Understanding Society User Support: Issueshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/support/favicon.ico?15995719382023-06-06T10:25:52ZUnderstanding Society User Support
Redmine Support #1914 (In Progress): job title and descriptive information in the covid wavehttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/19142023-06-06T10:25:52ZShiyu Yuan
<p>To who it may concern,</p>
<p>I am currently using UKHLS covid wave 7,8,9 to conduct research. In the questionnaires, jbsoc variable exists in these three waves, but in the data file, I can only find it in wave 8.</p>
<p>Also, there is no derived industry variable, and I found the question in wave 8 is checking the industry in wave 7 and in wvae 9 is checking either wave 7 and wave8. In this case, can I get the information by firstly derived one industry variable for wave 8 and then another one for wave 9.</p>
<p>The last part is regarding the marriage/cohabitation status. Can I generate a variable based on household relationships? But what if they get married but not living together? According to the way UKHLS suggests finding a partner or spouse, does it mean we can only identify a spouse or partner for couples living together that have the same household address?</p>
<p>Would you mind helping me with this issue, please?</p>
<p>best<br />shiyu</p> Support #1874 (In Progress): Issue with religion variable in wave 12https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/18742023-03-10T11:56:38ZLaurence O'Brien
<p>Hello support forum,</p>
<p>I think there might be an issue with the religion variable (l_oprlg1) in wave 12. I suspect this because nearly all the people who report belonging to both the Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic group (l_racel values 10 and 11) have l_oprlg1 = 11, indicating Christian (no specific denomination) religion. This can't be right - in other waves the vast majority of these ethnic groups report being Muslim. There are also some weird patterns for other ethnic groups, but this is the clearest indication of a mistake.</p>
<p>I therefore wonder if there is a coding issue for the values of l_oprlg1. Is this the right place to raise this issue to be looked into?</p>
<p>Many thanks,<br />Laurence</p> Support #1839 (In Progress): Combining individual level files across waves with different variabl...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/18392023-01-12T14:10:28ZIngrid Storm
<p>I am trying to follow the suggested syntax for appending individual level files across waves into a long format. However I wish to retain some variables that are not available in all the waves.</p>
<p>When I try to use the syntax dofile available on the website (MERGING INDIVIDUAL FILES ACROSS WAVES INTO LONG FORMAT) I get error messages when it encounters variables that are only available in some waves (e.g. "variable a_simrace not found").</p>
<p>I noticed on the moodle course a command called "isvar" was proposed as a solution. However, when I try this I also get an error message, saying that "the command isvar is not recognised" (I am using Stata version 17).</p>
<p>What do you propose?</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your help</p> Support #1673 (In Progress): pensioner_dv seems to be wrong for menhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/16732022-03-29T10:29:15ZTom Waters
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>The pensioner_dv variable is supposed to determine whether the respondent is past State Pension Age (SPA). But for men, in wave K, all men aged 64 or younger are defined as not being past SPA, and all men aged 65 or older are. However, men born after 6 December 1953 have a SPA after their 65th birthday (<a class="external" href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/310231/spa-timetable.pdf">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/310231/spa-timetable.pdf</a>)</p>
<p>For women this does not seem to be a problem - at least, there are 65 year old women in wave K for whom the pensioner_dv variable says they are below SPA.</p>
<p>(Though, there are 36 women in wave K who are 60 years old and pensioner_dv indicates that they are past SPA. Presumably that can't be right?)</p> Support #1627 (In Progress): Coding of k_ypfhweve in k_Youthhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/16272022-01-10T11:24:40ZAlexandra Turner
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I have just started looking at the data in Wave K of the youth data file and found that for k_ypfhweve: "During an average week in term time, on how many evenings do you do any homework?" there were 155 cases coded as 9. I was wondering what this code relates to as I cannot find any guidance on how to interpret this data?</p>
