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Section E: Siblings (N = 17880) VAR # _____ HHID HHID HRS Household Identifier ____________________________________________________________ Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ HHID 17880 48057 23317 10004 99564 W2SUBHH W2SUBHH HRS Wave 2 Sub-Household Identifier ____________________________________________________________ W2SUBHH Code Frequency ----------------------- 0 17464 1 178 2 157 3 81 PN PN HRS Person Number (of sibling) ____________________________________________________________ For this file, "PN" is the Person Number of the sibling being referred to in the record. 317 records in the sibling file have person number values of "999". These cases have not yet been assigned person numbers for a variety of reasons. As an example, we are aware that some of these person numbers have not been assigned because the associated respondent is deceased. We will attempt to assign person numbers to these records in the near future, but in the meantime it is up to the analyst to decide how to deal with these special cases. Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ PN 17880 557 78 501 999 HHIDPN HHIDPN HRS Household ID + HRS Person Number (of sibling) ____________________________________________________________ For this file, "HHIDPN" is the Household ID and Person Number of the sibling being referred to in the record. 317 records in the sibling file have person number values of "999". These cases have not yet been assigned person numbers for a variety of reasons. As an example, we are aware that some of these person numbers have not been assigned because the associated respondent is deceased. We will attempt to assign person numbers to these records in the near future, but in the meantime it is up to the analyst to decide how to deal with these special cases. Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ HHIDPN 17880 48057287 23316880 10004501 99564501 RPN RPN HRS Person Number (of Family Respondent) ____________________________________________________________ "RPN" is the Person Number of the Family Respondent who gave the data. RPN Code Frequency ------------------- 10 7054 11 159 20 5086 21 6 30 1897 31 4 40 3674 HHIDRPN HHIDRPN HRS Household ID + HRS Person Number (of Family Respondent) ____________________________________________________________ "HHIDRPN" is the Household ID and Person Number of the Family Respondent who gave the data. Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ HHIDRPN 17880 48056752 23316881 10004040 99564010 FAMFLAG Family Respondent Problem Flag _____________________________________________________________ The intent when collecting HRS2 was to have only one respondent in a household provide the family information; this person was dubbed the "Family Respondent". However, two types of problems occured: too many Family Respondents (more than one per household), and not enough Family Respondents (none in the household). Too many Family Respondents: In ten paired households (20 respondents), family information was given by more than one respondent, resulting in more than one Family Respondent per household. Unfortunately, the information given by each person was not always consistent, and so the solution to the problem is left to the user, and is best dealt with prior to analyzing the data. Not enough Family Respondents: This file does not contain records for households where there was no Family Respondent. 0. Sibling is associated with a household that contains one Family Respondent (no special attention needed) 1. Sibling is associated with a household that contains two Family Respondents (will require special attention by analyst) FAMFLAG Code Frequency ----------------------- 0 17862 1 18 SIBCODE SIBCODE Sibling or Sibling-in-law? ____________________________________________________________ 1. Sibling (Sibling of Family Respondent) Variables for this record originated from the sibling set of questions. 