Understanding Society User Support: Issueshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/support/favicon.ico?15995719382017-03-16T16:10:47ZUnderstanding Society User Support
Redmine Understanding Society User Support - Support #749 (Closed): w_scparoutinthttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/7492017-03-16T16:10:47ZIan Alcockian.alcock01@btinternet.com
<p>The question "Do you and your partner engage in outside interests together?" has 6 valid answers ('never' to 'all the time') at wave 3; and 5 (different) valid answers ('none of them' to 'all of them') at wave 5. Please can you explain this? Also, from the online documentation, wave 1 appears to be as wave 5, but I have not checked the wave 1 data itself.<br />Thank you.</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #245 (Closed): cross sectional hh weights in US w1/2/3https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/2452014-02-26T13:37:33ZIan Alcockian.alcock01@btinternet.com
<p>I am confused by the differences in the cross-sectional household weights available in the US a_hhresp b_hhresp and c_hhresp files. My understanding is this: in a_hhresp is a_hhdenus_xw which weights the households originating with Understanding Society (which comprise all households in this wave); in b_hhresp are b_hhdenbh_xw which weights the households originating with BHPS (and is set to 0 for households originating with Understanding Society) and b_hhdenus_xw which weights the households originating with Understanding Society (and is set to 0 for households originating with BHPS); in c_hhresp is c_hhdenub_xw which weights all households together, i.e. weights across households originating with BHPS and US. My questions: 1) Is my understanding correct? 2) If my understanding is correct, how do I weight all households in b_hhresp together (as I can do for households in c_hhresp), and how do I weight only the households originating in BHPS in c_hhresp (as I can do for households in b_hhresp). I want to do both of these things; I want to produce weighted quintiles of income in the previous month for the bhps originating households (so that the weighting increases their UK representativeness) in both b_hhresp and c_hhresp, and I want to produce weighted quintiles of income in the previous month for all available households (so that the weighting increases their UK representativeness) in both b_hhresp and c_hhresp, but I appear to be able to do only the former in b_hhresp and only the latter in c_hhresp. 3) What accounts for the difference in the cross-sectional household weights available in b_ and c_ ? Big Thank you in advance!</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #231 (Closed): SF36 in BHPShttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/2312014-01-09T12:51:46ZIan Alcockian.alcock01@btinternet.com
<p>The 36 SF36 variables are in wave 9 and wave 14. They are all stated to be 'all respondents' variables. At wave 9 there are valid responses from all respondents, c.15000, for all items. In contrast, at wave 14 there are valid responses from all respondents to only 32 of the items. The exceptions are 3B (6892 valid; 8216 not applicable); 3E (3743 valid; 11366 not applicable); 3H (3131 valid; 11975 not applicable); and 3I (2198 valid; 12899 not applicable). Why? There is no routing statement given with the documentation for these variables at this wave. Is this a coding error? Thank you.</p>