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From 02/27/2017 to 03/28/2017

03/28/2017

07:31 PM Support #755 (In Progress): non-coresident adult children
Dear Jingyi
there are different ways to identify the gender of respondent's non co-resident children, and which way ...
Gundi Knies
01:46 PM Support #739 (Closed): Proxy variables
Victoria Nolan
01:45 PM Support #694 (Closed): "Ever divorced" and "Ever widowed" in Understanding Society
Victoria Nolan
01:45 PM Support #705 (Closed): Emigration Status
Victoria Nolan
01:44 PM Support #746 (Closed): Household relatives
Victoria Nolan
01:44 PM Support #715 (Closed): Wave 1 to 6 Data Release - Differences compared to Wave 1 to 5 data release
Victoria Nolan
01:43 PM Support #743 (Closed): Education Information
Victoria Nolan
01:43 PM Support #744 (Closed): geographical data linkage
Victoria Nolan
01:42 PM Support #741 (Closed): data on cognitive abilities and physical exercise
Victoria Nolan

03/23/2017

07:07 PM Support #755 (Closed): non-coresident adult children
Dear Support team,
I have a question about Understanding Society, I would be appreciated if you can give me some a...
Jingyi Wang
09:03 AM Support #750 (Feedback): Industry codes
Dear Aina,
to our knowledge there is no exact mapping of SIC 1980 to SIC 1992. In some waves of the BHPS responses w...
Gundi Knies

03/22/2017

01:02 PM Support #754: Three Class NS-SEC - jbnssec3_dv
Thank you very much.
Best, Sait
Sait Bayrakdar
12:01 PM Support #754 (Feedback): Three Class NS-SEC - jbnssec3_dv
Dear Sait,
you are right. the label was misleading. The variable is derived from JBNSSEC_DV, which in turn is derive...
Gundi Knies
10:45 AM Support #754 (Closed): Three Class NS-SEC - jbnssec3_dv
Hi,
I try to make use of jbnnsec3_dv variable. According to the value labels, three categories are (1) management ...
Sait Bayrakdar
11:37 AM Support #742 (Feedback): Income
Dear Gloria,
The Understanding Society measure of labour income is a current measure. It asks for the “usual” amou...
Victoria Nolan

03/21/2017

04:07 PM Support #753 (Feedback): Temporary Accommodation
Dear Helen,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
1 – we would include respondents in these types of accommodation, tha...
Victoria Nolan
02:18 PM Support #753 (Closed): Temporary Accommodation
Hi there! I'm trying to understand whether the survey tracks temporary accomodation, and if so where I could find thi... Helen Robb
03:36 PM Support #752: Weights
Thank you Peter.
It would be really useful to have the weights earlier please, since I am putting together some fi...
Nicola Spencer Godfrey
03:24 PM Support #752: Weights
Nicola,
Yes, we can supply the weight. However, it will be included in an update to the data that will be released...
Peter Lynn
12:47 PM Support #752 (Closed): Weights
Hello,
I notice from a previous posting on the User Support site (#736), that the weight f_indscub_xw for the adul...
Nicola Spencer Godfrey
03:15 PM Support #735: Weighting reducing sample numbers
Kirsty,
Sorry for slow reply. The provision of weights requires the ability to estimate probabilities of continuin...
Peter Lynn

03/20/2017

01:57 PM Support #748 (Feedback): GHQ-12 results
Dear Gillian,
it appears you are comparing results published using GHQ-12 caseness scores with results using GQH-12 ...
Gundi Knies
09:17 AM Support #751 (In Progress): Confusing data on rjbstat
Hi Julia,
we cannot reproduce your analysis data set from the description you have sent. We can only recommend that ...
Gundi Knies

03/18/2017

08:33 PM Support #751 (Closed): Confusing data on rjbstat
Dear Support Team,
I'm having a problem interpreting the Stata output attached.
I am working with a merged file (Wa...
Julia Borodina

