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From 01/25/2016 to 02/23/2016
02/23/2016
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08:29 PM Support #511 (Closed): SCEVERDRNK variable Wave 2
- Hello,
I was wondering if there is a variable SCEVERDRNK available for Wave 2? I can't seem to see it in the Stat... -
02:25 PM Support #499 (Resolved): Blood pressure feedback
- Dear Will,
After further investigation we have established that the nurse protocol is correct (feedback is based o... -
02:12 PM Support #507: 'inapplicable' on newborn.dta
- Hi Laia,
This question was asked of female respondents where the newborn child lives with the parent. Most of the ... -
- Dear Tenghao,
Many thanks for your enquiry. For this, you would need to apply via the METADAC for genetics data co... -
- Although issue 509 is about understanding society (ukhls) - the file structures for the two surveys are almost identi...
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- I am not sure why you cannot find pid but here are two possible reasons:
(1) In the BHPS all variables are lower c... -
- The reason for this difference is that in the second method you are only selecting individual adult respondents from ...
02/22/2016
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01:11 PM Support #510 (Closed): Phenotype variables availablit Genetic data application
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We are a research group planning to carry out a GWAS project and would like to apply for the genetic data of U... -
12:26 PM Support #503: Inconsistencies in self-completion module of wave three?
- Dear Olena and Alita,
Thank you for the updates. I will omit these cases for now.
It also appears that there a... -
11:53 AM Support #509 (Closed): Using household identifier from xwaveid.dta to merge data across waves
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Please could you let me know if the following way is valid for merging household data into individual files. ...
02/21/2016
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10:46 AM Support #508 (Closed): BHPS identifying households or individuals across waves
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I am looking to analyse a number of variables such as income, wealth and consumption across waves and to see h...
02/19/2016
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05:34 PM Support #507 (Closed): 'inapplicable' on newborn.dta
- Dear UKHLS team,
The variables on the newborn dataset have a large amount of missing data coded as 'inapplicable' ... -
- Hello,
I was wondering if you could answer a question I have about weights and psu/strata variables for analysing ...
02/18/2016
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- Dear Will,
I'm sorry for the delay in getting back to you on this.... we have been investigating the issue, and un... -
- Hi Alita
Thanks.
White British is accurate and most suitable to use apart from when using data from Northern... -
02/17/2016
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02:43 PM Support #505: Cross Sectional weights (xrwght/xrwtuk1) and job history files. [BHPS]
- Hello again,
Apologies for the confusing query above. I made a small (read: stupid) mistake, confusing "append" wi... -
- Hi all,
I'm using the BHPS dataset (w1-w18) to look at the impact of job changes. Using the job history files, I c...
02/16/2016
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- Hi Till,
You are correct. There are a handful of cases for whom SCAC shos that they "refused self-completion" or "... -
12:45 PM Support #503: Inconsistencies in self-completion module of wave three?
- Dear Till,
Thank you for letting us know. You are right that the 6 cases mentioned should have 0 cross-sectional s... -
- Hi Charlie,
This question is only asked of those who report NO BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN in the household. Given that ch... -
- Hi Angela,
Thanks for highlighting this issue.
We are in the process of updating the cateogry labels in the onl... -
10:27 AM Support #489: HRP
- Thank you for your suggestion to also seek out the 2001/2011 Census supporting material for a definition of the HRP c...
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- Hello Alex,
Yes use:
svyset c_psu [pweight=c_indscub_xw], strata(c_strata) singleunit(scaled)
svy: reg y x1 x2
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02/15/2016
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03:23 PM Support #504 (Closed): Svy Commands on Stata
- Hi there,
I am using Wave C in my dissertation and I've read that because Understanding Society's Dataset is so c... -
- In wave three of the Understanding Society survey, there are six entries for respondents who have refused the self-co...
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12:43 PM Support #489: HRP
- Thank you for your reply. It is more than a little odd that US does not include an HRP identifier, given how central ...
02/11/2016
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02/10/2016
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- Thank you Gabriella for offering the code.
