Describes various data processing procedures not captured elsewhere in the documentation, such as topcoding, recoding, suppression, tabulation, etc. The use of the attribute "type" as a means of specifying a controlled vocabulary concept is DEPRECATED. To specify the use of a Controlled Vocabulary or standard concept use the internal element "concept". If the dataProcessing involves translations, DDI provides a Controlled Vocabulary for this location: "TypeOfTranslationMethod". If multiple concepts are needed the parent element should be replicated. Internal text related to each concept should be allocated to accompany the relevant concept.
<dataProcessing><concept>topcoding</concept>The income variables in this study (RESP_INC, HHD_INC, and SS_INC) were topcoded to protect confidentiality.</dataProcessing>