Activity
From 02/05/2017 to 03/06/2017
03/06/2017
- 05:14 PM Support #723: Combining USOC/BHPS and zero weights
- David,
1. n_ythscub_xw exists from wave 3 onwards, but not for wave 2.
2. I don't know the answer and I am conc... - 04:46 PM Support #739: Proxy variables
- Julia Borodina wrote:
> Dear Gundi,
> Thanks a lot for the answer! I'd also like to find out how I can link the a... - 04:44 PM Support #739: Proxy variables
- There will be an indicator variable in the data that tells you the person number of the person providing the proxy re...
- 03:44 PM Support #739: Proxy variables
- Hi Julia,
not all questions are addressed to all people during the interview, and in the data we use negative values... - 03:20 PM Support #739 (Closed): Proxy variables
- Dear Support Team,
I am going to write a bachelor thesis using Understanding society and I would like to know how ... - 01:59 PM Support #730: ff_newimm
- Thank you very much for this clarification. This really helps understanding better the codebook and the dataset.
B... - 09:33 AM Support #730 (Feedback): ff_newimm
- Dear Yujung,
There is no typo. The ff type variables are ones that are fed forward (ff) into a subsequent wave to ... - 01:58 PM Support #729: modetype variable
- Hi, many thanks for the clarification.
Then I'm afraid some of the descriptions on the universe of the variables o... - 09:32 AM Support #729 (Feedback): modetype variable
- Dear Yujung,
Modetype is only available in wave 6 in the hhresp, indall and child data files as f_modetype and is ... - 01:10 PM Support #737 (Feedback): Cross tabulations in Understanding Society
- Dear Bernard,
Many thanks for your message.
We cannot create these cross tabulations, this is something you wou... - 11:41 AM Support #724: Education in BHPS and UKHLS (harmonization and classification)
- Dear Lydia,
Re: point 1, I think it is the other way around - there is a BHPS ISCED classification already, but th... - 09:31 AM Support #728 (Feedback): natch01-natch16 variables in wave 6
- Dear Dan,
Apologies for the delay while we were looking into this.
The reason that these variables are not incl...
03/03/2017
- 07:05 AM Support #737 (Closed): Cross tabulations in Understanding Society
- Hello
I'm a researcher at the University of Sheffield currently working on fuel poverty suffered by people with lear...
03/02/2017
- 04:17 PM Support #734 (In Progress): Participant move between waves 2 and 3
- Dear Leanne,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon as we c... - 04:16 PM Support #733 (In Progress): Identifying residential movers
- Dear Rory,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon as we can... - 01:32 PM Support #736: Cross-sectional weight for self-completion questionnaire in wave 6
- Thanks for the clarification Peter - much appreciated. That answers all my questions! Thanks again for being so swi...
- 01:03 PM Support #736: Cross-sectional weight for self-completion questionnaire in wave 6
- Most of these (4,656) are the IEMB sample, who by definition do not have any of the "ub" weights. The other 15 are od...
- 12:34 PM Support #736: Cross-sectional weight for self-completion questionnaire in wave 6
- Thanks for the quick response Peter - much appreciated. I've downloaded the data and 4,671 of the rows in the weight...
- 11:06 AM Support #736: Cross-sectional weight for self-completion questionnaire in wave 6
- Dear Mark,
We decided to discontinue indscub_xw, but following various enquiries from users we have subsequently p... - 10:37 AM Support #736 (In Progress): Cross-sectional weight for self-completion questionnaire in wave 6
- Dear Mark,
Many thanks for your enquiry. This has been passed on to our weighting team who will get back to you sh... - 10:53 AM Support #719 (Closed): Online variable search
- 10:53 AM Support #726 (Closed): Matdep items
- 10:52 AM Support #730 (In Progress): ff_newimm
- Dear Yujung,
Many thanks for your message - the team here is looking into it and we'll get back to you as soon as ... - 10:52 AM Support #729 (In Progress): modetype variable
- Dear Yujung,
Many thanks for your message - the team here is looking into it and we'll get back to you as soon as ... - 10:51 AM Support #728 (In Progress): natch01-natch16 variables in wave 6
- Dear Dan,
Many thanks for your message - the team here is looking into it and we'll get back to you as soon as we ... - 10:50 AM Support #732 (Feedback): Net income variables
- Dear Andrew,
Unfortunately this report won't be available until after our next data release (which will be in Nove... - 10:37 AM Support #735 (In Progress): Weighting reducing sample numbers
- Dear Kirsty,
Many thanks for your enquiry. This has been passed on to our weighting team who will get back to you ...
