Activity
From 04/17/2017 to 05/16/2017
05/16/2017
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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... -
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... -
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...
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- I will be controlling for age, yes.
Ok that makes sense - although, it does specify that weights using wave 1 dat... -
- OK, so let's assume the unit of analysis is the child and your outcome measures will come from wave 6. This seems sen...
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- Hi Peter,
Thank you for getting back to me so soon, much appreciated.
Ok - I will admit here that I am a 1+3 ... -
- Hi Emily,
I doubt that there exists a weight that is perfect for your analysis, but there may be a reasonable solu... -
- Hi there,
I have read the user guide 1-6 section on weighting (pages 56 - 83), however I am still slightly lost i... -
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...
05/12/2017
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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... -
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...
05/10/2017
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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...
05/09/2017
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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... -
11:13 AM Support #778: Funding
- Victoria
Thanks for the very prompt reply and for all your help
Best wishes
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- Dear Gary,
Understanding Society data are available via the UK Data Service. https://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/... -
- Dear Fiona,
Many thanks for your enquiry. This is something we are going to investigate here with our health and b...
05/08/2017
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- 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... -
- 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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- 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
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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... -
- 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,
Carolina -
- 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?
- Hi,
I was wondering if there is anticipated completion date of the Wave 4 to National Pupil Database linkage?
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