Understanding Society User Support

11/13/2013

11:55 AM Support #221: detailed information on derived variables

Thanks for your reply but I still don't have an answer to the question. I understand that for this particular derived... Zoe Oldfield

11:12 AM Support #221 (In Progress): detailed information on derived variables

The raw data for this collected on the self-employment module. The imputation strategy for derived income variables i... Redmine Admin

11/12/2013

03:33 PM Support #197 (Closed): SF36GHP in Wave 9 of the BHPS

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03:32 PM Support #209 (Closed): BHPS movers and residential casward

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03:31 PM Support #210 (Closed): Non-resident adult children

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03:30 PM Support #215 (Closed): Recording of deaths to BHPS / US respondents

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03:29 PM Support #216 (Closed): Why so many deaths in 2000 and 2004?

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03:29 PM Support #217 (Closed): linkage with npd

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03:29 PM Support #218 (Closed): Use of health and welfare services in USoC

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10:01 AM Support #221 (Closed): detailed information on derived variables

Hi,
I am trying to find out how some of the income variables are derived. It says in the User Guide that "The deri... Zoe Oldfield

11/06/2013

06:10 PM Support #220: Problem with mergin files

Shilan Dargahi wrote:
> I have set up a panel data using 18 waves of r_ecstat files. These files are part of the Der... Shilan Dargahi

06:10 PM Support #220: Problem with mergin files

I have set up a panel data using 18 waves of r_ecstat files. These files are part of the Derived Current and Annual N... Shilan Dargahi

05:32 PM Support #220: Problem with mergin files

We don't allow any attachments. You can copy in tabulations or examples in the Notes field. It would be useful if you... Redmine Admin

05:16 PM Support #220 (Closed): Problem with mergin files

I am using Current and Annual Net Household Income Variables of BHPS (waves 1–18) derived by Horacio Levy and Stephen... Shilan Dargahi

10/31/2013

11:36 AM Support #219 (Closed): Fertility history Understanding Societies Wave 1

I have a couple of questions regarding the fertility history in the first wave of Understanding Societies. My aim is ... Wieke Selten

10/30/2013

04:04 PM Support #197 (In Progress): SF36GHP in Wave 9 of the BHPS

Apologies for taking a long time answer this - it looks like a case where you are computing your own derived variable... Redmine Admin

03:57 PM Support #209 (In Progress): BHPS movers and residential casward

What you highlight is inconsistencies between data originating from different data collection processes, i.e. respond... Redmine Admin

03:57 PM Support #210 (In Progress): Non-resident adult children

Please have a look at the following added-value dataset and associated documentation;
British Household Panel Surv... Redmine Admin

03:56 PM Support #215 (In Progress): Recording of deaths to BHPS / US respondents

Deaths reported by interviewers are recorded in the annual interview outcome variables, IVFIO and IVFHO (see also the... Redmine Admin

03:55 PM Support #216 (In Progress): Why so many deaths in 2000 and 2004?

The survey office put more effort into verifying deaths of sample members in certain years if the sample members or t... Redmine Admin

03:54 PM Support #217 (In Progress): linkage with npd

Dec 2013 - for more information about linkage and consent to linkage please see;
https://www.understandingsociety.ac... Redmine Admin

03:52 PM Support #218 (In Progress): Use of health and welfare services in USoC

Please see #81 Redmine Admin

10/28/2013

07:14 PM Support #218 (Resolved): Use of health and welfare services in USoC

Hi,
In the BHPS there were plentiful variables to measure respondent access to their GP, hospitals and receipt of ... Marcus Green

10:30 AM Support #187 (Closed): NIHPS 2008-09 (SN: 5151) - correct household weighting variable?

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10:27 AM Support #198 (Closed): Understanding Societies wave 1: a_lmend

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10:27 AM Support #199 (Closed): health conditions in main adult data set - wave 1 and wave 2

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10:27 AM Support #205 (Closed): Comparable health variables: BHPS-USoc

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10:26 AM Support #206 (Closed): income variables in Understanding Society

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10:26 AM Support #208 (Closed): move abroad

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10:11 AM Support #211 (Closed): ethid4a and pride4a in wave 2

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10:11 AM Support #212 (Closed): Retrieving previous responses to questions asked only once

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10/22/2013

03:08 PM Support #199: health conditions in main adult data set - wave 1 and wave 2

1) That's correct
2) There is no way of knowing whether a Wave 1 respondent still has one of the listed conditions a... Redmine Admin

02:13 PM Support #205 (In Progress): Comparable health variables: BHPS-USoc

There is some overlap in the self-reported medical conditions, general health question/satisfaction and the SF12 is a... Redmine Admin

11:44 AM Support #217 (Closed): linkage with npd

when will understanding society be linked with npd? which individuals will be linked?
marta de philippis

11:42 AM Support #216 (Closed): Why so many deaths in 2000 and 2004?

Hello,
I am just starting to get to grips with the BHPS and I have a question as to why there were so many deaths ... Stephen Clark

10/21/2013

10:57 AM Support #214 (Closed): SPSS files and documentation

see #213 Redmine Admin

10:55 AM Support #212 (In Progress): Retrieving previous responses to questions asked only once

for this you have have to combine the responses across waves or use the XWAVEDAT file.
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10:52 AM Support #211 (In Progress): ethid4a and pride4a in wave 2

pride4a is routed partly on (EthId4a = 1|2), so only those responses would have been followed up with the pride4a que... Redmine Admin

10:38 AM Support #198 (In Progress): Understanding Societies wave 1: a_lmend

the ‘something else’s might be those people who have separated but not officially divorced – but for them the marriag... Redmine Admin

10:30 AM Support #208 (In Progress): move abroad

The interview outcome categories for out-of-scope relate to sample members who have moved to an address outside Great... Redmine Admin

10:25 AM Support #207 (Closed): income variables

see #206 Redmine Admin

10:24 AM Support #203 (Closed): Merging BPHS and US

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10:23 AM Support #202 (Closed): Analysing respondents from a particular year from two waves

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10:23 AM Support #201 (Closed): combining cross-sectional weights from wave 1 and 2

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10:22 AM Support #206: income variables in Understanding Society

The income question are routed on jbhas and jboff (sometimes via jbsemp).
In a small number of cases there seems to... Redmine Admin

09:53 AM Support #204 (Closed): Linked administrative data

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09:51 AM Support #188 (Closed): Job satisfaction and promotion variables

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10/18/2013

04:46 PM Support #210: Non-resident adult children

Thanks Emma,
I used the lprnt variable from xwavedat, rather than from any specific wave. Does this not contain in... Robert de Vries

03:05 PM Support #210: Non-resident adult children

Hi Rob
It looks from the variable info and questionnaire that the question for the lprnt variable was only asked o... Emma Salter

10/16/2013

01:08 PM Support #215 (Closed): Recording of deaths to BHPS / US respondents

Could you point me to anywhere in the documentation that describes how the death of a BHPS/US respondent is handled a... John MacInnes

10/15/2013

05:32 PM Support #214 (Closed): SPSS files and documentation

I'm new to Understanding Society and this site and am preparing introductory SPSS files and documentation for use in ... John F Hall