WLS Codebooks
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Mail: General
Sibling Mail: General Module OVERVIEW This module includes items pertaining to the overall characteristics of the mail survey process. BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS DA001RER: Time Sibling Respondent Took to Complete Survey. DA003RER: Data Entry Interviewer Number. DA004DRE-DA004YRE: Day, Month, and Year that Survey was Returned. NOTE: See Cor813 in Appendix A for variable creation details
da001rer: How many minutes did it take you took to complete this questionnaire?
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: mail
Source variables: timecomp
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2569 | 2232 | 4801 |
-3 | REFUSED | 503 | 1062 | 1565 |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 1 | 5 | 6 |
0 - 90 | 533 | 408 | 941 | |
92 - 120 | 395 | 260 | 655 | |
130 - 180 | 271 | 221 | 492 | |
190 - 900 | 165 | 153 | 318 |
da003rer: Data Entry Interviewer Number.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: mail
Source variables: inum_2
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2569 | 2232 | 4801 |
1 - 1373 | 440 | 441 | 881 | |
1443 - 1784 | 459 | 565 | 1024 | |
1786 - 1876 | 386 | 462 | 848 | |
1877 - 1992 | 411 | 471 | 882 | |
2000 - 629196 | 172 | 170 | 342 |
da004dre: Day mail survey returned.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: mail
Source variables: retday
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Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2569 | 2232 | 4801 |
-4 | NOT ASCERTAINED | 0 | 7 | 7 |
1 - 6 | 417 | 456 | 873 | |
7 - 12 | 375 | 419 | 794 | |
13 - 18 | 381 | 445 | 826 | |
19 - 26 | 436 | 506 | 942 | |
27 - 31 | 259 | 276 | 535 |
da004mre: Month mail survey returned.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: mail
Source variables: retmnth
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2569 | 2232 | 4801 |
-4 | NOT ASCERTAINED | 0 | 7 | 7 |
1 | 156 | 177 | 333 | |
2 | 163 | 206 | 369 | |
3 | 131 | 129 | 260 | |
4 | 118 | 134 | 252 | |
5 | 74 | 114 | 188 | |
6 | 152 | 153 | 305 | |
7 | 114 | 121 | 235 | |
8 | 186 | 210 | 396 | |
9 | 138 | 166 | 304 | |
10 | 119 | 113 | 232 | |
11 | 186 | 242 | 428 | |
12 | 331 | 337 | 668 |
da004yre: Year mail survey returned.
Data source: Sibling Respondent
Collected in: 2005
Mode: mail
Source variables: retyear
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 2569 | 2232 | 4801 |
-4 | NOT ASCERTAINED | 0 | 7 | 7 |
2004 | 225 | 268 | 493 | |
2005 | 1078 | 1266 | 2344 | |
2006 | 486 | 493 | 979 | |
2007 | 79 | 75 | 154 |