Understanding Society User Support

09/07/2018

05:42 PM Support #218 (In Progress): Use of health and welfare services in USoC

Stephanie Auty

03:20 PM Support #218: Use of health and welfare services in USoC

Hi, I have the same concerns. Do you get any answer about it? Yanan Zhang

11:17 AM Support #1038 (Resolved): Imputations for savings, investment, debts and housing value

Dear support team, I am interested in net worth which I derive from the variables savings, investments, debts (bhps w... Nora Müller

11:12 AM Support #1021: Household weighting for longitudinal analysis

Dear Ante,
Apologies for the slow response to this issue. Our weighting team have been on annual leave and will re... Stephanie Auty

09/03/2018

05:27 PM Support #1030 (In Progress): how to incorporate the ISCO-88 into the regression in STATA

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

01:15 PM Support #1026 (Feedback): Personality composite scores

Stephanie Auty

11:45 AM Support #1028 (Feedback): BHPS variables ''drinking'' +''obesity''

Stephanie Auty

09/02/2018

02:50 PM Support #1030 (Resolved): how to incorporate the ISCO-88 into the regression in STATA

Dear office,
Since I am using the BHPS 18waves for my research: how the socioeconomics status affect the self-asse... Yuting Deng

08/31/2018

02:03 PM Support #1028: BHPS variables ''drinking'' +''obesity''

Hello,
You can look for the variables available in the BHPS waves 1-18 here: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/bhps/doc... Alita Nandi

01:56 PM Support #1028 (Resolved): BHPS variables ''drinking'' +''obesity''

Dear BHPS office,
Since i am using the BHPS wave1-wave18 datasets for my research, and i need to find some health-... Yuting Deng

08/28/2018

05:56 PM Support #1027 (In Progress): Pregnancy status

Hello Lydia,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back ... Alita Nandi

05:54 PM Support #1026 (In Progress): Personality composite scores

Hello Y Hu,
No factor analysis was not used. The standard approach of measuring the Big 5 personality traits based... Alita Nandi

09:42 AM Support #1013: Weights for use with wave 2 self-completion questionnaire & nurse assessment data

Dear Stephanie
Many thanks for your help - I'll go ahead with those weights.
Kind regards
Rachel Rachel Bennett

08/27/2018

02:19 PM Support #1027 (Resolved): Pregnancy status

Dear User Support,
I am trying to identify women who were pregnant at the time of the interview. I could find a u... Lydia Palumbo

08/24/2018

04:00 PM Support #1026 (Resolved): Personality composite scores

We are looking to use some of the personality measures for our analysis; and it would be really useful to know how th... Y Hu

08/23/2018

01:09 PM Support #1022: Longitudinal weight

Hi Camille,
The longitudinal weights for people who only appear in waves 3 & 4 (or 2 & 4, or 2& 3 etc) will be zer... Alita Nandi

08/22/2018

12:48 PM Support #1013 (Feedback): Weights for use with wave 2 self-completion questionnaire & nurse assessment data

Dear Rachel,
A reply from the Weighting team:
Yes, the weight you suggest is the best suboptimal wieght so you s... Stephanie Auty

10:55 AM Support #1007: Is there a gap in the data, in the year 2009?

Thank you Stephanie, that guide is very helpful. For the moment I've resolved the issue, so do not need further help ... Luis Valenzuela

08/21/2018

06:47 PM Support #1022: Longitudinal weight

Thank you very much for your help Alita.
Concerning people that do not appear in wave 5 but that are here in wave 2 ... Camille Portier

05:37 PM Support #1022 (Feedback): Longitudinal weight

Take the longitudinal weight from the last wave, Wave 5, in your case and assign that to all previous waves for each ... Alita Nandi

11:04 AM Support #1022: Longitudinal weight

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

06:08 PM Support #1020 (Feedback): Finding variables in the household data (wave 1)

Dear Robin,
To identify a respondent's partner at Wave 1 you can use the variable a_ppid, which contains their par... Stephanie Auty

05:40 PM Support #1019 (Feedback): Zero longitudinal weights

Alita Nandi

05:40 PM Support #1019: Zero longitudinal weights

Longitudinal weights for any wave are non-zero for OSMs (core sample members) who have been continuously interviewed ... Alita Nandi

03:28 PM Support #1011 (Resolved): merging main dataset (6933) with local authority districts (6666) using for both data sets all waves a-g

Stephanie Auty

03:28 PM Support #1010 (Resolved): Cognition tests from wave 3 planned for wave 9 as well?

