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Redmine Support #2066 (Resolved): Code creator E-Mailhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20662024-03-04T16:25:06ZLeo Haentjes
<p>Hello, after multiple tries and hours of waiting time I still do not get an e-mail containing my code when I try to use the code creator. I would be very thankful if you could look into it and help me solve the problem.<br />Best regards</p> Support #2060 (Resolved): Design weights taken account of in enumeration weights?https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20602024-02-27T13:21:37ZRosie Cornish
<p>I think the answer to this is yes, but can you confirm that the household enumeration weights (e.g. a_hhdenus_xw) take account of the design weights - i.e. they are the product of the design weight and a household response weight?</p> Support #2058 (Resolved): Using longitudinal weights when combining Covid-19 waves and mainstage ...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20582024-02-22T16:48:24ZJames Laurence
<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I was just hoping to get some more advice regarding correctly weighting my analysis combining the mainstage and Covid-19 waves of the UKHLS. You kindly helped with a previous weighting issue I had for treating the data as repeated cross-sections. However, I am also hoping to conduct some fixed effects panel data analysis of the combined mainstage and Covid-19 waves (web survey only).</p>
<p>As a basic set-up, I am combining wave 9 of the UKHLS mainstage survey (the last mainstage survey that doesn’t cover the pandemic) with waves 1 to 9 of the COVID-19 survey. The data are in long format. As I would like to do some fixed effects longitudinal analysis, I believe I need to use the longitudinal weights. From my reading, I need to choose the longitudinal weight from the last wave of the survey I will be using – in this case wave 9 of the Covid-19 survey: ci_betaindin_lw</p>
<p>Applying this weight [ci_betaindin_lw] will give me a balanced panel, restricting the sample to everyone who participated in all 9-waves of the Covid-19 survey. However, I would also like to analyse wave 9 of the mainstage survey as part of a longitudinal, fixed effects analysis covering mainstage wave 9 and Covid survey waves 1-9. Is this possible? If so, is one approach to feed back the ci_betaindin_lw weight so that the people who were in wave 9 of the mainstage survey who were also present in all 9-waves of the Covid-19 survey have the weight value of ci_betaindin_lw? Therefore, the ci_betaindin_lw weight would cover the mainstage wave 9 sample and the Covid-19 sample.</p>
<p>In case it’s not clear, to make-up an example of the data in long-format, which contains wave 9 of the mainstage survey and waves 1-9 of the Covid survey. Pidp no. 111111 was present in wave 9 of the mainstage sirvey and all 9 waves of the Covid survey and had a value of 1.5 for their longitudinal weight at wave 9 of the covid survey (ci_betaindin_lw). So, my data would just look like this:</p>
<p><strong>[PIDP]</strong> <strong>[WAVE] [Value of ci_betaindin_lw]</strong><br />111111 Mainstage wave 9 <em>Missing Value</em><br />111111 COVID wave 1 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 2 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 3 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 4 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 5 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 6 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 7 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 8 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 9 1.5</p>
<p>Is just feeding back the value of ci_betaindin_lw (1.5) what I need to do? So, it would now look like:</p>
<p><strong>[PIDP]</strong> <strong>[WAVE] [Value of ci_betaindin_lw]</strong><br />111111 Mainstage wave 9 <strong>1.5</strong><br />111111 COVID wave 1 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 2 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 3 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 4 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 5 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 6 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 7 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 8 1.5<br />111111 COVID wave 9 1.5</p>
<p>If so, could this method apply if I wanted to include more mainstage waves of data? So, if I wanted to include waves 6, 7, 8 and wave 9 of the mainstage survey alongside waves 1-9 of the Covid survey - would I just feed back an individuals' weight value for ci_betaindin_lw back so the individual have that weight value for mainstage waves, 6, 7, 8 and 9?</p>
<p>I may be completely misunderstanding how to use the longitudinal weights, or have missed something crucial meaning you can't applying the Covid longitudinal weights to the pre-Covid survey mainstage waves. If so, apologies in advance and any advice would be hugely appreciated.</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>James</p> Support #2056 (Feedback): Which weights to use when combining the mainstage and Covid-19 waves of...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20562024-02-20T14:23:07ZJames Laurence
<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I have been reading through the forum support on weighting when using the Covid-19 data and Mainstage data combined, but I was hoping to just get some clarification on a couple of points.</p>
