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From 12/16/2015 to 01/14/2016
01/14/2016
- 03:21 PM Support #472 (Closed): Inapplicable Answers
- 03:20 PM Support #471 (Closed): Weights
- 03:19 PM Support #461 (Closed): Was Maternal BMI or Maternal Weigth and Height Data been recorded?
- 03:18 PM Support #474 (Resolved): Large income jump between Wave 18 of BHPS and Wave 2 of UKHLS
- Dear Chris,
Please accept my apologies for the delay in getting back to you on this.
Annual income is not stric... - 12:25 PM Support #486 (Closed): BHPS education leaving age variables
- Hi, I'm trying to create a variable for bhps that gives an overall 'education leaving age' which takes account of sch...
01/13/2016
- 03:16 PM Support #485 (Resolved): Query about adapting and using a question from the survey
- Dear Jessica,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
There is no problem with you using this education question - it was... - 11:21 AM Support #485 (Closed): Query about adapting and using a question from the survey
I'd like to use an adapted version of this question in an academic research project and I wasn’t sure whether I nee...- 10:37 AM Support #484 (Closed): Matching data to new administrative datasets
- Dear Jack,
Many thanks - I have passed on your comments to our data linkage team.
Best wishes, Victoria. - 10:10 AM Support #484: Matching data to new administrative datasets
- Hi Victoria,
Thank you very much for your quick reply. I feared this would be the case, but thought it worth check...
01/12/2016
- 04:38 PM Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13
- Yes. Indall includes some basic information on every household member (all ages) of every responding household in tha...
- 11:33 AM Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13
- Thank you for your help Alita & Victoria, that is extremely useful to know!
Additionally, concerning the youth qu... - 04:08 PM Support #484 (In Progress): Matching data to new administrative datasets
- Dear Jack,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
Unfortunately, linking respondents to the School Workforce Census woul... - 09:47 AM Support #484 (Closed): Matching data to new administrative datasets
- I am exploring the prospect of using Understanding Society data for a research project on teachers, as there are arou...
- 12:13 PM Support #477: Childcare module
- Hi Charlie,
I have looked into your follow-up question (posted below for the benefit of other users who may come acr...
01/11/2016
- 07:37 PM Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13
- Yes the category 'inapplicable' is for individuals with 0 siblings (MSIBS=2). It is also inapplicable for individuals...
- 10:41 AM Support #482 (In Progress): Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13
- Dear Sharon,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I have assigned this to my colleague Alita who will be able to respond ... - 10:42 AM Support #481 (Closed): Should household identifier match (for most respondents) across waves?
- 09:33 AM Support #469 (Resolved): cross tabulation question
- 09:31 AM Support #473 (Resolved): Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction
- Dear Chris,
If you would like Understanding Society data with income not top-coded then you would need to apply vi...
01/10/2016
- 01:57 PM Support #482 (Closed): Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13
- Hi I am using the BHPS Wave 13 to undertake some undergraduate research.
I am unclear about the variable 'mnsibs' ...
01/08/2016
- 08:08 PM Support #473: Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction
- Victoria
Thanks. There does appear to be one difference--the income from labor in US appears to be top-coded, wherea... - 07:43 PM Support #473: Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction
- Dear Chris,
Based on the information you provided, I think you will find that the those with zero employment incom... - 05:19 PM Support #481: Should household identifier match (for most respondents) across waves?
- Hi Alita,
Fantastic, thanks for your response (and so quickly).
Phil - 05:15 PM Support #481 (In Progress): Should household identifier match (for most respondents) across waves?
- Hi Phil,
There is no concept of a longitudinal household in Understanding Society. As households change it is diff... - 05:11 PM Support #481 (Closed): Should household identifier match (for most respondents) across waves?
- Do household identifiers (b_hidp, and c_hidp) match across waves (for respondents who do not move home)?
I've crea... - 04:32 PM Support #463: Job History Data
- The best way to find out is to either search in the questionnaire for the wave you are interested in
https://www.un... - 04:16 PM Support #463: Job History Data
- Alita Nandi wrote:
> Yes, it is called w_gor_dv (w is the wave prefix)
Ahh ok thank you very much. Also, I was st...
