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Mortgage debt on owned property/properties missing for BHPS sample of wave 2

Added by Clinton McMurray over 11 years ago. Updated over 11 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Redmine Admin
Category:
Data inconsistency
Start date:
08/08/2012
% Done:

100%


Description

Hi

I've searched for this issue in the open and completed issues and not turned anything up but if I have missed it please point me to the thread.

I have a balanced panel of sometime home owner BHPS respondents from releases k to r. A question I aim to address is the use of released housing equity when leaving ownership, as well as other questions around home ownership and housing debt . I use "_mgtot" to in various calculations. It appears the equivalent variable does not exist in the interim wave 2 release of Understanding Society (after deriving the reference person and bringing the wave 2 BHPS sample into the panel). All of the other property related variables seem to be present. Is this correct? If so, could you suggest a method of imputing this? The absence of this variable obviously makes it difficult to make these calculations in a way consistent across BHPS and Understanding Society.

In addition, could you please tell me when the wave 2 final version will be released and whether or not it will contain a derived household reference person?

I'd appreciate any direction on this.

Best wishes,
Clinton
Centre for Research in Applied Economics
Curtin University

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