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From 09/30/2017 to 10/29/2017

10/29/2017

12:14 PM Support #866 (Feedback): Stratification information
Dear Dora,
We have an exercise of how to deal with this problem in example 6 in our training materials, which you ...
Stephanie Auty
12:03 PM Support #863: People living in Multi-generational homes in the UK
From: Charlotte Pierzchniak [mailto:c.pierzchniak@students.rave.ac.uk]
Sent: 20 October 2017 15:44
To: usersupport...
Stephanie Auty

10/27/2017

12:15 PM Support #872: Weights of the continuation of the BHPS sample into UKHLS
Lawrence,
For analysis of BHPS members who have participated since 1991 you should use the relevant weight with zz...
Peter Lynn

10/26/2017

04:15 PM Support #852 (Feedback): Empstat / employment history
Dear Emily Marie,
Apologies for the late response on this issue.
1. There may be various reasons why a person ...
Stephanie Auty
02:38 PM Support #870 (In Progress): Change in boundaries of Local Authority Districs
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
10:52 AM Support #870 (Closed): Change in boundaries of Local Authority Districs
Hi,
I am working on a project linking survey respondents to Local Authority Districts (LAD). I have access to the ...
Jascha Tutt
02:37 PM Support #872 (In Progress): Weights of the continuation of the BHPS sample into 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
02:23 PM Support #872 (Closed): Weights of the continuation of the BHPS sample into UKHLS
To whom it may concern,
I am using the BHPS sample, from its first wave (1991) through to the most recent wave of ...
Lawrence Sacco
02:37 PM Support #871 (In Progress): Confirmation Wave 1 -9
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
11:46 AM Support #871 (Closed): Confirmation Wave 1 -9

I just want to confirm - that to date there are only waves 1-6. The information on the website which shows waves 1-...
Victoria Thompson

10/25/2017

04:38 PM Support #869 (In Progress): Unexpectedly strong gender homophily in Understanding Society compared with the BHPS
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
03:46 PM Support #869 (Closed): Unexpectedly strong gender homophily in Understanding Society compared with the BHPS
h1. Summary
I am interested in homophily effects that can be derived from the social network questions in waves B,...
Till Hoffmann

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 ...
Stephanie Auty
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... Stephanie Auty
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...
Anonymous
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...
Stephanie Auty
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 ...
Stephanie Auty
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...
Stephanie Auty

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... Olena Kaminska

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... Stephanie Auty
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...
David Leese

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... Stephanie Auty
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...
Theodora Kokosi
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... Stephanie Auty
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...
Glenna Nightingale

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...
Stephanie Auty
04:33 PM Support #857 (Resolved): Merging datasets
Stephanie Auty
04:32 PM Support #855 (Resolved): Drinking variables in wave 2, adult self-completion
Stephanie Auty
04:32 PM Support #854 (Resolved): Ethnicity and Socio-economic group - inapplicable data
Stephanie Auty
04:31 PM Support #853 (Feedback): Self-esteem measure in Youth Questionnaire
Stephanie Auty
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...
Stephanie Auty
04:29 PM Support #851 (Feedback): Components of net monthly income
Stephanie Auty
04:28 PM Support #850 (Closed): Non-overlapping data query (waves a to c)
Stephanie Auty
04:27 PM Support #847 (Closed): Complex samples suite in SPSS
Stephanie Auty
04:27 PM Support #846 (Closed): BHPS job history file
Stephanie Auty
04:26 PM Support #845 (Closed): Linkage of Understanding Society to Hospital Episodes Statistics
Stephanie Auty
04:26 PM Support #844 (Closed): BHPS inverview translation
Stephanie Auty
04:26 PM Support #842 (Resolved): Marital status variable - mlstat
Stephanie Auty
04:26 PM Support #841 (Closed): Genetics and diagnosis data
Stephanie Auty
04:25 PM Support #839 (Closed): Pooling data from all waves, 1-6, using all subsamples of USoc (GPS, EMBS, BHPS, IEMB)
Stephanie Auty
04:25 PM Support #838 (Closed): dietary fat intake
Stephanie Auty
04:25 PM Support #837 (Closed): Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked
Stephanie Auty
04:24 PM Support #825 (Closed): BHPS weights for BHPS components in UKHLS wave 6
Stephanie Auty
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... Stephanie Auty
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... Olga Maslovskaya
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... Stephanie Auty

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...
Charlotte Pierzchniak

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... Stephanie Auty
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...
Dana Garbarski
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... Stephanie Auty
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?... Dana Garbarski
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... Stephanie Auty
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...
Dana Garbarski

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...
Stephanie Auty

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 ...
Elena Pupaza
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. ...
Stephanie Auty
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...
Stephanie Auty
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... Stephanie Auty
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...
Andrew Brown
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
Andrew Brown
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...
Stephanie Auty
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:/...
Stephanie Auty
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...
Stephanie Auty

10/05/2017

04:06 PM Support #858: Date of Birth variables
Good evening. Any news on the progress of my request? Elena Pupaza

10/02/2017

01:45 PM Support #850 (Resolved): Non-overlapping data query (waves a to c)
Stephanie Auty
01:42 PM Support #849 (In Progress): universe of indall files in BHPS UKHLS
Stephanie Auty
01:40 PM Support #847 (Resolved): Complex samples suite in SPSS
Stephanie Auty
01:40 PM Support #846 (Resolved): BHPS job history file
Stephanie Auty
01:40 PM Support #839 (Resolved): Pooling data from all waves, 1-6, using all subsamples of USoc (GPS, EMBS, BHPS, IEMB)
Stephanie Auty
01:39 PM Support #838 (Resolved): dietary fat intake
Stephanie Auty
01:39 PM Support #837 (Resolved): Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked
Stephanie Auty
 

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