Understanding Society User Support: Issueshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/support/favicon.ico?15995719382014-10-25T10:48:06ZUnderstanding Society User Support
Redmine Understanding Society User Support - Support #317 (Closed): Analysis including Northern Irelandhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/3172014-10-25T10:48:06ZDavid Baylissdavid.bayliss-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
<p>Dear support team,</p>
<p>I have a question regarding the different sampling design used in Northern Ireland (NI). I am using nine waves of data from wave 'L' of the BHPS to USoc waves b and c (inclusive).</p>
<p>Given there are no PSUs or Strata in the BHPS for the NI sample, is there a recommended strategy for UK-wide analysis which includes NI? I note that for the Understand Society waves strata and PSUs are present for the NI sample. PSU seem to be set to be constant within household, and strata for the most part are '701' (though some are different for reasons I can't work out). I assume that it is not correct to follow this strategy for previous waves in the BHPS: assigning NI cases a PSU based on the household, and set strata to '701'? If this is incorrect, is a design based approach possible at all, or should I go with a model based approach?</p>
<p>Best wishes<br />David</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #228 (Closed): Wave 3 equivalent of b_indscbh_xwhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/2282013-12-12T10:42:14ZDavid Baylissdavid.bayliss-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
<p>Good morning,<br />I am conducting analysis of a several waves of data spanning BHPS and USoc, using only the BHPS cohort. I am including cases with missing waves and so I am using cross-sectional weights for each wave. For USoc wave 2 I used b_indscbh_xw as the cross-sectional weight for the self-completion form for adults. In USoc wave 3 this variable is not available, and is instead replaced by a combined weight c_indscub_xw. My question is whether this 'combined' weight is suitable for a cross-sectional analysis of only the BHPS cohort, or whether it is intended to be used when analysing the combined BHPS, GPS, EMB samples together?<br />If it cannot be used to analyse only the BHPS cohort, please could you advise me which weight, if any, is appropriate.<br />Best wishes,<br />David Bayliss</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #205 (Closed): Comparable health variables: BHPS-USochttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/2052013-09-23T15:39:48ZDavid Baylissdavid.bayliss-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
<p>Good afternoon,</p>
<p>As part of a longitudinal study using the BHPS cohort I am looking for health variables that are compatible across the BHPS and Understanding Society. I have so far found only the GHQ-12 measure of psychological morbidity, but I also need a measure of physical health/health conditions. I have searched through the questionnaires and found that the self-rated health measure and health conditions measures are incompatible. I have also looked for publications that have attempted to look at health outcomes using data from both the BHPS and USoc but I am unable to find any. Are you aware of either any measure of health that is comparable across surveys, or any papers that have manipulated the available variables to achieve better comparability?</p>
<p>Best wishes,<br />David Bayliss</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #154 (Closed): '0' weight in BHPShttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1542013-05-31T14:26:15ZDavid Baylissdavid.bayliss-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
<p>Good afternoon,</p>
<p>I have a question regarding the weight variable xrwtuk1 in the BHPS. For my analysis I have selected cases who have a valid response to my two main vairables (economic status and GHQ-12), and then had a look at the weights. Within the cross-sectional weight variable for the UK (xrwtuk1) I have around 2.5% of cases which are '0' weighted. All of the cases I have selected are full interviews, and the '0' weighted cases have a range of sample origins (67% are OSMs). I have read the weighting section of the user manual but I cannot find a reason that matches the data. Please could you advise me on what may be the cause of the '0' weight?</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br />David Bayliss</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #149 (Closed): Detailed description of derived varia...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1492013-05-15T13:54:47ZDavid Baylissdavid.bayliss-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
<p>Hi,<br />Please could you point me in the right direction to find the 'detailed variable view' referred to in documentation, so that I can access descriptions of derived variables.<br />Kind regards,<br />David</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #66 (Closed): Weights - Longitudinal BHPShttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/662012-06-19T15:08:52ZDavid Baylissdavid.bayliss-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
<p>Dear support team,</p>
<p>I was intending on using the BHPS sub-sample in wave 2 as the final wave of a longitudinal study along with data from wave 15-18 of the BHPS. Are weights available that will allow me to use the BHPS sub-sample in wave 2 in this way (I was looking for something along the lines of ‘b_indscbh_lw’ following the documentation, but I cannot find it), given that weights for the final wave of the study are required?</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br />David</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #63 (Closed): Identifying Underemploymenthttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/632012-06-09T13:31:34ZDavid Baylissdavid.bayliss-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
<p>Dear support team,</p>
<p>I have been looking for a measure of 'underemployment' in the Understanding Society dataset for a study I am doing that is combining the BHPS data with the BHPS cases in wave 2 of Understanding Society. Please can you tell me if there is such a measure as I have been unable to find anything that could be used.</p>
<p>By underemployment, I am referring to people who work part time but would ideally like to work full time, or people would like to work more hours than they are currently working. In the BHPS, the variable 'JBHRLK' could be used to identify people who would prefer to work more hours.</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br />David Bayliss</p>