KO429 brothers and sisters Next are some questions about other family members. How many brothers and sisters do you have, including any step- or half-brothers and sisters? (The Q name was 'z1'.) % Freq VALUE 7.3 141 0 NONE 27.1 522 1 24.1 465 2 15.3 295 3 10.7 206 4 5.7 110 5 4.2 81 6 2.3 44 7 1.8 34 8 0.6 11 9 0.3 5 10 0.1 2 11 0.3 5 12 0.1 2 13 0.1 1 15 0.1 1 17 0.1 1 18 0.1 1 20 20 OR MORE 25 -2 REFUSED ----- ----- 100.0 1,952 cases Min = 0 Mean = 2.649 Max = 20 Std Dev = 2.130 Median = 2 Variance = 4.539 (Based on 1,927 valid cases) KH2 miles away sibling lives About how many miles from your house does this brother or sister live? (INTERVIEWER: IF R DOES NOT KNOW PRECISE DISTANCE, GET ROUGH ESTIMATE) (The Q name was 'Si3'.) 1,952 cases (Range of valid codes: 0-8,000) KH3 num of sibs live < 2 miles How many, if any, of these brothers and sisters live within 2 miles of your house? (INTERVIEWER: CODE ANY SIBLINGS THAT LIVE WITH R AS LIVING WITHIN 2 MILES OF HOUSE.) (The Q name was 'Si4'.) % Freq VALUE 58.4 736 0 NONE 21.8 275 1 13.7 173 2 4.0 51 3 1.3 16 4 0.6 8 5 0.2 2 6 0.0 0 16 SIXTEEN OR MORE 3 -1 DON'T KNOW 688 . (No Data) ----- ----- 100.0 1,952 cases Min = 0 Mean = .706 Max = 6 Std Dev = 1.026 Median = 0 Variance = 1.052 (Based on 1,261 valid cases) KH4 num of sibs live 2 to 25 miles How many, if any, of these brothers and sisters live between 2 and 25 miles from your house? (The Q name was 'Si5'.) % Freq VALUE 49.0 559 0 NONE 22.7 259 1 16.8 192 2 5.7 65 3 2.9 33 4 1.8 21 5 0.4 5 6 0.4 4 7 0.2 2 8 0.1 1 9 0.0 0 16 SIXTEEN OR MORE 8 -1 DON'T KNOW 803 . (No Data) ----- ----- 100.0 1,952 cases Min = 0 Mean = 1.015 Max = 9 Std Dev = 1.349 Median = 1 Variance = 1.820 (Based on 1,141 valid cases) KH5 num of sibs live 25 to 300 How many, if any, of these brothers and sisters live between 25 and 300 miles from your house? (The Q name was 'Si6'.) % Freq VALUE 35.9 316 0 NONE 27.7 244 1 19.2 169 2 8.5 75 3 4.2 37 4 2.7 24 5 0.9 8 6 0.2 2 7 0.5 4 8 0.1 1 9 0.1 1 12 0.0 0 16 SIXTEEN OR MORE 12 -1 DON'T KNOW 1,059 . (No Data) ----- ----- 100.0 1,952 cases Min = 0 Mean = 1.351 Max = 12 Std Dev = 1.525 Median = 1 Variance = 2.326 (Based on 881 valid cases) KH6 num of sibs live 300 plus miles How many, if any, of these brothers and sisters live more than 300 miles from your house? (The Q name was 'Si7'.) % Freq VALUE 4.9 27 0 NONE 34.1 186 1 25.6 140 2 16.1 88 3 7.7 42 4 4.0 22 5 4.0 22 6 2.0 11 7 0.5 3 8 0.2 1 9 0.2 1 10 0.2 1 11 0.2 1 13 0.2 1 16 SIXTEEN OR MORE 10 -1 DON'T KNOW 1,396 . (No Data) ----- ----- 100.0 1,952 cases Min = 0 Mean = 2.381 Max = 16 Std Dev = 1.874 Median = 2 Variance = 3.513 (Based on 546 valid cases) KH7 how often saw sibs last year During the last 12 months, how often did you see (any of your brothers or sisters/your brother or sister/either of your brothers or sisters)? Would you say: