February 23, 2021
Question
I would like to inquire about the methodology for creating the value 4 for the derived variable residential school attendance for the 2017 APS PUMF (please see the data dictionary screenshot below, pages 128-129). The label Only parent(s)/grandparent(s)/other family member(s) attended seems unclear.
We were assuming that the value 4 is mutually exclusive of values 2 and 3 but are wondering how. For example, does the value 4 include:
- all of the groups: parent(s), grandparent(s) and other family member(s) or
- one or more of parent(s) and grandparent(s), plus other family member(s) or
- two or more of any of the groups, parent(s), grandparent(s) and other family member(s) … ?
‘Residential school’ refers to both ‘residential schools’ and ‘federal industrial schools’
In categories 2, 3, 4 and 5, the respondent may not have attended a residential school
Categories 3 and 4: ‘Other family members’ include the respondent’s current spouse or
NOTE: Categories include situations where non-attendance by any family members
NOTE: Categories include situations where non-attendance by any family members
Source: Derived Variable - Derived from: RS_05, RS_10A, RS_10B, RS_10C, RS_10D
Answer Categories Code Frequency Weighted Frequency % Respondent attended 1 1,169 41,107 4.1
Answer
All the categories for the derived variable DRSCHATT are mutually exclusive. The data dictionary indicates which persons are considered ‘other family’ members, and category 4 includes only these persons, not any parents or grandparents of the respondent.
Here are the specifications used to create the derived variable:
Specifications |
Value | Condition(s) | Description |
1 | RS_Q05 = 1 and
RS_Q10A = 2 and RS_Q10B = 2 and
RS_Q10C in (2, 3) and RS_Q10D in (2, 3) | Only respondent attended |
2 | RS_Q05 in (2, 6) and
(RS_Q10A = 1 or RS_Q10B = 1) and
RS_Q10C in (2, 3) and RS_Q10D in (2, 3) | Only parent(s) or grandparent(s) attended |
3 | RS_Q05 = 1 and
(RS_Q10A = 1 or RS_Q10B = 1) and
RS_Q10C in (2, 3) and RS_Q10D in (2, 3) | Only respondent and parent(s) or grandparent(s) attended |
4 | RS_Q05 in (2, 6) and
RS_Q10A = 2 and RS_Q10B = 2 and
(RS_Q10C = 1 or RS_Q10D = 1) | Only other family members attended |
5 | RS_Q05 = 1 and
(RS_Q10A = 1 or RS_Q10B = 1) and
(RS_Q10C = 1 or RS_Q10D = 1) | Respondent, parent(s) or grandparent(s), and other family members attended |
6 | RS_Q05 = 1 and
RS_Q10A = 2 and RS_Q10B = 2 and
(RS_Q10C = 1 or RS_Q10D = 1) | Only respondent and other family members attended |
7 | RS_Q05 in (2, 6) and
(RS_Q10A = 1 or RS_Q10B = 1) and
(RS_Q10C = 1 or RS_Q10D = 1) | Only parent(s) or grandparent(s) and other family members attended |
8 | RS_Q05 in (2, 6) and
RS_Q10A = 2 and RS_Q10B = 2 and
RS_Q10C in (2, 3) and RS_Q10D in (2, 3) | Neither respondent nor any family members attended |
99 | else | NS |
