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Redmine Understanding Society User Support - Support #2067 (Feedback): data accesshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20672024-03-04T17:02:55Zmike polkey
<p>Dear UKHLS</p>
<p>I am writing from the Royal Brompton Hospital (now part of GSTT) and imperial College in London</p>
<p>We would very much like to access the UKHLS database to extend a research theme that began 2 years ago. In the first stage we have developed a model which predicts the likelihood of having obstructive sleep apnoea. In the next stage we wanted to relate it to economic activity but HSE data only gives this at an occupation or industry level but our reading of your published papers is that you have individual level data; the other data we would need would be PSQI, ht, wt, h/o cardiovascular disease, age gender and occupation.</p>
<p>I reviewed the FAQ; the lead student here did his MSc with us at Imperial but has now returned to Japan so would not be able to analyse the data in the UK</p>
<p>Please do reply by phone if easier; 07801553468</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1876 (Resolved): benefit claimhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/18762023-03-13T11:24:10Zhuihui song
<p>Is there a variable measuring whether the interviewer has claimed any benefit from waves 1-10? If not, is there a way for me to construct such a measurement?</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1667 (Resolved): Youth self completion longitudinal...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/16672022-03-14T17:20:00Zjennie parnham
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I was looking to check if I have correctly understood the weight I needed for my analysis .</p>
<p>My analysis is a longitudinal using the youth self-completion data from waves 7-11, following them into young-adults, if applicable. However, I do not need the participant to have participated in every wave between 7-11, I just need them to have participated in at least two waves, it doesn't matter which.</p>
<p>I have read the responses to the following similar queries, and wanted to check if what I have understood is correct.<br /><a class="external" href="https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1091">https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1091</a> <br /><a class="external" href="https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1323">https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1323</a><br /><a class="external" href="https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1585">https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1585</a></p>
<p>Would it be correct to use the last applicable sub-optimal weight for the wave that that individual participated in, and make a weight which is a combination of these?</p>
<p>For example:<br />IF last wave of data collection is Wave 11 (Young adult) then weight = k_indscui_lw<br />IF last wave of data collection is Wave 11 (Youth) then weight = k_psnenui_lw<br />IF last wave of data collection is Wave 10 (Young adult) then weight = j_indscui_lw <br />IF last wave of data collection is Wave 10 (Youth) then weight = j_psnenui_lw <br />IF last wave of data collection is Wave 9 (Young adult) then weight = i_indscui_lw (and so on ...)</p>
<p>So the weight variable that I use in the analysis is a combination of different weights, specific to their age at the last wave of participation. Or is it incorrect to take from different weight variables in this way?</p>
<p>I am concerned that if i just use the longitudinal enumeration weight for the last wave in the analysis (wave 11), I will end up excluding many participants.</p>
<p>Many thanks for your help</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1618 (Resolved): Measuring attacks in the home usin...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/16182021-12-08T17:00:16Zvanessa gash
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>Might you be able to help?</p>
<p>The variable lables are inconsistent with the questionnaire grid for the harassment module which asks the EMBS where attacks took place in wave 1. Which is correct please, see attachment for further details.</p>
<p>with thanks,</p>
<p>V</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1607 (Resolved): Questionnaire Sequencing for the l...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/16072021-11-17T10:32:45Zvanessa gash
<p>Can we be told whether the extra 5 minutes worth of questions for EMBS and GP sub-samples occured at the end of the CAPI interviews, or whether the sequencing is consistent with layout of the mainstage questionnaires.</p>
<p>with thanks,</p>
