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From 12/29/2015 to 01/27/2016
01/27/2016
- 03:45 PM Support #485 (Closed): Query about adapting and using a question from the survey
- 03:07 PM Support #486: BHPS education leaving age variables
- Hi Alita,
Stefanie emailed me with the details below - are you able yo follow up? Many thanks, Victoria.
Dear V... - 01:08 PM Support #493 (Closed): Difference in response 3 and 4 for solar questions
- Dear Sir or Madam,
I'm referring to the summarised responses for variables d_solar1, d_solar2 and d_solar3 in wave... - 08:36 AM Support #488 (In Progress): Matching educational qualification in BHPS and Understanding Society
- Dear Min Zhang,
Many thanks for your enquiry. Please refer to the variable _hiqual_dv and its description. To cons... - 08:25 AM Support #491 (In Progress): parental education
- Dear Carolina,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I am assigning this to my colleague Alita who will be able to get bac... - 08:24 AM Support #489 (In Progress): HRP
- Dear David,
Please refer to this earlier query for a response that hopefully answers your question?
https://www... - 08:22 AM Support #492 (In Progress): Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRP
- Dear Gabriella,
Many thanks for your enquiry, and apologies for any confusion. I think in that earlier issue, the ...
01/26/2016
- 06:58 PM Support #492 (Closed): Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRP
- Hi,
please, I have already seen that this same query was dealt with around a year ago here: https://www.understand...
01/25/2016
- 03:04 PM Support #490 (Resolved): Modified oecd equivalence scale
- Dear David,
for the purpose of deriving this scale Understanding Society currently defines children as persons aged ... - 12:04 PM Support #491 (Closed): parental education
- Hello,
I am working with Wave 1, and I wanted to know why the number of missing cases is so high for the mother & ...
01/22/2016
- 05:00 PM Support #490 (Closed): Modified oecd equivalence scale
- What are the criteria used in this scale? I find the applicable variables in the HH file misleading. eg. wave 'e' ind...
- 04:56 PM Support #489 (Closed): HRP
- How do I identify the HRP? Although the HH data is answered by the HRP ('usually'), there are no details of sex, age,...
- 04:46 PM Support #488 (Closed): Matching educational qualification in BHPS and Understanding Society
- Dear Sir/Madam,
Could you please advise me how to match the educational qualification variables in the BHPS and Unde... - 03:33 PM Support #487 (Closed): Understanding Society variable: change jobs
- I was trying to look at who changed jobs using waves 2, 3, and 4 of Understanding Society. For this I looked at wheth...
01/21/2016
- 05:18 PM Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13
- Hi Sharon,
Sorry about the confusion - the above Stata code was an example to show how to merge the different file... - 12:22 PM Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13
- Hi thanks for the reply,
Unfortunately when I follow those commands for my data I end up only retaining the three ...
01/20/2016
- 02:11 PM Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13
- Error: For the BHPS the unique cross-wave individual identifier is "pid" and not "pidp" ("pidp" is for Understanding ...
- 02:06 PM Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13
- Hello,
To merge individual level files from different waves use pidp. For example,
use pidp kmaju using kindresp,... - 02:02 PM Support #469 (Closed): cross tabulation question
- 02:02 PM Support #463 (Closed): Job History Data
- 02:00 PM Support #480 (Closed): Analysis by highest educational or vocational qualification
- 01:54 PM Support #478 (Closed): Sexual orientation in Wave e
01/19/2016
- 12:46 PM Support #473 (Closed): Zero income from labour but high job satisfaction
- 12:45 PM Support #486 (In Progress): BHPS education leaving age variables
- Dear Stefanie,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
Would you be able to send on a copy of the syntax that you are usi... - 12:42 PM Support #465 (Closed): Immediate - BHPS data access help
- 12:42 PM Support #479 (Closed): Urgent - data accesss support
- 12:40 PM Support #476 (Closed): Variable LVLONG reoccurence
- 12:40 PM Support #470 (Closed): Benefit Data
- 12:40 PM Support #475 (Closed): ECHP-SCPR, ECHP-ONS, and ECHP-NI
01/17/2016
- 06:38 PM Support #482: Siblings variable in BHPS Wave 13
- Since some variables in Wave 13 do not have enough responses, I am trying to merge variables from other waves into th...
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
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