Understanding Society User Support: Issueshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/support/favicon.ico?15995719382017-09-28T13:15:45ZUnderstanding Society User Support
Redmine Support #858 (Closed): Date of Birth variableshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/8582017-09-28T13:15:45ZElena Pupazae.c.pupaza@lse.ac.uk
<p>Hi! I am trying to merge the Understanding Society data with another data-set on pensionable age, based on the date of birth. I understand from the questionnaire that you are asking respondents for their date of birth. However, I just downloaded Understanding Society waves 1-6 (SN6614 on UK Data Service) and I was only able to find the variable birthy (Year of birth). Could you please advice me on how to obtain respondents' full date of birth (variables 'birthd', 'birthm' and 'birthy').</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your assistance.</p> Support #646 (Closed): Forms for Special Access Datahttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/6462016-10-20T14:54:39ZTomos Robinsont.j.robinson@ncl.ac.uk
<p>Hello.</p>
<p>I apologise if this is a stupid question, but how do I actually find the forms to send to the UK Data Archive to access the Special License data?</p>
<p>I've been looking on the Understanding Society and UK Data Archive websites for around 20 minutes and can't find them!</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>Tomos</p> Support #619 (Closed): Cost of obtaining the data at Local Authority levelhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/6192016-08-17T13:19:16ZMaire WilliamsMAIRE-WILLIAMS@HOTMAIL.CO.UK
<p>I work as a researcher at Centre for Cities and we're interested in using data from Understanding Society in one of our current projects looking at mobility across the UK. We'd need the data at LA level so would need to apply for a special license. I've looked at the information on your website and on the UK data service website but couldn't find any information on how much it’s likely to cost to get the data - can you give me an idea of the typical cost?</p>
<p>I did send this as a email to <a class="email" href="mailto:info@understandingsociety.ac.uk">info@understandingsociety.ac.uk</a> but was told to ask the question on here.</p>
<p>Thanks</p> Support #605 (Closed): IMDhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/6052016-07-18T09:41:31ZEmily McDoole.m.mcdool@sheffield.ac.uk
<p>I am working with Understanding data and am interested in matching the data to the Index of multiple deprivation (IMD), allowing us to control for neighbourhood deprivation. We are using waves 3-5 of US and want to control for the IMD just before the respondents are observed; we are therefore interested in using the English IMD from 2010, Wales 2011, Scotland 2012 and NI 2010.</p>
<p>We have noticed that the Scotland LSOA codes are in the 2011 datazone format (in US) whilst the SIMD 2012 is based on 2001 datazones. We therefore require the hidp linked to the 2001 datazones for respondents in Scotland (we don't need the 2001 LSOA data for any other country). I have requested the 2001 census LSOA data but the request has been denied since we already have 2011 LSOA data. It has been suggested that I contact the Understanding Society team directly.</p>
<p>Is there any possibility that we may gain access to the 2001 LSOA codes for Scotland only? At present, we cannot control for neighbourhood deprivation at all for Scottish residents as the 2001 datazones (LSOAs) cannot be matched to the 2011 datazones.</p>
<p>If there is a problem with this due to disclosure, as we are not interested in the actual LSOA but the deprivation within that LSOA, would it be possible for us to receive the SIMD linked directly to the hidp for Scottish residents?</p> Support #554 (Closed): Special license data for non-UK issues https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/5542016-04-26T16:34:02Zaudrina limli.audrina@gmail.com
<p>Hi there,<br /> I'm a PhD student from the U.S.. I'm working with my professors on a social exclusion project that compares people's social exclusion status in both UK and US. We are using the BHPS and UKHLS data and want to access the lower lever geographical data set. Is the lower level special license data only open to the UK users?<br /> If we want to apply for the usage of the medium level geo data, what are the requirements we need to fulfill and what forms or documents do we need to prepare? Could you please direct me to the correct person or web link? <br /> On your website it says contact the Understanding Society Data Access Committee however the link is not available. <a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/projects/support/wiki/Is_it_possible_to_merge_in_data_on_geographical_identifiers_eg_Census_information">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/projects/support/wiki/Is_it_possible_to_merge_in_data_on_geographical_identifiers_eg_Census_information</a></p>
