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SECTION A. IDs AND DEMOGRAPHICS HHID [HH, RESP, HELP, PERSONS] HOUSEHOLD IDENTIFIER ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Permanent 6 - digit ID number. Uniquely identifies each household. Link variable for all files. HH Level (HH) 6047 RESPONDENT Level (RESP) 8222 OTHER PERSON Level (PERSONS) 17424 HELPER Level (HELP) 3160 PN [RESP, HELP, PERSONS] PERSON NUMBER ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Permanent 3 - digit ID number for each record in the data set. RESPONDENT Level [RESP] 8222 Identifies first and second respondent in the household. 5931 FIRST RESPONDENT IN HOUSEHOLD...............010 2291 SECOND RESPONDENT IN HOUSEHOLD...............020 OTHER PERSON Level [PERSONS] 17424 Identifies a) household members (including children or grandchildren) and their spouses other than the respondent and the respondent's spouse/partner within the household; and b) non-resident children and their families. One PN (from 410 to 600) is assigned to each household member and his or her spouse/partner. One PN (from 120 to 390) is assigned to each non-resident child and his or her family. (See Section D, page 14 for distributions). HELPER Level [HELP] 3160 HHIDPN [RESP, HELP, PERSONS] HOUSEHOLD IDENTIFIER AND PERSON NUMBER ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Permanent 9 - digit ID number. Uniquely identifies a person within a household. Link variable for all files. RESPONDENT Level (RESP) 8222 OTHER PERSON Level (PERSONS) 17424 HELPER Level (HELP) 3160 HN [HELP] HELPER NUMBER ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Permanent 3 - digit ID number. Uniquely identifies a helper within a household. The helper number (HN) was created by combining the helper's person number (PN) with their relationship to the respondent (BRELATEP). (See Appendix A for details.) BSUBHH [HH, RESP, HELP, PERSONS] 1993 SUBHOUSEHOLD IDENTIFIER ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 - digit ID number. When combined with HHID uniquely identifies a household as of a particular collection year. At Wave One all households are coded 0 in BSUBHH. BSPN [RESP] SPOUSE/PARTNER PERSON NUMBER ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- PN of the Respondent's Spouse. 2175 SPOUSE/PARTNER OF SECOND RESPONDENT IN HOUSEHOLD...............010 2175 SPOUSE/PARTNER OF FIRST RESPONDENT IN HOUSEHOLD...............020 3872 INAP, NO SPOUSE/PARTNER INTERVIEWED BFAMRHH [HH] FAMILY R IN HOUSEHOLD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 NO FAMILY R ASSIGNED TO HOUSEHOLD........... 0 6032 YES............................. 1 BFINRHH [HH] FINANCIAL R IN HOUSEHOLD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 NO FAMILY R ASSIGNED TO HOUSEHOLD........... 0 6013 YES............................. 1 INAP, NO FINANCIAL R ASSIGNED TO HOUSEHOLD AGE [RESP] AGE OF R AT INTERVIEW ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of IW (V359-V361) minus Date of Birth (V112-V114)) 779 [LESS THAN 70] (17 born in 1923) 2793 [70-74] (13 born in 1924) 2084 [75-79] 1527 [80-84] 736 [85-89] 233 [90-94] 70 [95-104] SEX [RESP] SEX OF R ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3015 MALE............................... 1 5207 FEMALE............................. 2 - DATE OF INTERVIEW ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum V359 [RESP] INTERVIEW MONTH 8222 6.38 4.60 1.00 12.00 V360 [RESP] INTERVIEW DAY 8222 15.03 8.74 1.00 31.00 V361 [RESP] INTERVIEW YEAR 8222 93.54 0.50 93.00 94.00 MODE [RESP] MODE OF INTERVIEW ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4986 TELEPHONE.................... 1 3236 FACE-TO-FACE................. 2 IWCOMP [RESP] COMPLETE OR PARTIAL INTERVIEW ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8181 IW COMPLETE................ 1 41 IW PARTIAL................. 5 IWN [HH] NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS IN HH W1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3872 ONE INTERVIEW................ 1 2175 TWO INTERVIEWS................ 2 V100 [RESP] LANGUAGE OF INTERVIEW ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7938 ENGLISH.................... 0 284 SPANISH.................... 