2. Sibling-in-law (Sibling of Family Respondent's spouse/partner) Variables for this record originated from the sibling-in-law set of questions. SIBCODE Code Frequency ---------------------- 1 11701 2 6179 SIBORDER SIBORDER Sibling: Original order of appearance. ____________________________________________________________ Indicates order in which siblings appeared in original flat file. 01-18. Order listed (1=first, 18=eighteenth) 00. Inap; not a sibling (is a sibling-in-law) SIBORDER Code Frequency ----------------------- 0 6179 1 3376 2 2586 3 1849 4 1278 5 890 6 624 7 437 8 288 9 162 10 99 11 54 12 25 13 17 14 8 15 4 16 2 17 1 18 1 SILORDER SILORDER Sibling-in-law: Original order of appearance. ____________________________________________________________ Indicates order in which siblings-in-law appeared in original flat file. 01-18. Order listed (1=first, 18=eighteenth) 00. Inap; not a sibling-in-law (is a sibling) SILORDER Code Frequency ----------------------- 0 11701 1 1901 2 1438 3 992 4 644 5 424 6 275 7 200 8 128 9 83 10 42 11 21 12 13 13 10 14 3 15 2 16 1 17 1 18 1 E76./176. The last time we talked with your household we asked for information about your brothers and sisters. First we'd like to confirm that we have a listing that includes all of them. SIBLING ROSTER Our records show that your brothers and sisters include: W8101 Relation to respondent/relation to spouse ____________________________________________________________ 1. Brother 2. Sister 8. Don't Know; DK 9. Refused; RF 0. Inap W8101 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 114 1 8593 2 9173 W8102 Marital Status ____________________________________________________________ 1. Married 2. Not married 8. Don't Know; DK 9. Refused; RF 0. Inap W8102 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 338 1 12715 5 4773 8 52 9 2 W8103 Problem code ____________________________________________________________ 1. Ok 2. Don't keep in touch 3. Died 4. Not sibling of Respondent or husband/wife/ partner 5. Change in name/relationship to Respondent 6. Sibling added to list 7. Other (specify) 8. Don't Know; DK 9. Refused; RF 0. Inap W8103 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 186 1 16749 2 97 3 161 4 12 5 60 6 561 7 54 E76e./176e. (In what month and year did (he/she) die?) W8104 Month died ____________________________________________________________ 01. January 02. February 03. March 04. April 05. May 06. June 07. July 08. August 09. September 10. October 11. November 12. December 98. Don't Know; DK 99. Refused; RF 00. Inap Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ W8104 17880 0 3 0 98 W8105 Year died ____________________________________________________________ 1900-1995. Year 9998. Don't Know; DK 9999. Refused; RF 0000. Inap Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ W8105 17880 23 308 0 9999 E76g/h./176g/h. Now for questions about your brother's and sister's number of children and grandchildren. FOR EACH NAME, ASK W8106 E76g./176g. How many children? ____________________________________________________________ 01-14. Have 01-14 children 15. Has 15 or more children 96. Has no children 98. Don't Know; DK 99. Refused; RF 00. Inap Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ W8106 17880 16 33 0 99 W8107 E76h./176h. How many grandchildren? ____________________________________________________________ 01-14. Have 01-14 grandchildren 15. Has 15 or more grandchildren 96. Has no grandchildren 98. Don't Know; DK 99. Refused; RF 00. Inap Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ W8107 17880 49 47 0 99 W8108 E76j./176j. How old is (SIBLING NAME)? ____________________________________________________________ 01-97. Age 98. Don't Know; DK 99. Refused; RF 00. Inap Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ W8108 17880 2 11 0 99 E77./177. Now I'd like to update our records for your brothers' and sisters' current situation. If what I say about someone is incorrect, please tell me so we can change it. W8109 E77a./177a. (Is (he/she) working 30 or more hours per week, under 30 hours, or not at all?) ____________________________________________________________ 1. Is working 30 or more hours per week 2. Is working under 30 hours per week 3. Is not working 8. Don't Know; DK 9. Refused; RF 0. Inap W8109 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 4657 1 7865 2 971 3 4048 8 334 9 5 W8110 E77b./177b. (Does (he/she) have anyone under 18 living with (him/her)?) ____________________________________________________________ 1. Has someone under 18 5. Does not have anyone under 18 8. Don't Know; DK 9. Refused; RF 0. Inap W8110 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 4633 1 3796 5 9260 8 185 9 6 W8111 