If you received second wave data before May 31, 1996, please read this report.
Releases of 1992/93 data prior to May 1996 contained a serious error in the three variables for religious preference.
7- 8 RL001RE Current religious preference.
(updated 5/96)
(448s, 448p, 448t)
16-17 RL006SPC Spouse's religious preference.
(updated 5/96)
(34m, 452m, 452q, 454n, 454p)
19-20 RL008SPD Spouse's religious preference at
time of marriage. (updated 5/96)
(RL007SPC, 34m, s454r, 455, s455p)
Two codes were eliminated and the cases recoded:
76 - No religious preference, athiest, agnostic.
95 - Other religions
The following codes were added:
00 - No religion, none
93 - Agnostic
94 - Athiest
All of the cases originally coded "76" and "95" were assigned the more specific codes. If the respondent answered both Agnostic and Athiest, they were coded "93" - Agnostic.
The Master List of Religion Codes - COR483.WP5 (revised 5/96) appears in Appendix I of this new release.
9-11 RL002REC Frequency of religious attendance in
the last year. Number of days, weeks
or months. (updated 5/96) (452f)
000 NEVER 681 578
001-365 3207 3848
997 DON'T KNOW 11 13
999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 82 73
12-12 RL003RED Frequency of religious attendance.
Units. (updated 5/96)(452w)
1 DAY 15 37
2 WEEK 1191 1823
3 MONTH 434 554
4 YEAR 1565 1434
8 INAPPROPRIATE (NO CHURCH 681 578
ATTENDANCE IN LAST YEAR,
RL002REC = 0)
9 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 95 86
13-14 RL004REC Frequency of religious attendance
in the last year. Summary.
(updated 5/96) (452f, 452w)
00 NEVER, OR LESS THAN ONCE A YEAR 681 578
01 1-2 TIMES PER YEAR 379 276
02 3-5 TIMES PER YEAR 286 250
03 6-9 TIMES PER YEAR 182 126
04 APPROXIMATELY ONCE A MONTH 294 324
(10-18 TIMES PER YEAR)
05 APPROXIMATELY TWICE A MONTH 282 338
(19-29 TIMES PER YEAR)
06 APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES A MONTH 224 215
(30-44 TIMES PER YEAR)
07 APPROXIMATELY ONCE A WEEK 1418 2048
(45-78 TIMES PER YEAR)
08 APPROXIMATELY TWICE A WEEK 67 146
(79-128 TIMES PER YEAR)
09 APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES A WEEK 36 68
(129-175 TIMES PER YEAR)
10 4-6 TIMES PER WEEK 20 17
(176-320 TIMES PER YEAR)
11 APPROXIMATELY ONCE A DAY OR MORE 17 40
(321-730 TIMES PER YEAR)
97 DON'T KNOW 11 13
99 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 84 73
Releases of 1992/93 data prior to May 1996 did not distinguish between LOW and INAPPROPRIATE. They were all coded "00". This release codes 00 = LOW and 98 = INAPPROPRIATE, NON-SAMPLE.
The code "98" has been added for inappropriate throughout.
8- 9 RN002RED Total score for Autonomy.
(updated 5/96)
(RN001RE, RN016REC, RN025REC)
00 LOW
01-11
12 HIGH
98 INAPPROPRIATE (R NOT IN SAMPLE,
RN001RE = 0)
11-12 RN004RED Total score for Environmental
Mastery. (updated 5/96)
(RN001RE, RN017REC, RN021REC)
14-15 RN006RED Total score for Personal Growth.
(updated 5/96)
(RN001RE, RN022REC, RN026REC)
17-18 RN008RED Total score for Positive
Relationships. (updated 5/96)
(RN001RE, RN018REC, RN023REC)
20-21 RN010RED Total score for Purpose in Life.
(updated 5/96)
(RN001RE, RN019REC, RN024REC)
23-24 RN012RED Total score for Self-Acceptance.
(updated 5/96)
(RN001RE, RN020REC, RN027REC)
26-27 RN014RED Total score for the Psychological
Section variables. (updated 5/96)
(RN001RE, RN016REC, RN017REC, RN018REC,
RN019REC, RN020REC, RN021REC,
RN022REC, RN023REC, RN024REC,
RN025REC, RN026REC, RN027REC)
The following variable had "88" for INAPPROPRIATE in previous releases and has been recoded to "98" to be consistent with other variables.
