Understanding Society User Support

03/31/2019

03:31 PM Support #1177 (In Progress): Birth order for all natural children ever had by a mother

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Alita Nandi

03:30 PM Support #1174 (In Progress): Creating reliable fertility history variables - UKHLS waves 1-8

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Alita Nandi

03:29 PM Support #1175 (In Progress): Can the cross-sectional self-completion interview weight variable be used to estimate the real population distribution at the Local Authority level?

Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a... Alita Nandi

03:26 PM Support #1176 (Feedback): Merging a set of variables to wave 1

INSTEAD OF
use filename, clear
USE
use var1 var2 using filename, clear
This only extracts var1 var2 iste... Alita Nandi

03/29/2019

12:34 PM Support #1176: Merging a set of variables to wave 1

(p.s this is using stata) erica holt-white

12:08 PM Support #1176 (Resolved): Merging a set of variables to wave 1

Hi there,
Thank you for previously helping me with merging USOC waves.
Unfortunately, my work PC does not allow me ... erica holt-white

12:10 PM Support #1177 (Resolved): Birth order for all natural children ever had by a mother

Dear User support team,
I would like to have a birth order variable for all natural children observed for a given ... Chiara Pastore

03/28/2019

04:56 PM Support #1175 (Resolved): Can the cross-sectional self-completion interview weight variable be used to estimate the real population distribution at the Local Authority level?

We're currenlty working on a study, for which we need to know the percentage of each religous group in every LA unit.... Jing Shen

09:35 AM Support #1162: Month of Sample Issue

Liam,
Just to add to the above:
I can confirm that the allocation of GPS PSUs to sample month was random - spec... Peter Lynn

03/27/2019

11:50 PM Support #1174 (Resolved): Creating reliable fertility history variables - UKHLS waves 1-8

Dear UKHLS team
I have had a look at the existing FAQs but haven't been able to find a response, but please let me... fabiana macor

03:44 PM Support #1111: Data discepancy? Tenure_dv and movdir / plnew

Stephanie Auty wrote:
> Dear Chris,
>
> We have some team members looking into this issue and will update you whe... Chris Foye

02:29 PM Support #1172 (Resolved): seeming errors in fnspid and mnspid variables

Alita Nandi

01:24 PM Support #1172: seeming errors in fnspid and mnspid variables

Alita Nandi wrote:
> USE
>
> egen long fpidp=max(fnspid), by (pidp)
>
> INSTEAD OF
>
> egen fpidp=max(fnspi... Katy Morris

10:44 AM Support #1172 (In Progress): seeming errors in fnspid and mnspid variables

USE
egen long fpidp=max(fnspid), by (pidp)
INSTEAD OF
egen fpidp=max(fnspid), by (pidp)
Best wishes,
Alita Alita Nandi

02:24 PM Support #1171: How to match information of any two household members across waves

Following on from our discussion now here is the syntax file. Alita Nandi

12:58 PM Support #1171: How to match information of any two household members across waves

Dear Alita,
thanks for your prompt reply. You write:
When matching for each wave separately (as shown in the ex... Nico Ochmann

10:31 AM Support #1171: How to match information of any two household members across waves

Stephanie now handles this forum and I am responding as she is away :)
When matching for each wave separately (as ... Alita Nandi

02:21 PM Support #1168: Selecting correct weighting

Thanks Olena! Ningqian Yang

02:18 PM Support #1168: Selecting correct weighting

Ningqian,
Yes, the h_psnenui_xw will be the correct weight for the combination of child and hhresp datasets.
... Olena Kaminska

12:58 PM Support #1168: Selecting correct weighting

Dear Olena,
Thanks a lot for your answer.
May I ask what if I only use hhresp and h-child in the analysis? Whic... Ningqian Yang

10:59 AM Support #1168: Selecting correct weighting

Dear Ningqian,
Thank you for your clarification. Your weight will depend on the datasets you use. When you use hhr... Olena Kaminska

10:32 AM Support #1168 (In Progress): Selecting correct weighting

Alita Nandi

10:10 AM Support #1168: Selecting correct weighting

Dear Olena,
Thanks for your kind answer.
Sorry for not having provided enough information in my questions. For ... Ningqian Yang

12:01 PM Support #1173: Clustering

Alita Nandi wrote:
> If you use a pooled cross-sectional set up then there will be more than one observation for som... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

11:57 AM Support #1173: Clustering

If you use a pooled cross-sectional set up then there will be more than one observation for some individuals and so t... Alita Nandi

11:49 AM Support #1173: Clustering

Alita Nandi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Please provide some more information about your analysis.
>
> We can say that ... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