Stephanie Auty

08/20/2018

10:15 PM Support #1022 (Resolved): Longitudinal weight

Dear Understanding Society Team,
I am looking at change in health status if individuals accross wave 2 to wave 5. ... Camille Portier

05:36 PM Support #1021: Household weighting for longitudinal analysis

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

08/19/2018

11:05 AM Support #1021 (Resolved): Household weighting for longitudinal analysis

Dear Understanding Society Team,
I'm running an analysis at the household level with averaged individual-level att... Ante B

08/16/2018

04:07 PM Support #1020 (In Progress): Finding variables in the household data (wave 1)

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

04:03 PM Support #1020 (Resolved): Finding variables in the household data (wave 1)

I've only just started to try and get my head wrapped around all the files in the SN 5151 and SN 6614 datasets.
It l... Robin Kramer

03:28 PM Support #1019: Zero longitudinal weights

Dear Alejandra,
Our Weighting team are currently on annual leave so I will provide a brief answer and they can add... Stephanie Auty

11:38 AM Support #1019 (In Progress): Zero longitudinal weights

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

02:58 PM Support #1018 (Feedback): Religion Variable for Northern Ireland

Dear Tara,
The religion questions are asked of everyone in Waves 1, 4 and 8, and of new entrants in the waves betw... Stephanie Auty

08/15/2018

09:01 PM Support #1019 (Resolved): Zero longitudinal weights

I want to know the reason behind longitudinal weights equal to zero for some individuals. Thank you. Alejandra Villasenor

03:24 PM Support #1017 (Feedback): Creating synthetic households

Stephanie Auty

03:23 PM Support #1015 (Feedback): Selecting women who were employed in the year when their first biological child was born (both BHPS & UKHLS)

Stephanie Auty

03:22 PM Support #1012 (Feedback): Inconsistency on Wave 2 related to Raceldv compared to other waves

Stephanie Auty

03:22 PM Support #1007 (Feedback): Is there a gap in the data, in the year 2009?

Stephanie Auty

03:19 PM Support #1018 (In Progress): Religion Variable for Northern Ireland

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

02:39 PM Support #1018 (Resolved): Religion Variable for Northern Ireland

Good afternoon,
I am working with the Northern Irish sample of Understanding Society and my analysis centers aroun... Tara McNeill

01:38 PM Support #1009: Details of the f_paygu_dv variable

Dear Stephanie,
Thank you for the response, it is very helpful.
Regards,
Nhlanhla Nhlanhla Ndebele

11:57 AM Support #1009 (Feedback): Details of the f_paygu_dv variable

Dear Nhlanhla,
Apologies for the delay. Here is a response from our Income team:
Paygu_dv is derived as “Gross ... Stephanie Auty

12:41 PM Support #1008: Creating longitudinal weights

Apologies for the delayed response. Our Weighting team are currently all on annual leave and will respond when they r... Stephanie Auty

12:41 PM Support #1013: Weights for use with wave 2 self-completion questionnaire & nurse assessment data

Apologies for the delayed response. Our Weighting team are currently all on annual leave and will respond when they r... Stephanie Auty

08/14/2018

06:29 PM Support #1007: Is there a gap in the data, in the year 2009?

Dear Luis,
This is not a sampling dip as the sample is not drawn each year, it is just a longer time between inter... Stephanie Auty

05:48 PM Support #1006 (Resolved): Variable livepar

Stephanie Auty

05:48 PM Support #1005 (Resolved): Parents-children dyads

Stephanie Auty

05:48 PM Support #1004 (Resolved): Ammendment

Stephanie Auty

05:47 PM Support #1003 (Resolved): Id Pno

Stephanie Auty

05:47 PM Support #1002 (Resolved): Proxy respondents between BHPS and UKHLS

Stephanie Auty

05:47 PM Support #1001 (Resolved): Weights for UKHLS waves 1, 6 and 7

Stephanie Auty

05:47 PM Support #1000 (Resolved): Irregular responses in Well-being questions

Stephanie Auty

05:46 PM Support #997 (Resolved): how to find the variable ''drinking'' in the BHPS?

