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From 01/14/2018 to 02/12/2018

02/12/2018

12:34 PM Support #884 (Resolved): Missing call records for the wave 2 and wave 3 nurse visits
Alita Nandi
12:34 PM Support #881 (Resolved): weighting values of zero
Alita Nandi
12:33 PM Support #880 (Resolved): Genetic data linked to NPD
Alita Nandi
12:33 PM Support #874 (Resolved): try to link the birthweight to each child
Alita Nandi
12:29 PM Support #723 (Resolved): Combining USOC/BHPS and zero weights
Alita Nandi
12:27 PM Support #913 (Feedback): Understanding Society - Housing Conditions
Alita Nandi
12:24 PM Support #890 (Resolved): SDQ variables
Alita Nandi
12:24 PM Support #904 (Resolved): Educational atttainment waves 20-25 - BHPS sample
Alita Nandi
12:24 PM Support #903 (Resolved): Education variable hiqual_dv in BHPS and USOC
Alita Nandi
12:23 PM Support #902 (Resolved): Life history questions in USOC (and BHPS)
Alita Nandi
12:23 PM Support #901 (Resolved): Question by an Msc student
Alita Nandi
12:22 PM Support #899 (Resolved): introduction to understanding society Example 3
Alita Nandi
12:22 PM Support #898 (Resolved): Pay data - include or exclude overtime payment?
Alita Nandi
12:22 PM Support #897 (Resolved): device used data in Wave 7
Alita Nandi
12:21 PM Support #896 (Resolved): Understanding Society Wave 7 timing data
Alita Nandi
12:21 PM Support #892 (Resolved): Wave 7 Variables: nutrition_w7, scawembs_w7 and exercise_7
Alita Nandi
12:20 PM Support #891 (Resolved): Matching f_fihhmnnet1_dv to previously used f_hhnetinc1
Alita Nandi
12:20 PM Support #895 (Resolved): data release mental health and social media
Alita Nandi
12:20 PM Support #900: BHPS
Dear Maria,
Dave Mare's files are available at the UKDS: https://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/?sn=7821&t...
Alita Nandi
11:58 AM Support #916 (Feedback): Two questions about weights
Alita Nandi
11:33 AM Support #916: Two questions about weights
Tom,
Thank you for your question.
All our derivation of weights is explained in the Understanding Society User ...
Olena Kaminska
09:03 AM Support #916 (Resolved): Two questions about weights
Hi,
I have two questions about weights that perhaps you can help me with.
First, the documentation states that ...
Tom Waters
11:57 AM Support #912 (Feedback): Duplicates of pid in the harmonized UKHLS/BHPS xwavedat
Hello Michael,
Thank you for identifying these cases. You are correct there are 11 pids with 2 observations. We ha...
Alita Nandi
10:12 AM Support #917 (Feedback): how to merge xwavedat with data from all the other seven waves
Alita Nandi
10:12 AM Support #917: how to merge xwavedat with data from all the other seven waves
In this latest release xwavedat includes BHPS cases as well. If you look at the hhorig for these cases you will see t... Alita Nandi
10:05 AM Support #917 (Resolved): how to merge xwavedat with data from all the other seven waves
Dear Alita,
this seems an obvious procedure, but I obtain a fairly high number of non-matches (60,792), which kin...
Nico Ochmann

02/09/2018

02:01 PM Support #915 (Feedback): sf1 and scsf1 understanding
Hi Oliver,
to reconstruct the inapplicable codes in specific waves and variables you need to check the questionnaire...
Gundi Knies
01:47 PM Support #915 (Resolved): sf1 and scsf1 understanding
Hi, could you please explain the difference between sf1 and scsf1. My understandng is that sf1 was asked face to face... Oliver Lester

02/08/2018

11:22 AM Support #914 (Closed): end dates of individual interview for IP W9
I have noticed that in i_indresp_ip there are the following variables available:
Individual interview start time (...
Olga Maslovskaya

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
 

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