Support #525
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Inapplicable responses are so high for academic qualification- BHPS cohort of Understanding Society
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Dear all,
After combining wave 2-5 of Understanding Society (US) the -8 (inapplicable)responses of the variable w_qfhigh_dv become 16 percent. But, when I keep only pids that trace back to BHPS cohort, the -8 responses for 2-5 waves of US become more than 72 percent. Apparently, respondents from BHPS in Understanding Society have mostly inapplicable responses to academic qualification w_qfhigh_dv. Any thoughts or clarification on this?
Updated by Alita Nandi over 8 years ago
- Assignee set to Ujjwal Kumar Das
- % Done changed from 0 to 90
Hello Ujjwal,
You are correct the BHPS respondents were not asked the initial conditions questions and so this derived variable which is based on that is missing for them. Please read the explanation in the online documentation that has been provided by our data management team - it is very useful. https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/2/datafile/b_indresp/variable/b_qfhigh_dv
If this does not help, please let us know.
Best wishes,
Alita
Updated by Ujjwal Kumar Das over 8 years ago
Hi, Thanks for this clarification. Any suggestions how I can incorporate the initial academic qualification for those respondents while creating a panel combining US and BHPS?
Updated by Alita Nandi over 8 years ago
Use w_hiqual_dv.
Read about it in the online documentation.
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/1/datafile/a_indresp/variable/a_hiqual_dv
If you have further queries please let us know.
Updated by Ujjwal Kumar Das over 8 years ago
Thanks, It has been a great help indeed.
Ujjwal
Updated by Victoria Nolan over 8 years ago
- Status changed from New to Closed
- % Done changed from 90 to 100