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From 06/12/2014 to 07/11/2014

07/11/2014

01:49 PM Support #285: Net household income
Thanks Jakob (and thanks for the quick reply!).
I don't suppose there is any way of getting access to these varia...
Robert de Vries
01:22 PM Support #285 (In Progress): Net household income
We are currently developing a new method for deriving net income variables for release later this year. The Wave 1 ne... Redmine Admin
01:13 PM Support #285 (Closed): Net household income
Hi,
Some versions of the USOC documentation include mention of a 'net household income' variable (a_fihhmnnet_dv -...
Robert de Vries
12:32 PM Support #284 (In Progress): Ethnic Boost in Innovation Panel
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12:31 PM Support #281 (In Progress): Weights for IP5
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12:30 PM Support #283 (In Progress): Year and month of birth for head of household's parents
We do collect data on family networks every other wave from Wave 1 onwards including parents' age, see e.g.
https://...
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07/10/2014

02:02 PM Support #281: Weights for IP5
Hsin Chen,
We strongly recommend using our weights - these reflect the design in detail and nonresponse correction...
Olena Kaminska
01:55 PM Support #284: Ethnic Boost in Innovation Panel
Hsin Chen,
There is no ethnic boost in Innovation Panel. And IP is not an equal probability sample - the range fro...
Olena Kaminska
09:11 AM Support #284 (Closed): Ethnic Boost in Innovation Panel
Hi,
Are there boost samples for ethnic in Innovation panel? Since I cannot find the information about it, thank yo...
HSIN CHEN
09:06 AM Support #277 (Closed): Wave 2 Results from Methodological Experiments
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09:04 AM Support #277: Wave 2 Results from Methodological Experiments
Redmine Admin wrote:
> To break the ground for other work we aim to publish working papers such as the one you quote...
HSIN CHEN

07/08/2014

09:23 AM Support #283 (Closed): Year and month of birth for head of household's parents
I would like to know whether it is possible to know the year and month of birth of household respondents' parents. In... Sarah Cattan
09:21 AM Support #278 (In Progress): _worktrav variable problem
The universe for this question can be found in the documentation, however, in this case you also need to exclude samp... Redmine Admin
08:48 AM Support #282 (In Progress): Unemployment experience BHPS sample
The number of employment, non-employment and unemployment spells since the last interview are provided in W2+. Users ... Redmine Admin

07/07/2014

05:02 PM Support #282 (Closed): Unemployment experience BHPS sample
Hi,
the BHPS (original) used to include two controls for unemployment experience (wNJUSP = number of unemployment ...
Antje Mertens
02:31 PM Support #279: Westminster Parliamentary Constituency identifiers
If you are creating a dataset with e.g. electoral results over time and space in the UK, I would advise you to apply ... Redmine Admin
12:10 PM Support #277 (In Progress): Wave 2 Results from Methodological Experiments
To break the ground for other work we aim to publish working papers such as the one you quote as early as possible. O... Redmine Admin

07/04/2014

01:20 PM Support #281 (Closed): Weights for IP5
Hi,
Thanks for previous answers.
However,I still have a problem on design weight for both original sample and ...
HSIN CHEN

07/03/2014

04:48 PM Support #279 (Closed): Westminster Parliamentary Constituency identifiers
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am performing panel analyses that (1) combine the BHPS and Understanding Society and (2) incl...
James Dennison
02:14 PM Support #278 (Closed): _worktrav variable problem
Hello,
I'm currently studying Understanding Society Waves 1-3 in relation to travel behaviour and social trends, b...
Robert Thomas
10:40 AM Support #270 (Closed): Weighting
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10:39 AM Support #272 (Closed): Questions about IP1 and IP4.
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07/02/2014

02:01 PM Support #275 (In Progress): BHPS sample psu strata variables
The user guide explains about the different samples (hhorig) and ranges of psu/strata used, see "FORMER BHPS SAMPLE" ... Redmine Admin
01:54 PM Support #276 (In Progress): Sample sizes at Local Authority level
The sampling design is explained in the user guide and in more detail in a working paper referenced in the user guide... Redmine Admin

07/01/2014

12:34 PM Support #269 (Closed): Waves with Height and weight
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12:31 PM Support #269: Waves with Height and weight
Lovely, thank you!
Tarra
Redmine Admin wrote:
> Separate study number, 7251, for the health assessment data.
...
Tarra Penney
12:24 PM Support #269: Waves with Height and weight
Separate study number, 7251, for the health assessment data.
For data access in general;
https://www.understandings...
Redmine Admin
12:11 PM Support #269: Waves with Height and weight
Okay thank you. One more related query, the guide available here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentati... Tarra Penney

06/30/2014

07:33 PM Support #277: Wave 2 Results from Methodological Experiments
Also, according to Wave2 technical report, the total sample is 2101.
please find the response table in technical rep...
Hsin Chen
07:20 PM Support #277 (Closed): Wave 2 Results from Methodological Experiments
When I was reading "Understanding Society Innovation Panel Wave 2 Results from Methodological Experiments" I tried to... Hsin Chen
07:18 PM Support #272: Questions about IP1 and IP4.
Thank you Jakob and Olena Hsin Chen
04:38 PM Support #274: Svy command using Youth data
most recent course information/downloads can now be found around here instead;
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.u...
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03:53 PM Support #274: Svy command using Youth data
There are some worked examples of this particular problem in our training course materials, "Introduction to Understa... Redmine Admin
04:07 PM Support #273 (Closed): Time variables at Wave 1

