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From 04/02/2016 to 05/01/2016

04/29/2016

06:08 PM Support #554: Special license data for non-UK issues
Hi Victoria,
Thank you very much for your reply. I read through the links you gave me, I still have 3 more quest...
audrina li
05:42 PM Support #537: Merged File Request
Hi
I have managed to finally perform steps 1 and 2. In case other people read this feed you need to:
ADD FILES for...
zoe young
12:34 PM Support #556: Death in BHPS and US
Alita Nandi wrote:
> Please note that the data structure of indsamp is different from indresp or indall. Here each i...
Emily Murray

04/28/2016

04:54 PM Support #557 (Closed): hscost mgold
Is it correct that to obtain the original purchase price and the amount borrowed at purchase for mortgagors it is nec... david rhodes
03:35 PM Support #554 (Feedback): Special license data for non-UK issues
Dear Moyin,
Many thanks for your enquiry. Apologies for the broken link, we will get this fixed.
Medium level g...
Victoria Nolan
12:08 PM Support #541 (Resolved): Health conditions module
Victoria Nolan
11:57 AM Support #555 (Feedback): Household and individual income components
Dear Alba,
The great majority of differences are proxy cases for which we do include the component values in the d...
Victoria Nolan
11:04 AM Support #556: Death in BHPS and US
Please note that the data structure of indsamp is different from indresp or indall. Here each individual can have mor... Alita Nandi
11:02 AM Support #556: Death in BHPS and US
Additionally:
In the BHPS, as in UKHLS, you can also identify deceased respondents using "wivfio" variable in "winds...
Alita Nandi
10:53 AM Support #556: Death in BHPS and US
Emily,
There is a cross-wave variable indicating final known status of respondents: it is astat in xwlsten.dta dat...
Olena Kaminska
09:30 AM Support #550: Interview date
Great, thanks Victoria! Christoph Kronenberg
08:47 AM Support #550: Interview date
Hi Christoph,
In the BHPS, the respondent never reports the date of interview, it’s always done by the interviewer...
Victoria Nolan

04/27/2016

05:07 PM Support #550: Interview date
Thanks Vicotria,
that is helpful, as a follow up:
At least in the BHPS (haven't checked US yet) there are vars wh...
Christoph Kronenberg
03:25 PM Support #556 (Closed): Death in BHPS and US
How can I determine whether an individual in BHPS has died at following waves, including during their time in Underst... Emily Murray
03:22 PM Support #555 (Closed): Household and individual income components
We are researching changes in household income over time, and are interested in determining which components (labour ... Alba Lanau

04/26/2016

07:15 PM Support #553: Measuring highest level of education in both the BHPS and US data
Hi Vanessa,
further to Victoria's response, I am now uploading the code that we run to create a proxy for the Unders...
Gundi Knies
03:47 PM Support #553 (In Progress): Measuring highest level of education in both the BHPS and US data
Hi Vanessa,
Many thanks for your enquiry and for transferring it to the user support forum.
Please can I refer ...
Victoria Nolan
03:38 PM Support #553 (Closed): Measuring highest level of education in both the BHPS and US data
Dear Victoria,
I noted that you responded to a colleague’s question on this matter, but provided the solution via...
vanessa gash
05:34 PM Support #554 (Closed): Special license data for non-UK issues
Hi there,
I'm a PhD student from the U.S.. I'm working with my professors on a social exclusion project that co...
audrina li
03:03 PM Support #537: Merged File Request
Hi Alita,
I have been trying to do the steps Gundi mentioned was done in stata in spss. Is there a possibility of g...
zoe young

