Activity
From 03/07/2019 to 04/05/2019
04/05/2019
- 11:40 PM Support #1181 (In Progress): Merging general health variables
- Dear Erica,
There could be unmatched cases because not every individual responds in every wave, but I would need m... - 12:19 PM Support #1181 (Resolved): Merging general health variables
- Hi there,
after merging data using variables related to general health (such as scsf1) there seems to be many unmatc... - 11:34 PM Support #1180 (Feedback): BHPS + US harmonized measure of mental well-being
- Dear Giorgio,
You can look at the index terms pages for health: subjective wellbeing (https://www.understandingsoc...
04/03/2019
- 08:40 AM Support #1180 (Resolved): BHPS + US harmonized measure of mental well-being
- Dear all,
I would like to know your opinion about the following issue: I am working with all the waves of BHPS + US...
04/02/2019
- 02:26 PM Support #1144 (Resolved): Matrix of variables vs waves
- 02:25 PM Support #1179 (Feedback): EQ-5D-5L
- Dear Erica,
These questions have been included in Wave 11 of the Innovation Panel, but are not yet part of our mai... - 12:28 PM Support #1167: Linking Understanding Society and HESA data
- Dear Inga,
I'm sorry, the data is not available now and we cannot give an expected date at the moment. We will let... - 10:09 AM Support #1177: Birth order for all natural children ever had by a mother
- Thanks for clarifying this!
04/01/2019
- 07:18 PM Support #1174 (Feedback): Creating reliable fertility history variables - UKHLS waves 1-8
- The variable ch1bm_dv ch1by_dv in xwavedat show the month and year of birth of first child (note: ch1bm_dv variable ...
- 07:13 PM Support #1177 (Feedback): Birth order for all natural children ever had by a mother
- Each row in this file is uniquely identified by A_HIDP A_PNO A_CHILDNO. The variables A_HIDP A_PNO identify the paren...
- 06:47 PM Support #1179 (In Progress): EQ-5D-5L
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 01:56 PM Support #1179 (Resolved): EQ-5D-5L
- Is the health variable EQ-5D-5L available is USOC data, or can it maybe be calculated using other variables in the da...
- 06:43 PM Support #1178 (Feedback): Income
- Dear Amandeep,
There is not one variable which tells you gross hourly pay, but you could calculate it yourself usi... - 01:24 PM Support #1178 (Resolved): Income
- Hi, is there an income on gross hourly pay? I could not find one on the mainstage user guide.
Thanks - 03:49 PM Support #1169: Micro-level locational data
- Dear Olayiwola Oladiran,
Apologies, I have been told that the information in this document: http://doc.ukdataservi... - 02:57 PM Support #1175: Can the cross-sectional self-completion interview weight variable be used to estimate the real population distribution at the Local Authority level?
- Dear Jing Shen,
Thank you for your question. This question is rather a statistical one, and I can only answer abou... - 02:43 PM Support #1168 (Resolved): Selecting correct weighting
- 02:38 PM Support #1142 (Feedback): Identifying unemployment spells
- Dear Lewis,
Apologies for the delay in responding.
Yes, this is the reason for the change in wording. When the ...
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
03/29/2019
- 12:34 PM Support #1176: Merging a set of variables to wave 1
- (p.s this is using stata)
- 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 ... - 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 ...
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....
- 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...
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... - 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... - 02:29 PM Support #1172 (Resolved): seeming errors in fnspid and mnspid variables
- 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... - 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 - 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.
- 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... - 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 ... - 02:21 PM Support #1168: Selecting correct weighting
- Thanks Olena!
- 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.
... - 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... - 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... - 10:32 AM Support #1168 (In Progress): Selecting correct weighting
- 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 ... - 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... - 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...
- 11:49 AM Support #1173: Clustering
- Alita Nandi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Please provide some more information about your analysis.
>
> We can say that ... - 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... - 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...
- 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... - 11:42 AM Support #1124 (Resolved): A binary variable for children under the age of 7 in a given household
- 11:16 AM Support #1038 (Resolved): Imputations for savings, investment, debts and housing value
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... - 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...
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... - 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...
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 ...
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...
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... - 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... - 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
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... - 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.... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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 ... - 12:10 PM Support #1165 (Feedback): Identifying the correct weights for analysis of Understanding Society (USoc) data
- 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 ... - 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...
- 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... - 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... - 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...
- 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 ... - 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...
- 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...
03/20/2019
- 05:58 PM Support #1121 (Feedback): Variable "plbornc" vs "plbornc_all
- 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... - 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.... - 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... - 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...
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... - 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... - 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...
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...
- 11:47 AM Support #1156 (Feedback): Fertility History and birth events
- Dear Maddalena,
Please use the egoalt files for this.
Best wishes,
Stephanie
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... - 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 - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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...
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...
- 04:44 PM Support #1156: Fertility History and birth events
- Dear Maddalena,
The dataset British Household Panel Survey Consolidated Marital, Cohabitation and Fertility Histor... - 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... - 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,... - 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... - 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... - 01:20 PM Support #1159 (Resolved): Weights for cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses
03/13/2019
- 04:30 PM Support #1159: Weights for cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses
- Dear Olena,
Sounds good. Many thanks again.
Luca - 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... - 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 ... - 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... - 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... - 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 ...
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 ...
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... - 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... - 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... - 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...
- 04:22 PM Support #1142: Identifying unemployment spells
- Dear Lewis,
We are currently investigating this issue.
Best wishes,
Stephanie - 04:21 PM Support #1146: Understanding Society Wave 8 Interview dates/times data
- Dear Olga,
We are currently investigating this issue.
Best wishes,
Stephanie - 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... - 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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...
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