Thanks for this! My issue is that i want to use the https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/innovation-panel/variables/adresp15_dv/ 'responsible adult' variable to identify which of the parents are responsible for the children in the 'youth' dataset. I am unsure how to interpret this variable as im unsure what the person numbers correspond to
so basically im unsure how to link the youth to the 'responsible adult'
Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
Hi Akansha,
To link youth to themselves across waves, use their PIDP. To link to their parents, the easiest way is to use the identifiers of parents available in the youth file based on PIDP:
o_fnpid — Natural father: PIDP
o_mnpid — Natural mother: PIDP
o_pn1pid — Natural parent 1: PIDP
o_pn2pid — Natural parent 2: PIDP
o_pns1pid — Nat/step/adopt parent 1: PIDP
o_pns2pid — Nat/step/adopt parent 2: PIDP
For each youth respondent, this variable gives you their parent’s PIDP.
For example, if there was a youth respondent identified by PIDP=234572 in Wave 15, then in Wave 13 this PIDP=234572 identifies the same youth respondent/child (in any relevant file, not only w_youth, of course assuming that they were enumerated and completed a given interview in this wave). If, for this youth respondent (PIDP=234572), o_fnpid=98890, then this means that the respondent identified by PIDP=98890 is their natural father; this will apply to any other individual-level file, not only indresp (again, subject to their participation, eligibility and interview completion).
To learn more about linking household members, I recommend:
1. checking worksheets 7 and 8 in our Moodle course (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/help/training/introduction-to-understanding-society-self-paced-moodle/
),
2. checking this forum for similar questions, as some of these include syntax files posted by us and may be useful,
3. checking our syntax website (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/syntax/
), particularly “Matching individuals within a household” and “Matching co-resident parents’ information”
I hope this helps,
Best wishes,
Piotr Marzec
UKHLS User Support
Understanding Society User Support Team wrote in #note-1:
Hi Akansha,
To link youth to themselves across waves, use their PIDP. To link to their parents, the easiest way is to use the identifiers of parents available in the youth file based on PIDP:
o_fnpid — Natural father: PIDP
o_mnpid — Natural mother: PIDP
o_pn1pid — Natural parent 1: PIDP
o_pn2pid — Natural parent 2: PIDP
o_pns1pid — Nat/step/adopt parent 1: PIDP
o_pns2pid — Nat/step/adopt parent 2: PIDP
For each youth respondent, this variable gives you their parent’s PIDP.
For example, if there was a youth respondent identified by PIDP=234572 in Wave 15, then in Wave 13 this PIDP=234572 identifies the same youth respondent/child (in any relevant file, not only w_youth, of course assuming that they were enumerated and completed a given interview in this wave). If, for this youth respondent (PIDP=234572), o_fnpid=98890, then this means that the respondent identified by PIDP=98890 is their natural father; this will apply to any other individual-level file, not only indresp (again, subject to their participation, eligibility and interview completion).
To learn more about linking household members, I recommend:
1. checking worksheets 7 and 8 in our Moodle course (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/help/training/introduction-to-understanding-society-self-paced-moodle/
),
2. checking this forum for similar questions, as some of these include syntax files posted by us and may be useful,
3. checking our syntax website (https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/syntax/
), particularly “Matching individuals within a household” and “Matching co-resident parents’ information”
I hope this helps,
Best wishes,
Piotr Marzec
UKHLS User Support
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