Support #1481
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Missing values vs negative income
Added by Leilah Plant-Tchenguiz almost 4 years ago.
Updated about 3 years ago.
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Hi, when looking at income variables (e.g. fimnlabgrs_dv) and I see negative integer values, how do I know whether these represent negative incomes or missing values?
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The negative values -9 -8 -7 -2 -1 are set aside for missing values. Other negative values are actual negative values.
Hope this helps.
Understanding Society User Support
So suppose income were actually -7. Would you enter income as -7.00 to differentiate it from the missing values?
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I don't think we have encountered this issue yet as it is very unlikely to have income amount exactly -7 or -9. But if you are interested I can find out from the income team if in such cases they would change the income to something like -7.01
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That would be helpful, thank you.
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The income team has confirmed that negative values -9 -8 -7 -2 -1 are reserved for genuine missing values.
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