<p>Many thanks,<br />Alexandra</p> Support #1304 (Resolved): The "fihhmnnet" net household income variables - what deductions are made?https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/13042020-01-22T13:23:43ZDavid Irvine
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Sorry to bother you. The Understanding Society online variable guide gives the following descriptions for the various household net income variables that are found in the hhresp tables...</p>
<pre><code>fihhmnnet3_dv="total household net income - no deductions" <br /> fihhmnnet3_dv="total household net income - individual/household deductions" <br /> fihhmnnet4_dv="total household net income - hb adj & individual/household deductions"</code></pre>
<p>I was wondering where I could find out what exactly the "deductions" referred to include, i.e. exactly what has been deducted from net income? Similarly, what exactly does "net" income mean in this context, e.g. is it net of income tax and national insurance only, or are pension contributions taken into account etc??</p>
<p>Would be grateful for any light you could shed on this please. Apologies if there's some obvious guidance I should be looking at (I tried the variable guide and had a look at the questionnaire but maybe I missed something - apologies if so).</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,</p>
<p>David</p> Support #1230 (Closed): Equality Act 2010 definition of disabilityhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/12302019-08-20T14:35:34ZOnyinye Ezeyi
<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I would like to conduct some analysis on disabled sample members in USoc as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (EA2010). EA2010 defines an individual to be disabled if they "have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities." (source: <a class="external" href="https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010">https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010</a>)</p>
<p>I have identified the variable g_health in wave 7 as covering the 'long-term' element of the EA2010 definition. However, I would like some guidance on how I go about identifying the 'day to day' element of the EA2010 definition. Would it be sufficient to class individuals as EA2010 disabled if they provide at least one response to the variable g_disdif i.e. state that their health is limited by the activities listed in g_disdif? Or I assume that individuals that state 'yes' in the g_health variable are EA2010 disabled?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,<br />Onyinye</p> Support #914 (Closed): end dates of individual interview for IP W9https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/9142018-02-08T11:22:50ZOlga Maslovskayaom206@soton.ac.uk
<p>I have noticed that in i_indresp_ip there are the following variables available:</p>
<p>Individual interview start time (hours)<br />Individual interview start time (minutes)<br />Individual interview start time (seconds)<br />Interview start date (year)<br />Interview start date (month)<br />Interview start date (day)<br />Time at end of individual interview (hours)<br />Time at end of individual interview (minutes)<br />Time at end of individual interview (seconds)</p>
<p>Unfortunately, interview end date is not available. I can see from data that at least on 64 occasions “interview” ended not on the same day which is expected with online mode of data collection. Unfortunately, I do not know how many days lapsed between the beginning and the end. Is there a chance to get interview end date (year, month, day) variables?</p>
<p>Many thanks!</p> Support #421 (Closed): mining of genetic + other data: collaboration?https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4212015-09-24T13:27:13ZKatrijn Van Deunk.vandeun@uvt.nl
<p>In general my question is whether collaboration on the Understanding Society data is possible.</p>
<p>In particular: I am an expert in statistical learning methods (data mining) and preparing a grant proposal on the mining of high dimensional (many,many more variables than observations) multi-source data. For example, finding gene-environment interactions in combined genetic and survey data.</p>
<p>I have experience in working with genetic (transcriptomics) data and using Bioconductor. Yet, to make most out of the project, it would be necessary to collaborate with people who know the data well and who are able to interpret results in terms of gene-environment interactions. It would also be very useful to know on what to focus, eg obesity.</p>
<p>So, is there a way to collobarate on this specific topic of mining large and integrated data?</p>
<p>Thank you for your time spent on this issue.</p> Support #403 (Closed): Questionnaire epilepsyhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/4032015-08-17T08:34:14ZElisabeth Burdukovalburdukova@mapigroup.com
