HRS 1994 (Wave 2) Documentation


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Household Listing (TOTAL N= 21635) - The variables and codes in this codebook are a restructuring of questions from the coversheet of the original instrument. VAR # _____ HHID HHID HRS Household Identifier ____________________________________________________________ Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ HHID 21635 47739 23345 1 99587 W2SUBHH W2SUBHH HRS Wave 2 Sub-Household Identifier ____________________________________________________________ W2SUBHH Code Frequency ----------------------- 0 20923 1 361 2 351 PN PN Person Number (of household member) ____________________________________________________________ For this file, "PN" is the Person Number of the household member being referred to in the record. (See MASTER CODES: PERSON NUMBER in w2master.txt) 0. New household member; person number to be assigned at a later date by HRS/AHEAD staff (1251 records in all) 999. NA Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ PN 21635 90 157 0 999 HHIDPN HHIDPN HRS Household ID + Person Number (of household member) ____________________________________________________________ For this file, "HHIDPN" is the Household ID and Person Number of the household member being referred to in the record. Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ HHIDPN 21635 47739566 23345379 1010 99587403 IPN IPN Person Number (of Informant) ____________________________________________________________ "IPN" is the Person Number of the Informant who gave the data. (See MASTER CODES: PERSON NUMBER in w2master.txt) Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ IPN 21635 114 291 1 999 HHIDIPN HHIDIPN HRS Household ID + Person Number (of Informant) ____________________________________________________________ "HHIDIPN" is the Household ID and Person Number of the Informant who gave the data. Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ HHIDIPN 21635 47739590 23345374 1997 99587201 HHORDER HHORDER Order of listing in Household Listing ____________________________________________________________ (Tells order in which data was collected; does not coincide with HRS Wave 1 Line Number. You can not simply find the highest line number in each household and assume it is the number of household members, as some numbers in the list are unused for any given household.) 1. Primary Respondent/R1 2. Secondary Respondent/R2 3-14. Household member as of previous wave 15-19. New household member 00. Line number not used/present HHORDER Code Frequency ---------------------- 1 7738 2 5365 3 3878 4 1860 5 820 6 400 7 170 8 84 9 36 10 17 11 10 12 6 15 844 16 234 17 99 18 55 19 19 W8301 W2 New household member: relationship to Informant ____________________________________________________________ (See RELATIONSHIP MASTER CODE) 0. Inap; Not a new household member Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ W8301 21635 1 8 0 99 W8302 W2 Sex ____________________________________________________________ 1. Male 2. Female 3. Female at Wave 1, changed to male by IWer 4. Male at Wave 1, changed to female by IWer 9. NA W8302 Code Frequency -------------------- 1 10391 2 11207 9 37 W8303 W2 Age ____________________________________________________________ 01. One year or less old 02-96. 2 to 96 years of age 97. 97 years of age or older 98. Don't Know; DK 99. Not Ascertained; NA Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ W8303 21635 52 25 1 99 W8304 W2 Householder ("Householder" indicator: person in whose name the lease or mortgage is held) ____________________________________________________________ 0. Not a householder 1. Householder 2. ? [Editor's note: It is unclear what code '2' meant.] 9. Not Ascertained; NA W8304 Code Frequency -------------------- 0 11064 1 10568 2 2 9 1 W8305 W2 Relationship Change? ____________________________________________________________ 0. No change indicated 1. Change in relationship to Informant indicated by IWer 9. Inap; New household member W8305 Code Frequency -------------------- 0 20247 1 137 9 1251 W8306 W2 Moved Out - Month ____________________________________________________________ 01-12. Month 96. Listing error; person (apparently) should not have been included in HH at Wave 1; move out date prior to Wave 1 IW 98. Don't Know (DK) 99. Not Ascertained (NA) 00. Inap; New household member Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ W8306 21635 3 13 0 99 W8307 W2 Moved Out - Year ____________________________________________________________ 1992-1994. Year (4 digits) 9996. Listing error; person (apparently) should not have been included in HH at Wave 1; move out date prior to Wave 1 IW 9998. Don't Know; DK 9999. Not Ascertained; NA 0000. Inap; New household member W8307 Code Frequency -------------------- 0 19044 1992 402 1993 1300 1994 682 9996 66 9998 11 9999 130 W8308 W2 Why Moved Out? ____________________________________________________________ 01. Married 02. Separated 03. Divorced 04. Split from partner 05. R1 & R2 still married/ partnered but living apart 11. Died 21. Moved to (health) care facility (hospital, hospice, nursing home, assisted living facility, retirement home) 22. Moved to jail 23. Moved to Armed Forces 24. Moved to school 25. Moved to other institution (Peace Corp, church mission, etc.) 31. To live with partner 32. Left with parent who is moving out of household 33. Moved in with parent - parent NOT listed on coversheet 34. Moved in with other relative (grandparent, aunt, etc.) 39. Established own household - not easily classified; "moved to an apartment" (do not use for R1/R2); went to live with roommate 97. Other 98. Don't Know; DK 99. Not Ascertained; NA 00. Inap; New household member W8308 Code Frequency -------------------- 0 19050 1 151 2 92 3 74 4 43 5 14 11 310 21 26 22 6 23 17 24 74 25 2 31 15 32 179 33 24 34 24 39 454 97 1 98 3 99 1076 W8309 W2 Moved In - Month ____________________________________________________________ 01-12. Month 96. Listing error; person in household at Wave 1, but not listed 98. Don't Know; DK 99. Not Ascertained; NA 00. Inap; Not a new household member Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ W8309 21635 2 12 0 99 W8310 W2 Moved In - Year ____________________________________________________________ 1992-1994. Year (4 digits) 9996. Listing error; person in household at Wave 1, but not listed 9998. Don't Know; DK 9999. Not Ascertained; NA 0000. Inap; Not a new household member W8310 Code Frequency -------------------- 0 20384 1992 135 1993 477 1994 397 9996 88 9998 4 9999 150 [Return to Beginning] [Table of Contents] [Previous Section] [Next Section]