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Lone Parents

Added by Helen Robb over 7 years ago. Updated over 7 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Helen Robb
Category:
Derived variables
Start date:
06/05/2017
% Done:

100%

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Hi there,

I've been working in Wave 5 of Understanding society, and trying to understand how many HHs have one adult with dependent children.

I've found that only 2.5% of the raw sample, and 1.1% applying longitudinal weights fit this type. I would expect this number to be closer to 10% - Is this correct? Are there other flags I should be using?

Thanks very much,

Helen

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Updated by Gundi Knies over 7 years ago

  • Category set to Derived variables
  • Status changed from New to Feedback
  • Assignee set to Helen Robb
  • Target version set to X M
  • % Done changed from 0 to 90

Hi Helen,
I am assuming you are working with the e_indall file and that you are looking for dependent children who live with just one of their parents.
You can identify these by using the derived variables e_depchl_dv (which equals 1 if respondent is a dependent child) and e_mnspid/ e_fnspid (which will be -8 if a person has no natural/step/adoptive parent in the household). Tag dependent children with just one of parent, then generate a flag for these households and keep one observation per household. I find 8.47 per cent of households meet these conditions; 8.06 have e_psnenub_xw~=0.

Hope this helps,
Gundi

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Updated by Gundi Knies over 7 years ago

Sorry - I meant the longitudinal weight e_psnenub_lw~=0

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Updated by Victoria Nolan over 7 years ago

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Updated by Victoria Nolan over 7 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Closed
  • % Done changed from 90 to 100
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