Stephanie Auty

05:46 PM Support #996 (Resolved): LAD identifiers starting with N0

Stephanie Auty

05:46 PM Support #995 (Resolved): Questions not asked of IEMB respondents in Wave 6

Stephanie Auty

05:46 PM Support #994 (Resolved): Info on household variables

Stephanie Auty

05:45 PM Support #993 (Resolved): merging birth month and birth year to idresp and youth surveys

Stephanie Auty

05:45 PM Support #992 (Resolved): Individual-level Nonresponse Adjustment

Stephanie Auty

05:45 PM Support #991 (Resolved): Variables jbxpcha and jblkcha

Stephanie Auty

05:45 PM Support #989 (Resolved): Initial Outcomes for Innovation Panel Wave 1 Before Re-issuing

Stephanie Auty

05:44 PM Support #987 (Resolved): Weighting of sub-sample

Stephanie Auty

05:44 PM Support #986 (Resolved): Missing Values: Inapplicables for f_jbrise

Stephanie Auty

05:44 PM Support #984 (Resolved): Variables Only Available in IEMB

Stephanie Auty

05:44 PM Support #982 (Resolved): Coding of -vote3- and -vote4- variables in wave 7 of Understanding Society

Stephanie Auty

05:43 PM Support #981 (Resolved): Selection probability/ number of households and dwellings

Stephanie Auty

05:43 PM Support #980 (Resolved): parental occupation variables in BHPS wave r

Stephanie Auty

05:43 PM Support #979 (Resolved): Country of Birth - Special Licence

Stephanie Auty

05:42 PM Support #978 (Resolved): different size in "merge" and "previously been interviewed"

Stephanie Auty

05:42 PM Support #977 (Resolved): Merging a_child with a_indresp

Stephanie Auty

05:42 PM Support #976 (Resolved): Month of birth

Stephanie Auty

05:42 PM Support #975 (Resolved): Health condition variables in GPS

Stephanie Auty

05:42 PM Support #974 (Resolved): self-rated health in wave 9 of the innovation panel

Stephanie Auty

05:41 PM Support #973 (Resolved): Items wOPSOCB and wYPOPSCB (BHPS)

Stephanie Auty

05:41 PM Support #972 (Resolved): Merging house price data with panel BHPS

Stephanie Auty

05:41 PM Support #971 (Resolved): Merging Parents with SDQ

Stephanie Auty

05:41 PM Support #970 (Resolved): GHQ-12 data for young people aged 16-24

Stephanie Auty

05:40 PM Support #969 (Resolved): Scoring Mechanism for big 5 personality scores

Stephanie Auty

05:40 PM Support #968 (Resolved): Wording of Annual History Questions

Stephanie Auty

05:40 PM Support #966 (Resolved): Active Healthy Kids Wales - Call for Wales Data

Stephanie Auty

05:40 PM Support #965 (Resolved): Sample weights

Stephanie Auty

05:39 PM Support #963 (Resolved): Youth Self-Completion Longitudinal Weights

Stephanie Auty

05:39 PM Support #962 (Resolved): NPD Organisation linking

Stephanie Auty

04:57 PM Support #961 (Resolved): Number of years in education and individual income

Stephanie Auty

04:56 PM Support #960 (Resolved): pid and pidp not uniquely identifying rows

Stephanie Auty

04:54 PM Support #918 (Resolved): lnprnt - number of children ever had

Stephanie Auty

04:45 PM Support #959 (Resolved): Neighbourhood data

Stephanie Auty

04:45 PM Support #958 (Resolved): Wave 6 Innovation Panel - missing risk questions.

