Understanding Society User Support

12/21/2018

10:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1121: Variable "plbornc" vs "plbornc_all

ISER is now closed for the holidays and will reopen on 2nd January. We will get back to you soon afterwards.
With... Stephanie Auty

10:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1120: Identification of child in the chmain.dta within the third wave of UKHLS

ISER is now closed for the holidays and will reopen on 2nd January. We will get back to you soon afterwards.
With... Stephanie Auty

10:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1119: fiseq_bh and pidp are not unique in the income dataset

ISER is now closed for the holidays and will reopen on 2nd January. We will get back to you soon afterwards.
With... Stephanie Auty

10:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1091 (Resolved): Sampling weights youth self-completion survey

Stephanie Auty

10:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1089 (Feedback): Does the data collection procedure of US fit the rule of randomization?

Stephanie Auty

10:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1047 (Feedback): Weights

Stephanie Auty

12/20/2018

04:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1078: Marital change

Dear Lydia,
We have had some issues and the release of this data has been delayed. It should now be released in Ja... Stephanie Auty

11:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1118: f_closenum filtering issues

Dear Ella,
I have checked the data and do not find this issue. For all respondents where both f_simfam and f_simag... Stephanie Auty

11:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1112: Device variables at the individual level at Wave 8

This issue is being resolved by email. Stephanie Auty

10:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1121 (In Progress): Variable "plbornc" vs "plbornc_all

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

10:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1120: Identification of child in the chmain.dta within the third wave of UKHLS

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

12/19/2018

03:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1121 (Resolved): Variable "plbornc" vs "plbornc_all

Hello,
I expect that the number of observations for values (countries) 5-27 should be the same for both the "plbor... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

12/17/2018

03:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1114 (Feedback): Tracking health conditions

Dear Paul,
I want to make sure you're aware of the difference in wording in these questions between BHPS and UKHLS... Stephanie Auty

02:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1111: Data discepancy? Tenure_dv and movdir / plnew

Dear Chris,
We have some team members looking into this issue and will update you when we have made some progress.... Stephanie Auty

10:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1101: Use of social media

Dear Craig,
The variable c_ypnetcht had been mislabelled and should read "how many hours do you spend chatting or ... Stephanie Auty

10:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1120 (In Progress): Identification of child in the chmain.dta within the third wave of UKHLS

Stephanie Auty

10:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1118 (In Progress): f_closenum filtering issues

Stephanie Auty

10:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1118: f_closenum filtering issues

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

10:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1119 (In Progress): fiseq_bh and pidp are not unique in the income dataset

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

12/16/2018

06:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1120 (Resolved): Identification of child in the chmain.dta within the third wave of UKHLS

Hi,
I am merging the chmain.dta across the third, fifth and seventh wave of UKHLS. In the third wave, each row is ... Yanan Zhang

04:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1119 (Resolved): fiseq_bh and pidp are not unique in the income dataset

Greetings!
I am merging all the income datasets with the 18-wave BHPS and the 8-wave UKLHS. However, the row in in... Yanan Zhang

12/14/2018

02:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1117: Scottish sample

Hi Olena,
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
Much appreciated,
Matthew Matthew Moore

12/13/2018

03:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1112: Device variables at the individual level at Wave 8

Dear Olga,
The data for this variable is received as a String and has not yet been coded. I will look into when it... Stephanie Auty

03:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1118 (Resolved): f_closenum filtering issues

To whom it may concern,
I have been having some issues with understanding the f_closenum variable for the number ... Ella Moonan-Howard

02:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1104 (Feedback): Variable "plbornc"

Dear Olayiwola Oladiran,
Our remit at the User Forum is to answer queries related to Understanding Society data an... Stephanie Auty

11:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1110 (Feedback): Uprating Wages for Inflation

Dear Nhlanhla Ndebele,
The data is not adjusted for inflation but we are not able to provide advice on whether it ... Stephanie Auty

11:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1117 (Feedback): Scottish sample

Stephanie Auty

11:32 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1117: Scottish sample

Matthew,
Yes, as long as you use weights any subgroup is representative. So yes, you can represent Scottish people... Olena Kaminska

12/12/2018

09:47 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1117 (Resolved): Scottish sample

​Hi, 
I am currently looking at political engagement in Scotland. Understanding Society waves 3 and 6 provide some... Matthew Moore

12/06/2018

11:17 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1078: Marital change

Dear Stephanie,
I would like to understand if the consolidated partnership history for Understanding Society has ... Lydia Palumbo

12/05/2018

02:41 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1094: MSOA level data - Scotland and NI identifiers

Thank you Stephanie, that is just what I needed to know.
best wishes,
Juliet. Juliet Stone

11:51 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1104: Variable "plbornc"

Hello Stephanie,
Thank you for your reply. Yes I am using the xwavedat datafile, and it is the free (open access).... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

11:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1104: Variable "plbornc"

Dear Olayiwola Oladiran,
Are you using the datafile xwavedat? Which releases are you comparing? Which licence do y... Stephanie Auty

10:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1114 (In Progress): Tracking health conditions

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

10:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1112 (In Progress): Device variables at the individual level at Wave 8

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

10:13 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1111 (In Progress): Data discepancy? Tenure_dv and movdir / plnew

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

10:10 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1110 (In Progress): Uprating Wages for Inflation

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

12/04/2018

06:56 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1114 (Resolved): Tracking health conditions

Hi,
I am currently working with the harmonised BHPS/US data and looking to chart various health conditions. For ex... Paul Downward

02:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1112 (Resolved): Device variables at the individual level at Wave 8

Raised by Olga Maslovskaya:
I just looked at the Wave 8 data and cannot find “device used” variable. I was wonderin... Jonathan Burton

02:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1111 (In Progress): Data discepancy? Tenure_dv and movdir / plnew

Hi,
I want to examine the effect of moving from the private rental tenure (PRS) to the social rental sector (SRS) ... Chris Foye

12:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1110 (Resolved): Uprating Wages for Inflation

Can you please assist me with this?
As data collection for each wave in conducted over a 2-year period, when usin... Nhlanhla Ndebele

12/03/2018

04:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1102 (Feedback): Type of further education (variable: FETYPE) inapplicable

Dear Simon,
These values are due to the respondents only being asked this question when they join the survey, so t... Stephanie Auty

03:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1101: Use of social media

Dear Craig,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. It looks like a labelling issue and our data team are lo... Stephanie Auty

03:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1104: Variable "plbornc"

OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN wrote:
> The variable "plbornc" previously had about 36,904 observations (BHPS and UKLS Waves 1-... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

01:44 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1104 (In Progress): Variable "plbornc"

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

01:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1104 (Resolved): Variable "plbornc"

The variable "plbornc" previously had about 36,904 observations (BHPS and UKLS Waves 1-7). I have just downloaded the... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

11/30/2018

04:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1102 (In Progress): Type of further education (variable: FETYPE) inapplicable

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

11/29/2018

04:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1102 (Resolved): Type of further education (variable: FETYPE) inapplicable

Dear all,
I am looking at the data of the individual respondents (INDRESP) of the first few waves, more specifical... Simon De Ferm

11/28/2018

07:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1099: Non coresidential relationships

Ok, thank you.
So do you confirm that there is not the possibility of verifying the non co-residential relationsh... Lydia Palumbo

11/27/2018

06:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1101 (In Progress): Use of social media

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

11:49 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1101 (Resolved): Use of social media

Hi
I'm carrying out research into children's mental health and I'm using data from the youth questionnaire in Wave... Craig Duncan

06:19 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1099 (Feedback): Non coresidential relationships

Dear Lydia,
Other questions you may find useful which were asked in the same waves as bw_nrpxpm1 (8, 13 and 18) we... Stephanie Auty

12:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1097: YPDKLM: irregular variable dist.

Dear Amy,
If you read the questionnaires you will see that these missing answers are due to routing at ypeveralc. ... Stephanie Auty

11:03 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1097: YPDKLM: irregular variable dist.

Dear Stephanie,
Actually I have another question. See attached, the distribution shows that dklm has a lot more mi... Amy Orben

10:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1097: YPDKLM: irregular variable dist.

Thanks Stephanie, that resolves my query!
Best wishes,
Amy Amy Orben

10:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1098 (Feedback): Consulting

Dear Leonardo,
I'm not sure what you mean by "the form BHPS survey". If you are looking for the questionnaires the... Stephanie Auty

11/26/2018

05:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1097 (Feedback): YPDKLM: irregular variable dist.

Dear Amy,
If you look at the value labels you will see that the sixth response option is labeled "never but q45 an... Stephanie Auty

05:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1095 (Feedback): question about sample sizes

Stephanie Auty

04:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1100 (Resolved): weights and 'svy set' using wave 2+3, nurse health assesment and blood samples

Stephanie Auty

02:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1100: weights and 'svy set' using wave 2+3, nurse health assesment and blood samples

Thank you so much for your kind assistance with this and my previous questions!
Yours sincerely
Per-Ola Sundin Per-Ola Sundin

01:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1100: weights and 'svy set' using wave 2+3, nurse health assesment and blood samples

Dear Per-Ola Sundin,
Thank you for your question. Yes, the weight is correct. And for the svy set command you shou... Olena Kaminska

10:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1100: weights and 'svy set' using wave 2+3, nurse health assesment and blood samples

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

10:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1100 (Resolved): weights and 'svy set' using wave 2+3, nurse health assesment and blood samples

I am evalutaing associations between kidney function (serum creatinine) determined in blood samples at the wave 2/3 n... Per-Ola Sundin