filterring

From: Maslovskaya O. [mailto:om206@soton.ac.uk]
Sent: 13 November 2017 12:00
To: usersupport@understandingsociety.... Stephanie Auty

12:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #879 (Resolved): macob_all and pacob_all in xwavedat_protect are not available

From: Nico Ochmann [mailto:nico.ochmann@manchester.ac.uk]
Sent: 27 November 2017 18:38
To: usersupport@understandi... Stephanie Auty

12:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #876 (Resolved): Cross wave (xwave) variable for parents occupations NSSEC 5 cats?

From: Brimblecombe,NS [mailto:N.S.Brimblecombe@lse.ac.uk]
Sent: 21 November 2017 10:53
To: usersupport@understandi... Stephanie Auty

12:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #877: weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f)

From: Nico Ochmann [mailto:nico.ochmann@manchester.ac.uk]
Sent: 10 November 2017 18:24
To: usersupport@understandi... Stephanie Auty

12:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #881 (In Progress): weighting values of zero

Stephanie Auty

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #848 (In Progress): Clinical Depression H_COND variables

From: Bernardi, Luca (Dr.) [mailto:lb388@leicester.ac.uk]
Sent: 09 November 2017 19:48
To: usersupport@understandi... Stephanie Auty

12:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #885 (In Progress): Shapefile for RREGION (BHPS)

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

12:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #885 (Resolved): Shapefile for RREGION (BHPS)

Hi there,
I would like to map some of the information in the BHPS at regional level.
How do I go about finding ... Mirko Moro

11/27/2017

10:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #881: weighting values of zero

Dear Olena
Yes, this helps greatly!
I was thinking that a simple analysis of just the wave 1 data might be a su... Andrew Brown

03:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #881: weighting values of zero

Andrew,
No, you can't just multiply weights - it does not work like that.
Yes, the enumeration weight to use is ... Olena Kaminska

04:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #879 (Feedback): macob_all and pacob_all in xwavedat_protect are not available

Dear Nico,
Please download the newly released Wave 7 Special Licence data and these variables will be available.
... Stephanie Auty

11/23/2017

12:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #884 (In Progress): Missing call records for the wave 2 and wave 3 nurse visits

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

12:04 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #884 (Closed): Missing call records for the wave 2 and wave 3 nurse visits

Dear Understanding Society Team,
I am hoping to investigate the usefulness of call records from the nurse visits i... Fiona Pashazadeh

12:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #881: weighting values of zero

P.S. After looking through the weighting section of the user guide I'm wondering if an appropriate weight to use woul... Andrew Brown

11/22/2017

11:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #775: Nurse interviewer ID number 9999

Dear Victoria,
Is there any update on this issue?
Thanks,
Fiona. Fiona Pashazadeh

04:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #881: weighting values of zero

Dear Olena
Thanks again for such a quick reply. So just to double check, I shouldn't use the cross wave weights as... Andrew Brown

11:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #881: weighting values of zero

Andrew,
Your situation is one of the complex ones for which we don't have ready weights. You could use your approa... Olena Kaminska

03:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #883 (In Progress): a_indrep.sav Rel Quality Data

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

03:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #883 (Closed): a_indrep.sav Rel Quality Data

I am writing in respect of your data set a_indrep.sav as available via UK Data Service. I noticed that in this wave y... Sharon Blake

11/21/2017

10:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #881: weighting values of zero

Dear Olena
Many thanks for your swift reply. I wonder if you would be able to provide further clarification regard... Andrew Brown

04:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #881: weighting values of zero

Andrew,
They should not be included in the analysis, as weighted analysis will compensate for them being missing.
... Olena Kaminska

01:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #881: weighting values of zero

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

11:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #881 (Closed): weighting values of zero

Hi
Could I ask a question related to issue #877?
For those cases not assigned a weight because 'a person in a h... Andrew Brown

04:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #878: employment histories

Dear Marco,
Your problem is common for any researcher who studies elderly population. So, indeed the drop out betw... Olena Kaminska

01:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #882 (In Progress): scprely, scrrely and scfrely

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

01:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #882 (Closed): scprely, scrrely and scfrely

Could i just check that these variables are not included in the survey after wave 5? Can't find them on the questionn... Chris Randall

11:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #877: weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f)

Hi
Could I ask a related question to this?
For those cases not assigned a weight because 'a person in a house... Andrew Brown

11/20/2017

04:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #878 (In Progress): employment histories

Dear Marco,
I'll assign this to Peter for some weighting advice.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Auty - Understanding S... Stephanie Auty

04:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #878: employment histories

Dear Stephanie,
My sample includes people aged 65-74 in wave 1 (n=5,371). 3,705 respondents have information about t... marco tosi

03:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #878 (Feedback): employment histories

Dear Marco,
The first six months is a representative sample, but does not include the Ethnic Minority Boost sample... Stephanie Auty

03:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #875 (Feedback): Veterans employment

Dear David,
There is not a specific variable which identifies these people. You can start with job codes 1171 and ... Stephanie Auty

03:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #876: Cross wave (xwave) variable for parents occupations NSSEC 5 cats?

