CHANGE NOTICE #23 – March 2006

Change Notice #23 – 03/06 Updated WLS Data from WLS 1957 - 1994

Various Corrections to 1957 – 1994 Data.

If you received WLS data before November 14,th 2005  please read this notice.

 

Summary of 03/06 Updates (see below for details):

The following changes were made to 1957 -1994 data:

The following changes were made to the WLS web page:

 

Details of the 03/06 Update

 

RECODED MISSING VALUES TO –1, -2 AND -3

ASCII DATA FILES COMMA DELIMITED

MOVED AND CONDENSED STATUS AND DESCRIPTIVE VARIABLES

 

Many status variables were carried over from 1957-1977 data files to 1992 and 1994 data at the time of creating analysis variables for 1992 and 1994.  Now that all data is combined into one 1957-1994 data set, variables that were duplicated in 1992-93 and 1994 data sets have been eliminated.  The following table lists variables that should be used to replace deleted ones; and is also useful as a reference when searching for names of status and descriptive variables.  

 

Variable           Description                                                       Deleted

 

CMBRDX       Graduate Respondent Date of Birth                   RA002REM,                                                                                        RA002REY

SEXRSP          Graduate Respondent’s Sex                              RA001RE, SA010RE

 

GROUP91       Random Replicate Number                               RA004RE, SA004RE

NA002RE

RSPW64         ‘64 Graduate Parent Response Status  

           

STAT75           Status of 1975 Graduate Telephone                  RA008RE

                        Interview

STAT92P        Status of 1992-93 Graduate Telephone SA008RE

                        Interview

STAT92M       Status of 1992-93 Graduate Mail Survey          SA009RE, RA007RE

 

XCMBRDX     Selected Sibling’s Date of Birth             SA002REM,

                                                                                                SA002REY

 SSBSEX         Selected Sibling’s Sex                                       RA012SS, SA001RE,

                                                                                                NA001RER

XSTAT77        Status of 1977 Selected Sibling Telephone        RA013SS, SA011RE,

                        Interview                                                          NA003RE

XSTAT93P      Status of 1993-94 Sibling Respondent Phone  RA010SS

                        Interview

XSTAT93M    Status of  1993-94 Selected Sibling Mail           RA011SS, SA005RE

                        Survey                                                              SA007RE, NA004RE

XSMTWIN     Sample Codes for Twins                                   RA014SS

 

            RSIDUS1        IDUSER of this Selected Sibling as a    SA026RE, NA007RE

                                    Graduate                                 

 

MAJOR CHANGES TO SELECTED SIBLING VARIABLES IN 1992-93 GRADUATE SURVEY 

In 1975 one of the graduate respondent’s living siblings was randomly chosen as the selected sibling.  A random sample of these selected siblings were surveyed in 1977. In the 1992-93, questions regarding the selected sibling’s family and job was asked of the graduate respondent.  If the selected sibling was deceased, a mortality closeout was obtained for the selected sibling and another focal sibling was chosen from a newly obtained roster of living siblings.  The variable RK066SSE was included in the 92-93 analysis file to indicate if the selected sibling questions referred to the same sibling as 1975 or a newly selected sibling. 

Prior to the 2003-2005 graduate survey, it was decided to follow the selected sibling who was chosen in 1975.  Investigators determined that the potential for misusing the data outweighed any benefits to be gained by following an alternate selected sibling. 

In this current release of WLS data,  variables RK029SSD through RK065SSD in SSIB module refer to the sibling who was selected in 1975.  Only exception is if the graduate was not interviewed in 1975.  In that case, a selected sibling was randomly chosen in 1992 from a roster of current living siblings. 

Codes for RK029SSD through  RK065SSD for cases that changed with the new release are available in a separate data file – newselsib.  Newselsib save files also contain IDUSER.  Cases that are in Newselsib are coded  "6"  for RK066SSE in the current release. 

MAJOR CHANGES TO SELECTED CHILD VARIABLES IN 1992-93 GRADUATE SURVEY 

In 1975, one of the graduate’s children was randomly chosen as the selected child.  A few additional questions were asked about this selected child in 1975.  We intended to ask additional questions about this same child in 1992-93 if that child was still living.  And to randomly select another child if the 1975 selected child was deceased.  The first version of the 92-93 survey instrument contained an error that resulted in random selection of a focal child.  This error was present for replicates 0 and 1 (respondents are stratified into 10 replicates).  Since the child chosen in 1993 was sometimes the same child as the 1975, the wrong child was asked about for a little less than half the cases in replicates 0 and 1; a total of 540 cases. 

About 140 focal children chosen in 1975 were deceased by time of 1992-93 survey.  Prior to the 2003-04 survey, WLS investigators decided to follow the same focal child for the entire period of the longitudinal survey.  Thus reverting to the 1975 selected child for both those cases where the instrument was in error during replicates 0 & 1; and where the 1975 focal child was deceased in 1992-93.  An extensive mortality closeout about focal child was included in the 2003-04 survey, thus making asking questions about a known decedent appropriate.  For focal children who were living in 1992 and not asked about due to error, a few retrospective questions were included in the 2003-04 survey.  These retrospective questions included:  if the child was in the military,  if the child was attending school, labor force status, and if working in 1992 whether that job was the same as the current job.

