Support #2232
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Respondents own property before they were born
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Hello. I have a question about variable hsyrbuy in wave 14 of the UKHLS. Some homeowners own the house before they were born, I want to learn about the possible reasons. Was it caused by respondents giving wrong answer to variable hsyrbuy?
Stata code to see the problem:
use "n_hhresp.dta",clear
gen owner=. /*identify homeowner's pno*/
forvalues i = 0/16 {
replace owner = `i' if n_hsowr1`i'==1
}
replace owner=. if owner==0 /*homeowner is not hh member*/
gen n_pno=owner
keep owner n_hidp n_pno n_hrpno n_hsownd n_addrchck n_ff_hsownd n_hsyrbuy n_intdatey
merge 1:m n_hidp n_pno using "xwaveid.dta", keepusing(pidp birthy)
drop if _merge==2
drop _merge
drop if n_hsyrbuy<0
drop if birthy<0
gen diff=n_hsyrbuy-birthy
order n_hidp n_pno pidp birthy n_hsyrbuy diff
The graph shows the respondents whose year of birth are before year own the property:
Thanks.
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Hello Shuqi,
In the specific cases you mentioned, I’ve identified the following:
• hidp = 430746026 has two owners: n_hsowr11 1 and n_hsowr12 1.
• hidp = 1160114026 has two owners: n_hsowr10 1 and n_hsowr12 1.
• hidp = 1520568426 has two owners: n_hsowr11 1 and n_hsowr12 1.
However, your syntax only captures one owner:
• n_hidp = 430746026 has n_pno = 2 and owner = 2.
• n_hidp = 1160114026 has n_pno = 2 and owner = 2.
• n_hidp = 1520568426 has n_pno = 2 and owner = 2.
In the case of 1160114026, one of the owners is not a household member, so we don’t have their birth year. For 1520568426, the owner (n_hsowr11 == 1) was born in 1946, before hsyrbuy.
Regarding n_hidp = 1092046026, it has n_pno = 3 and owner = 3, indicating shared ownership (hsownd = 3). There are four other household members, two of whom were born in 1961 (pidp = 1100641290) and 1970 (pidp = 1100641250). Based on the ownership scheme, it’s likely that one of them is the second owner.
As for n_hidp = 430746026, we don’t have additional information to contrast because this is a new respondent from the 2022–2023 general population boost (fre n_hhorig if n_hidp == 430746026). Based on the available data, I would say this is likely an error.
I hope this information is helpful.
Best wishes,
Roberto Cavazos
Understanding Society User Support Team