not at all, about once a year, several times a year, 1 to 3 times a month, about once a week, or more than once a week? (INTERVIEWER: THIS QUESTION REFERS NOT TO SEEING A SPECIFIC BROTHER OR SISTER, BUT HOW FREQUENTLY R SEES ANY BROTHER OR SISTER) (INTERVIEWER: IF MORE THAN ONE SIBLING; ASK R TO ANSWER FOR SIBLINGS THAT DO NOT LIVE WITH R.) (The Q name was 'Si8'.) % Freq VALUE 1.4 23 0 LIVES WITH R 5.0 85 1 NOT AT ALL 10.3 175 2 ABOUT ONCE A YEAR 22.9 389 3 SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR 24.4 413 4 1 TO 3 TIMES A MONTH 13.6 230 5 ABOUT ONCE A WEEK 22.5 381 6 MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK 1 -1 DON'T KNOW 255 . (No Data) ----- ----- 100.0 1,952 cases KH8 how often communicate w/ sibs last yr During the last 12 months, how often did you talk on the telephone or receive a letter or e-mail from (any of your brothers or sisters/your brother or sister/either of your brothers or sisters)? Would you say: not at all, about once a year, several times a year, 1 to 3 times a month, about once a week, or more than once a week? (INTERVIEWER: THIS QUESTION REFERS NOT TO SEEING A SPECIFIC BROTHER OR SISTER, BUT HOW FREQUENTLY R SEES ANY BROTHER OR SISTER) (INTERVIEWER: IF MORE THAN ONE SIBLING; ASK R TO ANSWER FOR SIBLINGS THAT DO NOT LIVE WITH R.) (The Q name was 'Si9'.) % Freq VALUE 0.1 2 0 LIVES WITH R 8.1 135 1 NOT AT ALL 3.5 58 2 ABOUT ONCE A YEAR 12.7 213 3 SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR 27.4 458 4 1 TO 3 TIMES A MONTH 23.4 392 5 ABOUT ONCE A WEEK 24.8 415 6 MORE THAN ONCE A WEEK 1 -1 DON'T KNOW 278 . (No Data) ----- ----- 100.0 1,952 cases KO430 talk to bro or sis about depress/decide If you had a major decision to make or if you felt depressed or unhappy, how likely would you be to talk to (any of your brothers or sisters/your brother or sister/either of your brothers or sisters)? Would you say you definitely wouldn't, probably wouldn't,there is about a 50-50 chance, you probably would, or you definitely would? (The Q name was 'z2'.) % Freq VALUE 13.1 234 1 DEFINITELY WOULDN'T 17.0 303 2 PROBABLY WOULDN'T 20.9 373 3 ABOUT A 50-50 CHANCE 25.2 449 4 PROBABLY WOULD 23.8 425 5 DEFINITELY WOULD 2 -1 DON'T KNOW 166 . (No Data) ----- ----- 100.0 1,952 cases KO431 how well sibs get along Compared to other families you know, how well do you and (any of your brothers or sisters/your brother or sister/either of your brothers or sisters) get along? Would you say much better, somewhat better, about the same, somewhat worse, or much worse? (The Q name was 'z4'.) % Freq VALUE 31.8 564 1 MUCH BETTER 21.3 379 2 SOMEWHAT BETTER 39.1 694 3 ABOUT THE SAME 5.3 94 4 SOMEWHAT WORSE 2.5 45 5 MUCH WORSE 10 -1 DON'T KNOW 166 . (No Data) ----- ----- 100.0 1,952 cases Min = 1 Mean = 2.255 Max = 5 Std Dev = 1.041 Median = 2 Variance = 1.084 (Based on 1,776 valid cases)