A new edition (DPLS edition 10) of the first wave WLS data has been
released.
A new edition (DPLS edition 9) of the second wave WLS graduate data has
been released.
A new edition (DPLS edition 5) of the third wave WLS sibling data has
been released.
If you received any WLS data before May 1, 2003, please read this notice.
The TENTH edition of the 1957-77 WLS graduates and siblings differs from previous releases in the following ways:
The NINTH edition of the 1992-93 WLS graduates differs from previous releases in the following ways:
The FIFTH edition of the 1993-94 WLS siblings differs from previous releases in the following ways:
OLD NEW DATE IDUSER VAR VALUE VALUE REASON FOR CHANGE 10/01 254034 XLIV 2 1 During ndi checking, we XDEATYR 9999 9998 discovered that the sib had mistakenly been coded as deceased OLD NEW DATE IDUSER VAR VALUE VALUE REASON FOR CHANGE 10/01 137016 RS64FU 9 6 See entry of 12/93 by jp RS64 9 7 These missing values require a code other than 9 which was assigned in the 12/93 correction OLD NEW DATE IDUSER VAR VALUE VALUE REASON FOR CHANGE 9/19/02 62055 LIV92 2 1 During widow checking, we DEATYR 1987 9998 discovered that the grad/sib had mistakenly been coded 188007 XLIV 2 1 as deceased XDEATYR 1979 9998 267004 XLIV 2 1 XDEATYR 1989 9998 IDUSER VAR Old New Reason 9/26/02 10004 LIV92 2 1 Coded deceased based on early SSDI DEATYR 9998 search, Not 100% certain good 357008 LIV92 2 1 match. Name is same, but dates of DEATYR 9998 birth differ, did not die inWi, soc not issued in Wi. 1/09/03 310004 & 184022, changed liv92 to 2 (both deceased)
deatyr =1999 & 2002 respectively
10/25/01 wls1401.asc Variables XGEOGHS - XRESHS confusing in documentation not yet coded. The blank are 9 codes are listed as well as the codes which were to be assigned and none of these codes had freqs attached. Attached freqs to the current codes; entered note prior to the "to be assigned " codes. 11/02/01 wls2091.asc Variable ALCM36, documentation only - changed word Stopped to STarted - this error found during lalel creation - Question number corresponds to date started living with first spouse/ not stopped. Changed both wls2091.asc and wls23u_des. 01/14/02 wls23u_6.lis, wls23.prg The variable XWWWRAL in column 3458 was spelled XWWRAL in both wls23_6.lis & wls23.prg. Both were corrected.
03/29/02 Moved day of birth of grad and sib to restrict subdirectory. Removed day of birth from private wave 1 data. CMBRDX (century month of birth) now only available to private users. Added BRDXDY - year of birth - available to both public and private users. Blanked out cause of death, month of death and death state for both grad and sib. (first saved these in restrict subdirectory). XDEATC XDEATMN XDEATST DEATC92 DEATMN DEATST Updated whether grad or sib alive and year of death, LIV92 XLIV DEATYR XDEATYR, from ndi searches.
