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From 11/14/2015 to 12/13/2015
12/09/2015
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07:34 PM Support #452 (Closed): identifying same-sex (female-female)partner
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05:38 PM Support #462: Longitudinal weights
- Thanks Olena- this is a great help.
I think the most suitable solution is to continue to just use the longitudina... -
02:30 PM Support #462: Longitudinal weights
- Rory,
Cross-sectional weights will be wrong in this situation simply because you can't observe a move in a cross-s... -
- Thanks Olena, this helps a lot.
Just one (hopefully final) clarification regarding pooled analysis. If I were to f... -
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1. Yes, and this is a safe option;
2. Pooled analysis is a good option if you want to rep... -
05:01 PM Support #463 (Closed): Job History Data
- I've looked at both the BHPS and UKHLS data. Am I correct in saying that BHPS has job history data whilst the UKHLS d...
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12:26 PM Support #449: Sexuality Variable
- Thank you!
I was just wondering how do I find out what the "proxy" answers refer to? I assume proxy means other pe...
12/08/2015
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- Hi Olena,
Many thanks for the very quick reply and advice. I can see that just using the wave 1 weight is not eno... -
- Rory,
You can't use different longitudinal weights for different people in the same analysis - such analysis will ... -
- Hi,
I'm conducting a longitudinal analysis of waves 1-5 using the GPS and EMB samples and have a quick question ab... -
12:53 PM Support #456: comparing across waves
- Thanks Olena.
I realize that if I pool data I would need to have "individuals x wave" as unit of analyses, which mi... -
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- Redmine Admin wrote:
> xwhist is under development and did not make it into the latest release. You are advised to a...
12/07/2015
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- Dear Gaelle,
Indeed, you are right in thinking that generally for most of the studies all people who provide infor...
12/03/2015
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- Dear Carolina,
To select the weights you will need to first decide on what you want to represent: either people ov...
12/02/2015
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03:10 PM Support #459 (Resolved): derived variable for total number of children
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02:57 PM Support #459: derived variable for total number of children
- Thank you. This answers my questions.
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- Hi Alexey,
apologies, it turns out the _lnprnt is asked of men and women who appear not to have any natural children... -
- Hi Gundi,
Many thanks for your detailed and timely reply. Just a couple of things to clarify. You said that lnprnt... -
- Hi Alexey,
first, to confirm that there is no derived variable which provides this information. Hence, you are rig... -
03:03 PM Support #461 (Closed): Was Maternal BMI or Maternal Weigth and Height Data been recorded?
Hi,
I am a research assistant and I am currently searching for maternal datasets containing maternal BMI or ...
12/01/2015
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05:20 PM Support #460 (Closed): Language variables
- I am interested in exploring the information related to respondents' language in Understanding Society.
It is clea... -
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- Thanks for raising it - now forwarded to the BHPS team. On behalf of the team, Jakob
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- xwhist is under development and did not make it into the latest release. You are advised to apply for access to https...
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- advised to email biomarker team directly by email today.
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11/30/2015
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- 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.
We are... -
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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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- 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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- Hello,
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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- 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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- Thank you, I have read the imputation of income and other variables section. However, it doesn't say which questionna...
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- 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... -
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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 ...
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