Activity
From 09/21/2017 to 10/20/2017
10/20/2017
- 04:33 PM Support #865 (Feedback): Change in question on occupation in Questionnaire in 2005 and 2006
- Dear Glenna,
Weights are intended to correct for unequal selection probability and non-response/attrition. If you ... - 02:54 PM Support #868 (In Progress): wealthassetsanddebt
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 10:47 AM Support #868 (Closed): wealthassetsanddebt
- Dear staff,
Do you have any information on when the next time data on assets and debt will be collected (the "weal... - 02:53 PM Support #864 (Feedback): filterring
- Dear Olga,
You can find this information by looking for the universe in the questionnaire:
https://www.understand... - 02:51 PM Support #863 (Feedback): People living in Multi-generational homes in the UK
- Dear Charlotte,
We don’t have a variable which records multi-generational households, but it would be possible to ... - 02:49 PM Support #859 (Feedback): Adoption status
- Dear Andrew,
As we discussed in #816, there are data inconsistencies. This is quite common with survey data as res...
10/19/2017
- 11:33 AM Support #723: Combining USOC/BHPS and zero weights
- With regard to number 1: you can combine the weights on your own and your thinking is correct. Your weight will be cl...
10/18/2017
- 02:26 PM Support #867 (In Progress): Wave 6 f_hhnetinc1 set to zero rather than missing for iemb sample
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 11:08 AM Support #867 (Closed): Wave 6 f_hhnetinc1 set to zero rather than missing for iemb sample
- I'm looking at constructing income quintiles based on the f_hhnetinc1 variable.
Looking at the data, 90% of record...
10/17/2017
- 06:15 PM Support #866 (In Progress): Stratification information
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 04:47 PM Support #866 (Closed): Stratification information
- Dear all,
I am analysing the data in STATA using the svyset command where I need to use the strata variable you pr... - 01:52 PM Support #865 (In Progress): Change in question on occupation in Questionnaire in 2005 and 2006
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 10:52 AM Support #865 (Closed): Change in question on occupation in Questionnaire in 2005 and 2006
- Hello,
Question E5 on the BHPS questionnaire for 2005 seems to be different from that in 2006. Do the cross section...
10/16/2017
- 05:09 PM Support #858: Date of Birth variables
- Dear Elena,
Please just apply directly to UKDS.
Here is the link to the UKDS Helpdesk webpage: https://www.ukda... - 04:33 PM Support #857 (Resolved): Merging datasets
- 04:32 PM Support #855 (Resolved): Drinking variables in wave 2, adult self-completion
- 04:32 PM Support #854 (Resolved): Ethnicity and Socio-economic group - inapplicable data
- 04:31 PM Support #853 (Feedback): Self-esteem measure in Youth Questionnaire
- 04:31 PM Support #853: Self-esteem measure in Youth Questionnaire
- Dear Andrew,
The version we are using was carried forwards from the BHPS and we have been using this version since... - 04:29 PM Support #851 (Feedback): Components of net monthly income
- 04:28 PM Support #850 (Closed): Non-overlapping data query (waves a to c)
- 04:27 PM Support #847 (Closed): Complex samples suite in SPSS
- 04:27 PM Support #846 (Closed): BHPS job history file
- 04:26 PM Support #845 (Closed): Linkage of Understanding Society to Hospital Episodes Statistics
- 04:26 PM Support #844 (Closed): BHPS inverview translation
- 04:26 PM Support #842 (Resolved): Marital status variable - mlstat
- 04:26 PM Support #841 (Closed): Genetics and diagnosis data
- 04:25 PM Support #839 (Closed): Pooling data from all waves, 1-6, using all subsamples of USoc (GPS, EMBS, BHPS, IEMB)
- 04:25 PM Support #838 (Closed): dietary fat intake
- 04:25 PM Support #837 (Closed): Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked
- 04:24 PM Support #825 (Closed): BHPS weights for BHPS components in UKHLS wave 6
- 10:33 AM Support #864 (In Progress): filterring
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 10:27 AM Support #864 (Closed): filterring
- I would like to ask how individuals were assigned to “inapplicable” category (-8) for the Political engagement module...
- 10:32 AM Support #863 (In Progress): People living in Multi-generational homes in the UK
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
10/12/2017
- 10:44 AM Support #863 (Closed): People living in Multi-generational homes in the UK
- Hi there,
I'm trying to get a percentage for the number of 0-3 year-olds, 4-11 yrs, 12-16 yrs, 17-25 yrs, 26-35 y...
10/11/2017
- 05:49 PM Support #862 (In Progress): interviewer identification numbers
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 04:07 PM Support #862 (Closed): interviewer identification numbers
- Hello,
I'm wondering if interviewers retain their same identification numbers across waves in the Innovation Panel S... - 05:49 PM Support #861 (In Progress): number of questions respondents are asked
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 04:05 PM Support #861 (Closed): number of questions respondents are asked
- Related to my last query, how do you recommend calculating the total number of questions that a respondent was asked?...
- 05:49 PM Support #860 (In Progress): Length of time for interview
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 04:01 PM Support #860 (Closed): Length of time for interview
- Hello,
I'm trying to figure out how to best calculate the length of time for individual interviews in wave 8. It lo...
10/10/2017
- 10:32 AM Support #856 (Feedback): how to deal with contradictory records
- Dear Min,
In the first case, it is possible that some of these respondents gained their degree through distance le...
