=================================================== ** ** NEPS STARTING COHORT 3 - RELEASE NOTES a.k.a CHANGE LOG ** changes and updates for release NEPS SC3 2.0.0 ** (doi:10.5157/NEPS:SC3:2.0.0) ** =================================================== * Known Issues * - labels in version 2.0.0 are not yet completely translated to english; full translations will follow in an upcoming data release - a simplified, flat "Basics" data set file information is not yet integrated in the data; this will follow in an upcoming data release - an updated data manual is not yet published; please use the appropriate data manual from version 1.0.0 instead - variables "idealistic educational aspiration" [t31035a] and "realistic educational aspiration" [t31135a] suffer an encoding error for wave 1 data; this will be fixed in an upcoming data release; until then, data can be correctly recoded using the following Stata syntax snippet: . recode t31035a t31135a (4=1) (1=2) (2=3) (3=4) if wave==1 // - variables for persons who did not respond to a part of the questionnaire in special needs schools erroneously contain the value "missing by design" (-54) instead of "not participated" (-56) in the pTarget data set; this will be fixed in an upcoming data release =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC3 by version 2.0.0 * =================================================== General: - SPSS data sets now ship with the same "VARIABLE ATTRIBUTES" as Stata data sets' "characteristics" - metadata for all datasets has been revised and updated where appropriate - variables now ship with a characteristic 'NEPS_instname' attached in Stata datasets, reporting the variable name used in the survey - wave 2 data has been fully integrated into the data - a new dataset "Weights" has been added, reflecting panel weights for the cohort; documentation is available online - a new dataset "spSibling" has been added, reflecting the target person's siblings reported in the parent's interview - a new dataset "pTargetMicrom" has been added for onsite access, reflecting spatial data from "microm Micromarketing-Systeme und Consult GmbH" - a new dataset "pInstitutionMicrom" has been added for onsite access, reflecting spatial data from "microm Micromarketing-Systeme und Consult GmbH" - several bugfixes and enhancements have been integrated into this new release, influencing various variables; only the most important ones are listed in this change log pParent: - as wave 2 data makes this a panel dataset, the filename has changed from "xParent" to "pParent" - the interview process in parent's interviews does not guarantee unique ids for parents; thus, the identifier in this dataset is no longer "ID_p", but the target person's "ID_t" - three variables with information about the target person's migrational status have been calculated [p400500_g1, p400500_g2, p400500_g3]; a working paper on the generation process and theoretical background is forthcoming - values 5, 6 and 7 have been recoded to 7, 8 and 9 in 'Highest education qualification (ISCED)' [p731802_g1] - values 5, 6 and 7 have been recoded to 7, 8 and 9 in 'Partner: Highest education qualification (ISCED)' [p731852_g1] - value 96 has been recoded to -20 in 'Partner: (Highest) vocational education certificate' [p731863] in accordance with official NEPS missing codes - EGP generation syntax was adjusted due to errors in the derivation syntax (particularly classes IVc and V) [p731904_g8, p731954_g8] - German EGP value labels have been corrected [p731904_g8, p731954_g8] - CASMIN [p731802_g2 & p731852_g2]: Class assignment slightly modified - ISCED [p731802_g1 & p731852_g1]: Civil servants of the medium grade are now identifiable - 'SDQ-Scale: Prosocial behaviour' [p67801a_g1] has been corrected to only contain a sum score if all included items are non-missing CohortProfile: - older weighting variables ('Standardized design weight' [weight_design_std] and 'Design weight' [weight_design]) are now deprecated and have been removed - the interview process in parent's interviews does not guarantee unique ids for parents; as "ID_p" therefore has been replaced by "ID_t" and is no longer needed to link datasets, it has been removed from CohortProfile - variable 'Test: survey day (month)' [test] has been renamed to [testm] - variable 'Test: survey day (year)' [test] has been renamed to [testy] pEducator: - as wave 2 data makes this a panel dataset, the filename has changed from "xEducator" to "pEducator" pInstitution: - as wave 2 data makes this a panel dataset, the filename has changed from "xInstitution" to "pInstitution" pCourseClass: - as wave 2 data makes this a panel dataset, the filename has changed from "xCourseClass" to "pCourseClass" pCourseGerman: - as wave 2 data makes this a panel dataset, the filename has changed from "xCourseGerman" to "pCourseGerman" pCourseMath: - as wave 2 data makes this a panel dataset, the filename has changed from "xCourseMath" to "pCourseMath" pTarget: - as wave 2 data makes this a panel dataset, the filename has changed from "xTarget" to "pTarget" - three variables with information about the target person's migrational status have been calculated [t400500_g1, t400500_g2, t400500_g3]; a working paper on the generation process and theoretical background is forthcoming - 'SDQ-Scale: prosocial behaviour' [t67801a_g1] has been corrected to only contain a sum score if all included items are non-missing - the scale of variable 'Helps other voluntarily' [t67801i] has been erroneously reversed in generation of 'SDQ-Scale: prosocial behaviour' [t67801a_g1]; this has been fixed spGap: - the interview process in parent's interviews does not guarantee unique ids for parents; thus, the identifier in this dataset is no longer "ID_p", but the target person's "ID_t" spSchool: - the interview process in parent's interviews does not guarantee unique ids for parents; thus, the identifier in this dataset is no longer "ID_p", but the target person's "ID_t"