11:41 AM Support #1173 (Feedback): Clustering

Hello,
Please provide some more information about your analysis.
We can say that the data is clustered and stra... Alita Nandi

11:21 AM Support #1173 (Resolved): Clustering

I am trying to run some analysis using individual and household characteristics and having to deal with clustering is... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

11:56 AM Support #1162: Month of Sample Issue

Liam,
Thank you for contacting us. Yes, your question is very interesting. The differences observed are very likel... Olena Kaminska

11:42 AM Support #1124 (Resolved): A binary variable for children under the age of 7 in a given household

Alita Nandi

11:16 AM Support #1038 (Resolved): Imputations for savings, investment, debts and housing value

Alita Nandi

03/26/2019

05:19 PM Support #1172 (Resolved): seeming errors in fnspid and mnspid variables

Hello,
I am trying to match parents and children in UKHLS (using via pidp, fnspid and mnspid variables) and obtai... Katy Morris

11:45 AM Support #1168: Selecting correct weighting

Dear Ningqian,
Thank you for your question. I don't have enough details about your analysis, but it sounds to be t... Olena Kaminska

03/25/2019

12:05 PM Support #1171: How to match information of any two household members across waves

Dear Alita,
have not heard from you in a while, but Stephanie was very helpful too.
Both the 28K and 19K are wa... Nico Ochmann

10:11 AM Support #1171 (In Progress): How to match information of any two household members across waves

Hi Nico,
Yes, you can replicate this matching excercise for each wave. You could do this excercise for each wave a... Alita Nandi

03/24/2019

01:42 PM Support #1162: Month of Sample Issue

Hi Stephanie,
Thanks for the response.
I'm surprised by the answer as I find differences in (Wave 1) region of ... Liam Wright

03/23/2019

03:56 PM Support #1171 (Resolved): How to match information of any two household members across waves

Dear Stephanie,
the handout to the question about matching info of any two hh members states that I quote: "In this... Nico Ochmann

03/22/2019

08:39 PM Support #1170 (Feedback): Self reported health

Dear Erica,
You can access our data on the UK Data Service website, here: https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacat... Stephanie Auty

04:27 PM Support #1170 (Resolved): Self reported health

Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to inquire about self-reported health prevalence data (i.e variable scsf1 ), Is a da... erica holt-white

07:58 AM Support #1166: Material deprivation response categories

Thank you so much for your quick reply, Stephanie! This is very helpful.
Kind Regards,
Christina Christina Nascimento

03/21/2019

10:16 PM Support #1169: Micro-level locational data

OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How can I access more micro-level locational information? I know there i... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

09:43 PM Support #1169 (Feedback): Micro-level locational data

Dear Olayiwola Oladiran,
The geographical data available with Special Licence access are listed here: https://www.... Stephanie Auty

06:25 PM Support #1169 (Resolved): Micro-level locational data

Hello,
How can I access more micro-level locational information? I know there is the regional level data on the l... OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN

09:46 PM Support #1078: Marital change

Dear Lydia, Ashley and Lewis,
We apologise for the delay in releasing this data. In April we should be able to giv... Stephanie Auty

03:46 PM Support #1168 (Resolved): Selecting correct weighting

Hi,
We are now conducting a housing research regarding the following three questions:
1. Comparison of the propor... Ningqian Yang

12:33 PM Support #1165: Identifying the correct weights for analysis of Understanding Society (USoc) data

Dear Olena,
Once again, thanks very much for your help. I may get in touch again later on if I have queries about ... Sergio Salis

12:10 PM Support #1165 (Feedback): Identifying the correct weights for analysis of Understanding Society (USoc) data

Stephanie Auty

11:55 AM Support #1165: Identifying the correct weights for analysis of Understanding Society (USoc) data

Dear Sergio,
I can confirm that everything you said is correct, except for the point 7 - we currently do not have ... Olena Kaminska

11:12 AM Support #1165: Identifying the correct weights for analysis of Understanding Society (USoc) 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

09:05 AM Support #1165 (Resolved): Identifying the correct weights for analysis of Understanding Society (USoc) data

Good morning,
First of all, thanks for patiently discussing this issue with me yesterday. Your advice was indeed v... Sergio Salis

12:10 PM Support #1166 (Feedback): Material deprivation response categories

Dear Christina,
We don't have any more information on why individuals may choose this response option, and it is u... Stephanie Auty

11:19 AM Support #1166 (In Progress): Material deprivation response categories

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

10:09 AM Support #1166 (Resolved): Material deprivation response categories

Hello,
I am conducting some research using the material deprivation items included in the UKHLS. In particular, I ... Christina Nascimento

11:24 AM Support #1167 (In Progress): Linking Understanding Society and HESA 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

