Location of the Delivery Provider (Aim level) Sample Code

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1 The following SPSS code is provided to illustrate the Location of the Delivery Provider (Aim level) data definition.

A_DPLLSC, A_DPREG, A_DPLA, A_DPWAR01, A_DPWAR03, A_DPWARD

2 The following SPSS code illustrates how to match Location of the Delivery Provider fields on to the Learner data set.

GET FILE '………………..AIMS data set'.SORT CASES BY A23.

/* Rename the delivery providers postcode so that it matches the name of the postcode field in the postcode file.
RENAME VARIABLES (A23=postcode).
MATCH FILES /FILE=*
 /TABLE = '…………………………POSCTODE data set.sav'
 /BY POSTCODE.

/* Calculate the region and the llsc of the delivery provider from the LSC_91 field in the postcode file, only calculated for England.
RENAME VARIABLES (LLSC=A_DPLLSC) (LREG=A_DPREG) (LAUAcode=A_DPLA) (WARD_91=A_DPWARD) (WARD_01=A_DPWA01) (WARD_03=A_DPWA03) (POSTCODE=A23)
VARIABLE LABELS A_DPLLSC 'DV - LLSC of the Delivery Provider, based on the DP postcode/ L44 NCS delivery LSC number'
 /A_DPWARD 'DV - Local Authority ward code of the Delivery Provider (1991), based on the DP postcode'
 /A_DPWA01 'DV - Local Authority ward code of the Delivery Provider (2001), based on the DP postcode'
 /A_DPWA03 'DV - Local Authority ward code of the Delivery Provider (2003), based on the DP postcode'
 /A_DPREG 'DV - Region of the Delivery Provider, based on the DP postcode/ L44 NCS delivery LSC number'
 /A_DPLA 'DV - Local Authority based on the Aim DP postcode'.

Creator

Analysis and MI Team

Date issued

1 September 2006

Date created

22 December 2005

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