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Small error in Philippines Raw Service Availability dataset [message #13148] Thu, 28 September 2017 14:51 Go to next message
Craig is currently offline  Craig
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I'm specifically looking at PHSQ30FL.SAS, within the PHSQ30FL.ZIP file.
This is an SAS program, designed to interpret the .DAT flat file. Within this program, it assigns the characters in bytes 61-65 of each record to field S107 ("Transport to go to urban centr"), and then tells the program to interpret those bytes using the data dictionary for format S107_.
The data dictionary for S107_ reads:
value S107_
1 = "A.Walking"
2 = "B.Personal vehicle"
3 = "C.Hired vehicle"
4 = "D.Public transport"
5 = "E.Other"
6 = "?.Missing"
;
That is, it can interpret values "1","2",...,"6" as individual characters appearing in the record and treats the question as multiple-answer. However, when you look at the actual records, you find values "A",...,"E","?" appearing.
That is, the data dictionary would be correct if it read
value S107_
"A" = "Walking"
"B" = "Personal vehicle"
"C" = "Hired vehicle"
"D" = "Public transport"
"E" = "Other"
"?" = "Missing"
;
but as it stands it does not parse the records correctly.

Just letting you know; it's a relatively easy fix.
Re: Small error in Philippines Raw Service Availability dataset [message #13155 is a reply to message #13148] Fri, 29 September 2017 07:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We will look into the problem and make any corrections necessary.
Re: Small error in Philippines Raw Service Availability dataset [message #13322 is a reply to message #13155] Wed, 18 October 2017 11:12 Go to previous message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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It's unclear why CSPro gave that output in the .SAS dictionary, but those lines have been corrected, and the zip file updated.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
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