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Redmine Support #1937 (Resolved): "Inapplicable" responses for dweltyphttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/19372023-07-10T14:08:37ZVikram Patil
<p>Hello, <br />My question is about the variable "dweltyp" in the hhsamp files. <br />- Why are so many households reported as "-8" or "inapplicable" from Wave 7 onwards in the Understanding Society (USoc) data? <br />- How is "dweltyp" different from the "hstype" variable that was included in the BHPS?<br />- Why are there no inapplicable responses prior to Wave 7? <br />Thanks!</p> Support #1814 (Resolved): "inapplicable" in sempderived variablehttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/18142022-11-22T13:21:55ZClaire Wu
<p>Dear support team,</p>
<p>I have a question about the "semderived" variable in the Covid-19 study. I intend to create a binary variable that includes people who are in paid employment and people who are not employed. However, I am very confused as to what the "not applicable" category represents in this variable. Are these people not employed?</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your help!</p>
<p>Claire</p> Support #1584 (Resolved): "inapplicable" end date of maternity leave & how to find out when leave...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/15842021-09-17T17:25:08ZLaura Joneslaura.jones@nesta.og.uk
<p>Dear support team,<br />I am trying to create a variable measuring length of labour market interruption following childbirth in months.</p>
<p>One important component of this is knowing when maternity leaves end - variable w_matlvendm .<br />However, I find that a large chunk of my sample have w_matlvendm & w_matlvendy listed as inapplicable despite the fact that they have non-missing values on variables w_matlvstm and w_matlvsty (maternity leave start month and year).</p>
<p>On closer inspection I see that these are people who have a value of 3 on variable w_matlv (SPONTANEOUS Currently on maternity/paternity leave) - i.e. they are still on maternity leave at the time of the interview.<br />For some of these people w_jbstat maternity leave and so I am able to trace the end of their leave at the next wave using notempchk, empstendm etc.</p>
<p>However for a good proportion of them w_jbstat paid employment (ft/pt) and so, as far as I can tell there is no way of tracing the date of the end of their leave at the next interview.</p>
<p>Can I ask whether there is something I am missing in terms of finding out the end date of their leave/ when they returned to their jobs? Can you suggest any alternative methods?</p>
<p>I’m also curious as to why in some cases jbstat = paid employment when matlv currently on mat leave, whereas in others jbstat maternity leave.</p>
<p>many thanks in advance,<br />Laura</p> Support #992 (Resolved): Individual-level Nonresponse Adjustmenthttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/9922018-07-01T12:41:43ZAnte Bab2242@cam.ac.uk
<p>Dear Sir or Madam,</p>
<p>I'm referring to the Understanding Society, Waves1-5, User Manual. According to the Manual, the derivation of the weighting adjustments for individual-level non-responses includes a logistic regressions as described as follows (p. 72):</p>
<p>"The predictors used in the models include all the predictors used for the household level nonresponse models and individual and household-level variables obtained from the household questionnaire, such as age and gender, marital and employment status, household size and presence of children in the household, as well as household expenditure on food and food outside, consideration of use of environmental energy, among others."</p>
<p>Is there a complete list that shows all the factors used in the regression? I'm asking because I would like to check whether the Big Five personality traits from Wave 3 are included (non-response might well depend on personality traits). I doubt that they are because they were only part of Wave 3 but I would like to double-check. Also, I'm interested whether education is accounted for.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your help.</p>
<p>Best regards,<br />Ante</p> Support #945 (Resolved): total number of siblings of a given respondent (gender is irrelevant) https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/9452018-03-25T15:59:24ZNico Ochmannnico.ochmann@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
<p>Dear Support Team,</p>
<p>I am looking for the total number of siblings of a given respondent (gender is irrelevant).</p>
<p>I could not find it, and I am not sure if there is information available to derive such a variable.</p>
<p>Your help is much appreciated.</p>
<p>Best wishes.</p>
<p>Nico</p> Support #877 (Resolved): weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f) https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/8772017-11-10T14:55:16ZNico Ochmannnico.ochmann@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
