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From 06/13/2019 to 07/12/2019

07/08/2019

04:09 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Sarah,
I see the problem. The way you specified weights in SPSS they are assumed to be frequency weights. Our weig...
Olena Kaminska

07/05/2019

09:57 AM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Hi Olena
Thank you. I've attached three pages in a word document. The first page has the syntax and the second and...
Sarah H

07/04/2019

05:47 PM Support #1208: Identifying step-parent from relationship file
Dear Charlotte,
Can you tell me which wave you are looking at? I have checked Wave 7 and am not finding the result...
Stephanie Auty
04:20 PM Support #1208 (In Progress): Identifying step-parent from relationship file
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
05:45 PM Support #1210: Question about health conditions data
Thanks for the clarification Stephanie Jack Malde
05:31 PM Support #1210 (Feedback): Question about health conditions data
Dear Jack,
You are correct in what you have said. We have realised this problem and have redesigned these question...
Stephanie Auty
09:49 AM Support #1210 (Resolved): Question about health conditions data
I would simply like to generate a dummy variable to indicate if the individual has a certain health condition at each... Jack Malde
05:17 PM Support #1209 (Feedback): Shared parenting arrangements
Dear Kirsty,
We ask about this topic in the child maintenance module from the point of view of how often a child i...
Stephanie Auty
04:37 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Sarah,
I am puzzled myself. But if you have a syntax that you can share I will be happy to look.
Thanks,
Olena
Olena Kaminska
01:49 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Hi Olena
This is most strange and I've re-done the test again and appears the N does go up for weighted data in the ...
Sarah H
12:11 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Sarah,
I just want to clarify my previous comment. It relates to your earlier results of Fisher exact test.
I on...
Olena Kaminska
10:09 AM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Sarah,
Unfortunately I don't think I know the reason for the difference between weighted and unweighted analysis t...
Olena Kaminska

07/03/2019

09:49 PM Support #1209 (Resolved): Shared parenting arrangements
Hello. From looking at the data you currently collect I can't see that it would be possible to assess how many childr... Kirsty Budds
04:38 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Hi Olena
Yes I have used all the same variables when I did the analysis weighted/unweighted.
however, I have done...
Sarah H
12:01 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Sarah,
The weighting deals only with unit nonresponse. Don't knows and refusals can be treated as valid answers or...
Olena Kaminska
11:56 AM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Hi Olena
Thanks for your message. No I've used the exact same variables as I am using the same dataset but just ap...
Sarah H
11:49 AM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Sarah,
I see. No, your subgroup definition is fine and yes, our data will represent this subgroup. I misunderstood...
Olena Kaminska

07/02/2019

12:22 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Dear Olena
Have I missed something? I am only looking at a very specific sub sample of the dataset (e.g. specific ...
Sarah H
12:17 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Try to exclude the variable reflecting samples of interests. The weight takes into account samples correctly on your ... Olena Kaminska
12:09 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
The definition of the variable is the same. However, the variable i'm using is ethnicity and as there are so many, I'... Sarah H
11:54 AM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Sarah,
This doesn't sound right: I expect the total with weights to be smaller than in unweighted analysis. I also...
Olena Kaminska
11:47 AM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Hi
Fishers exact test performed.
Sample size before weighting n=962 p=.027
Sample size after weighting n=1015...
Sarah H
11:39 AM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Sarah,
What was the sample size in your analysis before and after weighting, and what was the p-value?
Thank y...
Olena Kaminska
11:06 AM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Thank you Olena.
To follow on from this, I've conducted some analysis using the weight and results I would expect ...
Sarah H
11:50 AM Support #1208 (Feedback): Identifying step-parent from relationship file
Hi,
I'm using a child-centric dataset to try and get an indicator of whether the child has a step-father in the ho...
Charlotte Edney
11:48 AM Support #1207: Weighting and state benefits
Marcus,
The cross-sectional weights are correct. For the longitudinal analysis starting at wave 2 you will need to...
Olena Kaminska

06/28/2019

07:20 AM Support #1206: Data linkage to NHS data
Yes you are right we do have consent to do this linkage but the linkage to English health records is not currently in... Alita Nandi

06/27/2019

05:19 PM Support #1207 (In Progress): Weighting and state benefits
Many thanks for your enquiry.
We have assigned your query regarding weights to our Survey Statistician who will g...
Alita Nandi
04:52 PM Support #1207 (Resolved): Weighting and state benefits
Hi,
I am currently undertaking cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses using both BHPS and US data looking at li...
Marcus McPhillips
03:52 PM Support #1205: self-completion weight wave 7
Dear Gill,
Thank you for pointing this to us. Yes, please use g_indscub_xw weight and disregard the User Guide co...
Olena Kaminska
03:48 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Yes, to both questions. Olena Kaminska
03:29 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Hi
I think this has gone on to a different topic, to confirm that if I use the n_indpxui_xw weight in SPSS, this ma...
Sarah H
07:45 AM Support #1206 (In Progress): Data linkage to NHS data
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

06/26/2019

04:45 PM Support #1206 (Resolved): Data linkage to NHS data
Hi,
I am interested in looking at some health related outcomes and possibly mental health related outcomes as part...
Eleanor Temple
07:58 AM Support #1205: self-completion weight 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... Alita Nandi