04/25/2016

10:47 AM Support #551 (Resolved): Hiqual_dv derivation
Victoria Nolan
10:08 AM Support #551: Hiqual_dv derivation
Hi Emily,
we are aware that there are, unfortunately, problems with the correct display of some of the variable note...
Gundi Knies
09:22 AM Support #551 (Closed): Hiqual_dv derivation
I am looking for information about how the hiqual_dv variable is derived. I have found on the website the following i... Emily McDool
10:19 AM Support #550 (Feedback): Interview date
Dear Christoph,
Advance letters are sent to adults living in households that we are issuing to field. The advance ...
Victoria Nolan
10:12 AM Support #545 (Closed): I would like data for C-reactive protein
Victoria Nolan
10:12 AM Support #539 (Closed): matlv: Had period of maternity/paternity leave
Victoria Nolan
10:12 AM Support #542 (Closed): Partner Relationship Quality Measure
Victoria Nolan
10:11 AM Support #544 (Feedback): Background informations on the questions in BHPS/US data regarding gender equality
Dear Thea,
Many thanks for your enquiry and I'm sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
These questions are...
Victoria Nolan

04/23/2016

07:06 PM Support #537: Merged File Request
Hi Alita,
Thank you for you help.
zoe
zoe young

04/22/2016

02:15 PM Support #549: self employment
The variable w_Jb2pay_dv relates to second job, not self-employment, and it is monthly gross income.
Best wishes,...
Alita Nandi
02:06 PM Support #543: household income
1. For net income for BHPS please take a look at the net income files also available from the UKDA Study Number 3909
...
Alita Nandi
11:28 AM Support #543: household income
I think I need to compute equivalent variables to netinc1 and hhnetinc1 with the BHPS - can you clarify what '31 rent... david rhodes

04/21/2016

10:08 PM Support #550 (Closed): Interview date
Hi,
I am wondering how interview dates came about mainly in the BHPS, but also US.
How much control over interv...
Christoph Kronenberg
12:58 PM Support #548 (Feedback): Age variables BHPS and UKHLS
Hi Christa,
the variables wage in the BHPS and w_dvage in the UKHLS report the respondent's age at the time of the i...
Gundi Knies
11:03 AM Support #549 (Closed): self employment
Is e_jb2pay_dv a gross figure - it doesn't say on your web, as neither does it in the datafile, p90 of the user guide... david rhodes

04/20/2016

03:31 PM Support #548 (Closed): Age variables BHPS and UKHLS
Dear,
I was wondering which age-variables to use in my analyses of both the BHPS and UKHLS data? The BHPS provides...
Christa Hubers
02:50 PM Support #547 (Resolved): Socio-economic status parents BHPS and UKHLS
Dear Christa,
masoc and pasoc on the BHPS data file XWAVEDAT report the 3-digit SOC 1990. The corresponding variable...
Gundi Knies
01:50 PM Support #547 (Closed): Socio-economic status parents BHPS and UKHLS
Dear,
I would like to compare 18-39 year old respondents from BHPS waves 13-17 with those from UKHLS waves 1-5. On...
Christa Hubers
09:31 AM Support #511 (In Progress): SCEVERDRNK variable Wave 2
Dear Orla,
Many thanks for your enquiry. We are just consulting with colleagues on this and will get backto you as...
Victoria Nolan
07:07 AM Support #537: Merged File Request
Dear Zoe,
Our remit at the User Forum is to answer queries related to Understanding Society data and provide gener...
Alita Nandi

04/19/2016

04:29 PM Support #537: Merged File Request
Dear Zoe,
Many thanks for your email.
The status of all posts is changed to public after we have verified that ...
Victoria Nolan
03:19 PM Support #543: household income
Thank you. Could you confirm that BHPS does not have an equivalent variable - it appears that the household level var... david rhodes
02:08 PM Support #541: Health conditions module
This doesn't appear to be the case with the health questions in BHPS - HLPRBA to HLPRBM, as these appear (by the lack... david rhodes
10:51 AM Support #541: Health conditions module
Thank you. As there do not appear to be these health questions in the xwave data compiled for all respondents, does t... david rhodes
09:14 AM Support #541 (Feedback): Health conditions module
Dear David,
Many thanks for your enquiry. Apologies for the delay in getting back to you - I was consulting with c...
Victoria Nolan
09:24 AM Support #533 (Closed): Using the ego_alt datafile
Victoria Nolan
09:24 AM Support #535 (Closed): Creating duration of marriage variable
Victoria Nolan
09:20 AM Support #531 (Closed): Context of blood sampling
Victoria Nolan

