README FILE FOR "Ruth Engs - CHINA dataset" http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17232 Created by: Dr. Ruth Clifford Engs Dept. Applied Health Science SPH Building Rm 116 1025 E. 7th St. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405-4801 engs@indiana.edu http://www.indiana.edu/~engs/ with support from: Stacy Konkiel Science Data Management Librarian Herman B Wells Library Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 iuswdata@indiana.edu --------------------------------------- FILE LIST This folder contains: ./China_Data.txt: the authoritative data file ./China_Program.pdf: CALCULATIONS AND SCORING for the Nanning, Guangxi Province, People's Republic of China study, which issue commands to process the data found in the China_Data.txt file. ./README_Engs_China.txt: the current file that documents the entire dataset. --------------------------------------- FILE INFORMATION I. Dataset history Zhuo-Ping Lu, a Post-doctoral student at Indiana University, collected data from 190 Chinese students in two "Study classrooms" at Guangxi University and Guangxi National College, Nanning, People's Republic of China in the Autumn of 1993 and Spring of 1994. The questionnaire information was entered into the computer by work study students at Indiana University. Data was stored and analyzed on mainframes, then it was stored on a Unix system named Chrome and maintained by Indiana University's UITS, then it was stored on Engs' office and personal computers, and it was finally transferred to CD-R and handed off to IUScholarWorks team. The IUScholarWorks team reviewed all of Engs' submitted files and accessioned those files that are most useful to future researchers. We removed files that are duplicates and/or contain errors. Any deleted files appear in cleaned, reformatted form in the final dataset uploaded to IUScholarWorks repository. No unique files were removed from the final collection submitted to the repository. II. Related questionnaire(s) & documentation The data reflect the China version of the Student Alcohol Questionnaire (available at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17228). This Chinese (Mandarin) version (and the translated English version) of the Student Alcohol Questionnaire (SAQ) includes alcohol and drinking questions considered relevant to the Chinese culture by the first author's department at Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, PRC. It contains questions concerning the frequency of drinking, types of beverages and quantity consumed, and behavior problems resulting from alcohol consumption adapted from Engs' SAQ. It also contains the complete Health Concern Questionnaire and a few attitudes toward alcohol questions. Items were translated by the first author and "back translated" by Chun-Ying Chen. Some items were modified to make them more appropriate to the Chinese culture. Further understanding of the construction of this study, the questionnaire and analysis of the resulting data can be gained from reading the following papers: Lu, Zhuo-Ping, Engs, R.C. and Hanson, D.J. The drinking behaviors of a sample of university students in Nanning, Guangxi Province, People's Republic of China,@ Substance Use and Misuse, 32(4), 495-506, 1997. Retrieved from the IUScholarWorks repository at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/16829 Engs RC. (1994). "The health concerns of students in Guangxi, P.R. China," AAHPER, Denver, Colorado, April 1994. Retrieved from the IUScholarWorks repository at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17249 III. Specifics of data Data migrated from paper format in the following order: Paper surveys > Unix mainframe > CD-Rom. All data created in SPSS (software version circa 1993-1994), transferred to Unix via SPSS for Unix. Raw data were responses to questionnaires, submitted on paper, The questionnaire information was entered into the computer by work study students at Indiana University. There's a chance that some of the raw analog data is in the Indiana University Archives, but it has most likely been destroyed. A single sample may still exist. An output file would have been used to inform the publications below. However, this digital file was not found. Researchers reusing this data set will need to produce their own output file(s). Variable descriptions are found in the China_Program.pdf file. IU Archives may contain further descriptions. IV. Articles published from this data Lu, Zhuo-Ping, Engs, R.C. and Hanson, D.J. The drinking behaviors of a sample of university students in Nanning, Guangxi Province, People's Republic of China, Substance Use and Misuse, 32(4), 495-506, 1997. V. Presentations related to this data Engs, Ruth C. (1994). "The health concerns of students in Guangxi, P.R. China," AAHPER, Denver, Colorado, April 1994. Retrieved from the IUScholarWorks repository at http://hdl.handle.net/2022/17249 --------------------------------------- COPYRIGHT & LICENSING INFORMATION Source data was created by Dr. Ruth Engs, engs@indiana.edu. This data is licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commericial 3.0 Unported license. For permission to use this data for purposes not covered by the terms of the above license, please contact Dr. Ruth Engs (engs@indiana.edu) or the Indiana University Bloomington Archives. --------------------------------------- LIMITATIONS There are a number of possible issues with the files, as the tranferral of data across storage mediums may have introduced random errors into the files. Use these data with caution. --------------------------------------- FUNDING SOURCES & SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH Appreciation is expressed to Chun-Ying Chen for her "back translation" of the Student Alcohol Questionnaire, and David Koceja and John V. Samuel for statistical and computer consultation. This study was funded by Indiana University and Guangxi Medical University.