What are the variable naming conventions in WERS 2004?
In general, each variable name has two parts: a one or two-character prefix that signifies which section of the relevant questionnaire the variable arises from, while the remaining characters are intended to give some sense of the topic covered by the question. Variables arising from questions that permitted multiple responses have a number at the end to signify the order of response. Variables in xs04_mq.*: A one-character prefix signifies the section of the Main Management questionnaire from which the variable arises. So ASINGLE arises from Section A of the questionnaire. Variables arising from multiple response questions are numbered from 1 upwards (or, from 01 if 10 or more responses were permitted), so that AHOWCH01 contains the first numeric response given by a particular manager to the question about changes of ownership, and AHOWCH12 the twelfth response. Note, however, that few respondents gave the maximum number of responses to any multiple response question; in most cases th