 Prior to the current release of WLS, information about the incorrectly selected child or the child selected due to death of ’75 focal child - was coded in the selected child variables  (RD002SK through RD016SK in KROS) and all of SKID variables  (RJ001SK through RJ031SK).   In the current release all those variables have been replaced with data about the 1975 focal child if possible; including the retrospective data from 2003-04 survey.  If they could not be “filled in” from the children’s roster or from retrospective data, they were coded “not ascertained”.  Previous codes for RD002SK-RD016SK and RJ001SK through RJ031SK for cases that changed with the new release have been preserved in a  separate data file  - newchild92.  Newchild92 contains 674 and includes IDUSER so that the variables can be merged back if desired.   A new variable RDB02SK was added to the current version of WLS.  It is identical to  RD002SK from the previous release: 4 if selected child is deceased and 5 or 7 if different selected child  asked about in 1992.  RD002SK indicates if the selected child in 1992-93 is the same child selected in 1975 in the current release.  Some focal children were newly selected in 1992, due to noninterview in 1975, thus the variable is useful in current release. 

Variables updated with retrospective data included: RJ003SK RJ019SK RJ021SK RJ032SK RJ033SK RJ034SK RJ035SK RJ036SK RJ037SK RJ038SK.

 

RENAMED LIVE92 AND XLIV

 

 

 

UPDATED MORTALITY STATUS AND YEAR OF DEATH

 

 

GENDER OF SIBLING CORRECTED FOR SIX CASES

 

 

 

STATE OF RESIDENCE AT TIME OF INTERVIEW FOR YEARS 1964 THROUGH 1994

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: For public users, only Wisconsin versus non Wisconsin is provided in the data file.  Complete state codes are available to private users and to public users through the CHDA secure data enclave.

 

VARIABLES RETAINED FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES ONLY MOVED FROM ANALYSIS FILE TO SEPARTE DATA SET

 

RR042JCF RR044JCG RF045JCG RF046JCG RF047JCG corrected for graduate 1993 RESPONDENTS

VARIABLES ADDED TO INDICATE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION  I N 1997 LIFE HISTORY SURVEY

NOTE:  These variables are only available to private users and through the CHDA secure data enclave for public users.

 

             1  Invited to participate, no to privacy/consent waiver

             2  Inivited to pariticpate, no response to request for privacy / consent waiver

             3  In sample, deceased

             4  Invited to participate, not found or too far away

             5  Signed privacy/ consent waiver

             8  Not invited to participate

 

1  Healthy - Both adversity and advantage

            2  Healthy - Neither adversity nor advantage

            3  Depressed - Both adversity and advantage

            4  Depressed, neither adversity nor advantage

            5  Depressed - Adversity only (no advantage)

           6  Depressed, Advantage only (no adversity)

7  Resilient - Both adversity and advantage

8  Resilient - Neither advantage nor adversity

9  Resilient - Adversity only, no advantage

10 Resilient - Advantage only, no adversity

11 Vulnerable, adversity, no advantage

12 Healthy, advantage, no adversity

13 Healthy, adversity, no advantage

14 Vulnerable, advantage, no adversity

 

             Survey

            1  In person and mail interviews only

            2  In person & mail, GCRC & emotions lab

            3  In person & mail, immune functions

            4  In person & mail, GCRC, emotions lab & immune

            5  In sample, non response

            8  Not in sample

 

0        wave 1

1        wave 2

2        wave 3

8        not invited

 

GEOGRAPHIC CODING VARIABLES ADDED FOR GRADUATE AND SIBLING 1992-1994 SURVEYS

Address of graduate and sibling respondents at time of 1992-94 surveys were sent to Geographic Data Technology (GDT) so that geocodes could be added to existing 1992-94 data.

NOTE:  These variables are only available to private users and through the CHDA secure data enclave for public users.  These variables are based on 1990 census codes.

1992-93 Graduate

             USPS ZIP codes for graduate address at time of 1992-93 interview.

 

1993-94 Sibling Respondent

 

 

GRADUATE’S STATE OF RESIDENCE IN 1993 CORRECTED FOR ONE CASE

MINOR ERRORS IN 1992-93 CHILDREN’S ROSTER CORRECTED FOR 5 CASES

During preparation for 2003 survey,  inconsistencies were found and corrected using information from the trace files for the following variables:

IDUSER          VARIABLE     CODE                                                            

                    1011        RD00306          2

                231033        RD00303         2

                                    RD00403         1

                                    RD00803         7

                                    RD01403         818

                  31078        RD00303         2

                 340101       RD00301         1

                                    RD00302         2

                 346006       RD001KD       5        

                                    RD00506         8

                                    RD00507         8

RECODED RL001RE AND SL001RE (1992-94 CURRENT RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE)

 

