https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/support/favicon.ico?15995719382017-05-18T09:38:09ZUnderstanding Society User SupportUnderstanding Society User Support - Support #787: Household head in understanding society surveyhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/787?journal_id=26782017-05-18T09:38:09ZVictoria Nolanvlnolan@essex.ac.uk
<ul><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>New</i> to <i>Feedback</i></li><li><strong>Assignee</strong> set to <i>Ujjwal Kumar Das</i></li><li><strong>% Done</strong> changed from <i>0</i> to <i>90</i></li><li><strong>Private</strong> changed from <i>Yes</i> to <i>No</i></li></ul><p>Dear Ujjwal,</p>
<p>There is no comparative variable (to HOH in BHPS) in Understanding Society. HOH was used in the BHPS because we then asked, in the household grid, for the relationship of everyone in the household to the “household reference person”. In Understanding Society we implement this relationship grid differently, so that we collect the relationship of everyone in the household to everyone else.</p>
<p>The Household reference person in BHPS was the person responsible for the rent/mortgage, and in the case of joint responsibility, it was the eldest of the two. So it might be possible for you to derive it for UKHLS,</p>
<p>Best wishes, Victoria</p>
<p>On behalf of the Understanding Society Data User Support Team</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #787: Household head in understanding society surveyhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/787?journal_id=26822017-05-18T11:38:55ZGundi Kniesgknies@essex.ac.uk
<ul></ul><p>Dear Ujjwal,<br />if you are interested in the household reference person, there are two derived variables in the Understanding Society data files that report the pno and pidp of that person, respectively. See, e.g., <br /><a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/2/datafile/b_indall/variable/b_hrpno">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/2/datafile/b_indall/variable/b_hrpno</a><br /><a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/2/datafile/b_indall/variable/b_hrpid">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/2/datafile/b_indall/variable/b_hrpid</a></p>
<p>Hope this helps,<br />Gundi</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #787: Household head in understanding society surveyhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/787?journal_id=26842017-05-22T20:58:36ZUjjwal Kumar Daskdas.ujjwal@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>Dear Victoria and Gundi, Thanks for this information. Does this mean, I can assume household reference person (hrpno)=1 is responsible for household financial matters?</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #787: Household head in understanding society surveyhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/787?journal_id=26852017-05-22T20:59:12ZUjjwal Kumar Daskdas.ujjwal@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>Ujjwal Kumar Das wrote:</p>
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<p>Dear Victoria and Gundi, Thanks for this information. Does this mean, I can assume household reference person (hrpno)=1 is responsible for household financial decisions?</p>
</blockquote> Understanding Society User Support - Support #787: Household head in understanding society surveyhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/787?journal_id=26862017-05-24T14:11:48ZGundi Kniesgknies@essex.ac.uk
<ul><li><strong>Category</strong> set to <i>Derived variables</i></li><li><strong>Target version</strong> set to <i>X M</i></li></ul><p>Hi Ujjwal,<br />we cannot provide feedback on assumptions you want to make in your analysis. Acceptability of assumptions depends on your specific project, how you argue the case and who will decide what is acceptable. We can, however, help clarify what the indicator is. The description of who is defined as the household reference person (HRP), and which variables are used in the construction of the variable, is included in the online variable description (I included links to that in my previous response). If the indicator assumes a value of 1 the person with _pno=1 in the household is the HRP; if the variable assumes a value of 12 the person with _pno=12 in the household is the HRP.</p>
<p>Hope this helps,<br />Gundi</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #787: Household head in understanding society surveyhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/787?journal_id=26882017-05-25T09:17:14ZUjjwal Kumar Daskdas.ujjwal@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>Dear Gundi, I think I have got the information - hrpno defines which pno is the household reference.</p>
<p>Thanks for your support.</p>
<p>Ujjwal</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #787: Household head in understanding society surveyhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/787?journal_id=26892017-05-25T09:24:00ZGundi Kniesgknies@essex.ac.uk
<ul><li><strong>% Done</strong> changed from <i>90</i> to <i>100</i></li></ul><p>Glad we could help!<br />Gundi</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #787: Household head in understanding society surveyhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/787?journal_id=27092017-06-07T14:48:38ZVictoria Nolanvlnolan@essex.ac.uk
<ul><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>Feedback</i> to <i>Closed</i></li></ul>