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From 04/17/2017 to 05/16/2017

05/16/2017

04:57 PM Support #786 (Closed): gender of non-coresident adult children
Dear Support team,
I tried the ways you suggest me in #755. Through using the variables from fertility module in w...
Jingyi Wang
02:40 PM Support #785: Weighting for a complex sub-merged dataset
Ok, that makes sense.
I did want to include waves 1,2,4 and 6 to look at different time points of traumatic event...
Emily Lowthian
02:29 PM Support #785: Weighting for a complex sub-merged dataset
The choice of weights depends on the set of analysis units that you want to include in the analysis, i.e. the definit... Peter Lynn
02:20 PM Support #785: Weighting for a complex sub-merged dataset
I will be controlling for age, yes.
Ok that makes sense - although, it does specify that weights using wave 1 dat...
Emily Lowthian
02:07 PM Support #785: Weighting for a complex sub-merged dataset
OK, so let's assume the unit of analysis is the child and your outcome measures will come from wave 6. This seems sen... Peter Lynn
01:42 PM Support #785: Weighting for a complex sub-merged dataset
Hi Peter,
Thank you for getting back to me so soon, much appreciated.
Ok - I will admit here that I am a 1+3 ...
Emily Lowthian
12:03 PM Support #785: Weighting for a complex sub-merged dataset
Hi Emily,
I doubt that there exists a weight that is perfect for your analysis, but there may be a reasonable solu...
Peter Lynn
11:29 AM Support #785 (Closed): Weighting for a complex sub-merged dataset
Hi there,
I have read the user guide 1-6 section on weighting (pages 56 - 83), however I am still slightly lost i...
Emily Lowthian
10:33 AM Support #784 (Closed): self-completion questionnaires
Hi,
my name is Daniele Guariso and I am a PhD student in Economics at the University of Sussex. For my research I am...
Daniele Guariso

05/12/2017

03:33 PM Support #782 (Closed): research publications - cross-sectional or longitudinal analysis
Hello,
I was wondering if there any way of identifying from the website (or other source) all the research publica...
Orla McBride
09:57 AM Support #781 (Closed): Data on couple finances
Hi- apologies for bothering you, but I am currently researching couple finances and have found the variables wealthas... Charlotte Bendall

05/10/2017

10:41 AM Support #779 (Feedback): BHPS file KLIFEMST
Dear Julia,
The variable kleslen shows the length of each spell. So creating a variable for total work experience...
Victoria Nolan

05/09/2017

04:20 PM Support #779 (Closed): BHPS file KLIFEMST
Dear Support Team,
I'm currently looking for a variable that could proxy an individual's working experience. I found...
Julia Borodina
11:13 AM Support #778: Funding
Victoria
Thanks for the very prompt reply and for all your help
Best wishes
Gary
GARY ADAMSON
09:01 AM Support #778 (Feedback): Funding
Dear Gary,
Understanding Society data are available via the UK Data Service. https://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/...
Victoria Nolan
09:03 AM Support #775 (In Progress): Nurse interviewer ID number 9999
Dear Fiona,
Many thanks for your enquiry. This is something we are going to investigate here with our health and b...
Victoria Nolan

05/08/2017

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... GARY ADAMSON
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...
Niamh Shortt
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 ...
Emily Lowthian

05/06/2017

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...
Fiona Pashazadeh

05/04/2017

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...
Gundi Knies
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...
Sonia Turrero
12:50 PM Support #774 (In Progress): Merging BHPS and Understanding Society stata
Hi Sonia,
in general terms, I cannot confirm your finding that none of the BHPS members in Wave 14-18 are included i...
Gundi Knies
11:51 AM Support #774 (Closed): Merging BHPS and Understanding Society stata
Good morning,
we are working on our Master project using BHPS panel data, and we wanted to add the Understanding Soc...
Sonia Turrero

05/03/2017

02:44 PM Support #764 (Closed): Reward variables
Victoria Nolan
02:43 PM Support #773 (Feedback): Is information on day of birth available as a variable?
Dear Sebastian,
Many thanks for your enquiry. For exact date of birth you would need to apply for access to Unders...
Victoria Nolan
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...
Sebastian Barfort

05/02/2017

02:13 PM Support #766 (Closed): USoc wave 4 investment questions
Victoria Nolan
02:12 PM Support #767 (Closed): Work experience in UKHLS
Victoria Nolan
02:11 PM Support #758 (Feedback): weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f)
Victoria Nolan
02:10 PM Support #771 (Feedback): Interviewers' observations about the household
Dear Dana,
They make these observations before making contact, so they are generally done when the interviewer is ...
Victoria Nolan
02:09 PM Support #772 (Feedback): training interviewers to make observations
Dear Dana,
Many thanks for your enquiry.
Unfortunately we don’t have this information available. It’s part of t...
Victoria Nolan

