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From 08/26/2017 to 09/24/2017

09/22/2017

09:02 PM Support #855 (Closed): Drinking variables in wave 2, adult self-completion
Dear USoc team,
I have a question with drinking variables in wave 2, adult self-completion. The variable value lab...
Min Zhang
03:14 PM Support #845 (Resolved): Linkage of Understanding Society to Hospital Episodes Statistics
Stephanie Auty
03:13 PM Support #844 (Resolved): BHPS inverview translation
Stephanie Auty
03:13 PM Support #843 (Closed): w_englang is not part of xwavedat, but available for wave a, e, f
Stephanie Auty
03:12 PM Support #842 (Feedback): Marital status variable - mlstat
Stephanie Auty
03:12 PM Support #841 (Resolved): Genetics and diagnosis data
Stephanie Auty
03:11 PM Support #835 (Closed): Individuals falling out of the survey
Stephanie Auty
03:10 PM Support #833 (Closed): How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?
Stephanie Auty
03:10 PM Support #827 (Closed): Lone parent flag nonepar_dv definition
Stephanie Auty
03:10 PM Support #825 (Resolved): BHPS weights for BHPS components in UKHLS wave 6
Stephanie Auty
03:09 PM Support #818 (Closed): Exact numbers of children
Stephanie Auty
01:42 PM Support #854: Ethnicity and Socio-economic group - inapplicable data
UPDATE- I have just read through the Ethnicity Research User Guide and found that the ethnic group question is asked ... Helena Dare-Edwards
01:03 PM Support #854 (In Progress): Ethnicity and Socio-economic group - inapplicable data
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
12:23 PM Support #854 (Closed): Ethnicity and Socio-economic group - inapplicable data
Hi,
I am trying to put together profile data for respondents with dependent children involved in wave 6 (using the...
Helena Dare-Edwards

09/20/2017

02:55 PM Support #852: Empstat / employment history
Sorry - just to add to my previous question.
Aside from having never left FT education or a having proxy responden...
Emily McDool
10:43 AM Support #853 (In Progress): Self-esteem measure in Youth Questionnaire
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

09/19/2017

10:24 PM Support #853 (Closed): Self-esteem measure in Youth Questionnaire
Hi
I am interested in analysing responses the self esteem measure from the Youth self-completion questionnaire used ...
Andrew Brown
05:18 PM Support #852 (In Progress): Empstat / employment history
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
02:01 PM Support #852 (Closed): Empstat / employment history
Hello
I am interested in looking at employment histories for respondents. I understand that around 1/4 of the samp...
Emily McDool
09:20 AM Support #851 (In Progress): Components of net monthly income
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

09/18/2017

05:16 PM Support #851 (Closed): Components of net monthly income
Hi,
I have noticed some cases of individuals where the components of net monthly income (e.g. labour income, socia...
Oliver Southwick
11:07 AM Support #839: Pooling data from all waves, 1-6, using all subsamples of USoc (GPS, EMBS, BHPS, IEMB)
Email received from user:
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Peter,
thank you very much for your patience throughout...
Stephanie Auty

09/17/2017

08:37 PM Support #849: universe of indall files in BHPS UKHLS
Hi, Thank you for your kind reply.
I have checked xwaveid data to see if interview outcome was recorded for every ...
Yujung Whang

09/15/2017

04:57 PM Support #839: Pooling data from all waves, 1-6, using all subsamples of USoc (GPS, EMBS, BHPS, IEMB)
Nico,
The non-response pattern in your analysis data will be very different from that in a truly longitudinal (bal...
Peter Lynn

09/14/2017

05:29 PM Support #837 (Feedback): Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked
Stephanie Auty
05:28 PM Support #834 (Closed): Existence of siblings
Stephanie Auty
05:28 PM Support #832 (Closed): age and ethnicity of participants
Stephanie Auty
05:27 PM Support #831 (Closed): Care recipient
Stephanie Auty
05:27 PM Support #824 (Closed): Question on individual saving
Stephanie Auty
05:26 PM Support #823 (Closed): BHPS Weights
Stephanie Auty
05:26 PM Support #821 (Closed): Surveying methods of tracking separated parents
Stephanie Auty
05:25 PM Support #820 (Closed): Longitudinal vs cross-sectional weight choice
Stephanie Auty
05:25 PM Support #816 (Closed): Identifying youth Questionnaire respondents who are adopted
Stephanie Auty
05:11 PM Support #850 (Feedback): Non-overlapping data query (waves a to c)
Dear Emma,
First I want to confirm that I understand how you are combining the data from waves 1 and 2. a_paedqf a...
Stephanie Auty
11:43 AM Support #847 (Feedback): Complex samples suite in SPSS
Dear Carla,
I can confirm that you need to account for the complex survey design using f_strata and f_psu as well ...
Stephanie Auty

09/13/2017

04:24 PM Support #846 (Feedback): BHPS job history file
Dear Yujung Whang,
The Job History file is only for those respondents who have changed jobs in the last year – so ...
Stephanie Auty

09/12/2017

03:13 PM Support #848: Clinical Depression H_COND variables
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bernardi, Luca <lb350@leicester.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 9:50...
Stephanie Auty
03:11 PM Support #849 (Feedback): universe of indall files in BHPS UKHLS
Dear Yujung Whang,
The w_indall files contain everybody who is enumerated in a responding household in that wave, ...
Stephanie Auty

