=================================================== ** ** NEPS STARTING COHORT 1 - RELEASE NOTES a.k.a CHANGE LOG ** changes and updates for release NEPS SC1 10.1.0 ** (doi:10.5157/NEPS:SC1:10.1.0) ** =================================================== * Known Issues * xTargetCompetencies: - the name of the variable von4cs_sc8 ("Vocabulary: ceiling set") has a wrong suffix digit; the variable should correctly be named von4cs_sc9; the correction will be implemented with the next release =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 10.1.0 * =================================================== xTargetCompetencies: - due to a misspecification in the performance indicator "sum score" of the receptive vocabulary test (construct "Vocabulary: listening comprehension at word level"), previous Scientific Use File releases did not account for items that had not been administered to the child because they were below the basal set; this error concerns all measurement points except for survey wave 4; corrected performance indicators have now been integrated (von6_sc3, von8_sc3, von10_sc3) in this update release - adjustments were made to the names of vocabulary items in wave 10 and to the coding of missing values (this may lead to slightly different case numbers in the performance indicators von6_sc3, von8_sc3 and von10_sc3) in order to standardize names and codes across the waves; a minor error correction was made to the variable von10pr_sc3 ("Vocabulary: number of administrative training items") for wave 10 spParentSchool: - the variable p723180 ("School authority") contained incorrect capturing of information on church-run schools, which led to an overestimation of their share; the new variable p723180_g1 ("School authority, corrected") identifies the cases that were incorrectly assigned as church-run schools, but which are probably denominational public schools ("public schools with confessional binding") pParent: - the variable p67801k_g1 ("SDQ scale: hyperactivity") had a coding error that was corrected with this update release pEductor: - the variable p67801k_g1 ("SDQ scale: hyperactivity") had a coding error that was corrected with this update release =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 10.0.0 * =================================================== CohortProfile: - ATTENTION - Change in the content of variable tx80521: up to this SUF version, the variable tx80521 ("Data available: survey target person") was identical to the variable tx80523 ("Data available: parent survey"); since wave 10, surveys are also conducted with the children, as of this SUF version, the variable tx80521 only contains valid values if a child survey has taken place and thus the variable differs from previous versions - the process for generating the variables with the date of the parent surveys (tx8620*), the target surveys (tx8600*), and the competence tests (tx8610*) has been slightly modified and, as of this SUF version, is now based on the time stamps of the surveys instead of the interviewer's entries; this may result in slight discrepancies in the corresponding variables compared to previous SUF versions xTargetCompetencies: - two missing competence items from wave 9 for the domain "Procedural meta-cognition (vocabulary)" have been added =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 9.1.1 * =================================================== MethodsCAPI: - due to a misspecification in the interviewer identifier variable (ID_int), additional interviewer information such as gender (px80301), age group (px80302), highest high school-leaving certificate (px80303), highest vocational qualification (px80330), and migrant background (px80331) was missing for waves 7 and 8; furthermore, linkability of this variable across time was not possible for wave 9; these errors were corrected with the current update =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 9.1.0 * =================================================== pParentCORONA: - since the Corona-specific questions were asked as part of a regular survey wave, the corresponding variables are now integrated in the dataset pParent; the former dataset pParentCORONA has thus been substituted and will no longer be published CohortProfile: - the variables tx8610m "Competence testing Target person: survey month 1" and tx8610y "Competence testing Target person: survey month 1" contained a coding error for wave 2 data in the last SUF release; this has now been corrected pParent: - the variable p70012y_g2 "Age of target person in days survey direct meausures (calculated)" contained a coding error for wave 2 data in the last SUF release; this has now been corrected - the wrong label for the variable pc14004 "Impression of class 4: fun in learning is gone" has been replaced by the correct label "Impression of class 4: fun in learning is encouraged" - the variable p70012y_g2 was updated to also include values for later waves than wave 3; the variable label was therefore changed slightly to "Age of target person competence test (calculated)" xTargetCompetencies: - for consistency with the general NEPS conventions for SUF variable names, the names of the items from early reading competence testing were changed; the item names now begin with "rxn9" instead of "rxg2" =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 9.0.0 * =================================================== General: - new data from wave 9 have been incorporated into the Scientific Use File - meta information for all variables have been revised and updated where appropriate pParent: - variables p731802_g1 "Highest educational qualification Respondent (ISCED)" and p731802_g2 "Highest educational qualification Respondent (CASMIN)" are suffering a minor coding error. This has been fixed in the current release. =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 8.0.1 * =================================================== General: - meta information for all variables