Understanding Society User Support: Issueshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/support/favicon.ico?15995719382017-11-02T15:30:22ZUnderstanding Society User Support
Redmine Support #874 (Closed): try to link the birthweight to each childhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/8742017-11-02T15:30:22ZYIN XUyin.xu@kcl.ac.uk
<p>There is a file called a_natchild containing the information about the natural children including birth weight, gestational age, and breastfed. <br />There is another file called a_child containing information about child's identifier(pidp), childs age (a_dvage). <br />I had a hard time trying to link those two files together. a_natchild only provided a_childno, which is the birth order. But I don't know which kid that's apply for (e.g. pidp). Is the a_childno from a_natchild same as the a_childpno ? Do you have any suggestions about how to link the birthweight to each child? Many thanks</p> Support #812 (Closed): BHPS TTWA codeshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/8122017-07-13T18:06:11ZSteven Ramsteven.ram.15@ucl.ac.uk
<p>In the user guide for the BHPS' TTWA identifiers it says "Travel-to-work areas are as defined in 1998 and are based on those electoral ward boundaries existing on 21 April 1991 (Census day)", and the range of codes is described as 3-digit numerical.</p>
<p>However, in the actual data, 9-digit alphanumerical codes are used.</p>
<p>Please confirm which TTWA coding is used in the data. (Are these the 2001 TTWAs maybe?)</p> Support #569 (Closed): Repeated child identifer for a given adult in a_natchild filehttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/5692016-05-20T11:04:49ZPaulino Font Gilabertpfontg@essex.ac.uk
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>In the file a_natchild the variable a_childno records every child listed by a given adult. However, some of those children listed by the same adult share the same identifier code (a_lchno). That is, there are repeated children identifier codes for a given adult (repeated observations with identifers a_hidp a_pno a_lchno). Is there something am I missing or is it an error?<br />This is something that occurs too in the file a_adopt.</p>
<p>Thank you very much in advance.</p>
<p>Paulino</p> Support #514 (Closed): BHPS wave O proxy and or phone datahttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/5142016-02-29T19:25:32ZChristopher Boothchristopher.booth@durham.ac.uk
<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I am looking at wave O, specifically files ohhresp and oindresp. However, for variables osvack, onvestk, oxpmeal, oxpleis almost all of the results are 'proxy and or phone'.I am looking to run cross-sectional analysis using waves J and O, but it seems I may not be able to do this because of the missing data. Does this mean that there is no data for these variables in wave O, or is there another way of finding the data for these variables?</p>
<p>Many thanks</p> Support #495 (Closed): ethnicityhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4952016-02-01T15:32:20Zangela potter-collinsangela.potter-collins@ons.gsi.gov.uk
<p>Hi all</p>
<p>I think you might need to clarify the Racel variable on your questionnaire. It states in your questionnaire that it is the Census question and it is but it is the census question used in England and Wales. There are different questions used in Scotland and Northern Ireland. So this variable could be used unknowingly to produce UK figures for ethnicity.</p>
<p>For example, as government researchers we use the harmonised standards which have to take into account the requirements of constituent countries when collecting and presenting data. For Northern Ireland, there should not be a ‘White British’ option as a specific requirement of the Good Friday Agreement is that people should not have to choose between 'Northern Irish/British and Irish identities and Irish'. In this instance it would seem that Racelt would be the most appropriate for the UK for ethnicity. It might be useful to have something in your guidance to make users aware of this.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Kind regards</p>
<p>Angela</p> Support #492 (Closed): Identifying HRP in UndSoc - comparable with BHPS HRPhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4922016-01-26T18:58:41ZGabriella Melisg.melis@ucl.ac.uk
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>please, I have already seen that this same query was dealt with around a year ago here: <a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/issues/290#note-4;">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/issues/290#note-4;</a> however, the suggested link with the tips to compute an indicator variable for the HRP in UndSoc is not working.</p>
<p>Could you please reactivate that link?</p>
<p>Many thanks.</p>
<p>Gabriella</p> Support #463 (Closed): Job History Datahttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4632015-12-09T17:01:17ZAnuj Vithlani
<p>I've looked at both the BHPS and UKHLS data. Am I correct in saying that BHPS has job history data whilst the UKHLS does not? I wanted to extract the 'years of part time work experience' and the 'years of full time work experience' and use them as variables. Is this not possible with the UKHLS data?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p> Support #461 (Closed): Was Maternal BMI or Maternal Weigth and Height Data been recorded?https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4612015-12-02T15:03:29ZNicoleta Pasecinicn.pasecinic@newcastle.ac.uk
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am a research assistant and I am currently searching for maternal datasets containing maternal BMI or weight and height data. <br /> Scanning your website for these variables I have found that you have collected data on weight and height of potentially pregnant women in the 'Understanding Society Cohort'. I would be very grateful if you could clarify how many respondents answered that they were pregnant and if you have further data on what stage of the pregnancy the women were when they have completed the questionnaire.</p>
