Changes to the Data Made Between Release 6.0 (February 2008) and Release 7.0 (February 2009)

For all changes to the data that were made between Release 6.0 (February 2008) and Release 7.0 (February 2009)

Changes to Master File Between Releases 6.0 (February 2008) and 7.0 (February 2009)

  • Geocoding variables are no longer included in the master file
  • A review of overseas movers led to a number of changes to _status. 34 changes to ffstatus, 15 to efstatus, 9 to dftstatus. One ffstatus corrected for deceased person.

Changes to Wave 6 Files Between Releases 6.0 (February 2008) and 7.0 (February 2009)

Cleaning

  • Sampling randomized area (ahhraid). Corrected for 20 new entrants at wave 6 who were being incorrectly updated from an old sampling file.
  • 7 additional (late) SCQs added.
  • BMI now calculated for 5 cases where a valid imperial height was given but the metric height was implausible. Cleaning rules amended for wave 7.
  • Sex corrected for 2 children (for waves 1 to 6).
  • Relationships corrected for 22 relationship pairs in 19 households.
  • Collection District, state, postcode and distance moved corrected for one single person household.
  • Other income superannuation assigned to lump sum superannuation (windfall income) for 2 cases.
  • Date of birth updated from wave 7 data for 26 cases.
  • 3 enumerated persons removed after longitudinal review of status.
  • Status changes made to HF for non-respondents in 18 households after review of overseas movers.
  • 110 HF19 changes between face-to-face and telephone interview after investigation of discrepancy with PQ Z9.
  • One child counted in 2 households corrected.
  • In-confidence release only: 21 postcodes changed from address corrections.
  • Current marital status changed in PQ for 9 cases.
  • Married/defacto status changed on HF for 10 cases.
  • One child inappropriately recorded in 2 households corrected.

Corrections in calculations

  • In-confidence release only: 2001 collection district (fhhcd01) derived from current address geocoding was set to missing for non-responding households. Now supplied. For households lost to fieldwork (fhhresp=99) fhhcd01 now set to -7 (unable to determine value).
  • Age oldest own child corrected for 2 cases.
  • Type of dwelling. Coded from 'other-specify' verbatims for 45 dwellings.
  • Revised FTB and tax models.

New variables

  • Occupation and industry new coding classifications (for the full list of additional variables see the worksheet for wave 6 in industry & occupation 2006.xls).
  • Combined (from employed / not currently working) job training variables.

Renamed variables

  • ffmfocc1 renamed to ffmfocn1; ffmmocc1 renamed to ffmmocn1; new asco history variables for father and mother's occupation at one digit level provided under old names.

Documentation corrections

  • Question number corrected in variable label for T5 (Number of tracking contacts supplied) and T6 (confirmation of date of birth) in both CPQ and NPQ marked up questionnaires. Removal of "T6 Confirm date of birth" box from general release marked up person questionnaires.
  • Two additional values added to Country of Birth: 3214 'Montenegro', 3215 'Serbia'.
  • CPQ and NPQ marked up questionnaires. G1 Numbers of children. Removed individual number of children variables. from b/c/d/e and inserted derived sums of resident children FTCR and FTCNR.
  • Timestamps removed from CPQ, NPQ and HQ marked-up questionnaires (retained in in-confidence versions).
  • Imputation flags. Value labels added to ftifmktf ftifpif ftifeff ftifdif fhiffpf fhifmktf fhifpif fhifdif.
  • Corrected question numbers in labels for HF11 and HF12.
  • Corrected variables names. HQ marked-up questionnaire. HQ11 Not yet at school children uses childcare and hours.

Changes to Wave 5 Files Between Releases 6.0 (February 2008) and 7.0 (February 2009)

Cleaning

  • Sex corrected for 2 children (for waves 1 to 6).
  • Date of birth updated from wave 7 data for 9 cases.
  • One enumerated person removed from files after longitudinal review of status.
  • In-confidence release only: 20 postcodes changed from address corrections.
  • Current marital status changed in PQ for 1 case.
  • Married/defacto status changed on HF for 2 cases.
  • Status changes made to HF for non-respondents in 11 households after review of overseas movers.

Corrections in calculations

  • Revised FTB and tax models.

New variables

  • Occupation and industry new coding classifications (for the full list of additional variables see the worksheet for wave 5 in industry & occupation 2006.xls).
  • Combined job training variables.

Renamed variables

  • efmfocc1 renamed to efmfocn1; efmmocc1 renamed to efmmocn1; new asco history variables for father and mother's occupation at one digit level provided under old names.

Documentation corrections

  • CPQ: G1 Number of children. NPQ marked up questionnaire, corrected DV sum of resident and non-resident children from DTCR/DTCNR to ETCR/ETCNR.
  • Imputation flags. Value labels added to etifmktf etifpif etifeff etifdif ehiffpf ehifmktf ehifpif ehifdif.
  • Corrected variables names. HQ marked-up questionnaire. HQ11 Not yet at school children uses childcare and hours.

