Data management/Multiple response questions

Data management techniques, especially in survey analysis do not end with data file preparation. As will be seen under Exploration & description considerable skills in data management and data handling techniques are required in setting up data in appropriate formats for analysis. It is appropriate, however, to introduce the handling of multiple response questions here.

Multiple response questions can result in series of variables coded as 1 or 0, when just ticks or yes/no responses are required for a series of items in a list (see, for example Question 4 in CS11Quest2), or as 1, 2, 3 etc when a series of items is ranked (e.g. Question 8 in CS11Quest1). These questions are shown below.

CATTLE Production system page 2c				HOUSEHOLD General Information page 1c
4. Members of household who  own cattle (Tick one or more)				8. Sources of income                                 (Tick first column as                                   appropriate, rank                                   level of source of                                    income in second                                   column – 1 highest.)
Head .............................				1. Crops
Spouse ...........................				2. Livestock and products *
Head/spouse together .............				3. Home industries
Sons ......................................				4. Salary / wages
Daughters ...............................				Other (specify)
Others * ..................................				5. _________________
* Describe  _______________________				* Include the value of non-cash outputs or products e.g. manure, traction etc.