03/17/2017

10:02 AM Support #750 (Closed): Industry codes
Are there cross-walk that map the 1980 and 1992 industry classifications used in the BHPS?
I need to create a vari...
Aina Gallego
08:28 AM Support #749 (In Progress): w_scparoutint
Dear Ian,
thank you for making us aware of this dicrepancy. We have not concluded our investigation but there appear...
Gundi Knies
08:03 AM Support #739 (Resolved): Proxy variables
Yes, you arrived at the correct conclusion! Information from the proxy informant about the proxy respondent is alread... Gundi Knies

03/16/2017

05:14 PM Support #739: Proxy variables
Hi Gundi,
Yes, I think you have clarified this issue for me. At first I thought that those cells labeled 'proxy' cou...
Julia Borodina
11:34 AM Support #739: Proxy variables
Hi Julia,
we have not heard back from you. Did you manage to link information for the person providing the proxy int...
Gundi Knies
04:10 PM Support #749 (Closed): w_scparoutint
The question "Do you and your partner engage in outside interests together?" has 6 valid answers ('never' to 'all the... Ian Alcock
03:15 PM Support #748 (Closed): GHQ-12 results
I am trying to make some comparisons across data for the GHQ-12 (including publications using the previous BHPS) and ... Gillian Bentley
12:27 PM Support #694: "Ever divorced" and "Ever widowed" in Understanding Society
We are very sorry for the delay in responding to this.
We are aiming to provide these in the separate partnership...
Alita Nandi
11:59 AM Support #705: Emigration Status
Dear Yujung,
We apologise for the delay in responding.
The file you should look at is W_INDSAMP. This file incl...
Alita Nandi
11:58 AM Support #746: Household relatives
Dear Gundi,
thank you very much for your prompt reply. I will have a look on what you suggested and hopefully will...
Theodora Kokosi
11:46 AM Support #746 (In Progress): Household relatives
Hi Dora,
there is no specific variable reporting this at the household level. But there is an entire dataset that st...
Gundi Knies
11:36 AM Support #746 (Closed): Household relatives
Dear all,
I would like to ask if there is any variable that tell us in which households there are relatives and wh...
Theodora Kokosi
11:12 AM Support #742 (In Progress): Income
Dear Gloria,
Many thanks for your enquiry. I have paassed this on to our income team who are looking into it for y...
Victoria Nolan
11:11 AM Support #724 (Closed): Education in BHPS and UKHLS (harmonization and classification)
Victoria Nolan
11:11 AM Support #729 (Closed): modetype variable
Victoria Nolan
11:10 AM Support #734 (Closed): Participant move between waves 2 and 3
Victoria Nolan
11:09 AM Support #737 (Closed): Cross tabulations in Understanding Society
Victoria Nolan
11:08 AM Support #728 (Closed): natch01-natch16 variables in wave 6
Victoria Nolan
11:07 AM Support #715: Wave 1 to 6 Data Release - Differences compared to Wave 1 to 5 data release
Dear Ben,
Could I please just check whether you still need our help with this issue? If you could provide some mor...
Victoria Nolan
10:16 AM Support #733: Identifying residential movers
Dear Victoria,
Thank you for your reply. I hadn't noticed the ff_allmoved indicator, so this is very helpful.
H...
Rory Coulter

03/15/2017

09:32 AM Support #743: Education Information
Hi Yigit,
the linkage process in this area has not advanced as much as other data linkage projects (such as linkage ...
Gundi Knies

03/14/2017

03:56 PM Support #745: Interviewer number query
Update:
I've had a look at the h_intnum variable on the h_indresp_ip data and this is "inapplicable" for 2267 out ...
Jonathan Burton
09:27 AM Support #745 (Closed): Interviewer number query
Hi,
I received this (below) - I can look into it, but wanted to post it here in case it's come up before (I did a...
Jonathan Burton

03/13/2017

02:44 PM Support #743: Education Information
Thanks a lot for your prompt response. Yes, I'll wait for it. Do you think it would take more than a year?
--Yigit
Yigit Aydede
02:08 PM Support #743 (Feedback): Education Information
Hi Yigit,
we collect some information about the highest educational qualification (the information is stored in the ...
Gundi Knies
11:21 AM Support #744: geographical data linkage
Emily Midouhas wrote:
> I am developing a grant proposal that would use US, and I am wondering what the process is f...
Gundi Knies
11:10 AM Support #744 (Closed): geographical data linkage
I am developing a grant proposal that would use US, and I am wondering what the process is for having geographical da... Emily Midouhas

