Understanding Society User Support

03/08/2019

06:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1152: Coding of x_jbxpcha in Waves 6 and 8

Dear Stephanie,
Thank you for the response, I think I was not quite clear with my question. The issue I had was wh... Nhlanhla Ndebele

04:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1152: Coding of x_jbxpcha in Waves 6 and 8

Dear Nhlanhla Ndebele,
Please can you tell me in which wave you found this problem? I have looked at Waves 6 and 8... Stephanie Auty

04:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1154 (Feedback): Pay

Dear Amandeep,
There is information on income estimation in section 3.4.3 of the Mainstage User Guide which you ca... Stephanie Auty

12:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1154 (In Progress): Pay

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

04:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1142: Identifying unemployment spells

Dear Lewis,
We are currently investigating this issue.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Stephanie Auty

04:21 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1146: Understanding Society Wave 8 Interview dates/times data

Dear Olga,
We are currently investigating this issue.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Stephanie Auty

04:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1157 (Feedback): Missing variable: a_nbrsnci_dv (Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument)

Dear Mike,
I see these variables in my copy of the a_indresp, c_indresp and f_indresp. Please try re-downloading t... Stephanie Auty

12:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1157 (In Progress): Missing variable: a_nbrsnci_dv (Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument)

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

12:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1158 (In Progress): On variables in entrepreneurship studies

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

03:54 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1158 (Resolved): On variables in entrepreneurship studies

I'm currently researching on self employment among ethnic minorities in the UK and I'm wondering if you have got a gu... Daniel Okoli

12:55 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1156: Fertility History and birth events

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

12:49 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1155 (In Progress): What variables to use to construct hourly gross labor wage that accounts for overtime

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

03/07/2019

07:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1156: Fertility History and birth events

Also, there are opposite cases with respect to the one highlighted above, i.e. cases in which a supposedly natural ch... Maddalena Ronchi

03/06/2019

05:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1156: Fertility History and birth events

I'd like to raise an extra point: there some instances in which the number of children computed in bchildnt.dta do no... Maddalena Ronchi

01:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1156 (Resolved): Fertility History and birth events

I have a couple of questions regarding how to buid fertility hisotires and birth events for individuals in the BHPS. ... Maddalena Ronchi

01:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1157 (Resolved): Missing variable: a_nbrsnci_dv (Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument)

I'm hoping to use the variables "a_nbrsnci_dv" (Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument), c_nbrsnci_dv and f_nbrs... Mike Thomas

10:58 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1155 (Resolved): What variables to use to construct hourly gross labor wage that accounts for overtime

Hello Stephanie,
I want to construct hourly wages with w_paygu_dv which I assume include payments for overtime pe... Nico Ochmann

03/05/2019

01:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1154 (Resolved): Pay

Hi!
I am currently researching ethnic pay gaps using the Understanding Society data set.
Initially I was using ... Amandeep Dhillon

03/04/2019

09:56 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1128: How to match husbands and wives in USoc without dropping one or the other

Dear Stephanie,
I found out a way to drop households that have a missing on any explanatory variable for both fem... Nico Ochmann

03/02/2019

03:51 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1128: How to match husbands and wives in USoc without dropping one or the other

Stephanie,
I should note that in coming up with the above summary stats, I did combine all eight waves in USoc.
... Nico Ochmann

03/01/2019

04:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1152 (In Progress): Coding of x_jbxpcha in Waves 6 and 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

03:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1152 (Resolved): Coding of x_jbxpcha in Waves 6 and 8

I am using the variable x_jbxpcha as part of a longitudinal study and noted that response options include a 'does not... Nhlanhla Ndebele

04:14 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1148 (Feedback): Geographic information

Dear Nurfatima Jandarova,
Our Special Licence dataset SN7182 contains a variable called laestab. The first three d... Stephanie Auty

03:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1128: How to match husbands and wives in USoc without dropping one or the other

Dear Stephanie,
thank you very much for your kind reply and your help once again. Due to the discrepancy, my ques... Nico Ochmann

02:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1128: How to match husbands and wives in USoc without dropping one or the other

Dear Nico,
In reply to your first question, the _n refers to the number within the bysort group. You are using bys... Stephanie Auty

10:12 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1078: Marital change

Dear Stephanie,
Apologies for stepping in, but I thought this was the most appropriate place to ask this question... Ashley Burdett

10:05 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1139: Polytechnic vs university degree

