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Redmine Understanding Society User Support - Support #1719 (Resolved): Several inconsistencies for birthy...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/17192022-06-26T16:12:48ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear UKHLS Support,</p>
<p>I am currently noticing that there are several differences between the variable birthy in the indall file and <br />xwavedat. Could you please tell me which variable is the most reliable?</p>
<p>I also noticed a few inconsistencies for the de facto marital status (mastat) between the files indresp ans indall between the <br />waves ten and thirteen of the BHPS. Which is the variable I should rely on?</p>
<p>Thank you and best regards, <br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1703 (Resolved): Time-varying UKHLS identifierhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/17032022-05-20T19:42:08ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear UKHLS User Support,</p>
<p>I noticed that some BHPS enumerated respondents change their UKHLS identifier while having the same <br />BHPS identifier. Does this also result to you?</p>
<p>Thank you and best,<br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1701 (Resolved): Problems with latest releasehttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/17012022-05-14T10:17:16ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear UKHLS support,</p>
<p>is it my problem or in the BHPS files of the latest release some variables are missing from indall or indresp, e.g<br />BHPS identifier or weights (-Xe)?</p>
<p>Thank you and best, <br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1694 (Resolved): Question on meaning ivfio https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/16942022-05-04T20:01:47ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear UKHLS team,</p>
<p>I have a very simple question on the meaning of "other non-intw" answer to the ivfio item in the indall file. <br />Does it mean refusal/other reasons for not being interviewed? I need to know since I need to detail its meaning <br />for an analysis of non-response.</p>
<p>Thank you and best,<br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1523 (Resolved): Question on individual net labour ...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/15232021-03-22T07:52:51ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear Understanding Society Team,</p>
<p>I have a question on individual net labour income. I would like to know whether, in the BHPS, there is a variable that is <br />similar to w_fimnlabnet_dv in UKHLS (so, including also self-employment earnings).</p>
<p>So far, I noticed that there are two variables on individual gross labour income that are <br />highly comparable (fimnl and fimnlabgrs), but not for the net labour income.</p>
<p>If you could also guide me in constructing a variable for net labour income for BHPS that is highly comparable with the one of UKHLS, this would be really helpful.</p>
<p>Thank you and best regards,<br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1494 (Resolved): Weights https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/14942021-01-29T15:51:59ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear USoC team,</p>
<p>I am doing an analysis on young adults which comprises wave 12,13,17 of BHPS and 2,3,5,7,9 of UKHLS. <br />All the boosts are considered. I would like to know if I should use cross-sectional weights (which,I think,<br />is the case) and if I should rescale weights to consider the bigger sample size of UKHLS. In <br />the case, this is necessary, how could it be performed?</p>
<p>Thank you very much,<br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1412 (Resolved): Weights_poverty line (BHPS)https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/14122020-09-16T19:47:45ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear Support Team,</p>
<p>I am computing the poverty line for each wave of BHPS and UKHLS, as indicated by the files in the <br />Moodle X courses (attached for your convenience). <br />I have some questions on the BHPS file. <br />1) Fihhmn is indicated in hhresp but I have found it only in indresp. Was it recalled otherwise?<br />2) I am not sure about the weights used for computing the pov line in BHPS. The file uses the individual <br />weight xewght. However, the variable is at hh level. Shouldn't I use a hh level weight, like xhwght?</p>
<p>Thank you and best,<br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1273 (Resolved): Weights_considering survey complex...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/12732019-11-13T11:52:56ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear Support,</p>
<p>I have a question on how to analyse weights. <br />In the handouts of the Moodle, I found that I should <br />consider the survey complex design and set data this way with STATA.</p>
<p>svyset psu [pw=weight], strata(strata) singleunit(centered).</p>
