Variable Notes

We have produced a set of �variable notes� that alert users to specific issues or problems with particular variables that ought to be borne in mind when conducting analysis of the survey data. These include such things as routing errors, defective text-fills and instances of ambiguous question wording that have become apparent during primary analysis of the survey data.

The current set of variable notes (Version 2.2) updates the previous notes accompanying version 2 of the WERS 2004 data, deposited with the Economic and Social Data Service in April 2007. At this time, a number of small additional revisions were made to the deposited data files, details of which are provided in these notes. Additions to these notes since version 2.1 are listed in the appendix to this file.

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We encourage users to report further issues to us by email (wers2004@niesr.ac.uk). Updates to these variable notes will be advertised via our mailing list.


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