Support #1101
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Hi
I'm carrying out research into children's mental health and I'm using data from the youth questionnaire in Waves 1, 3, 5 and 7 of Understanding Society on the use of social media.
When I look at Wave 3, the variable c_ypnetcht has the description "how many hours do you spend playing games on a games console" while for the equivalent variable in Waves 1, 5 and 7 it is "how many hours do you spend chatting or interacting with friends through a social media website".
I also notice that the level of missingness for this variable is very different in Wave 3 (14-15%) compared to the equivalent variables in Waves 1, 5 and 7 (30-40%).
I would be grateful for any advice you could offer about this issue.
Many thanks
Updated by Stephanie Auty about 6 years ago
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Many thanks for your enquiry. The Understanding Society team is looking into it and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Best wishes,
Stephanie Auty - Understanding Society User Support Officer
Updated by Stephanie Auty about 6 years ago
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Dear Craig,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. It looks like a labelling issue and our data team are looking into it. I will update you when we have some more information.
Best wishes,
Stephanie
Updated by Stephanie Auty about 6 years ago
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Dear Craig,
The variable c_ypnetcht had been mislabelled and should read "how many hours do you spend chatting or interacting with friends through a social media website", consistent with the other waves. This will be corrected in future releases. Thank you once again for bringing it to our attention.
I will continue to update you regarding the missing values.
Best wishes,
Stephanie
Updated by Stephanie Auty almost 6 years ago
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Dear Craig,
We are looking into the issue of missingness, and have found from looking at the scanned questionnaires that at least some values which were written "0" were coded as missing by the fieldwork agency. We will continue to update you.
Best wishes,
Stephanie
Updated by Stephanie Auty almost 6 years ago
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Dear Craig,
This variable will be corrected and included in the next data release.
Best wishes,
Stephanie
Updated by Understanding Society User Support Team over 2 years ago
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