A new edition (DPLS edition 5) of the second wave WLS data has been released.
All of the pages for WLS: 1992/93 telephone and mail surveys now reflect this new edition.
If you received second wave data before March 26, 1997, please read this notice.
RU027RE Average number of drinks respondent
had on those days.
98 INAPPROPRIATE RU001RE=0 OR RU025RE=2
OR RU026RE=0 OR RU026RE >=97
RU028RE Number of drinks in the last month.
998 INAPPROPRIATE RU001RE=0 OR RU025RE=2
OR RU026RE=0 OR RU026RE>=97 OR
RU027RE >=97
RU029RE Number of times respondent had 5
or more drinks on the same
occasion during the last month.
998 INAPPROPRIATE RU001RE=0 OR RU025RE=2
OR RU026RE=1
119-126 RR043REC Respondent's total asset net worth.
(updated 5/96,8/96) (814s,814z,816m,816z,
818f, 818z, 820m, 820z, 820s, 822, 822f)
-0045000 $45,000 OR MORE IN DEBT 8 2
-39500--460 $460 - $39,500 IN DEBT 18 29
00000000 NONE 177 328
65-1995000 $65-$1,995,000 3634 4059
02000000 $2,000,000 OR MORE 21 16
99999996 UNDETERMINED DUE TO TOP-CODING 123 78
NOTE: $999,999 was the maximum amount allowed in the questionnaire for
many of the components of this sum. If any component was top-coded
during data collection, then RR043REC is 99999996.
NOTE: Zeros are used for don't knows and refusals when computing the sum.
RR044REC indicates the number of occurrences of don't knows and
refusals in the sum. RR045REC indicates the total number of
reports of assets included in the sum.
NOTE: In the public release, this variable is top-coded at $2,000,000
and bottom-coded at -$45,000.
127-127 RR044REC Number of missing reports included in
respondent's total asset net worth.
(RR043REC) (added 3/97) (814s,814z,816m,
816z,818f,818z,820m,820z,820s, 822, 822f)
0 NO MISSING REPORT 3158 2686
1 ONE MISSING REPORT 337 681
2 TWO MISSING REPORTS 326 625
3 THREE MISSING REPORTS 83 273
4 FOUR MISSING REPORTS 50 161
5 FIVE MISSING REPORTS 16 66
6 SIX MISSING REPORTS 11 18
7 SEVEN MISSING REPORTS 0 2
128-128 RR045REC Number of valid reports of assets included
in respondent's total asset net worth.
(RR043REC) (added 3/97) (814s,814z,816m,
816z,818f,818z,820m,820z,820s, 822, 822f)
0 NO VALID ASSET REPORTS 163 255
1 ONE VALID ASSET REPORT 77 253
2 TWO VALID ASSET REPORTS 216 541
3 THREE VALID ASSET REPORTS 649 1011
4 FOUR VALID ASSET REPORTS 1526 1471
5 FIVE VALID ASSET REPORTS 1005 782
6 SIX VALID ASSET REPORTS 334 181
7 SEVEN VALID ASSET REPORTS 11 18
We assume that for all 1992/93 respondents with 1975 selected sibling not currently alive (RD028SC eq 1 and RK001SS ne 1), a new sibling was chosen.
165-165 RK066SSE Is the sibling referenced in RD029SSD -
RD065SSD the same sibling who was
selected in 1975? (RK001SS,RK028SSC)
(added 1/97)
1 YES, SAME AS 1975 SELECTED SIBLING 3219 3677
2 NO, SIBLING CHOSEN IN 1992-93 334 365
8 INAPPROPRIATE (NO LIVING 428 470
SIBLINGS, RK028SSC^=1)
In the process of creating wage rates for 1993/94 sibling respondents, we have uncovered errors in the 1992/93 respondent wage rates. In addition, we have made some minor changes to the wage variables for the 1992/93 respondents, to make their wage rates as comparable to the 1993/94 siblings as possible.
A new version of the wage rate variable, RG021JJD, has replaced the previously-released wage rate. Because some of these wage rate variables may have been used in published work, the old variable has been renamed to RG066JJD and placed at the end of the JOBC section for archival purposes. Similarly, changes to the flag variable RG022JJD were made, and the old version of the wage flags was renamed to RG067JJD and moved to the end of the JOBC section for archival purposes.