1 V105 [RESP] LEAD R OR SECOND R ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2270 LEAD R.......................1 2190 SECOND R.....................2 3762 ONLY R.......................3 TYPE [RESP] TYPE OF R ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1115 LEAD R/NON-FINANCIAL R .................. 1 1088 2ND R/NON-FINANCIAL R ................... 2 4917 LEAD R/FINANCIAL R, ONLY R .............. 3 1102 2ND R/FINANCIAL R ....................... 4 PROXY [RESP] SELF or PROXY INTERVIEW ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7382 SELF............................... 1 840 PROXY.............................. 2 PTYPE [RESP] REASON FOR PROXY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 601 ILL...........................1 187 REFUSED.......................2 52 LANGUAGE......................3 7382 INAP V1934 [RESP] PROXY RELATION TO R ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 389 SPOUSE............................ 1 234 DAUGHTER/STEPDAUGHTER............. 2 85 SON/STEPSON....................... 3 29 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW................... 4 8 SON-IN-LAW........................ 5 18 GRANDDAUGHTER..................... 6 9 GRANDSON.......................... 7 11 SISTER............................ 8 1 BROTHER........................... 9 21 OTHER RELATIVE.................... 10 18 FRIEND............................ 11 11 PAID HELPER....................... 12 6 PROFESSIONAL...................... 13 7382 INAP, NOT PROXY INTERVIEW V2265 [RESP] TOTAL INTERVIEW TIME IN MINUTES ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 8179 61.23 23.32 2.55 352.63 REGION [RESP, HH] CENSUS REGION/DIVISION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESP HH EAST 366 272 NEW ENGLAND................ 1 1208 912 MID-ATLANTIC............... 2 CENTRAL 1515 1106 EAST NORTH CENTRAL......... 3 613 449 WEST NORTH CENTRAL......... 4 SOUTH 1966 1450 SOUTH ATLANTIC............. 5 316 240 EAST SOUTH CENTRAL......... 6 917 686 WEST SOUTH CENTRAL......... 7 WEST 300 207 MOUNTAIN................... 8 1021 723 PACIFIC.................... 9 [SEE APPENDIX A FOR STATES ASSIGNED TO EACH DIVISION AND REGION] MSA [HH, RESP] RESIDENCE IN AN URBAN OR RURAL AREA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESP HH 2000 1444 NOT IN MSA (RURAL)......... 0 6222 4603 MSA (URBAN)................ 1 DOMAIN [RESP, HH] CENSUS DOMAIN FOR OVERSAMPLING ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESP HH 4435 3204 CORE......................... 1 1893 1493 BLACK (HIGH DENSITY AREA).... 2 806 575 HISPANIC (HIGH DENSITY AREA). 3 1088 775 FLORIDA RESIDENTS............ 4 HCFA [RESP, HH] TYPE OF SAMPLE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESP HH 6954 5058 HRS SCREEN SAMPLE.......... 0 1268 989 HCFA SAMPLE................ 1 WEIGHTING AND SAMPLE DESIGN AH_SECU [HH, RESP] SAMPLING ERROR COMPUTATION UNIT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- For use with AH_SESTR in design effect calculations. N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum HH 6047 1.51 0.50 1.00 2.00 RESP 8222 1.50 0.50 1.00 2.00 AH_SESTR [HH, RESP] SAMPLING ERROR STRATA (53) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- For use with AH_SECU in design effect calculations. N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum HH 6047 29.24 14.46 1.00 53.00 RESP 8222 29.53 14.41 1.00 53.00 WTHHPOP [HH] HOUSEHOLD POPULATION WEIGHT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [See Codebook Introduction for details about weights] N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 6047 2744.67 1361.66 504.61 11440.48 WTHHNORM [HH] CENTERED HOUSEHOLD WEIGHT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [See Codebook Introduction for details about weights] N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 6047 1.00 0.50 0.18 4.17 WTRPOP [RESP] RESPONDENT POPULATION WEIGHT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [See Codebook Introduction for details about weights] N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 8222 2557.48 1299.42 0.00 8066.59 775 Non-age eligible respondents.............. 0 (Spouse/partner of age-eligible R; born after 1923) WTRNORM [RESP] CENTERED RESPONDENT WEIGHT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [See Codebook Introduction for details about weights] N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 8222 .91 0.46 0.00 2.86 775 Non-age eligible respondents................. 0 (Spouse/partner of age-eligible R; born after 1923)[End of this section][Table of Contents][Next Section][Previous Section]
