Understanding Society User Support

04/07/2016

04:55 PM Support #539 (Closed): matlv: Had period of maternity/paternity leave

I have just checked the questionnaire for waves involved and noticed this question is only asked when:
If (ff_ivlolw... Muzhi ZHOU

02:22 PM Support #537: Merged File Request

Hi Alita,
I have further examined the EGOALT file and believe that I can not use this file for the intended purpose.... zoe young

04/06/2016

12:59 PM Support #537: Merged File Request

Thank you for the above information. I have examined the EGOALT and I have a question regarding pidp and apidp varia... zoe young

04/04/2016

04:17 PM Support #538 (Closed): missing proxy interviews in wave 1

Hi, I have been using UKHLS dataset, and I found a few (six cases I found) proxy interview information is missing in ... Yujung Whang

03:49 PM Support #534 (Closed): Using data for fertility factor study

Victoria Nolan

03:49 PM Support #532 (Closed): what is the head of household variable

Victoria Nolan

03:49 PM Support #527 (Closed): HoH

Victoria Nolan

03:48 PM Support #526 (Closed): Identifying Child Respondents

Victoria Nolan

03:48 PM Support #524 (Closed): Geographical identifiers

Victoria Nolan

03:47 PM Support #530 (Closed): Proxy interview rules

Victoria Nolan

03:46 PM Support #537: Merged File Request

About whether you should use lvag14 or relationship_dv - depends on who you are analysing. relationship_dv tells you ... Alita Nandi

01:02 PM Support #537: Merged File Request

Hi alita,
I am trying to examine those who experienced care versus those who have not by examining educational attai... zoe young

08:58 AM Support #537: Merged File Request

Hi Zoe,
Which software are you using for Data Management? We offer guides to merging data files across many waves ... Alita Nandi

03:25 PM Support #531 (Feedback): Context of blood sampling

Dear Gaelle,
Please accept my apologies for the delay in getting back to you about this. We have gone back to the ... Victoria Nolan

03/29/2016

05:55 PM Support #537 (Closed): Merged File Request

I am wondering if there is a merger file or a way to obtain a merged file for waves 1-5 including the files _egoalt a... zoe young

03/23/2016

12:06 PM Support #533 (Feedback): Using the ego_alt datafile

Dear Zoe,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
You should use the relationship_dv variable – this corrects a couple of... Victoria Nolan

11:59 AM Support #535: Creating duration of marriage variable

Dear Harini,
One possibility is that the cases that you have cited dropped out of the panel before 2008 and the st... Victoria Nolan

11:14 AM Support #535: Creating duration of marriage variable

Hi Victoria,
Thank you very much for your help - the dataset you have guided me towards is exactly what I need. I ... Harini Annadanam

03/22/2016

04:10 PM Support #525 (Closed): Inapplicable responses are so high for academic qualification- BHPS cohort of Understanding Society

Victoria Nolan

04:09 PM Support #522 (Closed): ukborn?

Victoria Nolan

04:09 PM Support #523 (Closed): Using BHPS items in new questionnaire

Victoria Nolan

04:09 PM Support #520 (Closed): Variable Value : Unapplicable

Victoria Nolan

04:05 PM Support #503 (Closed): Inconsistencies in self-completion module of wave three?

Victoria Nolan

04:04 PM Support #535 (Feedback): Creating duration of marriage variable

Dear Harini,
Many thanks for your enquiry. In the first instance, please could I direct you to the following datas... Victoria Nolan

03/21/2016

06:07 PM Support #534: Using data for fertility factor study

Dear Victoria,

Thank you for the directions! I am now applying for UK Data Archive username and password.

Bes... Mikael Haggstrom

02:21 PM Support #534 (Resolved): Using data for fertility factor study

Dear Mikael,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
Understanding Society data are accessible from the UK Data Service -... Victoria Nolan

02:13 PM Support #532 (Feedback): what is the head of household variable

Dear Audrina,
Many thanks for your enquiry. Two previous posts in the forum have responded to the question of iden... Victoria Nolan

02:12 PM Support #527 (Feedback): HoH

Dear Declan,
Many thanks for your enquiry. Two previous posts in the forum have responded to the question of ident... Victoria Nolan

11:48 AM Support #535 (Closed): Creating duration of marriage variable

I am trying to create a variable denoting duration of current marriage (years). The only wave with information on yea... Harini Annadanam

03/19/2016

05:59 PM Support #534 (Closed): Using data for fertility factor study

Dear Sirs,
I work as a physician in Sweden, but I am now interested in the impact of various individual characteri... Mikael Haggstrom

03/18/2016

06:51 PM Support #533 (Closed): Using the ego_alt datafile

I am trying to examine people who have experienced care. I have attached an excel sheet containing the frequencies f... zoe young

