COR 514

              Living Arrangements of Current Spouse


Some members of the household are temporarily absent.  Other
members are currently living in the household, but may be away
at other times.  The variables in the household roster section
reflect that information as much as possible.

In the marriage section, question 62m asks, "Are you and your
spouse currently living together?"    If the answer is no, a
follow-up question is asked to determine why not. These answers
were assigned codes which indicated the reason why not and also
indicated whether the spouse or the respondent was away from the
"main" household.  If it was unclear who was away and there were
other members of the household; the person who lived with the other
members of the household was coded as living in the "main"
household.  If it was unclear who was away and there were no other
members of the household, the respondent was coded as "in the main
household".  To construct HHLIVE, the person living in the "main"
household was coded 1, lives in household full-time, and the other
person was coded with the reason for not currently living together. 

These reasons and codes are:  

  2    Away at work   
  3    Away at work (temporary assignment)   
  4    In the military   
  5    In the process of moving   
  6    Temporary live-in care of parent   
  7    Lives in retirement home   
  8    Illness-stays in nursing home/hospital/medical institution 
  9    Away for other medical reason, for ex. stay at warm place  
  10   Travel and extended vacation/visit   
  11   Has another residence elsewhere   
  12   Marital difficulties 

If answer to 62m, "Are you and your spouse currently living
together?, is yes, then  HHLIVE is coded 1, lives in household
full-time.

NOTE:     In almost all cases, the spouse is the person living away
          from home.  If you want to determine whether the R or
          spouse is the person away from the primary household, see
          Appendix D - COR511 on the Creation of Respondent's
          Household Roster.  Variable RE00201 in the household
          roster section, CRST, will provide you with this data.

See Appendix D - COR 511 Construction of Rosters for a more
complete description of the household variables.