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From 05/14/2020 to 06/12/2020
06/12/2020
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11:27 AM Support #1358: Employment status: indall - indresp incosistency
- All 16+ year olds enumerated in the household (and so present in indall), are eligible for adult interviews, but not ...
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11:05 AM Support #1358: Employment status: indall - indresp incosistency
- Dear Alita,
thanks a lot for your answer, just a quick clarification: what could be the reason for someone >16 to... -
- Hi Natalie,
You are correct that EMB sample should not be analysed by itself. The JEMS paper you mentioned does no...
06/11/2020
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05:23 PM Support #1359 (Resolved): Using the EMB sample independently
- Hello, I have a question regarding the EMB sample I am hoping you can help me with? I was hoping to conduct an analys...
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- Hello,
the indresp file includes everyone who has responded to the adult (16+ year) interviews, while indall inclu... -
- Dear all, I would like to know your help about a probably silly question but on which I am struggling on.
Why the ...
06/10/2020
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04:36 PM Support #1343: Creating a family group for profile of parents
- Ok, thanks anyway
best wishes,
Katie
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- Sorry Katie, there isn't one as yet.
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- Ah I see. Is there an equivalent syntax available for SPSS?
Best wishes,
Katie
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- Hi Katie,
Sorry I should have specified that this is a Stata syntax file. So, it will not work with SPSS.
Best ... -
- Hi Alita,
Unfortunately not (I accept this may be me though!) Is this syntax suitable for use with SPSS? I'm getting... -
- Hi Chris,
The variable you need to match the two ca_indresp_w with any individual level file in Wave 9 is pidp. If... -
01:05 PM Support #1357 (Resolved): Covid-19 survey and Wave 9
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I am a novice at using Understanding Society data, but it is my understanding that respondents in the Covid-19... -
- Hi Marina,
Sorry I missed your second question, "In addition, I would like to know how you compare the baseline ho... -
10:05 AM Support #1355: question on household earnings in COVID study
- Hi Alita,
Thanks for your fast answer. I am, however, still confused about how to construct a household earnings ... -
- Hello,
You are right that ca_blhhearn* is asked of everyone. But if someone gives a partial interview then it mean...
06/09/2020
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- Hi,
I am interested in the household questions in the COVID module (variables ca_blhhearn_answer ca_blhhearn_peri... -
- Hello,
The file ca_indresp_w is the adult level file where pidp uniquely identifies each row. The information prov... -
10:40 AM Support #1354 (Resolved): Linking children to adults in Covid-19 study
- Hello,
I have been analysing the April wave of the Covid-19 data. I have come across trouble linking the children ...
06/04/2020
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- Hi Alexis,
We advise users to use "scaled" option, as the "certainty" option means that these units do not contrib... -
10:44 AM Support #1353 (Resolved): COVID-19 survey
- Good morning and I hope you are well. I am trying to analyse data from the COVID-19 survey and I have a question.
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05/29/2020
05/27/2020
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- Hi Katie,
I am attaching a syntax file that attaches co-resident parents information. See if this works for you. I...
05/21/2020
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02:12 PM Support #1347 (Resolved): weighting
- You are welcome!
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- You are welcome!
Best,
Gundi -
- Dear Abigail,
detailed information about GCSE English and maths results is only asked of young people aged 16 who fi...
05/20/2020
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04:28 PM Support #1352: Differences between fihhmngrs_dv over different data downloads
- Thank you very much!
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04:08 PM Support #1352 (Resolved): Differences between fihhmngrs_dv over different data downloads
- I've asked our income specialist, and his response is:
The reason is that imputed values get updated at each annu... -
- Thank you for the prompt reply.
I had a look through the revision document and it appears the change came in the t... -
- Hi Cameron,
Looking back through the revision documents, changes were made to the income variables in the Wave 8 ... -
- Hi,
I was previously working with an older download of US that contained waves 1-7. I recently re-downloaded the d... -
- Dear Fatemah,
The fieldwork for Wave 12 has only just started, so the data won't be available until November 2022... -
02:22 PM Support #1331: query about food poverty/insecurity information
- Stephanie Auty wrote:
> Dear Fatemeh,
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> In the data currently available, we have two variables relating to food... -
- Hi Abigail,
Thanks for your query. The User Support team are delivering training today, so there will be a short ...
05/19/2020
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07:12 PM Support #1350 (Resolved): GCSE grade data
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I need some help with my analysis for my undergrad dissertation
I am using the Harmonised BHPS data and my ... -
10:06 AM Support #1348: Merging
- Hi Gundi,
thank you very much for your tremendous help, really appreciated.
Have an awesome day,
Laura
05/18/2020
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- Thank you for you response! The second, more precise, option sounds exactly what I am looking for. I would be gratefu...
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- Laura,
if you look at the interview outcome variable _ivfio or _hhresp_dv, you can see that there are households i...
05/15/2020
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04:25 PM Support #1348: Merging
- Dear Laura
Thank you for your reply. I am referring you to my colleague Gundi who will be able to explore this fur... -
- Moreover, I forget to say:
if I start from the child file, after I merge with the indall I have unmatched observat... -
- Hi Annette,
thank you very much for the reply.
Just to be sure, even if unorthodox (why though?) is it correct... -
- Dear Laura
Cases in the child data file are a subset of the indall file (i.e. all children in enumerated household... -
- Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon a...
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- Hi Charlotte
Thank you for your question. We’re currently working on Wave 2 of the survey and finalising what will... -
- Dear Yuting,
We recommend using CSPLAN along with Complex Samples in SPSS to adjust for weights and complex survey... -
- Hello,
While using the variables i_nch02_dv and i_nch34_dv will help you identify households with children in this...
05/14/2020
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- Hi Olena,
many thanks for your reply, I'll look into that.
Best,
Laura -
06:42 PM Support #1347: weighting
- Laura,
The best weight for you would be a longitudinal adult response weight from the last wave of your analysis ... -
- 1)I am using the waves a-f using info from the youth and the adults questionnaire in each wave. Which weight is the m...
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- I am merging info from the child and the indresp datafiles of wave 9 (and I have to do it for all the other wavs).
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03:39 PM Support #1346 (Resolved): SPSS Complex Samples General Linear Model assumptions
- Hi there,
I'm trying to use linear regression to analyse the Understanding Society dataset. However it seems like ...
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