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# PR #166 review: Alcohol (ALW_1, ALW_2A1-2A7, ALCDTTM, ALWDWKY, binge_drinker)

**PR**: #166 (`alcohol` → `feature/v3.0.0-validation-infrastructure`)
**Author**: caitlink12
**Reviewed**: 2026-02-18

## Summary

The PR adds master (`_m`) survey cycles to 11 alcohol variables by converting the existing `_i` (ICES) suffix databases to `_m` in `variable_details.csv`. The `variables.csv` file already had `_m` databases on the target branch for most variables; ALW_1 had `_m` mappings added to its `databaseStart`/`variableStart`.

Only `variable_details.csv` is modified (full-file rewrite). Content changes are limited to 11 variables: ALCDTTM, ALWDWKY, ALW_1, ALW_2A1 through ALW_2A7, and binge_drinker. Nine additional variables (ALCDTYP, ALCDTYP_A, ALC_005, ALC_1, ALWDDLY, ALWDVLTR_der, ALWDVSTR_der, low_drink_score, low_drink_score1) had only formatting artifacts (trailing empty field), no content changes.

## Verification methodology

This review used three independent sources:

1. **cchsflow worksheets** — direct inspection of `variable_details.csv` and `variables.csv`
2. **MCP metadata database** — queried via `cchs-metadata` MCP tools (DuckDB, built from DDI XML + PUMF RData)
3. **StatCan PDF codebooks** — verified via Google NotebookLM against original documentation

## Issues found

### P0: ALW_2A1 row 1 variableStart corrupted (copy-paste error)

**Confidence: 100** — Confirmed by MCP `cchsflow_name` mappings and StatCan PDF codebooks.

ALW_2A1 row 1 (`recStart=[0,50]`) has ALW_1's source variables instead of ALW_2A1's:

| Field | Current (wrong) | Correct |
|-------|-----------------|---------|
| variableStart | `cchs2001_p::ALCA_5, cchs2003_p::ALCC_5, cchs2005_p::ALCE_5, cchs2015_2016_p::ALW_005, cchs2017_2018_p::ALW_005, [ALW_1]` | `cchs2001_p::ALCA_5A1, cchs2003_p::ALCC_5A1, cchs2005_p::ALCE_5A1, cchs2015_2016_p::ALW_010, cchs2017_2018_p::ALW_010, cchs2001_m::ALCA_5A1, cchs2003_m::ALCC_5A1, cchs2005_m::ALCE_5A1, cchs2015_2016_m::ALW_010, cchs2017_2018_m::ALW_010 , [ALW_2A1]` |

The MCP confirms:
- ALCA_5 → `cchsflow_name: ALW_1` (not ALW_2A1)
- ALCA_5A1 → `cchsflow_name: ALW_2A1` (correct)

Rows 2-4 of ALW_2A1 are correct and use the right source variables. Only row 1 was affected by the copy-paste error. This row also lacks `_m` master mappings, which rows 2-4 have.

**Impact**: At runtime, row 1 recodes the "any alcohol past week" yes/no variable (range 1-9) through a continuous range `[0,50]`, which would capture codes 1-9. The recoded value would be a yes/no code (1 or 2) instead of the expected drink count (0-50). This produces silently wrong data — not an error, but incorrect values.

### P1: `_s` databases in 16 alcohol variables

**Confidence: 100**

`variable_details.csv` uses `cchs2009_s`, `cchs2010_s`, `cchs2012_s` in all in-scope alcohol variables. `variables.csv` already uses `_m` equivalents. These should be converted to `cchs2009_m`, `cchs2010_m`, `cchs2012_m` (or `cchs2009_2010_m`, `cchs2011_2012_m`, `cchs2013_2014_m` depending on the variable's databaseStart pattern).

### Pre-existing issues (not introduced by this PR, score 0)

1. **ALCDTYP and ALCDTYP_A still use `_i` databases** — unchanged from merge base. ALCDTYP_A also has `2011_2012_i` typo (missing `cchs` prefix).

2. **ALCDTTM type-of-drinker recode**: Early-era variables (ALCADTYP 2001-2005) have 4 categories (Regular, Occasional, Former, Never drank). The 2007+ variable ALCDTTM has 3 categories (Regular, Occasional, No drink last 12 months). The worksheets recode codes 3 (Former) and 4 (Never) both to 3. This is justified: StatCan collapsed these categories in 2007 when lifetime-use questions moved to optional modules.