SECTION A. DEMOGRAPHICS (All Respondents) A1. First, I have some questions about your background. In what month, day, and year were you born? V112 [REMOVED] MONTH (2 digit) V113 [REMOVED] DAY (2 digit) V114 [RESP] A1. BIRTH YEAR YEAR (4 digit) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 8222 1916.58 6.80 1890.00 1955.00 V117 [RESP] A2. BORN US? A2. Were you born in the United States? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7428 YES................................ 1 794 NO................................. 5 GO TO A2b 0 DK................................. .D GO TO A3 0 RF................................. .R GO TO A3 V118 [REMOVED] A2a. In what state were you born? DK................................. .D RF................................. .R INAP, NOT BORN IN US (DK/RF) [V117 NE 1] COUNTRY [REMOVED] A2b. In what country were you born? DK................................. .D RF................................. .R INAP, BORN IN US (DK/RF) [V117 NE 5] A2c. In about what year did you come to the United States? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- V120 [RESP] A2c. ARRIVE US YEAR N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 666 1947.51 22.36 1900.00 1993.00 3 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 7553 INAP, BORN IN US (DK/RF) [V117=1] V121 [RESP] A2d. ARRIVE US YEARS AGO N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 35 27.34 21.67 2.00 76.00 0 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 8187 INAP, BORN IN US (DK/RF) [V117=1], USED ARRIVE YEAR V122 [RESP] A2e. ARRIVE US AT AGE N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 103 12.64 11.78 1.00 76.00 0 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 8118 INAP, BORN IN US (DK/RF) [V117=1], USED EITHER YEAR, YEARS AGO V125 [RESP] A3. R'S EDUCATION A3. What is the highest grade of school or year of college you completed? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 154 0 NO FORMAL EDUCATION 3474 [1-11] GRADES 2449 12 HIGH SCHOOL 1181 [13-15] SOME COLLEGE 512 16 COLLEGE GRADUATE 452 17 POST COLLEGE (17+ YEARS) 0 97 OTHER, SPECIFY: ALL RECODED TO ABOVE 0 .D DK 0 .R REFUSED V126 [RESP] A3a. R FINISH HIGH SCHOOL A3a. Did you get a high school diploma or pass a high school equivalency test? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2323 YES, DIPLOMA....................... 1 212 YES, EQUIVALENCY [GED]............. 2 3542 NO................................. 5 14 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 2131 INAP, YEARS OF SCHOOL [V125] 13-17 V128 [RESP] A3b. R FINISH COLLEGE A3b. Did you get a college degree? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1035 YES................................ 1 1096 NO................................. 5 GO TO A4 1 DK................................. .D GO TO A4 0 RF................................. .R GO TO A4 6090 INAP, YEARS OF SCHOOL [V125] 0-12 OR (DK/RF) DEGREE [RESP] A3c. R'S HIGHEST DEGREE A3c. What is the highest degree you have earned? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 140 LESS THAN BACHELOR'S............... 1 547 BACHELOR'S......................... 2 247 ADVANCED DEGREE/NON-PROFESSIONAL... 3 98 ADVANCED DEGREE/PROFESSIONAL....... 4 2 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 7188 INAP, YEARS OF SCHOOL [V125] 0-12 (DK/RF) OR NO COLLEGE DEGREE (DK/RF) [V128 NE 1] V130 [RESP] A4. MOTHER IN SCHOOL 8/+ YEARS A4. Did your mother attend 8 years or more of school? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3801 YES................................ 1 3418 NO................................. 5 1000 DK................................. .D 3 RF................................. .R V131 [RESP] A5. FATHER IN SCHOOL 8/+ YEARS A5. Did your father attend 8 years or more of school? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3521 YES................................ 1 3676 NO................................. 5 1025 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R V134 [RESP] A6. R'S RELIGION A6. What is your religious preference; Is it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or do you have no preference? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5221 PROTESTANT......................... 1 2170 CATHOLIC........................... 2 GO TO A6b 333 JEWISH............................. 3 GO TO A6b 361 NO PREFERENCE...................... 4 GO TO A6b 129 OTHER RELIGION..................... 7 6 DK................................. .D GO TO A6b 2 RF................................. .R GO TO A6b [SEE DETAIL LIST OF RELIGIONS IN APPENDIX A] A6a. What religion is that? (RECODED TO V134) V136 [RESP] A6b. IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION A6b. How important would you say religion is in your life; is it very important, somewhat important, or not too important? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5512 VERY IMPORTANT..................... 1 1825 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT................. 2 866 NOT TOO IMPORTANT.................. 3 17 DK................................. .D 2 RF................................. .R V140 [RESP] A7. R HISPANIC/LATINO A7. Do you consider yourself Hispanic or Latino? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 487 YES................................ 1 7735 NO................................. 5 GO TO A8 0 DK................................. .D GO TO A8 0 RF................................. .R GO TO A8 V141 [RESP] A7a. R HISPANIC TYPE, BRACKETED A7a. Would you say you are Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American or something else? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 285 MEXICAN AMERICAN/CHICANO.......... 1 29 PUERTO RICAN...................... 2 86 CUBAN AMERICAN.................... 3 87 OTHER............................. 4 0 DK................................ .D 0 RF................................ .R 7735 INAP, NOT HISPANIC (DK/RF) [V140 NE 1] V143 [RESP] A8. R'S RACE A8. Do you consider yourself primarily white or Caucasian, Black or African American, American Indian, or Asian, or something else? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6937 WHITE/CAUCASIAN.................... 1 1114 BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN............. 2 170 OTHER (SPECIFY).................... 7 1 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R V145 [RESP] A9. # CHILDREN EVER HAD A9. How many children have you ever had? Please don't count adopted or step-children for this question. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 8222 2.76 2.40 0.00 30.00 1227 NONE.............................. 0 6995 ANY............................... 1-30 0 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R V146 [RESP] A10. MILITARY SERVICE A10. Have you ever served in the active military of the United States? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1712 YES................................ 1 6508 NO................................. 5 GO TO A11 2 DK................................. .D GO TO A11 0 RF................................. .R GO TO A11 V147 [RESP] A10a. MILITARY SERVICE: START YEAR A10a. During what years were you in active service? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 1709 1941.89 3.16 1917.00 1977.00 1 DK................................. .D 2 RF................................. .R 6510 INAP, NOT IN US MILITARY (DK/RF) [V146 NE 1] V148 [RESP] A10b. MILITARY SERVICE: YEAR END ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 1709 1946.04 5.16 1918.00 1993.00 1 DK................................. .D 2 RF................................. .R 6510 INAP, NOT IN US MILITARY (DK/RF) [V146 NE 1] V149 [RESP] A10c. MILITARY DISABILITY A10c. Do you have a disability connected with military service? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 301 YES................................ 1 1409 NO................................. 5 1 DK................................. .D 1 RF................................. .R 6510 INAP, NOT IN US MILITARY (DK/RF) [V146 NE 1] V150 [RESP] A11. R'S MARITAL STATUS A11. Please remind me, are you currently married, living with a partner, divorced, widowed, or have you never been married? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4389 MARRIED, SPOUSE PRESENT........... 1 105 MARRIED, SPOUSE ABSENT............ 2 55 LIVING WITH SOMEONE............... 3 GO TO A11b 402 DIVORCED/SEPARATED................ 4 GO TO A11g 3035 WIDOWED........................... 5 GO TO A11g 236 NEVER MARRIED..................... 6 GO TO B1 V156 [RESP] A11a. YEAR MARRIED A11a. In about what year were you married? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 4465 1948.71 14.37 1917.00 1993.00 27 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 3730 INAP, NOT CURRENTLY MARRIED [V150 NE 1,2] V157 [RESP] A11b. LIVE TGHR: START YEAR A11b. In about what year did you begin living together? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 48 1980.29 14.80 1927.00 1993.00 2 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 8172 INAP, NOT "LIVING WITH" SOMEONE [V150 NE 3] V158 [RESP] A11c. LIVE TGHR: EVER MARRIED A11c. Have you ever been married? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 YES................................ 1 10 NO................................. 5 GO TO B1 0 DK................................. .D GO TO B1 0 RF................................. .R GO TO B1 8172 INAP, NOT "LIVING WITH" SOMEONE [V150 NE 3] V159 [RESP] A11d. LIVE TGHR: YEAR MARRIAGE ENDED A11d. In about what year did that marriage end? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 39 1978.49 12.26 1947.00 1992.00 1 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 8182 INAP, NOT "LIVING WITH" SOMEONE [V150 NE 3], NEVER MARRIED (DK/RF) [V158 NE 1] V160 [RESP] A11e. LIVE TGHR: DIVORCED OR WIDOWED A11e. Did that marriage end in divorce or were you widowed? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 DIVORCED........................... 4 26 WIDOWED............................ 5 1 OTHER.............................. 7 0 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 8182 INAP, NOT "LIVING WITH" SOMEONE [V150 NE 3],EVER MARRIED (DK/RF) [V158 NE 1] V161 [RESP] A11f. LIVE TGHR: YRS MARRIED MOST RECENT A11f. About how many years were you married (most recently)? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 39 29.46 16.50 2.00 57.00 1 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 8182 INAP, NOT "LIVING WITH" SOMEONE [V150 NE 3], NEVER MARRIED (DK/RF) [V158 NE 1] V162 [RESP] A11g. DIV/WID: YEAR DIV/WID MOST RECENT A11g. In about what year were you (divorced/widowed) (most recently)? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 3367 1977.93 12.61 1916.00 1993.00 76 DK................................. .D 1 RF................................. .R 4778 INAP, NOT PRESENTLY DIVORCED/WIDOWED [V150 NE 4,5] V163 [RESP] A11h. DIV/WID: YEARS MARRIED MOST RECENT A11h. About how many years were you married (most recently)? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum 3378 35.42 16.46 1.00 88.00 64 DK................................. .D 2 RF................................. .R 4778 INAP, NOT PRESENTLY DIVORCED/WIDOWED [V150 NE 4,5] V165 [RESP] A12. DIV/WID: EX SP'S EDUCATION A12. What is the highest grade of school or year of college your (former/late) (husband/wife) completed? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 86 0 NO FORMAL EDUCATION 1195 [1-11] GRADES 1037 12 HIGH SCHOOL 307 [13-15] SOME COLLEGE 256 16 COLLEGE GRADUATE 136 17 POST COLLEGE (17+ YEARS) 22 OTHER.............................. 97 445 DK................................. .D 0 RF................................. .R 4738 INAP, NOT CURRENT DIVORCED OR WIDOWED [V150 NE 4,5], OR LIVING WITH BUT NEVER MARRIED [V158 NE 1] V166 [RESP] A13. # OF MARRIAGES EVER A13. Altogether, how many times have you been married (including your current marriage)? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6060 ONCE............................... 1 1549 TWICE.............................. 2 292 THREE TIMES........................ 3 68 FOUR OR MORE....................... 4 2 DK................................. .D 5 RF................................. .R 246 INAP, NEVER BEEN MARRIED [V150=6], OR NEVER BEEN MARRIED [V158=5][Return to Beginning][Table of Contents][Next Section][Previous Section]
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