<p>Thanks for your help!</p>
<p>Best,<br />Moyin</p> Support #433 (Closed): How can I apply for a special license?https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4332015-10-14T10:32:19ZYujung Whangyujung.whang@yale.edu
<p>Hi, I would like to apply for a special license as a non-UK user to have access to geographic identifier at the medium level (local government district).<br />How may I obtain the application form?<br />Also, is there an webpage explaining the application process?</p>
<p>Thanks very much !!</p> Support #386 (Closed): Using BHPS / Understanding Society for CNEFhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/3862015-06-25T12:51:44ZMartin Schrödermartin.schroeder@uni-marburg.de
<p>Dear staff of Understanding Society (formerly BHPS),<br />I would like to use the Understanding Society / BHPS data in the context of the Cross-national Equivalent File (CNEF) that Ohio State University has assembled (see <a class="external" href="https://cnef.ehe.osu.edu/">https://cnef.ehe.osu.edu/</a>). For this, I need your permission to use the BHPS / Understanding Society data as it is assembled in the CNEF. I have already used the BHPS / Understanding Society data outside of CNEF, but could you please send me a written confirmation (email should be enough I guess) to use your data in the context of the CNEF? Or if there is a form I need to fill out to apply for it, could you send it to me as I could not find it?</p>
<p>PS: I sent an email to <a class="email" href="mailto:info@understandingsociety.ac.uk">info@understandingsociety.ac.uk</a> and got the reply it could make sense to post the question in this forum.</p>
<p>Many thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Best,<br />Martin</p> Support #383 (Closed): NPD and Understanding Societyhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/3832015-06-12T12:51:24ZJack Higginsjack.higgins@manchester.ac.uk
<p>Hi, I am interested in using the NPD with Understanding Society.</p>
<p>Could you inform me of the process I need to go through in order to request access, and roughly how long this would take?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,</p>
<p>Jack</p> Support #293 (Closed): Is further documentation available as to how the REGION geographies have b...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/2932014-08-04T10:17:59ZChanuki SeresinheC.Seresinhe@warwick.ac.uk
<p>I have data that I need to match up with BHPS data and my data is only available in Longitude/Latitude format.</p>
<p>Therefore, I wanted to know if there is any further documentation as to how the REGION geographies (as noted below) have been constructed as the GOR regions are not as specific as I need for my research. At this moment it is also not possible to apply for Conditional Access to gain access to the LSOA regions.</p>
<p>Variable = AREGION<br />Variable label = Region / Metropolitan Area <br />Inner London<br />Outer London<br />R. of South East<br />South West<br />East Anglia<br />East Midlands<br />West Midlands Conurbation<br />R. of West Midlands<br />Greater Manchester<br />Merseyside<br />R. of North West<br />South Yorkshire<br />West Yorkshire<br />R. of Yorks & Humberside<br />Tyne & Wear<br />R. of North</p>
<p>Many thanks in advance for your help,<br />Chanuki Seresinhe</p> Support #257 (Closed): Residential mobility and LSOA codeshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/2572014-05-02T10:03:20ZRory Coulterrcc46@cam.ac.uk
<p>Hi Jakob,</p>
<p>Apologies for the long post. I'm using UKHLS studies SN6614 and SN7248 (Special License Census 2011 LSOA codes) and have a couple of queries about residential mobility and the geocodings in the data.</p>
<p>1. First I was wondering if you could advise as to whether there is any best practice as to how to derive an indicator of <ins>individual</ins> residential mobility for waves 2 and 3 of UKHLS. This was quite easy in BHPS as there was a 'movest' variable coding whether the person changed address since the last wave. BHPS also had the 'plnew' question and this could be compared with movest to easily derive a mobility dummy. Neither of these options seems to be available in UKHLS as plnew is no longer asked and there is no movest equivalent. From previous forum posts I can see that there are several ways mobility could be defined, although each has problems:</p>
