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From 07/15/2021 to 08/13/2021

08/12/2021

03:17 PM Support #1554: hsval - units
Hi, sorry for the delay. I've been away.
After compiling the full BHPS and UKHLS data and retaining the HH head, I...
Edward Pinchbeck

08/10/2021

12:13 PM Support #1567 (Resolved): Information about most recent job
Understanding Society User Support Team

08/09/2021

08:41 AM Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Carolin,
If you represent individuals and therefore run individual-level analysis you can use as many household at...
Olena Kaminska

08/06/2021

03:16 PM Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Hi Olena,
Thanks, this helps a lot, again!
Yes, we are using information from the household head (age, age at m...
Carolin Schmidt
02:48 PM Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Carolin,
Wave 8 is representative of the population with one exception: it does not include immigrants that ente...
Olena Kaminska
01:25 PM Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Hi Olena,
Our research question doesn't depend on the wave number and we were wondering if we could just use wave ...
Carolin Schmidt
11:08 AM Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Carolin,
If you tell me how you define your longitudinal households I would be able to suggest the best option for...
Olena Kaminska
10:09 AM Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Hi Olena,
Thanks for the quick reply. We are looking at households and so, there are no longitudinal weights in th...
Carolin Schmidt
11:18 AM Support #1554: hsval - units
Thanks Ted. I understand. I have passed on your request to the data team. If you have written any code to automate th... Understanding Society User Support Team
08:42 AM Support #1554: hsval - units
Good morning. No problem.
So if I have understood correctly this soft check occurs when Hsval < 50000 OR > 100000...
Edward Pinchbeck
11:12 AM Support #1571 (Feedback): Coding of Arts Variables (Wave 2 & 5)
Hello,
The way to understand -8 cases is to look at the questionnaire and see who is asked the question. Those who...
Understanding Society User Support Team

08/05/2021

06:21 PM Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Carolin,
I can't comment on the substantive idea of using later wave income. I will only mention that I wouldn't u...
Olena Kaminska
01:49 PM Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Those aspects that are not expected change frequently are asked less frequently including wealth. So, it is expected ... Understanding Society User Support Team
05:40 PM Support #1567: Information about most recent job
Thank you - that is very helpful. What a fantastic support service!
Best wishes,
Catherine
Catherine Bunting
12:00 PM Support #1567: Information about most recent job
Dear Catherine,
1) for those who are unemployed in wave 8 and for whom the information on their occupation in the...
Understanding Society User Support Team
04:29 PM Support #1571 (Resolved): Coding of Arts Variables (Wave 2 & 5)
For variables b_arts1freq, b_art2freq and e_arts1freq, e_arts2freq, does "-8" refer to all those who replied "none of... Ipsitaa Khullar
02:06 PM Support #1482 (Resolved): Top-coded income
Understanding Society User Support Team
02:03 PM Support #1501 (Resolved): xtreg and fixed effects
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:56 PM Support #1520 (Resolved): Pooling cross-sectional data of UKHLS - Waves 1 to 7
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:55 PM Support #1555 (Feedback): Weighting across main survey and Covid-19 survey
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:50 PM Support #1529 (Resolved): Linking couples across waves
Understanding Society User Support Team
01:49 PM Support #1546 (Resolved): Wave 8 innovation panel trace/keystroke files for a few cases as a manipulation check
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:32 AM Support #1570: BHPS hhmove variable with 0 values
The bk_ivnadd shows whether this is a new address, corrected address etc and bk_ivfho shows the household interview o... Understanding Society User Support Team
11:16 AM Support #1570: BHPS hhmove variable with 0 values
Hi,
Thank you for looking into this, these explanations are very helpful.
Could I please just ask how the bk_hh...
Marek Rojicek
11:00 AM Support #1570 (Feedback): BHPS hhmove variable with 0 values
Hello,
In Wave 7, the UK component of the ECHP panel sample were added to the BHPS and the hhmove variable is miss...
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:27 AM Support #1554: hsval - units
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. The data team have looked into this but their investigation releaved that... Understanding Society User Support Team
10:16 AM Support #1554: hsval - units
Hello. Thank you. When convenient, please could you let me know if the data team have been able to look at this yet? ... Edward Pinchbeck
11:02 AM Support #1561 (Resolved): Residential mobility of youth and children
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:02 AM Support #1562 (Resolved): Is the answer to question #933 up to date?
Understanding Society User Support Team

