Understanding Society User Support

02/14/2018

11:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #919 (Feedback): weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(g)

Peter Lynn

11:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #919: weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(g)

Nico,
By "current wave" I meant wave 1 in the case of the wave 1 sample, wave 2 for the wave 2 sample, etc. So, fo... Peter Lynn

11:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #919 (Resolved): weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(g)

Dear Peter,
I have a quick follow-up question with regard to my past issue #839. You wrote the following below:
A ... Nico Ochmann

02/13/2018

04:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #916: Two questions about weights

Thanks Olena - very helpful.
Tom Tom Waters

02:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #918 (Resolved): lnprnt - number of children ever had

Hi,
I am working specifically with the original BHPS sample (hhorig==3) across combined waves 1-25. My question re... Alice Campbell

02/12/2018

12:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #884 (Resolved): Missing call records for the wave 2 and wave 3 nurse visits

Alita Nandi

12:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #881 (Resolved): weighting values of zero

Alita Nandi

12:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #880 (Resolved): Genetic data linked to NPD

Alita Nandi

12:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #874 (Resolved): try to link the birthweight to each child

Alita Nandi

12:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #723 (Resolved): Combining USOC/BHPS and zero weights

Alita Nandi

12:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #913 (Feedback): Understanding Society - Housing Conditions

Alita Nandi

12:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #890 (Resolved): SDQ variables

Alita Nandi

12:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #904 (Resolved): Educational atttainment waves 20-25 - BHPS sample

Alita Nandi

12:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #903 (Resolved): Education variable hiqual_dv in BHPS and USOC

Alita Nandi

12:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #902 (Resolved): Life history questions in USOC (and BHPS)

Alita Nandi

12:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #901 (Resolved): Question by an Msc student

Alita Nandi

12:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #899 (Resolved): introduction to understanding society Example 3

Alita Nandi

12:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #898 (Resolved): Pay data - include or exclude overtime payment?

Alita Nandi

12:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #897 (Resolved): device used data in Wave 7

Alita Nandi

12:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #896 (Resolved): Understanding Society Wave 7 timing data

Alita Nandi

12:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #892 (Resolved): Wave 7 Variables: nutrition_w7, scawembs_w7 and exercise_7

Alita Nandi

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #891 (Resolved): Matching f_fihhmnnet1_dv to previously used f_hhnetinc1

Alita Nandi

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #895 (Resolved): data release mental health and social media

Alita Nandi

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #900: BHPS

Dear Maria,
Dave Mare's files are available at the UKDS: https://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7821&t... Alita Nandi

11:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #916 (Feedback): Two questions about weights

Alita Nandi

11:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #916: Two questions about weights

Tom,
Thank you for your question.
All our derivation of weights is explained in the Understanding Society User ... Olena Kaminska

09:03 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #916 (Resolved): Two questions about weights

Hi,
I have two questions about weights that perhaps you can help me with.
First, the documentation states that ... Tom Waters

11:57 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #912 (Feedback): Duplicates of pid in the harmonized UKHLS/BHPS xwavedat

Hello Michael,
Thank you for identifying these cases. You are correct there are 11 pids with 2 observations. We ha... Alita Nandi

10:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #917 (Feedback): how to merge xwavedat with data from all the other seven waves

Alita Nandi

10:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #917: how to merge xwavedat with data from all the other seven waves

In this latest release xwavedat includes BHPS cases as well. If you look at the hhorig for these cases you will see t... Alita Nandi

10:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #917 (Resolved): how to merge xwavedat with data from all the other seven waves

Dear Alita,
this seems an obvious procedure, but I obtain a fairly high number of non-matches (60,792), which kin... Nico Ochmann

02/09/2018

02:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #915 (Feedback): sf1 and scsf1 understanding

Hi Oliver,
to reconstruct the inapplicable codes in specific waves and variables you need to check the questionnaire... Gundi Knies

01:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #915 (Resolved): sf1 and scsf1 understanding

Hi, could you please explain the difference between sf1 and scsf1. My understandng is that sf1 was asked face to face... Oliver Lester

02/08/2018

11:22 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #914 (Closed): end dates of individual interview for IP W9

I have noticed that in i_indresp_ip there are the following variables available:
Individual interview start time (... Olga Maslovskaya

02/06/2018

03:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #913 (Resolved): Understanding Society - Housing Conditions