10:13 AM Support #1167 (In Progress): Linking Understanding Society and HESA data

Hi,
Could you please let me know what the predicted date of completion of the linking of Understanding Society and... Inga Steinberg

03/20/2019

05:58 PM Support #1121 (Feedback): Variable "plbornc" vs "plbornc_all

Stephanie Auty

05:50 PM Support #1143 (Feedback): Derived interview and demographic characteristics

Dear Nurfatima Jandarova,
Apologies for the delay in responding to the remaining part of this question.
The sam... Stephanie Auty

05:38 PM Support #1146 (Feedback): Understanding Society Wave 8 Interview dates/times data

Dear Olga,
This appears to be an error in the data as delivered to us. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.... Stephanie Auty

05:13 PM Support #1152 (Feedback): Coding of x_jbxpcha in Waves 6 and 8

Dear Nhlanhla,
Thanks for explaining.
We don't have any more information about why people may choose that optio... Stephanie Auty

02:33 PM Support #1164 (Feedback): job classification

Dear Michela,
w_jbsoc10 will only be populated for individuals who have changed their job since we introduced codi... Stephanie Auty

03/19/2019

09:58 PM Support #1164 (Resolved): job classification

Dear support team,
I am using wave 3 to construct measures of over/under education by occupation. I would like to us... Michela Vecchi

02:49 PM Support #1162 (Feedback): Month of Sample Issue

Dear Liam,
Households were assigned randomly to sample months, apart from BHPS and NI sample members. The BHPS sam... Stephanie Auty

01:22 PM Support #1078: Marital change

Dear Stephanie,
Sorry to jump in with the same question as above - but are you able to give any indication of when... Lewis Anderson

03/18/2019

11:48 AM Support #1162 (In Progress): Month of Sample Issue

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

11:47 AM Support #1156 (Feedback): Fertility History and birth events

Dear Maddalena,
Please use the egoalt files for this.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Stephanie Auty

03/15/2019

12:34 PM Support #1162 (Resolved): Month of Sample Issue

Hi,
I'm interested in what specifically determined the month of sample issue in the General Population Sample. I l... Liam Wright

11:53 AM Support #1155: What variables to use to construct hourly gross labor wage that accounts for overtime

Thanks a lot Stephanie.
Have a great weekend.
Nico Nico Ochmann

10:22 AM Support #1155 (Feedback): What variables to use to construct hourly gross labor wage that accounts for overtime

Dear Nico,
w_paygu_dv includes overtime if the individual usually receives overtime pay.
You can find out wheth... Stephanie Auty

10:42 AM Support #1151: Carrying forward variables across waves, creating 'how long lived at address' variable

Dear Natasha,
Just to add, the month and year of moving are recorded in w_plnowm and w_plnowy4.
Best wishes,
S... Stephanie Auty

10:39 AM Support #1151 (Feedback): Carrying forward variables across waves, creating 'how long lived at address' variable

Dear Natasha,
w_mvyr is only asked of new entrants, which you can see from the Universe in the online documentatio... Stephanie Auty

10:18 AM Support #1158 (Feedback): On variables in entrepreneurship studies

Dear Daniel,
I think you will find our Index Terms page useful: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentati... Stephanie Auty

03/14/2019

05:35 PM Support #1156: Fertility History and birth events

Thanks a lot Stephanie. I have written to the principal investigator as you suggested because unfortunately the gende... Maddalena Ronchi

04:44 PM Support #1156: Fertility History and birth events

Dear Maddalena,
The dataset British Household Panel Survey Consolidated Marital, Cohabitation and Fertility Histor... Stephanie Auty

03:02 PM Support #1156: Fertility History and birth events

Hi Stephanie,
Any news about my question? I'd be happy to just replicate the startegy suggested by the BHPS - if a... Maddalena Ronchi

01:24 PM Support #1161 (Feedback): Medication query

Dear Luke,
You can find the exact wording of all of the questions in the nurse visit by reading the questionnaire,... Stephanie Auty

09:37 AM Support #1161 (Resolved): Medication query

Hello,
In the nurse visit a question is asked as to whether the respondent was ‘taking or using any medicines, pil... Luke Barry

01:22 PM Support #1160 (Feedback): sample size - households in NI in latest wave

Dear Gillian,
The number of responses for Northern Ireland are:
Households (hh questionnaire completed): 1382 (W8... Stephanie Auty

01:20 PM Support #1159 (Resolved): Weights for cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

Stephanie Auty

03/13/2019

04:30 PM Support #1159: Weights for cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

Dear Olena,
Sounds good. Many thanks again.
Luca Luca Bernardi

04:26 PM Support #1159: Weights for cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