Very minor changes have been made to the other wage variables RG006JJC-RG019JJC (only five respondents affected), and RG020JJC (35 respondents affected).
We strongly recommend that you use the new version of the respondent wage variables for all future work.
The major effects of these changes has been to slightly decrease the wage rate of most respondents. A summary of the difference between RG021JJD (revised wage) and RG066JJD (old wage) follows:
The largest differences occurred when the top-coded monthly wage rate was abandoned in favor of total yearly income to calculate wage rates. These observations were already well-above the $200/hr top-code on the public tape, and so are not affected on the public tape.
Frequency Description of Change
1770 Observations changed wage rate or wage flag
35 Observations changed from N/A wage rate to
estimated wage rate
74 Observations changed from using annual income
to estimate wage rate, to using a job-specific
measure (annual income, monthly income, etc.)
4 Observations were changed to refusals
-804 Median change (RG021JJD-RG066JJD ~= $.80)
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Revised Wage Rate Variables:
57-63 RG021JJD Base hourly wage rate. (updated 2/97)
(266m, 266s, 268f,268m 268s, 270, 270f,
270m, 594n, RG011JJC, RG016JJC, RF001JS)
(See RG066JJD for version of this
variable prior to the 3/97 release.)
0-192456 $0 to $192.456 PER HOUR 3739 3943
WITH 3 IMPLIED DECIMAL PLACES
0200000 $200.000 OR MORE PER HOUR 33 6
WITH 3 IMPLIED DECIMAL PLACES
9999998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO JOB SPELLS BETWEEN 30 382
1975-92/93, RF001JS=1 OR R NOT PAID,
RG011JJC = 0)
9999999 NOT ASCERTAINED (UNABLE TO CONSTRUCT 179 181
BECAUSE R REFUSE OR DK ON ANY ONE OF
SEVERAL COMPONENT ITEMS)
NOTE: See Appendix E - Cor582 Creation of Hourly Wage Rate Variable.
NOTE: This variable was recalculated in February, 1997. The old
version has been moved to RG066JJD for archival purposes
only. The differences between RG021JJD and RG066JJD are
documented in Appendix E.
NOTE: In the public release, this variable is top-coded at $200.00.
64-65 RG022JJD Flag variable indicating source of
information for base hourly wage rate
(updated 2/97)(266m, 266s, 268f, 268m,
268s, 270, 270f, 270m, 594n,
RG011JJC, RG016JJC, RF001JS)
(See RG067JJD for version of this
variable prior to the 3/97 release.)
01 HOURLY WORKER, DIRECT REPORT OF 1261 2178
WAGE RATE
02 HOURLY WORKER, REPORTS AVERAGE 11 33
MONTHLY SALARY
03 INDIVIDUAL CASES DIRECTLY CODED. 1 3
(SEE NOTE)
04 SALARIED WORKER, REPORTS WEEKLY 2 1
GROSS SALARY
05 SALARIED WORKER, REPORTS BIWEEKLY 82 95
GROSS SALARY
06 SALARIED WORKER, REPORTS MONTHLY 156 182
GROSS SALARY
07 SALARIED WORKER, REPORTS ANNUAL 1383 734
GROSS SALARY FOR FULL-TIME/
FULL-YEAR WORK
08 SALARIED WORKER, REPORTS ANNUAL 64 132
GROSS SALARY FOR LESS THAN FULL-TIME/
FULL-YEAR WORK
09 SALARIED WORKER, REPORTS ANNUAL GROSS 6 1
SALARY FOR LESS THAN FULL-TIME/
FULL-YEAR WORK; HOURS OF WORK ESTIMATED
