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From 11/01/2015 to 11/30/2015
11/30/2015
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10:06 PM Support #459 (Closed): derived variable for total number of children
- Hi,
I'd like to create variables for a total number of biological children for individuals in each wave. My unders... -
09:21 PM Support #458: country of birth and derived variable UK born
- use ukborn in xwavedat
use c_hiqual_dv in c_indresp
c_jlnssec8_dv: is about last job. Information about the las... -
05:35 PM Support #458: country of birth and derived variable UK born
- Hi please could you advise with the following variables. It is similar to the previous request on ethnicity.
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05:23 PM Support #446 (Closed): Childcare analysis
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03:08 PM Support #446: Childcare analysis
- Thank you for your help on this
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- Please use the variable c_racel_dv. This question was asked of all adult respondents in wave 1 and after that only of...
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- I have a query re an output for ethnicity that a colleague has run.
The output below is for ethnicity. There appea... -
11/27/2015
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04:55 PM Support #456 (Closed): comparing across waves
- Hello,
I wanted to know if it is possible to compare the effect of a variable in wave 1 with its effect in wave 5.
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12:48 PM Support #455 (Closed): Residential mobility indicators
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I have the latest version (W5 release) of SN6614 and SN7248 and have a question about residential mobility ... -
11:04 AM Support #454 (Closed): BHPS hhch12 variable in INDRESP files
- There is a minor discrepancy between the labelling and text for variable hhch12 in each of the indresp files. An exam...
11/26/2015
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01:23 PM Support #453: Zero value weight with nurse data combined to blood sample and main sample (w2)
- Olena,
Thanks a lot for your response.
I read the User Guide and several questions on the forum (in particular ...
11/25/2015
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10:20 AM Support #449: Sexuality Variable
- Hi Alex,
the online data set documentation includes a brief description of the content of the data files which you a...
11/24/2015
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09:48 PM Support #449: Sexuality Variable
- Thank you, I have read the imputation of income and other variables section. However, it doesn't say which questionna...
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11:20 AM Support #453: Zero value weight with nurse data combined to blood sample and main sample (w2)
- Gaelle,
We indeed expect some people to have 0 weights in nurse cross-sectional dataset. These are mostly TSMs in ... -
- Hi,
I am working on the nurse health assessment data combined to the blood sample data and the full main interview...
11/23/2015
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- 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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- Thanks.
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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- 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.
In case of c_orga... -
- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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
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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...
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