Support #1466
Determining which observations have been answered by a proxy
Added by Leilah Plant-Tchenguiz over 3 years ago.
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Hi, how do I determine which observation questions have been answered by a proxy? My understanding is that if the value of a variable is -7, this indicates that the value is missing as the question was not contained in the proxy questionnaire. However, if I have an observation for a variable which is not missing, how do I know whether this came from the respondent or from the respondent's proxy?
Thanks.
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Hello,
Use the variable w_ivfio which will tell you if this was a proxy interview or a full interview (meaning the respondent did the interview).
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Understanding Society User Support Team
Thanks. If I take a subsample of the individual-level data (which happens to have no proxy respondents), would I use the population weight for respondents exclusive of proxies? Or do you choose the weight type before taking subsamples?
If you exclude proxy respondents then you will use the weight for full respondent. For cross-sectional analysis that is w_indin?_xw and for longitudinal analysis that is w_indin?_lw. Please see the section on selecting weights in the user guide:https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/user-guides/main-survey-user-guide/selecting-the-correct-weight-for-your-analysis
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