FROM USUAL WEEKLY WORK HOURS
10 HOURLY PLUS COMMISSION, SALARY PLUS 217 113
COMMISSION, SALARY ONLY OR COMMISSION
ONLY--WAGE RATE ESTIMATED FROM AVERAGE
MONTHLY SALARY AND HOURS WORKED/WEEK
11 R DK OR REFUSE TO REPORT HOW PAID-- 7 1
WAGE RATE ESTIMATED FROM AVERAGE
MONTHLY SALARY AND HOURS WORKED/WEEK
12 R IS PAID ON "OTHER" BASIS--WAGE RATE 228 179
ESTIMATED FROM AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY
AND HOURS WORKED/WEEK
13 R PAYS SELF FROM PROFITS--WAGE RATE 257 80
ESTIMATED FROM AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY
AND HOURS WORKED/WEEK
14 SPECIAL CASES CODED DIRECTLY (SEE NOTE) 0 7
15 SPECIFIC WAGE INFORMATION NOT 42 65
AVAILABLE--WAGE RATE IS ESTIMATED FROM
ANNUAL EARNINGS
16 SPECIFIC WAGE INFORMATION NOT 37 120
AVAILABLE AND R REPORTS ZERO ANNUAL
EARNINGS-- WAGE RATE IS $0
17 MONTHLY WAGE REPORTED, HOURS/WEEK NOT 2 1
REPORTED - USE TOTAL HOURS WORKED/WEEK
AT ALL JOBS TO CALCULATE WAGE RATE
18 MONTHLY WAGE REPORTED, HOURS/WEEK NOT 3 8
REPORTED - ASSUME 40 HOURS/WEEK TO
CALCULATE WAGE RATE
19 BIWEEKLY SALARY REPORTED, HOURS/WEEK 0 2
NOT REPORTED - ASSUME 40 HOURS/WEEK
TO CALCULATE WAGE RATE
20 ANNUAL, FULL-TIME, FULL-YEAR SALARY 1 1
REPORTED, HOURS/WEEK NOT REPORTED -
ASSUME 40 HOURS/WEEK TO CALCULATE
WAGE RATE
21 ANNUAL, FULL-TIME, FULL-YEAR SALARY 1 0
REPORTED, HOURS/WEEK NOT REPORTED -
USE TOTAL HOURS WORKED AT ALL JOBS TO
CALCULATE WAGE RATE
22 ANNUAL SALARY REPORTED (NOT FULL-TIME, 1 4
FULL-YEAR), HOURS/WEEK AND MONTHS/YEAR
NOT REPORTED - ASSUME 40 HOURS/WEEK AND
52 WEEKS/YEAR TO CALCULATE WAGE RATE
23 ANNUAL EARNINGS AT ALL JOBS REPORTED, 1 3
HOURS/WEEK NOT REPORTED - ASSUME 40
HOURS/ WEEK, 52 WEEKS/YEAR TO CALCULATE
WAGE RATE
24 RESPONDENT ANNUAL SALARY EXCEEDS 3 0
TOP-CODED VALUE OF 999,998 - USE
ANNUAL EARNINGS AT ALL JOBS TO
CALCULATE WAGE RATE
25 RESPONDENT MONTHLY WAGE EXCEEDS 4 1
TOP-CODED VALUE OF 89,999 - USE ANNUAL
EARNINGS AT ALL JOBS TO CALCULATE
WAGE RATE
26 RESPONDENT ANNUAL EARNINGS USED TO 2 2
CALCULATE WAGE RATE, WITH TOTAL HOURS
OF WORK PER WEEK (RG009JJC) UNKNOWN
- USE RG006JJC AS ESTIMATE OF TOTAL
HOURS
27 R REPORTED THAT S/HE IS NOT PAID FOR 0 3
THIS JOB - WAGE RATE IS 0
98 INAPPROPRIATE (NO JOB SPELLS BETWEEN 30 382
1975-92/93, RF001JS=1, RF001JS=1 OR
R NOT PAID, RG011JJC = 0)
99 NOT ASCERTAINED. (UNABLE TO CONSTRUCT 179 181
WAGE RATE BECAUSE R REFUSES, DK, OR
INAPP ON ANY ONE OF SEVERAL COMPONENT
ITEMS)
NOTE: See Appendix E - Cor582 Creation of Hourly Wage Rate Variable.
NOTE: This variable was recalculated in February, 1997. The old
version has been moved to RG067JJD for archival purposes
only. The differences between RG021JJD and RG067JJD are
documented in Appendix E.
NOTE: For Code 3: idswl 514017, 452064 are hourly workers who
reported "other" as hourly base wage. Interviewer
comments included wage information that could be coded
as a wage rate.
NOTE: For Code 14: The following cases responded "other" to
"how are you paid--hourly, salary, or what?" (266r).
