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Added by Lydia Palumbo about 6 years ago.
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Dear User Support,
are you aware of a variable that is similar to b`w'_fisitc and b`w'_fisity of BHPS in USoc?
It should identify the subjective change in the feeling of the financial situation compared to the previous year.
In USoc, I found only the future expectations (`w'_finfut), which are compatible with the variable fisitx of BHPS.
Thank you and best,
Lydia
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Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Auty - Understanding Society User Support Officer
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Dear Lydia,
There are not any equivalent variables to b`w'_fisitc and b`w'_fisity in UKHLS. However, you could look at how w_finnow changes from wave to wave.
Thank you for pointing out that bw_fisitx should be harmonised with w_finfut. I have sent the information to our Harmonisation team.
Best wishes,
Stephanie
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Dear Lydia,
Additionally, you may find the question w_xphsdba in the household questionnaire useful for comparison between waves. It asks if they are up to date with paying their household bills, and is found in the data file w_hhresp.
Best wishes,
Stephanie
Thank you for the answer.
I already noticed the variable. But if I understand correctly it only belongs to USoc.
I am not sure if it is also restricted to those who own a house, as there is quite a high number of inapplicable.
Is this the case?
Thank you again and best,
Lydia
Hi,
during my analysis, I ended up with exploring the variable w_xphsdba again. I am using both BHPS and UKHLS. I see many inapplicable observations, even though they match perfectly the route to be interviewed (they are home owners with mortgage or renters).
Most of these inapplicable units belong to BHPS. I tried to see if the problem was related to the variable that was not correctly harmonised. However, it seems to have the same code of the datasets from BHPS. Could you please confirm this issue?
Thank you and best,
Lydia
Hello Lydia,
Yes you are right this variable w_xphsdba is only asked in UKHLS (I have checked the datafiles and the questionnaires) and so the variable is missing in all BHPS waves. In UKHLS there are no inapplicables (-8), values are missing for other reasons (DK -1, refused -2, other errors -9) which is around or less than 1% for each of the 9 waves.
Best wishes,
Alita
Hi Alita,
thank you. I also checked the variable wXPHSDB, which is the closest one to xphsdba. I think that the variable that should be used to harmonise BHPS with UKHLS is XPHSDF and not XPHSDB, since the first one is the most similar to the one of UKHLS. From what I see this is not the case.
Best,
Lydia
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