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Why monthly gross income is negative?
Added by Ujjwal Kumar Das over 7 years ago.
Updated over 7 years ago.
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I can see for many, individual monthly gross income is negative which is unusual.
a_fimngrs_dv | 50,994 1458.485 1592.191 -12495.48 15000
b_fimngrs_dv | 54,597 1540.385 1593.65 -15000 15000
c_fimngrs_dv | 49,739 1594.767 1597.395 -8000 15000
I have looked at the documentation, but not sure I have found the information. Any explanation for this?
Thanks, any response highly appreciated.
Ujjwal Kumar Das
University of Leeds
I can see for many, individual monthly gross income is negative which is unusual.
Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max
a_fimngrs_dv | 50,994 1458.485 1592.191 -12495.48 15000
b_fimngrs_dv | 54,597 1540.385 1593.65 -15000 15000
c_fimngrs_dv | 49,739 1594.767 1597.395 -8000 15000
I have looked at the documentation, but not sure I have found the information. Any explanation for this?
Thanks, any response highly appreciated.
Ujjwal Kumar Das
University of Leeds
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Dear Ujjwal Kumar Das,
Negative numbers are a result of a self-employment loss. More information is in the user guide, please see the income section from Page 82.
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage
Many thanks, Victoria.
On behalf of the Understanding Society Data User Support Team
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