Interviewer notes in the other/specify lines provided
information that made it possible to code a wage rate.
IDSWLs: 390132, 191003, 241372, 262239, 393274, 635017,
715196.
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Archival Wage Rate Variables:
141-147 RG066JJD Base hourly wage rate
(266m, 266s, 268f,
268m 268s, 270, 270f, 270m, 594n,
RG011JJC, RG016JJC, RF001JS)
(This is the version of RG021JDD
prior to the 3/97 release.)
0-194444 $0 to $194.444 PER HOUR 3731 3916
WITH 3 IMPLIED DECIMAL PLACES
0200000 $200.000 OR MORE PER HOUR 35 8
WITH 3 IMPLIED DECIMAL PLACES
9999998 INAPPROPRIATE (NO JOB SPELLS BETWEEN 30 382
1975-92/93, RF001JS=1 OR R NOT PAID,
RG011JJC = 0)
9999999 NOT ASCERTAINED (UNABLE TO CONSTRUCT 185 206
BECAUSE R REFUSE OR DK ON ANY ONE OF
SEVERAL COMPONENT ITEMS)
NOTE: See Appendix E - Cor582 Creation of Hourly Wage Rate Variable.
NOTE: This variable is an old version of RG021JJD - DO NOT USE THIS
VARIABLE!! It is appended here for archival purposes only!
NOTE: In the public release, this variable is top-coded at $200.00.
148-149 RG067JJD Flag variable indicating source of
information for base hourly wage rate
(266m, 266s, 268f, 268m,
268s, 270, 270f, 270m, 594n,
RG011JJC, RG016JJC, RF001JS)
(This is the version of RG022JDD
prior to the 3/97 release.)
01 HOURLY WORKER, DIRECT REPORT OF 1261 2178
WAGE RATE
02 HOURLY WORKER, REPORTS AVERAGE 7 22
MONTHLY SALARY
03 INDIVIDUAL CASES DIRECTLY CODED. 0 2
(SEE NOTE)
04 SALARIED WORKER, REPORTS WEEKLY 2 1
GROSS SALARY
05 SALARIED WORKER, REPORTS BIWEEKLY 82 95
GROSS SALARY
06 SALARIED WORKER, REPORTS MONTHLY 156 182
GROSS SALARY
07 SALARIED WORKER, REPORTS ANNUAL 1386 734
GROSS SALARY FOR FULL-TIME/
FULL-YEAR WORK
08 SALARIED WORKER, REPORTS ANNUAL 64 132
GROSS SALARY FOR LESS THAN FULL-TIME/
FULL-YEAR WORK
09 SALARIED WORKER, REPORTS ANNUAL GROSS 6 1
SALARY FOR LESS THAN FULL-TIME/
FULL-YEAR WORK; HOURS OF WORK ESTIMATED
FROM USUAL WEEKLY WORK HOURS
10 HOURLY PLUS COMMISSION, SALARY PLUS 178 109
COMMISSION, OR COMMISSION ONLY--WAGE
RATE ESTIMATED FROM AVERAGE MONTHLY
SALARY AND HOURS WORKED/WEEK
11 R DK OR REFUSE TO REPORT HOW PAID-- 8 1
WAGE RATE ESTIMATED FROM AVERAGE
MONTHLY SALARY AND HOURS WORKED/WEEK
12 R IS PAID ON "OTHER" BASIS--WAGE RATE 229 179
ESTIMATED FROM AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY
AND HOURS WORKED/WEEK
13 R PAYS SELF FROM PROFITS--WAGE RATE 259 80
ESTIMATED FROM AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY
AND HOURS WORKED/WEEK
14 SPECIAL CASES CODED DIRECTLY (SEE NOTE) 0 7
15 SPECIFIC WAGE INFORMATION NOT 92 84
AVAILABLE--WAGE RATE IS ESTIMATED FROM
ANNUAL EARNINGS
16 SPECIFIC WAGE INFORMATION NOT 36 117
AVAILABLE AND R REPORTS ZERO ANNUAL
EARNINGS--WAGE RATE IS $0
98 INAPPROPRIATE (NO JOB SPELLS BETWEEN 30 382
1975-92/93, RF001JS=1, RF001JS=1 OR
R NOT PAID, RG011JJC = 0)
99 NOT ASCERTAINED. (UNABLE TO CONSTRUCT 185 206
WAGE RATE BECAUSE R REFUSES, DK, OR
INAPP ON ANY ONE OF SEVERAL COMPONENT
ITEMS)
NOTE: See Appendix E - Cor582 Creation of Hourly Wage Rate Variable.
