=================================================== ** ** NEPS STARTING COHORT 5 - RELEASE NOTES a.k.a CHANGE LOG ** changes and updates for release NEPS SC5 10.0.0 ** (doi:10.5157/NEPS:SC5:10.0.0) ** =================================================== * Known Issues * ==================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC5 by version 10.0.0 * ==================================================== General remarks: - several variables surveyed prior to wave 10 have been renamed to *_v1 and *_v2, as wording of question texts has changed in recent survey instruments CohortProfile: - testy testm testd erroneously had been coded to -56 even though tx80522==1; this has been fixed - new indicator variable tx80121 has been introduced: subsample "students of economics" - tx80921 has been revised xEcoCAPI: - new dataset featuring items from CAPI-shortquestionaire, economics-competency-test and the corresponding methods data that has been administered to students of economics in wave 7; all of these data has been removed from pTargetCATI, xTargetcompetencies, and MethodsCompetencies, respectively, for this subsample =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC5 by version 9.0.0 * =================================================== pTargetCATI: - ts15911 (highest degree obtained) was falsely programmed in wave 9. Therefore ts15911_g1 was generated for all participants. spVocTrain: - original variables tg2416* (subjects) were edited due to discrepancies between subspells. Subsequently, subjects are filled for the first explicit mention only. Missing information was labeled accordingly. Working with service variables is recommended. - service variables tg2417* (subjects) have been revised so that each subspell of a corresponding spell is now filled with the first information available, still variables tg24170_g1-_g5, tg24173_g1-_g5 and tg24176_g1-_g5 provide complete information for all study episodes. - ts15221 (qualification sought) was falsely derived in some cases. Therefore, ts15221_g1 was generated for the affected episodes =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC5 by version 8.0.0 * =================================================== General remarks on harmonization of variables concering subjects, type of university and type of vocational training program: - harmonization of type of university-variable: tg01003_g1(pTargetCATI) >> tg01003_ha (spVocTrain, considering values of ts15201) - harmonized service variables on subjects: tg24160_g*, tg24163_g*, tg24166_g* (spVocTrain) >> tg24170_g*, tg24173_g*, tg24176_g* in spVocTrain (considering values of tg04001_g1-5, tg04004_g1-5, tg04007_g1-5 in pTargetCATI) - harmonization provides valid values for type of university and subjects where information on study episode from winter term 2010/11 was missing - missing codes -28, -29 were introduced in the original variables tg24160_g*, tg24163_g*, tg24166_g*, tg01003_g1, ts15201 CohortProfile: - tx80951 indicates the participation status for students of economics in wave 7. Besides CATI survey and competency testing, these students had also the possibility of taking parting in a short CAPI questionaire as well. pTargetCATI: - 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 [t400500_g1,t400500_g2,t400500_g3] in the pTargetCATI dataset have been renamed using the "v1" suffix [t400500_g1v1,t400500_g2v1,t400500_g3v1], and the new ones have been introduced - variables of students of economics who took part in a short CAPI questionaire were added to pTargetCATI spVocTrain: - service variables tg2417* (subjects) and tg01003_ha (type of university)* were introduced to simplify working with the dataset. Small discrepancies from the original variables (tg2416*) cannot be ruled out and have to be considered by the user. - each subspell of a corresponding spell was filled with the most recent information available, so that the variables tg24170_g1-5, tg24173_g1-5, tg24176_g1-5 provide complete information for all study episodes. =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC5 by version 6.0.0 * =================================================== General: - starting with this release, all NEPS Scientific Use Files will ship with an additional, unicode-enabled Stata data set version; this version is only readable in Stata version 14 or younger, and is placed in the subdirectory "Stata14" - 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 waves 5 (CAWI) and 6 (CATI/CAPI) have been incorporated into the data - the subspell harmonization routine in all spell datasets ("sp*") has been updated, leading to more accurate harmonized subspell information (subspell==0) for panel continuation spells - staff from NEPS stage 7 at the DZHW excessively reviewed and overworked all syntax for generated tg*-variables, which may lead to slightly different contents - staff from NEPS stage 7 at the DZHW reviewed the cohorts' sample frame in consultation with NEPS methods department, leading to 3 observations removed from the SUF - all datasets from version 4.0.0 did not reflect the correct doi in their dataset labels; the correct doi would have been "10.5157/NEPS:SC5:4.0.0", not "none"; this issue has been fixed and all datasets of version 6.0.0 correctly are labeled with doi:10.5157/NEPS:SC5:6.0.0 xTargetCompetencies: - all variables of domains "maths" and "reading" erroneously contained the missing value -54 ("missing by design") in versions 4.0.0 and 3.1.0; as there were no additional competency assessments in wave 4, it was safe to use the xTargetCompetencies dataset file from version 3.0.0 instead without missing any information; this has been fixed pTargetCATI: - variables "Specialized fair/congress: professional/personal reasons" [t272802_w1] and "Specialized fair/congress: Learned something new" [t272802_w1] as well as the corresponding variables for "Lectures" [t272802_w2,t272802_w2] and "Self-instruction programs" [t272802_w3,t272802_w3] in version 4.0.0 and earlier erroneously are not filled for all interviewees reporting the specific further education activity; this has been fixed - variable names of variables "Father's mother: Country of birth" [t405240*] and "Mother's father: Country of birth" [t405230*] in dataset pTargetCATI erronneously had been flipped in version 4.0.0, also leading to slight inconsistencies in generated variables for migrational background; this has been fixed spChild: - all wide variables documenting cohabitation (*_w*) in version 4.0.0 and earlier with the focal child have been extracted and are now saved in the separate dataset "spChildCohab" spChildCohab: - new dataset containing chidl cohabitation spells that formerly had been saved in wide format inside of spChild spEmp: - version 4.0.0 and earlier did not contain coded occupational information for studentical employment episodes reported in wave 1; this has been fixed Biography: - additional spells of type "data edition gap" have been inserted to fill gaps between (a) the eighth birth day and the first reported episode and (b) the most recently reported episode and the most recent interview date =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC5 by version 4.0.0 * =================================================== General: - full translations have been added - wave 4 (online survey in semester 5) has been added - several minor bug fixes to data edition scripts have been introduced pTargetCATI: - when generating variable "Global self-esteem" [t66003a_g1] in the pTargetCATI dataset, variable "Global self-esteem: competence" [t66003d] erroneously had been ignored; this has been fixed; t66003a_g1 can be re-generated in 3.1.0 using the following Stata syntax: * -------------------------BEGIN Stata------------------------------- local target_variable t66003a_g1 nepsmiss t66003a t66003b t66003c t66003d t66003e t66003f t66003g t66003h t66003i t66003j tempvar t66003b_r t66003e_r t66003f_r t66003h_r t66003i_r rowmissings recode t66003b (1=5) (2=4) (3=3) (4=2) (5=1), generate(`t66003b_r') recode t66003e (1=5) (2=4) (3=3) (4=2) (5=1), generate(`t66003e_r') recode t66003f (1=5) (2=4) (3=3) (4=2) (5=1), generate(`t66003f_r') recode t66003h (1=5) (2=4) (3=3) (4=2) (5=1), generate(`t66003h_r') recode t66003i (1=5) (2=4) (3=3) (4=2) (5=1), generate(`t66003i_r') egen `rowmissings'=rowmiss(t66003a `t66003b_r' t66003c t66003d /// `t66003e_r' `t66003f_r' t66003g `t66003h_r' `t66003i_r' t66003j) egen `target_variable'=rowtotal(t66003a `t66003b_r' t66003c t66003d /// `t66003e_r' `t66003f_r' t66003g `t66003h_r' `t66003i_r' t66003j) if `rowmissings'==0 & wave==3 replace `target_variable'=-54 if wave!=3 label variable `target_variable' "Global self-esteem" replace `target_variable'=-55 if missing(`target_variable') * ---------------------------END Stata-------------------------------- xTargetCAWI: - as wave 3 data makes this a panel dataset, the filename has changed from "xTargetCAWI" to "pTargetCAWI" =================================================== * Changes introduced to NEPS:SC5 by version 3.1.0 * =================================================== General: - meta data in all datasets have been revised and updated where appropriate - English translation for all datasets except xTargetCAWI have been introduced to the data - end dates in episodes neglected in the panel interview erroneously contained the interview date of the panel wave instead of the first interview's date; this has been fixed - 185 duplicate respondents have been identified by the survey institute; the redundant observations have been dropped from the data, resulting in slightly smaller number of cases pTargetCATI: - variables indicating migrational background (t400500_g1 through _g3) have been added spVocTrain: - spell integration and recommendation (via variable tx20100) was erroneous; this has been fixed - spell linkage between waves 1 and 3 was erroneous; this has been fixed spEmp: - spell linkage between waves 1 and 3 was erroneous; this has been fixed Weights: - dataset containing weighting variables has been added Basics: - dataset containing oversimplified, "flat" cross-sectional data on the cohort has been added; use for orientation, not for analyses! xInstitution: - dataset containing detailed information on the targets' institutions has been added for onsite access in Bamberg