## L6 integration test

`rec_with_table()` ran successfully for all 9 PUMF cycles (2001 through 2017-2018). No step changes at era boundaries for any variable.

| Cycle | ALCDTTM | ALW_1 | ALW_2A1 | ALWDWKY |
|-------|---------|-------|---------|---------|
| cchs2001_p | 100% | 100% | 45% | 78% |
| cchs2003_p | 100% | 100% | 41.5% | 71.5% |
| cchs2005_p | 100% | 100% | 47.5% | 72% |
| cchs2007_2008_p | 100% | 100% | 21.5% | 37.5% |
| cchs2009_2010_p | 100% | 100% | 19.5% | 29% |
| cchs2011_2012_p | 100% | 100% | 28.5% | 51% |
| cchs2013_2014_p | 100% | 100% | 28% | 48.5% |
| cchs2015_2016_p | 100% | 100% | 50% | 75% |
| cchs2017_2018_p | 100% | 100% | 28.5% | 36.5% |

ALCDTTM and ALW_1 are 100% valid across all cycles (categorical variables, all respondents). ALW_2A1-2A7 valid percentages reflect the proportion of respondents who reported drinking in the past week (varies by cycle due to sampling). ALWDWKY valid percentages track similarly. No anomalous patterns.

**Note**: The P0 bug in ALW_2A1 row 1 does not cause test failures because it maps to a valid recoding range. The data produced is silently wrong (yes/no codes instead of drink counts).

**Note**: Master (`_m`) mappings cannot be validated at runtime with PUMF data. The ALW_2A1 source variable naming bug (P0) was caught by worksheet inspection and MCP cross-reference, not L6 testing.

## Checks performed

- [x] Era boundary defaults (Check 1) — ALW_2A1 row 1 caught wrong defaults
- [x] databaseStart consistency (Check 2) — `_s` databases flagged
- [x] PUMF vs Master naming (Check 3)
- [x] Pre-2007 cycle letters (Check 4) — confirmed ALCA/ALCC/ALCE pattern via MCP
- [x] Known error patterns (Check 5)
- [x] L6 PUMF integration test
- [x] MCP cross-reference (new) — verified source variable families via `cchsflow_name` field
- [x] PDF triangulation (new) — confirmed variable definitions via StatCan codebooks
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library(cchsflow)
library(dplyr)

# Load worksheet from the branch under review
variable_details <- read.csv("inst/extdata/variable_details.csv",
stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

# In-scope variables for PR #166
variables_to_test <- c("ALCDTTM", "ALWDWKY", "ALW_1",
"ALW_2A1", "ALW_2A2", "ALW_2A3", "ALW_2A4",
"ALW_2A5", "ALW_2A6", "ALW_2A7",
"binge_drinker")

# PUMF cycles
cycles <- c("cchs2001_p", "cchs2003_p", "cchs2005_p",
"cchs2007_2008_p", "cchs2009_2010_p", "cchs2011_2012_p",
"cchs2013_2014_p", "cchs2015_2016_p", "cchs2017_2018_p")

results <- data.frame()

for (cycle in cycles) {
rdata_file <- file.path("data", paste0(cycle, ".RData"))
if (!file.exists(rdata_file)) {
cat("SKIP", cycle, "- file not found\n")
next
}

load(rdata_file)
df <- get(cycle)

result <- tryCatch({
rec_with_table(
data = df,
variables = variables_to_test,
database_name = cycle,
variable_details = variable_details,
log = FALSE
)
}, error = function(e) {
cat("ERROR in", cycle, ":", e$message, "\n")
NULL
})

if (!is.null(result)) {
n <- nrow(result)
for (v in setdiff(names(result), "ADM_RNO")) {
valid <- sum(!is.na(result[[v]]))
cat(cycle, v, ": valid =", valid, "/", n,
"(", round(100 * valid / n, 1), "%)\n")

results <- rbind(results, data.frame(
cycle = cycle, variable = v,
n = n, valid = valid,
valid_pct = round(100 * valid / n, 1),
stringsAsFactors = FALSE
))
}
}

rm(list = cycle)
}

# Cross-cycle prevalence summary
cat("\n=== CROSS-CYCLE SUMMARY ===\n")
for (v in unique(results$variable)) {
cat("\n", v, ":\n")
sub <- results[results$variable == v, ]
print(sub[, c("cycle", "n", "valid", "valid_pct")], row.names = FALSE)
}