have been revised and updated where appropriate pParent: - value labels for variable "Gender Target child" [p700010] had been flipped in version 8.0.0; this has been fixed (thanks to J. Lettau for reporting the issue). =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 8.0.0 * =================================================== General: - new data from wave 8 have been incorporated into the Scientific Use File - meta information for all variables have been revised and updated where appropriate - all variables relating to the dates of data collection (e.g. when the competency tests and cati-questionnaires took place) were updated and now stored centrally in the CohortProfile dataset (variables tx86***). Variables intm and inty have been removed from all other datasets. pParentCORONA: - a new dataset with information from an additional CAWI survey (May 2020) on Corona related topics has been incorporated in this SUF release. xTargetCompetencies: - competency data from wave 7 have been updated to correct some minor errors and variable names MethodsDirectMeasures: - variable names have been partially revised in order to better reflect similarities across waves =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 7.0.0 * =================================================== General: - new data from Wave 7 have been incorporated into the Scientific Use File - an updated Data Manual is published on the website - meta information for all variables have been revised and updated where appropriate pParent: - information on the federal state (Bundesland) of the place of residence (Wohnort) is now available in the Download SUF; more fine-grained information on the administrative district (Regierungsbezirk) and the county (Kreis) of the place of residence is available in the Onsite SUF spParentSchool: - information on the federal state (Bundesland) of the municipality of school (Gemeinde der Schule) is now available in the Download SUF; more fine-grained information on the administrative district (Regierungsbezirk) and the county (Kreis) of the municipality of school is available in the Onsite SUF Weights: - information on the federal state (Bundesland) of the sample frame is now available in the Download SUF xTargetCompetencies: - in the previous SUF version 6.0.0 there were erroneous names for the variables dsn4201 to dsn4001_sc9 (Zahlenspanne / Digit span); this has been fixed pEducator: - the labeling error in SUF version 6.0.0 for the generated variables e539020_g[1-6] has been fixed =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 6.0.0 * =================================================== General: - new data from Wave 6 have been incorporated into the Scientific Use File - an updated Data Manual is under final review and will soon be published on the website - meta data for all variables have been revised and updated where appropriate xTargetCompetencies: - due to technical problems with data storage during testing, the mathematical competence data for 12 persons were set to missing (-95); WLE's and SD's have been updated - some competence variables have been renamed with respect to the target group element (change from kX to nX) EditionBackups: - this new dataset has been incorporated into the Scientific Use File for the first time; it contains raw values before data edition (for more details see the updated Data Manual) =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 5.0.0 * =================================================== General: - meta data for all variables have been revised and updated where appropriate - additional wave 5 has been incorporated into the data xTargetCompetencies: - new published dataset containing data from competency tests from wave 4 and later - methodical information on these competency tests have been integrated into the MethodsDirectMeasures dataset. =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 4.0.0 * =================================================== General: - meta data for all variables have been revised and updated where appropriate - additional wave 4 has been incorporated into the data =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 3.0.0 * =================================================== General: - meta data for all variables have been revised and updated where appropriate - additional wave 3 has been incorporated into the data pParent: - the concept of reflecting migrational background in NEPS SUFs has been improved in order to also represent migrants in 3.75th generation; thus, the older variables on migrational background [p400500_g1,p400500_g2,p400500_g3] in the pParent dataset have been renamed using the "v1" suffix [p400500_g1v1,p400500_g2v1,p400500_g3v1], and the new ones have been introduced xDirectMeasures: - For 49 observations (27 from wave 1 and 22 from wave 2), no information in xDirectMeasures is available; in version 2.0.0, these cases had been coded 0 in all competency variables and therefore remained in dataset xDirectMeasures; starting from version 3.0.0, these cases have consequently been erased from xDirectMeasures. - For wave 3, parent-child-interaction had been measured (again), but will not be published within this release. The parent-child-interaction-data will be likely available with release 4.0.0. =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC1 by version 2.0.0 * =================================================== General: - translation for all meta data (variable and value labels, question texts, etc) have been revised and completed - meta data for all variables have been revised and updated where appropriate - additional wave 2 has been incorporated into the data pParent: - the variable set containing information from the multiple-response question "Birth complications" had been erroneously named [p529101] through [p529106] in version 1.0.0; this conflicts to other variable names in NEPS Starting Cohorts 2 and 3; the battery has been renamed to [p529110] through [p529115]