Activity
From 09/02/2015 to 10/01/2015
10/01/2015
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09:40 PM Support #424: Proxies in general, how do they work?
- Thanks Jakob!
I had begun working with the c_egoalt file. I am adding variables according to suitability on to a s... -
08:45 AM Support #424: Proxies in general, how do they work?
- This variable is an intermediate variable computed by the interviewing scripts and there are other more comprehensive...
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- The various samples are represented e.g. here: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/bhps/documentation/volb/wave11/kindsamp.h...
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06:34 PM Support #425 (Closed): MEMORIG unclear values
- Hello I am working with the BHPS, and am trying to learn more about values of the variable MEMORIG. This code the sam...
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- The GGP Harmonized Histories (http://www.ggp-i.org/data/harmhistories.html) are in part based on the predecessor stud...
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09/29/2015
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03:42 PM Support #414: Weights for unbalanced panel
- Ewan,
You would need a weight called b_psnenub_xw or b_indpxub_xw (or another depending on the variables you are u... -
- I am looking at data from Wave C, file name c_indresp.sav SPSS file.
I am very interested in targeting households ...
09/28/2015
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- pls see #306
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- At the moment data have been linked for children, youths and young adults in England with valid consents in wave 1. E...
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12:15 PM Support #422 (In Progress): SIC 2007 variables in Wave 3
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- Dear Ashwin,
can you confirm that you are using the latest edition of the Understanding Society released data, i.e.,...
09/25/2015
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10:32 AM Support #423 (Closed): Application to use HES data
- Is there an application process to request linked HES data for Understanding Society?
09/24/2015
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03:22 PM Support #414: Weights for unbalanced panel
- Many thanks for your reply, this is very helpful.
> ??You can either use BHPS dataset with the first wave weight a... -
02:27 PM Support #422 (Closed): SIC 2007 variables in Wave 3
- Hi there
I am trying to carry out a set of analyses for specific industry groups but I find that, of the 23,177 sa... -
02:27 PM Support #421 (Closed): mining of genetic + other data: collaboration?
- In general my question is whether collaboration on the Understanding Society data is possible.
In particular: I am...
09/22/2015
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- Ewan,
You can either use BHPS dataset with the first wave weight and have information from a longer period, or you... -
- You can use in-built stata programs to use weights (which are much easier and save you from making mistakes), such as...
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- Yes, you are right. You should use b_indscus_lw. Thanks for pointing it.
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- Just to confirm that this variable has not been released previously and that it has made it into the revision planned...
09/21/2015
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04:46 PM Support #420 (Closed): NPD linkage
- is it correct that NPD data is only linked for those individuals in the Und Soc Youth Survey in Wave 1
is it ever go...
09/16/2015
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06:05 PM Support #419: Adult self completion wave 2 and weights
- thank you so much for your detailed response. very helpful! i have one follow up question w/r to 2a:
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- 1. 16,000 that you mentioned include 4000 proxies (that didn't get self-completion) + nonrespondents to self-completi...
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- hi user support,
1. i am doing a cross-sectional analysis using the wave 2 adult self completion (SC) interview. w...
09/15/2015
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- Please see resources available from CAMSIS: http://www.camsis.stir.ac.uk/
On behalf of the team, Jakob -
- Hi Katherine, Is it possible to reveal the source? Many of our questions are taken or adapted from other surveys with...
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10:00 AM Support #418 (Closed): Understanding Society dataset harmonised with GGP
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I was told there was a special dataset of Understanding Society that has been harmonised with the questionnaire... -
09:32 AM Support #417 (Closed): Choice of income bands in proxy question on annual earnings
- I have a short question regarding the proxy question on annual earnings (Prearna) in the seventh wave of Understandin...
09/12/2015
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07:49 PM Support #416 (Closed): SOC 00 to ISCO 1988 stata dofile (code for 4 digits) Understanding society dataset
- Dear Madam/Sir,
I was wondering if you could provide me the stata code you used to convert the variable current jo...
09/11/2015
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05:40 PM Support #412: Weights for BHPS and Understanding Society
- Great, thanks.This makes sense in a regression framework, but what if I'd like to plot means of a variable over time,...
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- If you are doing longitudinal analysis since 1991, you should use indin91_lw weight. You use the weight once in your ...
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- Many thanks, that's really helpful.
h1. Weights
I'm pretty sure I want scenario (3):
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- I hope my answer helps to clarify yours and similar questions. There are potentially three scenarios:
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On behalf of the team,
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- Yes, there is a weight called c_indbdub_xw. This is for the use of both, UKHLS GPS sample and BHPS sample. It was sup...
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- This update only to acknowledge receipt of your request. It might take us a few weeks at the moment to respond to thi...
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01:50 PM Support #415 (Closed): Question on household income
- Hello,
I am a PhD student at the Centre for Health Economics at University of York.
I am currently using BHPS d...
09/10/2015
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- My question is very similar to "this one":https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/issues/393#change-1207, post...
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- related #406
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10:19 AM Support #413: discovering whether a variable is asked in Round 5 (etc.)
- These questions were asked only of 16-19year olds in the extra 5 minute sample OR a recent immigrant. But they should...
09/09/2015
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04:32 PM Support #413 (Closed): discovering whether a variable is asked in Round 5 (etc.)
- Hi -- I would be grateful for a bit of help in determining whether the variable EthID3 is asked of all relevant respo...
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- Hello,
I’ve merged the BHPS with the BHPS-subset of Understanding Society to create a longitudinal panel of BHPS r...
09/08/2015
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- For info about school linkage, please see: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2015/02/11/release-of-education-dat...
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04:30 PM Support #411 (Closed): Ethnicity and Socio-economic information
- We are looking at the possibility of using Understanding Society to compare pupils outcomes (intervention v/s compari...
09/04/2015
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08:40 AM Support #410 (Closed): Income in Understanding and BHPS
- I see someone else raised a question about the precise calculation of income variables in Understanding Society. In ...
09/03/2015
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- I have received the following advice:
We collect information about partnership histories during the Partnership Hi...
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