<p>V</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1597 (Resolved): UK born variable for BHPS member i...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/15972021-10-20T08:01:02Zstephen jivraj
<p>I am trying to create a UK born variable for all UKHLS members across waves. There doesn’t seem to be a value for the BHPS members who joined at wave 2. I have checked the BHPS data files and they don’t seem to contain a variable that indicates whether someone is born in the UK. There is a country of birth measure that contains a handful of respondents specific overseas country of birth. Is there a way to create a uk born measure for BHPS respondents in UKHLS up to wave i?</p>
<p>Many thanks,<br />Stephen</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1529 (Resolved): Linking couples across waveshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/15292021-04-06T11:59:28Zyoav Eilon
<p>Hi <br />I trying to link couples within the same household across waves.<br />Is there any way/test I can validate the outcome?</p>
<p>Yoav</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1409 (Resolved): Ethnicity Queryhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/14092020-09-14T07:48:36Zmark sheppard
<p>Hi - i'm not sure this is the correct forum but hoping you can help. I'm using CACI Acorn data which supply UK ethnicity rates which are sourced from 'Understanding Society' <br />They are reporting UK currently stands 92.2% white, which is quite different to the UK Census latest figures of 85.1% white (2011)<br />I'm hoping I can check these figures via this forum and the 5% swing in 9 years seems quite large.</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1373 (Resolved): Child file a-j [ca_childdoba]https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/13732020-07-01T12:20:14Zleandra geyser
<p>I really tried to figure this one out before asking here, also had a scan of other questions but I cannot understand why there are 10 child files with repeated DOB in them? Files after e seems empty for DOB's so what constitutes a child reported to be born in 2003 as 'child a' and a child born in the same year - 2003 for example- as 'child b'? The questionnaire asks the parent/guardian to input their DOB so I am unsure where the a-j come from? Everything else thereafter is split into these a-j categories so it is really important that I understand it- thank you so much.</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1354 (Resolved): Linking children to adults in Covi...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/13542020-06-09T09:40:03Zjennie parnham
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I have been analysing the April wave of the Covid-19 data. I have come across trouble linking the children to adults using the Pidp.</p>
<p>Given all the pidp's on the child-level dataset (ca_schild_w) I can only link around half of the 4559 children to an adult(ca_indresp_w). Can every child on the child-level data be linked to an adult on the ca_indresep_w dataset?</p>
<p>I have tried using all the different versions of the pidp(1pg, m ,f, etc) to link with the adult pidp.</p>
<p>I need to link the children to income, geography, income variables and food insecurity variables. I have managed to link to adults on previous waves, but i also need data from the current wave</p>
<p>Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1202 (Resolved): Lost to follow-up wave 1, wave 4 &...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/12022019-06-17T12:13:28Zjingjing wang
<p>Why lost to follow between wave1 & wave4 is much higher than between wave4 & wave7?</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #1201 (Resolved): Question in related to participant...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/12012019-06-17T12:10:31Zjingjing wang
<p>Question in related to participants' response for chronic conditions: Although the same questions were asked in wave 1, 4 & 7 in the UKHLS (“Has a doctor or other health professional ever told you that you have any of the conditions listed on this card? Please just tell me the numbers that apply”), individuals’ replies to the number of diagnosed health conditions showed a great different among wave1 and waves 4&7. In wave 4 and wave 7, most individuals replied “inapplicable” to this question. Why this happened?</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #965 (Resolved): Sample weightshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/9652018-04-20T07:21:05Zjason morganjason.morgan@warwick.ac.uk
<p>Dear USoc Team,</p>
<p>Slightly more urgently than my previous question (I have reconciled it now) I was wondering what probability weights I should use?</p>
<p>I am conducting a cross-sectional analysis on wave G, investing the question of how alcohol consumption impacts individual earnings.</p>
