Activity
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 ... - 03:45 PM Support #1411: Update to #1349: Accessing data with METADAC access
- Will do! Thanks,
Becky - 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... - 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... - 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...
- 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... - 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...
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... - 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 ... - 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... - 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...
09/14/2020
- 09:18 PM Support #1401: AAPOR Response Rate for Innovation Panel Wave 8
- Thank you for letting me know.
- 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... - 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... - 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... - 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. ... - 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... - 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...
- 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... - 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?... - 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... - 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 ... - 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#,...
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... - 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. ... - 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... - 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 ...
09/09/2020
- 10:22 AM Support #1404 (Resolved): Coding of vote3
- 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
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... - 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....
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 ... - 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...
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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
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... - 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 ...
- 01:04 PM Support #1302 (Resolved): See term variable changed for wave i?
- 01:03 PM Support #1303 (Feedback): Accessing linked data
- 01:03 PM Support #1304 (Resolved): The "fihhmnnet" net household income variables - what deductions are made?
- 01:02 PM Support #1304 (Feedback): The "fihhmnnet" net household income variables - what deductions are made?
- 01:02 PM Support #1372 (Feedback): Question about age of respondents based on age_dv, and racel_dv (Re-created as original was deleted)
- 01:02 PM Support #1395 (Feedback): f_scotvot2 - values
- 01:00 PM Support #1383 (Resolved): Coding of variable "hiqual_dv" in the harmonised BHPS
- 01:00 PM Support #1389 (Feedback): Is there a variable for the number of children living outside the household?
- 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... - 12:59 PM Support #1402 (Feedback): Low wages/ how to prevent measurement bias
- 12:58 PM Support #1403 (Feedback): Questions about the data
- 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...
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... - 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.
... - 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... - 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... - 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 ... - 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...
- 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... - 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 ... - 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...
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...
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... - 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... - 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...
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...
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 ... - 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...
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... - 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... - 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...
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