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In Person: Friends

KFRNDS  Friends Module

OVERVIEW

For selected siblings, the Friends Module focuses on up to three same-sex high
school friends that participants are still in contact with. Administered to a
randomly selected 15% sub-sample, participants were asked to provide the
following information about each friend: full name, frequency of contact during
the past 12 months, and the closeness of the friendship. This is in contrast to
how the module was administered for graduate participants, who were
additionally asked specific questions about a previously identified "reciprocal
friend."


BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS
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    KFRDSTAT-KFRDREL:       Module-Level Status Variables.

    KMX40RE:		    Does Participant Belong to the 15% 
    			    Sub-Sample Selected to Receive Questions
    			    About High School Friends?

    KMX41RE:		    Number of Same-Sex High School Friends
    			    Participant is Still in Touch With

    KMX42RER-KMX45RE:	    Frequency of Contact With and Closeness to
    			    First Friend

    KMX46RER-KMX49RE:	    Frequency of Contact With and Closeness to
    			    Second Friend

    KMX50RER-KMX53RE:	    Frequency of Contact With and Closeness to
    			    Third Friend

kfrdstat: Was the Friends Module completed by Participant alone, with help, or by proxy?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: y_frdproxy1, y_frdhelp0, capiproxy, y_proxy, y_ivwloc

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
1	R COMPLETED ALONE	1471	1672	3143
2	R COMPLETED ALONE WITH SOMEONE ELSE IN THE ROOM	136	75	211
3	R RECEIVED A LITTLE HELP	10	3	13
4	R RECEIVED A LOT OF HELP	0	1	1
5	HELPER RESPONDED TO ALL ITEMS	1	1	2

Note: For many cases a participant's spouse or other family member was present during the interview. This sometimes resulted in the participant relying on the other person for help in answering some or many of the questions. At the end of each module the interviewer indicated the amount of help the participant received and who provided that help. That assessment is covered by codes 1 through 5. Additionally, a code of 7 indicates that the entire interview was administered to a proxy while a code of 6 indicates that this particular module was answered by a proxy but other modules were answered by the participant.

kfrdrel: Relationship of Friends Module helper or proxy to Participant.

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KFRDSTAT, y_frdproxy1, y_frdhelp0, y_frdhelp1, y_frdhelp2_hfn, y_frdhelp3, y_h1fn-y_h4fn, y_pfn, prxyfnam, y_p1fn-y_p5fn, y_prel, prxyrel, y_p1rel-y_p5rel

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-2	Inappropriate Inap, (Sampled skip or kfrdstat=1,2,-3)	1607	1747	3354
0	SPOUSE	11	3	14
8	DAUGHTER	0	2	2

Note: If this module was administered via proxy or if the participant received help answering the questions in this module then we record the relationship of the proxy/helper to the participant. Although most participants relied on only one helper or proxy for the interview, some had more than one. Thus the value of the relationship code may vary across the modules.

kmx40re: Does Participant belong to the 15% sub-sample randomly selected to receive questions about same-sex high school friends?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: y_r130, y_r146, KMX01RE, KMX02RER

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
1	YES	194	259	453
2	NO	1424	1493	2917

kmx41re: How many same-sex friends from high school did Participant report still being in touch with?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX40RE, y_frd10, y_frd112pre, y_frd113pre

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-2	INAPPROPRIATE INAPPROPRIATE (KMX40RE != 1)	1424	1493	2917
0		98	80	178
1		30	69	99
2		39	43	82
3		27	67	94

Note: Participants were allowed to report on a maximum of three same-sex high school friends they remain in touch with. As a result, KMX41RE has a valid range of 0 to 3.

kmx42rer: Numeric component: During the past 12 months, about how often did you have contact with your first same-sex high school friend either in person, by letter, by phone, or by e-mail?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX41RE, y_frd12_1_a