<p>Dear Peter, <br />I have a few more questions with regard to my original support <a class="issue tracker-3 status-5 priority-4 priority-default closed" title="Support: weights for pooled cross-sections over waves (a)-(f) (Closed)" href="https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/758">#758</a>. <br />1. When I generate my new weighting variable, newwgt, 600 observations in my estimation sample are assigned a zero meaning they are dropped. Why do you guys assign zero weights in w_indinus, w_indinub, etc. ? <br />2. The sample mean of my newwgt is 1.1 with a s.d. of 0.58. Does this look reasonable to you as in theory the mean should be 1. <br />3. Does USoc normalize weights so that N observations in weighted data equal N observations in unweighted data? It seems to me that you guys do that. <br />4. Given the normalization, how would I find the number of weighted and unweighted observations with Stata for my estimation sample?</p> Support #855 (Closed): Drinking variables in wave 2, adult self-completionhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/8552017-09-22T20:02:51ZMin Zhangmin.zhang-7@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
<p>Dear USoc team,</p>
<p>I have a question with drinking variables in wave 2, adult self-completion. The variable value labelling seems odd to me.</p>
<p>I expect the variable b_sceverdrnk, ever had an alcoholic drink, to have values as "never had drink" or "had drink before". However, it is how the variable is labelled:</p>
<pre>
. labelbook b_sceverdrnk
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value label b_sceverdrnk
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values labels
range: [-9,2] string length: [5,28]
N: 7 unique at full length: yes
gaps: yes unique at length 12: yes
missing .*: 0 null string: no
leading/trailing blanks: no
numeric -> numeric: no
definition
-9 missing
-8 inapplicable
-7 proxy
-2 refused
-1 don't know
1 age provided
2 never had an alcoholic drink
variables: b_sceverdrnk
</pre>
<p>I ran a cross-tabulation between b_sceverdrnk and b_scfalcdrnk, how often have you had an alcoholic drink. The results also seem odd. I expect that the inapplicable in b_scfalcdrnk could be partially explained by "never had drink" in b_sceverdrnk. But it is not the case.</p>
<pre>
tab b_sceverdrnk b_scfalcdrnk, m
ever had an alcoholic | how often have you had an alcoholic drink during the last 12 months?
drink | missing inapplica proxy don't kno almost ev five or s three or once or t once or t once ever once or t not at al not in la | Total
----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------
missing | 8 0 0 217 3,118 2,116 5,673 11,822 6,635 3,975 3,782 1,404 2,804 | 41,554
inapplicable | 0 6,582 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 6,582
proxy | 0 0 3,882 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3,882
don't know | 392 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 392
age provided | 2,186 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 | 2,187
----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------
Total | 2,586 6,582 3,882 217 3,118 2,116 5,673 11,822 6,635 3,975 3,782 1,405 2,804 | 54,597
</pre>
<p>I understand that the same issue was raised one year ago, <a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/issues/511">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/issues/511</a></p>
<p>But I do not think it has been fixed yet.</p>
<p>Could you please let me know what I can do to get correct records of whether the respondent has ever had alcoholic drink?</p>
<p>Many thanks.</p>
<p>Regards,<br />Min</p> Support #796 (Closed): #794 continuedhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/7962017-06-14T09:56:48ZJulia Borodinajul1bor35@me.com
<p>Thanks! So as far as I understood 'feend' gives an age when a respondent is supposed to leave further education while still in it. Is it correct?<br />If it is so, how can I find out the age at which all respondents completed their full-time education. Any help would be appreciated!</p> Support #694 (Closed): "Ever divorced" and "Ever widowed" in Understanding Societyhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/6942017-01-04T15:41:56ZDebora Pricedebora.price@manchester.ac.uk
<p>Hi, is there, anywhere, a derived variable for 'ever divorced' or 'ever widowed' and ages at last divorce or last widowhood? Or do these need to be derived from the entire data series? I can't help thinking many people must have created these variables even if they are not in the main datasets and am wondering whether this is something I really need to do all over again - or (I am hoping) they are lurking somewhere and I have just missed them, thanks.</p> Support #648 (Closed): how much of the time has your job made you feel tense?https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/6482016-10-25T09:07:11ZChristoph Kronenberg
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I have a question about variables d_depenth1-6, how did you come up with those questions?<br />Other mental well-being/distress questions come from a known measure such as GHQ, SF12 MCS, WEMWBS, etc or ask specifically about whether the person was diagnosed with anxiety/depression. However, these questions appear to be more along the GHQ lines, but without the GHQ-style references to back it up as a valid and useful measure.</p>