<p>My sample is restricted to 25-65 year old and in one model only uses information from wave G, in another model information is merged from wave A to use religious variables as instruments.</p>
<p>I've been using the pweight = g_indscui_lw</p>
<p>However, I am not sure if this is correct and it substantially reduces my sample size during regressions.</p>
<p>I'd be grateful for any urgent advice (dissertation due on Monday)!</p>
<p>Thanks!</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #951 (Resolved): Deriving alcohol consumption unitshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/9512018-04-07T22:48:04Zjason morganjason.morgan@warwick.ac.uk
<p>Dear USoc Team,</p>
<p>My research is examining the impact of alcohol consumption on individual earnings.</p>
<p>With regards to wave 7 of the Understanding Society dataset.<br />I was wondering if you could confirm for me whether the variable g_auditc4 (Drinks on a typical day) translates as units on a typical day or as <em>any arbitrary definition of drink</em> (e.g. could be a shot, could be a pint; with the definition of a standard drink often being 2.5 units). I am assuming it translates as units as the word drink appears to have implicitly been defined in the g_auditc5 (six or more drinks frequency) variable on the questionnaire where it says on page 557 “How often have you had 6 or more units on a single occasion in the last year? By a unit, I mean 1/2 pint of beer, a glass of wine or a single measure of spirit or liqueur.” but I’d be grateful if you could clarify this for me.</p>
<p>I'm therefore trying to derive a units consumed per week variable. My current approach has been to create a “Typical Units consumed per occasion” variable (TYPunits) which is the mean of the variable g_auditc4 (renamed to DrinkTypical) and then to create a “Weekly Drink Frequency” variable (DFx) which derives an approximation of the number of occasions the individual consumes alcohol per week using the variable g_auditc3 (renamed to DrinkFreq). I then multiply these two variables together to approximate a units consumed per week variable (i.e. multiplying the typical units an individual consume per occasion by their reported Weekly Drink Frequency). Of course depending on your answer to the first part of my question I will need to either multiply this number by 2.5, or redefine this variable to measure “drinks” consumed per week rather than units consumed per week. I have copied an excerpt from my STATA do-file related to the above explanation of how I’ve created this variable.<br />I’d be grateful for any thoughts on the above derivation or if there is a ‘standard’ or ‘official’ or more accurate method for deriving the number of units or drinks consumed by individuals in a given period.</p>
<p>Many thanks,</p>
<p>Jason Morgan</p>
<p><em>Do-File Excerpt - (Note: DrinkFreq = g_auditc3; and DrinkTypical = g_auditc4)</em><br /><strong><b>GENERATING ALCOHOL VARIABLES</b></strong><br />*//creating a TYPunits variable<br />gen TYPunits = 0<br />replace TYPunits =1.5 if DrinkTypical 1<br />replace TYPunits =3.5 if DrinkTypical 2<br />replace TYPunits =5.5 if DrinkTypical 3<br />replace TYPunits =8 if DrinkTypical 4<br />replace TYPunits =10 if DrinkTypical ==5<br />gen TYPunitsSQ = TYPunits^2<br />label variable TYPunits "approximation of units typically consumed on drinking day" <br />label variable TYPunitsSQ "square of (approximation of units typically consumed on drinking day)"</p>
<p>*//creating a “Weekly Drink Frequency” or DF multiplier <br />gen DFx = 0 if DrinkFreq 1<br />replace DFx = .23 if DrinkFreq 2<br />replace DFx = .69 if DrinkFreq 3<br />replace DFx = 2.5 if DrinkFreq 4<br />replace DFx = 5.5 if DrinkFreq ==5<br />label values DFx DFx<br />label variable DFx "Weekly Drink Frequency derived from individual's stated drink frequency"</p>
<p>*//creating a derived weekly units consumed variable <br />gen units = DFx*TYPunits<br />label values units units<br />label variable units "derivation of weekly units consumed (TypicalUnits*WeeklyDrinkFreq)" <br />gen unitsSQ = units^2<br />label variable unitsSQ "square of (derivation of weekly units consumed)"</p>
<p><strong>Example</strong><br />So for example: if an individual typically consumes 3 drinks per occasion and 2-3 times per week, then <br />TYPunits = 3<br />DFx = 2.5<br />units = 3*2.5 = 7.5</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #910 (Resolved): How to download NPD linked UKHLShttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/9102018-02-05T17:13:32Znirosha elsem varghese
<p>Hello,<br />I am not able to download the National Pupil Database from the Uk Data website.Is there any additional formalities to download this data.</p>