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- [[Wellbeing & subjective health]] | - [[Wellbeing & subjective health]] | ||
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===== Primary and alternative (sub)sections ===== | ===== Primary and alternative (sub)sections ===== | ||
Note that some subsections could fall under more than one section (i.e., "alcohol use" could be seen as a subsection of "lifestyle" or of "nutrition", and "mental illness" could fall under "diseases & symptoms" or "mental health"). Similarly, individual variables may fit in more than one subsection. | Note that some subsections could fall under more than one section (i.e., "alcohol use" could be seen as a subsection of "lifestyle" or of "nutrition", and "mental illness" could fall under "diseases & symptoms" or "mental health"). Similarly, individual variables may fit in more than one subsection. | ||
Lifelines __always asigns a primary section and subsection to a variable__, but may asign a second, alternative (sub)section to facilitate the findability of the variable in the online data catalogue. | Lifelines __always asigns a primary section and subsection to a variable__, but may asign a second, alternative (sub)section to facilitate the findability of the variable in the online data catalogue. | ||
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+ | ===== Default variables ===== | ||
+ | Some Lifelines variables are provided by default in every issued dataset. As a result, these variables are not visible in the data-catalogue. An overview of the default variables can be found [[default_variables|here]]. | ||
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===== Changes in variable names ===== | ===== Changes in variable names ===== | ||
- | Note that we may occasionally change a variable name, if there are is a valid reason to do so (i.e. the old name was deemed confusing, too informal, unexpected, or incorrect). You may find a full list of old and new names following this link: [[changed variable names]]. | + | Note that we may occasionally change a variable name, if there is a valid reason to do so (i.e. the original name is deemed confusing, too informal, unexpected, inconsistent, or incorrect). You may find a full list of changed variable names following this link: [[changed variable names]]. |
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+ | ===== Unfixable variables ===== | ||
+ | Seldomly, we find variables that contain mistakes or inconsistencies. Most of the time these mistakes or inconsistencies will be corrected, but not always. You may find a full list of unfixable variables following this link with an explanation as to why they will not be fixed: [[unfixed variables]]. |