NOTE: This variable is an old version of RG022JJD - DO NOT USE THIS
VARIABLE!! It is appended here for archival purposes only!
NOTE: For Code 3: idswl 514017, 452064 are hourly workers who
reported "other" as hourly base wage. Interviewer
comments included wage information that could be coded
as a wage rate.
NOTE: For Code 14: The following cases responded "other" to
"how are you paid--hourly, salary, or what?" (266r).
Interviewer notes in the other/specify lines provided
information that made it possible to code a wage rate.
IDSWLs: 390132, 191003, 241372, 262239, 393274, 635017,
715196.
The variable for frequency of supervision RG039JJG had 83 individuals who answered "365 days/year". The code was changed from "02" (several times per year) to the correct code "07" (once per day).
90-91 RG039JJG Frequency of supervision - Summary
for how many times an hour, day,
week, month, or year does a
supervisor CHECK UP ON YOUR WORK?
(updated 2/97) (RF001JS, RG031JJF,
RG034JJF, RG036JJF, 276, 276f)
00 NEVER 320 552
01 ONCE PER YEAR 161 318
02 SEVERAL TIMES PER YEAR 192 262
03 ONCE PER MONTH 260 317
04 SEVERAL TIMES PER MONTH 87 83
05 ONCE PER WEEK 406 370
06 SEVERAL TIMES PER WEEK 161 113
07 ONCE PER DAY 539 485
08 SEVERAL TIMES PER DAY 141 78
09 ONCE PER HOUR 36 24
10 SEVERAL TIMES PER HOUR, 103 158
OR CONSTANTLY
97 DON'T KNOW 135 240 98 INAPPROPRIATE (NO JOB SPELL 1249 1331
BETWEEN 1975-92/93, RF001JS = 1
OR NO SUPERVISOR, RG031JJF = 0 OR
RG036JJF = 0 OR TOP OR UPPER
MANAGEMENT, RG034JJG = 1-2)
99 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 191 181
NOTE: An 8-hour day/5-day workweek was assumed for this question; that
is, if a sibling-respondent indicated that he or she was
supervised 5 days a week, this was coded as 1 time a day
(RG039JJG=7), rather than several times a week (RG039JJG=6).
NOTE: See RG042JJG and RG043JJH for the raw variables.
NOTE: This question was not asked if the respondent is self-employed in
current/last job (cc25, dd25, ee25, gg25, hh25, or ii25 = 3). In
these cases, RG039JJG = 99.
RA010SS - Three cases that are coded "04" (sib interviewed as a primary respondent) were not actually interviewed in 1992/93 primary respondent interview. These are siblings who are also primary respondents but refused to be interviewed in 1992/93. The code is changed to "07" for refusal for sibling interview.
Answers to questions 814s, 814z, 816m, 816z, 818f, 818z, 820m, 820z were top-coded during data collection. At least one of these questions was used in the calculation of RR023REC, RR027REC, RR031REC, RR035REC, RR043REC. Originally, this top-code was treated as a true value during this calcuation. This has now been changed so that: if one value is top-coded and the other value is 0, the calculated value is the top-code; if one value is top-coded and the other value is not 0, the new value is 9999996, with the value label "Undetermined due to top-coding".
Twelve cases for both RR021RE and RR022RE were incorrectly coded inappropriate (99999998). These cases should have been coded not ascertained (99999999).
One or two coding errors were corrected for 816f, 816m, 816z. These corrections affected codes for RR024RE, RR025RE, RR026RE, and RR027RE.
Category 1 for RR042REC was split into two categories
0 = less than $ 5,000
1 = $ 5,000 - $ 9,999
Some respondents reported that friend was deceased, even though that respondent completed an interview. Redo RM002RER so that code 3 inidicates respondent answered 2 for deceased, however friend was alive at time of interview. See Cor614 for complete details.