Dear Nicola,
w_manssec5_dv and w_panssec5_dv are available in the w_indresp files. Individuals are asked for their p... Gundi Knies

02:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #872 (Resolved): Weights of the continuation of the BHPS sample into UKHLS

Stephanie Auty

02:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #871 (Resolved): Confirmation Wave 1 -9

Stephanie Auty

02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #868 (Resolved): wealthassetsanddebt

Stephanie Auty

02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #867 (Resolved): Wave 6 f_hhnetinc1 set to zero rather than missing for iemb sample

Stephanie Auty

02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #866 (Resolved): Stratification information

Stephanie Auty

02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #865 (Resolved): Change in question on occupation in Questionnaire in 2005 and 2006

Stephanie Auty

02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #864 (Resolved): filterring

Stephanie Auty

02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #863 (Closed): People living in Multi-generational homes in the UK

Stephanie Auty

02:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #862 (Resolved): interviewer identification numbers

Stephanie Auty

02:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #861 (Resolved): number of questions respondents are asked

Stephanie Auty

02:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #860 (Feedback): Length of time for interview

Stephanie Auty

02:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #859 (Resolved): Adoption status

Stephanie Auty

02:52 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #858 (Closed): Date of Birth variables

Stephanie Auty

02:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #856 (Closed): how to deal with contradictory records

Stephanie Auty

02:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #853 (Closed): Self-esteem measure in Youth Questionnaire

Stephanie Auty

02:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #852 (Resolved): Empstat / employment history

Stephanie Auty

02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #851 (Closed): Components of net monthly income

Stephanie Auty

02:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #849 (Resolved): universe of indall files in BHPS UKHLS

Stephanie Auty

10:14 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #880 (In Progress): Genetic data linked to NPD

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

11/15/2017

04:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #880 (Closed): Genetic data linked to NPD

Is genetic data available for individuals with linked National Pupil Database Wave 1 data, if so, what is the sample ... Michelle Luciano

11:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #873 (Feedback): Westminster constituency identifiers

Dear Quinton,
Thank you, we are aware of this issue. The information is not currently available but we are conside... Stephanie Auty

11/14/2017

03:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #877 (Feedback): weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f)

Stephanie Auty

11/13/2017

10:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #879 (In Progress): macob_all and pacob_all in xwavedat_protect are not available

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

10:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #878 (In Progress): employment histories

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

11/12/2017

02:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #879 (Closed): macob_all and pacob_all in xwavedat_protect are not available

Dear Alita,
I hope you are doing well. I have noticed that macob_all and pacob_all are not available in xwavedat_... Nico Ochmann

11/10/2017

05:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #878 (Closed): employment histories

Hello,
I try to reconstruct employment histories in wave 1 to analyse implications on health in the later waves. Sin... marco tosi

04:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #877: weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f)

Nico,
1. The provision of weights requires the ability to estimate probabilities of continuing to respond over mul... Peter Lynn

02:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #877 (Resolved): weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f)

Dear Peter,
I have a few more questions with regard to my original support #758.
1. When I generate my new weight... Nico Ochmann

03:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #876 (In Progress): Cross wave (xwave) variable for parents occupations NSSEC 5 cats?

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

10:26 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #876 (Closed): Cross wave (xwave) variable for parents occupations NSSEC 5 cats?

Hi
Is there a cross wave (xwave) derived variable available for father's and mother's occupation when respondent ... nicola brimblecombe

11/09/2017

04:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #848: Clinical Depression H_COND variables

Luca,
I will try to answer some of your questions in terms of weighting. But please if my response is not sufficie... Olena Kaminska

09:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #869 (Feedback): Unexpectedly strong gender homophily in Understanding Society compared with the BHPS

Dear Till,
There are several differences in the way these questions were asked from Wave 18 of the BHPS to Wave 3 ... Stephanie Auty

11/07/2017

06:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #870 (Feedback): Change in boundaries of Local Authority Districs

Dear Jascha,
There is a pdf document called “Understanding Society Innovation Panel Geographical Lookup Tables”, w... Stephanie Auty