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-3	REFUSED	4	0	4
-2	Inappropriate INAPPROPRIATE (KMX41RE < 1)	1522	1573	3095
-1	DON'T KNOW	1	3	4
0	NEVER	2	3	5
1		19	56	75
2		23	31	54
3		15	26	41
4		5	18	23
5		2	5	7
6		5	16	21
7		1	2	3
8		1	2	3
10		1	4	5
12		4	5	9
15		4	1	5
20		1	1	2
24		0	1	1
25		4	0	4
40		2	2	4
50		1	2	3
52		0	1	1
99		1	0	1

Note: See KMX43RER for the time units that correspond to this variable.

kmx43rer: Units of contact: During the past 12 months, about how often did you have contact with your first same-sex high school friend either in person, by letter, by phone, or by e-mail?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX42RER, y_frd12_1_b

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-2	Inappropriate INAPPROPRIATE (KMX42RER <= 0)	1529	1579	3108
1	PER DAY	1	5	6
2	PER WEEK	8	18	26
3	PER MONTH	17	32	49
4	PER YEAR	63	118	181

Note: See KMX42RER for the numeric component corresponding to these units.

kmx44re: Summary: During the past 12 months, about how often did you have contact with your first same-sex high school friend either in person, by letter, by phone, or by e-mail?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX42RER, KMX43RER

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-3	REFUSED	4	0	4
-2	Inappropriate INAPPROPRIATE (KMX41RE < 1)	1522	1573	3095
-1	DON'T KNOW	1	3	4
0	NEVER	2	3	5
1	ONCE PER YEAR	8	24	32
2	MULTIPLE TIMES PER YEAR	55	94	149
3	ONCE PER MONTH	7	18	25
4	MULTIPLE TIMES PER MONTH	10	14	24
5	ONCE PER WEEK	4	9	13
6	MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK	4	9	13
7	ONCE PER DAY	0	5	5
8	MULTIPLE TIMES PER DAY	1	0	1

Note: KMX44RE has been constructed solely on the basis of KMX42RER and KMX43RER. It provides a very crude summary of the participant's frequency of contact with the first same-sex high school friend they're still in touch with over the past 12 months. All values of KMX42RER greater than one are classified as "multiple," with KMX43RER determining the exact category on KMX44RE (multiple times per year, multiple times per month, multiple times per week, or multiple times per day).

kmx45re: How close would you say you are to your first same-sex high school friend?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX41RE, y_frd13_1

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-3	REFUSED	4	0	4
-2	Inappropriate INAPPROPRIATE (KMX41RE < 1)	1522	1573	3095
-1	DON'T KNOW	1	2	3
1	VERY CLOSE	22	47	69
2	SOMEWHAT CLOSE	42	85	127
3	NOT VERY CLOSE	25	41	66
4	NOT AT ALL CLOSE	2	4	6

kmx46rer: Numeric component: During the past 12 months, about how often did you have contact with your second same-sex high school friend either in person, by letter, by phone, or by e-mail?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX41RE, y_frd12_2_a

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-2	Inappropriate INAPPROPRIATE (KMX41RE < 2)	1552	1642	3194
0	NEVER	2	3	5
1		17	30	47
2		15	18	33
3		4	14	18
4		4	13	17
5		1	7	8
6		5	9	14
7		0	1	1
8		2	1	3
10		3	1	4
12		5	5	10
15		3	1	4
20		1	1	2
25		1	0	1
30		0	2	2
36		0	1	1
40		1	1	2
50		1	1	2
99		1	1	2

Note: See KMX47RER for the time units that correspond to this variable.

kmx47rer: Units of contact: During the past 12 months, about how often did you have contact with your second same-sex high school friend either in person, by letter, by phone, or by e-mail?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX46RER, y_frd12_2_b

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-2	Inappropriate INAPPROPRIATE (KMX46RER <= 0)	1554	1645	3199
1	PER DAY	0	2	2
2	PER WEEK	5	4	9
3	PER MONTH	9	19	28
4	PER YEAR	50	82	132

Note: See KMX46RER for the numeric component corresponding to these units.

kmx48re: Summary: During the past 12 months, about how often did you have contact with your second same-sex high school friend either in person, by letter, by phone, or by e-mail?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX46RER, KMX47RER