E77c./177c. Would you say (his/her) financial situation is better, worse, or about the same as yours? ____________________________________________________________ 1. Better than yours 2. Worse than yours 3. Same as yours 8. Don't Know; DK 9. Refused; RF 0. Inap W8111 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 4529 1 4688 2 3073 3 4376 8 1116 9 98 W8112 E77d./177d. (Does (he/she) own a home?) ____________________________________________________________ 1. Owns a home 5. Does not own a home 8. Don't Know; DK 9. Refused; RF 0. Inap W8112 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 4637 1 9651 5 3381 8 207 9 4 W8113 E77e. (Does (he/she) live with your parents?) E177e. (Did (he/she) live with your (husband's/wife's/ partner's) parents?) ____________________________________________________________ 1. Is living with your parent(s) 5. Is not living with your parent(s) 8. Don't Know; DK 9. Refused; RF 0. Inap W8113 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 4609 1 790 5 12436 8 39 9 6 W8114 E77f. (Does (he/she) live within 10 miles of your parent(s)?) E177f. (Does (he/she) live within 10 miles of your (husband's/wife's/partner's) parent(s)?) ____________________________________________________________ 1. Lives within 10 miles 5. Does not live within 10 miles 8. Don't Know; DK 9. Refused; RF 0. Inap W8114 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 5189 1 4513 5 8077 8 88 9 13 W8115 E80. In the past 12 months,did any of your brothers or sisters give financial assistance to your (parent/ parents/stepparent/stepparents) amounting to $100 or more? E180. In the past 12 months, did any of your (husband's/ wife's/partner's) brothers or sisters given financial assistance to your (husband's/wife's/partner's) parent(s) amounting to $100 or more? [NOTE: By financial assistance we mean giving money, helping pay bills, or covering specific types of costs such as those for medical care or insurance, schooling, down payment for a home, rent, etc. The financial assistance can be considered support, a gift or a loan. ____________________________________________________________ 1. Yes 5. No 8. Don't Know; DK 9. Refused; RF 0. Inap W8115 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 489 1 3312 5 12528 8 1480 9 71 E80b. FOR: PERSON(S)... Which brother or sister gave such assistance? E180b. FOR: PERSON(S) Which brother or sister gave such assistance?) W8116 PERSON(S)=Mother W8118 PERSON(S)=Father W8120 PERSON(S)=Parents W8122 PERSON(S)=Mother/Stepfather W8124 PERSON(S)=Father/Stepmother W8126 PERSON(S)=Stepfather W8128 PERSON(S)=Stepmother ____________________________________________________________ For this variable, being greater than 0 means that the sibling in that record gave assistance of this sort to the PERSON(S) type. The number greater than 0 also relates the order in which they were mentioned for giving this sort of assistance. 01-18. First sibling or sibling-in-law to eighteenth sibling mentioned as giving this sort of assistance 00. Sibling or sibling-in-law was not mentioned as giving this sort of assistance W8116 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 16547 1 616 2 295 3 162 4 94 5 58 6 47 7 29 8 18 9 9 10 5 W8118 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17671 1 100 2 40 3 23 4 17 5 13 6 8 7 5 8 3 W8120 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17760 1 61 2 25 3 14 4 7 5 3 6 3 7 2 8 1 9 1 10 1 11 1 12 1 W8122 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17868 1 9 2 3 W8124 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17871 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 1 W8126 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17880 W8128 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17880 E80c. FOR: PERSON(S)... Which of (you/them) helped the most? E180c. FOR: PERSON(S)... Which of (you/them) helped the most? W8117 PERSON(S)=Mother W8119 PERSON(S)=Father W8121 PERSON(S)=Parents W8123 PERSON(S)=Mother/Stepfather W8125 PERSON(S)=Father/Stepmother W8127 PERSON(S)=Stepfather W8129 PERSON(S)=Stepmother ____________________________________________________________ This variable can be compared with SIBORDER (if we are examining siblings) or SILORDER (if we are examining siblings-in-law) to determine which sibling or sibling-in-law gave the most help. 01-18. Sibling 1-18 from