28-29 RN015RED Number of Psychological Section
Questions Answered. (updated 5/96)
(RN001RE, RN016REC,RN017REC,RN018REC,
RN019REC,RN020REC,RN021REC,
RN022REC,RN023REC,RN024REC,
RN025REC,RN026REC,RN027REC)
Releases of 1992/93 data prior to May 1996 for the two variables for frequency of contact with parents which were coded "366" on earlier releases were either incorrect or actually a higher number. The variable for parents-in-law currently living together (RE091PIC) was blank on previous releases.
For variables RE058MAC and RE070FAD, cases which were calculated to have contact more than 365 times per year were checked in detail. Those values that were legitimately greater than 365 were coded that higher value. Extreme outliers for which no correct code could be determined were coded 999 (REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED).
110-112 RE058MAC How often does respondent have contact
with mother, either in person, by
letter, or by phone? (updated 5/96)
(RN14, 466f, 466m, RE050MA, RE054MAB)
000 NEVER, OR LESS THAN ONE 7 10
TIME A YEAR
1-11 1 - 11 TIMES PER YEAR 75 43
012 ONE TIME PER MONTH 132 71
14-51 MORE THAN ONCE PER MONTH 264 160
052 ONE TIME PER WEEK 336 343
54-364 MORE THAN ONCE PER WEEK 209 343
365 ONE TIME PER DAY 76 225
366-730 MORE THAN ONCE PER DAY 5 17
950 950 TIMES OR MORE PER YEAR 1 5
997 DON'T KNOW 3 3
998 INAPPROPRIATE (MOTHER NOT 2870 3289
ALIVE (RE050MA ^= 1), MOTHER
LIVES WITH RESPONDENT
(RE054MAB = 3), NOT SELECTED
FOR SECTION (RN14 > 49))
999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 3 3
NOTE: This question was asked of a random 50% of respondents.
NOTE: This variable is top-coded at 950. True max is 1095.
134-136 RE070FAD How often does respondent have contact
with father, either in person, by
letter, or by phone? (updated 5/96)
(RN14, 472f, 472m, RE062FA,
RE066FAC, RE058MAC)
000 NEVER, OR LESS THAN ONE 2 14
TIME A YEAR
1-11 1 - 11 TIMES PER YEAR 55 39
012 ONE TIME PER MONTH 62 46
14-50 MORE THAN ONCE PER MONTH 110 102
052 ONE TIME PER WEEK 142 147
54-364 MORE THAN ONCE PER WEEK 90 132
365 ONE TIME PER DAY 25 63
366-730 MORE THAN ONCE PER DAY 6 6
950 950 OR MORE TIMES PER YEAR 0 2
997 DON'T KNOW 0 1
998 INAPPROPRIATE (FATHER NOT 3489 3960
ALIVE (RE062FA ^= 1), FATHER
LIVES WITH RESPONDENT
(RE066FAC = 3), NOT SELECTED
FOR SECTION (RN14 > 49))
999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 0 0
NOTE: This question was asked of a random 50% of respondents.
NOTE: This variable was top-coded at 950. True max was 1095.
The variable RE091PIC was blank in previous releases.
170-170 RE091PIC Parents-in-law currently living together
in same household. (updated 5/96)
(34m, 166w, RE080MI, RE085FI,
RE090PIB, RE082MIB)
1 YES 715 368
2 NO 32 32
3 PARENTS BOTH LIVING IN 2 0
RESPONDENT'S HOUSEHOLD
7 DON'T KNOW 0 1
8 INAPPROPRIATE (RESPONDENT NOT 3232 4111
MARRIED (34m ^= 1), OR MOTHER-
IN-LAW NOT ALIVE (RE080MI ^= 1),
OR FATHER-IN-LAW NOT ALIVE
(RE085FI ^= 1), OR PARENTS-IN-LAW
NOT MARRIED TO EACH OTHER
(RE090PIB ^= 1))
9 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 0 0
Releases of 1992/93 data prior to May 1996 contained some errors in the following variables which have been corrected.
