On 18-21 September 2018 SurveyMETER held a STATA Training for the 4th Generation of Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) Data Processing. This training is the third wave in 2018. Like the previous generation the training classes held in this class are joint, basic and advanced classes.

The training was held in the Meeting Room 2nd Floor SurveyMETER Office Jalan Jenengan Raya 109 Maguwoharjo Sleman Special Region of Yogyakarta. Edy Purwanto MSc, who was also the program coordinator and Nur Suci Arnashanti as the IFLS data coordinator, was provided the training material. Institutions, institutions, and campuses where schools or assignments are all participants of the 4th batch of training including: FEB Brawijaya University Malang, Statistics Study Program FMIPA UNS; FK Unpad Bandung, FEB Udayana University Denpasar, Andalas University Padang, Poltekkes Kemenkes Medan, BKKBN Jambi Province, STIE Muhammadiyah Jambi, FEB University of Indonesia, BKKBN DIY, Sebelas Maret Surakarta University, Faculty of Public Health and Nursing (FK-KMK) UGM, Taipe Medical University, KU Leuven Belgium (Doctoral Research Fellowship Program at UGM, FKM University of North Sumatra, and PPIE-FE University of Indonesia.

The 4-day training materials include IFLS Overview, Questionnaire and IFLS Data Structure, STATA Basic Orders, Data Merge Techniques (Individual, HH and Community for all survey rounds), Creation of datasets and cross-section data regression analysis (starting from: selection and determination of research variables, determination of samples, preparation of complete datasets, regression analysis, and displaying output in the form of tables and graphs). (JF)