Following are from entering sib names from 1975 questionnaire into sibnm.dbf; and also checking sibslv vs. number of sib names for discrepancies. 1/07/03 303004 Inserted sib 5 - female, grade 12, age 20 174016 Beginning at sib 5, educ and age off, sib 8 not entered previously. Should be: Sib# Sib age Sib educ Sib gender 5 45 11 2 6 43 12 2 7 41 12 2 8 40 12 1 316013 Add 9th sib, age 27, female, educ = 12 81007 Add 4th sib, age 32, female 137025 Insert 3rd sib, female, age 30 16 years educ 356031 Add 2nd sib, female, age 22 02/19/03 IDUSER VAR OLD NEW REASON 282006 CFOSX1 9 1 See ** below. CFOED1 99 8 CFOSX2 9 2 CFOED2 99 8 CFOSX3 9 1 CFOED3 99 8 CFOSX4 9 1 CFOED4 99 8 192020 CFOSX1 9 1 CFOED1 99 16 CFOSX2 9 1 CFOED2 99 12 CFOSX3 9 2 CFOED3 99 10 CFOSX4 9 1 CFOED4 99 12 CFOSX5 9 2 CFOED5 99 12 CFOSX6 9 1 CFOAG6 9 35 CFOED6 99 12 CFOSX7 9 2 CFOED7 99 12 419001 CFOSX3 9 2 CFOED3 99 12 ** From an analysis of SIBSIS, SISOL, SIBBRO, BROOL, SIBSTT and SIBSLV it was possible to identify where in the table R belonged for 403252 (BORSIB=6). For 251014 and 454048, only an approximation could be done. However, some sibs could clearly be placed within the table, so their values were added from the 1975 questionnaire: [a] For 251014, BORSIB is either 5,6 or 7. This implies that the first four sibs can have their data correctly entered. [b] For 454048, BORSIB is either 1 or 2. This implies that the last sib can have her data entered. Discrepancies between selected sibling name and name in sibnm.dbf (database of sibling names from 1975 interview) pointed to by SSBPOS (sel sib position in sib table) revealed these errors. Old records were checked to determine the origin of the discrepancy. In some cases, the interviewer wrote down the number of the sib indicated on the top line of the random number selection, rather than the number on the bottom line. (The top line referred to the number of siblings in the household; and the bottom line indicated the position of the randomly selected sibling.) This incorrect sib was asked about and traced from that time forward. SSBPOS continued to point to the sib who should have been randomly selected. To correct this situation, SSBPOS will be changed to the sibling who was actually asked about in '75 and subsequently followed. (This affects idswls 525025, 765027 and 769019 280034). In other cases, the correct randomly chosen sibling was asked about in 1975 and then a different sibling was traced in 1977 and 1992. If we have completed interviews for 1977 or 1994 from the sibling, then the 1975 data is set to ref/na and SSBPOS is changed to point to the sibling who was followed in 1977 and/or 1994. (This affects 116200 and 280034 513002 360217 605058 524086). If the sel sib was not interviewed in 1977 or 1994, RK066SSE will be coded "3" to indicate that a different sel sib was asked about in error in 1992. (This affects 256014, 349065, 740162 and 601084 629189) Note that we first determined correct sel sib position in sib table by comparing 75 questionnaire and sibnm.dbf. Then modified SSBPOS to take into account R's postion in sib table. OLD NEW DATE IDUSER VAR VALUE VALUE REASON FOR CHANGE 2/19/03 262001 SSBPOS 1 2 See proceeding 3 paragraphs IVSSBR 15 12 IVSSBO 66 3 IVSSBY 3 12 SSBAGE 51 48 281066 SSBPOS 1 3 IVSSBR 2 3 IVSSBO 66 3 IVSSBY 2 66 SSBAGE 37 32 127009 SSBPOS 1 8 IVSSBR 10 4 IVSSBO 66 3 IVSSBY 2 3 SSBAGE 46 32 159123 TWINR 4 5 SSBPOS 2 3 IVSSBR 55 7 IVSSBO 55 7 IVSSBY 7 66 SSBAGE 36 29 SSBED 12 16 SIBHS 784 999 INSIB 937 999 OCSIB 964 999 CWSIB 2 9 INMSIB 11 99 OCMSIB 13 99 OCSSIBU 400 999 OCPSIBU 477 999 288017 SSBPOS 2 2 IVSSBR 6 10 IVSSBO 6 4 IVSSBY 0 66 SSBAGE 29 25 SSBED 14 15 SIBHS 0 999 INSIB 707 999 OCSIB 301 999 CWSIB 2 9 INMSIB 7 99 OCMSIB 7 99 OCSSIBU 520 999 OCPSIBU 495 999 243033 SSBPOS 1 3 IVSSBR 23 12 IVSSBO 66 9 IVSSBY 2 12 SSBAGE 58 47 SIBHS 360 999 INSIB 669 999 OCSIB 230 999 CWSIB 4 9 INMSIB 6 99 OCMSIB 4 99 OCSSIBU 376 999 OCPSIBU 387 999 210020 SSBPOS 2 7 IVSSBR 4 6 IVSSBO 2 1 IVSSBY 2 66 SSBSEX 2 2 SSBAGE 39 29 SSBED 12 12 SIBHS 314 999 INSIB 991 999 OCSIB 998 999 CWSIB 8 9 INMSIB 88 99 OCMSIB 88 99 OCSSIBU 998 999 OCPSIBU 998 999 329018 SSBPOS 4 3 IVSSBR 6 3 IVSSBO 3 3 IVSSBY 3 10 SSBAGE 30 33 SIBHS 605 999 INSIB 648 999 OCSIB 245 999 CWSIB 1 9 INMSIB 6 99 OCMSIB 3 99 OCSSIBU 310 999 OCPSIBU 371 999 309034 SSBPOS 3 1 IVSSBR 6 6 IVSSBO 2 66 IVSSBY 66 6 SSBAGE 34 42 SIBHS 0 999 INSIB 67 999 OCSIB 534 999 CWSIB 4 9 INMSIB 3 99 OCMSIB 9 99 OCSSIBU 151 999 OCPSIBU 315 999
