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From 08/02/2017 to 08/31/2017

08/30/2017

03:39 PM Support #837: Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked
Dear Ray,
One solution to this would be to code everyone who was not asked at waves 1-5 (i.e. -8, inapplicable) as...
Stephanie Auty
09:58 AM Support #834 (Resolved): Existence of siblings
Stephanie Auty
09:58 AM Support #832 (Resolved): age and ethnicity of participants
Stephanie Auty
09:57 AM Support #831 (Resolved): Care recipient
Stephanie Auty
09:55 AM Support #824 (Resolved): Question on individual saving
Stephanie Auty
09:54 AM Support #823 (Resolved): BHPS Weights
Stephanie Auty
09:54 AM Support #821 (Resolved): Surveying methods of tracking separated parents
Stephanie Auty
09:54 AM Support #820 (Resolved): Longitudinal vs cross-sectional weight choice
Stephanie Auty
09:53 AM Support #819 (Closed): Gender identity
Stephanie Auty
09:52 AM Support #817 (Closed): Satisfaction questions wave 3 - missing C_FF_LIFESATW3 variable
Stephanie Auty
09:52 AM Support #816 (Resolved): Identifying youth Questionnaire respondents who are adopted
Stephanie Auty
09:52 AM Support #813 (Closed): Match of sex across waves
Stephanie Auty
09:51 AM Support #812 (Closed): BHPS TTWA codes
Stephanie Auty
09:51 AM Support #811 (Closed): Wave 6 youth questionnaire confusion
Stephanie Auty
09:50 AM Support #809 (Closed): Deriving the persontality traits for Understanding Soc
Stephanie Auty
09:50 AM Support #792 (Closed): Merging datasets
Stephanie Auty
09:49 AM Support #846 (In Progress): BHPS job history file
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty
09:48 AM Support #845 (In Progress): Linkage of Understanding Society to Hospital Episodes Statistics
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

08/29/2017

11:30 PM Support #846 (Closed): BHPS job history file
Hi, I was looking into job history file (JOBHIST) for BHPS. I was wondering why so many respondents in the main indiv... Yujung Whang
11:21 PM Support #845 (Closed): Linkage of Understanding Society to Hospital Episodes Statistics
On your data linkage page (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/about/data-linkage) it states that consent for link... Alex Turner
12:37 PM Support #844 (In Progress): BHPS inverview translation
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty
12:26 PM Support #844 (Closed): BHPS inverview translation
Hi, I was looking for whether any BHPS interview was translated in any other language than english. I found the varia... Yujung Whang
12:34 PM Support #842: Marital status variable - mlstat
Hi,
Thanks a lot. Could I also ask if there is such a variable for the number of biological children an individual...
Charlotte Edney

08/27/2017

06:55 PM Support #843: w_englang is not part of xwavedat, but available for wave a, e, f
Dear Alita,
thank you very much for your reply.
In order to learn, I would like to share with you how I have do...
Nico Ochmann
05:05 PM Support #843 (In Progress): w_englang is not part of xwavedat, but available for wave a, e, f
Hello Nico,
This was asked:
In Wave 1 - Everyone
In Wave 5 - Only those in the EMBoost, GP Comparison or LDA s...
Alita Nandi
05:07 PM Support #842 (In Progress): Marital status variable - mlstat
Hello Charlotte,
Yes, it is w_mastat_dv (w = a...f)
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainst...
Alita Nandi

08/26/2017

03:13 PM Support #843 (Closed): w_englang is not part of xwavedat, but available for wave a, e, f
Dear Alita,
if I understand the variable description correctly, englang is unfortunately not part of xwavedat. Wh...
Nico Ochmann
02:41 PM Support #839: Pooling data from all waves, 1-6, using all subsamples of USoc (GPS, EMBS, BHPS, IEMB)
Dear Peter,
now this reply helps a lot. I have decided to restrict my sample to England only. This should be the ...
Nico Ochmann

08/25/2017

03:19 PM Support #842 (Closed): Marital status variable - mlstat
Hi,
I am using the individual response data with all waves pooled together. I'm trying to get an idea of individu...
Charlotte Edney
12:31 PM Support #837: Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked
Is there anyway I get comparable bases between W1-5 and W6 on the bendis question Ray Storry

08/24/2017

04:54 PM Support #839 (Feedback): Pooling data from all waves, 1-6, using all subsamples of USoc (GPS, EMBS, BHPS, IEMB)
Nico,
I think the time variable might cause you problems. The weight should be fine for a genuine cross-sectional ...
Peter Lynn
11:02 AM Support #829 (Resolved): What is the difference between qualoc_dv from xwavedat and qualoc from wave a,b,c,d,e,f
Alita Nandi
10:25 AM Support #838: dietary fat intake
Questions were asked about selected broad food groups, the only one relating to fat is type of milk, asked at Waves 2... Alita Nandi
10:19 AM Support #840 (Resolved): Labels on service use
User has communicated that this issue has been resolved. Alita Nandi
10:18 AM Support #841: Genetics and diagnosis data
To know about diagnosed conditions please look at the health condition questions, but dementia is not one of them. W_... Alita Nandi