<p>Now, I am interested in clustering the standard errors by individual (pid)<br />or in running a random effect model to account for individual heterogeneity,<br />but STATA does not allow to svy data in this way <br />and run this kind of model (which should be reasonable).</p>
<p>Would you think that it is possible to avoid controlling for the complex structure of the <br />survey? If not, what would I actually miss?</p>
<p>Thank you. <br />Best,<br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1246 (In Progress): Evermar https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/12462019-09-24T09:55:26ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am interested in understanding what the value = 0 for the variables lmar1y lmar1m means.</p>
<p>It is associated to a value 1 of the variable evermar, but I cannot understand if it refers to a marriage <br />that actually took place (or it is missing) and if it occurred before the entry into the panel.</p>
<p>Thank you and best wishes,<br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1136 (Resolved): IVSTAT2https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/11362019-01-23T19:32:12ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear UKHLS User Support, could you please clarify how to harmonize the variable ivstat2 across the waves of BHPS (from 8 to 18)?<br />Thank you and best, <br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1129 (Resolved): fimnlabgrshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/11292019-01-15T18:10:21ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear UKHLS User Support,</p>
<p>it is quite surprising for me to notice that the missing values (as proxy) of the harmonized variable (b)w_fimnlabgrs_dv are present only in BHPS and not in UKHLS. Is there a place where I can find answer to this question?</p>
<p>Thank you and best regards,<br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1099 (Feedback): Non coresidential relationshipshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/10992018-11-23T08:54:00ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear Sir/Madam,</p>
<p>I would like to understand whether there is the possibility of identifying <br />non-coresidential relationships in BHPS for all the waves and USoc for waves 1 and 2.</p>
<p>I know that it is possible for USoc from wave 3 (w_ncrr1) and that there is a questions<br />on expectations from a relationship (also non coresident)<br />for 8th, 13th and 18th wave of BHPS (bw_nrpxpm1).</p>
<p>Thank you and best,<br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1084 (Resolved): Financial situationhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/10842018-11-02T10:08:46ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear User Support,</p>
<p>are you aware of a variable that is similar to b`w'_fisitc and b`w'_fisity of BHPS in USoc?</p>
<p>It should identify the subjective change in the feeling of the financial situation compared to the previous year.</p>
<p>In USoc, I found only the future expectations (`w'_finfut), which are compatible with the variable fisitx of BHPS.</p>
<p>Thank you and best,<br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1078 (Resolved): Marital changehttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/10782018-10-17T17:22:17ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear User Support Forum,</p>
<p>sorry for the second raised issue in one day, but I am revising my work so far. <br />I am currently checking how marital status change in BHPS and UKHLS is captured. <br />I am interested in the transition from the status of single (either never married <br />or previously married) to marriage or cohabitation (living with a partner w/o being married).</p>
<p>From what I understand, the pre-computed indicator in both the surveys, only gets <br />the change in the legal marital status and, thus, the only transition that can be <br />identified is the following:</p>
<p>Single-->Marriage</p>
<p>If I want to control for the presence of cohabitation spells between the waves in t <br />and t+1, I can rely only on UKHLS because BHPS does not have a variable controlling <br />for that. Is it right?</p>
<p>Therefore, if I want to compute marital change from single to marriage or cohabitation <br />with an harmonized variable across the two waves, I can only compute the change in the<br />de-facto marital status from one wave to the other. Is it correct?</p>
<p>Thank you and best regards, <br />Lydia</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1077 (Resolved): Variable on country of birthhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/10772018-10-17T12:32:51ZLydia Palumbolvpalu@utu.fi
<p>Dear Help Forum,</p>
<p>I am including in my model the status of foreigner as a control and I noticed that there are many <br />missing values. <br />I am analyzing both UKHLS and BHPS and the number of inapplicable is mainly <br />related to the latter one.</p>
<p>I checked if this is motivated by the insertion of the question from a certain point on, but this is not the case. <br />Could you please clarify the reason for this issue?</p>
<p>Thank you and best regards, <br />Lydia</p>