Yes that's right, it is not yet released.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Stephanie Auty

02/28/2019

02:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1139: Polytechnic vs university degree

Thank you for the information!
May I just clarify the very last sentence. Does it mean that name of institution (t... Nurfatima Jandarova

11:31 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1144: Matrix of variables vs waves

Ah, thanks a lot! The index term is indeed helpful! No need in the spreadsheet then. Nurfatima Jandarova

02/27/2019

03:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1144 (Feedback): Matrix of variables vs waves

Dear Nurfatima Jandarova,
If we produce a spreadsheet like this it will not be interactive or have links to freque... Stephanie Auty

10:55 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1128: How to match husbands and wives in USoc without dropping one or the other

Hi Stephanie,
something else came up in this context, my apologies to post another question in this regard. I am ... Nico Ochmann

02/26/2019

06:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1139 (Feedback): Polytechnic vs university degree

Dear Andrea Ichino and Nurfatima Jandarova,
Reading the questionnaires (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/doc... Stephanie Auty

01:45 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1128: How to match husbands and wives in USoc without dropping one or the other

Dear Stephanie,
I got one final, final question with regard to this open issue. I am confused about this followin... Nico Ochmann

11:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1147 (Feedback): Identification of members of household receiving care

Dear Jose,
Where w_aidhua1-16 refers to person number, this is person number recorded in w_pno, so to link to the ... Stephanie Auty

09:53 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1144: Matrix of variables vs waves

Dear Stephanie,
It's for mainstage variables.
Thank you very much! Nurfatima Jandarova

02/25/2019

07:15 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1144: Matrix of variables vs waves

Dear Nurfatima Jandarova,
We are able to produce this for you, but can I just ask if it is for mainstage or IP?
... Stephanie Auty

06:47 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1145 (Feedback): disdif and health variables

Dear Lea,
Are you looking at Wave 8 data? At Wave 8 the filter for this question was removed in order to capture p... Stephanie Auty

06:03 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1151 (In Progress): Carrying forward variables across waves, creating 'how long lived at address' 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

11:27 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1151 (Resolved): Carrying forward variables across waves, creating 'how long lived at address' variable

Hi Understanding Society Support team,
I want to create a variable that tells me how long an individual has lived... Natasha Codiroli

06:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1146: Understanding Society Wave 8 Interview dates/times data

Dear Olga,
Have you found this problem in mainstage or IP?
Best wishes,
Stephanie Stephanie Auty

02:57 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1131: Harmonization of retrospective cohabitation and marital status information

Dear Stephanie,
Thank you very much for the clarification. I think this resolves my initial concern.
Many tha... Ashley Burdett

10:42 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1140: Mistake between ba_jbstat_bh ba_jbstat in Wave 1 of BHPS

Dear Liam,
Thank you for pointing this out. It is a labelling issue in Wave 1 and we are working to resolve it. I ... Stephanie Auty

02/22/2019

04:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1148 (In Progress): Geographic information

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

04:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1149 (Feedback): Caregiving

Dear Camille,
Those questions are asked of respondets who say yes to aidxhh, that they care for someone outside th... Stephanie Auty

04:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1149 (In Progress): Caregiving

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

01:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1150 (Resolved): ypwght (samping (weight)?) appears as a physical characteristic on (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/index/physical-characteristics)

Thank you for making us aware of this issue. We'll pass it on to the team overlooking the index terms.
Cheers,
Gundi Gundi Knies

01:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1150 (Resolved): ypwght (samping (weight)?) appears as a physical characteristic on (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/index/physical-characteristics)

ypwght appears as a physical characteristic on:
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/datas... Georgios Chrysanthou

02/20/2019

10:01 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1149 (Resolved): Caregiving

Hi,
I am working with the caregiving module and I would like to ask you if partner/spouse for the aidhu1 and aidhu... Camille Portier

05:53 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1148 (Resolved): Geographic information

Hello!
Could you please clarify one question about geographically linked data?
For my research project I need i... Nurfatima Jandarova

03:12 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1128: How to match husbands and wives in USoc without dropping one or the other

Dear Nico,
That's right, partner includes spouse or cohabiting partner.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Stephanie Auty

03:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1137 (Feedback): Field of Study Variable

Dear Inga,
No, I'm sorry, this linked data is not yet available.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Stephanie Auty

03:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1147 (In Progress): Identification of members of household receiving care

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

02:54 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1147 (Resolved): Identification of members of household receiving care