<p>This is important for my research as the datasets I am interested in must have information of whether the maternal weight and height was recorded either pre-pregnancy or during pregnancy (specifically during early pregnancy).</p>
<p>Thank you for your help in advance.<br />Nicoleta</p> Support #460 (Closed): Language variableshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4602015-12-01T17:20:09ZJoanna Clifton-SpriggJ.M.Clifton-Sprigg@bath.ac.uk
<p>I am interested in exploring the information related to respondents' language in Understanding Society.</p>
<p>It is clear from the documentation that in case of adults (age 16+):<br />- there was a question on childhood language in Wave 2<br />- there were questions whether English is the respondent's first language and if not, on difficulty in speaking/reading/understanding English (Wave 3 and 5)</p>
<p>Can I clarify that there is no question asking if the respondents speaks a language other than English at home?</p>
<p>Moreover, is there any question which would indicate what language is used by respondent's children or by the household in general?</p>
<p>I would greatly appreciate your help on this matter.</p> Support #458 (Closed): country of birth and derived variable UK bornhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4582015-11-30T17:16:07Zangela potter-collinsangela.potter-collins@ons.gsi.gov.ukSupport #446 (Closed): Childcare analysishttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4462015-11-06T12:28:24ZCeri Hughes
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I would like to use the Understanding Society wave 4 data to assess whether childcare arrangements made to cover working hours/commitments vary by employment status (self-employed vs employees).</p>
<p>The ccwork variable asks respondents with children under 15 who have a job what arrangements they make to look after their children when working. It is only asked of people who have said they do not use 'childcare' (care provided by someone other than them or a partner).</p>
<p>My question is whether I can use the d_ccwork variable alongside d_ccare (use childcare) to provide a broad overview of childcare arrangements made to accommodate work. I.e. x per cent of employees use childcare, x per cent don't but work from home and another x per cent think their children are old enough to look after themselves (and so on along the different response options). It seems to me that there is an assumption in the way that the questions are structured that those who state that they use childcare would be using it when they are at work whereas those who answer no are pressed to provide more detail on the arrangements that they make. However it could be that people who say they use childcare only use it for babysitting and that they actually make arrangements to work from home or structure their working hours in a particular way to ensure care is provided whilst they work. A question similar to ccwork does not seem to be asked of those who say they use childcare.</p>
<p>Is there another combination of variables that need to be looked at to determine whether the ccwork response options apply to those who use childcare?</p>
<p>Any help on this much appreciated.</p> Support #443 (Closed): Orgm variableshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4432015-11-03T13:27:51ZOlivia D'Lima
<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I want to compare orga and orgm of wave 3 but I can't do this as they are not both representative of the whole sample. I need to know how to make orgm representative by learning how to include the 'no's from c_org.</p>
<p>Can you help me?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Olivia</p> Support #419 (Closed): Adult self completion wave 2 and weightshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4192015-09-16T11:50:44Zafshin zilanawala
<p>hi user support,</p>
<p>1. i am doing a cross-sectional analysis using the wave 2 adult self completion (SC) interview. what weight do i use? theoretically there should be a b_indscub_xw but only b_indscus_xw is available. if i use the latter to weight my means, then i lose 16,000 observations, which i'm assuming are the bhps people?</p>
<p>2. if i combine questions from the wave 2 adult SC interview with the biomarker data, then i should be using indbdub_xw? what sample am i representing when i use this weight?</p>
<p>thanks for all the help!</p> Support #373 (Closed): Enquiry on household income data https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/3732015-05-04T03:20:18ZAi Yun Taytay_ai_yun@mof.gov.sg
<p>We saw the Understanding Society Design Overview and would like to seek your expertise on some of the queries that we have:</p>
<p>1) Are respondents required to answer questions related to household income in the survey?</p>
<p>2) Does the study track household income across time? If yes, could you share more on the data processing methodology? E.g. How does the study treat the problem of household formation/dissolution? If household A splits into household B and C in year X+1, does the household income figure follows from household A to B or household A toC?</p>
<p>3) We note that it is mentioned that the study is representative of the whole population across time (as a result of births to sample members joining the sample). Would the study be representative of the population if over the years the country has more and more new immigrants? (Note: these new immigrants would not be part of the OSM in wave 1 and will not be related to the original households. As such, they will never be part of the survey sample.)</p> Support #371 (Closed): Weighting for longitudinal youth analysishttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/3712015-05-01T10:54:16ZKareena McAloney-Kocamankareena.mcaloney@gcu.ac.uk
<p>I'm a running an analysis which involves data from wave 1 and wave 3 of the youth self-completion questionnaire. Bth wave 3 and wave 1 variables contributes to the dependent variable I am deriving; while my predictor variables and co-variables are from wave 1. What would be the appropriate weight variable for this analysis, as I can't seem to locate a longitudinal weighting in the W3 youth dataset.</p>
<p>many thanks</p>