3/21/02
Code 998 in variable RU029RE (binge drinking) has been changed to include the following respondents: 1. inapropriate 2. ru001re=0 (not in the 79% sample) 3. ru025re=2 (never drink) 4. ru026re=0 or ru026re=1 (did not drink or only drink one day in the last month) Previously the codebook on web was printed as "inappropriate, ru001re=0 or ru025re=2 or ru026re=1".
3/27/02 oinc rp120hed is a sum of rp113re rp114sp and rp119hh. Both rp113re and rp114sp were corrected on 2/4/02. But rp120hed was not corrected then. upd032702.sas corrected rp120hed in the sas save file. wrt023702.sas rewrote the ascii data file into the /tmp subdirectory. rp120hed in the spss and stata save files were also corrected. Also oinc.asc was updated so that all totals have a warning clearly indicating that a zero sum may be due to missing data.
3/22/02 oinc.asc Added warning not to rp044hef to make it clear that missing values are treated as 0 when summing. 04/02/02 asst.asc,.txt Added warning to variable RR043REC to make
it clear that 0 total assets may be due to missing data. 9/27/02 pers, psyb Changed .asc doc and spss save files to indicate that 0 total
scores are missing data.
3/28/02 beg write variables for date of phone interview RA016RE as 3 separate variables.Use of variable in format mmddyy is awkward. * month RA016REM, day RA016RED, year RA016REY; And for date mail interview returned * month RA017REM, day RA017RED year RA017REY.
8/29/02 cor578 - referenced in intr Appendix L was updated It was reworded so it was clear that the maximum is 16 transfers to children - not max of 16 children. Also added info about transfers that reached limit due to finite number of transfers per reason. added note and modified description of rq026kd to make clear that this is number of transfers/ not number of children. 162-163 RQ026KD Number of transfers to children who received financial help from respondent. (660, 661a,661b,664,665a,665b,668,669a,669b, 672,673a,673b,676,677a,677b,677d,680, 682,681a,681b,681c,688,689a,689c,689d) 00 1193 1520 01 580 651 02 745 772 03 555 639 04 347 347 05 171 208 06 122 134 07 61 56 08 24 38 09 20 20 10 7 10 11 2 4 12 6 2 13 2 3 14 1 0 15 1 2 16 0 1 97 DON'T KNOW 3 1 99 REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT GIVING 141 104 TO CHILDREN, NOT ASCERTAINED Note: For each child to whom money was transferred, we know the birth order of the child (RQ027nn), whether or not the child is the selected child (RQ028nn), the sex of the child (RQ029nn), the amount of money transferred to the child (RQ030nn), why the child received money (RQ031nn) and the most recent year child received money (RQ032nn). There are 16 of each of these variables. RQ026KD indicates how many have valid entries;nn is the table number. Table entries are in descending order by amount child received. The same child may be listed for different reasons in the table. Note: The survey instrument allowed for transfers to children for each of these reasons: down payment on a home (3), enter or continue business or farm (3), increase wealth or decrease debt (3), medical expenses (4), housing or other living expenses (4), educational expenses (3), and other (4). The number in parenthesis indicates maximum number of transfers allowed for that reason. The total number of transfers in the actual data was 16.