03/01/2017
- 10:18 PM Support #736 (Closed): Cross-sectional weight for self-completion questionnaire in wave 6
- Hi there,
I've been working with the 'satisfaction' questions from the adult self-completion questionnaire, lookin... - 10:43 AM Support #735 (Closed): Weighting reducing sample numbers
- Hi,
As advised in the user guide, if you want to generalise to the UK population then weighting should be applied....
02/28/2017
- 03:10 PM Support #734 (Closed): Participant move between waves 2 and 3
Dear technical support team,
I would like to enquire about identifying if participants have moved location in th...- 12:18 PM Support #733 (Closed): Identifying residential movers
- Dear Support Team,
I am working on a project where we would like to identify people who change address over any di... - 09:52 AM Support #732 (Closed): Net income variables
- The wave 1-6 user guide says that there is a technical working paper under preparation that will provide details of t...
02/27/2017
- 03:06 PM Support #724: Education in BHPS and UKHLS (harmonization and classification)
- Dear Victoria,
Let me be clearer!
1)I am not English-native, so I am not aware very carefully of the British q... - 11:13 AM Support #724 (Feedback): Education in BHPS and UKHLS (harmonization and classification)
- Dear Lydia,
I'm sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
For your first question, I think that the definiti... - 02:34 PM Support #723 (In Progress): Combining USOC/BHPS and zero weights
- 02:32 PM Support #723: Combining USOC/BHPS and zero weights
- Many thanks for the reply. I have a couple of follow-up questions re point (1):
1) May I just clarify that there i... - 09:46 AM Support #723 (Closed): Combining USOC/BHPS and zero weights
- 11:42 AM Support #731: De facto marital status and urban or rural area, derived
- Dear Kirsty,
these variables are "derived variables" - indicated by the _dv suffix - and as such not asked in the qu... - 09:34 AM Support #731 (Closed): De facto marital status and urban or rural area, derived
- Hi,
I hope you are well.
I am doing a project from using your Wave 5, Individual Adult Interview Data e_indresp... - 11:24 AM Support #725 (Feedback): Sample sizes nurse visit & blood samples
- Dear Lindsay,
I'm sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
A couple of things we can point out -
If you ... - 09:55 AM Support #727 (Closed): Follow up moved out participants
- 09:53 AM Support #722 (Closed): end date of union and how the union ended
- 09:50 AM Support #721 (Closed): ladistc variable missing in BHPS
- 09:47 AM Support #714 (Closed): Missing values
02/23/2017
- 07:45 PM Support #730 (Closed): ff_newimm
Hi, I wonder if there is a typo for the universe of "ethid4a" variable in wave 5.
The online documentation says th...- 06:10 PM Support #729 (Closed): modetype variable
Hi,
I am looking for "modetype" variable from the dataset but I could not find where the variable is stored at....- 02:03 PM Support #728 (Closed): natch01-natch16 variables in wave 6
- Hi,
I am just starting to work with the new wave 6 data (having previously worked with waves 1-5 in a panel study)... - 12:37 PM Support #719 (Resolved): Online variable search
- Dear Libby,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you while we were looking into this. We discovered that there w...
02/22/2017
- 10:59 AM Support #715 (Feedback): Wave 1 to 6 Data Release - Differences compared to Wave 1 to 5 data release
- Dear Ben,
I'm sorry for the delay in getting back to you, while we have been looking into this.
Re: Missing val... - 10:33 AM Support #727: Follow up moved out participants
- Gundi Knies wrote:
> Hi Emily,
> the Understanding Society User Guide - which is available from the study website a... - 10:30 AM Support #727 (Feedback): Follow up moved out participants
- Hi Emily,
the Understanding Society User Guide - which is available from the study website and the UKDS data series ... - 09:40 AM Support #727 (Closed): Follow up moved out participants
- I am looking into using your dataset (waves 1 – 6, end user license version) however, I am slightly confused how you ...
02/21/2017
- 11:08 AM Support #726 (Feedback): Matdep items
- Hi Nick,
yes, that seems to be a glitsh in the online dataset documentation. The variables are definitely included...