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-2	Inappropriate INAPPROPRIATE (KMX41RE < 2)	1552	1642	3194
0	NEVER	2	3	5
1	ONCE PER YEAR	7	12	19
2	MULTIPLE TIMES PER YEAR	43	70	113
3	ONCE PER MONTH	7	15	22
4	MULTIPLE TIMES PER MONTH	2	4	6
5	ONCE PER WEEK	3	1	4
6	MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK	2	3	5
7	ONCE PER DAY	0	2	2

Note: KMX48RE has been constructed solely on the basis of KMX46RER and KMX47RER. It provides a very crude summary of the participant's frequency of contact with the second same-sex high school friend they're still in touch with over the past 12 months. All values of KMX46RER greater than one are classified as "multiple," with KMX47RER determining the exact category on KMX48RE (multiple times per year, multiple times per month, multiple times per week, or multiple times per day).

kmx49re: How close would you say you are to your second same-sex high school friend?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX41RE, y_frd13_2

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-2	Inappropriate INAPPROPRIATE (KMX41RE < 2)	1552	1642	3194
1	VERY CLOSE	6	22	28
2	SOMEWHAT CLOSE	43	54	97
3	NOT VERY CLOSE	16	32	48
4	NOT AT ALL CLOSE	1	2	3

kmx50rer: Numeric component: During the past 12 months, about how often did you have contact with your third same-sex high school friend either in person, by letter, by phone, or by e-mail?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX41RE, y_frd12_3_a

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-2	Inappropriate INAPPROPRIATE (KMX41RE < 3)	1591	1685	3276
0	NEVER	0	2	2
1		5	21	26
2		3	12	15
3		2	9	11
4		1	6	7
5		2	4	6
6		5	3	8
7		0	1	1
8		0	1	1
10		1	1	2
12		5	3	8
15		1	1	2
20		1	0	1
24		0	1	1
30		1	1	2
60		0	1	1

Note: See KMX51RER for the time units that correspond to this variable.

kmx51rer: Units of contact: During the past 12 months, about how often did you have contact with your third same-sex high school friend either in person, by letter, by phone, or by e-mail?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX50RER, y_frd12_3_b

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-2	Inappropriate INAPPROPRIATE (KMX50RER <= 0)	1591	1687	3278
2	PER WEEK	1	3	4
3	PER MONTH	2	11	13
4	PER YEAR	24	51	75

Note: See KMX50RER for the numeric component corresponding to these units.

kmx52re: Summary: During the past 12 months, about how often did you have contact with your third same-sex high school friend either in person, by letter, by phone, or by e-mail?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX50RER, KMX51RER

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-2	Inappropriate INAPPROPRIATE (KMX41RE < 3)	1591	1685	3276
0	NEVER	0	2	2
1	ONCE PER YEAR	4	11	15
2	MULTIPLE TIMES PER YEAR	20	40	60
3	ONCE PER MONTH	1	8	9
4	MULTIPLE TIMES PER MONTH	1	3	4
5	ONCE PER WEEK	0	2	2
6	MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK	1	1	2

Note: KMX52RE has been constructed solely on the basis of KMX50RER and KMX51RER. It provides a very crude summary of the participant's frequency of contact with the third same-sex high school friend they're still in touch with over the past 12 months. All values of KMX50RER greater than one are classified as "multiple," with KMX51RER determining the exact category on KMX52RE (multiple times per year, multiple times per month, multiple times per week, or multiple times per day).

kmx53re: How close would you say you are to your third same-sex high school friend?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy Collected in: 2011 Mode: In person & telephone
Source variables: KMX41RE, y_frd13_3

		Frequencies
Value	Label	Male	Female	Total
.	System missing - NR	2736	2510	5246
-30	NOT PART OF MOSAQ	72	63	135
-27	NOT ASKED OF PROXY	7	15	22
-5	PARTIAL INTERVIEW	4	1	5
-2	Inappropriate INAPPROPRIATE (KMX41RE < 3)	1591	1685	3276
1	VERY CLOSE	3	6	9
2	SOMEWHAT CLOSE	16	41	57
3	NOT VERY CLOSE	8	17	25
4	NOT AT ALL CLOSE	0	3	3

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