08/22/2017

12:53 PM Support #838 (In Progress): dietary fat intake
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Alita Nandi
12:48 PM Support #837: Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked
Hello Ray,
The filtering of this question BENDIS was changed in Wave 6 as you can check from the questionnaire. As...
Alita Nandi
12:24 PM Support #841 (In Progress): Genetics and diagnosis data
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Alita Nandi
11:28 AM Support #841 (Closed): Genetics and diagnosis data
Please can you tell me if people were asked about their medical diagnoses? This does not seem to be the case based on... Naaheed Mukadam
12:11 PM Support #840 (In Progress): Labels on service use
Hello Ray,
Thanks for pointing out this issue. This will be taken care of in the future.
The label for 7 is "c...
Alita Nandi

08/21/2017

12:09 PM Support #840 (Closed): Labels on service use
The labels in W4 and W6 for opserv variables have 'completely dissatisfied- for both values 1 and 7 Ray Storry
11:54 AM Support #839 (Closed): Pooling data from all waves, 1-6, using all subsamples of USoc (GPS, EMBS, BHPS, IEMB)
Dear Peter,
sorry to bother you again, but we had that exchange in support #758.
I have been implementing your ...
Nico Ochmann
11:21 AM Support #829: What is the difference between qualoc_dv from xwavedat and qualoc from wave a,b,c,d,e,f
Many thanks, Alita did contact me and the issue has been settled. Nico Ochmann
09:32 AM Support #838 (Closed): dietary fat intake
Dear Understanding Society Team
For a sensitivity analyses we require information on dietary fat intake in order t...
Karoline Kuchenbaecker

08/18/2017

04:34 PM Support #827: Lone parent flag nonepar_dv definition
Dear Oliver,
Apologies, I seem to have posted the wrong link. Please try https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/do...
Stephanie Auty
03:16 PM Support #833: How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?
Dear Peter,
You are correct in your second assumption. On the first assumption, the variables for self-employment...
Stephanie Auty
02:38 PM Support #826 (Resolved): transformed HH income measure?
Stephanie Auty
02:36 PM Support #818 (Feedback): Exact numbers of children
Stephanie Auty
02:35 PM Support #800 (Closed): Net Income
Stephanie Auty
02:34 PM Support #799 (Closed): Parent sample for research project
Stephanie Auty
02:22 PM Support #837 (In Progress): Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty
12:34 PM Support #837 (Closed): Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked
I have been running a query vis a cross-tabulation between _ff_bentype09 BY w_bendis8 filtering on w_ff_bentype09 = 0... Ray Storry

08/17/2017

11:11 AM Support #835: Individuals falling out of the survey
Olly,
Just to add to this.... outcome codes (w_ivfio and w_ivfho) for all individuals from whom we attempted to c...
Peter Lynn
11:04 AM Support #836 (Closed): Weighting for general population
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ray Storry <raystorry@incomesdataresearch.co.uk>
Date: Thu, Aug 17, 2...
Peter Lynn
10:37 AM Support #836: Weighting for general population
Ray,
Apologies, where I wrote "(base in table)", I meant "(cell count in table)".
Peter
Peter Lynn
10:34 AM Support #836: Weighting for general population
Hello Ray,
Yes, all weights are designed for estimation of ratio estimates (proportions, means, regression coeffic...
Peter Lynn
10:24 AM Support #825: BHPS weights for BHPS components in UKHLS wave 6
Sook,
Apologies if i had misunderstood. Yes, if your analysis uses only variables from wave 6, then a cross-secti...
Peter Lynn
09:41 AM Support #822 (Closed): Brexit variable not in Wave 7?
Peter Lynn
09:40 AM Support #822: Brexit variable not in Wave 7?
To be clear, the question 'Eumem' is included in the self-completion of all wave 8 interviews, involving fieldwork fr... Peter Lynn

08/16/2017

12:22 PM Support #833: How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?
Dear Stephanie
Many thanks for your fast response, it is very helpful. Just to check I've understood two points co...
Peter Spittal
10:06 AM Support #836 (In Progress): Weighting for general population
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty
10:05 AM Support #835 (Feedback): Individuals falling out of the survey
Hi Olly,
Whether members of couples who split are followed depends on their status as Original Sample Members (OSM...
Stephanie Auty

