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From 08/18/2020 to 09/16/2020

09/16/2020

08:47 PM Support #1412 (Resolved): Weights_poverty line (BHPS)
Dear Support Team,
I am computing the poverty line for each wave of BHPS and UKHLS, as indicated by the files in ...
Lydia Palumbo
03:45 PM Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access
Will do! Thanks,
Becky
Rebecca Parsons
03:41 PM Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access
Thank you,
If the team need to contact METADAC, could you please ask the team to cc someone from METADAC apart fr...
Kevin Brennan
03:37 PM Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for the additional information. The data team are checking and if the email from Stephanie isn't...
Rebecca Parsons
02:29 PM Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access
Stephanie Roberts from METADAC has just got back to me, confirming to me that the email was sent to genetics@understa... Kevin Brennan
01:59 PM Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access
Thank you.
Please not that while I am the contact person for the projects, the principal applicant is Olivier Gev...
Kevin Brennan
01:49 PM Support #1411 (In Progress): Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access
Hi Kevin,
Once the approval from Metadac has come through the data team at Understanding Society will prepare you...
Rebecca Parsons

09/15/2020

04:42 PM Support #1408: Family structure
Hi Gundi
Thanks again for your very informative reply. I would need to test some of these classification using the...
Theocharis Kromydas
01:02 PM Support #1408: Family structure
Dear Harry,
as I said, ndepchl_dv is an individual-level variable: how many dependent children does this enumerated ...
Gundi Knies
11:15 AM Support #1408: Family structure
Dear Gundi
Many thanks for taking the time to look in my query in more detail. Many thanks for your suggestion too...
Theocharis Kromydas
10:02 AM Support #1411 (Resolved): Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access
Hi there,
On May 26th I raised issue #1349 to enquire about linking UKHLS genetic and DNA methylation data from t...
Kevin Brennan

09/14/2020

09:18 PM Support #1401: AAPOR Response Rate for Innovation Panel Wave 8
Thank you for letting me know. Dana Garbarski
03:54 PM Support #1410 (Feedback): Determining the missing values in the jbsoc10_cc variable.
Hi Cameron,
we use dependent interviewing (DI) to minimise spurious changes in occupations, so instead of asking f...
Gundi Knies
12:31 PM Support #1410 (Resolved): Determining the missing values in the jbsoc10_cc variable.
Hi there,
I see in the jbsoc10_cc variable note it says: "SOC 2010 codes are [-9] missing for jobs that were alrea...
Cameron Harries
03:19 PM Support #1409: Ethnicity Query
Rebecca Parsons wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> We've looked into this and we think you need to contact CACI to see how the...
mark sheppard
02:46 PM Support #1409 (Feedback): Ethnicity Query
Hi Mark,
We've looked into this and we think you need to contact CACI to see how they've arrived at their figure. ...
Rebecca Parsons
09:37 AM Support #1409 (In Progress): Ethnicity Query
Hi,
Thanks for your question. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as so...
Rebecca Parsons
08:48 AM Support #1409 (Resolved): Ethnicity Query
Hi - i'm not sure this is the correct forum but hoping you can help. I'm using CACI Acorn data which supply UK ethnic... mark sheppard
01:29 PM Support #1408: Family structure
Hi Harry,
sorry to not have been more precise. No, I am not recommending you to use or not use depchl_dv. I was just...
Gundi Knies
11:24 AM Support #1408: Family structure
Hi Gundi
Many thanks for your quick response. So do you recommend me using depchl_dv (I guess you mean ndepchl_dv?...
Theocharis Kromydas
11:04 AM Support #1408: Family structure
Hi Theocharis,
the household type variable draws on the number of dependent children in the household (depchl_dv) so...
Gundi Knies
09:41 AM Support #1408 (In Progress): Family structure
Hi Theocharis,
Thanks for your question. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we'll get back to ...
Rebecca Parsons
09:07 AM Support #1407 (Feedback): categories of the qfhigh_dv variable
Hi Jan,
qfhigh_dv does not make use of BTech and NVQs. These qualifications are captured in the variables qfvoc#,...
Rebecca Parsons

