CHANGE NOTICE #13

CHANGE NOTICE #13 - 3/31/98 WLS 1993/94 siblings

New Edition of Wave 3 (1993-1994) WLS Sibling data and documentation.

A new edition (DPLS edition 2) of the third wave WLS silbing data has been released.

All of the pages for WLS: 1993/94 sibling survey have been updated.

If you received third wave data before March 31, 1998, please read this notice.

Summary of the Wave 3 - 3/98 update (see below for details):

The SECOND edition of the 1993/94 sibling WLS differs from previous releases in the following ways:

TELEPHONE QUESTIONNAIRE UPDATES:

Changes have been made to the data and documentation for the psychological section (XPSYB). In previous releases, the response "neither agree or disagree" was treated as missing data along with "don't know" or refused. The updated total scores assign a mid-point to the "neither agree or disagree" response. The individual questions have also been recoded to reflect this change and to avoid confusion in the future.
Three new variables have been added to the education section (XEDUC) regarding high school attendance.
Missing data has been filled in for high school last attended and date of last attendance.

MAIL QUESTIONNAIRE UPDATES:

The mail survey documentation (WLS23SM.ASC) has a note added about the psychological variables.
The revised list of variables for the mail survey (WLS23SM.LIS) corrects a minor error.

Details of the Wave 3 - 3/98 updates:

XPSYB - Psychological Well-Being - Revised treatment for missing data. In releases prior to 3/98, if the respondent answered "neither agree or disagree" to an individual component of the well-being scale, it was treated as missing data along with "don't know", or refused. The updated total scores assign a mid-point to the "neither agree or disagree" response. The individual questions (SN016REC-SN027REC) have also been recoded to reflect this change and to avoid confusion in the future.

This section contains total scores and number of questions answered for the Psychological Well-Being Scale: autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life, and self-acceptance.

NOTE: Most variables in this section were recreated for the 3/98 release of the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study: 1993/93 Sibling Telephone and Mail Surveys - WLS23S_2

NOTE: If using the psychological well-being items from both the telephone and mail surveys (WLS23SM), note the different coding schemes used for the two instruments.

NOTE: In releases prior to 3/98, if the respondent answered "neither agree or disagree" to an individual component of the well-being scale, it was treated as missing data along with "don't know", or refused. The updated total scores assign a mid-point to the "neither agree or disagree" response. The individual questions (SN016REC-SN027REC) have also been recoded to reflect this change and to avoid confusion in the future.

NOTE: See Appendix K - COR574A for details regarding creation of the psychological well-being scores.

NOTE: Variables NP001REC-NP068RER in WLS23SM contain more detailed variables measuring the same concepts.

Below are examples of the original and revised coding for the total scores and indivdual items. Please view the codebook for XPSYB for all of the updated marginals. All data and documentation for the 3/98 release reflect these coding changes.




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NOTE:  Original values for Autonomy range from 00-12 and change in the

       revised variable to 00-14 when assigning "neither agree or

       disagree" to a mid-point score.

       (The same recoding was used for all total scores.)

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ORIGINAL coding and marginals for Total score for Autonomy:



 8- 9     SN002RED            Total score for Autonomy.

                              (SN001RE, SN016REC, SN025REC,%RN002RED)



                  00    LOW                                       40   28

               01-11                                            1500 1568

                  12    HIGH                                     333  370

                  98    INAPPROPRIATE, SECTION SKIPPED           451  514

                         (SN001RE = 0)



REVISED coding and marginals for Total score for Autonomy:



 8- 9     SN002RED            Total score for Autonomy.

                              (replaced 3/98)

                              (SN001RE, SN016REC, SN025REC,%RN002RED)



                  00    LOW                                       38   27

               01-13                                            1502 1569

                  14    HIGH                                     333  370

                  98    INAPPROPRIATE, SECTION SKIPPED           451  514

                         (SN001RE = 0)



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NOTE:  Original values for the total score range from 00-72 and change in

       the revised variables to 00-84 when assigning "neither agree or

       disagree" to a mid-point score.

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ORIGINAL coding and marginals for Total score for Psychological Well-Being:



26-27     SN014RED            Total score for the Psychological

                              Section variables.  (SN001RE, SN016REC,

                              SN017REC, SN018REC, SN019REC, SN020REC,

                              SN021REC, SN022REC, SN023REC, SN024REC,

                              SN025REC, SN026REC, SN027REC,%RN014RED)



                  00    LOW                                       37   27

               08-71                                            1819 1916

                  72    HIGH                                      17   23

                  98    INAPPROPRIATE, SECTION SKIPPED           451  514

                         (SN001RE = 0)





REVISED coding and marginals for Total score for Psychological Well-Being:





26-27     SN014RED            Total score for Psychological Well-Being.

