Understanding Society User Support

Hello,

If you merge this file with the 2019 data file, jk_indall_cv which includes the household grid information collected for this individual in 2019, you will see that most of them report that they don't have any own children in the household. Here is the Stata syntax to check that.

// "datafolder" is the placeholder name for where you have stored the data

use pidp cb_hhcompa using "datafolder\cb_indresp_t.dta", clear
keep if cb_hhcompa==0
merge 1:1 pidp using "datafolder\mainstage_data_2019\jk_indall_cv.dta", keep(1 3)
fre jk_nchild_dv if _m==3

Hope this answers your question. If not, please let us know.
Best wishes,
Understanding Society User Support Team

Hi,

Thank you very much for this. I'm afraid I'm still a bit confused. When I run this command there are 120 respondents whose pidp does not merge (_m==1). Also, some respondents do report having their own children in the household in the 2019 data, but all except 2 respondents in the May 2020 survey are coded as "0+" on all 3 household composition variables relating to under 18s. Also, some respondents in the May 2020 survey are aged 16-18 so I think should have the cb_hhcompb variable coded differently? I have attached stata output to clarify.

Please can you advise what "0+" means and why all respondents are coded this way?

Thank you,

Lizzie Augarde