<p>Dear Sir or Madam,</p>
<p>I am writing to you to request some information about the Understanding society study. My colleagues and I are developing a Global Data Landscape on Epilepsy for a pharmaceutical company. In our search we came across your publications. We would very much appreciate it if you could provide your insights on the type of records contained in the study. Please find attached a short questionnaire. You could easily answer to most of the question with yes/no.</p>
<p>We would be very grateful if you would find time to answer to some of our questions. Thank you very much for your help!<br />I am not able to attach a word file to this request, but please contact me via email (<a class="email" href="mailto:lburdukova@mapigroup.com">lburdukova@mapigroup.com</a>) in case you are willing to reply.</p>
<p>Kind regards,</p>
<p>Elisabeth Burdukova</p> Support #365 (Closed): Net income variableshttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/3652015-04-28T12:08:04ZTom MacInnestom.macinnes@npi.org.uk
<p>I am trying to look at moves in and out of low income using Understanding Society. I used to be able to do this from BHPS, but that had a special household income file (nethh) which I think was developed separately. What is the equivalent file for USoc? I don’t think the income file has what I need.</p> Support #347 (Closed): finding open-ended question data from BHPShttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/3472015-03-02T13:29:49ZAchim Edelmannachim.edelmann@gmail.com
<p>Dear Documentation Team,</p>
<p>I try to locate data from the BHPs but have trouble locating it. Would be<br />great if you could point me into the right direction here.</p>
<p>I am specifically looking for data gathered through the open-ended questions<br />in the BHPs (the non-encoded verbatim record if possible). For example, as<br />far as I known, in years 1997, 2002, and 2007, the BHPs included a question<br />asking respondents sth along the lines of "Would you take a moment to think<br />about what 'quality of life' means to you, and tell me what things you<br />consider are important for your own quality of life?" (see Plagnol & Scott<br />2009, attached) However, I have trouble identifying this variable in the<br />questionnaires and locating the corresponding data in the datasets I could<br />access through the UK dataservice (I assumed it should be in SN: 5151<br />British Household Panel Survey: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009?) I would much<br />appreciate your help here-a small hint might already be enough!-i.e. what<br />variable would this open-question be and, correspondingly, in which dataset<br />could I locate the transcribed answers.</p>
<p>Furthermore, is there an overview of all the open-ended questions that were<br />asked throughout the different waves of the BHPs?</p>
<p>Many thanks</p> Support #332 (Closed): In ECHP, FC and WFTC are included in pi211mg and deducted to get pi211m?https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/3322015-01-05T10:59:15ZDiego ColladoDiego.Collado@uantwerp.be
<p>I wish to kindly ask whether in ECHP (based on BHPS) in the UK the family credit (FC) and the working family tax credit (WFTC) are included in the variable pi211mg (CURRENT WAGE AND SALARY EARNINGS - GROSS (MONTHLY)) and deducted (besides other deductions) to get the variable pi211m (net). I tend to think that this is not the case because these credits are delivered as benefits (and not as tax deductions as, for example, in Sweden). However, I thought that the WFTC might be deducted as mentioned since this benefit is related to work.</p>
<p>Unfortunately I have not found a document with the transformation of BHPS variables into ECHP ones. With this document I could perhaps have a better grasp of what I am asking.</p>
<p>I am analysing the evolution of gross and net wages in ECHP; therefore, as WFTC replaced the FC in October 1999, it is important for me to know what I ask.</p>
<p>Kind regards</p> Support #148 (Closed): testhttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/1482013-05-15T13:18:35ZRedmine Adminjpeterb@essex.ac.ukSupport #85 (Closed): BHPS work history datahttps://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/852012-10-18T15:56:26ZLindsey Macmillan
<p>I wondered if you could tell me if there was any work underway to update the BHPS work history files that currently run from 1990-2005 (SN 3954 on data archive). I've used this file extensively in my research but would like to update some of it at some stage and would be good to know if it's already happening? Would there be someone to talk to if we did undertake a project to update this file who could help make sure it was consistent with the original work?</p>