Understanding Society User Support

02/06/2018

03:42 PM Support #913 (Resolved): Understanding Society - Housing Conditions

Gundi Knies

02:12 PM Support #913: Understanding Society - Housing Conditions

Hi Eva,
one way to find out whether a BHPS variable is also included in the Understanding Society questionnaire is t... Gundi Knies

11:15 AM Support #913 (Resolved): Understanding Society - Housing Conditions

Dear all,
the BHPS survey included 11 questions about housing conditions.
br_hsprbg - Shortage of space
br_hrp... Eva Gottges

12:55 PM Support #902: Life history questions in USOC (and BHPS)

(this issue was raised and responded to elsewhere, the correspondence is being logged here) Alita Nandi

12:54 PM Support #902 (Feedback): Life history questions in USOC (and BHPS)

Initial response from survey team:
In the first wave we identify a new entrant (and for all adult respondents in ... Alita Nandi

12:49 PM Support #887 (Resolved): Treatment of student sample members

Alita Nandi

12:48 PM Support #907 (Resolved): Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

Alita Nandi

11:47 AM Support #907: Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

No worries! These things happen... Glad that the issue has been resolved.
Best wishes,
Alita Alita Nandi

12:48 PM Support #908 (Feedback): Request

Alita Nandi

12:21 PM Support #908 (In Progress): Request

Alita Nandi

11:50 AM Support #908: Request

We are producing a marital and cohabitation event history file for Understanding Society where we are including the B... Alita Nandi

12:48 PM Support #909 (Feedback): Combining Datasets

Alita Nandi

12:20 PM Support #909 (In Progress): Combining Datasets

There is an online training course on the Introduction to Understanding Society which, in addition to instructing on ... Alita Nandi

12:47 PM Support #910 (Feedback): How to download NPD linked UKHLS

Alita Nandi

12:20 PM Support #910 (In Progress): How to download NPD linked UKHLS

Alita Nandi

12:12 PM Support #910: How to download NPD linked UKHLS

(as this is identical to issue #911 that you have raised I will delete post #911.)
Alita Nandi

12:08 PM Support #910: How to download NPD linked UKHLS

This dataset is available for download from the UKDS website under their Secure Data Access license.
https://discov... Alita Nandi

12:47 PM Support #906 (Feedback): Highest educational qualification using qfhigh_dv: potential issues with immigrants

Hi Nico,
The issue that you have raised is valid. Your method of checking is sensible. In wave 1, non-UK born (a_u... Alita Nandi

12:36 PM Support #905 (Feedback): Overview of variables for Innovation Panel

The best way to see a list of variables in each wave of IP is by looking at the data documentation.
https://www.und... Alita Nandi

11:59 AM Support #896: Understanding Society Wave 7 timing data

Request withdrawn by user so issue is being closed. Alita Nandi

02/05/2018

08:13 PM Support #912 (Resolved): Duplicates of pid in the harmonized UKHLS/BHPS xwavedat

Dear User Support
I am trying to understand the identifier variables in the harmonized UKHLS/BHPS xwavedat.
1)... Michael Baumkautner

05:13 PM Support #910 (Resolved): How to download NPD linked UKHLS

Hello,
I am not able to download the National Pupil Database from the Uk Data website.Is there any additional formal... nirosha elsem varghese

02/04/2018

10:04 PM Support #904: Educational atttainment waves 20-25 - BHPS sample

Perfect - thank you!! Alice Campbell

02/01/2018

01:54 PM Support #907: Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

Thank you Altida,
The problem was with me. The dofile I was using (the one we received from the workshop) had the va... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

01/31/2018

04:18 PM Support #909 (Resolved): Combining Datasets

I was hoping to use the Understanding Society Dataset for my dissertation on the motherhood wage gap. This requires v... Jessica MacCormick

01/30/2018

05:10 PM Support #907: Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

Hello, I just ran the following code and did not get an error message. How did you specify the globals dir2 and dir3?... Alita Nandi

01:57 PM Support #907: Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

That is the message I am getting (attached)
OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN wrote:
> Thank you for your reply.
> I am acuta... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

01:55 PM Support #907: Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

Thank you for your reply.
I am acutally using the do file you gave us at the training in Essex in November (Example... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

09:55 AM Support #907 (In Progress): Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

If you have copied this code from the worksheets, then due to formatting issues, the ` which you need to specify the ... Alita Nandi

02:18 PM Support #908 (Resolved): Request

Hi,
I'm starting to use the British Household Panel Survey Consolidated Marital, Cohabitation and Fertility Histor... Charlotte Edney