> 1. I suppose that time in seconds represents time from midnight in seconds, is that right?
Yes, seconds sinc...
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03:55 PM Support #271 (Closed): Where is the Cognitive tests & personality traits wave 3 located?
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03:54 PM Support #268 (Closed): Survey sample
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03:54 PM Support #264 (Closed): Data inconsistency - satisfaction with health - c_sclfsat1
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06/26/2014

11:52 AM Support #276 (Closed): Sample sizes at Local Authority level
Is there any way to find out roughly how many respondents are sampled within a particular local authority, so as to d... Saamah Abdallah

06/25/2014

04:55 PM Support #275 (Closed): BHPS sample psu strata variables
BHPS contained psu and strata variables in the household sample datafiles not in the xwavedat datafile so there is a ... Charlotte Woodhead
04:34 PM Support #264 (Feedback): Data inconsistency - satisfaction with health - c_sclfsat1
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06/24/2014

08:31 PM Support #274 (Closed): Svy command using Youth data
I am using Youth data to see how their drinking behavious, using Stata. I understand we have to use svy command to ac... Noriko Cable
11:51 AM Support #269 (In Progress): Waves with Height and weight
> nurse fieldwork document where height and weight would have been measured?
See protocol here
https://www.under...
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06/23/2014

05:46 PM Support #272: Questions about IP1 and IP4.
Dear Hsin Chen,
To answer your first question, you should read the guide and pay attention to OSM (original sample...
Olena Kaminska
05:29 PM Support #270: Weighting
Vicky,
Yes, your situation is a clear example where pooling helps - i.e. with such a rare population that you stud...
Olena Kaminska

06/22/2014

10:38 PM Support #273 (Closed): Time variables at Wave 1
1. I suppose that time in seconds represents time from midnight in seconds, is that right?
2. There is a variable ...
Jonathan Burton

06/20/2014

10:38 AM Support #267 (Closed): Self-completion data (adults) from wave 2
Thanks for letting us know, we will pass the information on to UKDS.
Please also see this link to the documentation ...
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10:35 AM Support #272 (In Progress): Questions about IP1 and IP4.
I will try to find out about your second question. In the meantime please have a look at the user guide (and associat... Redmine Admin
08:16 AM Support #272 (Closed): Questions about IP1 and IP4.
Dear Sir or Madam,
My name is Hsin, a postgraduate student in the Univeirsty of Manchester. I used Innovation Pan...
Hsin Chen
10:19 AM Support #266 (Closed): Wave 2-3 Biomarkers Release Date
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08:29 AM Support #264: Data inconsistency - satisfaction with health - c_sclfsat1
I can confirm that the data that were released are consistent with the data delivered to us. Spot checks of the origi... Redmine Admin

06/18/2014

12:29 PM Support #270: Weighting
Dear Olena
Thanks so much for the quick reply.
Studying and reporting the waves separately is definitely a cleane...
Victoria Peacey

06/17/2014

01:15 PM Support #269: Waves with Height and weight
Thank you Jakob.
Are you able to point me toward the nurse fieldwork document where height and weight would have...
Tarra Penney
12:55 PM Support #269: Waves with Height and weight
We have so far collected self-reported height and weight of adults at Wave 1 and of 10-15yr olds at Waves 2 and 4. We... Redmine Admin
12:57 PM Support #271 (In Progress): Where is the Cognitive tests & personality traits wave 3 located?
The user guide has a section on this that might be of interest.
Jakob
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10:02 AM Support #271 (Closed): Where is the Cognitive tests & personality traits wave 3 located?
I downloaded the latest copy of wave 1-3 data today and am unable to locate this new data Andrew Hind
12:18 PM Support #270: Weighting
Vicky,
Your issue is not with weighting, but rather with the population that you are interested to represent and w...
Olena Kaminska
11:47 AM Support #264 (In Progress): Data inconsistency - satisfaction with health - c_sclfsat1
Gemma: would it be reasonable to say that there could be a potential issue with the data/coding?
Jakob: The only t...
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06/16/2014

06:34 PM Support #270 (Closed): Weighting
Hi
I am using the first three waves of US data to look at job loss and associations with mental health and self-ra...
Victoria Peacey
06:06 PM Support #267: Self-completion data (adults) from wave 2
That's great, thank you Jakob. That's all I need.
I do think though that the b_indresp data dictionary should be up...
Victoria Peacey
09:15 AM Support #268: Survey sample
The region variable, GOR (UK Region), is on the main sample and response files, e.g. here;
https://www.understanding...
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06/13/2014

04:42 PM Support #269 (Closed): Waves with Height and weight
I am looking for confirmation on the collection of body mass index in US. I have reviewed the questionnaires and nur... Tarra Penney
02:45 PM Support #268 (Closed): Survey sample
Would it be possible to tell me what the Welsh sample size is for this survey please?
Rhian Davies
 

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