I will write to you directly about this.
Best wishes,
Alita
02/09/2016
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- Dear Charlie,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I have attached the table here in a word document. We will look into y... -
- Sanne,
Yes, your situation is very similar to question 462. Potentially pooled data or balanced panel may be best ... -
11:15 AM Support #502 (Closed): Weights to use to analyse year-to-year transitions within waves 1-5
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I have a question about which weights to use. A similar question (no. 462) has been asked before, but I'm sti...
02/08/2016
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- Dear Will,
Many thanks for your enquiry. We are actively looking into this at the moment and will respond as soon ... -
Thanks Angela for your reply - I've added it here as it is a reply to this post rather than a new issue, and I will...-
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- Garbiella Melis wrote:
thank you very much for your suggestion, although instead of the w_hsownd I have used the d... -
11:14 AM Support #500 (Closed): ever had/fathered children
- In the indresp file there is a variable lprnt: Variable label = ever had/fathered children
I am analysing wave 3 d...
02/05/2016
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05:59 PM Support #487: Understanding Society variable: change jobs
- Dear Victoria and Alita,
Thank you very much for this information!
Best wishes,
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- Dear Mariska,
There was a scripting error for this routing flag. These cases were assigned a value of -9. This iss... -
11:02 AM Support #499 (Closed): Blood pressure feedback
Hi,
I am working with the blood pressure data from the wave 2/3 nurse health assessment data and I am hoping y...
02/04/2016
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- As explained in Issue# 290
"Both in the BHPS and Understanding Society, the household questionnaire is completed b... -
- Dear Eric,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
Primary/Secondary SEN type is a very sensitive data item for DfE and a... -
- Hi Angela,
You are correct it is based on the EW version of the Census ethnic group qusetion. These can still be u... -
- Dear Angela,
Many thanks for your enquiry. We are actively looking into this at the moment and we will be able to ... -
- Dear Mariska,
Many thanks for your enquiry, and apologies for the delay in responding.
We are actively looking... -
- Dear Ante,
The correct labels should be
3 ”no”
4 “considered in the past and rejected”
We will be correctin... -
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11:27 AM Support #498: weight youth self-completion + adult
- Many Thanks Olena, found it!
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- Carolina,
For w1-w2 analysis you should use b_psnenus_lw weight, and for 1-3 waves, it should be c_psnenus_lw.
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- Hi Olena,
Many thanks for this prompt reply.
Just to make sure I understood, if I use individuals who are 15 in w1 ... -
- Carolina,
The best weight for your analysis is an enumeration longitudinal weight taken from the last wave of your... -
- Hello,
I would like to follow individuals (14-15 yrs) who completed the self-completion youth questionnaire into the... -
- Dear Matteo,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
All the files (Understanding Society waves 1-5, NPD linkage files, s...
02/03/2016
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10:05 PM Support #497 (Closed): NPD linkage to Primary/Secondary SEN type?
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We are contracted through Public Health England to contribute to their Knowledge and Intelligence Directorate ... -
- Gabriella Melis wrote:
Hi,
Thank you for your answer below.
Hence, for UndSoc we must assume that the pers... -
10:48 AM Support #496 (Closed): Clarification Query - Understanding Society linked NPD, and Understanding Society with School Codes
- Dear Understanding Society team,
My name is Matteo and I would like to ask you some clarifications regarding, nam...
02/02/2016
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02/01/2016
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03:32 PM Support #495 (Closed): ethnicity
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I think you might need to clarify the Racel variable on your questionnaire. It states in your questionnaire... -
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09:41 AM Support #494 (Closed): Pooled Cross-Sectional Analysis
- We are aware that some users wish to pool data from multiple waves for the purpose of cross-sectional estimation (for...
01/28/2016
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- 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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> Thank you for your answer below.
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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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- 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
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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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- Dear David,
for the purpose of deriving this scale Understanding Society currently defines children as persons aged ... -
- Hello,
I am working with Wave 1, and I wanted to know why the number of missing cases is so high for the mother & ...
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