How can I identify which members of the household are being cared for? For non-residents in the household, the variab... Jose Luis Iparraguirre

02/19/2019

03:07 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1146 (In Progress): Understanding Society Wave 8 Interview dates/times 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

02/18/2019

10:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1143: Derived interview and demographic characteristics

Thank you very much! This is really helpful.
But what about the derived year of birth and age? Nurfatima Jandarova

02/17/2019

05:46 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1142: Identifying unemployment spells

An update - I have an idea as to why there is this discrepancy between bw_njusp and w_nunmpsp_dv, I'd be interested i... Lewis Anderson

05:20 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1143: Derived interview and demographic characteristics

w_racel_dv: The ethnic group question, w_racel (as well as the versions asked of telephone respondents w_racelt etc) ... Alita Nandi

04:59 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1131: Harmonization of retrospective cohabitation and marital status information

Yes, you are correct about civil partnership not being asked in the BHPS retrospective marriage histories but grouped... Alita Nandi

02/16/2019

10:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1146 (Resolved): Understanding Society Wave 8 Interview dates/times data

I was trying to obtain the length of interview in h_indresp using the following variables: h_istrtdaty, h_istrtdatm, ... Olga Maslovskaya

02/13/2019

06:17 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1131: Harmonization of retrospective cohabitation and marital status information

Dear Ashley,
All of the variables and data files from BHPS have a bw_ prefix in the harmonised data, that is how w... Stephanie Auty

06:11 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1136 (Resolved): IVSTAT2

Stephanie Auty

05:26 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1145 (In Progress): disdif and health variables

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

03:42 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1145 (Resolved): disdif and health variables

Hi, I am currently using the disdif1-12 variables which are supposedly filtered through the health variable. However,... Lea Samek

05:25 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1144 (In Progress): Matrix of variables vs waves

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

12:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1144 (Resolved): Matrix of variables vs waves

Hello!
I am wondering if there is a matrix available somewhere of all the variables that ever appear in any wave o... Nurfatima Jandarova

05:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1143 (In Progress): Derived interview and demographic characteristics

Stephanie Auty

05:24 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1142 (In Progress): Identifying unemployment spells

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

05:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1141 (Feedback): Weighting

Stephanie Auty

02/12/2019

07:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1143 (Resolved): Derived interview and demographic characteristics

Hello!
I am unable to understand the derivations of several variables:
* *w_intdaty_dv*, *w_intdatm_dv*, *w_int... Nurfatima Jandarova

07:02 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1139: Polytechnic vs university degree

Could I also ask additional questions?
# Is the BHPS variable ... Nurfatima Jandarova

12:39 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1139: Polytechnic vs university degree

Dear Andrea Ichino and Nurfatima Jandarova,
Ok, I will discuss what we can do with the team and get back to you.
... Stephanie Auty

09:23 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1139: Polytechnic vs university degree

Dear Stephanie,
It would be most helpful if you could tell us about conditions of access to this information.
T... Nurfatima Jandarova

05:50 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1142 (Resolved): Identifying unemployment spells

Dear Understanding Society team,
I am trying to identify unemployment spells (and in particular job losses, i.e. m... Lewis Anderson

02/11/2019

06:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1139: Polytechnic vs university degree

Dear Andrea Ichino and Nurfatima Jandarova,
We don't collect data on the type of university attended. At Wave 5 we... Stephanie Auty

04:22 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1141: Weighting

Freya,
Yes, svy command is better suited for your purpose. This style of svyset command may be better, and also in... Olena Kaminska

04:06 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1141: Weighting

Dear Olena
Many thanks for your very helpful email. I have a follow-on question which relates to how I use the chos... Freya Cook

11:48 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1141: Weighting

Dear Freya,
Thank you for your question. I am not sure how long back you are looking at. But overall, you are righ... Olena Kaminska

10:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1141: Weighting

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

10:40 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1141 (Resolved): Weighting

Hi,
I am currently working on a project looking at financial security, I am looking at the variable _finnow in ever... Freya Cook

10:43 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1140 (In Progress): Mistake between ba_jbstat_bh ba_jbstat in Wave 1 of 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

10:33 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1140 (Resolved): Mistake between ba_jbstat_bh ba_jbstat in Wave 1 of BHPS

Hello,
I'm using the harmonized BHPS and UKHLS datasets from the UK Data Service.
I've noticed that the variabl... Liam Wright