04/18/2016

09:42 PM Support #537: Merged File Request
Hi Gundi
Re your message:
I am not familiar with SPSS but I have written Stata code to identify all those respond...
zoe young
01:54 PM Support #537: Merged File Request
Hi Alita,
I am having trouble still with the merge. I have been able to do the merge for a and b but when i try to ...
zoe young
02:33 PM Support #511: SCEVERDRNK variable Wave 2
hello,
I just wanted to follow-up on my earlier question relating to variable SCEVERDRNK (Wave 2). I've downloaded...
Orla McBride

04/15/2016

02:42 PM Support #537: Merged File Request
I am sorry Zoe we are not allowed to send these data directly. You should be able to do this appending without using ... Alita Nandi
01:23 PM Support #537: Merged File Request
Hi Alita
I have already changed the macro to say indall as instructed in the documents to merge multiple files
Is...
zoe young
12:37 PM Support #537: Merged File Request
Hello Zoe,
The macro ukhlscombine allows you to combine different wave indresp files. You are using indall files. ...
Alita Nandi
11:39 AM Support #537: Merged File Request
Hi Alia,
I have tried throughout the night and I still get an error message when I run the syntax, however the files...
zoe young

04/14/2016

06:18 PM Support #537: Merged File Request
Hi Alita,
I am having trouble running the macro. I keep getting line 45 REN Var - Undefined variable name. I have ...
zoe young
05:17 PM Support #537: Merged File Request
It has now been uploaded and you will find it in the online Moodle course "Introduction to Understanding Society Usin... Alita Nandi
04:55 PM Support #537: Merged File Request
Hi Gundi,
Can you please tell me where I can get UKHLScombine.sps?
thanks
Zoe
zoe young
04:25 PM Support #545: I would like data for C-reactive protein
Just to add:
If you go to the Understanding Society website and use the search function, you can get to any variab...
Victoria Nolan
04:22 PM Support #545 (Resolved): I would like data for C-reactive protein
Dear Gemma,
The C-Reactive protein data can be found in the nurse health assessment data (collected at waves 2 and...
Victoria Nolan
03:44 PM Support #545 (Closed): I would like data for C-reactive protein
Hello,
I would like to access the data for C-reactive protein as I wish to look at its association with job charac...
Gemma Daly
04:04 PM Support #539 (Resolved): matlv: Had period of maternity/paternity leave
Dear Muzhi,
Many thanks for your enquiry. This may have been done to reflect maternity and paternity leave rules a...
Victoria Nolan

04/13/2016

09:42 AM Support #544 (Closed): Background informations on the questions in BHPS/US data regarding gender equality
Hi,
I'm using the British Household Panel data 1991-2007 in my master thesis. I'm especially interested in the sur...
Thea Elnan

04/12/2016

04:55 PM Support #537 (In Progress): Merged File Request
Hi Zoe,
you are right; it is very difficult to explain all this in text. The process of identifying those in care/fo...
Gundi Knies
03:45 PM Support #543 (Resolved): household income
Dear David,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
hhnetinc1 does not include additional deductions from income over and...
Victoria Nolan
02:55 PM Support #543 (Closed): household income
The on-line documentation says that hhnetinc1 is the monthly total household net income - no deductions; and that fih... david rhodes
09:56 AM Support #542 (Feedback): Partner Relationship Quality Measure
Dear Meg,
Many thanks for your enquiry. These questions were taken from the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) - unfort...
Victoria Nolan

04/11/2016

03:56 PM Support #542 (Closed): Partner Relationship Quality Measure
Hello,
I am enquiring about the questions relating to partner relationship quality as part of the adult self-compl...
Meg Stapleton
03:34 PM Support #541 (Closed): Health conditions module
Who is asked about their health (Hcond) please?
The questionnaire indicates that -8=n/a, but the data records 80%+ ...
david rhodes
09:07 AM Support #538: missing proxy interviews in wave 1
Thanks for identifying these cases. xwaveid is the file that provides interview outcomes for all waves. So, I identif... Alita Nandi

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
 

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