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Understanding "inapplicable"

Added by Chris Martin over 10 years ago. Updated over 10 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
Data documentation
Start date:
07/19/2013
% Done:

100%


Description

This is a general question. I've found that "inapplicable" is a common answer to many questions in the xwavedat dataset, and I've deduced that "inapplicable" can mean:

a. the question was skipped due to a skip pattern
b. the question was never asked in years when the person participated in the survey
c. the question wasn't part of the survey, depending on interview type
d. the question wasn't part of the survey for a regional sample
e. some combination of the above

Is this correct? Also I've noticed that for every question in this dataset, 30% or higher of the values for any field are inapplicable/missing. Is there a general reason for this? Thank you.

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