03/11/2017

06:53 PM Support #743 (Closed): Education Information
Hi,
I am new and trying to get used to Innovation Panel. I've read the manual and checked all the variables avail...
Yigit Aydede

03/10/2017

07:07 PM Support #742 (Closed): Income
I need to build a gross annual labor income variable and a gross weekly labor income variable. These should be compar... gloria gennaro

03/09/2017

03:23 PM Support #730 (Closed): ff_newimm
Victoria Nolan
03:22 PM Support #736 (Closed): Cross-sectional weight for self-completion questionnaire in wave 6
Victoria Nolan
03:22 PM Support #732 (Closed): Net income variables
Victoria Nolan
03:21 PM Support #731 (Closed): De facto marital status and urban or rural area, derived
Victoria Nolan
03:11 PM Support #725 (Closed): Sample sizes nurse visit & blood samples
Victoria Nolan
11:01 AM Support #724: Education in BHPS and UKHLS (harmonization and classification)
Thank you for your answer, Victoria. Always very precise.
Yes, that would be helpful.
Best,
Lydia
Lydia Palumbo

03/07/2017

04:22 PM Support #729: modetype variable
Thanks for the clarification !!
Best,
Yujung
Yujung Whang
04:15 PM Support #729: modetype variable
Dear Yujung,
The description of the universe for the variable ethid4a on the online documentation does not need to...
Victoria Nolan
04:13 PM Support #733 (Feedback): Identifying residential movers
Dear Rory,
There is a question asked at the “household” level about whether the household is still residing at the...
Victoria Nolan
04:11 PM Support #734 (Feedback): Participant move between waves 2 and 3
DEar Leanne,
There is a question asked at the “household” level about whether the household is still residing at t...
Victoria Nolan
04:00 PM Support #741: data on cognitive abilities and physical exercise
I meant cognitive ability module. (not cognitive development module). Gundi Knies
03:59 PM Support #741 (Feedback): data on cognitive abilities and physical exercise
Hi Michaela,
all questions asked in the interview are included in the questionnaire which we make available online ...
Gundi Knies
03:43 PM Support #741 (Closed): data on cognitive abilities and physical exercise
Hi,
I would like to use data on cognitive abilities. Questions should be included in W3 and should be in the c_indre...
Michela Vecchi

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...
Peter Lynn
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...
Gundi Knies
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... Gundi Knies
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...
Gundi Knies
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 ...
Julia Borodina
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...
Yujung Whang
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 ...
Victoria Nolan
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...
Yujung Whang
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 ...
Victoria Nolan
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...
Victoria Nolan
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...
Victoria Nolan
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...
Victoria Nolan

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...
Bernard Stafford

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...
Victoria Nolan
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...
Victoria Nolan
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... Mark Fransham
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... Peter Lynn
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... Mark Fransham
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...
Peter Lynn
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...
Victoria Nolan
10:53 AM Support #719 (Closed): Online variable search
Victoria Nolan
10:53 AM Support #726 (Closed): Matdep items
Victoria Nolan
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 ...
Victoria Nolan
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 ...
Victoria Nolan
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 ...
Victoria Nolan
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...
Victoria Nolan
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 ...
Victoria Nolan

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...
Mark Fransham
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....
Kirsty Tiernan

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...
Leanne Harris
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...
Rory Coulter
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... Andrew Aitken

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...
Lydia Palumbo
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...
Victoria Nolan
02:34 PM Support #723 (In Progress): Combining USOC/BHPS and zero weights
Victoria Nolan
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...
David Hussey
09:46 AM Support #723 (Closed): Combining USOC/BHPS and zero weights
Victoria Nolan
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...
Gundi Knies
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...
Kirsty Tiernan
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 ...
Victoria Nolan
09:55 AM Support #727 (Closed): Follow up moved out participants
Victoria Nolan
09:53 AM Support #722 (Closed): end date of union and how the union ended
Victoria Nolan
09:50 AM Support #721 (Closed): ladistc variable missing in BHPS
Victoria Nolan
09:47 AM Support #714 (Closed): Missing values
Victoria Nolan
 

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