01/29/2018

06:35 PM Support #907 (Resolved): Error message (invalid 'and') while trying to loop

Hi,
I am trying to merge BHPS to the UKLS data. Using the command below, by the time I get to foreach (looping), ... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

01:04 PM Support #906 (Resolved): Highest educational qualification using qfhigh_dv: potential issues with immigrants

Dear support-team,
I am wondering about the qfhigh_dv variable and immigrants who got their degree outside the UK... Nico Ochmann

01/26/2018

03:20 PM Support #904 (Feedback): Educational atttainment waves 20-25 - BHPS sample

Dear Alice,
Thank you for informing us. We are aware of this issue and the data has now been updated with the corr... Stephanie Auty

02:41 PM Support #904 (In Progress): Educational atttainment waves 20-25 - BHPS 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

01:58 AM Support #904 (Resolved): Educational atttainment waves 20-25 - BHPS sample

Hi,
I am conducting longitudinal analyses with the original BHPS sample (hhorig==3), utilising data from both BHPS... Alice Campbell

03:19 PM Support #903 (Feedback): Education variable hiqual_dv in BHPS and USOC

Dear Rossella,
Thank you for informing us. We are aware of this issue and the data has now been updated with the c... Stephanie Auty

02:40 PM Support #903 (In Progress): Education variable hiqual_dv in BHPS and USOC

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

02:41 PM Support #905 (In Progress): Overview of variables for Innovation Panel

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

09:13 AM Support #905 (Resolved): Overview of variables for Innovation Panel

Is there a document available which summarises what information is available in each wave in the Innovation Panel? So... francesca salvati

01/25/2018

05:53 PM Support #903 (Resolved): Education variable hiqual_dv in BHPS and USOC

I am currently working with the long file using BHPS and USOC data.
I am noticing problems with the educational var... Rossella Icardi

01/24/2018

09:54 AM Support #900: BHPS

From: Maria Garcia Reyes [mailto:mariaelena.garciareyes@york.ac.uk]
Sent: 22 January 2018 11:38
To: usersupport@un... Stephanie Auty

01/23/2018

04:24 PM Support #891: Matching f_fihhmnnet1_dv to previously used f_hhnetinc1

Thanks for getting back to me. It's great to get a better understanding of the income figures.
David David Leese

01:17 PM Support #891 (Feedback): Matching f_fihhmnnet1_dv to previously used f_hhnetinc1

Dear David,
Apologies for the delay in this response.
There are three sources of change between the latest rele... Stephanie Auty

01/22/2018

03:55 PM Support #902 (In Progress): Life history questions in USOC (and 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

01:44 PM Support #902 (Resolved): Life history questions in USOC (and BHPS)

My name is Darina Peycheva and I’m a member of the research team working on the 1958 National Child Development Study... Jonathan Burton

03:54 PM Support #901 (Feedback): Question by an Msc student

Dear Benji,
The data including LSOA for 2011 is available under Special Licence with study number 7248 at the UKDS... Stephanie Auty

10:17 AM Support #900 (Feedback): BHPS

Stephanie Auty

01/21/2018

06:12 PM Support #900: BHPS

Dear Maria,
Since wjobhist can have more than one record per respondent, you will need to do a one to many (1:m) o... Stephanie Auty

01/19/2018

11:09 AM Support #899 (Feedback): introduction to understanding society Example 3

Dear Maria,
xtset should be used after appending all of the waves. Please check that each wave only appears once i... Stephanie Auty

10:40 AM Support #901 (In Progress): Question by an Msc student

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

10:04 AM Support #901 (Resolved): Question by an Msc student

Dear Understanding Society Study,
I am an MSc student at the LSHTM, and am wanting to do my MSc research project ... Benjamin Woolf

10:27 AM Support #898 (Feedback): Pay data - include or exclude overtime payment?

Dear Jack,
Yes, w_paygu_dv includes pay for usual amounts of overtime.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Auty - Understan... Stephanie Auty

01/17/2018

04:10 PM Support #896 (Feedback): Understanding Society Wave 7 timing data

Dear Olga,
I will email you about the procedure for requesting this data.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Auty - Unders... Stephanie Auty

02:46 PM Support #897 (Feedback): device used data in Wave 7

Dear Olga,
At Wave 7, those who were invited to participate online first were advised to use a computer rather tha... Stephanie Auty

02:28 PM Support #900 (In Progress): 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

02:11 PM Support #900 (Resolved): BHPS

To whom it may concern,
I am using the BHPS to conduct research on income, house tenure and job history, for all w... Maria Elena Garcia Reyes

02:26 PM Support #899 (In Progress): introduction to understanding society Example 3

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

11:56 AM Support #899 (Resolved): introduction to understanding society Example 3

Hi,
I had the chance to attend the course. I am on exercise 3 matching individual data in long format which I can d... Maria Elena Garcia Reyes

01/15/2018

06:54 PM Support #705: Emigration Status

Hi, thank you for your kind answer. I do have a follow-up question on this issue. May I ask what other cases the "out... Yujung Whang

01:42 PM Support #898 (In Progress): Pay data - include or exclude overtime payment?