Changes to Wave 4 Files Between Releases 6.0 (February 2008) and 7.0 (February 2009)

Cleaning

  • 1 additional (late return) SCQ added.
  • Sex corrected for 2 children (for waves 1 to 6).
  • Other income workers compensation assigned to lump sum workers compensation (windfall income) for 1 case.
  • Date of birth updated from wave 7 data for 8 cases.
  • In-confidence release only: 10 postcodes changed from address corrections.
  • Current marital status changed in PQ for 1 case.
  • Married/defacto status changed on HF for 1 case.
  • Status changes made to HF for non-respondents in 6 households after review of overseas movers.

Corrections in calculations

  • Revised FTB and tax models.

New variables

  • Occupation and industry new coding classifications (for the full list of additional variables see the worksheet for wave 4 in industry & occupation 2006.xls).
  • Combined job training variables.

Renamed variables

  • dfmfocc1 renamed to dfmfocn1; dfmmocc1 renamed to dfmmocn1; new asco history variables for father and mother's occupation at one digit level provided under old names.

Documentation corrections

  • Two additional values added to Country of Birth: 3214 'Montenegro', 3215 'Serbia'.
  • Imputation flags. Value labels added to dtifmktf dtifpif dtifeff dtifdif dhiffpf dhifmktf dhifpif dhifdif.

Changes to Wave 3 Files Between Releases 5.1 (March 2007) and 6.0 (January 2008)

Cleaning

  • Sex corrected for 2 children (for waves 1 to 6).
  • Date of birth updated from wave 7 data for 6 cases.
  • One person corrected to leaver on HF, reduces enumerated person count by one. Status changes made to HF for non-respondents in one household after review of overseas movers.

Corrections in calculations

  • Revised FTB and tax models.

New variables

  • Occupation and industry new coding classifications (for the full list of additional variables see the worksheet for wave 3 in industry & occupation 2006.xls).
  • Combined job training variables.

Renamed variables

  • cfmfocc1 renamed to cfmfocn1; cfmmocc1 renamed to cfmmocn1; new asco history variables for father and mother's occupation at one digit level provided under old names.

Documentation corrections

  • Imputation flags. Value labels added to ctifmktf ctifpif ctifeff ctifdif chiffpf chifmktf chifpif chifdif.

Changes to Wave 2 Files Between Releases 6.0 (February 2008) and 7.0 (February 2009)

Cleaning

  • Sex corrected for 2 children (for waves 1 to 6).
  • Date of birth updated from wave 7 data for 6 cases.

Corrections in calculations

  • Revised FTB and tax models.

New variables

  • Occupation and industry new coding classifications (for the full list of additional variables see the worksheet for wave 3 in industry & occupation 2006.xls).
  • Combined job training variables.

Renamed variables

  • bfmfocc1 renamed to bfmfocn1; bfmmocc1 renamed to bfmmocn1; new asco history variables for father and mother's occupation at one digit level provided under old names.

Documentation corrections

  • Two additional values added to Country of Birth: 3214 'Montenegro', 3215 'Serbia'.
  • The labels for HQ R10 "Any previous home ownership" have been swapped in the relabelling from 1=Yes 2=No. Corrected to '1' "Not a first home buyer" and '2' "First home buyer".
  • bhhadd removed from marked up Household Questionnaire (no longer supplied in datasets).
  • Imputation flags. Value labels added to btifmktf btifpif btifeff btifdif bhiffpf bhifmktf bhifpif bhifdif.

Changes to Wave 1 Files Between Releases 6.0 (February 2008) and 7.0 (February 2009)

Cleaning

  • Sex corrected for 1 child (for waves 1 to 6).
  • Date of birth updated from wave 7 data for 5 cases.

Corrections in calculations

  • Revised FTB and tax models.

New variables

  • Occupation and industry new coding classifications (for the full list of additional variables see the worksheet for wave 1 in industry & occupation 2006.xls).
  • Combined job training variables.

Renamed variables

  • ajbmmplr 'E24 Which category best describes employer/business' renamed to ajbmmpl. This question was moved to a section with a different population at later waves, and there are fewer responses at wave1.

Documentation corrections

  • Two additional values added to Country of Birth: 3214 'Montenegro', 3215 'Serbia'.
  • The labels for HQ R9 "Any previous home ownership" have been swapped in the relabelling from 1=Yes 2=No. Corrected to '1' "Not a first home buyer" and '2' "First home buyer".
  • Imputation flags. Value labels added to atifmktf atifpif atifeff atifdif ahiffpf ahifmktf ahifpif ahifdif.
  • Correction to marked up person questionnaires for renamed ajbmmpl.