SIBORDER or sibling-in-law 1-18 from SILORDER 19. Respondent 95. Siblings or siblings-in-law helped equally 98. Don't Know; DK 99. Refused; RF 00. Inap W8117 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 16547 1 272 2 176 3 129 4 87 5 33 6 39 7 17 8 14 9 3 10 11 11 1 19 287 95 168 98 96 W8119 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17671 1 59 2 30 3 21 4 8 5 13 6 3 7 3 8 12 19 43 95 11 98 6 W8121 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17760 1 21 2 23 3 14 4 12 6 5 7 3 19 35 95 4 98 3 W8123 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17868 1 3 2 2 3 1 19 2 95 4 W8125 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17871 1 5 5 3 95 1 W8127 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17880 W8129 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17880 W8130 E82. In the past 12 months, did any of your brothers or sisters help your (parent/parents/stepparent/ stepparents) with basic personal needs? E182. In the past 12 months, did any of your (husband's/ wife's/partner's) brothers or sisters help your (husband's/wife's/partner's) parent(s) with basic personal needs? ____________________________________________________________ 1. Yes 5. No 8. Don't Know; DK 9. Refused; RF 0. Inap W8130 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 474 1 3535 5 13446 8 390 9 35 E82b. FOR: PERSON(S)... Which brother or sister gave such assistance? E182b. FOR: PERSON(S) Which brother or sister gave such assistance?) W8131 PERSON(S)=Mother W8133 PERSON(S)=Father W8135 PERSON(S)=Parents W8137 PERSON(S)=Mother/Stepfather W8139 PERSON(S)=Father/Stepmother W8141 PERSON(S)=Stepfather W8143 PERSON(S)=Stepmother ____________________________________________________________ For this variable, being greater than 0 means that the sibling in that record gave assistance of this sort to the PERSON(S) type. The number greater than 0 also relates the order in which they were mentioned for giving this sort of assistance. 01-18. First sibling or sibling-in-law to eighteenth sibling mentioned as giving this sort of assistance 00. Sibling or sibling-in-law was not mentioned as giving this sort of assistance W8131 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 16698 1 721 2 229 3 104 4 48 5 29 6 21 7 11 8 9 9 4 10 3 11 2 12 1 W8133 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17514 1 195 2 71 3 39 4 27 5 19 6 10 7 3 8 2 W8135 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17880 W8137 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17880 W8139 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17880 W8141 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17876 1 3 2 1 W8143 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17872 1 5 2 2 3 1 E82c. FOR: PERSON(S)... Which of (you/them) helped the most? E182c. FOR: PERSON(S) Which of (you/them) helped the most? W8132 PERSON(S)=Mother W8134 PERSON(S)=Father W8136 PERSON(S)=Parents W8138 PERSON(S)=Mother/Stepfather W8140 PERSON(S)=Father/Stepmother W8142 PERSON(S)=Stepfather W8144 PERSON(S)=Stepmother ____________________________________________________________ This variable can be compared with SIBORDER (if we are examining siblings) or SILORDER (if we are examining siblings-in-law) to determine which sibling or sibling-in-law gave the most help. For example, if we are examining siblings (SIBCODE=1) and this variable says sibling "3" helped the most, the sibling with a "3" in SIBORDER is the sibling that helped the most. 01-18. Sibling 1-18 from SIBORDER or sibling-in-law 1-18 from SILORDER 19. Respondent 20. Respondent's Spouse 95. Siblings or siblings-in-law helped equally 98. Don't Know; DK 99. Refused; RF 00. Inap W8132 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17043 1 140 2 122 3 98 4 83 5 65 6 9 7 29 8 21 9 3 10 15 19 132 20 23 95 68 98 29 W8134 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17602 1 86 2 33 3 28 4 21 5 15 8 3 9 2 11 5 19 45 20 2 95 16 98 22 W8136 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17880 W8138 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17880 W8140 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17880 W8142 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17878 1 2 W8144 Code Frequency ---------------------- 0 17875 3 2 4 3 [Return to Beginning] [Table of Contents] [Previous Section] [Next Section]