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From 09/23/2015 to 10/22/2015
10/22/2015
- 05:49 PM Support #436 (Closed): How to identify the Household Reference Person
- Hi there,
I'm using US for a masters project and am trying to select my dataset so that it only includes the househo... - 09:25 AM Support #241: c_fiyrinvinc_dv vs c_fiyrdia
- Some are questions and the details can be found in the questionnaire specification and others are derived variables, ...
- 09:21 AM Support #406: Calcuation of net income variables
- We will be providing more details on the income variables in the user guide to the forthcoming release. Please also n...
- 09:18 AM Support #415: Question on household income
- A part from households with genuinely low incomes some households may be reluctant to report incomes in general. See ...
10/21/2015
- 05:20 PM Support #429: Calculation of Benefits Income in BHPS and USoc
- The INCOME file stores the multiple reported income sources. In the rare instances where an amount cannot be itemised...
- 09:07 AM Support #435: Question relating to " main reason respondent was away from work last week?" in the UK HLS
- Hi Jakob,
thanks for your answer.
_length of sickness/injury absence in the question "main reason why you were aw... - 08:56 AM Support #435: Question relating to " main reason respondent was away from work last week?" in the UK HLS
- > ... length of sickness/injury absence in the question "main reason why you were away from wor?" (variable JBOFFY)
...
10/20/2015
- 01:01 PM Support #434: "None of the above" in `w'_qfhigh
- We have noted the high proportion of individuals for whom we have ‘none of the above’ replies on the variable `w’_qfh...
- 08:36 AM Support #435 (Closed): Question relating to " main reason respondent was away from work last week?" in the UK HLS
- Hi there,
Please, was is the *+length+* of sickness/injury absence in the question "main reason why you were away fr...
10/19/2015
- 04:02 PM Support #433: How can I apply for a special license?
- please see https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/projects/support/wiki/Which_variables_are_released_under_Sp...
10/16/2015
- 09:30 PM Support #434 (Closed): "None of the above" in `w'_qfhigh
Hi, I have a question about 96 "None of the Above" category in `w'_qfhigh variable (highest educational qualificati...
10/14/2015
- 11:32 AM Support #433 (Closed): How can I apply for a special license?
Hi, I would like to apply for a special license as a non-UK user to have access to geographic identifier at the med...
10/13/2015
- 05:34 PM Support #432 (In Progress): Distributions of NS-SEC variables in earlier and later versions of Wave 1 data
- Dear Sharon,
we try to assign the most appropriate missing values according to our definitions, i.e. -9 "missing or ... - 04:52 PM Support #432 (Closed): Distributions of NS-SEC variables in earlier and later versions of Wave 1 data
- I first accessed the Wave 1 dataset around 2012 at which time there was a ‘refusal’ category for the derived variable...
- 05:12 PM Support #431: Coding of 'missing' in earlier and later versions of Wave 1 data of variable 'a_scghq2_dv'
- Dear Sharon,
we try to assign the most appropriate missing values according to our definitions, i.e. -9 "missing or ... - 04:46 PM Support #431 (Closed): Coding of 'missing' in earlier and later versions of Wave 1 data of variable 'a_scghq2_dv'
- I first accessed the Wave 1 dataset around 2012 at which time there was a ‘missing’ category for the derived variable...
10/12/2015
- 05:11 PM Support #410 (Closed): Income in Understanding and BHPS
- see #429
- 09:26 AM Support #425 (Closed): MEMORIG unclear values
- 09:26 AM Support #422 (Closed): SIC 2007 variables in Wave 3
- 09:25 AM Support #420 (Closed): NPD linkage
- 09:23 AM Support #430: Sample size and weight within blood sample w2
- Hi,
Thank you very much for your response.
Indeed, I would do a cross-sectional analysis of wave 2 data only, w...
10/09/2015
- 02:44 PM Support #430: Sample size and weight within blood sample w2
- Gaelle,
Thank you for your question. From your message I understand that you want to use information from three so... - 09:25 AM Support #430 (Closed): Sample size and weight within blood sample w2
- Hi,
I am working on Nurse Health Assessment database in order to use data related to biomarkers and health. I deci...
10/08/2015
- 05:22 PM Support #424: Proxies in general, how do they work?
- Hello Vernon,
As a general rule if any of the response outcomes say proxy (value = -7) it means that this was a pr...
10/07/2015
- 03:30 PM Support #429 (Closed): Calculation of Benefits Income in BHPS and USoc
- I am writing with the hopes that someone can clarify precisely how income from benefits is constructed in the BHPS (a...
- 09:10 AM Support #412 (Closed): Weights for BHPS and Understanding Society
- 09:10 AM Support #414 (Closed): Weights for unbalanced panel
- 09:09 AM Support #421: mining of genetic + other data: collaboration?
- Just to acknowledge receipt - we hope to have a reply for you soon. On behalf of the team, Jakob
- 08:44 AM Support #423 (Closed): Application to use HES data
- 08:41 AM Support #427: Income variables' descriptive stats on US website do not match my results
- The online documentation is incorrect in these cases. Thanks for making us aware of this.
On behalf of the team,
J...
10/05/2015
- 01:35 PM Support #426: Merging youth to family information
- Follow these steps:
1. Merge youth questionnaire file, w_youth, to w_indall using pidp. The variables that you nee... - 11:43 AM Support #428 (Closed): Adult SC Questionnaire Wave 2
- hi User support,
i'm using the questions on alcohol drinking from the W2 SC interview. specifically my questions a...
10/02/2015
- 08:38 PM Support #414: Weights for unbalanced panel
- Olena,
Perfect, thanks. That makes sense. Many thanks for your help with all of this.
Ewan
-- - 07:10 PM Support #427 (Closed): Income variables' descriptive stats on US website do not match my results
- Dear all,
please, could you kindly clarify the following points?
- The variable b_netinc1 as presented on the w... - 10:11 AM Support #426 (Closed): Merging youth to family information
- Dear All, could someone please assist me. I have created a file with responses from the youth questionnaire.
I have...
10/01/2015
- 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...
- 06:44 PM Support #425: MEMORIG unclear values
- The various samples are represented e.g. here: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/bhps/documentation/volb/wave11/kindsamp.h...
- 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...
- 09:01 AM Support #418: Understanding Society dataset harmonised with GGP
- The GGP Harmonized Histories (http://www.ggp-i.org/data/harmhistories.html) are in part based on the predecessor stud...
- 08:48 AM Support #419 (Closed): Adult self completion wave 2 and weights
09/29/2015
- 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... - 11:12 AM Support #424 (Closed): Proxies in general, how do they work?
- 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
- 05:21 PM Support #423: Application to use HES data
- pls see #306
- 03:02 PM Support #420: NPD linkage
- At the moment data have been linked for children, youths and young adults in England with valid consents in wave 1. E...
- 02:15 PM Support #416 (Closed): SOC 00 to ISCO 1988 stata dofile (code for 4 digits) Understanding society dataset
- 02:14 PM Support #404 (Closed): Where did sceverdrnk go?
- 12:15 PM Support #422 (In Progress): SIC 2007 variables in Wave 3
- 12:11 PM Support #422: SIC 2007 variables in Wave 3
- Dear Ashwin,
can you confirm that you are using the latest edition of the Understanding Society released data, i.e.,...
09/25/2015
- 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
- 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...
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