02/20/2017
- 04:11 PM Support #720 (Closed): GPS & BHPS sample
- 09:55 AM Support #722: end date of union and how the union ended
- Dear Alita,
Thank you very much for your response. I indeed refer to the family data produced by Pronzato, and I w... - 08:55 AM Support #726 (Closed): Matdep items
- Browsing your website, the matdep items a-c in wave 1 are shown as ‘special licence version’ only, but I don’t think ...
02/17/2017
- 11:04 AM Support #725 (Closed): Sample sizes nurse visit & blood samples
- Dear Understanding Society team,
My colleague and I have recently started working with the nurse and biomarker dat...
02/16/2017
- 06:31 PM Support #722 (In Progress): end date of union and how the union ended
- Hello Sait,
There is no BHPS file called fertility.dta. My guess is that you are referring to the file family.dta.... - 09:28 AM Support #721 (Resolved): ladistc variable missing in BHPS
- 09:27 AM Support #716 (Closed): Weighting linked USoc-NPD dataset
- 09:25 AM Support #704 (Closed): output area cods and names
- 09:24 AM Support #717 (Closed): Deriving hourly wage variable
- 09:24 AM Support #719 (In Progress): Online variable search
- Dear Libby,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The team is looking into it and we will get back to you shortly.
Best... - 09:22 AM Support #724 (In Progress): Education in BHPS and UKHLS (harmonization and classification)
- Dear Lydia,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The team is looking into it and we will get back to you shortly.
Best... - 09:20 AM Support #714 (Feedback): Missing values
- Dear Luca,
There should not be many inapplicables for the hcond variables in wave one. The inapplicables resulting...
02/15/2017
- 03:42 PM Support #724 (Closed): Education in BHPS and UKHLS (harmonization and classification)
- Dear UKHLS and BHPS users,
I have a question regarding the recoding of the variables on education in both
BHPS ...
02/14/2017
- 10:58 PM Support #723: Combining USOC/BHPS and zero weights
- David,
Re. point 1), this all looks broadly fine to me. The only caveat is that the two sets of weights for the di... - 05:23 PM Support #723 (In Progress): Combining USOC/BHPS and zero weights
- Assigned to Peter.
- 05:16 PM Support #723 (Resolved): Combining USOC/BHPS and zero weights
- I have a couple more very small queries following on from our analysis; these are mainly for re-assurance that we’ve ...
- 04:48 PM Support #722 (Closed): end date of union and how the union ended
- Hi,
I have a question about the Family histories data of BHPS (fertility.dta).
When I crosstab end1 (the reaso...
02/13/2017
- 03:35 PM Support #718 (Closed): Which age variable to use for GWAS data? "ag16g10" or "ag16g20"
- 03:33 PM Support #713 (Closed): Weighting for longitudinal analysis of USOC waves 2 to 5
- 03:33 PM Support #711 (Closed): Adult Self Completion Data
- 03:32 PM Support #712 (Closed): Attrition Rate
- 03:32 PM Support #692 (Closed): merging _indresp and _child across all waves
02/10/2017
- 03:48 PM Support #718: Which age variable to use for GWAS data? "ag16g10" or "ag16g20"
- Dear Victoria,
Thanks for providing me the link for these two variables. I understand their meanings well now.
... - 11:46 AM Support #720 (Feedback): GPS & BHPS sample
- Thanks for clarifying.
Table 21 reports the response rates, including non-response (household refusal etc.). The in... - 11:18 AM Support #720: GPS & BHPS sample
- Hi Gundi,
thank you for your reply. I am looking at this version of data: UKDA-6614-spss w. 1-5. The manual I am a... - 10:26 AM Support #721 (Feedback): ladistc variable missing in BHPS
- Dear King Fok,
you are right - access restrictions apply in this case and there are some differences between the BHP... - 03:13 AM Support #721 (Closed): ladistc variable missing in BHPS
- According to the online documentation at https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/bhps/documentation/volb/wave1/avars4.html, the ...
02/09/2017
- 11:04 AM Support #718: Which age variable to use for GWAS data? "ag16g10" or "ag16g20"
- Dear Tenghao,
I'm very sorry about the confusion here, and many thanks for clarifying, that was very helpful.
H... - 10:07 AM Support #718: Which age variable to use for GWAS data? "ag16g10" or "ag16g20"
- Dear Victoria,
Thanks for your quick response.
