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From 10/25/2015 to 11/23/2015
11/23/2015
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09:25 AM Support #452: identifying same-sex (female-female)partner
- Option 1: Use the w_egoalt file to identify same-sex partners in a household. Specifically, use variables: w_relation...
11/22/2015
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11:27 PM Support #452 (Closed): identifying same-sex (female-female)partner
- Dear Understanding society team
I'm interested in studying sleep in pregnancy, I'm keen to identify the predictors r...
11/20/2015
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- Any job related question will be inapplicable for those who do not have a job. Please refer to the specific questions...
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05:23 PM Support #449: Sexuality Variable
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I have had a look at income data within indresp on stata and the majority of respondents have said inappl... -
- Adults (16+) are interviewed mostly F2F (with some exceptions). Those who complete F2F interviews are also asked to f...
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- Ok, but are all the adult self-completion questionnaires done with interviewers face-to-face or over the telephone or...
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02:07 PM Support #449: Sexuality Variable
- We follow, in short, individuals and their households over time; https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/about/longitu...
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- Ahhh ok, thanks, so for indresp (i.e. the adult questionnaire) are the people interviewed in wave 1 different to the ...
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- https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/search?q=*sexuor*&t=mainstage_variable
The question was on the adult self-com... -
10:38 AM Support #451: Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Boost sample Wave 6
- We do not yet have complete written documentation, but here is a brief description of the design:
Two new sample c... -
11/19/2015
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- Thank you. I have just had a look at the descriptions of the waves. However, I cannot find the sexuality variable in ...
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- Hello,
c_orgm is asked only of those who chose c_org=1. Just replace c_orgm* = 0 if c_org=2.
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- Hello,
Yes, if you combine ccare and ccwork and restrict the analysis to those who had a job last week (jbhas=1|jb... -
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- https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2015/11/19/wave-5-data
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12:30 PM Support #451 (Closed): Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Boost sample Wave 6
- Hello,
Is there any written documentation on the sample design for the additional immigrant and ethnic minority b...
11/18/2015
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12:41 PM Support #448: weights
- And thank you, again, Olena.
Vernon
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10:18 AM Support #448: weights
- Vernon,
Thank you for your citations. And yes, you should use psu alone as clusters. This is because you are using...
11/17/2015
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02:52 PM Support #450 (Closed): subpopulation analysis
- Hi, I need some advice on analyzing a subpopulation of the sample. Specifically I am only analyzing individuals that ...
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- Thanks again, Olena,
With a fast encroaching penultimate deadline for a thesis, I guess it is too late for me to s... -
- Vernon,
We suggest where possible to use full information on design, including psu, strata and weights. It is poss... -
- In paragraph 5 "(i.e, 1/c_indscub_x)" should read "(i.e., 1/c_indscub_xw). Apologies.
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- Thank you so much, Olena, for that very detailed and considerate reply!
It is my first attempt at negotiating surv... -
- The various files are described here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-document...
11/16/2015
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- I have just redownloaded it and it works, thank you! When I download the STATA version of the dataset I get the diffe...
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- When I downloaded the data from UKDS a minute ago it was there(?).
On behalf of the team, Jakob -
- Hi,
I have downloaded understanding society's dataset and have realised the variable c_sexuor which should be in d... -
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- Dear Vernon,
Thank you for your question. Your thinking of selecting the weight for your analysis are all correct.... -
- I am looking at data exclusively at Wave C Understanding Society c_indresp.sav. I am planning to employ model based ...
11/10/2015
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12:35 PM Support #81: Does Health Visitor data still exist in Understanding Society
- FYI: There has been a review of the information Understanding Society collects about health, and the lack of informat...
11/09/2015
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- We expect the Wave 5 launch the third week of Nov - so very soon.
On behalf of the team, Jakob -
- Hello,
Please can you let me know the date of the Wave 5 data release?
Many thanks,
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- I have received the following advice:
You are correct – w_plnowy4 identifies those who moved since the last wave. ...
11/06/2015
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12:28 PM Support #446 (Closed): Childcare analysis
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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
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- Hi Zoe,
No, these questions only refer to whether they were off from work during the week before the interview and...
11/04/2015
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09:14 PM Support #440: Longitudinal Regression Analysis Weights
- That's great thank you!
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- Look at the Data Documentation: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation
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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
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- XWAVEID, XWLSTEN and XWAVEDAT: these are individual level files for all individuals ever sampled. The online document...
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- 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...-
- 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
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I want to compare orga and orgm of wave 3 but I can't do this as they are not both representative of the... -
- Genevieve,
Thanks for your question. There is no one way of conducting longitudinal analysis of youth data. The ma...
11/02/2015
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05:49 PM Support #442 (Closed): Weight for longitudinal analysis with BHPS Youth dataset
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What weights should I use when conducting longitudinal analysis with BHPS YOUTH data? Only cross-sectional ... -
- 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
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- Hello. I am working on the understanding society database looking specifically at the self-completion questionnaire d...
10/30/2015
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06:42 PM Support #428: Adult SC Questionnaire Wave 2
- thanks very much Jakob! i'll look for the data update.
Redmine Admin wrote:
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- Please note that we have no self-completion data for observations with missing value codes -7 (proxy respondent) and ...
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10/29/2015
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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
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- 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
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I'm trying to establish if residents in communal accommodation are sampled in US. I've read the user guide ... -
- 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
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- No, housing benefit reported on the income file is included in hhnetinc1 as well as hhnetinc3. On behalf of the team,...
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- That's a fair question, but unfortunately I have not been able to track down the answer yet. Jakob
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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?
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- The categories used at W1-2 were taken from British Household Panel Survey Wave 18. The categories were redefined at ...
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- Dear Gaelle,
Thank you for your questions. First, we indeed provide blood weight for combined sample of GPS and BH...
10/26/2015
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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?
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- Laura,
Yes, housing benefit reported on the income file is included in hhnetinc1. However no allowance is made in h...
10/25/2015
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- Could I please ask whether housing benefit received by the household goes into hhnetinc1?
many thanks,
Laura
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