<p>Additionally, I found pretty much the same questions in WERS 2011:<br /><a class="external" href="http://nesstar.ukdataservice.ac.uk/webview/index/en/UKDA/About-the-UK-Data-Service-Nesstar-Catalogue.d.55/Research-Datasets.d.56/Workplace-Employment-Relations-Survey.d.57/Workplace-Employee-Relations-Survey-2011.s.7226/Employee-Data.h.1F3/Section-A-About-Your-Job.h.2F3/How-much-of-the-time-has-your-job-made-you-feel-tense-/fVariable/7226_V1161">http://nesstar.ukdataservice.ac.uk/webview/index/en/UKDA/About-the-UK-Data-Service-Nesstar-Catalogue.d.55/Research-Datasets.d.56/Workplace-Employment-Relations-Survey.d.57/Workplace-Employee-Relations-Survey-2011.s.7226/Employee-Data.h.1F3/Section-A-About-Your-Job.h.2F3/How-much-of-the-time-has-your-job-made-you-feel-tense-/fVariable/7226_V1161</a></p>
<p>I really like this questions, but I would be great to give the child a name and reference its parents.</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>Christoph (UoY)</p> Support #639 (Closed): labor income for unemployed/inactive respondentshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/6392016-10-05T13:12:12ZPilar Gonalons Ponspgonalons@soz.uni-frankfurt.de
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I work on unemployment and I am trying to create a measure that summarizes respondents' yearly labor income. My question is, does the Understanding Society survey include information on labor income for respondents who do not have jobs at the time of the interview? I have reviewed all the income variables and it seems that all labor income variables rely on answers to variables like paygl, for which the universe is restricted to respondents who have a job at the time of the interview. Is there any other labor income variable that I am missing?</p>
<p>Many thanks! Best,</p>
<p>Pilar</p> Support #617 (Closed): "Lost CAPI intvw" in e_ivfio, f_ivfio and g_ivfiohttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/6172016-08-11T12:42:18ZHelena Retamalhpreta@essex.ac.uk
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I need to know if the the individual interview outcome with code 9 (Lost CAPI intvw) is a complete interview or not, in order to clasify these cases as respondents or not respondents. I know that the informacion from the interviews is not available but I am not sure if these people answered before the CAPI lost. Would you help me, please?</p>
<p>Thank you very much!</p>
e_ivfio Individual interview outcome
<ul>
<li> 2 9 Lost CAPI intvw*<br /> 124 10 Refusal<br /> 123 11 Other non-intvw<br /> 21 14 Ill/away during survey period<br /> 5 15 Too infirm/elderly<br /> 2 16 Language difficulties<br /> 5 18 Unknown eligibility<br /> 135 21 Youth Interview<br /> 351 24 Child under 10<br /> 94 25 Youth non-interview<br /> 375 50 Refusal/non-int HH<br /> 11 52 Age, infirm/non-int HH<br /> 210 53 Non-cont/non-int HH<br /> 4 54 Out of scope/non-int HH<br /> 2 55 Institutionalised/non-int HH<br /> 18 57 Ill/away during survey period<br /> 116 60 Child <16 ref/non-int HH<br /> 64 63 Chd <16 non-cont/non-int HH<br /> 3 67 Chd <16 ill/away during survey<br /> period<br /> 26 80 TSM - no OSM/PSM<br /> 1 81 Prev wave adamant refusl<br /> 3 84 Other ineligible<br /> 2 98 Other Retiring<br /> 22 99 Dead</li>
</ul>
<pre><code>type: numeric (byte)<br /> label: e_ivfio</code></pre>
<pre><code>range: [1,99] units: 1<br /> unique values: 26 missing .: 0/3861</code></pre>
<pre><code>Freq. Numeric Label<br /> 1995 1 Full interview<br /> 147 2 Proxy interview</code></pre> Support #434 (Closed): "None of the above" in `w'_qfhighhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4342015-10-16T20:30:13ZYujung Whangyujung.whang@yale.edu
<p>Hi, I have a question about 96 "None of the Above" category in `w'_qfhigh variable (highest educational qualification)<br />I found quite many people chose this category as their answers..</p>
<p>May I consider this category as "Below high school degree or equivalent" ?</p> Support #53 (Closed): "Events" variable BHPShttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/532012-05-21T09:14:42Znicolet van Dijke
<p>Hello,<br />For my research on repossessions in the UK mortgage market I am studying the BHPS SN 5151 database.<br />In the British Household Panel Survey User Manual is stated, on page App3-101, that from Wave Two onwards, an open ended question was placed as the final question on the individual questionnaire which includes 'Important Events', which includes the event "repossession".<br />However I can only find these variables in waves 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 14.<br />Can someone please tell me where to find these variables for the other waves, if they even exist?<br />Thank you in advance!</p>
<p>Best,<br />Nicolet</p> Support #49 (Closed): "SPONTANEOUS" response categoryhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/492012-05-10T07:48:44ZSung Park
<p>Hello: I see that for certain questions, in the online documentation, it says "SPONTANEOUS" (for example, variable a_pafar) for some response values in a given question. Can you clarify what this means? Does this mean this response category was NOT asked to respondents and rather, they "spontaneously" volunteered the answer? Thank you!</p>