<p>a) Using xwhist on xwavedat - although it is not entirely clear what a change in postcode actually means. Is this a move over any distance or could the person have moved within their postcode area without this being recorded?<br />b) By comparing LSOA/datazones at t-1 with t (more on this below)<br />c) Using the origadd and reasons for moving variables derived from the questionnaires-although the origadd indicator seems to be derived at the household not individual level. Am I correct in assuming that this means that people are only routed towards the reasons for moving questions in the annual event module if their whole household had moved since t-1? This is quite different from BHPS and it seems odd given that households are not consistent units through time.</p>
<p>My current approach is to try and do all of these and somehow triangulate them into a new variable. Does this seem appropriate or is there something really obvious I am missing? In any case it would be very useful to have a simple 'residential move since last wave' dummy in UKHLS (like movest in BHPS). Are there any plans to produce such a variable?</p>
<p>2. I have some concerns about some of the LSOA/datazone information in SN7248. The study documentation tells us that at wave 2 37500 households had postcodes matched to their records and this was 35128 at wave 3. However in the SN7248 there are lots of hidp records with blank micro-geographic codes (5315 at wave 1; 3719 at wave 2; 3320 at wave 3). This isn't mentioned in the study documentation. Is there any reason for this discrepancy with the number of households with valid postcodes? I merged the LSOA identifiers onto the hhsamp files and most of these cases seem to come from Scottish households, many of whom completed full or proxy interviews.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.</p>
<p>Best wishes,<br />Rory</p> Support #255 (Closed): Inconsistency in data set and online documentation for variable b_fimngrs_dvhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/2552014-04-20T19:10:30ZDavid Tand.j.tan@lse.ac.uk
<p>Dear sir/madam,</p>
<p>The documentation on the understanding society website reports that the max value of b_fimngrs_dv (in data file b_indresp) is 165987.203, however there is a discrepancy with the actual stata dataset. Using the dataset b_indresp on stata, the variable b_fimngrs_dv shows a max value of 15000. This is the same max value for a_fimngrs_dv and c_fimngrs_dv. Is this discrepancy an error? Please advise.</p>
<p>Thanks,<br />David</p> Support #166 (Closed): country of birthhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1662013-07-01T09:20:45Zmarta de philippism.de-philippis@lse.ac.uk
<p>I need detailed information on parents' country of birth (or, more broadly, on their origin). From the questionnaire available online I see there should be this information (Plbornc). However, I downloaded the dataset and I couldn't find it. By browsing on the internet I read this is available under special licence access, is it true? if yes, may I know the frequency of each country before applying for special licence?</p> Support #144 (Closed): LSOA filehttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1442013-05-06T16:32:10ZCarolina Zuccotticarolina.zuccotti@eui.eu
<p>Hello,<br />I have accessed the geo-coded information at the LSOA level.<br />Why are there so many more cases in the a_lsoa_protect.dta file as compared to the a_indresp.dta file? (I was actually expecting to find less cases, that is, one LSOA code for each household...)<br />I am probably missing information, can you help me?<br />Thanks,<br />Carolina</p> Support #131 (Closed): Geocoded Wave 2 datahttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1312013-03-11T12:02:14ZRobert de Vriesrobert.devries@sociology.ox.ac.uk
<p>Hi, I’m a researcher working with the USoc data, interested in neighbourhood effects. I have been using the (Special License Access) USoc Wave 1 data, geocoded to LSOA level, and I was wondering when similar geocoded data would be published for Wave 2.</p> Support #114 (Closed): definition of school codeshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1142013-01-24T16:53:07ZCarolina Zuccotticarolina.zuccotti@eui.eu
<p>Hello,<br />I have asked for the data on "school codes" (under special license) and I wanted to know exactly which codes are provided. <br />Can you suggest a website where school codes are defined or where I can learn how to link these codes to other information, like the location of the school? <br />Thank you in advance.<br />Kind regards,<br />Carolina</p>