NC1030 Webinar
2007 Data
May 19, 2009
Overview
1. Introduction to 2007 data
2. What’s new in the 2007 data and codebook
3. Useful filters
4. Discussion of homework
Introduction
Introduction
• The 2007 study was designed to obtain
updated information about the status of
businesses and owning families and also to
learn about the impact of natural disasters
and disaster relief on business viability
• 268 variables in the panel data are 2007
variables, and they are located on pp. 154-185
of the codebook
Introduction cont.
• Screener (pp. 154-160)
– Disaster Questions
– Worldview Questions
– Computed Variables
• Interview (pp. 161-178)
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Basic Business Information
Business Finances
Disaster Questions
Worldview Questions
Conflict and Tension
• Imputed Variables (p. 178)
• Computed Variables (pp. 179-185)
Road Map
*NFBS Wave 3
1997
HM & BM = 414
Combination=259
BM only = 35
--------------------------Total = 708
The population for the 2007
survey consisted of the 708
households with business data
in 1997
339 households were recontacted in 2007
193 Businesses were open/owned/managed
177 Main interviews completed
16 Verified status only
11 Businesses open but have no other info.
116 Businesses were closed/not owned
97 Screener A, B, C completed
19 Verified status only
19 Businesses were open but change in
ownership or management
13 Screener A, B, C completed
3 Main interviews completed
3 Verified status only
369 were not followed in 2007
80 Refused (approx. 22%)
285 Couldn’t be reached (approx. 77%)
77 Maximum calls
208 Unlocatable
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Health Problems (approx. 1%)
What’s New
Between March 2nd and May 4th
What’s New
• Variables that were in the data set but not the
codebook have been added to the codebook
– See handout for variables added to the codebook
• New variables have been added to the data
set and codebook (e.g., dispo07, b2com07,
b17com07, b21com07)
What’s New cont.
• B5com07: Did your business incur any losses from the disaster?
• B7com07: Did your business receive any direct payments or
loans from any government disaster assistance program
between 1996 and 2000?
• B17com07: Did you (or your family) have any problems or
damage to your home or possessions because of the disaster?
• B21com07: When the disaster occurred, did you, personally,
take care of your family first or business first?
• Dispo07: Disposition 07
Useful Filters
Filters
*Filter to get all 339 open and closed businesses
that were recontacted in 2007.
USE ALL.
COMPUTE filter_$=(dispo07=5 or dispo07=6 or dispo07=7 or
dispo07=8 or dispo07=9 or dispo07=10 or dispo07=11 or dispo07=12).
VARIABLE LABEL filter_$ 'dispo07=5 or dispo07=6 or dispo07=7 or
dispo07=8 or dispo07=9 or '+'dispo07=10 or dispo07=11 or
dispo07=12 (FILTER)'.
VALUE LABELS filter_$ 0 'Not Selected' 1 'Selected'.
FORMAT filter_$ (f1.0).
FILTER BY filter_$.
EXECUTE.
Filters cont.
*Filter to get the 290 open and closed
businesses in 2007 for which a screener or
interview was completed.
USE ALL.
COMPUTE filter_$=(dispo07=5 or dispo07=8 or dispo07=10 or
dispo07=11).
VARIABLE LABEL filter_$ 'dispo07=5 or dispo07=8 or
dispo07=10 or dispo07=11 (FILTER)'.
VALUE LABELS filter_$ 0 'Not Selected' 1 'Selected'.
FORMAT filter_$ (f1.0).
FILTER BY filter_$.
EXECUTE.
Filters cont.
*Filter to get the 282 open and closed businesses in 2007 for
which a screener or interview was completed by a Business or
Combo Manager – Note that to go from 290 to 282 we
removed the 8 Household Managers in compty07 (see next slide).
USE ALL.
COMPUTE filter_$=((dispo07=5) or (dispo07=10) or (dispo07=8 and compty07
ne 6) or (dispo07=11 and compty07 ne 6)).
VARIABLE LABEL filter_$ '(dispo07=5) or (dispo07=10) or (dispo07=8 and
compty07 ne 6) or '+'(dispo07=11 and compty07 ne 6) (FILTER)'.
VALUE LABELS filter_$ 0 'Not Selected' 1 'Selected'.
FORMAT filter_$ (f1.0).
FILTER BY filter_$.
EXECUTE.
Filters cont.
Filters cont.
*Filter to get the 180 open businesses in 2007
for which an interview was completed.
USE ALL.
COMPUTE filter_$=(dispo07=8 or dispo07=11).
VARIABLE LABEL filter_$ 'dispo07=8 or dispo07=11
(FILTER)'.
VALUE LABELS filter_$ 0 'Not Selected' 1 'Selected'.
FORMAT filter_$ (f1.0).
FILTER BY filter_$.
EXECUTE.
Filters cont.
*Filter to get the 172 open businesses in 2007 for which an
interview was completed by a Business or Combo Manager –
Note that to go from 180 to 172 we removed the 8 Household
Managers in compty07 (see next slide).
USE ALL.
COMPUTE filter_$=((dispo07=8 or dispo07=11) and (compty07 ne 6)).
VARIABLE LABEL filter_$ '(dispo07=8 or dispo07=11) and (compty07 ne
6) (FILTER)'.
VALUE LABELS filter_$ 0 'Not Selected' 1 'Selected'.
FORMAT filter_$ (f1.0).
FILTER BY filter_$.
EXECUTE.
Filters cont.
Filters cont.
*Filter to get the 56 businesses that
experienced a disaster between 1996 and
2006.
USE ALL.
COMPUTE filter_$=(b2com07=1).
VARIABLE LABEL filter_$ 'b2com07=1 (FILTER)'.
VALUE LABELS filter_$ 0 'Not Selected' 1 'Selected'.
FORMAT filter_$ (f1.0).
FILTER BY filter_$.
EXECUTE.
Homework
Homework
Question #1:
Please determine how many businesses were
open in 2007 and how many businesses were
closed in 2007. We want you to get into the
codebook and find the appropriate variable to use
for this frequency. (HINT: It is in the “Computed
Variables” section of the 2007 wave)
Homework cont.
Answer : 223 were open, 116 were closed
Homework cont.
Question #2
Look in the codebook for and then run frequencies
of disaster variables b507, s6g07, and b5com07.
Though each variable appears similar in wording,
what is the difference between them? (HINT: Prior
to running frequencies of these variables, you will
need to use a filter provided to you in the 2007
filter handout)
Answer: All three variables are assessing the same thing, but s6g07 is the screener variable,
b507 is the interview variable, and b5com07 is the screener/interview combination variable.
Remember that you may need to create a combined variable depending on your RQ.