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missing paju maju

Added by Carolina Zuccotti almost 9 years ago. Updated almost 9 years ago.

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Closed
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Start date:
04/30/2015
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Hello,
From what I understood in one of the replies you gave, paju (and maju) were asked only in Wave 1. But then, what are b_paju c_paju and d_paju? From the question/universe it seems as if it was asked in all waves to all respondents:

Universe
if (ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS) & ff_everint <> 1 //proxy last wave, non-interviewed adult or new entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds

However, the number of missing for Waves 2, 3 and 4 is much higher (some new entrants are actually responding to the question, while others aren't). Why is this the case?

Looking forward to your response.
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
Carolina

#1

Updated by Redmine Admin almost 9 years ago

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Only asked of adults not interviewed before, why the frequencies look sparse for the later waves. The cross-wave file, XWAVEDAT, contains for convenience a consolidated version of these and other stable characteristics;
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/xwave/datafile/xwavedat/variable/maju
Jakob

#2

Updated by Carolina Zuccotti almost 9 years ago

Hi Jacob,
Thanks for your message. I cannot find the file. Where should it be?
I think, however, that my question is a different one. I have created "paju" and "maju" variables myself, with information from all 4 waves (I know that this is background information and, hence, stable information, and that is why it is b_paju c_maju etc. are sparse in Waves 2, 3 and 4).
However, the number of missing "paju" and "maju" is much higher in waves 2, 3 and 4 (20% or more) than in wave one (less than 2%). The only way to explain this is that new entrants are not being asked the question. See also: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/support/issues/159. Here I understand that parental information is collected in Wave 1; and then in Wave 8, for entrants between Wave 2 and Wave 8.
Am I missing something?
Thanks,
Carolina

This is the syntax:
I merge all 4 waves and then create the following variables:

gen a_flag=1 if a_psu!=.
gen b_flag=1 if b_psu!=.
gen c_flag=1 if c_psu!=.
gen d_flag=1 if d_psu!=.

. gen paju=.
(73119 missing values generated)

. replace paju=a_paju
(50994 real changes made)

. replace paju=b_paju if paju<0 | paju==.
(18599 real changes made, 1452 to missing)

. replace paju=c_paju if paju<0 | paju==.
(7181 real changes made, 2804 to missing)

. replace paju=d_paju if paju<0 | paju==.
(6224 real changes made, 2327 to missing)

.
. gen maju=.
(73119 missing values generated)

. replace maju=a_maju
(50994 real changes made)

. replace maju=b_maju if maju<0 | maju==.
(18523 real changes made, 1417 to missing)

. replace maju=c_maju if maju<0 | maju==.
(7150 real changes made, 2795 to missing)

. replace maju=d_maju if maju<0 | maju==.
(6187 real changes made, 2291 to missing)

.
. lab values paju a_paju

. lab values maju a_maju

.
end of do-file

. tab paju

paju |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
missing | 5 0.01 0.01
inapplicable | 11,028 16.34 16.34
proxy respondent | 2,412 3.57 19.92
refused | 1 0.00 19.92
don't know | 15 0.02 19.94
father working | 45,322 67.14 87.08
father not working | 3,844 5.69 92.77
father deceased | 2,410 3.57 96.34
father not living with respondent so do | 2,469 3.66 100.00
----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
Total | 67,506 100.00

. tab paju if a_flag==1

paju |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
inapplicable | 143 0.29 0.29
proxy respondent | 557 1.13 1.42
refused | 1 0.00 1.42
don't know | 1 0.00 1.42
father working | 40,833 82.79 84.22
father not working | 3,378 6.85 91.07
father deceased | 2,237 4.54 95.60
father not living with respondent so do | 2,169 4.40 100.00
----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
Total | 49,319 100.00

. tab paju if b_flag==1

paju |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
inapplicable | 9,359 18.45 18.45
proxy respondent | 1,163 2.29 20.74
don't know | 1 0.00 20.74
father working | 33,991 67.00 87.74
father not working | 2,693 5.31 93.04
father deceased | 1,791 3.53 96.57
father not living with respondent so do | 1,738 3.43 100.00
----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
Total | 50,736 100.00

. tab paju if c_flag==1

paju |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
inapplicable | 9,938 20.96 20.96
proxy respondent | 1,421 3.00 23.96
refused | 1 0.00 23.96
don't know | 3 0.01 23.97
father working | 30,555 64.45 88.41
father not working | 2,367 4.99 93.40
father deceased | 1,564 3.30 96.70
father not living with respondent so do | 1,563 3.30 100.00
----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
Total | 47,412 100.00

. tab paju if d_flag==1

paju |      Freq.     Percent        Cum.
----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
missing | 5 0.01 0.01
inapplicable | 11,028 23.39 23.40
proxy respondent | 2,412 5.11 28.51
refused | 1 0.00 28.51
don't know | 15 0.03 28.55
father working | 28,645 60.74 89.29
father not working | 2,188 4.64 93.93
father deceased | 1,440 3.05 96.98
father not living with respondent so do | 1,423 3.02 100.00
----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------
Total | 47,157 100.00
#3

Updated by Redmine Admin almost 9 years ago

The XWAVEDAT file will be in the same folder as the other Understanding Society data files downloaded from UKDS. The older issue refers to the BHPS study.
Jakob

#4

Updated by Carolina Zuccotti almost 9 years ago

Hi Jakob,
Sorry but I am a bit confused. From what I see the file Xwavedat has more information on parental background (as compared to the paju/maju I created by adding a_paju + b_paju + c_paju + d_paju).
Why is that? Why I do get fewer cases with parental background if I do not include the Xwavedat? Does this mean that in order to work with background variables we always have to use the Xwavedat?
I would appreciate very much if you could explain this to me with some detail (or refer to a document), since I am really puzzled at the moment.
Thanks in advance,
Carolina

#5

Updated by Redmine Admin almost 9 years ago

XWAVEDAT also consolidates data from the surviving BHPS sample in the study, see e.g. https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/xwave/datafile/xwavedat/variable/maju
Jakob

#6

Updated by Carolina Zuccotti almost 9 years ago

Ok, got it. Thanks.

#7

Updated by Redmine Admin almost 9 years ago

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