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1992 HRS (Final Release, Version 2.0): Miscoded data in V504 in Health.DA
November 21, 2005
At V504 the code values for Inap and 0 = Less than one year ago are incorrect in the HRS Public Release Data. In order to correct the data, users should recode the . (Inap) codes to equal 0 (Less than one year ago), and recode the 0 codes to equal . (Inap).
The data as they currently appear in the HRS Public Release data file:
B35C:YRS AGO STOP SM:IMP
Cumulative Cumulative
V504 Frequency Percent Frequency Percent
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. 299 2.36 299 2.36
0 8064 63.74 8363 66.10
1 162 1.28 8525 67.38
2 164 1.30 8689 68.68