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From 01/30/2013 to 02/28/2013
02/28/2013
- 11:58 PM Support #127 (Closed): variables used to construct survey weights
- Hello,
Where can I find out which variables were used to construct the survey weights available for Wave 2 of US? ... - 01:43 PM Support #126 (Closed): Wave 1 files
- I am analysing data from Wave 1 of Understanding Society (SN6614). There is a file called a_egoalt which defines the ...
02/27/2013
- 09:23 AM Support #119: Large values on alcohol consumption variables
- A clerical review of the paper self-completion questionnaires has shown that the true values of alcohol units will ha...
02/21/2013
- 03:24 PM Support #125 (Closed): household income variables in Understanding society
- Dear Sir or Madam,
I am trying to calculate income poverty measures on the basis of Understanding Society.
Could ...
02/20/2013
- 03:21 PM Support #121 (Closed): Information Treatment-IP Wave 5
- 03:21 PM Support #122 (Closed): Data Availability
- 03:20 PM Support #124 (In Progress): Questionnaire routing of wJBSECT
- Karen,
Just to confirm that we have come to the same conclusions as you have.
Jakob
02/18/2013
- 02:34 PM Support #118 (Closed): total gross income variables
- 02:34 PM Support #117 (Closed): Car use Qs in BHPS
- 02:34 PM Support #115 (Closed): Highest qualification variable
- 02:33 PM Support #123 (Closed): b_heritage96 and b_herfreq variables
- 02:19 PM Support #123 (In Progress): b_heritage96 and b_herfreq variables
- Jenny,
It is the opposite. b_heritage96 is 1 (or TRUE) if "None of these things" were visited and 0 (or FALSE) if at...
02/14/2013
- 11:19 AM Support #124 (Closed): Questionnaire routing of wJBSECT
- In the BHPS documentation [Volume A] the following is stated …
“III.9.2.2. The Employment Section
Users should be...
02/13/2013
- 12:46 PM Support #123 (Closed): b_heritage96 and b_herfreq variables
- I'm a bit confused to what the variable b_heritage96 is suppose to record. My interpretation is that 0 means people w...
02/12/2013
- 09:00 PM Support #121 (In Progress): Information Treatment-IP Wave 5
- These look like typical intro items - that we rarely release. If you are interested in figuring out the routing, it w...
02/11/2013
- 02:26 PM Support #119: Large values on alcohol consumption variables
- Jakob,
Thanks for your response; I would be grateful if you could keep me advised of the timeframe for checking this... - 12:04 PM Support #116 (Closed): height and weight data
02/08/2013
- 07:25 PM Support #119 (Closed): Large values on alcohol consumption variables
- 07:10 PM Support #119: Large values on alcohol consumption variables
- Updated Friday 08 Feb 2013
02/06/2013
- 05:00 PM Support #122: Data Availability
- Please have a look at the "long term content plan":https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/system/uploads/assets/000/0...
- 03:21 PM Support #122 (Closed): Data Availability
- Dear Data Support,
I write with respect to the data on environmental behaviour in British households. I noticed that... - 04:54 PM Support #118: total gross income variables
- 1) Please see the user guide section on incomes and imputation.
2) No.
3) More or less. At BHPS both monthly and ye... - 04:48 PM Support #117 (In Progress): Car use Qs in BHPS
- Unfortunately, we have to agree with you that the question (1) about who has/has not got a license is less clear from...
- 01:59 PM Support #121 (Closed): Information Treatment-IP Wave 5
- Hello,
I was wondering how one should interpret the variables e_earninfo, e_pearninfo, and e_pearnemail? My inter...
02/05/2013
- 04:19 PM Support #119 (In Progress): Large values on alcohol consumption variables
- Kareena,
The variable comes from a paper self-completion "qustionnaire":https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/docum... - 04:12 PM Support #110: Fieldwork dates for wave 1 of BHPS
- Dear Jakob,
Thanks very much for your response. Ideally I would need the exact date but I guess the latest interview...
02/01/2013
- 02:32 PM Support #120 (Closed): IP Wave 5-Egoalt Dataset
- 02:28 PM Support #120: IP Wave 5-Egoalt Dataset
- I understand, thank you very much.
Sam - 12:42 PM Support #120: IP Wave 5-Egoalt Dataset
- At this stage, it would be advisable to make some checks against the earlier released waves.
Jakob - 12:26 PM Support #120: IP Wave 5-Egoalt Dataset
- Ah I see, so would it be relatively unsafe to rely on this EGOALT relationship data at this point?
- 12:17 PM Support #120 (In Progress): IP Wave 5-Egoalt Dataset
- Sam,
We have processes to clean and correct the file before a release. As you can see for IP1-4 and M1-2, this work ... - 11:56 AM Support #120 (Closed): IP Wave 5-Egoalt Dataset
- Hello, I was just wondering whether or not the EGOALT dataset for the IP Wave 5 data is the most complete set of rela...
- 01:01 PM Support #115: Highest qualification variable
- Hi Rachel,
_hiqual_dv uses information fed forward from the previous wave(s). When you compare the highest qualifica...
01/31/2013
- 03:52 PM Support #119 (Closed): Large values on alcohol consumption variables
- I have a query about the self-report values for alcohol consumption on heaviest drinking day in the self-report adult...
- 03:49 PM Support #118 (Closed): total gross income variables
- Hi - I have a few questions about the derived total gross income variables provided with the USoc data:
1) From wh... - 02:30 PM Support #114 (Closed): definition of school codes
- 02:29 PM Support #114: definition of school codes
- Hi Jakob,
Actually I had seen the filter in the questionnaire, and for some reason I misinterpreted it. Sorry for th... - 12:32 PM Support #114: definition of school codes
- 1) Please look at universe for each item in the "questionnaire":https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/...
- 01:23 PM Support #117 (Closed): Car use Qs in BHPS
- Hi --
Questions about the BHPS driving-licence-holding (xDRIVER) and access-to-car/van (xCARUSE) variables.
1)... - 12:21 PM Support #112 (Closed): Most Recent Wave Questions - Parental Educational Expectations
- 12:10 PM Support #112: Most Recent Wave Questions - Parental Educational Expectations
- I see, thank you very much!
Sam - 08:55 AM Support #112: Most Recent Wave Questions - Parental Educational Expectations
- Yes, variables defined in the "questionnaire documentation":https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/inno...
- 12:20 PM Support #110 (Closed): Fieldwork dates for wave 1 of BHPS
01/30/2013
- 09:31 PM Support #112: Most Recent Wave Questions - Parental Educational Expectations
- Ok, so then does this hold true for the relationship variables, e_pr, in the e_person dataset as well (i.e. the HHGRI...
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