10/09/2017
- 04:43 PM Support #858: Date of Birth variables
- Dear Stephanie,
Thank you for this information. I will start my application for the Secure Access data. Do I need ... - 12:01 PM Support #858 (Feedback): Date of Birth variables
- Dear Elena,
Month of birth is available on Special Licence, but date of birth is only available by Secure Access. ... - 04:39 PM Support #849: universe of indall files in BHPS UKHLS
- Dear Yujung,
Apologies for this delayed response. We had a problem with receiving notifications of forum updates o... - 04:10 PM Support #859 (In Progress): Adoption status
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 01:12 PM Support #859 (Closed): Adoption status
- Hi
I am currently identifying respondents to the youth questionnaire who are adopted (see issue #816) - I have not... - 12:56 PM Support #853: Self-esteem measure in Youth Questionnaire
- Hi
I was wondering if there is an update available on this issue?
Kind regards
Andrew - 12:23 PM Support #848: Clinical Depression H_COND variables
- From: Bernardi, Luca (Dr.) [mailto:lb388@leicester.ac.uk]
Sent: 04 October 2017 14:23
To: Auty, Stephanie
Subject... - 12:22 PM Support #848: Clinical Depression H_COND variables
- Dear Luca,
These are valid questions. It would be helpful if you could post your reply on the User Forum (https:/... - 12:21 PM Support #848: Clinical Depression H_COND variables
- From: Bernardi, Luca [mailto:lb350@leicester.ac.uk]
Sent: 08 September 2017 10:05
To: Auty, Stephanie
Subject: Un...
10/05/2017
- 04:06 PM Support #858: Date of Birth variables
- Good evening. Any news on the progress of my request?
10/02/2017
- 01:45 PM Support #850 (Resolved): Non-overlapping data query (waves a to c)
- 01:42 PM Support #849 (In Progress): universe of indall files in BHPS UKHLS
- 01:40 PM Support #847 (Resolved): Complex samples suite in SPSS
- 01:40 PM Support #846 (Resolved): BHPS job history file
- 01:40 PM Support #839 (Resolved): Pooling data from all waves, 1-6, using all subsamples of USoc (GPS, EMBS, BHPS, IEMB)
- 01:39 PM Support #838 (Resolved): dietary fat intake
- 01:39 PM Support #837 (Resolved): Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked
09/29/2017
- 03:52 PM Support #854 (Feedback): Ethnicity and Socio-economic group - inapplicable data
- 03:51 PM Support #854: Ethnicity and Socio-economic group - inapplicable data
- Dear Helena,
You will not need to pool the race data yourself, as the information is already collated in f_racel_d... - 03:48 PM Support #851: Components of net monthly income
- Dear Olly,
The values should add up correctly subject to a bit of rounding error (maximum value 1.25p), but it doe... - 03:46 PM Support #855 (Feedback): Drinking variables in wave 2, adult self-completion
- Dear Min,
Thank you, we are aware of this problem and it is on the list of issues to deal with.
For the moment,... - 12:07 PM Support #857: Merging datasets
- Dear Stephanie,
Thank you very much for confirming the identifier, which will help me for future analysis as well.... - 11:16 AM Support #857 (Feedback): Merging datasets
- Dear Nasima,
You are correct that pidp is the unique identifier for respondents, but the race variable is already ...
09/28/2017
- 02:21 PM Support #858 (In Progress): Date of Birth variables
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 02:15 PM Support #858 (Closed): Date of Birth variables
- Hi! I am trying to merge the Understanding Society data with another data-set on pensionable age, based on the date o...
- 10:55 AM Support #857 (In Progress): Merging datasets
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 10:49 AM Support #857: Merging datasets
- Hello,
I have now found the 'racel_dv' variable in the 'xwavedat' data file and that the variable 'pidp' = cross-wav... - 10:35 AM Support #857 (Closed): Merging datasets
- Hello, I plan to analyse the Understanding society wave 5 data (e_indresp) and need to add the 'racel_dv' variable av...
- 10:54 AM Support #856 (In Progress): how to deal with contradictory records
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 10:19 AM Support #856 (Closed): how to deal with contradictory records
- Dear Understanding Society team,
I am writing to seek your suggestions about contradictory data.
The first ex...
09/25/2017
- 04:27 PM Support #855 (In Progress): Drinking variables in wave 2, adult self-completion
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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... - 03:14 PM Support #845 (Resolved): Linkage of Understanding Society to Hospital Episodes Statistics
- 03:13 PM Support #844 (Resolved): BHPS inverview translation
- 03:13 PM Support #843 (Closed): w_englang is not part of xwavedat, but available for wave a, e, f
- 03:12 PM Support #842 (Feedback): Marital status variable - mlstat
- 03:12 PM Support #841 (Resolved): Genetics and diagnosis data
- 03:11 PM Support #835 (Closed): Individuals falling out of the survey
- 03:10 PM Support #833 (Closed): How is monthly labour income (w_fimnlabgrs_dv) derived?
- 03:10 PM Support #827 (Closed): Lone parent flag nonepar_dv definition
- 03:10 PM Support #825 (Resolved): BHPS weights for BHPS components in UKHLS wave 6
- 03:09 PM Support #818 (Closed): Exact numbers of children
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
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