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From 05/27/2020 to 06/25/2020
06/25/2020
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10:31 PM Support #1370: BHPS+UKHLS (26 waves) Repeated Time Values Error in Stata
- Not sure why the code on the website only goes to wave 8; it is porbably a co-incidence and I would not expect the co...
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10:11 PM Support #1370: BHPS+UKHLS (26 waves) Repeated Time Values Error in Stata
- Thanks for the advice, Gundi.
I will use the duplicates report command. Is this the main reason why the merging-i... -
- the number of cases in wave 9 is suspicious because the sample size tends to reduce from wave to wave, due to non-res...
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- Why is the number of cases for UKHLS wave 9 suspicious? Does this mean there should only be 25 waves in the longitudi...
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- Try not to append UKHLS wave 9 to the data file that already has wave 9 data - the number of cases for w9 is suspicious.
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- Hello Gundi,
I have been trying append all UKHLS waves, using the standard Stata syntax for looping through the wa... -
- Hi Abigail,
it seems like you the wave values 1-9 twice - once for the BHPS and once for the UKHLS. Maybe treat UKHL... -
- Hello,
I found that linking all 26 waves went without a hitch. Since I intend to do longitudinal analysis of life... -
- Hi Natalie,
the universe of cases in the geographical identifier datasets is sampled households with a valid postcod... -
11:32 AM Support #1369 (Resolved): Link UK Household Longitudinal Study with other datasets - is it possible?
- I am doing my PhD on the impact of digital-first models of care on a range of outcomes, including health inequalities...
06/24/2020
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03:26 PM Support #1366: Valid occupation code versus job hours
- Thanks so much for looking into this. I think I have figured it now. I was looking at unique observations (i.e. by pi...
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02:04 PM Support #1366: Valid occupation code versus job hours
- No problem. I have looked at the data again. Over the 18+9 waves of data:
jbhas=1|jboff=1 for 370979 cases
jbocc9...
06/23/2020
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- Hi Alita! Sorry to bother you again but just to reiterate: the occupation code actually has more unique observations ...
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- Those who have a job in the week before the interview (jbhas=1 OR jboff =1), whether in paid employment or self-emplo...
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- I am interested in employed and self-employed. This should match the number of individuals with a valid occupation co...
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- You're welcome.
jbsemp =1 for in paid employment and =2 for self-employed. So, you need to check for jbsemp=1 and ... -
- Hi Alita!
Thanks for your fast and very helpful reply, which makes sense. The only follow up question - why is it ... -
- Hello,
Occupation question is asked of anyone who did paid work the week before the interview (jbhas=1 OR jboff=1)... -
- Dear Understanding Society team,
I'm puzzled about the fact that in my data (all BHPS and US waves merged) I have ... -
- basrate is a direct question asked of those who said that they are paid an hourly rate. So, this will be missing for ...
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- This does make sense. Thanks, Alita.
Adding to the above I was wondering how basrate can be defined? Is it gross h... -
- Hello,
w_fimnlabgrs_dv is the gross monthly income from all labour market earnings = usual gross monthly wage from... -
- Adding to the above I was wondering how basrate can be defined? Is it gross hourly wage or income? Does it make sense...
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- Hi!
I would like to calculate hourly wages across all waves and am now wondering whether to use fimnlabgrs_dv or p... -
05:01 PM Support #1368 (Resolved): Unmatched households when merging hhresp with lsoa data
- Hi I am trying to distribute LSOA identifiers to household level data using wave 3. I have an issue when I merge the ...
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- Great thanks so much for your help Alita.
Many thanks
Natalie
06/22/2020
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- Hello Antonia,
The respondents read these categories and responded to these based on how they interpreted these. S... -
02:30 PM Support #1365 (Resolved): Payment methods gas and electricity
- Hi,
is there any information how to sort your categories in "method of payment for electricity" or "method of pay...
06/20/2020
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- Hi Laura,
As it says in the user guide "or the purposes of weighting, the COVID-19 study is treated as an instrume... -
- Hi Amy,
We have no restriction on our respondents participating in other surveys but we don't know who has partici...
06/18/2020
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01:58 PM Support #1362: Deriving own weights
- Karen Mak wrote:
> Thank you so much for your help Olena! Hugely grateful.
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- Thank you so much for your helo Olena! Hugely grateful.
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10:28 AM Support #1362: Deriving own weights
- Karen,
Yes, I would recommend more predictors. Choose predictors to be related to both nonresponse and your own mo... -
12:22 PM Support #1364 (Resolved): Sample overlap with other studies
- Dear all,
Are individuals recruited to UKHLS also allowed to participate in other studies?
If so, is there any ... -
09:23 AM Support #1363 (Resolved): Covid weights
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I would like to check my understanding of how to use the weights from the covid survey. If I'm combining wi...
06/17/2020
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- I am sorry - I meant a model like this: logit responseW5 ageW2 if b_indscus_lw>0 & b_indscus_lw!=. ?
Would it matter... -
- Dear Olena,
Thank you so much for your prompt response. This is really helpful!
May I ask, for point 3, does it ... -
- Karen,
Thank you for your question. A few comments:
1) as a base weight you should use a longitudinal weight b_in...
06/16/2020
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- Hello,
Thank you for your query. We have assigned this issue to our weighting expert who will get back to you.
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- Hope you are well.
My research focuses on the relationship between arts engagement (Wave 2) and wellbeing (Wave 5... -
01:11 PM Support #1360: How to find all publications
- Hi Alita,
all right. Thank you very much for your quick response.
Best wishes,
Lina
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- Hi Lina,
We are not aware of any other such resource, it is updated from the library system.
Best wishes,
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- Dear Alita,
I am using this page: https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/bhps/publications because there are more publicati... -
- " if I wanted to stratify my analysis by ethnicity and produce regression models separately for certain ethnic groups...
06/15/2020
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- Hi Alita
That's great, thanks so much for your help. One last question; if I wanted to stratify my analysis by eth... -
- "If I want to analyse only those who have been asked the extra five minutes questions (so EMB + 500 random GPC + GPS ...
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- Hi Alita
Thanks so much for your reply. Apologies, I think I am confusing the extra 5 minutes sample and the EMB s... -
- Dear Lina,
When you say you are using the University of Essex database do you mean this page?
https://www.underst...
06/14/2020
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- Dear all,
I was wondering if there is a possibility of finding all publications to the BHPS. Currently I am using...
06/12/2020
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- 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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- 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
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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...
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