Understanding Society User Support: Issueshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/support/favicon.ico?15995719382017-06-30T06:56:41ZUnderstanding Society User Support
Redmine Understanding Society User Support - Support #806 (Closed): Matching Non coresident partners to h...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/8062017-06-30T06:56:41ZK.Samantha Russell Jonsson
<p>Dear Support Team, <br />I am interested in matching respondents who have a child/children living in the household at wave 1(EGOALT) and have a non-coresident partner. <br />However, when I examined the documentation, it seemed that questions regarding non-coresident partnership are only available from wave 3 onwards.<br />Is there a way to match these partnerships backwards in time? or is there some indicator for how long they have had this relationship?<br />If these non-co resident partners are for example a childs biological parent, would it be possible to indentify them as such?</p>
<p>Thank you beforehand for your time.<br />Best,<br />Kenisha</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #675 (Closed): Weighting youth data and average pare...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/6752016-12-02T10:02:26ZK.Samantha Russell Jonsson
<p>Dear support team, <br />I have another query regarding the use of weights in the youth data.<br />I am looking at reported happiness among young people at Waves 1 and Waves 5. I generally want to examine happiness in this group but also want to test if there is a change over time. <br />So my first question is<br />(1) If I want to control for parental characteristics(for example: SF12-physical and mental illness, parents age) in my mode1s, and I am using average parental characteristics (i.e. from the mother and father). Should I use cross sectional weights for the youth or their parents at wave 1?<br />(2) And does the same principle apply at wave 5?<br />(3) Am I correct in assuming that if I want to examine change at wave 5 then I should use a longitudinal weight?</p>
<p>Thank you for your time.<br />Best,<br />Kenisha</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #674 (Closed): Family Structure https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/6742016-12-02T06:54:38ZK.Samantha Russell Jonsson
<p>Dear Support team, <br />I am interested to examine the relationship between family structures and a range of youth outcomes. I am aware that there ia a variable for household type (hhtype_dv),however, <br />what I am interested is the identity/relationships of the people living within a given household.</p>
<p>Firstly, I would like to have a variable which is coded something like (1) never married parent(s) and divorced single parent households (2)cohabiting households (3)remarried households (4) traditional two parent biological households. In the cohabiting households it would also be good if I was able to identify if one parent and which parent is the step parent.</p>
<p>In addition, I would like to know if a young person does not reside in a traditional household with mother and father, is it possible to identify the relationship between them and the other members of the household.For example, if they resided with their mother and an aunt or cousins etc.</p>
<p>And finaly, would it be possible to identify grandparents?</p>
<p>Thank you for your time.<br />Kenisha <br />PhD candidate <br />Essex University</p>