Activity
From 10/12/2017 to 11/10/2017
11/10/2017
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05:01 PM Support #878 (Closed): employment histories
- Hello,
I try to reconstruct employment histories in wave 1 to analyse implications on health in the later waves. Sin... -
04:48 PM Support #877: weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f)
- Nico,
1. The provision of weights requires the ability to estimate probabilities of continuing to respond over mul... -
02:55 PM Support #877 (Resolved): weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f)
- Dear Peter,
I have a few more questions with regard to my original support #758.
1. When I generate my new weight... -
03:23 PM Support #876 (In Progress): Cross wave (xwave) variable for parents occupations NSSEC 5 cats?
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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10:26 AM Support #876 (Closed): Cross wave (xwave) variable for parents occupations NSSEC 5 cats?
- Hi
Is there a cross wave (xwave) derived variable available for father's and mother's occupation when respondent ...
11/09/2017
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04:19 PM Support #848: Clinical Depression H_COND variables
- Luca,
I will try to answer some of your questions in terms of weighting. But please if my response is not sufficie... -
09:53 AM Support #869 (Feedback): Unexpectedly strong gender homophily in Understanding Society compared with the BHPS
- Dear Till,
There are several differences in the way these questions were asked from Wave 18 of the BHPS to Wave 3 ...
11/07/2017
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06:32 PM Support #870 (Feedback): Change in boundaries of Local Authority Districs
- Dear Jascha,
There is a pdf document called “Understanding Society Innovation Panel Geographical Lookup Tables”, w...
11/05/2017
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02:33 PM Support #860: Length of time for interview
- Dear Dana,
There are three timings files included in the data download of the IP data, one for the household grid,...
11/02/2017
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04:32 PM Support #875 (In Progress): Veterans employment
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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04:09 PM Support #875 (Closed): Veterans employment
- I hope to use US to identify the labour market experience of former members of the UK armed forces, with a particular...
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04:31 PM Support #874 (In Progress): try to link the birthweight to each child
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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03:30 PM Support #874 (Closed): try to link the birthweight to each child
- There is a file called a_natchild containing the information about the natural children including birth weight, gesta...
11/01/2017
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01:11 PM Support #872 (Feedback): Weights of the continuation of the BHPS sample into UKHLS
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12:21 PM Support #867 (Feedback): Wave 6 f_hhnetinc1 set to zero rather than missing for iemb sample
- Dear David,
It is correct that all IEMB household income values should be missing on the wave 1-6 release. On the ... -
11:11 AM Support #867: Wave 6 f_hhnetinc1 set to zero rather than missing for iemb sample
- Hi,
Is it possible to advise when I might hear back on this?
Thanks,
David
10/31/2017
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07:43 PM Support #873 (In Progress): Westminster constituency identifiers
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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06:18 PM Support #873 (Closed): Westminster constituency identifiers
- I am looking for information that will allow me to identify the individual parliamentary constituencies that responde...
10/30/2017
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05:40 PM Support #861 (Feedback): number of questions respondents are asked
- Dear Dana,
You could calculate this by removing any derived variables, weights and linking identifiers, only keepi... -
04:05 PM Support #862 (Feedback): interviewer identification numbers
- Dear Dana,
The interviewer numbers are consistent across waves, so the answer to your question is yes. However, at... -
03:48 PM Support #863 (Resolved): People living in Multi-generational homes in the UK
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03:47 PM Support #858 (Resolved): Date of Birth variables
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03:47 PM Support #857 (Closed): Merging datasets
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03:47 PM Support #856 (Resolved): how to deal with contradictory records
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03:46 PM Support #855 (Closed): Drinking variables in wave 2, adult self-completion
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03:46 PM Support #854 (Closed): Ethnicity and Socio-economic group - inapplicable data
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03:46 PM Support #853 (Resolved): Self-esteem measure in Youth Questionnaire
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03:45 PM Support #851 (Resolved): Components of net monthly income
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03:45 PM Support #849 (Feedback): universe of indall files in BHPS UKHLS
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03:44 PM Support #842 (Closed): Marital status variable - mlstat
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10:34 AM Support #871 (Feedback): Confirmation Wave 1 -9
- Dear Victoria,
The currently available published data is waves 1-6, but in a few weeks the next data release is du... -
10:32 AM Support #868 (Feedback): wealthassetsanddebt
- Dear Jia,
Please refer to the long term content plan, which you can download here: https://www.understandingsociet...
10/29/2017
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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 ... -
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...
10/27/2017
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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...
10/26/2017
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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 ... -
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...
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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 ... -
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...
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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 ... -
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...
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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-...
10/25/2017
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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...
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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,...
10/20/2017
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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...
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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
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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
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04:32 PM Support #855 (Resolved): Drinking variables in wave 2, adult self-completion
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04:32 PM Support #854 (Resolved): Ethnicity and Socio-economic group - inapplicable data
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04:31 PM Support #853 (Feedback): Self-esteem measure in Youth Questionnaire
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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
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04:28 PM Support #850 (Closed): Non-overlapping data query (waves a to c)
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04:27 PM Support #847 (Closed): Complex samples suite in SPSS
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04:27 PM Support #846 (Closed): BHPS job history file
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04:26 PM Support #845 (Closed): Linkage of Understanding Society to Hospital Episodes Statistics
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04:26 PM Support #844 (Closed): BHPS inverview translation
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04:26 PM Support #842 (Resolved): Marital status variable - mlstat
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04:26 PM Support #841 (Closed): Genetics and diagnosis data
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04:25 PM Support #839 (Closed): Pooling data from all waves, 1-6, using all subsamples of USoc (GPS, EMBS, BHPS, IEMB)
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04:25 PM Support #838 (Closed): dietary fat intake
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04:25 PM Support #837 (Closed): Industrial Injury Disability Benefit - who is asked
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04:24 PM Support #825 (Closed): BHPS weights for BHPS components in UKHLS wave 6
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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