01/07/2016
- 11:30 PM Support #463: Job History Data
- Yes, it is called w_gor_dv (w is the wave prefix)
- 02:56 PM Support #463: Job History Data
- Alita Nandi wrote:
> As the reasons for this decision was not dependant on any individual, household or regional cha... - 04:25 PM Support #478 (Feedback): Sexual orientation in Wave e
- Dear Paco,
Yes, this question was only asked of 16-21 year olds in wave 5. Other adult respondents were not asked ... - 09:06 AM Support #478 (In Progress): Sexual orientation in Wave e
- Dear Paco,
Many thanks for your enquiry - I am just following this up with colleagues and I will get back to you w... - 03:16 PM Support #480 (In Progress): Analysis by highest educational or vocational qualification
- Dear Veronique,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
qfhigh_dv includes vocational qualifications which could not be f... - 10:52 AM Support #480 (Closed): Analysis by highest educational or vocational qualification
- We are planning to analyse some of the Understanding Society variables by highest educational or vocational qualifica...
01/06/2016
- 05:35 PM Support #473: Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction
- Victoria
Thanks for your update. I've been using both BHPS and Understanding Society data. In BHPS, I've been using ... - 03:05 PM Support #477: Childcare module
- Hi Chris,
the w_child.dta files include a number of pointers to the various people who may have provided information... - 08:36 AM Support #477 (In Progress): Childcare module
- Dear Charlie,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I have assigned this to my colleague Gundi who will be able to respond... - 09:16 AM Support #476 (Resolved): Variable LVLONG reoccurence
- Dear Kristina,
I have checked with colleagues and we do not carry that question, or anything about life expectancy... - 08:39 AM Support #476 (In Progress): Variable LVLONG reoccurence
- Dear Kristina,
Many thanks for your enquiry - I am just following this up with colleagues and I will get back to y... - 08:38 AM Support #474 (In Progress): Large income jump between Wave 18 of BHPS and Wave 2 of UKHLS
- Dear Chris,
Many thanks for your enquiry - I am just following this up with colleagues and I will get back to you ... - 06:54 AM Support #479 (In Progress): Urgent - data accesss support
- What data management or statistical softwares do you use? If you use Stata or SPSS then you could download the data i...
- 05:31 AM Support #479 (Closed): Urgent - data accesss support
- I am looking to download data in a format that I can ideally use in excel. If not, I am willing to download any softw...
01/05/2016
- 10:54 PM Support #478 (Closed): Sexual orientation in Wave e
- Hi there,
I see from the documentation that the variable e_sexuor is available in wave 5 of the panel.
However, i... - 03:44 PM Support #477 (Closed): Childcare module
- Is it possible to find the person number for the person completing the childcare module? The file c_child.sav include...
- 02:25 PM Support #473 (In Progress): Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction
- Dear Chris,
Thank you for your request.
Firstly for information, the routing information for each variable is ... - 11:51 AM Support #470 (In Progress): Benefit Data
- Dear Megan,
Mnany thanks for your enquiry.
There are different methods of finding variables available in the da... - 11:41 AM Support #476 (Closed): Variable LVLONG reoccurence
- Dear UKHLS support team,
--- Could I please confirm if a specific question that first occurred in the British Hou... - 09:48 AM Support #475: ECHP-SCPR, ECHP-ONS, and ECHP-NI
- Hi Chris,
As Gundi said, the ECHP sample is not part of Understanding Society. However, if you are using the BHPS ... - 09:43 AM Support #475 (Resolved): ECHP-SCPR, ECHP-ONS, and ECHP-NI
- Dear Chris,
the ECHP subsample did not become part of the Understanding Society sample because data collection for t...
01/04/2016
- 05:37 PM Support #475 (Closed): ECHP-SCPR, ECHP-ONS, and ECHP-NI
- I am trying to understand the values of memorig, which codes the subsample in BHPS. I understand the meaning of value...
- 05:33 PM Support #474 (Closed): Large income jump between Wave 18 of BHPS and Wave 2 of UKHLS
- Hello
I have merged data from the BHPS with Understanding Society and have an issue with income data. In BHPS, two o... - 05:31 PM Support #473 (Closed): Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction
- There are many cases where income from labor is zero, but the respondent has a high level of job satisfaction. Could ...
- 02:37 PM Support #461 (Resolved): Was Maternal BMI or Maternal Weigth and Height Data been recorded?