Gundi Knies

02:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #913: Understanding Society - Housing Conditions

Hi Eva,
one way to find out whether a BHPS variable is also included in the Understanding Society questionnaire is t... Gundi Knies

11:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #913 (Resolved): Understanding Society - Housing Conditions

Dear all,
the BHPS survey included 11 questions about housing conditions.
br_hsprbg - Shortage of space
br_hrp... Eva Gottges

12:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #902: Life history questions in USOC (and BHPS)

(this issue was raised and responded to elsewhere, the correspondence is being logged here) Alita Nandi

12:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #902 (Feedback): Life history questions in USOC (and BHPS)

Initial response from survey team:
In the first wave we identify a new entrant (and for all adult respondents in ... Alita Nandi

12:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #887 (Resolved): Treatment of student sample members

Alita Nandi

12:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #907 (Resolved): Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

Alita Nandi

11:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #907: Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

No worries! These things happen... Glad that the issue has been resolved.
Best wishes,
Alita Alita Nandi

12:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #908 (Feedback): Request

Alita Nandi

12:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #908 (In Progress): Request

Alita Nandi

11:50 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #908: Request

We are producing a marital and cohabitation event history file for Understanding Society where we are including the B... Alita Nandi

12:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #909 (Feedback): Combining Datasets

Alita Nandi

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #909 (In Progress): Combining Datasets

There is an online training course on the Introduction to Understanding Society which, in addition to instructing on ... Alita Nandi

12:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #910 (Feedback): How to download NPD linked UKHLS

Alita Nandi

12:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #910 (In Progress): How to download NPD linked UKHLS

Alita Nandi

12:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #910: How to download NPD linked UKHLS

(as this is identical to issue #911 that you have raised I will delete post #911.)
Alita Nandi

12:08 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #910: How to download NPD linked UKHLS

This dataset is available for download from the UKDS website under their Secure Data Access license.
https://discov... Alita Nandi

12:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #906 (Feedback): Highest educational qualification using qfhigh_dv: potential issues with immigrants

Hi Nico,
The issue that you have raised is valid. Your method of checking is sensible. In wave 1, non-UK born (a_u... Alita Nandi

12:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #905 (Feedback): Overview of variables for Innovation Panel

The best way to see a list of variables in each wave of IP is by looking at the data documentation.
https://www.und... Alita Nandi

11:59 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #896: Understanding Society Wave 7 timing data

Request withdrawn by user so issue is being closed. Alita Nandi

02/05/2018

08:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #912 (Resolved): Duplicates of pid in the harmonized UKHLS/BHPS xwavedat

Dear User Support
I am trying to understand the identifier variables in the harmonized UKHLS/BHPS xwavedat.
1)... Michael Baumkautner

05:13 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #910 (Resolved): How to download NPD linked UKHLS

Hello,
I am not able to download the National Pupil Database from the Uk Data website.Is there any additional formal... nirosha elsem varghese

02/04/2018

10:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #904: Educational atttainment waves 20-25 - BHPS sample

Perfect - thank you!! Alice Campbell

02/01/2018

01:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #907: Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

Thank you Altida,
The problem was with me. The dofile I was using (the one we received from the workshop) had the va... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

01/31/2018

04:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #909 (Resolved): Combining Datasets

I was hoping to use the Understanding Society Dataset for my dissertation on the motherhood wage gap. This requires v... Jessica MacCormick

01/30/2018

05:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #907: Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

Hello, I just ran the following code and did not get an error message. How did you specify the globals dir2 and dir3?... Alita Nandi

01:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #907: Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

That is the message I am getting (attached)
OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN wrote:
> Thank you for your reply.
> I am acuta... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

01:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #907: Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

Thank you for your reply.
I am acutally using the do file you gave us at the training in Essex in November (Example... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

09:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #907 (In Progress): Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

If you have copied this code from the worksheets, then due to formatting issues, the ` which you need to specify the ... Alita Nandi

02:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #908 (Resolved): Request

Hi,
I'm starting to use the British Household Panel Survey Consolidated Marital, Cohabitation and Fertility Histor... Charlotte Edney

01/29/2018

06:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #907 (Resolved): Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

Hi,
I am trying to merge BHPS to the UKLS data. Using the command below, by the time I get to foreach (looping), ... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

01:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #906 (Resolved): Highest educational qualification using qfhigh_dv: potential issues with immigrants

Dear support-team,
I am wondering about the qfhigh_dv variable and immigrants who got their degree outside the UK... Nico Ochmann

01/26/2018

03:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #904 (Feedback): Educational atttainment waves 20-25 - BHPS sample

Dear Alice,
Thank you for informing us. We are aware of this issue and the data has now been updated with the corr... Stephanie Auty

02:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #904 (In Progress): Educational atttainment waves 20-25 - BHPS sample

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

01:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #904 (Resolved): Educational atttainment waves 20-25 - BHPS sample

Hi,
I am conducting longitudinal analyses with the original BHPS sample (hhorig==3), utilising data from both BHPS... Alice Campbell

03:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #903 (Feedback): Education variable hiqual_dv in BHPS and USOC

Dear Rossella,
Thank you for informing us. We are aware of this issue and the data has now been updated with the c... Stephanie Auty

02:40 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #903 (In Progress): Education variable hiqual_dv in BHPS and USOC

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

02:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #905 (In Progress): Overview of variables for Innovation Panel

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

09:13 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #905 (Resolved): Overview of variables for Innovation Panel

Is there a document available which summarises what information is available in each wave in the Innovation Panel? So... francesca salvati

01/25/2018

05:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #903 (Resolved): Education variable hiqual_dv in BHPS and USOC

I am currently working with the long file using BHPS and USOC data.
I am noticing problems with the educational var... Rossella Icardi

01/24/2018

09:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #900: BHPS

From: Maria Garcia Reyes [mailto:mariaelena.garciareyes@york.ac.uk]
Sent: 22 January 2018 11:38
To: usersupport@un... Stephanie Auty

01/23/2018

04:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #891: Matching f_fihhmnnet1_dv to previously used f_hhnetinc1

Thanks for getting back to me. It's great to get a better understanding of the income figures.
David David Leese

01:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #891 (Feedback): Matching f_fihhmnnet1_dv to previously used f_hhnetinc1

Dear David,
Apologies for the delay in this response.
There are three sources of change between the latest rele... Stephanie Auty

01/22/2018

03:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #902 (In Progress): Life history questions in USOC (and 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

01:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #902 (Resolved): Life history questions in USOC (and BHPS)

My name is Darina Peycheva and I’m a member of the research team working on the 1958 National Child Development Study... Jonathan Burton

03:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #901 (Feedback): Question by an Msc student

Dear Benji,
The data including LSOA for 2011 is available under Special Licence with study number 7248 at the UKDS... Stephanie Auty

10:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #900 (Feedback): BHPS

Stephanie Auty

01/21/2018

06:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #900: BHPS

Dear Maria,
Since wjobhist can have more than one record per respondent, you will need to do a one to many (1:m) o... Stephanie Auty

01/19/2018

11:09 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #899 (Feedback): introduction to understanding society Example 3

Dear Maria,
xtset should be used after appending all of the waves. Please check that each wave only appears once i... Stephanie Auty

10:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #901 (In Progress): Question by an Msc student

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

10:04 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #901 (Resolved): Question by an Msc student

Dear Understanding Society Study,
I am an MSc student at the LSHTM, and am wanting to do my MSc research project ... Benjamin Woolf

10:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #898 (Feedback): Pay data - include or exclude overtime payment?

Dear Jack,
Yes, w_paygu_dv includes pay for usual amounts of overtime.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Auty - Understan... Stephanie Auty

01/17/2018

04:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #896 (Feedback): Understanding Society Wave 7 timing data

Dear Olga,
I will email you about the procedure for requesting this data.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Auty - Unders... Stephanie Auty

02:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #897 (Feedback): device used data in Wave 7

Dear Olga,
At Wave 7, those who were invited to participate online first were advised to use a computer rather tha... Stephanie Auty

02:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #900 (In Progress): 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

02:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #900 (Resolved): BHPS

To whom it may concern,
I am using the BHPS to conduct research on income, house tenure and job history, for all w... Maria Elena Garcia Reyes

02:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #899 (In Progress): introduction to understanding society Example 3

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

11:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #899 (Resolved): introduction to understanding society Example 3

Hi,
I had the chance to attend the course. I am on exercise 3 matching individual data in long format which I can d... Maria Elena Garcia Reyes