Instrument: 1993/94 Telephone Questionnaire Data
Sample: Selected Siblings
- Identifying and confirming information
- Introduction
- Birthdate for (for 1977 non-respondents)
- Place of birth (for 1977 non-respondents)
- Educational History
- High school information (for 1977 non-respondents)
- Post-high school education (for 1977 non-respondents)
- Post-1977 education (for 1977 respondents)
- Future educational plans
- Importance of education and perceptions of success
- Military service
- Military experience (for 1977 non-respondents)
- Marriage
- Current marital status
- Marital history
- Update on 1977 spouse (for 1977 respondents)
- Current spouse (birthdate, education, health)
- Contact/closeness with current spouse
- Employment of current spouse
- Children's roster
- Update on children's prior to 1977 (for 1977 respondents)
- Children's prior to 1977 (for 1977 non-respondents)
- Children since 1977 for the entire sample
- For all children of the siblings:
- Name
- Birthdate
- Sex
- Deaths and dates
- Relationship to R (biological, adopted, step or foster)
- Education
- Residence with R
- Current marital status
Parent's roster
- Living
- Marital status
- Mother: contact/closeness
- Father: contact/closeness
- Same sex parent comparison
In-law's roster
- Living
- Residence
- Marital status
Household roster
- Name
- Sex
- Age
- Relationship
Employment history
- First job after leaving school for the last time
- Job in 1977 (for 1977 non-respondents)
Current/last job in 1993
- Industry
- Occupation
- Class of worker
- Benefits (Pension or retirement plans, health insurance, educational training)
- How they got job (if not self-employed)
- Wages
- Job characteristics
- Job supervision (respondents received either Wright's or Jenck's supervision questions)
- Job satisfaction and conditions
- Job importance
- Discrimination and harassment at work (administered to 50% of the sample)
Personality
Cognition
Selected child
- Complete name
- Marital status
- Education
- Residence
Selected sibling (this refers to the original sample member)
- Confirmation of original sample member information:
- Complete name
- Place of birth
- Living
- For deceased original sample members:
- Death date
- Birthdate
- Place of death
- Cause of death
- Last or usual job prior to death
- Current job (for 1992 original sample member non-respondents)
- Did you ever help the original sample member find a job?
- Contact and closeness between you and the original sample member
- Comparisons between you and the original sample member
Religion
- Current religious preference
- Attendance at religious services during the past year
Psychological (administered to same 80% as the corresponding primary respondent; same individuals received the Health questions)
- Items for C. Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale
Parent's income (administered to 50% of the respondents; for all parents and in laws whether still married to original spouses or in new marriages)
- Income from all sources during past 12 months
Respondent's other income (for all members of the household, how much and who received it?.)
- Amounts received during the past 12 months
- Wages, salaries, commissions, and tips before taxes
- Interest dividends or other investments
- Social security or supplemental security income
- Pensions, annuities, or survivor's benefits
- Public assistance
- Other government programs
- Receive child support
- Receive alimony
- Gifts, lump sum payments, and inheritances
- Other income - including lottery winnings, proceeds from one-time asset sales, etc.
- Amounts paid out during the past 12 months
- Paid child support
- Paid alimony
Intertransfers
- Receiving
- Inheritances
- Insurance settlements (amount and dates)
- Gifts (Amounts, sources, purposes of gifts (i.e., education, downpayment, medical expenses)
- Giving
- Transfers to children (transfers since 1977 amounts listed for each child)
- $1,000 or more for downpayment on a house
- All education expenses including tuition payments
- Any other property, assets, or money
- Transfers to parents and in-laws (transfers since 1977 amount listed for each individual or couple)
- Money and purpose of transfer
- Any other property or assets
Assets (current worth and debt)
- Home
- Other real estate
- Business or farm
- Vehicles
- Credit cards
- Loans (personal and student)
- Bills
- Savings accounts
- Other investments (IRAs, Money market shares, CDs, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, Tax Deferred Annuities)
Health insurance
- Do you have health insurance?
- Through employer or private plans?
- Main reason for not having health insurance
Pensions
- Employer pension plan (other than Social Security or Railroad Retirement benefits)
- Earliest age to receive benefits from this plan
- Individual IRA or Keogh Account
- Spouse retirement plans
Health (administered to same 80% as the corresponding primary respondent; same individuals received the Health questions)
- Depression history
- Alcohol use by respondent
- Feelings about respondent's own drinking
- Respondent's use of alcohol causing problems at home or work
- Problems with alcohol use within the family by respondent or other
- family members
- Ever lived with a problem drinker
Caregiving
- Receiving care: Long-term physical or mental condition, illness or disability of respondent?
- Limit to respondent's activities
- Name of the illness
- Type of care needed
- Giving care: Long-term physical or mental condition, illness or disability of other household members?
- Limit activities
- Who has this limitation
- Name of the illness
- Type of care needed
Future Plans
- Plans for work in 10 years
- Chances to do what you want
Retirement
- Respondent plans
- Spouse plans
Assessment of achievements
Closeout items
- Social Security Number
- Confirmation of correct address
