Understanding Society User Support: Issueshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/support/favicon.ico?15995719382016-02-15T15:23:12ZUnderstanding Society User Support
Redmine Understanding Society User Support - Support #504 (Closed): Svy Commands on Statahttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/5042016-02-15T15:23:12ZAlex Best
<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I am using Wave C in my dissertation and I've read that because Understanding Society's Dataset is so complex, I need to use svy commands on stata to account for this. However, when I do this, I get no standard errors, t values, p values, or confidence intervals. I have used the following command:</p>
<p>svyset c_psu [pweight=c_indscub_xw], strata(c_strata)</p>
<p>and then I put svy: reg y x1 x2 <br />However, it doesn't work and I am not sure why. <br />Note: 87 strata omitted because they contain no population members.<br />Note: Missing standard errors because of stratum with single sampling unit.</p>
<p>Does the above mean I need to do this:<br />svyset c_psu [pweight=c_indscub_xw], strata(c_strata) singleunit(scaled)<br />then drop alll 87 strata that have been omitted and then do my regressions by putting svy: first??</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,</p>
<p>Alex</p>
<p>Underneath the regression table it says the following:</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #472 (Closed): Inapplicable Answers https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4722015-12-27T18:14:22ZAlex Best
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I looked at the variable c_pjbptft (whether they work full time or part time) in c_indresp (adult self completion questionnaire) and the answers can be seen on the following link:</p>
<p><a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/3/datafile/c_indresp/variable/c_pjbptft">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/3/datafile/c_indresp/variable/c_pjbptft</a></p>
<p>and it says that 49681 people are inapplicable, 18 work part-time and 38 work full-time. Surely this cannot be right?! Why are so many inapplicable??</p>
<p>Also, does c_indresp contain proxy interviews too or not?</p>
<p>Note: I have read the user manual and still don’t understand.</p>
<p>Your help would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #471 (Closed): Weightshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4712015-12-27T17:57:51ZAlex Best
<p>I am doing cross-sectional analysis of wave 3 (adult self completion questionnaire), so I am aware I need to use the weight c_indscub_xw but I don't actually understand how the weight is implemented on STATA. Do I just add c_indscub_xw as if it were an independent variable or is there a command I need to type into stata before doing my analysis in order for the weights to have an effect?</p>
<p>Thanks</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #449 (Closed): Sexuality Variable https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4492015-11-16T15:00:43ZAlex Best
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I have downloaded understanding society's dataset and have realised the variable c_sexuor which should be in dataset "c_indresp" is not actually there. This document suggests it should be: <a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/3/datafile/c_indresp/variable/c_sexuor">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/3/datafile/c_indresp/variable/c_sexuor</a></p>
<p>Please could you either send me an updated version of the dataset or let me know why the sexual orientation variable is not in the dataset.</p>