Instrument: 1977 Sibling Telephone Questionnaire Data

Sample: Selected siblings of 1/3 sample of Class of 1957

  • Identifying information
  • Sample and response variables
  • Sib's IQ and ability test scores from Wisconsin State Testing Service
  • Residential characteristics of town where sib attended high school
  • 1970 and 1977 residential characteristics
  • Sib's Background Data
    • Parents' education and occupation when sib was 16
    • Sib's religion and church attendance
    • Relationship of 1975 and 1977 respondents
    • Sib's educational and occupational aspirations
    • Labor union participation of sib and head of household
    • Sib's education (college and vocational)
    • Military experience
  • Sib's occupational history
    • First full-time job after completing school
    • Job in 1970
    • Job in 1976
    • Labor force data (pertaining to date of interview in 1977)
    • Current or last job
    • Job satisfaction
    • Attitudes toward work
    • Occupational aspirations for 1987
  • Marital history and spouse data
  • Fertility
  • Work histories for ever married women
  • Earnings for sib and spouse
  • Social participation
  • Quality of data codes