05:17 PM Support #532 (Closed): what is the head of household variable

I'm trying to identify the variable of the head of household to be combined with the head data from BHPS. BHPS has th... audrina li

12:52 PM Support #526: Identifying Child Respondents

Hi Alita,
I'm sorry for my poorly worded question. I believe that at the present time you have answered this query... zoe young

03/17/2016

10:10 AM Support #524 (Feedback): Geographical identifiers

Dear Luke,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The ONS provides the following lookup table between LAD and county:
ht... Victoria Nolan

09:57 AM Support #531 (In Progress): Context of blood sampling

Dear Gaelle,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I am just following this up with collegaues and will get back to you as... Victoria Nolan

09:31 AM Support #531 (Closed): Context of blood sampling

Hi,
I am working on the Nurse Health Assessment database (nurse and blood) combined to the full main interview. I ... Gaelle Albertus

03/16/2016

11:54 AM Support #515 (Closed): Matching pid across waves

Victoria Nolan

11:54 AM Support #512 (Closed): Accessing the linked NPD dataset

Victoria Nolan

11:53 AM Support #513 (Closed): e_indscus_lw

Victoria Nolan

10:59 AM Support #530 (Resolved): Proxy interview rules

Dear Pauline,
I have consulted with our survey manager, who has provided the following response:
On Understandi... Victoria Nolan

09:55 AM Support #530 (Closed): Proxy interview rules

I work at ONS on the Labour Force Survey

I was just wondering if you could provide me with some details on how yo... Pauline Beck

03/15/2016

04:23 PM Support #526: Identifying Child Respondents

Hi Zoe,
I am not sure what your question is. Could you please let us know the name of variable you are looking for... Alita Nandi

02:51 PM Support #526: Identifying Child Respondents

Hi Alita,
Thank you for that. Is there a way to create a subsample which would control all the youth 10-15? I trie... zoe young

01:00 PM Support #525: Inapplicable responses are so high for academic qualification- BHPS cohort of Understanding Society

Thanks, It has been a great help indeed.
Ujjwal Ujjwal Kumar Das

11:15 AM Support #525: Inapplicable responses are so high for academic qualification- BHPS cohort of Understanding Society

Use w_hiqual_dv.
Read about it in the online documentation.
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation... Alita Nandi

12:18 PM Support #527 (Closed): HoH

In BHPS there was an identifier for head of household (*HOH) in the individual file. Is there an identifier for head ... declan french

03/14/2016

07:47 PM Support #525: Inapplicable responses are so high for academic qualification- BHPS cohort of Understanding Society

Hi, Thanks for this clarification. Any suggestions how I can incorporate the initial academic qualification for those... Ujjwal Kumar Das

05:33 PM Support #525: Inapplicable responses are so high for academic qualification- BHPS cohort of Understanding Society

Hello Ujjwal,
You are correct the BHPS respondents were not asked the initial conditions questions and so this der... Alita Nandi

11:19 AM Support #525 (Closed): Inapplicable responses are so high for academic qualification- BHPS cohort of Understanding Society

Dear all,
After combining wave 2-5 of Understanding Society (US) the -8 (inapplicable)responses of the variable w... Ujjwal Kumar Das

05:16 PM Support #526: Identifying Child Respondents

No, you don't need secure access to get information about children in the households. But note children under the age... Alita Nandi

11:43 AM Support #526 (Closed): Identifying Child Respondents

Hi I am trying to identify the child respondents throughout the waves. I want to examine who is in care and who is n... zoe young

03/11/2016

02:52 PM Support #524 (Closed): Geographical identifiers

Hi,
I was wondering if there was a restricted dataset that contained information on which county (ceremonial or me... Luke Munford

03/10/2016

12:35 PM Support #522: ukborn?

Sorry the note about this variable in the online documentation was wrong. It mentioned that the variable used informa... Alita Nandi

03/09/2016

05:20 PM Support #522: ukborn?

This question is asked of adults (16+) as part of the adult individual questionnaire. It is asked the first time some... Alita Nandi

03:35 PM Support #522: ukborn?

Victoria,
To clarify, my intention is a longitudinal analysis over several waves of BHPS and US, and I would like t... david rhodes

08:47 AM Support #522 (In Progress): ukborn?

Dear David,
Many thanks for your enquiry, we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Best wishes, Victoria.
... Victoria Nolan

02:42 PM Support #523 (Resolved): Using BHPS items in new questionnaire

Dear Carys,
There are some sections of the questionnaire which are licensed from a third party – the SF12 battery ... Victoria Nolan

08:48 AM Support #523 (In Progress): Using BHPS items in new questionnaire

Dear Carys,
Many thanks for your enquiry, we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Best wishes, Victoria
O... Victoria Nolan