One respondent indicated friend is still alive, however our records indicate this friend is deceased. No contact since 1990. Change RM002RER to 4 for this case.
RS010RE - Code changed to "8" for three R's who have never worked.
RS011RE - Four R's originally coded as married were determined to be separated during creation of MARR.DAT. 34m was changed to separated. 832f was already answered. The note with RS011RE was changed to more accurately reflect this.
RS014RE - 42 cases changed to "98" for this variable. These cases were coded "02" for RS013RE and had codes assigned by the survey center for RS014RE. We have changed them to inappropriate codes for this variable.
RS015RE - Four cases were changed from "98" to "07".
RK057SD & RK058SSE - A few impossible combinations of frequency/unit of contact with selected sibling were corrected.
RK059SSF - Calculation of frequency of contact based on number of times (RK057SD) and unit (RK058SSE) was inaccurate. This has been corrected. New codes for RK059SSF are one digit longer than old codes. Thus, the extract program files (SSIB.LIS and WLS23R.PRG) have been updated due to this correction.
A note was added note to each total score variable to make it clear that if the data is missing for both components of sum, the score is 0. The following variable indicates number of valid components. Affected variables are RH001REC, RH003REC, RH005REC RH007REC & RH009REC.
RK002SSC, RK027SSC, RK060SSG Add Note:
Only year was ascertained during data collection. June is used as the month for the caclulation of century month.
RK023SSE, RK024SSE, RK025SSE, RK026SSE description indicates "current/last job". This refers to deceased sibling's job - so it should be "last job", not "current/last job".
RK058SSE Change variable description "Unit per" to "Unit for frequency of contact with selected sibling."
For the Total Scores for the Five-Factor Model of
Personality Structure:
Extraversion (RH001REC), Openness (RH003REC), Neuroticism
(RH005REC), Conscientiousness (RH007REC), and
Agreeableness (RH009REC).
If the data is missing for both components of sum, the score is 0.
The variables following the total scores indicate the number of valid components used to construct the score.
Some of the variables required that the raw data be "reverse coded" as a part of the variable construction. Variables that were reverse coded for the summation were incorrectly coded to 0, 1 or 9 prior to the calculation. Summed variables have been recreated correctly for this update.
Items 18u, 18v, and 18w were erroneously included in MU001REC, the index for CES-D. These three items have been removed from the sum in MU001REC.
The process for computing the sum and number of responses in MU002RE has also been updated.
Some respondents answered the first few questions and then stopped. If these respondents answered at least 10 questions, then a sum is computed. Other respondents answered questions scattered throughout page 8 and left the remainder of the questions blank. It was assumed that these respondents only answered the questions that applied to them. If at least 3 items throughout the page were answered and all items answered were received a nonzero response; a sum was computed for MU001REC using 0 as the score for unanswered questions. These cases have a code of "20" for MU002RE.
Descriptions of 15 variables in caregiving contained double negatives with value labels of YES and NO. The variable descriptions were reworded to remove the double negative and change the value label to be more descriptive. Variables affected are: MV001RE, MV007RE, MV013RE, MV019RE, MV025RE, MV026RE, MV032RE, MV033RE, MV039RE, MV040RE, MV046RE, MV047RE, MV055RE, MV061RE, MV067RE.
Add code 6 to each of the preceeding variables to indicate that no boxes in an entire row were checked; that means that at least some boxes in entire the question were checked. This assumes that the respondent only checked boxes that applied to him/her and allows the user to determine exactly which boxes were checked and which were not checked. These cases were previously coded "2" which indicated that someone needed help with the particular task.
In the introduction to the social participation section, reference to MZ001RER-MZ021RER was changed to MZ001RER-MZ022RER and reference to MZ024RER-MZ025RER was changed to MZ023RER-MZ024RER.
The inap description for MZ003RER was changed from IN75=1 to RA008RE=1 (the WLS23M variable name).
Sixty-one respondents skipped all of question 29 regarding belonging to organizations. For these respondents, all variables regarding level of involvement in a particular organization should have been coded "NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED". MZ019RE and MZ021RE were coded "none" instead. The codes for the sixty one respondents for these two variables were changed to "NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED". Additionally a note has been included with variable MZ001RER giving details regarding respondents who skipped the entire question and respondents who skipped part of the section.