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The ‘how many’ response to question 7.4b contains a decimal point, while the response to 8.4 does not. Two ‘How many’ numeric answers are created, one with a numeric type of Integer and one with a numeric type of Float.
Archivist answer input:
How many Integer answer | How many Float answer |
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Numeric answers with specific labels
There are several types of numeric answers which are specifically labelled:
- Age-related numeric responses
- Physical measurements [Add link]
- Quantities (generally food-related) [Add link]
- Numeric responses with minimum and/or maximum values defined in the question text [Add link]
- Time period responses that are not input as Time/Date Duration answers [Add link]
Note: Specifically labelled answers are not created for distance (i.e. miles), single unit time responses (i.e. hours only, minutes only), and measurements without a defined length or size (i.e. days, nights, slices, cups, mugs, etc.).
Anchor Age-related Age-related
Age-related numeric answers
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Answers to ‘How old’ questions are entered as follows:
Label | Type | Numeric type | Min | Max | Usage |
Age | Numeric | Integer | 0 | Blank | How old in years only or year component of question asking age in years and months. [Add link?] |
Age in months | Numeric | Integer | 0 | Blank | How old with response in months only. Commonly seen in questionnaires for birth and pre-school life stages asking how old baby is with response expressed in only months. [Add link?] |
Months | Numeric | Integer | 0 | 11 | How old with response in years and months. Answer is multiple response with ‘Age’ for years component and ‘Months’ for months component of question. [Add link?] |