<p>I am conducting a study which looks at trends over time in adult mental health across UKHLS Mainstage surveys 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, and the Covid-19 survey 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (only the web survey). I end at Mainstage survey wave 9 (survey period Jan 2017-May 2019) as that appears to be the last Mainstage wave that doesn’t cover the pandemic period. My data is in long format and I’m using Stata.</p>
<p>However, I am unsure of which weights to use precisely for my aims.</p>
<p>The first thing I would like to do is to treat the data as pooled cross-sectional data to look at how mental health changes over time (between wave 2 of the mainstage and wave 8 of the Covid survey). So, I’d like to see the level of mental health in the UK at each wave of the UKHLS. Ideally, I would like to model all the waves together. Am I right in thinking that to do so I would need to create a new ‘weight’ variable, which is the self-completion cross-sectional weight for each wave? I’ll explain below…</p>
<p>So, for wave 2 of the Mainstage survey, the new ‘weight’ variable would have the value of b_indscub_xw<br />For wave 3 it would have the value of: c_indscub_xw<br />For wave 4 it would have the value of: d_indscub_xw<br />For wave 5 it would have the value of: e_indscub_xw<br />For wave 6, it seems there are two self-completion, cross-sectional weights (_ub and _ui): would it be <br />f_indscub_xw or f_indscui_xw?<br />For wave 7 it would have the value of: g_indscui_xw (as there is no _ub version)<br />For wave 8 it would have the value of: h_indscui_xw (again, as there is no _ub version)<br />For wave 9 it would have the value of: i_indscui_xw (again, as there is no _ub version)</p>
<p>Then, turning to filling in the COVID-19 survey values of the new ‘weight’ variable it would be:<br />For wave 1 of the COVID-19 survey it would have the value of: ca_betaindin_xw <br />For wave 2 of the COVID-19 survey it would have the value of: cb_betaindin_xw <br />…<br />For wave 8 of the COVID-19 survey it would have the value of: ch_betaindin_xw<br />For wave 9 of the COVID-19 survey it would have the value of: ci_betaindin_xw</p>
<p>So, the Stata code would look something like this to give you an idea of what I mean:</p>
<p>gen weight = b_indscub_xw if mainstage_wave==2<br />replace weight = c_indscub_xw if mainstage_wave==3<br />replace weight = d_indscub_xw if mainstage_wave==4<br />…<br />replace weight = i_indscui_xw if mainstage_wave==9<br />replace weight = ca_betaindin_xw fi cv19survey_wave==1<br />…<br />replace weight = ch_betaindin_xw fi cv19survey_wave==8<br />replace weight = ci_betaindin_xw fi cv19survey_wave==9</p>
<p>So, it would be one new ‘weight’ variable, where each wave within each pidp had a weight value which corresponds to the cross-sectional weight for that wave.</p>
<p>- Is that the correct approach to take in to treat the data as repeated cross-section data and look at levels of mental health in each wave? <br />- Am I handling the COVID-19 weights correctly, and can I combine the Mainstage (waves 1-9) and Covid-19 surveys (waves 1-9) in this way?<br />- I’m not sure I fully understand the switch between _ub (waves 1-6 mainstage) and _ui (waves 7-9 mainstage). I can only use _ub up to wave 5 and only _ui from waves 7 to 9. Is it correct to take the approach I’ve outlined above, looking at _ui in some waves and _wub in others? <br />- Also, for wave 6, which self-completion cross-sectional weights should I use? The _ui or _ub?</p>
<p>I hope this makes sense and please do let me know if you require any further clarifications.</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>James</p> Support #2052 (Resolved): Vote Choice: display all partieshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20522024-02-09T15:52:16ZTarek Jaziri-Arjona
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>In the questions regarding voting behaviour. Is it possible to get the all the vote choices of the respondents? Concretely, is it possible to get all the possible parties that people named when answering those questions?</p> Support #2051 (Resolved): Local Authority variable name in Special Licence dataset (SN 6666)https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20512024-02-08T16:56:41ZHannah Chappell
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am struggling to find the variable name for Local Authority indicators in the Special Licence Access version SS 6666. I need this information in order to complete my application for access.</p>
<p>Can someone please tell me what the naming convention for this variable is?</p> Support #2050 (Resolved): Linking BHPS and US Dataset for special license data (6931)https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20502024-02-07T22:00:17ZMax Bradley
<p>I am attempting to merge individual files from harmonised bhps and ukhls into long format. The datasets I am using are the special license datasets 6931. In the syntax provided in the documentation page, it uses the age_dv (i.e., derived variable). However, it seems that these dervide variables are not present in the BHPS indresp stata files. Could someone enlighted me as to whether I am missing something? Or perhaps, how to derive such variables myself?</p>
<p>Many thanks</p> Support #2049 (Resolved): Linking BHPS and US Dataset for special license data (6931)https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20492024-02-07T15:44:08ZMax Bradley