06/25/2019

06:10 PM Support #1205 (Resolved): self-completion weight wave 7
Dear USoc Team
In issue #736 Peter Lynn helpfully explains that the decision not to provide indscub_xw from w5 was...
Gill Weston

06/24/2019

02:48 PM Support #1204: UKHLS zero weight in panel data
Hello,
Don't worry about zero values of weights - as long as you use weights and adjust for clustering and stratif...
Olena Kaminska
09:44 AM Support #1203: Net Income Variable in BHPS
But please note the Jenkins et al net income files only produced net household labour income and not individual level... Alita Nandi
09:40 AM Support #1203 (In Progress): Net Income Variable in BHPS
bW_fimnlabgrs_dv is gross labour income.
bw_fimnlabgrs_dv in the harmonised files is the same as bw_fimnl in the s...
Alita Nandi

06/23/2019

03:42 PM Support #1131: Harmonization of retrospective cohabitation and marital status information
Thank you very much, Alita. Ashley Burdett
11:53 AM Support #1131: Harmonization of retrospective cohabitation and marital status information
The partnership history files are now available at the UKDA.
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2019/06/20/new-p...
Alita Nandi
12:25 PM Support #1204: UKHLS zero weight in panel data
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
12:25 PM Support #1203: Net Income Variable in BHPS
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
11:55 AM Support #1078: Marital change
The partnership history files are now available at the UKDA.
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2019/06/20/new-p...
Alita Nandi

06/20/2019

12:49 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Sarah,
I suggest that you use proportions, and not frequencies, that SPSS gives you. If you need to get population...
Olena Kaminska
11:27 AM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
I am using SPSS. Does this change anything that you have responded above in terms of error message and weighting vari... Sarah H
10:54 AM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Sarah,
I was referring to the syntax in Stata, for example svy command and pw=n_indpxui_xw within this command. Is...
Olena Kaminska
09:50 AM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Hi Olena
I am using n_indpxui_xw using the h_indresp database (individuals and proxies) looking at England geograph...
Sarah H

06/19/2019

11:05 AM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Sarah,
Which syntax are you using? Our weights are not frequency weights so please do not use fweights command. Ou...
Olena Kaminska

06/18/2019

11:30 PM Support #1204 (Resolved): UKHLS zero weight in panel data
Hello. I'd like some advice about weighting variable. I'm using UKHLS waves 1 through 7, individual data.
When I ran...
Sook Kim
06:45 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Hi Olena
when I apply the weight, shouldn't expect the counts to shift and the frequencies to be higher? They do n...
Sarah H
03:43 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Sarah,
Yes, definitely.
Olena
Olena Kaminska
03:41 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Hi Olena
I'm applying this weight to analysis conducted on data that respondents are resident in England only. Is ...
Sarah H
03:36 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Dear Sarah,
Yes, this message is correct but you don't need to worry about it. Understanding Society has a much mo...
Olena Kaminska
02:46 PM Support #1203 (Resolved): Net Income Variable in BHPS
Hi,
I was wondering whether the derived labour income variable bW_fimnlabgrs_dv in the BHPS data (not UKHLS) measure...
Jonas Stein

06/17/2019

04:25 PM Support #1202 (Feedback): Lost to follow-up wave 1, wave 4 & wave 7
Dear Jingjing Wang,
Do you mean that more people dropped out of the Survey between Waves 1 and 4 than between Wave...
Stephanie Auty
01:13 PM Support #1202 (Resolved): Lost to follow-up wave 1, wave 4 & wave 7
Why lost to follow between wave1 & wave4 is much higher than between wave4 & wave7? jingjing wang
03:21 PM Support #1201 (Feedback): Question in related to participants' response for chronic conditions in wave 1, wave 4 & wave 7
Dear Jingjing Wang,
We have detailed information about the hcond questions in our FAQ here: https://www.understand...
Stephanie Auty
01:10 PM Support #1201 (Resolved): Question in related to participants' response for chronic conditions in wave 1, wave 4 & wave 7
Question in related to participants' response for chronic conditions: Although the same questions were asked in wave ... jingjing wang
02:07 PM Support #1200: Wave 4 Famsup variable
Dear Chloe,
The results are the same using pweight.
Could you let me know the results of my previous suggestion...
Stephanie Auty
07:58 AM Support #1200: Wave 4 Famsup variable
Hi Stephanie,
I think it may be because you specify the weight using aweight and I specify it in my code as pweigh...
Chloe Lloyd

06/16/2019

05:38 PM Support #1198: Weighting data Wave 8 h_indresp
Hi
When I use this weight I get an error message >Warning # 3211
>On at least one case, the value of the weight var...
Sarah H

06/14/2019

11:03 AM Support #1200: Wave 4 Famsup variable
Dear Chloe,
No, I am still not getting the same results as you. I have attached my log file so you can compare.
...
Stephanie Auty
07:19 AM Support #1200: Wave 4 Famsup variable
Hi Stephanie,
I am using the weight d_indscub_xw for my analysis and interested mainly interested in column percen...
Chloe Lloyd

06/13/2019

09:39 PM Support #1200 (In Progress): Wave 4 Famsup variable
Dear Chloe,
I am not getting the same results as you. I have checked waves 3-5 and find around 50% say supported m...
Stephanie Auty
03:28 PM Support #1200 (Resolved): Wave 4 Famsup variable
I have been running single year of age for 16-21 year olds by the famsup variable (feel supported by family) for Wave... Chloe Lloyd
 

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