Support #1121
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Variable "plbornc" vs "plbornc_all
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Hello,
I expect that the number of observations for values (countries) 5-27 should be the same for both the "plbornc" and "plbornc_all" variables. for instance, Republic of Ireland has 722 observations in the "plbornc" and has 457 in "plbornc_all". May I please know why this is the case?
Updated by Stephanie Auty about 6 years ago
- Status changed from New to In Progress
- Assignee changed from Alita Nandi to Stephanie Auty
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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 almost 6 years ago
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With best wishes for the winter break.
Updated by Alita Nandi almost 6 years ago
- Assignee changed from Stephanie Auty to OLAYIWOLA OLADIRAN
- % Done changed from 10 to 80
Hello,
As there are only 23 response options for plbornc, many respondents have to choose 97 "other country". They are then asked to give the name of this other country and that is recorded verbatim. This is then coded up and the resulting variable is called plbornc_all. But these two variables are not entirely synched up. We are looking into correcting that.
So, you will see for Ireland (5)
(1) there are 15 individuals for whom plbornc=97 & plbornc_all==5 // as plbornc=97, they were asked about other country which they gave as Ireland. So, this is ok.
(2) there are 442 individuals for whom both plbornc & plbornc_all is 5 // as plbornc<97, they were not asked about other country, and the values were synched up. So, this is ok.
(3) there are 280 individuals for whom plbornc==5 & plbornc_all=-9 // as plbornc<97, they were not asked other country, but values were not synched up. This needs to be corrected
Note, this also happens for other countries.
For now you can use the following code to get a complete list of countries of birth:
replace plbornc_all=plbornc if plbornc>=5 & plbornc<97 & (plbornc_all==-9|plbornc_all==997)
Please note that those who said they were born in the UK, that is, ukborn>=1 & ukborn<=4 are not asked plbornc. So, if you want a complete list of countries of birth you should also do:
replace plbornc_all=ukborn if ukborn>=1 & ukborn<=4
Best wishes,
Alita
Updated by Stephanie Auty almost 6 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Feedback
Updated by Understanding Society User Support Team over 2 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Resolved
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- % Done changed from 80 to 100