<p>I am attempting to merge individual files from harmonised bhps and ukhls into long format. The datasets I am using are the special license datasets 6931. In the syntax provided in the documentation page, it uses the age_dv (i.e., derived variable). However, it seems that these dervide variables are not present in the BHPS indresp stata files. Could someone enlighted me as to whether I am missing something? Or perhaps, how to derive such variables myself?</p>
<p>Many thanks</p> Support #2048 (Resolved): Code Creatorhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20482024-02-07T09:42:14ZMartha Tindall
<p>Hi</p>
<p>I am having issues when trying to use the code creator on your website. When I click save the save it does nothing and doesn't save the variable to the code creator on the right of the screen. I have tried different browsers, clearing my cookies and different variables but have no luck.</p>
<p>Thanks <br />Martha</p> Support #2047 (Resolved): Council Taxhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20472024-02-06T15:00:26ZElaine Robinson
<p>Where can I find the amount of council tax paid by a household?<br />The variable look up suggests I need ficountax_dv and it is listed as present the hhresp file in waves 1 to 13 of Understanding Society:<br /><a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/variables/ficountax_dv/">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/variables/ficountax_dv/</a><br />Yet, when I browse the data in the hhresp file, it seems that this variable is not present.</p> Support #2046 (Resolved): Unable to locate org variable used in the pasthttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20462024-02-05T11:23:20ZMel Cairns
<p>Hello, We have previously used a variable which we noted the name of as 'org' which was about being a member of one of (or at least one of) a list of organisations such as WI, trade union, religious organisation etc. The last data we have for this variable was from 2016. Now when I search for 'org' in the variable list it doesn't come up. It looks like it was one of the questions listed here: <a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/questionnaire-modules/groupsandorganisations_w12/">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/questionnaire-modules/groupsandorganisations_w12/</a> <br />but either these are from the BHPS which finished well before 2016, or when I search for them in the mainstage variable search they don't come up.</p>
<p>So I'm wondering how I can find the latest data for this variable? Is it in a different section (not the main stage survey)? And if so is that comparable to the data from 2016? Or is there something else I'm missing?</p>
<p>Many thanks for any help you can give.<br />Mel</p> Support #2045 (Resolved): Winter Fuel Paymentshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20452024-02-01T14:06:26ZElaine Robinson
<p>There are a range of benefits for those of pension age to help with fuel bills, including the Winter Fuel Payment and the Cold Weather Payment.<br />Are they included as income or benefits in Understanding Society?</p> Support #2044 (Resolved): Old Westminster constituecieshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20442024-01-31T13:32:18ZMargherita Negri
<p>Hello, I am trying to link survey responses to electoral results for the Westminster constituencies. I have obtained the information about the Westminster constituencies of the respondents. However, these seem to be the most recent constituencies. For elections before 2005, I am unable to assign some constituencies to individual responses because these constituencies only existed up to 2005. Would it be possible to obtain more accurate information about the exact Parliamentary constituency where the individual lived <strong>at the time they responded</strong>? Thank you in advance.</p> Support #2043 (Resolved): Legality of sharing Understanding Society datahttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20432024-01-30T13:28:28ZMichael Mahony
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am a final year PhD student who is very close to submission. As part of my research, I have reconstructed monthly retrospective data from across the Understanding Society survey into a single database of 100,000+ occupational sequences.</p>
<p>Constructing this database was very time consuming and I believe the complexity of this task prevents many researchers from using the retrospective data available within the Understand Society survey. As part of my thesis submission, I was therefore hoping to share this dataset on a public GitHub repository. The data frame would include participants’ unique ID (pidp) and their monthly occupational activities between the years 1900-2020.</p>
<p>I am aware this may be a breach of the end user licence agreement, and so was hoping to get some clarification on the legality of sharing this data. Specifically:</p>
<p>1) Is it a breach of the End User License agreement for me to share this data on a public repository?</p>
<p>2) If so, is there any way for me to share this data that would not be a breach of the End User License agreement or broader data protection laws?</p>
<p>Many thanks in advance for your time,</p>
<p>Michael</p> Support #2041 (Resolved): w_outcome in COVID-19 survey waveshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/20412024-01-26T08:16:49ZLaura L
<p>In the cv_indresp dataset (COVID-19 survey), there are three variables (i_outcome, j_outcome, k_outcome) referring to three survey waves of the main survey. They are supposed to indicate the completion status of each of these main survey wave for each respondent. However, I cannot find I clear indication about the values coding. How should I interpret the different values of the w_outcome variables?</p>