We have applied the GWAS data (only genetic data) from the Euro... - 09:44 AM Support #718 (Feedback): Which age variable to use for GWAS data? "ag16g10" or "ag16g20"
- Dear Tenghao,
We are slightly confused about the dataset(s) that you are using, and were hoping you could clarify....
02/08/2017
- 05:10 PM Support #720: GPS & BHPS sample
- Hi Theodora,
can you be more specific please. Which two pieces of information are you comparing exactly? And which v... - 04:59 PM Support #720 (Closed): GPS & BHPS sample
- Dear all,
I would like to ask what is the sample size of the respondents in wave 2 and wave 3 (the productive case... - 03:56 PM Support #719 (Closed): Online variable search
- Hi,
I’ve just realised that the variable search on the Understanding Society website is case sensitive. When I searc... - 03:37 PM Support #716: Weighting linked USoc-NPD dataset
- Hi Peter
Thank you very much for your quick and helpful reply. What you suggest makes perfect sense. Yes I did wo... - 12:34 PM Support #716: Weighting linked USoc-NPD dataset
- Matt,
I suggest a different approach. Let me first describe the approach and then explain why.
Start with the s... - 09:48 AM Support #716 (In Progress): Weighting linked USoc-NPD dataset
- Dear Matt,
Many thanks for your enquiry, I have passed it on to our weighting team.
Best wishes, Victoria. - 01:54 PM Support #703: Longitudinal weights for periods of years
- Hi,
Sorry again for the delayed response - I was finalising exactly what sort of analysis I will be undertaking. If ... - 01:09 PM Support #703 (Feedback): Longitudinal weights for periods of years
- Dear Agnes,
Just checking if we can help you any further with this query?
Many thanks. - 01:21 PM Support #704: output area cods and names
- Dear Gundi and Victoria,
Thanks very much for your response.
I checked my dataset and the odd codes only show up fo... - 01:07 PM Support #704: output area cods and names
- Hi Glenna,
Just checking if there's anything more we can help you with on this query?
Many thanks, Victoria. - 01:13 PM Support #718 (In Progress): Which age variable to use for GWAS data? "ag16g10" or "ag16g20"
- Dear Tenghao,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The team is looking into it and we will get back to you shortly.
Be... - 09:39 AM Support #718 (Closed): Which age variable to use for GWAS data? "ag16g10" or "ag16g20"
- Hi,
I am now working on GWAS data of understanding society cohort, and would like to add age as a covariate in ass... - 01:12 PM Support #715 (In Progress): Wave 1 to 6 Data Release - Differences compared to Wave 1 to 5 data release
- Dear Ben,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The team is looking into it and we will get back to you shortly.
Best w... - 01:11 PM Support #714 (In Progress): Missing values
- Dear Luca,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The team is looking into it and we will get back to you shortly.
Best ... - 12:02 PM Support #717 (Feedback): Deriving hourly wage variable
- Dear Nia,
Unfdortunately we do not provide that conversion with our data, but there should be plenty of online res... - 09:45 AM Support #702 (Closed): Date of birth of first child
- 09:43 AM Support #710 (Closed): variable `w'lcoh
- 09:43 AM Support #706 (Closed): Religious sample across all waves
- 09:43 AM Support #707 (Closed): Scottish datazones in SN7248
- 09:42 AM Support #709 (Closed): how to match spouses across waves
- 09:42 AM Support #708 (Closed): Youth response rates
02/07/2017
- 02:03 PM Support #717 (Closed): Deriving hourly wage variable
- I am currently writing my dissertation on the Impact of Obesity on Wages in the UK Labour Market using Waves 2 and 3....
- 01:12 PM Support #716 (Closed): Weighting linked USoc-NPD dataset
- I’m exploring the wellbeing of secondary school children with a Special Educational Need (SEN) using the linked Under...
- 10:29 AM Support #715: Wave 1 to 6 Data Release - Differences compared to Wave 1 to 5 data release
- Good afternoon,
I have recently downloaded the Wave 1 to 6 data release having previously been working with the wa...
02/06/2017
- 02:34 PM Support #715 (Closed): Wave 1 to 6 Data Release - Differences compared to Wave 1 to 5 data release
- Good afternoon,
I have recently downloaded the Wave 1 to 6 data release having previously been working with the wa...
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