09/11/2017

10:58 AM Support #840 (Closed): Labels on service use
Stephanie Auty
10:58 AM Support #838 (Feedback): dietary fat intake
Stephanie Auty
10:57 AM Support #829 (Closed): What is the difference between qualoc_dv from xwavedat and qualoc from wave a,b,c,d,e,f
Stephanie Auty

09/08/2017

01:01 PM Support #844 (Feedback): BHPS inverview translation
Stephanie Auty
01:01 PM Support #844: BHPS inverview translation
Dear Yujung Whang,
The BHPS was translated, but only into Welsh. In some cases an interpreter was used. The follow...
Stephanie Auty

09/07/2017

04:25 PM Support #850 (In Progress): Non-overlapping data query (waves a to c)
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
04:06 PM Support #850 (Closed): Non-overlapping data query (waves a to c)
Hello Understanding Society team,
I am working on a project in which (amongst other variables) we are using parent...
Emma Bridger
03:04 PM Support #845: Linkage of Understanding Society to Hospital Episodes Statistics
Dear Alex,
I'm sorry to say we do not have a ballpark date. Progress has been halted on so many occasions, often a...
Stephanie Auty
03:02 PM Support #845: Linkage of Understanding Society to Hospital Episodes Statistics
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alexander Turner <alexander.turner@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, Sep 5...
Stephanie Auty
12:15 PM Support #848 (Feedback): Clinical Depression H_COND variables
Stephanie Auty
12:15 PM Support #848: Clinical Depression H_COND variables
Dear Luca,
In Wave 1 respondents were asked to report whether they’d ever been diagnosed with clinical depression ...
Stephanie Auty

09/06/2017

02:08 PM Support #847: Complex samples suite in SPSS
Peter Lynn wrote:
> I can confirm that, if you are using variables that are collected in both the individual and pro...
Carla Ayrton
09:24 AM Support #839: Pooling data from all waves, 1-6, using all subsamples of USoc (GPS, EMBS, BHPS, IEMB)
Hello Peter,
what I do now, I take the HHORIG variable and drop subsamples 2,4,5, and 6 and then use the GOR vari...
Nico Ochmann

09/05/2017

02:58 PM Support #845 (Feedback): Linkage of Understanding Society to Hospital Episodes Statistics
Dear Alex,
NHS digital has a large backlog of applications for data and so we are still waiting for ours to be pro...
Stephanie Auty
02:41 PM Support #842: Marital status variable - mlstat
Hi Charlotte,
There are two sources of information which you need to combine to answer your question. First, there...
Stephanie Auty
11:27 AM Support #841 (Feedback): Genetics and diagnosis data
Stephanie Auty
11:26 AM Support #835 (Resolved): Individuals falling out of the survey
Stephanie Auty
11:25 AM Support #833 (Resolved): How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?
Stephanie Auty
11:24 AM Support #827 (Resolved): Lone parent flag nonepar_dv definition
Stephanie Auty
11:23 AM Support #826 (Closed): transformed HH income measure?
Stephanie Auty
11:23 AM Support #825 (Feedback): BHPS weights for BHPS components in UKHLS wave 6
Stephanie Auty
11:22 AM Support #818 (Resolved): Exact numbers of children
Stephanie Auty
10:10 AM Support #849 (In Progress): universe of indall files in BHPS UKHLS
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

09/04/2017

07:46 PM Support #849 (Closed): universe of indall files in BHPS UKHLS

Dear Sir/Madam,
Hi, I have a question on the universe of indall files. To investigate the reason for sample attr...
Yujung Whang
05:08 PM Support #847: Complex samples suite in SPSS
I can confirm that, if you are using variables that are collected in both the individual and proxy interview, f_indpx... Peter Lynn
05:05 PM Support #847 (In Progress): Complex samples suite in SPSS
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
04:52 PM Support #847 (Closed): Complex samples suite in SPSS
Hello,
I am carrying out an analysis of people who's income changed between wave 5 and 6. I have followed the 'Int...
Carla Ayrton
05:06 PM Support #848 (In Progress): Clinical Depression H_COND variables
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
04:55 PM Support #848 (Closed): Clinical Depression H_COND variables
Dear Support group,
I am measuring clinical depression and I would kindly need your advice on a couple of question...
Luca Bernardi
04:18 PM Support #839: Pooling data from all waves, 1-6, using all subsamples of USoc (GPS, EMBS, BHPS, IEMB)
First, no! You should still use weights, even if restricting the analysis to England only. There are big differences ... Peter Lynn
11:52 AM Support #843 (Resolved): w_englang is not part of xwavedat, but available for wave a, e, f
Stephanie Auty
11:50 AM Support #843: w_englang is not part of xwavedat, but available for wave a, e, f
Dear Stephanie,
I appreciate your reply and your comments on my imputation method. That is a valid point, I might...
Nico Ochmann
09:23 AM Support #843 (Feedback): w_englang is not part of xwavedat, but available for wave a, e, f
Dear Nico,
We have noticed a couple of typos in the syntax above. The second section of the code should have been:...
Stephanie Auty

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
 

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