# Save results
write.csv(results, "/tmp/alcohol-pumf-integration-test.csv", row.names = FALSE)
cat("\nResults saved to /tmp/alcohol-pumf-integration-test.csv\n")
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"cycle","variable","n","valid","valid_pct"
"cchs2001_p","ALCDTTM",200,200,100
"cchs2001_p","ALW_1",200,200,100
"cchs2001_p","ALW_2A1",200,90,45
"cchs2001_p","ALW_2A2",200,90,45
"cchs2001_p","ALW_2A3",200,90,45
"cchs2001_p","ALW_2A4",200,90,45
"cchs2001_p","ALW_2A5",200,90,45
"cchs2001_p","ALW_2A6",200,90,45
"cchs2001_p","ALW_2A7",200,90,45
"cchs2001_p","ALWDWKY",200,156,78
"cchs2003_p","ALCDTTM",200,200,100
"cchs2003_p","ALW_1",200,200,100
"cchs2003_p","ALW_2A1",200,83,41.5
"cchs2003_p","ALW_2A2",200,84,42
"cchs2003_p","ALW_2A3",200,84,42
"cchs2003_p","ALW_2A4",200,82,41
"cchs2003_p","ALW_2A5",200,81,40.5
"cchs2003_p","ALW_2A6",200,82,41
"cchs2003_p","ALW_2A7",200,84,42
"cchs2003_p","ALWDWKY",200,143,71.5
"cchs2005_p","ALCDTTM",200,200,100
"cchs2005_p","ALW_1",200,200,100
"cchs2005_p","ALW_2A1",200,95,47.5
"cchs2005_p","ALW_2A2",200,96,48
"cchs2005_p","ALW_2A3",200,95,47.5
"cchs2005_p","ALW_2A4",200,95,47.5
"cchs2005_p","ALW_2A5",200,95,47.5
"cchs2005_p","ALW_2A6",200,95,47.5
"cchs2005_p","ALW_2A7",200,94,47
"cchs2005_p","ALWDWKY",200,144,72
"cchs2007_2008_p","ALCDTTM",200,200,100
"cchs2007_2008_p","ALW_1",200,200,100
"cchs2007_2008_p","ALW_2A1",200,43,21.5
"cchs2007_2008_p","ALW_2A2",200,42,21
"cchs2007_2008_p","ALW_2A3",200,42,21
"cchs2007_2008_p","ALW_2A4",200,42,21
"cchs2007_2008_p","ALW_2A5",200,42,21
"cchs2007_2008_p","ALW_2A6",200,42,21
"cchs2007_2008_p","ALW_2A7",200,42,21
"cchs2007_2008_p","ALWDWKY",200,75,37.5
"cchs2009_2010_p","ALCDTTM",200,200,100
"cchs2009_2010_p","ALW_1",200,200,100
"cchs2009_2010_p","ALW_2A1",200,39,19.5
"cchs2009_2010_p","ALW_2A2",200,39,19.5
"cchs2009_2010_p","ALW_2A3",200,39,19.5
"cchs2009_2010_p","ALW_2A4",200,38,19
"cchs2009_2010_p","ALW_2A5",200,38,19
"cchs2009_2010_p","ALW_2A6",200,38,19
"cchs2009_2010_p","ALW_2A7",200,36,18
"cchs2009_2010_p","ALWDWKY",200,58,29
"cchs2011_2012_p","ALCDTTM",200,200,100
"cchs2011_2012_p","ALW_1",200,200,100
"cchs2011_2012_p","ALW_2A1",200,57,28.5
"cchs2011_2012_p","ALW_2A2",200,57,28.5
"cchs2011_2012_p","ALW_2A3",200,57,28.5
"cchs2011_2012_p","ALW_2A4",200,57,28.5
"cchs2011_2012_p","ALW_2A5",200,57,28.5
"cchs2011_2012_p","ALW_2A6",200,56,28
"cchs2011_2012_p","ALW_2A7",200,56,28
"cchs2011_2012_p","ALWDWKY",200,102,51
"cchs2013_2014_p","ALCDTTM",200,200,100
"cchs2013_2014_p","ALW_1",200,200,100
"cchs2013_2014_p","ALW_2A1",200,56,28
"cchs2013_2014_p","ALW_2A2",200,56,28
"cchs2013_2014_p","ALW_2A3",200,55,27.5
"cchs2013_2014_p","ALW_2A4",200,55,27.5
"cchs2013_2014_p","ALW_2A5",200,55,27.5
"cchs2013_2014_p","ALW_2A6",200,55,27.5
"cchs2013_2014_p","ALW_2A7",200,55,27.5
"cchs2013_2014_p","ALWDWKY",200,97,48.5
"cchs2015_2016_p","ALCDTTM",200,200,100
"cchs2015_2016_p","ALW_1",200,200,100
"cchs2015_2016_p","ALW_2A1",200,100,50
"cchs2015_2016_p","ALW_2A2",200,100,50
"cchs2015_2016_p","ALW_2A3",200,99,49.5
"cchs2015_2016_p","ALW_2A4",200,98,49
"cchs2015_2016_p","ALW_2A5",200,98,49
"cchs2015_2016_p","ALW_2A6",200,96,48
"cchs2015_2016_p","ALW_2A7",200,94,47
"cchs2015_2016_p","ALWDWKY",200,150,75
"cchs2017_2018_p","ALCDTTM",200,200,100
"cchs2017_2018_p","ALW_1",200,200,100
"cchs2017_2018_p","ALW_2A1",200,57,28.5
"cchs2017_2018_p","ALW_2A2",200,56,28
"cchs2017_2018_p","ALW_2A3",200,57,28.5
"cchs2017_2018_p","ALW_2A4",200,56,28
"cchs2017_2018_p","ALW_2A5",200,55,27.5
"cchs2017_2018_p","ALW_2A6",200,55,27.5
"cchs2017_2018_p","ALW_2A7",200,55,27.5
"cchs2017_2018_p","ALWDWKY",200,73,36.5
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