                              (replaced 3/98) (SN001RE, SN016REC,

                              SN017REC, SN018REC, SN019REC, SN020REC,

                              SN021REC, SN022REC, SN023REC, SN024REC,

                              SN025REC, SN026REC, SN027REC,%RN014RED)



                  00    LOW                                       37   27

               10-83                                            1819 1916

                  84    HIGH                                      17   23

                  98    INAPPROPRIATE, SECTION SKIPPED           451  514

                         (SN001RE = 0)





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NOTE:  Original values for individual items range from 0-9 and change in

       the revised variables to 01-99 when assigning "neither agree or

       disagree" to a mid-point score.

       (The same recoding was used for all individual items.)

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ORIGINAL coding and marginals for an individual well-being item:





30-30     SN016REC            I tend to be influenced by people with

                              strong opinions. (SN001RE, 438s, 439,

                              %RN016REC)



                   0    NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE                31   33

                   1    AGREE STRONGLY                            55   74

                   2    AGREE MODERATELY                         332  373

                   3    AGREE SLIGHTLY                           114  106

                   4    DISAGREE SLIGHTLY                        120   98

                   5    DISAGREE MODERATELY                      663  739

                   6    DISAGREE STRONGLY                        512  504

                   7    DON'T KNOW                                10   13

                   8    INAPPRORIATE, SN001RE = 0                451  514

                   9    REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED                  36   26





REVISED coding and marginals for an individual well-being item:



30-31     SN016REC            I tend to be influenced by people with

                              strong opinions.

                              (replaced 3/98)

                              (SN001RE, 438s, 439,%RN016REC)



                  01    AGREE STRONGLY                            55   74

                  02    AGREE MODERATELY                         332  373

                  03    AGREE SLIGHTLY                           114  106

                  04    NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE                31   33

                  05    DISAGREE SLIGHTLY                        120   98

                  06    DISAGREE MODERATELY                      663  739

                  07    DISAGREE STRONGLY                        512  504



                  97    DON'T KNOW                                10   13

                  98    INAPPRORIATE, SN001RE = 0                451  514

                  99    REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED                  36   26

Three new variables have been added to the education section (XEDUC).


108-110   SB043RE             Name of high school attended in 11th

                              grade if last high school attended,

                              SB016RE is not the same as the 11th

                              grade high school.

                              (b3a16)

                              (not available on public release)



             013-939                                              37   41

                 998    INAPPROPRIATE (DID NOT                  2277 2421

                        ATTEND 9TH GRADE OR HIGHER,

                        (SB003RED<9) OR SB016RE

                        IS 11TH GRADE SCHOOL

                 999    REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED,                265  322

                        INCLUDES ALL MAIL ONLY RESPONDENTS

                        AND ALL 26 ORIGINAL SAMPLE MEMBERS

                        WHO ARE ALSO SIBLINGS



111-113   SB044RE             Name of last Wisconsin high school

                              attended if neither SB016RE nor

                              SB043RE are in Wisconsin. (b3a21)

                              (not available on public release)



             116-819                                              12    3

                 998    INAPPROPRIATE (DID NOT                  2312 2477

                        ATTEND 9TH GRADE OR HIGHER,

                        (SB003RED<9) OR SB016RE OR SB043RE

                        IN WI

                 999    REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED                 255  304

                        INCLUDES ALL MAIL ONLY RESPONDENTS



114-115   SB045RE             Highest grade attended at SB044RE.

                              (3a23)

                9-11                                              12    3

                  98    INAPPROPRIATE (DID NOT                  2312 2477

                        ATTEND 9TH GRADE OR HIGHER,

                        (SB003RED<9) OR SB016RE IS IN WI

                        OR SB043RE IS IN WI

                  99    REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED                 255  304

                        INCLUDES ALL MAIL ONLY RESPONDENTS

Missing data has been filled in for high school last attended and date of last attendance.

High school codes for the school last attended were assigned and these codes are available in SB016RE. List of school names and codes are in COR588 (these codes are not available to the public.)


Original variable:





36-38     SB016RE             Last high school attended.

