05/05/2007 cor957.txt SEOLDTH - End of Life-Death Reaction Module for Graduate-Siblings OVERVIEW Information about the Graduate Respondent-Sibling's experiences on death of spouse or parent was collected in the following manner: - First, if Graduate-Sibling Respondent's spouse deceased within 2 years but more than 6 months ago, we ask 10 questions about the feelings on spouse's death. - Second, if Graduate-Sibling Respondent's spouse deceased within 10 years but more than 6 months ago, we ask questions on the situation of spouse's death such as how much pain did the spouse have, whether spouse had a signed living will, and changes in health insurance or pension annuities after spouse's death. - Third, if Graduate-Sibling Respondent's parent deceased within 10 years but more than 6 months ago, we ask questions on the situation of parent's death such as how much pain did the spouse have and whether spouse had a signed living will. If Graduate Respondents lost both spouse and parents within 10 years but more than 6 months ago, we ask about spouse's death and do not ask about parents. If mother and father died during the period, we ask about the most recent parent's death. If mother and father died at the same time, we randomly assign which parent to ask. BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS CY201REC - CY207REC IDENTIFICATION VARIABLES CY208REC - CY218RE R’S FEELING ABOUT SPOUSE’S DEATH BETWEEN 6 MONTHS - 2YEARS CY219RE - CY234RE SITUATIONS ABOUT SPOUSE’S DEATH BETWEEN 6 MONTHS - 10 YEARS CY235SP - CY258RE CHANGES IN FINANCIAL SITUATION DUE TO DEATH OF SPOUSE * CY226SP contains mis-classified cases due to coding errors; the variable has been archived and replaced by the corrected version, CY726SP CY401RE - CY414PA SITUATIONS ABOUT PARENT’S DEATH BETWEEN 6 MONTHS - 10 YEARS * CY408PA contains mis-classified cases due to coding errors; the variable has been archived and replaced by the corrected version, CY808PA. CODING PROBLEMS - CY226SP (Who held your deceased spouse's Durable Power of Attorney for health Care?) None of the sibling cases was mis-classified in this variable, but a corrected version was created anyway to match the graduate sample (GY226SP and GY726SP). - CY408SP (Who held the Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care for your deceased parent?) contains mis-classified cases due to coding errors; the variable has been archived and replaced by the corrected version, CY808PA. 235 cases were affected by the coding errors: CY408PA CY808PA Frequency ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 spouse 32 son 104 1 spouse 52 daughter 122 3 spouse & child(ren) 75 grandchild (gender unspec.) 2 5 multiple siblings 10 friend(s) 1 6 whole family 12 physician/healthcare prof. 2 8 cousin 16 Attorney/lawyer 4 All other cases have CY408PA=CY808PA. PEOPLE Jeong Hwa Ho - checking notes, coding open-end variables, writing code and the COR Noah Pearce - correcting CY226SP (replaced by CY726SP) and CY408PA (replaced by CY808PA) REFERENCES