Children

Children

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[Children's Roster] [Selected Child's General Info] [Select Child's Education] [Select Child's Occupation][Comparison and Contact/Closeness]

Children's Roster	Return to Top			SIB DATA		SIB DATA
	1957	1964	1975	1977	1992-93	1993-94
Total number of children					RD001KD	SD001KD
Number of Males in Sibship			MALKDS	XMALKDS
Number of Females in Sibship			FEMKDS	XFEMKDS
Any Children Adopted, Step or Foster Not asked-only have this information if respondent volunteered it.			ADPTKD	XADPTKD
Number of Biological or Natural Children			KIDSNO	XKIDSNO
How Many Adopted, Step or Foster Children Does Respondent Have?				XXADPTNO
Length of Time in Months Between First and Second Birth			DURK12	XDURK12
Length of Time in Months Between Second and Third Birth			DURK23	XDURK23
Length of Time in Months Between Third and Fourth Birth			DURK34	XDURK34
Length of Time in Months Between Fourth and Fifth Birth			DURK45	XDURK45
Length of Time in Months Between Fifth and Sixth Birth			DURK56	XDURK56
Length of Time in Months Between Sixth and Seventh Birth			DURK67	XDURK67
Length of Time in Months Between Seventh and Eighth Birth			DURK78	XDURK78
Length of Time in Months Between Eighth and Ninth Birth			DURK89	XDURK89
Length of Time in Months Between Ninth and Tenth Birth			DURK90	XDURK90
Length of Time in Months Between First and Last Birth			DURK1L	XDURK1L
*Questions for each child (1-15 for graduate interviews and 1-18 for sibling interviews) are almost identical. The first group of variables for the oldest child has been listed. The next children will have the first and last variables in the group listed and linked to the codebooks for reference. Note that the only changes in variable names between children are the last two digits; i.e. 01 = oldest child, 02 = second child, etc.) NOTE: The variables listed in the '75 and '77 columns are only for the sex of the child and date of birth...in that order.
Oldest Child
Sex of oldest child			KDSEX1	XKDSEX1	RD00301	SD00301
Relationship of oldest child to respondent					RD00401	SD00401
Is oldest child alive					RD00501	SD00501
Month of oldest child's death (not available on public release).					RD00601	SD00601
Year of oldest child's death.					RD00701	SD00701
Living arrangement of oldest child					RD00801	SD00801
Oldest child's marital status.					RD00901
Highest grade or year of regular school that oldest child ever attended.					RD01001	SD01001
Did oldest child complete this grade or year in RD010					RD01101
Did oldest child attend a regular school in the past 12 months.					RD01201
If oldest child attended school in past 12 months, does child live with respondent while attending school or while not attending school					RD01301
Date of oldest child's birth (year in public release and century month in private).			CMKDB1	XCMKDB1	RD01401	SD01401
Oldest child reported originally in 1975 interview					RD01501

2nd Child			KDSEX2 CMKDB2	XKDSEX2 XCMKDB2	RD00302- RD01502	SD00302- SD01402
3rd Child			KDSEX3 CMKDB3	XKDSEX3 XCMKDB3	RD00303- RD01503	SD00303- SD01403
4th Child			KDSEX4 CMKDB4	XKDSEX4 XCMKDB4	RD00304- RD01504	SD00304- SD01404
5th Child			KDSEX5 CMKDB5	XKDSEX5 XCMKDB5	RD00305- RD01505	SD00305- SD01405
6th Child			KDSEX6 CMKDB6	XKDSEX6 XCMKDB6	RD00306- RD01506	SD00306- SD01406
7th Child			KDSEX7 CMKDB7	XKDSEX7 XCMKDB7	RD00307- RD01507	SD00307- SD01407
8th Child			KDSEX8 CMKDB8	XKDSEX8 XCMKDB8	RD00308- RD01508	SD00308- SD01408
9th Child			KDSEX9 CMKDB9	XKDSEX9 XCMKDB9	RD00309- RD01509	SD00309- SD01409
10th Child			KDSEX0 CMKDB0	XKDSEX0 XCMKDB0	RD00310- RD01510	SD00310- SD01410
11th Child					RD00311- RD01511	SD00311- SD01411
12th Child					RD00312- RD01512	SD00312- SD01412
13th Child					RD00313- RD01513	SD00313- SD01413
14th Child					RD00314- RD01514	SD00314- SD01414
15th Child						SD00315- SD01415
16th Child						SD00316- SD01416
17th Child						SD00317- SD01417
18th Child						SD00318- SD01418
Last Child ('75 & '77 only)			SEXLKD CMLKD	XSEXLKD XCMLKD
Date of Birth (or expected birth) of Last Child. (Year on public release, century months on private release.)			CMEXLK

