=================================================== ** ** NEPS STARTING COHORT 5 - RELEASE NOTES a.k.a CHANGE LOG ** changes and updates for release NEPS SC5 4.0.0 ** (doi:10.5157/NEPS:SC5:4.0.0) ** =================================================== * Known Issues * - all datasets do not reflect the correct doi in their dataset labels; the correct doi is "10.5157/NEPS:SC5:4.0.0", not "none" - a data manual is forthcoming - in dataset xTargetCompetencies, all variables of domains "maths" and "reading" erroneously contain the missing value -54 ("missing by design"); the problem is present since version 3.1.0 and will be fixed in the next release; as there were no additional competency assessments in wave 4, you can safely use the xTargetCompetencies dataset file from version 3.0.0 instead without missing any information - in dataset 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 will be fixed in an upcoming release =================================================== * 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-------------------------------- - variable names of variables "Father's mother: Country of birth" [t405240*] and "Mother's father: Country of birth" [t405230*] in dataset pTargetCATI erronneously have been flipped; this has been fixed 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