08/15/2017

04:31 PM Support #836 (Closed): Weighting for general population
I have run a query on persons employed who expect to move in the next year Yes/No. I have weighted the data in Wave ... Ray Storry
03:56 PM Support #833 (Feedback): How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?
Dear Peter,
The calculation of this variable is basically the same that of the BHPS equivalent (except that self-...
Stephanie Auty
03:54 PM Support #834 (Feedback): Existence of siblings
Hi Lea,
This question is part of the Family Networks module. As you can see in the long term content plan (https:/...
Stephanie Auty

08/11/2017

04:59 PM Support #835 (In Progress): Individuals falling out of the survey
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty
04:43 PM Support #835 (Closed): Individuals falling out of the survey
Hi,
Are there resources on individuals who fall out of the survey? (i.e. are missing in one wave)
In particular...
Oliver Southwick
04:58 PM Support #834 (In Progress): Existence of siblings
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty
03:59 PM Support #834 (Closed): Existence of siblings
Hi,
I am interested in whether respondents in Understanding Society have siblings. I am not interested in the numbe...
Lea Samek
04:40 PM Support #827: Lone parent flag nonepar_dv definition
Thanks Stephen,
I can't find this documentation for nonepar_dv
Does the documentation cover how the variable is...
Oliver Southwick
03:52 PM Support #823 (Feedback): BHPS Weights
Stephanie Auty
03:51 PM Support #820 (Feedback): Longitudinal vs cross-sectional weight choice
Stephanie Auty
03:51 PM Support #819 (Resolved): Gender identity
Stephanie Auty
03:49 PM Support #831: Care recipient
Thank you. That was very helpful. Lea Samek
03:49 PM Support #809 (Resolved): Deriving the persontality traits for Understanding Soc
Stephanie Auty
03:48 PM Support #832 (Feedback): age and ethnicity of participants
Dear Naaheed,
You can find the frequencies by age group in 5 year intervals for the most recent wave at:
https://...
Stephanie Auty
09:02 AM Support #833 (In Progress): How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

08/10/2017

09:56 PM Support #833 (Closed): How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?
I was wondering if you could provide some guidance on how the derived monthly labour income variable in UKHLS (w_fiml... Peter Spittal
04:31 PM Support #831 (Feedback): Care recipient
Hi Lea,
The variables which state which of the household members are cared for by the respondent are w_aidhua1-w_a...
Stephanie Auty

08/09/2017

03:27 PM Support #832 (In Progress): age and ethnicity of participants
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty
02:50 PM Support #832 (Closed): age and ethnicity of participants
I would like to carry out some research on dementia across different ethnic groups. I cannot find information on the ... Naaheed Mukadam
12:01 PM Support #824 (Feedback): Question on individual saving
Dear Lucyna,
The question aims to exclude mortgage payments. Mortgage payments wouldn’t usually be considered as s...
Stephanie Auty

08/08/2017

04:46 PM Support #827 (Feedback): Lone parent flag nonepar_dv definition
Hi Olly,
The variable level documentation available online includes information on which variables are used in the...
Stephanie Auty
03:57 PM Support #821 (Feedback): Surveying methods of tracking separated parents
Stephanie Auty
03:56 PM Support #817 (Resolved): Satisfaction questions wave 3 - missing C_FF_LIFESATW3 variable
Stephanie Auty
03:55 PM Support #813 (Resolved): Match of sex across waves
Stephanie Auty
03:55 PM Support #812 (Resolved): BHPS TTWA codes
Stephanie Auty
03:55 PM Support #811 (Resolved): Wave 6 youth questionnaire confusion
Stephanie Auty
03:54 PM Support #808 (Closed): b_ff_oprlg - feed forward variable for whether belong to a religion
Stephanie Auty
03:53 PM Support #792 (Resolved): Merging datasets
Stephanie Auty
12:56 PM Support #816: Identifying youth Questionnaire respondents who are adopted
Hi Andrew,
I'm sorry for the delay in getting back to you.
The w_adopt file is created from questions in the fe...
Stephanie Auty

08/07/2017

09:20 AM Support #831 (In Progress): Care recipient
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

08/05/2017

06:27 PM Support #831 (Closed): Care recipient
Hi, I am interested in caregivers as well as care recipients, in particular the relationship between the two, i.e. wh... Lea Samek

08/04/2017

04:03 PM Support #829 (In Progress): What is the difference between qualoc_dv from xwavedat and qualoc from wave a,b,c,d,e,f
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Stephanie Auty

08/03/2017

06:46 PM Support #829 (Closed): What is the difference between qualoc_dv from xwavedat and qualoc from wave a,b,c,d,e,f
Dear Alita,
I have been using the qualoc variable for the different waves. However, I am curious about the derive...
Nico Ochmann
 

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