08/04/2021

10:58 PM Support #1570 (Resolved): BHPS hhmove variable with 0 values
Hi,
In BHPS waves 7 and 11, the derived _hhmove_ variable has blank values associated with a value label of 0. The...
Marek Rojicek
12:51 PM Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Dear Olena,
Thanks for the details. I'll meet my coauthors soon and will discuss the definition of households with...
Carolin Schmidt

08/02/2021

01:25 PM Support #1567: Information about most recent job

Thank you very much for a clear and helpful response. I can now see how to derive the variable I need using a combi...
Catherine Bunting

07/30/2021

02:07 PM Support #1569 (Feedback): USoc Query SEISS
Understanding Society User Support Team
02:04 PM Support #1569 (In Progress): USoc Query SEISS
Hello,
1. The best way to find out sample sizes for the main survey is to use the online variable search facility:...
Understanding Society User Support Team
09:47 AM Support #1569 (Resolved): USoc Query SEISS
Dear Usoc Team,

I work for HMRC on the evaluation of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). I’m hopin...
Josh Munday
02:07 PM Support #1568 (Feedback): Household income components
Thanks for your question. Our income team has had a deeper a look into the issue and can confirm the variables contai... Understanding Society User Support Team
01:18 PM Support #1567 (Feedback): Information about most recent job
Dear Catharine,
There is no quicker alternative to the method you are suggesting. But your method needs to be adj...
Understanding Society User Support Team

07/28/2021

07:15 PM Support #1567 (In Progress): Information about most recent job
Understanding Society User Support Team

07/24/2021

10:30 AM Support #1568 (Resolved): Household income components
Hi - In the User Guide it says "At the household level, w_fihhmnnet1_dv is the net household monthly income. It is th... Matt Barnes
09:04 AM Support #1567: Information about most recent job
Hello,
No, I won't exclude those respondents. I will include them as a distinct sub-group (e.g. 'long-term unemplo...
Catherine Bunting

07/23/2021

05:45 PM Support #1567: Information about most recent job
Dear Catherine,
I would like to clarify something - are you planning to exclude from your analysis respondents who...
Understanding Society User Support Team
11:53 AM Support #1567: Information about most recent job
Dear Catherine,
Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get ba...
Understanding Society User Support Team

07/22/2021

06:02 PM Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Carolin,
Thank you for your question. UKHLS does not think of households as longitudinal entities as they change w...
Olena Kaminska
05:06 PM Support #1567 (Resolved): Information about most recent job
Hello,
I am carrying out some analysis of the cohort of respondents who were unemployed at Wave 8 of the survey (h...
Catherine Bunting

07/21/2021

02:14 PM Support #1558: Cross-sectional vs longitudinal weights
Dear Alita,
Thanks, that helps a lot.
I have another follow-up question (probably fo Olena?). It may sound stra...
Carolin Schmidt

07/20/2021

03:17 PM Support #1565 (Feedback): Income Variable: Drop negative values?
Dear Ipsitaa,
Negative values result from self-employed respondents reporting losses. You might also find useful o...
Understanding Society User Support Team
02:08 PM Support #1565 (Resolved): Income Variable: Drop negative values?
Hi,
I am using the fimngrs_dv variable from indresp files. Some of the reported values are negative, for example,...
Ipsitaa Khullar

07/15/2021

04:07 PM Support #1563 (Feedback): Survey Participant Drop-Outs
Hello Ethan,
The number of adult interviews of Scotland residents increased in Wave 2 when we added the BHPS sampl...
Understanding Society User Support Team
 

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