09/11/2020

05:31 PM Support #1408 (Resolved): Family structure
Hi there
I am trying to construct a family structure variable composed by 4 categories: Single, no children, Coupl...
Theocharis Kromydas
12:27 PM Support #1406 (Feedback): COVID-19 July release
Dear Darja,
Wave 4 of the COVID-19 survey will be released at the end of September - exact date to be confirmed. ...
Rebecca Parsons
11:52 AM Support #1406 (Resolved): COVID-19 July release
Dear Understanding Society team,
Do you know when the COVID-19 Study Version 4 including the July wave will be rel...
Darja Reuschke
12:21 PM Support #1407 (Resolved): categories of the qfhigh_dv variable
Dear Madam/Sir,
I'm really struggling to make sense of the categories of qfhigh_dv variable. Under which category ...
Jan Janmaat

09/09/2020

10:22 AM Support #1404 (Resolved): Coding of vote3
Rebecca Parsons
07:29 AM Support #1404: Coding of vote3
Hi Becky,
thanks for clarifying this. My problem has been solved and you can close this issue.
Best,
Sebastian
Sebastian Jungkunz

09/08/2020

10:45 AM Support #1404: Coding of vote3
Hi Sebastian,
Information about missing values can be found in the User Guide: https://www.understandingsociety.a...
Rebecca Parsons
08:17 AM Support #1404: Coding of vote3
Hi Becky,
thank you very much for inquiry with the questionnaire development team. This makes things much clearer....
Sebastian Jungkunz

09/07/2020

04:40 PM Support #1404 (Feedback): Coding of vote3
Hi Sebastian,
We've contacted the questionnaire development team and they caution that there can be a complicated ...
Rebecca Parsons
04:07 PM Support #1405 (Feedback): Ethics application number for Understanding Society
Hi Neil,
We've been in touch with the survey team and unfortunately up until recently the University did not use a...
Rebecca Parsons

09/04/2020

01:20 PM Support #1404 (In Progress): Coding of vote3
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
01:15 PM Support #1405 (In Progress): Ethics application number for Understanding Society
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
12:01 PM Support #1405 (Resolved): Ethics application number for Understanding Society
Hello,
I am trying submit a journal manuscript but the editors are refusing the accept the paper unless I supply an ...
Neil Smith

09/03/2020

01:53 PM Support #1404 (Resolved): Coding of vote3
Dear support-team,
I am trying to identify potential non-voters in elections. The BHPS and the UKHLS both ask abou...
Sebastian Jungkunz
01:14 PM Support #1300 (Feedback): reason for leaving job for self-employment
Hi Xiaowei - sorry the delay in getting back to you. I should have clarified that as there is an error in routing or ... Alita Nandi
01:04 PM Support #1302 (Resolved): See term variable changed for wave i?
Alita Nandi
01:03 PM Support #1303 (Feedback): Accessing linked data
Alita Nandi
01:03 PM Support #1304 (Resolved): The "fihhmnnet" net household income variables - what deductions are made?
Alita Nandi
01:02 PM Support #1304 (Feedback): The "fihhmnnet" net household income variables - what deductions are made?
Alita Nandi
01:02 PM Support #1372 (Feedback): Question about age of respondents based on age_dv, and racel_dv (Re-created as original was deleted)
Alita Nandi
01:02 PM Support #1395 (Feedback): f_scotvot2 - values
Alita Nandi
01:00 PM Support #1383 (Resolved): Coding of variable "hiqual_dv" in the harmonised BHPS
Alita Nandi
01:00 PM Support #1389 (Feedback): Is there a variable for the number of children living outside the household?
Alita Nandi
12:59 PM Support #1400 (Feedback): Importance of Britishness to sense of self
Variable note has been added to clarify the different routing rules across waves.
https://www.understandingsociety.a...
Alita Nandi
12:59 PM Support #1402 (Feedback): Low wages/ how to prevent measurement bias
Alita Nandi
12:58 PM Support #1403 (Feedback): Questions about the data
Alita Nandi
12:58 PM Support #1401 (Feedback): AAPOR Response Rate for Innovation Panel Wave 8
To add, the response rate definition used to produce Tables 13.13. & 13.14 in the user guide is a modified version of... Alita Nandi