Sep-Oct 2002 Many variables that were previously available to the public are now unavailable. Cor589.asc has complete details - noted by ** added 09/02 ** These items are now restricted from the public: State in any form includes residence, job. However, for 1992 and 1994 state of residence at time of interview will retain distinction between Wi vs nonWi for the public. Month of birth of any person. Day of 75, 77, 92,94 interview. 3/28/02 ALSO...changes century month of birth (RA002RE) so that it is month (RA002REM) and year (RA002REY). Month will no longer be available to the public and day (RA003RE) of birth will no longer be available to private users. Moved day to restrict subdirectory.
7/05/01 MY018RER Changed description in the list of variables to make it clear that MY018RER is not included in the sum of MY013REC. 10/02 mpsyb MN046REC Items 19m 19t 19hh and 19oo should have
been reversed prior to summing to obtain MN046RER. However the
.sor fileshowed that 19pp was reverse coded, but 19oo was not
reverse coded. Problem corrected.
3/19/03 Discrepancies between selected sibling name and name in sibnm.dbf (database of sibling names from 1975 interview) pointed to by SSBPOS (sel sib position in sib table) revealed these errors. Old records were checked to determine the origin of the discrepancy. In some cases, the interviewer wrote down the number of the sib indicated on the top line of the random number selection, rather than the number on the bottom line. (The top line referred to the number of siblings in the household; and the bottom line indicated the position of the randomly selected sibling.) This incorrect sib was asked about and traced from that time forward. SSBPOS continued to point to the sib who should have been randomly selected. To correct this situation, SSBPOS will be changed to the sibling who was actually asked about in '75 and subsequently followed. (This affects idswls 525025, 765027 and 769019 280034). In other cases, the correct randomly chosen sibling was asked about in 1975 and then a different sibling was traced in 1977 and 1992. If we have completed interviews for 1977 or 1994 from the sibling, then the 1975 data is set to ref/na and SSBPOS is changed to point to the sibling who was followed in 1977 and/or 1994. (This affects 159123 and 288017 210020 360217). If the sel sib was not interviewed in 1977 or 1994, RK066SSE will be coded "3" to indicate that a different sel sib was asked about in error in 1992. (This affects 347008, 120004, 417052 and 59026 422042 and 329018) Note that we first determined correct sel sib position in sib table by comparing 75 questionnaire and sibnm.dbf. Then modified SSBPOS to take into account R's postion in sib table. OLD NEW DATE AUT IDUSER VAR VALUE VALUE REASON FOR CHANGE 2/19/03 347008 RK066SSE 1 3 See proceeding 3 paragraphs 120004 RK066SSE 1 3 422042 RK066SSE 1 3 59026 RK066SSE 1 3 4/01/03 The code to create RK028SSC mistakenly coded 18 cases as 2, rather than 7 or 9. Codes prior to fix: Obs IDUSER RK001SS SIBSLV RK028SSC RK066SSE 1 1118 9 1 2 8 2 31018 9 1 2 8 3 31056 9 1 2 8 4 57009 9 1 2 8 5 59004 9 1 2 8 6 60016 9 1 2 8 7 78046 7 1 2 8 8 94029 9 1 2 8 9 117001 9 1 2 8 10 159018 7 1 2 8 11 188023 7 1 2 8 12 253010 9 1 2 8 13 268048 9 1 2 8 15 278030 9 1 2 8 16 286011 9 1 2 8 18 338048 7 1 2 8 19 365011 7 1 2 8 20 409023 9 1 2 8 Relevant section from ssib.sor: 1 RK028SSC Does respondent have any biological or adopted brothers or sisters who are living? (RK001SS, IN75, SBLV, z401, z40b, 401x) {IN75, SBLV, z401, z40b, 401x} 1 YES 2 NO 7 DON'T KNOW 8 INAPPROPRIATE (NO SIBLINGS, SBLV = 0,99) 9 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED * if IDUSER=53221 or IDUSER=54235 then RK028SSC = 2; else if IDUSER=300036 or IDUSER=276041 then RK028SSC = 1; else if RK001SS = 1 then RK028SSC = 1; else if RK001SS = 3 then RK028SSC = 9; else if RK001SS eq 4 then RK028ssc = 1; else if SBLV=0 or (IN75=1 and SBLV=99) then RK028SSC = 8; else if SBLV=1 and IN75=1 then RK028SSC = 2; else if vz401=0 and vz40b=0 then RK028SSC = 8; else if v401x = 8 then RK028SSC = 7; else if v401x ^= . then RK028SSC = v401x; else if v401x = . then RK028SSC = 9; The line "else if SBLV=1 and IN75=1 then RK028SSC = 2;" set RK028SSC to 2 for those grads who were interviewed in 1975 and had only one living sibling at that time, even if they responded refused or don't know to whether or not the sibling was living in 1992. To correct: For the 18 cases listed above: if RK001SS eq 7, then code RK028SSC 7 also. else if RK001SS eq 9 then code RK028SSC 9 also. For variables RK029SSD through RK066SSE, change the wording for the inap category from INAPPROPRIATE (NO LIVING SIBLINGS, RK028SSC ^=1) to INAP (NO SELECTED SIBLING, RK028SSC ^=1)
02/03 It was determined that the conversion factor for lbs to kg was wrong. The new conversion factor (kg = lbs* .45359237) was taken from the National Institute of Standards and Technology web site:
http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB8.html#G. The old and new frequencies for the public data are posted below. R Body Mass (OLD VALUES - Public) Cumulative Cumulative MX011REC Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------- 12 2 0.03 2 0.03 13 5 0.07 7 0.10 14 14 0.20 21 0.31 15 44 0.64 65 0.95 16 142 2.07 207 3.01 17 334 4.86 541 7.87 18 525 7.64 1066 15.51 19 666 9.69 1732 25.19 20 786 11.43 2518 36.63 21 842 12.25 3360 48.87 22 733 10.66 4093 59.53 23 658 9.57 4751 69.11 24 497 7.23 5248 76.33 25 398 5.79 5646 82.12 26 296 4.31 5942 86.43 27 229 3.33 6171 89.76 28 157 2.28 6328 92.04 29 104 1.51 6432 93.56 30 87 1.27 6519 94.82 31 57 0.83 6576 95.65 32 42 0.61 6618 96.26 33 29 0.42 6647 96.68 34 16 0.23 6663 96.92 35 14 0.20 6677 97.12 36 9 0.13 6686 97.25 37 2 0.03 6688 97.28 38 5 0.07 6693 97.35 39 3 0.04 6696 97.40 40 3 0.04 6699 97.44 41 2 0.03 6701 97.47 42 2 0.03 6703 97.50 43 2 0.03 6705 97.53 44 1 0.01 6706 97.54 45 1 0.01 6707 97.56 55 2 0.03 6709 97.59 68 1 0.01 6710 97.60 99 165 2.40 6875 100.00 R Body Mass (NEW VALUES - Public) Cumulative Cumulative MX011REC Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------- 15 2 0.03 2 0.03 16 3 0.04 5 0.07 17 7 0.10 12 0.17 18 35 0.51 47 0.68 19 75 1.09 122 1.77 20 180 2.62 302 4.39 21 311 4.52 613 8.92 22 456 6.63 1069 15.55 23 527 7.67 1596 23.21 24 694 10.09 2290 33.31 25 626 9.11 2916 42.41 26 628 9.13 3544 51.55 27 728 10.59 4272 62.14 28 468 6.81 4740 68.95 29 396 5.76 5136 74.71 30 347 5.05 5483 79.75 31 297 4.32 5780 84.07 32 230 3.35 6010 87.42 33 187 2.72 6197 90.14 34 126 1.83 6323 91.97 35 86 1.25 6409 93.22 36 72 1.05 6481 94.27 37 60 0.87 6541 95.14 38 45 0.65 6586 95.80 39 34 0.49 6620 96.29 40 24 0.35 6644 96.64 41 15 0.22 6659 96.86 42 10 0.15 6669 97.00 43 13 0.19 6682 97.19 44 7 0.10 6689 97.29 45 2 0.03 6691 97.32 46 6 0.09 6697 97.41 47 1 0.01 6698 97.43 48 6 0.09 6704 97.51 49 1 0.01 6705 97.53 50 4 0.06 6709 97.59 52 1 0.01 6710 97.60 99 165 2.40 6875 100.00
Oct 15, 2001 UPdated cor572.asc to include more details re. cognition scoring. Also copied this to the appendix. This is part of appendix G for wave 3. The .tar file is not yet recreated. January 10,2002 UPdated cog scores according to recommendations in
cor740.asc.
