Support #347
closedfinding open-ended question data from BHPS
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Dear Documentation Team,
I try to locate data from the BHPs but have trouble locating it. Would be
great if you could point me into the right direction here.
I am specifically looking for data gathered through the open-ended questions
in the BHPs (the non-encoded verbatim record if possible). For example, as
far as I known, in years 1997, 2002, and 2007, the BHPs included a question
asking respondents sth along the lines of "Would you take a moment to think
about what 'quality of life' means to you, and tell me what things you
consider are important for your own quality of life?" (see Plagnol & Scott
2009, attached) However, I have trouble identifying this variable in the
questionnaires and locating the corresponding data in the datasets I could
access through the UK dataservice (I assumed it should be in SN: 5151
British Household Panel Survey: Waves 1-18, 1991-2009?) I would much
appreciate your help here-a small hint might already be enough!-i.e. what
variable would this open-question be and, correspondingly, in which dataset
could I locate the transcribed answers.
Furthermore, is there an overview of all the open-ended questions that were
asked throughout the different waves of the BHPs?
Many thanks