Understanding Society User Support

08/19/2020

03:23 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1398 (Feedback): Weights when merging several waves of USoc + covid study

Hi Laia,
As you may have seen from the Covid19 User guide, the Covid19 survey is considered to be a module of the ... Alita Nandi

08/18/2020

12:43 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1367: Hourly wage (accounting for overtime)

Hi Colin,
Whether you use basrate or fimnlabgrs_dv depends on what you are interested in.
basrte is not used to... Alita Nandi

10:39 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1397 (Feedback): questions about interviewer assignment and training for Innovation Panel Wave 8

Hi Dana,
Here is the response from our survey team.
It is not an interpenetrated design, interviewers are alloc... Alita Nandi

08/17/2020

05:04 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1389: Is there a variable for the number of children living outside the household?

Hi Fiona,
We have added variable notes to reflect this.
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/ma... Alita Nandi

08:04 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1389: Is there a variable for the number of children living outside the household?

Yes you are correct. The label for NRELS1 in Wave 3 & 5 should be "Number of absent sons/daughters" Alita Nandi

08:07 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

My suggestion would be to add the weights to the indresp files in before merging them. But remember to merge the rele... Alita Nandi

08/14/2020

05:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1171 (Resolved): How to match information of any two household members across waves

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05:38 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1175 (Feedback): Can the cross-sectional self-completion interview weight variable be used to estimate the real population distribution at the Local Authority level?

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05:37 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1181 (Feedback): Merging general health variables

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05:36 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1120 (Feedback): Identification of child in the chmain.dta within the third wave of UKHLS

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05:35 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1118 (Resolved): f_closenum filtering issues

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05:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1216 (Feedback): Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument & Neighbourhood Social Cohesion

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05:34 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1200 (Resolved): Wave 4 Famsup variable

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05:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1203 (Resolved): Net Income Variable in BHPS

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05:33 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1211 (Resolved): promotion variable and household income

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05:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1214 (Resolved): variables "satisfaction with...."

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05:32 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1215 (Resolved): wJHSTAT for employment at same firm

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05:31 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1218 (Feedback): job change since the previous survey

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05:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1220 (Feedback): Loneliness

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05:30 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1222 (Feedback): Self-reported employer size variable (jbsize)

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05:29 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1301 (Resolved): Volume change between releases

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05:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1347 (Feedback): weighting

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05:28 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1370 (Feedback): BHPS+UKHLS (26 waves) Repeated Time Values Error in Stata

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05:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1376 (Feedback): Top coding on h_fimnnet_dv (total net personal income - no deductions)

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05:18 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Hi Abigail,

Last time we spoke you said you wanted to estimate models using fixed effects using data from all 18 ... Alita Nandi

08:29 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1396 (Feedback): calculate taxable income

Hello Peter,
Have you looked at the questionnaires (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage... Alita Nandi

08/12/2020

03:03 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1395 (In Progress): f_scotvot2 - values

Hi Ivelina,
Thanks for highlighting this. I have asked the data team to find out if there is any reason to believe... Alita Nandi

08/11/2020

01:27 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1367: Hourly wage (accounting for overtime)

Hi Colin,
I have forwarded your query to the team responsible for producing these variables. Due to team members b... Alita Nandi

01:00 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1394 (Feedback): Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing

Hi Abigail,
As this is a longitudinal survey, the same sample members are interviewed every year. Part of the BHPS... Alita Nandi

08/05/2020

01:10 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1392: natid - change in national identity

Hi Ivelina,
You are right that within those who report twice, a high % change their responses. I agree it will be ... Alita Nandi

06:34 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1392 (Feedback): natid - change in national identity

Hi Ivelina,
The national identity questions are only asked once: first time someone is interviewed, or later if it... Alita Nandi

07:01 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1389: Is there a variable for the number of children living outside the household?

Hi Fiona,
You are right. But the labelling is not wrong. NRELS1-NRELS6 in Waves 3 & 5 correspond to NRELS3-NRELS8 ... Alita Nandi

05:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1391 (Feedback): dropouts due to mental health

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05:35 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1391: dropouts due to mental health

Hi Kai,
Our survey team has confirmed that there aren't any targeted incentives for people in particular circumsta... Alita Nandi

05:36 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1390 (Feedback): englang - change in English as first language

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05:15 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1393 (Feedback): Longitudinal or cross-sectional weighting with change scores?

Hello,
Yes, as you are looking at change between Waves 4 & 6 and including self-completion items, you should use l... Alita Nandi

08/04/2020

12:48 PM Understanding Society User Support Support #1391: dropouts due to mental health

Hello Kai,
Information on incentives is available here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mains... Alita Nandi

10:44 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1390: englang - change in English as first language

Hi Ivelina,
This question was supposed to be asked in Wave 1 of everyone, and in Wave 5 only those in the extra 5 ... Alita Nandi

10:28 AM Understanding Society User Support Support #1389: Is there a variable for the number of children living outside the household?

Hi Fiona,
The file a_natchild records the number of children ever born to adult respondents in GPS+EMBS and whethe... Alita Nandi