                              (@XXHISC, @XSTAT93M, SLV, &3a1,

                              3a1, 3a2, &3a20, *a3a21, b3a10,

                              3a12)

                              (not available on public release)



                 000    CODES TO BE ADDED LATER -                 64   66

                        NON-WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOLS

                 001    CODES TO BE ADDED LATER -               1692 1805

                        WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOLS

             101-914    CODES FROM XXHISC                        759  867



                 998    INAPPROPRIATE (DID NOT                    57   41

                        ATTEND 9TH GRADE OR HIGHER,

                        (SB003RED<9 AND SB015RE="0)" OR

                        (SB003RED="9" and SB015RE="1))"

                 999    REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED                   7    5



NOTE: For 1977 NRs who completed only the mail questionnaire, only the last high

      school attended IN WISCONSIN is ascertained. This may not be the last high

      school ever attended.



Updated variable:



36-38     SB016RE                Last high school attended.

                                 (@XXHISC, @XSTAT93M, SLV, &

                                 3a1, 3a1, 3a2, &3a20, *a3a21,

                                 b3a10, 3a12)

                                 (not available on public release)



                 000    NON-WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOLS                26   26

             001-097    OUT-OF-STATE/OUT-OF-COUNTRY               47   42

             101-942    WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOLS                  2447 2670

                 998    INAPPROPRIATE (DID NOT                    50   39

                        ATTEND 9TH GRADE OR HIGHER,

                        (SB003RED<9 AND SB015RE="0)" OR

                        (SB003RED="9" and SB015RE="1))"

                 999    REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED                   9    7



NOTE: All 1977 respondents and all 1993 mail only respondents who did not attend a

      Wisconsin school are coded "000". The 1993 phone responses have been coded in

      detail. (If the information was obtained in the 1977 interview, it was not

      requested again in the 1993 phone interview.)



NOTE: For the mail only respondents, only the last high school attended in Wisconsin

      is ascertained. This may not be the last high school ever attended.



NOTE: Variables SB043RE SB045RE have additional codes for high schools for those

      respondents who did not attend SB016RE in the 11th grade or for whom SB016RE is

      an out-of-state school.



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Original variable:



39-42     SB017RE             Century-month last attended

                              high school.

                              (@XXCMHS, @XSTAT93M, SLV, &e1,

                              &e2, &3a1, 3a1, 3a2, 3a13, 3a14)



            353-1114    CENTURY MONTHS                          2499 2719



                9997    DON'T KNOW                                 9   16

                9998    INAPPROPRIATE (DID NOT                    57   41

                        ATTEND 9TH GRADE OR HIGHER

                        (SB003RED<9))

                9999    REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED                  14    8



NOTE: For 1977 NRs who completed only the mail questionnaire, only the date last

      attended high school IN WISCONSIN is ascertained. This may not be the date last

      attended high school.



NOTE: All dates for education were asked by season and the mid-point of each season

      was selected for the data. (Summer="July;" Fall Oct; Winter="Jan;"

      Spring="April)"



NOTE: See Appendix O COR607, Century Months.



Updated variable:



39-42     SB017RE             Century-month last attended high school.

                              (@XXCMHS, @XSTAT93M, SLV, &e1, &

                              e2, &3a1, 3a1, 3a2, 3a13, 3a14)



            353-1114    CENTURY MONTHS                          2505 2721

                9997    DON'T KNOW                                 9   17

                9998    INAPPROPRIATE (DID NOT                    50   38

                        ATTEND 9TH GRADE OR HIGHER

                        (SB003RED<9))

                9999    REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED                  15    8



NOTE: For 1977 NRs who completed only the mail questionnaire, only the date last

      attended high school IN WISCONSIN is ascertained. This may not be the date last

      attended high school.



NOTE: All dates for education were asked by season and the mid-point of each season

      was selected for the data. (Summer="July;" Fall Oct; Winter="Jan;"

      Spring="April)"



NOTE: See Appendix O COR607, Century Months.



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The mail survey documentation (WLS23SM.ASC) has a note added about the psychological variables.

NOTE: If using the psychological well-being items from both the telephone and mail surveys, note the different coding schemes used for the two instruments. Also note the telephone items were recreated and replaced with the 3/98 release. See Change Notice #13 for details.

The revised list of variables for the mail survey (WLS23SM.LIS) corrects a minor error.

The updated version of the extract program - WLSGV contains the revised list of variables which was originally updated and released on 12/97:

Family attitude variables in columns 746-799 and social involment variables in columns 810-837 were inadverately omitted from wls23sm.prg. An attempt to retrieve these variables using WLSGV would result in a message indicating that the variable list was in error.