09/02/2020

11:47 AM Support #1401: AAPOR Response Rate for Innovation Panel Wave 8
Hi Dana,
As this is a longitudinal survey, we know that the households issued after the first wave are eligible (i...
Alita Nandi
09:36 AM Support #1401: AAPOR Response Rate for Innovation Panel Wave 8
Dear Dana,
Thank you for your query. I have forwarded your question to the IP team and will get back to you soon.
...
Alita Nandi
10:57 AM Support #1403: Questions about the data
Hello Lior,
1) Is there a number of years of education variable?
Ans: Not number of years of education, but highe...
Alita Nandi
09:40 AM Support #1403 (Resolved): Questions about the data
Dear Madam/Sir,
There are several variables that I'm trying to find and I was hoping you could help me (if they ex...
Lior Shabtai
10:33 AM Support #1402: Low wages/ how to prevent measurement bias
Hello,
Thank you for raising this issue. This is not directly within the remit of the User Support Team to answer ...
Alita Nandi
09:37 AM Support #1402: Low wages/ how to prevent measurement bias
Following my above request I was also wondering how some individuals have very high overall work hours (jbot+jbhrs) w... C Josten
10:15 AM Support #1399: jobhist equivalent for Understanding Society
Alita Nandi wrote:
> Hello Mathhew,
>
> In Understanding Society, In Wave 1, past employment history was asked fo...
Matthew Chen
09:29 AM Support #1399 (Feedback): jobhist equivalent for Understanding Society
Hello Mathhew,
In Understanding Society, In Wave 1, past employment history was asked for a quarter of the sample ...
Alita Nandi
09:53 AM Support #1400: Importance of Britishness to sense of self
Hello Jesse,
If you check the questionnaire and find this question BRITID, you will find who gets asked this quest...
Alita Nandi

09/01/2020

08:46 AM Support #1402 (Resolved): Low wages/ how to prevent measurement bias
Hi!
I'd be interested to know why wages (i.e. the variable paygu_dv) is very low for many observations despite wo...
C Josten

08/31/2020

10:17 PM Support #1401 (Resolved): AAPOR Response Rate for Innovation Panel Wave 8
Hello,
I am trying to figure out the response rate for Innovation Panel Wave 8 per the AAPOR response rate standards...
Dana Garbarski
05:42 PM Support #1400 (Resolved): Importance of Britishness to sense of self
Hi,
Apologies this is a very basic question.
I am using USoc Wave 1 data to examine how important Britishness is to...
Jesse Shipp
10:51 AM Support #1399 (Resolved): jobhist equivalent for Understanding Society
I've been trying to merge the datasets for BHPS and Understanding Society to have some idea of the transitions betwee... Matthew Chen

08/30/2020

11:38 PM Support #1394: Follow up on having a “unified” weighting variable for analyzing
Hello Alita,
My understanding of your weighting assignment is that Waves 2 and 6 have multiple (i.e. more than one...
Abigail Dumalus

08/19/2020

03:23 PM Support #1398 (Feedback): Weights when merging several waves of USoc + covid study
Hi Laia,
As you may have seen from the Covid19 User guide, the Covid19 survey is considered to be a module of the ...
Alita Nandi
12:29 PM Support #1398 (Resolved): Weights when merging several waves of USoc + covid study
Hello Support Team,
I've read the responses to previous questions regarding weights, but I am still confused as to...
Laia Becares

08/18/2020

07:17 PM Support #1397: questions about interviewer assignment and training for Innovation Panel Wave 8
Wonderful, many thanks for your help! -Dana
Alita Nandi wrote:
> Hi Dana,
>
> Here is the response from our su...
Dana Garbarski
10:39 AM Support #1397 (Feedback): questions about interviewer assignment and training for Innovation Panel Wave 8
Hi Dana,
Here is the response from our survey team.
It is not an interpenetrated design, interviewers are alloc...
Alita Nandi
12:43 PM Support #1367: Hourly wage (accounting for overtime)
Hi Colin,
Whether you use basrate or fimnlabgrs_dv depends on what you are interested in.
basrte is not used to...
Alita Nandi
 

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