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From 10/01/2015 to 10/30/2015

10/30/2015

06:42 PM Support #428: Adult SC Questionnaire Wave 2
thanks very much Jakob! i'll look for the data update.
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afshin zilanawala
12:24 PM Support #428: Adult SC Questionnaire Wave 2
Please note that we have no self-completion data for observations with missing value codes -7 (proxy respondent) and ... Redmine Admin
11:12 AM Support #424 (Closed): Proxies in general, how do they work?
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11:07 AM Support #429 (Closed): Calculation of Benefits Income in BHPS and USoc
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11:06 AM Support #433 (Closed): How can I apply for a special license?
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11:06 AM Support #434 (Closed): "None of the above" in `w'_qfhigh
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10/29/2015

12:00 PM Support #438 (Closed): Identifying a change in address
Hello,
I am studying the effects of a reform on rents paid by an household.
I need accurate information on when the...
Federico Zilio

10/28/2015

02:58 PM Support #437: sample design and community establishments
Phil,
Thank you for your question. Indeed, wave 1 sample excludes people living in communal accommodations. The ex...
Olena Kaminska
10:36 AM Support #437 (Closed): sample design and community establishments
Hello,
I'm trying to establish if residents in communal accommodation are sampled in US. I've read the user guide ...
Phil Jones
12:56 PM Support #435: Question relating to " main reason respondent was away from work last week?" in the UK HLS
If you follow the Annual Event History then you will be able to identify the exact month since last interview when th... Alita Nandi

10/27/2015

12:02 PM Support #406: Calcuation of net income variables
No, housing benefit reported on the income file is included in hhnetinc1 as well as hhnetinc3. On behalf of the team,... Redmine Admin
11:52 AM Support #417: Choice of income bands in proxy question on annual earnings
That's a fair question, but unfortunately I have not been able to track down the answer yet. Jakob Redmine Admin
11:48 AM Support #417: Choice of income bands in proxy question on annual earnings
Thanks for the update, Jakob. Do you know what criteria the income bands were designed to satisfy? Till Hoffmann
11:46 AM Support #417: Choice of income bands in proxy question on annual earnings
The categories used at W1-2 were taken from British Household Panel Survey Wave 18. The categories were redefined at ... Redmine Admin
10:23 AM Support #430: Sample size and weight within blood sample w2
Dear Gaelle,
Thank you for your questions. First, we indeed provide blood weight for combined sample of GPS and BH...
Olena Kaminska

10/26/2015

08:31 PM Support #406: Calcuation of net income variables
Thank you, and I presume that the deductions referred to hhnetinc3 do not include housing benefit? Laura Jones
09:51 AM Support #406 (In Progress): Calcuation of net income variables
Laura,
Yes, housing benefit reported on the income file is included in hhnetinc1. However no allowance is made in h...
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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...
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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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Ewan Carr
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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