Stephanie Auty

04:44 PM Support #956 (Resolved): Height and weight in wave 18

Stephanie Auty

04:44 PM Support #955 (Resolved): Individual level net monthly income and social benefit income

Stephanie Auty

04:44 PM Support #954 (Resolved): Nurse health assessment - bioimpedance measures

Stephanie Auty

04:43 PM Support #953 (Resolved): Variable on intention to quit/leave current job

Stephanie Auty

04:43 PM Support #952 (Resolved): variable g_frjtpn, ‘PNO of joint recipient’, on the data file g_income

Stephanie Auty

04:42 PM Support #950 (Resolved): IP8 interviewer numbers

This issue was resolved in the IP10 data release. Stephanie Auty

04:29 PM Support #948 (Resolved): Impevents question transcripts

Stephanie Auty

04:28 PM Support #947 (Resolved): the birthyear of all children (in and outside the household) born by a given female respondent

Stephanie Auty

04:28 PM Support #946 (Resolved): hiqual_dv values

Stephanie Auty

04:28 PM Support #945 (Resolved): total number of siblings of a given respondent (gender is irrelevant)

Stephanie Auty

04:25 PM Support #943 (Resolved): g_indresp - exercise variable

Stephanie Auty

04:24 PM Support #942 (Resolved): Net income of multiple job holders

Stephanie Auty

04:24 PM Support #941 (Resolved): Industry Concordance | SIC 1980 to SIC 2007

Stephanie Auty

04:23 PM Support #938 (Resolved): Household HEAD variable in the UKLS data

Stephanie Auty

04:23 PM Support #937 (Resolved): Merge children to parents

Stephanie Auty

04:23 PM Support #936 (Resolved): Weights for combined BHPS and UKHLS sample

Stephanie Auty

04:22 PM Support #934 (Resolved): Household representative person

Stephanie Auty

04:22 PM Support #933 (Resolved): urban rural info for BHPS

Stephanie Auty

04:22 PM Support #932 (Resolved): Weighting

Stephanie Auty

04:22 PM Support #931 (Resolved): twins

Stephanie Auty

04:22 PM Support #930 (Resolved): BMI variables in the youth panel - potential errors?

Stephanie Auty

04:15 PM Support #928 (Resolved): Merging Youth.

Stephanie Auty

04:12 PM Support #926 (Resolved): Education variable hiqual_dv in USOC

Stephanie Auty

04:11 PM Support #925 (Resolved): Weights for longitudinal analysis

Stephanie Auty

04:11 PM Support #922 (Resolved): Question on the disability module (_disdif1 … _disdif1)

Stephanie Auty

04:11 PM Support #921 (Resolved): Council tax variable

Stephanie Auty

04:10 PM Support #920 (Resolved): Advice on weighting and accounting for the survey design

Stephanie Auty

04:07 PM Support #917 (Resolved): how to merge xwavedat with data from all the other seven waves

Stephanie Auty

04:07 PM Support #916 (Resolved): Two questions about weights

Stephanie Auty

04:07 PM Support #915 (Resolved): sf1 and scsf1 understanding

Stephanie Auty

04:07 PM Support #913 (Resolved): Understanding Society - Housing Conditions

Stephanie Auty

04:07 PM Support #912 (Resolved): Duplicates of pid in the harmonized UKHLS/BHPS xwavedat

Stephanie Auty

04:06 PM Support #910 (Resolved): How to download NPD linked UKHLS

Stephanie Auty

04:06 PM Support #909 (Resolved): Combining Datasets

Stephanie Auty

04:06 PM Support #908 (Resolved): Request

Stephanie Auty

04:05 PM Support #906 (Resolved): Highest educational qualification using qfhigh_dv: potential issues with immigrants

Stephanie Auty

04:05 PM Support #905 (Resolved): Overview of variables for Innovation Panel

Stephanie Auty

04:04 PM Support #900 (Resolved): BHPS

Stephanie Auty

03:53 PM Support #998: Finding Medication types

Dear Luke,
We apologise for the delay in responding. We don't have GP attendance or other health care usage data. ... Alita Nandi

08/13/2018

05:38 PM Support #990: Neighbourhood Social Cohesion Measure

Hello Natalie,
For a research project I am working on with co-authors from UEA, we looked at this module of questi... Alita Nandi

05:29 PM Support #1017: Creating synthetic households

The age of every member of a household can be found in each wave specific household enumeration file called w_indall.... Alita Nandi

05:19 PM Support #1015: Selecting women who were employed in the year when their first biological child was born (both BHPS & UKHLS)

Hello Darya,
We have created this variable (ch1bm_dv and ch1by_dv) and it is available in xwavedat file. Please no... Alita Nandi