Activity
From 03/20/2019 to 04/18/2019
04/18/2019
- 01:01 PM Support #1181: Merging general health variables
- Dear Erica,
Our Policy Unit (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/research/policy) are interested in contacting ...
04/17/2019
- 05:57 PM Support #1183 (Feedback): Discrepancies in the distribution of religion between US and UK Census
- Hello Jing Shen,
The Census question and the Understanding Society questions are slightly different.
In the 2... - 10:19 AM Support #1185: Linking all waves of BHPS and UKHLS: Inconsistencies?
- Thank you Alita!
This is very helpful as I was mostly wondering whether I did something wrong in the matching proces... - 10:02 AM Support #1185: Linking all waves of BHPS and UKHLS: Inconsistencies?
- Also, sex_dv is only available for the 8 UKHLS waves and it does not have the same problem, that is, there is a valid...
- 09:40 AM Support #1185 (Feedback): Linking all waves of BHPS and UKHLS: Inconsistencies?
- Hi Nicole,
Without looking at your code I cannot comment but I can say that when I appended 25 waves I too find si...
04/16/2019
- 11:38 PM Support #1185 (Resolved): Linking all waves of BHPS and UKHLS: Inconsistencies?
- Hello,
I've merged all the waves of the BHPS and Understanding Society into one master data file in the long-forma...
04/12/2019
- 04:33 PM Support #1183 (In Progress): Discrepancies in the distribution of religion between US and UK Census
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
- 03:43 PM Support #1184: informal care receipt in wave 7
- >> In that case do the data team correct RELATIONSHIP_DV based on a respondents answers to other questions in the sur...
- 12:37 PM Support #1184: informal care receipt in wave 7
- Hi Alita,
Thankyou for looking into this so quickly.
In that case do the data team correct RELATIONSHIP_DV base... - 12:16 PM Support #1184 (In Progress): informal care receipt in wave 7
- Hello Sean,
I have looked into this and identified these discrepancies that you have mentioned.
The relationsh...
04/11/2019
- 01:41 PM Support #1184 (Resolved): informal care receipt in wave 7
- Hi,
I am currently using the information regarding informal care receipt in the social care module of wave 7.
T... - 12:58 PM Support #1183 (Resolved): Discrepancies in the distribution of religion between US and UK Census
- I'm currently working on religious variables in Understanding Society, and have found that the distribution of religi...
- 12:53 PM Support #1089: Does the data collection procedure of US fit the rule of randomization?
- Thank you very much. This is very helpful!
04/09/2019
- 04:10 PM Support #1162: Month of Sample Issue
- Hi Olena and Peter,
Thank you for these replies. These are very helpful.
Best wishes,
Liam
04/08/2019
- 11:19 AM Support #1182: Pooling data for analysis by calendar year
- Dear Rebecca,
Thank you for your question. No, your suggestion will not work. You should base your calendar year o... - 09:47 AM Support #1182 (In Progress): Pooling data for analysis by calendar year
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
04/07/2019
- 12:07 PM Support #1171: How to match information of any two household members across waves
- Sorry for the late reply Alita,
if you add to your code above the following line: rename sp_`w'_* sp_* , then eve... - 09:35 AM Support #1182 (Resolved): Pooling data for analysis by calendar year
- I am trying to get to the mean of certain variables for each calendar year and I am uncertain about rescaling weights...
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...
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