Luca,
Yes, the weight is correct, and it should come from the last wave that you use in your analysis. Note, 'ub_l... Olena Kaminska

01:39 PM Support #1159: Weights for cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

Dear Olena,
Many thanks for replying so quickly. That's very helpful. If I understand correctly, since I am using ... Luca Bernardi

12:01 PM Support #1159: Weights for cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

Luca,
Thank you for your question.
If you are interested in estimates in a particular time point - you should us... Olena Kaminska

11:33 AM Support #1159 (Resolved): Weights for cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

Dear Understanding Society Support Team,
I am using data from adult main interviews from all waves. I am estimatin... Luca Bernardi

03:15 PM Support #1160 (Resolved): sample size - households in NI in latest wave

I would like to know how many households are represented in the most recent wave (full year) for Northern Ireland. I ... gillian young

03/12/2019

06:15 PM Support #1156: Fertility History and birth events

Thank you very much Stephanie and sorry for uploading the file, it won't happen again now that I know I shouldn't do ... Maddalena Ronchi

03/08/2019

06:06 PM Support #1152: Coding of x_jbxpcha in Waves 6 and 8

Dear Stephanie,
Thank you for the response, I think I was not quite clear with my question. The issue I had was wh... Nhlanhla Ndebele

04:31 PM Support #1152: Coding of x_jbxpcha in Waves 6 and 8

Dear Nhlanhla Ndebele,
Please can you tell me in which wave you found this problem? I have looked at Waves 6 and 8... Stephanie Auty

04:38 PM Support #1154 (Feedback): Pay

Dear Amandeep,
There is information on income estimation in section 3.4.3 of the Mainstage User Guide which you ca... Stephanie Auty

12:48 PM Support #1154 (In Progress): Pay

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

04:22 PM Support #1142: Identifying unemployment spells

Dear Lewis,
We are currently investigating this issue.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Stephanie Auty

04:21 PM Support #1146: Understanding Society Wave 8 Interview dates/times data

Dear Olga,
We are currently investigating this issue.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Stephanie Auty

04:20 PM Support #1157 (Feedback): Missing variable: a_nbrsnci_dv (Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument)

Dear Mike,
I see these variables in my copy of the a_indresp, c_indresp and f_indresp. Please try re-downloading t... Stephanie Auty

12:59 PM Support #1157 (In Progress): Missing variable: a_nbrsnci_dv (Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument)

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

12:59 PM Support #1158 (In Progress): On variables in entrepreneurship studies

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

03:54 AM Support #1158 (Resolved): On variables in entrepreneurship studies

I'm currently researching on self employment among ethnic minorities in the UK and I'm wondering if you have got a gu... Daniel Okoli

12:55 PM Support #1156: Fertility History and birth events

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

12:49 PM Support #1155 (In Progress): What variables to use to construct hourly gross labor wage that accounts for overtime

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

03/07/2019

07:29 PM Support #1156: Fertility History and birth events

Also, there are opposite cases with respect to the one highlighted above, i.e. cases in which a supposedly natural ch... Maddalena Ronchi

03/06/2019

05:29 PM Support #1156: Fertility History and birth events

I'd like to raise an extra point: there some instances in which the number of children computed in bchildnt.dta do no... Maddalena Ronchi

01:02 PM Support #1156 (Resolved): Fertility History and birth events

I have a couple of questions regarding how to buid fertility hisotires and birth events for individuals in the BHPS. ... Maddalena Ronchi

01:06 PM Support #1157 (Resolved): Missing variable: a_nbrsnci_dv (Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument)

I'm hoping to use the variables "a_nbrsnci_dv" (Buckner's Neighbourhood Cohesion Instrument), c_nbrsnci_dv and f_nbrs... Mike Thomas

10:58 AM Support #1155 (Resolved): What variables to use to construct hourly gross labor wage that accounts for overtime

Hello Stephanie,
I want to construct hourly wages with w_paygu_dv which I assume include payments for overtime pe... Nico Ochmann

03/05/2019

01:54 PM Support #1154 (Resolved): Pay

Hi!
I am currently researching ethnic pay gaps using the Understanding Society data set.
Initially I was using ... Amandeep Dhillon

03/04/2019

09:56 AM Support #1128: How to match husbands and wives in USoc without dropping one or the other

Dear Stephanie,
I found out a way to drop households that have a missing on any explanatory variable for both fem... Nico Ochmann

03/02/2019

03:51 PM Support #1128: How to match husbands and wives in USoc without dropping one or the other

Stephanie,
I should note that in coming up with the above summary stats, I did combine all eight waves in USoc.
... Nico Ochmann