19-25 RO006PAC Direct report of net worth for
both parents still married to
each other. (updated 5/96) (542s, 544)
36-42 RO011FAC Direct report of net worth for
fathers not married to R's
mother. (updated 5/96)
(548s, 550, 554f, 554m)
53-59 RO016MAC Direct report of net worth for
mothers not married to R's
father. (updated 5/96)
(560f, 560m, 564s, 566)
70-76 RO021PIC Direct report of net worth for
both parents in-law. (updated 5/96)
(572, 572f)
87-93 RO026FIC Direct report of net worth for
fathers in-law not married to R's
mother in-law. (updated 5/96)
(576s, 578)
104-110 RO031MIC Direct report of net worth for
mothers in-law not married to R's
father in-law. (updated 5/96)
(582m, 582s)
Releases of 1992/93 data prior to May 1996 contained some errors in the following variables which have been corrected.
16-22 RR022RE How much, if anything, do you owe
on your home? (updated 5/96) (814z)
23-29 RR023REC Home equity. (updated 5/96)
(814s, 814z)
45-51 RR027REC Other real estate equity.
(updated 5/96) (816m, 816z)
67-73 RR031REC Business or farm equity.
(updated 5/96) (818f, 818z)
81-86 RR034RE How much, if anything, do you owe
on these vehicles? (updated 5/96)
(820z)
87-92 RR035REC Motor vehicle equity. (updated 5/96)
(820m, 820z)
94-99 RR037RE Direct report of respondent's debts
other than mortgage, car, and business
loans. (updated 5/96)(820s)
119-126 RR043REC Respondent's total asset net worth.
(updated 5/96) (814s, 814z, 816m, 816z,
818f, 818z, 820m, 820z, 820s, 822, 822f)
In variable RR042REC, 234 cases previously coded "1" had missing data and were changed to "9".
118-118 RR042REC Bracketed value of debts other than
mortgage, car, and business loans.
(updated 5/96) (820s, 821f, 821m)
1 $9,999 OR LESS 3680 4269
2 $10,000-$24,999 110 89
3 $25,000 OR MORE 51 35
7 DON'T KNOW 2 6
9 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 138 113
Releases of 1992/93 data prior to May 1996 had incorrect descriptions for the inappropriate codes ("98") on RU027RE, RU028RE, and RU029RE. The following contains the corrected descriptions for these variables.
44-45 RU027RE Average number of drinks
respondent had on those days.
(updated 5/96) (874m)
1-33 ONE TO THIRTY-THREE DRINKS 2206 2276
97 DON'T KNOW 15 5
98 INAPPROPRIATE, 1755 2230
NON-SAMPLE - RU001RE=0 OR
NON-DRINKER - RU025RE=2 OR
NO DRINKS, DON'T KNOW OR REFUSED
INFO ABOUT DRINKING IN PAST MONTH
(RU026RE=0, 97 OR 99)
99 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 5 1
46-48 RU028RE Number of drinks in the last
month. (updated 5/96) (874f, 874m)
1-460 ONE TO FOUR HUNDRED-SIXTY DRINKS 2206 2276
998 INAPPROPRIATE, 1775 2236
NON-SAMPLE - RU001RE=0 OR
NON-DRINKER - RU025RE=2 OR
NO DRINKS, DON'T KNOW OR REFUSED
INFO ABOUT DRINKING IN PAST MONTH
(RU026RE=0, 97 OR 99) OR
DON'T KNOW OR REFUSED NUMBER OF DRINKS
LAST MONTH (RU027RE = 97 OR 99)
49-51 RU029RE Number of times respondent had 5
or more drinks on the same
occasion during the last month.
(updated 5/96) (874s)
000 NEVER 1215 1541
1-98 ONE TO NINETY-EIGHT TIMES 763 298
997 DON'T KNOW 16 6
998 INAPPROPRIATE, 1903 2604
NON-SAMPLE - RU001RE=0 OR
NON-DRINKER - RU025RE=2 OR
DRANK ONE DAY OR LESS IN PAST MONTH
(RU026RE=0 OR 1)
999 REFUSED, NOT ASCERTAINED 84 63