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Hello Charlotte,

I have run a quick check and compared c_exsame e_exsame g_exsame and found:
1. 62 cases where c_exsame=2 & e_exsame=1
2. 75 cases where c_exsame=1 & e_exsame=2
3. 90 cases where e_exsame=2 & g_exsame=1
4. 84 cases where e_exsame=1 & g_exsame=2

Is this what you find?

Best wishes,
Alita

For 5. & 6., my numbers are 91 and 97. You are consistently getting slightly fewer discrepancies than I am. Not sure why. Have you added any condition that drops some cases? Below is the code I used. Ignoring the difference in our numbers, the % of discrepancy between Wave 3-5 is around 7.6%, higher for the other waves (12.3% between 5 & 7, 15.4% between Waves 3 & 7). Have you checked whether the PIDP of the children reported are the same in the cases where you find the discrepancies - I mean could some of these be genuine cases of change in circumstances?

Hope this helps.

If you have further questions or follow-ups please let us know.
Best wishes,
Alita

foreach w in c e g {
qui use pidp exsame using "$m/`w'_indresp.dta", clear
save `w', replace
}
use c, clear
merge 1:1 pidp using e, nogen
merge 1:1 pidp using g, nogen

• recoding missing values to system missing
  mvdecode _all, mv(-9/-1)

ta c_exsame e_exsame if c_exsame~=e_exsame, nol
ta e_exsame g_exsame if g_exsame~=e_exsame, nol
ta c_exsame g_exsame if c_exsame~=g_exsame, nol

generat diffce=0 if c_exsame<. & e_exsame<.
replace diffce=1 if c_exsame<. & e_exsame<. & c_exsame~=e_exsame
ta diffce

generat diffeg=0 if g_exsame<. & e_exsame<.
replace diffeg=1 if g_exsame<. & e_exsame<. & g_exsame~=e_exsame
ta diffeg

generat diffcg=0 if g_exsame<. & c_exsame<.
replace diffcg=1 if g_exsame<. & c_exsame<. & g_exsame~=c_exsame
ta diffcg