Selected Child's General Info	Return to Top
	1957	1964	1975	1977	1992-93	1993-94
Is the selected child the same child selected in 1975?					RD002SK
State of selected child's residence.					RJ002SK
Sex of selected child.			SEXSLK		RD003SK	SD003SK
Selected child's marital status.					RD009SK	SJ001SK
Date of Birth of Randomly Selected Child. (Year on public release, century months on private release).			CMBSLK			SD014SK
Selected child's birth order.			CKKIDS		RD016SK	SD016SK
Interval in Months From Randomly Selected Child to Next Oldest Child			SKNOMO
Interval in Months From Randomly Selected Child to Next Youngest Child			SKNYMO
Relationship of selected child to respondent.					RD004SK	SD004SK
Living arrangement of selected child.					RD008SK	SD008SK
Selected child reported originally in 1975 interview.					RD015SK
Number of children selected child has.					RJ001SK
Select Child's Education	Return to Top
	1957	1964	1975	1977	1992-93	1993-94
Aspirations for selected child's education			EDASSK
Expectations of selected child's education			EDEXSK
Highest grade or year of regular school that selected child ever attended					RD010SK	SJ002SK
Did the selected child complete highest grade of school that he/she attended?					RD011SK	SJ003SK
Did the selected child attend a regular school during the past twelve months?					RD012SK	SJ004SK
Does the selected child live with the respondent when school is in session? Asked about those children who attended school during the past 12 months.					RD013SK	SJ005SK
Does the selected child live with the respondent when school is not in session? Asked about those children who attended school during the past 12 months.						SJ006SK
Is selected child currently enrolled in a formal program in a college or university?					RJ003SK
College code for school in which selected child is enrolled					RJ004SK
Has selected child earned a degree from a college or university?					RJ005SK
Highest degree, certificate, or diploma which selected child has earned					RJ006SK
Summary code for highest degree, certificate or diploma which selected child has earned.					RJ007SK
Year selected child received degree					RJ008SK
Is college selected child is currently enrolled in the same college where selected child earned degree?					RJ009SK
College code for school in where selected child earned degree					RJ010SK
Code name of school where selected child attended last year of school					RJ011SK
Year selected child attended last year of school					RJ012SK
Does selected child plan any further schooling?					RJ013SK
Type of schooling selected child plans for the future					RJ014SK
How far would respondent prefer selected child to go in school?					RJ015SK
How much did respondent influence selected child's education by example					RJ016SK
To what extent does respondent take credit for how selected child has done in (his/her) education?					RJ017SK
How responsible does respondent feel for any shortcomings in how selected child has done in (his/her) education?					RJ018SK
Occupation	Return to Top
	1957	1964	1975	1977	1992-93	1993-94
Detailed occupation of respondent's aspirations for child.			OCASSK
Occupational groups of respondent's aspirations for child.			OCMASK
Occupational status of respondent's aspiration for child			OCSASKU
Occupational prestige of respondent's occupational aspiration for child.			OCPASKU
Detailed occupation of respondent's expectations for child			OCEXSK
Occupational groups of respondent's expectations for child			OCMXSK
Occupational status of respondent's occupational expectation for child			OCSXSKU
Occupational prestige of respondent's occupational expectation for child.			OCPXSKU
1970 Occupational income score of occupational aspiration for child.			OCISK
1970 Occupational education score for occupational expectation for child.			OCEDXSK OCESK
1970 Occupational income score for occupational expectation for child.			OCIXSK
Has selected child ever been in the military service; that is, on active duty in a branch of regular service or on active duty in the reserves or national guard?					RJ019SK
Is selected child currently in the military service?					RJ020SK
Selected child's current activity.					RJ021SK
Has selected child ever worked at one job for 6 months or longer? Includes both full and part-time work and without pay 15 hours or more per week in family business.					RJ022SK
1970 Census detailed industry code for selected child's current/last job.					RJU23SK
1970 census detailed occupation code for selected child's current/last job.					RJU24SK
Class of worker code for selected child's current/last job.					RJU25SK
1970 Major industry code for selected child's current/last job.					RJU26SK
1970 Major occupation code for selected child's current/last job.					RJU27SK
1970 Occupational education score for selected child's current/last job.					RJA28SK
1970 Occupational income score for selected child current/last job.					RJB28SK
1970 Duncan SEI score for selected child's current/last job.					RJU28SK
1970 Siegel prestige score for selected child's current/last job.					RJU29SK
1970 MSEI2 occupational status score for selected child's current/last job.					RJU30SK
1970 TSEI2 occupational status score for selected child's current/last job.					RJU31SK
1990 Census detailed industry code for selected child's current/last job.					RJ032SK
1990 Census detailed occupation code for selected child's current/last job.					RJ033SK
1990 Major industry code for selected child's current/last job.					RJ034SK
1990 Major occupation code for selected child's current/last job.					RJ035SK
1989 Nakao-Treas prestige rating for selected child's current/last job.					RJ036SK
1990 Occupational education score for selected child's current/last job.					RJ037SK
1990 Occupational earnings score for selected child's current/last job.					RJ038SK
Comparison and Contact/Closeness	Return to Top
	1957	1964	1975	1977	1992-93	1993-94
Were questions RJ041SK - RJ051SK asked?					RJ040SK
Did respondent ever help selected child to find a job?					RJ041SK
Type of help respondent gave to selected child to find a job.					RJ042SK
Frequency of contact with selected child either in person or by letter or phone.					RJ043SK
Unit for frequency of contact.					RJ044SK
Summary of frequency of contact with selected child either in person or by letter or phone.					RJ045SK
Year last saw selected child.					RJ046SK
Similarity between respondent and selected child's general outlook on life.					RJ047SK
Closeness between respondent and selected child.					RJ048SK
How is selected child doing compared to respondent when respondent was selected child's age in terms of education?					RJ049SK
How is selected child doing compared to respondent when respondent was selected child's age in terms of work?					RJ050SK
How is selected child doing compared to respondent when respondent was selected child's age financially?					RJ051SK

Table last updated April 9, 2003