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Linking individual data to mother's data in the BHPS

Added by Dipanwita Ghatak 10 months ago. Updated 5 months ago.

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Category:
Harmonisation
Start date:
07/05/2023
% Done:

100%


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Hello,

I need to link individual level data on individuals aged 16-20 with their mother's data in the BHPS. My original objective is to obtain information on whether their mother worked when they were 14. For this, I have used the variables maju, maju_bh and manssec8_dv. However, even after accounting for the fact that these questions were only asked to new entrants in the survey, there are many missing values remaining.

As an alternative, I an now planning to link individual observations with their mother's data from the indresp datafiles using the mnpid_bh linking variable. However, the problem that arises now is as follows: mnpid_bh gives the PID of the biological mother, instead of the PIDP. On the other hand, the BHPS indresp datafiles only contain the harmonised PIDP, and not the PID that was used in BHPS. The PID only appears when we append the BHPS with the UKHLS, in which case the PID is given only for those for those who appeared in both the BHPS as well as the UKHLS. For those who appeared only in the BHPS, I have only the PIDP and not the PID, and I cannot use the variable mnpid_bh to do the linking.

My question is: is there any other datafile where the PID of all BHPS respondents is available (even those who did not carry over to the UKHLS)?

#1

Updated by Understanding Society User Support Team 10 months ago

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Hi Dipanwita,

You say that "the BHPS indresp datafiles only contain the harmonised PIDP, and not the PID that was used in BHPS.", I checked both the SPSS and Stata versions of the most recent release of our data available on the UKDS website (study number 6614) and the BHPS indresp datafiles do include both pidp and pid. I'd recommend that you check if the data you're using is up-to-date and complete (e.g., you haven't dropped the pid var on some stage).

Best wishes,
Piotr Marzec
UKHLS User Support

#2

Updated by Understanding Society User Support Team 10 months ago

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#3

Updated by Understanding Society User Support Team 5 months ago

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