Activity
From 04/09/2017 to 05/08/2017
05/08/2017
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02:55 PM Support #778 (Closed): Funding
- We’re considering submitting a research proposal to the ESRC SDAI, with the intention of using the Understanding Soci...
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01:50 PM Support #777 (Closed): Clarifications
- Dear Madam/Sir
I would like to enquire about the US survey. I have been exploring the website but would like clari... -
11:28 AM Support #776 (Closed): Access to Understanding Society and National Pupil Database
- Hi there,
I am a Masters student at Cardiff University currently using the Understanding Society (USoc) data for ...
05/06/2017
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02:32 PM Support #775 (Feedback): Nurse interviewer ID number 9999
- Dear Understanding Society Team,
In the nurse visit file for wave 2 individuals, b_indsamp_ns, there are 3827 reco...
05/04/2017
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08:03 PM Support #774: Merging BHPS and Understanding Society stata
- Hi Sonia,
my log file shows two diffrent data merges: once using indall and once using indresp. Both show that there... -
06:18 PM Support #774: Merging BHPS and Understanding Society stata
- Good afternoon, thank you for your answer,
we are using the files Xindresp, may they be different than Xindall in th... -
- Hi Sonia,
in general terms, I cannot confirm your finding that none of the BHPS members in Wave 14-18 are included i... -
- Good morning,
we are working on our Master project using BHPS panel data, and we wanted to add the Understanding Soc...
05/03/2017
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02:44 PM Support #764 (Closed): Reward variables
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- Dear Sebastian,
Many thanks for your enquiry. For exact date of birth you would need to apply for access to Unders... -
11:08 AM Support #773 (Closed): Is information on day of birth available as a variable?
- Hi Understanding Society,
I have downloaded the Understanding Society: Waves 1-6, 2009-2015 and also the British H...
05/02/2017
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- Dear Dana,
They make these observations before making contact, so they are generally done when the interviewer is ... -
- Dear Dana,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
Unfortunately we don’t have this information available. It’s part of t...
05/01/2017
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08:22 PM Support #772 (Closed): training interviewers to make observations
- Hello,
I'm wondering where I might find information on how interviewers were trained to make observations about 1) h... -
- Hello,
I'm interested in knowing when in the interview--before soliciting participation or after the interviews are ...
04/28/2017
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07:53 PM Support #758: weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f)
- Hi Peter,
I appreciate your reply very much. I have read your nice little note you coauthored with Olena. It is q... -
- Dear Natasha,
to better understand why information is not available (i.e. the data assume values of -11/-1) it is a ...
04/27/2017
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02:31 PM Support #769: number of siblings ever had
- Dear Gundi,
Thank you very much for your response. I think I will try to get the number of siblings living togethe... -
- Dear Sait,
the total number of siblings ever had (NSIBS) was only asked once in the BHPS (in Wave 13) and it was app... -
- Dear Sait,
Many thanks for your enquiry, we are looking into it and will get back to you shortly.
Best wishes, ... -
- Dear Natasha,
Many thanks for your enquiry, we are looking into it and will get back to you shortly.
Best wishe... -
01:19 PM Support #758: weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f)
- Nico,
That would be a correct weight to use, in the sense that it will give population representation when using a...
04/26/2017
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10:39 AM Support #770 (Closed): Social background indicators/ parents education level
- Hi Understanding Society Team,
I have a question about possible social background characteristics, particularly x...
04/25/2017
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- This will be addressed for the release of IP9 data.
04/24/2017
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- Dear Nick,
I'm sorry but we do not have a date timetabled - we are dependent on working with DfE and there are a l...
04/21/2017
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02:21 PM Support #766: USoc wave 4 investment questions
- Thanks very much!
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- Hi,
I see that in BHPS there is a question about the total number of siblings respondents ever had (NSIBS). Is the...
04/20/2017
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- From: <n.spencergodfrey@surrey.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 5:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Understanding Society User S... -
- Dear Roxana,
Apologies for the delay in getting back to you.
Your first place to look would be in our long term...
04/18/2017
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06:58 PM Support #767: Work experience in UKHLS
- Yes, you are correct. The start date of the current employment status is asked every wave (w_jbbgd w_jbbgm w_jbbgy in...
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04:09 PM Support #763: question about b_mever and b_mvyr
- Thanks for the clarification Alita!
Best wishes,
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- Hi Carolina,
These happen when the person was interviewed by proxy in the last wave. The "never interviewed/new en... -
- Thanks for highlighting this issue. The online documentation will be updated to reflect these value labels.
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- Hello Laura,
Here is the value label for nvestbrt1-3, 97
-8 "inapplicable" -9 "missing" -7 "proxy respondent" /... -
- Just to add - if you have further queries, our genetics and biomarkers team may be able to help: genetics@understandi...
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- Dear Gibran,
I'm very sorry for the delay in getting back to you about this, due to holiday commitments over the e... -
01:11 PM Support #768 (Closed): Data linkage - NPD & Wave 4 - ETA?
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I was wondering if there is anticipated completion date of the Wave 4 to National Pupil Database linkage?
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04/13/2017
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02:42 PM Support #767: Work experience in UKHLS
- Dear Victoria,
many thanks for your quick and detailed answer! This is already very helpful.
What you describe ab... -
- Dear Sabine,
I'm not sure exactly which variables you're trying to use, but below is some essential information fo... -
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- Dear Carolina,
Many thanks for your enquiry - the team is looking into it and will get back to you as soon as we c... -
- Dear Roxana,
Many thanks for your enquiry - the team is looking into it and will get back to you as soon as we can... -
- Dear Laura,
Many thanks for your enquiry - the team is looking into it and will get back to you as soon as we can.... -
- Dear Carolina,
Many thanks for your enquiry - the team is looking into it and will get back to you as soon as we c... -
- Agnes,
The attached extract from our weighting programmes shows the input variables for the models for each of the... -
- Nicola,
I'm so sorry. For some reason the system did not notify me of your reply so I've only just seen this! The ...
04/12/2017
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- Dear support team,
I have a question regarding work experience in UKHLS.
I try to generate a work experience va... -
- Hi
I have a specific question about the investment data in the USoc wave 4 household file:
The variables d_n... -
- Dear Steve,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
We don’t currently produce derived income variables for the IEMB - ou... -
08:38 AM Support #765 (Closed): Pay variables for Immigrant and ethnic minority boost
- If there a reason why the variables for monthly labour income are not present for the IEMB, even though there is data...
04/11/2017
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- Carolina,
For this kind of data I see no conceptual logic in pooling the waves for cross-sectional analysis. You c... -
06:07 PM Support #764 (Closed): Reward variables
- Hi, my name is Roxana and I am a Management PhD researcher currently working on a project in the area of employee wor...
04/10/2017
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- Hello,
From what I understand, I cannot use this syntax to pool waves 2 and 4 (which are the ones that have gender ... -
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- Dear Ujjwal Kumar Das,
Negative numbers are a result of a self-employment loss. More information is in the user gu... -
- Hello,
From my understanding, b_mvever and b_mvyr refer to new entrants only; however, some people who have data on ...
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