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

01:24 PM Support #898 (Resolved): Pay data - include or exclude overtime payment?

Please could you advise me on whether usual pay for overtime is included in the variable paygu_dv? I am trying to con... Jack Worth

01:40 PM Support #897 (In Progress): device used data in Wave 7

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

12:17 PM Support #897 (Resolved): device used data in Wave 7

I would like to ask where I can find “device used” variable in Wave 7 of Understanding Society. I was also not able ... Olga Maslovskaya

01:40 PM Support #896 (In Progress): Understanding Society Wave 7 timing 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

12:16 PM Support #896 (Resolved): Understanding Society Wave 7 timing data

I would like to request access to the timing data in Wave 7 of Understanding Society. We would like to analyse lengt... Olga Maslovskaya

01/11/2018

12:37 PM Support #895 (Feedback): data release mental health and social media

Dear Danilo,
Please could you give more information on which link you are clicking which leads you to 'variable 16... Stephanie Auty

10:26 AM Support #895 (In Progress): data release mental health and social media

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

10:28 AM Support #893 (Rejected): Urgent/ish data mental health and social media

This is a duplicate of issue #895, replies will be posted under that issue.
Stephanie Auty

01/09/2018

06:10 PM Support #895: data release mental health and social media

* missing link I should have cut and paste in the penultimate paragraph:
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/do... danilo di emidio

05:19 PM Support #895 (Resolved): data release mental health and social media

I'm in a very urgent/immediate situation so if you could direct me or find me a dataset (or tell me how to find it) t... danilo di emidio

05:50 PM Support #893 (In Progress): Urgent/ish data mental health and social media

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

05:18 PM Support #893 (Rejected): Urgent/ish data mental health and social media

I'm in a very urgent situation so if you could direct me or find me a dataset (or tell me how to find it) that looks ... danilo di emidio

01:53 PM Support #889 (Resolved): Wave 2 main interview & nurse assessment data

Stephanie Auty

01:52 PM Support #888 (Resolved): Teacher reported NPD measures

Stephanie Auty

01:51 PM Support #886 (Resolved): Zero weights and statistical power

Stephanie Auty

01:51 PM Support #885 (Resolved): Shapefile for RREGION (BHPS)

Stephanie Auty

01:51 PM Support #883 (Resolved): a_indrep.sav Rel Quality Data

Stephanie Auty

01:51 PM Support #882 (Closed): scprely, scrrely and scfrely

Stephanie Auty

01:50 PM Support #878 (Resolved): employment histories

Stephanie Auty

01:48 PM Support #877 (Closed): weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f)

Stephanie Auty

01:47 PM Support #875 (Closed): Veterans employment

Stephanie Auty

01:47 PM Support #873 (Closed): Westminster constituency identifiers

Stephanie Auty

01:47 PM Support #870 (Closed): Change in boundaries of Local Authority Districs

Stephanie Auty

01:47 PM Support #869 (Closed): Unexpectedly strong gender homophily in Understanding Society compared with the BHPS

Stephanie Auty

01:46 PM Support #864 (Closed): filterring

Stephanie Auty

01:46 PM Support #860 (Closed): Length of time for interview

Stephanie Auty

01:46 PM Support #848 (Closed): Clinical Depression H_COND variables

Stephanie Auty

01/08/2018

08:08 PM Support #892 (Feedback): Wave 7 Variables: nutrition_w7, scawembs_w7 and exercise_7

Dear Emma,
All of the variables from these modules will be in the g_indresp file, as this datafile contains all re... Stephanie Auty

10:41 AM Support #892 (In Progress): Wave 7 Variables: nutrition_w7, scawembs_w7 and exercise_7

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

06:22 PM Support #874: try to link the birthweight to each child

We sincerely apologise for the delay in responding to this issue. The delay was partly due to investigating this issu... Alita Nandi

03:01 PM Support #884 (Feedback): Missing call records for the wave 2 and wave 3 nurse visits

Dear Fiona,
I am aware you have been in contact with the team regarding this issue and am copying the reply you ha... Stephanie Auty