05/01/2017

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...
Dana Garbarski
07:18 PM Support #771 (Closed): Interviewers' observations about the household
Hello,
I'm interested in knowing when in the interview--before soliciting participation or after the interviews are ...
Dana Garbarski

04/28/2017

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...
Nico Ochmann
09:10 AM Support #770 (Feedback): Social background indicators/ parents education level
Dear Natasha,
to better understand why information is not available (i.e. the data assume values of -11/-1) it is a ...
Gundi Knies

04/27/2017

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...
Sait Bayrakdar
02:15 PM Support #769 (Feedback): number of siblings ever had
Dear Sait,
the total number of siblings ever had (NSIBS) was only asked once in the BHPS (in Wave 13) and it was app...
Gundi Knies
01:54 PM Support #769 (In Progress): number of siblings ever had
Dear Sait,
Many thanks for your enquiry, we are looking into it and will get back to you shortly.
Best wishes, ...
Victoria Nolan
01:55 PM Support #770 (In Progress): Social background indicators/ parents education level
Dear Natasha,
Many thanks for your enquiry, we are looking into it and will get back to you shortly.
Best wishe...
Victoria Nolan
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...
Peter Lynn

04/26/2017

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...
Natasha Codiroli Mcmaster

04/25/2017

10:58 AM Support #745 (Closed): Interviewer number query
This will be addressed for the release of IP9 data. Victoria Nolan

04/24/2017

01:57 PM Support #752 (Closed): Weights
Victoria Nolan
01:56 PM Support #763 (Closed): question about b_mever and b_mvyr
Victoria Nolan
01:55 PM Support #760 (Closed): Number of sibling pairs with genetic data
Victoria Nolan
01:55 PM Support #703 (Closed): Longitudinal weights for periods of years
Victoria Nolan
01:54 PM Support #765 (Closed): Pay variables for Immigrant and ethnic minority boost
Victoria Nolan
01:53 PM Support #494 (Closed): Pooled Cross-Sectional Analysis
Victoria Nolan
01:45 PM Support #761 (Closed): Why monthly gross income is negative?
Victoria Nolan
01:34 PM Support #768 (Feedback): Data linkage - NPD & Wave 4 - ETA?
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...
Victoria Nolan

04/21/2017

02:21 PM Support #766: USoc wave 4 investment questions
Thanks very much! Laura Gardiner
02:20 PM Support #769 (Closed): number of siblings ever had
Hi,
I see that in BHPS there is a question about the total number of siblings respondents ever had (NSIBS). Is the...
Sait Bayrakdar

04/20/2017

11:47 AM Support #752: Weights
From: <n.spencergodfrey@surrey.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 5:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Understanding Society User S...
Peter Lynn
09:25 AM Support #764 (Feedback): Reward variables
Dear Roxana,
Apologies for the delay in getting back to you.
Your first place to look would be in our long term...
Victoria Nolan

04/18/2017

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... Alita Nandi
04:09 PM Support #763: question about b_mever and b_mvyr
Thanks for the clarification Alita!
Best wishes,
Carolina
Carolina Zuccotti
03:36 PM Support #763: question about b_mever and b_mvyr
Hi Carolina,
These happen when the person was interviewed by proxy in the last wave. The "never interviewed/new en...
Alita Nandi
03:32 PM Support #766: USoc wave 4 investment questions
Thanks for highlighting this issue. The online documentation will be updated to reflect these value labels. Alita Nandi
03:31 PM Support #766: USoc wave 4 investment questions
Hello Laura,
Here is the value label for nvestbrt1-3, 97
-8 "inapplicable" -9 "missing" -7 "proxy respondent" /...
Alita Nandi
03:11 PM Support #760: Number of sibling pairs with genetic data
Just to add - if you have further queries, our genetics and biomarkers team may be able to help: genetics@understandi... Victoria Nolan
03:10 PM Support #760 (Feedback): Number of sibling pairs with genetic data
Dear Gibran,
I'm very sorry for the delay in getting back to you about this, due to holiday commitments over the e...
Victoria Nolan
01:11 PM Support #768 (Closed): Data linkage - NPD & Wave 4 - ETA?
Hi,
I was wondering if there is anticipated completion date of the Wave 4 to National Pupil Database linkage?
...
Nick Garnett
 

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