2/28/02 xjobc.asc doc only. Added following note to clarify creation of sg056jje. No questions regarding degree of seriousness of danger were asked of the respondent. SG056JJE was constructed from SG055JJD. SG056JJE=1,NOT SERIOUS OR EXTREME (If SG055JJD = 4,20,22,25,27,30-32) SG056JJE=2,SERIOUS DANGER (If SG055JJD =1-3,5-6,8-9,11,19,21,23-24, 26,28,33) SG056JJE=3,EXTREME DANGER (If SG055JJD = 7,10,12-18,29) 04/02/02 xasst.asc updated note with sr043rec to make it clear that
0 total asstes may be due to missing values for all items
included in the sum.
3/28/02 lj xbegv write variables for date of phone interview SA012RE as 3 separate variables. Use of variable in format mmddyy is awkward. * month SA012REM, day SA012RED, year SA012REY; And for date mail interview returned * month SA013REM, day SA013RED year SA013REY.
8/29/02 cor578 - referenced in intr Appendix L was updated It was reworded so it was clear that the maximum is 16 transfers to children - not max of 16 children. Also added info about transfers that reached limit due to finite number of transfers per reason. added note and modified description of rq026kd to make clear that this is number of transfers/ not number of children. 162-163 SQ026KD Number of transfers to children for financial help from respondent. (660, 661a,661b,664,665a,665b,668,669a,669b, 672,673a,673b,676,677a,677b,677d,680, 682,681a,681b,681c,688,689a,689c,689d, RQ026KD) 00 990 992 01 361 380 02 345 400 03 250 297 04 128 168 05 73 78 06 46 50 07 32 29 08 13 10 09 6 10 10 1 6 11 1 2 12 3 2 13 0 1 97 DON'T KNOW 3 2 99 REFUSED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT 72 53 GIVING TO CHILDREN, NOT ASCERTAINED Note: For each transfer, we know the birth order of the child (SQ027nn), whether or not the child is the selected child (SQ028nn), the sex of the child (SQ029nn), the amount of money transferred to the child (SQ030nn), why the child received money (SQ031nn) and the most recent year child recieved money (SQ032nn). There are 13 sets of these variables. SQ026KD indicates how many have valid entries;nn is the table number. Table entries are in descending order by amount child received. Missing values for amount are at the end of the table. If the respondent replied with don't know to all questions about transfers to children, then all variables in the table are coded "don't know". There 5 cases of this type. If the respondent refused to answer any questions about transfers to children, then all tables entries are coded "refused/ not ascertained". There are 125 cases of this type. Note: The survey instrument allowed for transfers to children for each of these reasons: down payment on a home (3), enter or continue business or farm (3), increase wealth or decrease debt (3), medical expenses (4), housing or other living expenses (4), educational expenses (3), and other (4). The number in parenthesis indicates maximum number of transfers allowed for that reason. The total number of transfers in the actual data was 13.
Sep-Oct 2002 Many variables that were previously available to the public are now unavailable. Cor642.asc has complete details - noted by ** added 2002 ** These items are now restricted from the public: State in any form includes residence, job, death. However, for 1992 and 1994 state of residence at time of interview will retain distinction between Wi vs nonWi for the public. Month of birth or death of any person. Cause of death of any person. Day of 75, 77, 92,94 interview. 3/28/02 * change century month of birth (SA002REC) so that it is month
(now SA002REM) and
year (SA002REY). Month will no longer be available to the public
and day (SA003REC)
of birth will no longer be available to private users. Moved day
to restrict subdirectory.
