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From 12/30/2015 to 01/28/2016
01/28/2016
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06:31 PM Support #491: parental education
- Dear Carolina,
In wave 1, these questions were asked of the first six months sample (a_month>=1 & a_month<=6), tha... -
- If there is someone who has completed school but is in further education, for them ascend>0 but afeend==-8. So, by yo...
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- Hello Gabriella,
You can construct the hrp variable for Understanding Society using the variables:
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11:30 AM Support #492: Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRP
- Gabriella Melis wrote:
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- Hi,
Thank you for your answer below.
Hence, for UndSoc we must assume that the person who answered the HH quest...
01/27/2016
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03:45 PM Support #485 (Closed): Query about adapting and using a question from the survey
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- 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... -
- Dear Min Zhang,
Many thanks for your enquiry. Please refer to the variable _hiqual_dv and its description. To cons... -
- Dear Carolina,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I am assigning this to my colleague Alita who will be able to get bac... -
- Dear David,
Please refer to this earlier query for a response that hopefully answers your question?
https://www... -
- Dear Gabriella,
Many thanks for your enquiry, and apologies for any confusion. I think in that earlier issue, the ...
01/26/2016
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- Hi,
please, I have already seen that this same query was dealt with around a year ago here: https://www.understand...
01/25/2016
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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
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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...
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- How do I identify the HRP? Although the HH data is answered by the HRP ('usually'), there are no details of sex, age,...
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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
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- 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
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- Error: For the BHPS the unique cross-wave individual identifier is "pid" and not "pidp" ("pidp" is for Understanding ...
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- Hello,
To merge individual level files from different waves use pidp. For example,
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01/19/2016
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- Dear Stefanie,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
Would you be able to send on a copy of the syntax that you are usi... -
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01/17/2016
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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...-
- Dear Jack,
Many thanks - I have passed on your comments to our data linkage team.
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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
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- Yes. Indall includes some basic information on every household member (all ages) of every responding household in tha...
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- Thank you for your help Alita & Victoria, that is extremely useful to know!
Additionally, concerning the youth qu... -
- Dear Jack,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
Unfortunately, linking respondents to the School Workforce Census woul... -
- I am exploring the prospect of using Understanding Society data for a research project on teachers, as there are arou...
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- 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
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- Yes the category 'inapplicable' is for individuals with 0 siblings (MSIBS=2). It is also inapplicable for individuals...
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- Dear Sharon,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I have assigned this to my colleague Alita who will be able to respond ... -
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- Dear Chris,
If you would like Understanding Society data with income not top-coded then you would need to apply vi...
01/10/2016
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- Hi I am using the BHPS Wave 13 to undertake some undergraduate research.
I am unclear about the variable 'mnsibs' ...
01/08/2016
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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... -
- 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).
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- Hi Phil,
There is no concept of a longitudinal household in Understanding Society. As households change it is diff... -
- Do household identifiers (b_hidp, and c_hidp) match across waves (for respondents who do not move home)?
I've crea... -
- The best way to find out is to either search in the questionnaire for the wave you are interested in
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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
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- Yes, it is called w_gor_dv (w is the wave prefix)
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- Alita Nandi wrote:
> As the reasons for this decision was not dependant on any individual, household or regional cha... -
- Dear Paco,
Yes, this question was only asked of 16-21 year olds in wave 5. Other adult respondents were not asked ... -
- Dear Paco,
Many thanks for your enquiry - I am just following this up with colleagues and I will get back to you w... -
- 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
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- Victoria
Thanks for your update. I've been using both BHPS and Understanding Society data. In BHPS, I've been using ... -
- Hi Chris,
the w_child.dta files include a number of pointers to the various people who may have provided information... -
- Dear Charlie,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I have assigned this to my colleague Gundi who will be able to respond... -
- Dear Kristina,
I have checked with colleagues and we do not carry that question, or anything about life expectancy... -
- Dear Kristina,
Many thanks for your enquiry - I am just following this up with colleagues and I will get back to y... -
- Dear Chris,
Many thanks for your enquiry - I am just following this up with colleagues and I will get back to you ... -
- What data management or statistical softwares do you use? If you use Stata or SPSS then you could download the data i...
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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
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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...
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- Dear Chris,
Thank you for your request.
Firstly for information, the routing information for each variable is ... -
- 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... -
- Hi Chris,
As Gundi said, the ECHP sample is not part of Understanding Society. However, if you are using the BHPS ... -
- Dear Chris,
the ECHP subsample did not become part of the Understanding Society sample because data collection for t...
01/04/2016
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- I am trying to understand the values of memorig, which codes the subsample in BHPS. I understand the meaning of value...
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- Hello
I have merged data from the BHPS with Understanding Society and have an issue with income data. In BHPS, two o... -
- There are many cases where income from labor is zero, but the respondent has a high level of job satisfaction. Could ...
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- Hi Alex,
As you can see from the Universe this was asked only of "proxy respondents" who were in paid work in the ... -
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- Hi Alex,
Please see "Example 6: Working with weights and complex survey design" of the "Introduction to Understand... -
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