- 02:36 PM Support #463 (In Progress): Job History Data
- 02:36 PM Support #472 (In Progress): Inapplicable Answers
- 02:25 PM Support #472: Inapplicable Answers
- Hi Alex,
As you can see from the Universe this was asked only of "proxy respondents" who were in paid work in the ... - 02:36 PM Support #471 (In Progress): Weights
- 02:30 PM Support #471: Weights
- Hi Alex,
Please see "Example 6: Working with weights and complex survey design" of the "Introduction to Understand... - 02:36 PM Support #465 (In Progress): Immediate - BHPS data access help
12/27/2015
- 06:14 PM Support #472 (Closed): Inapplicable Answers
- Hi,
I looked at the variable c_pjbptft (whether they work full time or part time) in c_indresp (adult self comple... - 05:57 PM Support #471 (Closed): Weights
- I am doing cross-sectional analysis of wave 3 (adult self completion questionnaire), so I am aware I need to use the ...
12/23/2015
- 10:38 AM Support #449 (Closed): Sexuality Variable
- 10:37 AM Support #450 (Closed): subpopulation analysis
- 10:37 AM Support #453 (Closed): Zero value weight with nurse data combined to blood sample and main sample (w2)
- 10:37 AM Support #456 (Closed): comparing across waves
- 10:36 AM Support #460 (Closed): Language variables
- 10:36 AM Support #464 (Closed): Local Authority Data
- 10:35 AM Support #466 (Closed): Deprivation scores
- links should have been prepared. Thanks for making us aware of this problem. Jakob
- 10:34 AM Support #467 (Closed): Ns-sec/UKborn and religion
12/22/2015
- 11:19 AM Support #470 (Closed): Benefit Data
- Hello,
Can you please tell me what information is collected with regards to benefit payments. Is this a simple ye...
12/21/2015
- 09:51 AM Support #453: Zero value weight with nurse data combined to blood sample and main sample (w2)
- Thanks Olena, it helps a lot !
Thank you again for the time you take to answer me. I better understand the use of ... - 07:41 AM Support #463: Job History Data
- As the reasons for this decision was not dependant on any individual, household or regional characteristics and as th...
12/20/2015
- 10:35 PM Support #469 (In Progress): cross tabulation question
- Hi Veronique,
when you look at the online variable level description you will see that _jbnssec_dv is derived from _... - 11:48 AM Support #463: Job History Data
- Alita Nandi wrote:
> Hi Anuj,
> You will have to create these variables yourself. We do not provide these derived v...
12/19/2015
- 04:07 PM Support #463: Job History Data
- Hi Anuj,
You will have to create these variables yourself. We do not provide these derived variables as yet.
Best w...
12/18/2015
- 02:23 PM Support #469 (Closed): cross tabulation question
- When I cross tabulate c_jbnnssec_dv (NS-SEC of current job) with c_jobstat (current employment status) , some people ...
12/17/2015
- 05:33 PM Support #463: Job History Data
- Alita Nandi wrote:
> Employment histories were collected for the 1-6 month samples in wave 1 and for the remaining 6... - 03:31 PM Support #468: Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed
- Wonderful, many thanks for your response and your help! I am looking forward to analysing the data!
Best wishes,
Ko... - 02:12 PM Support #468 (Closed): Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed
- Erroneously, the documentation from the previous deposit is currently the first part of the ducumentation you find. W...
- 12:32 PM Support #468: Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed
- Dear Jakob,
thank you for the information. I will hence apply for the special license datasets to obtain ward iden... - 10:38 AM Support #468: Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed
- The most accurate information that we can offer on location is postcode centroids at a single point in time. This inf...
- 10:25 AM Support #465: Immediate - BHPS data access help
- All household level questions are asked in the household questionnaire. You can search for these variables by looking...
12/16/2015
- 07:17 PM Support #468: Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed
- Dear Jakob,
many thanks for the swift response. As I said, I think it would be an easier solution if I could obtai... - 06:58 PM Support #468 (In Progress): Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed
- Unfortunately, we are not currently able to grant access to Secure Access data to researchers based outside the UK. W...
- 12:53 PM Support #468 (Closed): Earlier Version of BHPS consittuency identifiers for SN 6033 needed
- Dear Understanding Society Team mebmers at ISER,
I am currently conducting an analysis of individual voting dynam... - 07:13 PM Support #464: Local Authority Data
- Please see this FAQ: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/projects/support/wiki/Is_it_possible_to_merge_in_...
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