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inconsistency between xwavedat and indresp on parental occupation?

Added by Carolina Zuccotti almost 7 years ago. Updated almost 7 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Category:
-
Start date:
04/08/2017
% Done:

100%


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Hello,

I am a bit puzzled with the parental information contained in the indresp file and in the xwavedat file.
The xwavedat variables are supposed to be based on indresp data, but I am not sure why I find the following inconsistencies. (Perhaps this is my mistake too)

Let me give an example, base don data I am using. I have added parental information in xwavedat to b_indresp.
I have the following variables:

. sum b_masoc90_cc b_masoc00_cc masoc00_cc masoc90_cc

Variable |        Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+---------------------------------------------------------
b_masoc90_cc | 1,734 54.04268 25.38314 10 99
b_masoc00_cc | 1,734 551.8899 260.5772 111 925
masoc00_cc | 19,497 580.8958 269.3696 111 925
masoc90_cc | 23,434 57.34847 26.26591 10 99

NOTE THAT I HAVE RECODED VALUES BELOW 0 TO MISSING.

I next do the following tests, with these results:

  • tab masoc00_cc b_hhorig = this only has values for the UKHLS sample
  • tab masoc90_cc b_hhorig = this has values for both UK and BHPS sample, but BHPS NI is missing
  • tab b_masoc00_cc b_hhorig = this has values for both UKHLS and BHPS sample
  • tab b_masoc90_cc b_hhorig = this has values for both UKHLS and BHPS sample

I would have expected that the variables from the xwavedat include more cases, and not less.

But there is even a more strange thing in this data:

tab b_masoc90_cc if masoc90_cc==.

I would have expected a "no observations" sign, assuming that masoc90_cc is based on the indresp files (as it is stated here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/mainstage/dataset-documentation/wave/xwave/datafile/xwavedat/variable/masoc00_cc); however, I get 1731 cases with a valid value. This means that there are only 3 cases that have a value in both indresp and xwavedat.

Can you explain why this is the case? It seems as if in order to get full parental data I need to merge the values in indresp with the values in xwavedat.

I then tested another variable, to double check this: b_racel and racel_dv

. sum b_racel racel_dv

Variable |        Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+---------------------------------------------------------
b_racel | 3,892 4.763361 11.60202 1 97
racel_dv | 52,065 3.03609 7.31321 1 97
. tab b_racel if racel_dv==.
no observations
  • This is what I expected.

I would be very grateful if you could clarify what is included in the xwavedat file in terms of parental information, or if there is a document where I could find more information.

Many thanks in advance!!!
And please let me know if you need further clarification; or if I am doing the wrong tests :)

Carolina

#1

Updated by Victoria Nolan almost 7 years ago

  • Status changed from New to In Progress
  • Assignee set to Alita Nandi
  • % Done changed from 0 to 10
  • Private changed from Yes to No

Dear Carolina,

Many thanks for your enquiry - the team is looking into it and will get back to you as soon as we can.

Best wishes, Victoria.

On behalf of the Understanding Society data user support team.

#2

Updated by Victoria Nolan almost 7 years ago

  • Status changed from In Progress to Closed
  • Assignee changed from Alita Nandi to Carolina Zuccotti
  • % Done changed from 10 to 100

Dear Carolina,

Further to your separate correspondence with us, we are now closing this issue, as it has been resolved outside of the forum.

Best wishes, Victoria.

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