Understanding Society User Support

10/25/2015

08:12 PM Support #406: Calcuation of net income variables

Could I please ask whether housing benefit received by the household goes into hhnetinc1?
many thanks,
Laura Laura Jones

10/23/2015

07:12 AM Support #432 (Closed): Distributions of NS-SEC variables in earlier and later versions of Wave 1 data

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07:11 AM Support #431 (Closed): Coding of 'missing' in earlier and later versions of Wave 1 data of variable 'a_scghq2_dv'

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07:06 AM Support #427 (Closed): Income variables' descriptive stats on US website do not match my results

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07:05 AM Support #426 (Closed): Merging youth to family information

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07:03 AM Support #436: How to identify the Household Reference Person

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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... Laura Jones

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, ... Redmine Admin

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... Redmine Admin

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 ... Redmine Admin

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... Redmine Admin

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... Ourega-Zoe Ejebu

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)
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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... Redmine Admin

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... Ourega-Zoe Ejebu

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... Redmine Admin

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... Yujung Whang

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... Yujung Whang

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 ... Gundi Knies

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... Sharon Cruise

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 ... Gundi Knies

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... Sharon Cruise

10/12/2015

05:11 PM Support #410 (Closed): Income in Understanding and BHPS

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09:26 AM Support #425 (Closed): MEMORIG unclear values

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09:26 AM Support #422 (Closed): SIC 2007 variables in Wave 3

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09:25 AM Support #420 (Closed): NPD linkage

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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... Gaelle Albertus

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... Olena Kaminska

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... Gaelle Albertus

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... Alita Nandi

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... Lori Bougher

09:10 AM Support #412 (Closed): Weights for BHPS and Understanding Society

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09:10 AM Support #414 (Closed): Weights for unbalanced panel

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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 Redmine Admin

08:44 AM Support #423 (Closed): Application to use HES data

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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... Redmine Admin

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... Alita Nandi

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... afshin zilanawala

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
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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... Gabriella Melis

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... K.Samantha Russell Jonsson

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... Vernon Hedge

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... Redmine Admin

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... Redmine Admin

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... Chris Martin

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... Redmine Admin

08:48 AM Support #419 (Closed): Adult self completion wave 2 and weights

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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... Olena Kaminska

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 ... Vernon Hedge

09/28/2015

05:21 PM Support #423: Application to use HES data

pls see #306 Redmine Admin

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... Redmine Admin

02:15 PM Support #416 (Closed): SOC 00 to ISCO 1988 stata dofile (code for 4 digits) Understanding society dataset

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02:14 PM Support #404 (Closed): Where did sceverdrnk go?

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12:15 PM Support #422 (In Progress): SIC 2007 variables in Wave 3

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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.,... Gundi Knies