RECODED RK066SSE FOR A FEW CASES

NOTES REGARDING CODING OF RR021RE, RR022RE, RR023REC,RR029RE RR030RE, RR031REC ADDED

 

RECODED 1992 EMPLOYMENT VARIABLES (REASONS FOR LEAVING JOB)

 

Because the open ended coding scheme changed  in 2004 for the reason the respondent left his or her job four employment section variables from 1992 were recoded.  Recoded variables are:

 

·        RFU50J1D                        The main reason that respondent left first employer job         

                                                spell. (RF050J1D is now an archived variable) 

·        RFU50J2D                        The main reason that respondent left second employer job 

                                                 spell (RF050J2D is now an archived variable)

·        RFU50J3D                        The main reason that respondent left third employer job          

                                                 spell (RF050J3D is now an archived variable)

 

·        RFU50JCE                        The main reason that respondent left current/last (1992/93)

employer job spell (RF050 JCE is now an archived   

variable)

        

These are the old and new codes and reasons for the recoded employment section

 

Old Codes

New Code

Reason

Voluntary Work Related Reasons

7  30

0

Retired, wanted to retire/ partial retirement

 

19

1

Any other work related reason (Pay, coworkers, work conditions, ethical reasons, etc)

 

9

2

Respondent, spouse, fiancé transferred or took a new job

 

22

3

No longer needed the income

 

1  33  35

4

Found/offered/changed to a new/better/different job

 

2  37  38

5

Looked for/needed/wanted another job/fulltime/better paying

 

4  36

6

Started own business/became a partner in business

 

26

7

Sold {own} business or farmland

 

49  55

8

Distance to work was too far/wanted to work closer to home/ wanted to work at home

 

-

9

Second job became main job

 

32

10

Wanted to work part time or not as much

 

42

11

Changed schools{/teacher specific move to or out of classroom/move up or down grades}

 

27  39

12

Took over/started family business or wanted to work for family/joined family or spouse in business

 

51

13

To take a seasonal job/different summer job

 

6

14

Entered the military

 

31

15

To do an internship or travel on a grant

 

52

16

To pursue a political career/political career ended

 

Voluntary Non-Work Related Reasons

24

20

Family reason (divorce, spend more time w/family,

family problems)

 

5

21

Stayed home/took care of house/children

 

8

22

Get married, have children, raise a family

 

28

23

Moved or Relocated

 

12  50

24

Other relative’s/other unspecified person’s illness or health reason

 

23

25

Wanted to do something else (took time off)

 

10

26

Spouse retired or wanted to retire

 

3

27

Went to school (dissertation research, demands of study)

 

11

28

Spouse’s illness, health reason or death

 

40

29

To babysit grandchildren (with or w/o pay)

 

48

30

To do volunteer work

 

29

31

Travel, Vacation, Sabbatical

 

25

32

Other

 

46

33

Financial Reasons or Filed for Bankruptcy or Economic Reasons

 

54

34

personal problems or reasons

 

-

35

Study (not in school), self-improvement

 

34

36

Entered a seminary

 

43

37

Religious resons, became a missionary

 

-

38

wanted to build a new home or work on the house

 

Involuntary Work Related Reasons

14

40

Business {employer} closed

 

56

41

Business downsized, mass layoff

 

57

42

Business relocated

 

15

43

Other involuntary termination (help no longer needed)

 

17  18

44

Temporary/seasonal Layoff

 

41

45

Business sold, bought out, changed owners

 

53  45

46

Temporary job ended, contract completed {project terminated} (including school RA appt)

 

44

47

Lost business or farm {includes closed down own business or farm for financial reasons}

 

-

48

Job changed, reorganization, promotion meant moving

 

16

49

Strike

 

Involuntary Non-Work Related Reasons

13

60

Respondents health reason

 

21

61

Called to active military duty

 

47

62

Did not have degree or enough schooling/ training

 

20

63

Imprisoned, sent to jail

 

 

SELECTED SIBLING AGE INCONSISTENCY

 

ADDITIONAL VARIABLES ADDED: AGE OF RESPONDENT AT TIME OF INTERVIEW; GENDER OF INTERVIEWER; OUTCOME OF 2004 SURVEY; AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTIFICATION

 

                                                                                   

           

UPDATED  AGE OF SPOUSE/RESPONDENT VARIABLES

 

 

 

 

 

 

SC006REG                  Age of sibling respondent when married current (1993-94)

                                   spouse

SC012SPD                  Age of current spouse at time of 1993-94 interview

SC013SPG                  Age of current (1993-94) spouse when respondent married

him/her

SC047RED                  Age of respondent when respondent married first spouse

SC053REE                  Age of respondent when respondent married second spouse

SC059REE                  Age of respondent when respondent when respondent     

married third spouse

SC065REE                  Age of respondent when respondent married fourth spouse

SC071REF                  Age of respondent when respondent married most recent spouse.

 

Year of Child’s Birth from 1975 and 1977 surveys Corrected on Public Version of Data.
 

 

           XCMKDB1 -- XCMKDB0,XCMLKD corrected on the public version.