10/02 psyb NP046REC Items 41m 41t 41hh and 41oo should have been reversed prior to summing to obtain NP046REC. However the .sor file showed that 41pp was reverse coded, but 41oo was not reverse coded. See cor756 for more details. Problem corrected
10/02 The items summed as Hostility index in NU033REC should have been separated into a Speilberger anxiety index and a Speilberger anger index. These new variables with associated variable for number of questions have been created. NUA33REC Speilberger anxiety index. NUB33REC Number of anxiety items answered. NUA34REC Speilberger anger index. NUB34REC Number of angr items answered. These new variables replace NU033REC and NU034RE. Due to the addition of new variables in the ascii data file column locations for variables NU035RER to NU054RER were changed (shifted down 3 columns).
02/03 It was determined that the conversion factor for lbs to kg was wrong. The new conversion factor (kg = lbs* .45359237) was taken from the National Institute of Standards and Technology web site:
http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/appenB8.html#G. The old and new frequencies for the public data are posted below. Body mass index (OLD VALUES - Public) Cumulative Cumulative NX025REC Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------- 8 1 0.02 1 0.02 9 1 0.02 2 0.05 13 7 0.17 9 0.22 14 8 0.20 17 0.42 15 36 0.89 53 1.30 16 76 1.87 129 3.18 17 205 5.05 334 8.22 18 305 7.51 639 15.73 19 393 9.68 1032 25.41 20 441 10.86 1473 36.26 21 527 12.97 2000 49.24 22 391 9.63 2391 58.86 23 396 9.75 2787 68.61 24 294 7.24 3081 75.85 25 226 5.56 3307 81.41 26 176 4.33 3483 85.75 27 125 3.08 3608 88.82 28 88 2.17 3696 90.99 29 58 1.43 3754 92.42 30 37 0.91 3791 93.33 31 42 1.03 3833 94.36 32 27 0.66 3860 95.03 33 27 0.66 3887 95.69 34 20 0.49 3907 96.18 35 8 0.20 3915 96.38 36 11 0.27 3926 96.65 37 6 0.15 3932 96.80 38 3 0.07 3935 96.87 39 1 0.02 3936 96.90 40 1 0.02 3937 96.92 41 1 0.02 3938 96.95 42 1 0.02 3939 96.97 44 1 0.02 3940 97.00 48 1 0.02 3941 97.02 57 1 0.02 3942 97.05 99 120 2.95 4062 100.00 Body mass index (NEW VALUES - Public) Cumulative Cumulative NX025REC Frequency Percent Frequency Percent ------------------------------------------------------------- 14 1 0.02 1 0.02 15 3 0.07 4 0.10 16 4 0.10 8 0.20 17 7 0.17 15 0.37 18 23 0.57 38 0.94 19 58 1.43 96 2.36 20 102 2.51 198 4.87 21 186 4.58 384 9.45 22 255 6.28 639 15.73 23 315 7.75 954 23.49 24 400 9.85 1354 33.33 25 365 8.99 1719 42.32 26 389 9.58 2108 51.90 27 371 9.13 2479 61.03 28 297 7.31 2776 68.34 29 251 6.18 3027 74.52 30 204 5.02 3231 79.54 31 161 3.96 3392 83.51 32 130 3.20 3522 86.71 33 94 2.31 3616 89.02 34 74 1.82 3690 90.84 35 48 1.18 3738 92.02 36 36 0.89 3774 92.91 37 31 0.76 3805 93.67 38 38 0.94 3843 94.61 39 24 0.59 3867 95.20 40 22 0.54 3889 95.74 41 20 0.49 3909 96.23 42 9 0.22 3918 96.45 43 6 0.15 3924 96.60 44 7 0.17 3931 96.77 45 4 0.10 3935 96.87 46 2 0.05 3937 96.92 47 1 0.02 3938 96.95 48 3 0.07 3941 97.02 53 1 0.02 3942 97.05 99 120 2.95 4062 100.00