Support #1648
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Help with linking data across two waves
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Description
I am a Masters student completing my dissertation at Cardiff University using an COVID-19 Understanding Society data.
My query is that I am looking at foodbank use and want to look at foodbank use using two datasets.
I want to look at foodbank use before and after the pandemic and have a look at changes in levels of use, especially in the more vulnerable groups.
Initially I decided to use the Wave 7 (January 2021) covid study data and use the variable foodbank_cv as using a dataset from January 2021, at the height of the second lockdown is something I thought would be telling.
However, Wave 7 doesn’t include the baseline measurement of foodbank use in Feb 2020, the variable blfoodbank. This is only found in Wave 4 and 5.
Given that I want to use Wave 7 data for my analysis, how can I link the blfoodbank variable from Wave 5 to the Wave 7 foodbank_cv variable to look at changing levels of foodbank use. Some advice would be much appreciated.
I want to be able to measure levels of change in certain vulnerable groups using logistic regression.
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