Activity
From 10/11/2015 to 11/09/2015
11/09/2015
- 01:04 PM Support #241 (Closed): c_fiyrinvinc_dv vs c_fiyrdia
- 01:04 PM Support #406 (Closed): Calcuation of net income variables
- 01:03 PM Support #415 (Closed): Question on household income
- 01:03 PM Support #417 (Closed): Choice of income bands in proxy question on annual earnings
- 01:03 PM Support #418 (Closed): Understanding Society dataset harmonised with GGP
- 01:02 PM Support #428 (Closed): Adult SC Questionnaire Wave 2
- 01:02 PM Support #430 (Closed): Sample size and weight within blood sample w2
- 01:01 PM Support #435 (Closed): Question relating to " main reason respondent was away from work last week?" in the UK HLS
- 01:01 PM Support #436 (Closed): How to identify the Household Reference Person
- 01:01 PM Support #437 (Closed): sample design and community establishments
- 01:00 PM Support #440 (Closed): Longitudinal Regression Analysis Weights
- 12:59 PM Support #445 (In Progress): Pain and work
- 12:41 PM Support #447: Wave 5
- We expect the Wave 5 launch the third week of Nov - so very soon.
On behalf of the team, Jakob - 11:23 AM Support #447 (Closed): Wave 5
- Hello,
Please can you let me know the date of the Wave 5 data release?
Many thanks,
Dharmi - 12:39 PM Support #438: Identifying a change in address
- I have received the following advice:
You are correct – w_plnowy4 identifies those who moved since the last wave. ...
11/06/2015
- 12:28 PM Support #446 (Closed): Childcare analysis
- Hello,
I would like to use the Understanding Society wave 4 data to assess whether childcare arrangements made to ... - 07:57 AM Support #435: Question relating to " main reason respondent was away from work last week?" in the UK HLS
- Hi Alita,
thanks for your answer.
It's a pity the duration cannot be inferred. I hope this issue could be conside...
11/05/2015
- 05:01 PM Support #435: Question relating to " main reason respondent was away from work last week?" in the UK HLS
- Hi Zoe,
No, these questions only refer to whether they were off from work during the week before the interview and...
11/04/2015
- 09:14 PM Support #440: Longitudinal Regression Analysis Weights
- That's great thank you!
- 05:19 PM Support #445: Pain and work
- Look at the Data Documentation: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation
... - 02:52 PM Support #445 (Closed): Pain and work
- We are currently looking into a project on pain and work. I saw the following question in the most recent Understandi...
11/03/2015
- 07:27 PM Support #444: I need help
- XWAVEID, XWLSTEN and XWAVEDAT: these are individual level files for all individuals ever sampled. The online document...
- 05:17 PM Support #444 (Feedback): I need help
- Hi Abdulganiyu Ajani,
you say you are merging files ... and then that you are appending variables ... this makes it ... - 04:21 PM Support #444 (Closed): I need help
I am currently using BHPS to do a research, but facing problems merging the waves. I was able to successfully appen...- 02:32 PM Support #435: Question relating to " main reason respondent was away from work last week?" in the UK HLS
- Hi Alita. Thanks for your answer. Much appreciated.
I did use the variables you mentioned to help me calculate the ... - 01:27 PM Support #443 (Closed): Orgm variables
- Hi there,
I want to compare orga and orgm of wave 3 but I can't do this as they are not both representative of the... - 09:57 AM Support #442: Weight for longitudinal analysis with BHPS Youth dataset
- Genevieve,
Thanks for your question. There is no one way of conducting longitudinal analysis of youth data. The ma...
11/02/2015
- 05:49 PM Support #442 (Closed): Weight for longitudinal analysis with BHPS Youth dataset
- Hello,
What weights should I use when conducting longitudinal analysis with BHPS YOUTH data? Only cross-sectional ... - 10:50 AM Support #440: Longitudinal Regression Analysis Weights
- Here are the answers to your questions in the order asked. Yes, d_indscus_lw is correct, and a_indscus_xw is correct ...
11/01/2015
- 06:55 PM Support #440 (Closed): Longitudinal Regression Analysis Weights
- Hello. I am working on the understanding society database looking specifically at the self-completion questionnaire d...
10/30/2015
- 06:42 PM Support #428: Adult SC Questionnaire Wave 2
- thanks very much Jakob! i'll look for the data update.
Redmine Admin wrote:
> Please note that we have no self-c... - 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 ...
- 11:12 AM Support #424 (Closed): Proxies in general, how do they work?
- 11:07 AM Support #429 (Closed): Calculation of Benefits Income in BHPS and USoc
- 11:06 AM Support #433 (Closed): How can I apply for a special license?
- 11:06 AM Support #434 (Closed): "None of the above" in `w'_qfhigh
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...
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... - 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 ... - 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...
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,...
- 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
- 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?
- 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 ...
- 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...
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?
- 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...
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
10/23/2015
- 07:12 AM Support #432 (Closed): Distributions of NS-SEC variables in earlier and later versions of Wave 1 data
- 07:11 AM Support #431 (Closed): Coding of 'missing' in earlier and later versions of Wave 1 data of variable 'a_scghq2_dv'
- 07:06 AM Support #427 (Closed): Income variables' descriptive stats on US website do not match my results
- 07:05 AM Support #426 (Closed): Merging youth to family information
- 07:03 AM Support #436: How to identify the Household Reference Person
- pls see #290
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...
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