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Redmine Understanding Society User Support - Support #571 (Resolved): routing for a_jbhad and b_jbbgd/b_j...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/5712016-05-21T15:25:37ZZoe Oldfield
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am trying to work out the routing for some of the employment variables and for some variables, the routing in the questionnaire doesn't seem to match the routing in the data.</p>
<p>1. In wave 1, the routing stated in the questionnaire for a_jbhad is:</p>
<pre><code>IF JBHAS = 2 AND JBOFF = 2</code></pre>
<p>However, when I do the following (stata code):</p>
<pre><code>gen route = a_jbhas==2 & a_jboff==2<br /> tab a_jbhad route</code></pre>
<p>I get the following:</p>
<pre><code>ever had paid | route<br /> employment | 0 1 | Total<br />-----------------+----------------------+----------<br /> missing | 0 29 | 29<br /> inapplicable | 26,525 1,190 | 27,715<br />proxy respondent | 2,036 1,226 | 3,262<br /> refused | 0 2 | 2<br /> don't know | 0 14 | 14<br /> yes | 0 16,108 | 16,108<br /> no | 0 3,864 | 3,864<br />-----------------+----------------------+----------<br /> Total | 28,561 22,433 | 50,994</code></pre>
<p>So there are 1190 observations that look like they should have been asked jbhad but were not. Why is this? Am I missing something in the routing?</p>
<p>2. The routing for b_jbbgd/b_jbbgm/b_jbbgy is the following:<br /><pre>
IF (JBHAS = 1 OR JBOFF = 1)
AND IF (FF_IVLOLW<>1 & FF_EVERINT<>1)
</pre></p>
<p>However when I do the following (stata code):<br /><pre>
gen route = (b_jbhas==1|b_jboff==1) & (b_ff_ivlolw~=1 & b_ff_everint~=1)
tab b_jbbgy route
</pre></p>
<p>I get this:<br /><pre>
year started | route
current job | 0 1 | Total
-------------+----------------------+----------
missing | 0 1 | 1
inapplicable | 50,010 1,982 | 51,992
don't know | 0 16 | 16
</pre></p>
<p>So there are 1982 observations who do not get asked the date that their current job started even though they have never been interviewed before. Why is this? Again, am I missing something?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p> Understanding Society User Support - Support #221 (Closed): detailed information on derived varia...https://iserredex.essex.ac.uk/support/issues/2212013-11-12T10:01:30ZZoe Oldfield
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am trying to find out how some of the income variables are derived. It says in the User Guide that "The derived variables are documented on the detailed variable view on the Understanding Society website. The documentation summarises the variables used in the computation of the derived variable."</p>
<p>Apologies if I am missing something really obvious, but I cannot find this detailed variable view on the website. I am looking for example at this page:</p>
<p><a class="external" href="https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/1/datafile/a_indresp/variable/a_seearngrs_dv">https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/1/datafile/a_indresp/variable/a_seearngrs_dv</a></p>
<p>but there is nothing there on how this variable was derived as far as I can see. Could you point me in the right direction please.</p>