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Mail: Fishing and Seafood Consumption

Sibling Mail: Fishing and Seafood Consumption Module

OVERVIEW

The 2011 round of WLS data collection is the first to include items
ascertaining behaviors related to fishing and seafood consumption. The mail
questionnaire focuses on whether anyone in the participant's household has a
valid fishing license, whether the participant has heard of limiting seafood
consumption due to mercury contamination, if and how often the participant eats
various types of fish or seafood or their reasons for not doing so.  


BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

    Variable ranges reference dataset/codebook order and are not necessarily 
    alphabetical.
    _____________________________________________________________________
  
    PFSH01RE:			  Ownership of a Valid, State-Issued 
    				  Fishing License by Participant or Anyone
    				  Currently Living in Their Household
    
    PFSH02RE:			  Familiarity With Notion of Limiting Fish
    				  and Seafood Consumption Because of 
    				  Mercury Contamination
    
    PFSH03RE-PFSH08RE:		  Frequency of Consumption of Various 
    				  Types of Fish or Seafood in Past 30 Days
    
    PFSH09RE:			  How Consumption of Fish and Seafood in 
      				  Past 30 Days Compares With Amount 
      				  Usually Eaten
    
    PFSH10RE-PFSH14RE:		  Reasons for Never Eating Fish or Seafood

pfsh01re: Do you or anyone in your household have a currently valid, state-issued fishing license?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish1

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 39 55 94
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
1 YES 551 420 971
2 NO 827 1085 1912

pfsh02re: Have you heard anything about limiting fish and seafood consumption because of mercury contamination?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish2

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 41 58 99
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
1 YES 1208 1295 2503
2 NO 168 207 375

pfsh03re: Do you ever eat fish or seafood?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish3

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 61 79 140
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 0 1 1
1 YES 1314 1435 2749
2 NO 42 45 87

pfsh04re: In the past 30 days, how many times have you eaten canned white (albacore) tuna?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish3a_1, y_fh3anw_1r

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 269 238 507
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-2 42 45 87
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 0 1
0 HAVE NOT EATEN IN PAST 30 DAYS 567 542 1109
1 246 346 592
2 180 217 397
3 52 93 145
4 34 39 73
5 10 22 32
6 9 9 18
7 0 2 2
8 1 1 2
10 2 3 5
12 2 1 3
15 1 1 2
20 1 0 1
25 0 1 1
Note: Rounded up to the nearest integer number of times.

pfsh05re: In the past 30 days, how many times have you eaten other canned tuna?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish3a_2, y_fh3anw_2r

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 374 420 794
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-2 42 45 87
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 0 1
0 HAVE NOT EATEN IN PAST 30 DAYS 637 671 1308
1 187 220 407
2 104 105 209
3 26 54 80
4 25 27 52
5 9 9 18
6 8 7 15
7 1 0 1
10 3 1 4
21 0 1 1
Note: "Other canned tuna" comprises all varieties except canned white (albacore) tuna.
Note: Rounded up to the nearest integer number of times.

pfsh06re: In the past 30 days, how many times have you eaten fish or seafood prepared at a restaurant or a store, including take-out, fast-food, deli meals, and Friday fish fry?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish3a_3, y_fh3anw_3r

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 124 149 273
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-2 42 45 87
0 HAVE NOT EATEN IN PAST 30 DAYS 154 243 397
1 278 337 615
2 324 346 670
3 166 171 337
4 174 156 330
5 71 40 111
6 38 31 69
7 3 7 10
8 15 14 29
9 2 0 2
10 18 13 31
12 3 2 5
15 4 1 5
16 1 0 1
18 0 1 1
20 0 4 4
Note: This does not include any canned tuna reported at PFSH04RE and PFSH05RE.
Note: Rounded up to the nearest integer number of times.

pfsh07re: In the past 30 days, how many times have you eaten fish or seafood bought at a store and prepared at home?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish3a_4, y_fh3anw_4r

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 215 226 441
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-2 42 45 87
0 HAVE NOT EATEN IN PAST 30 DAYS 395 453 848
1 246 273 519
2 222 248 470
3 111 108 219
4 79 94 173
5 48 31 79
6 24 27 51
7 6 7 13
8 15 19 34
9 1 0 1
10 9 16 25
12 2 5 7
14 0 1 1
15 2 2 4
18 0 2 2
20 0 1 1
30 0 1 1
100 0 1 1
Note: This does not include any canned tuna reported at PFSH04RE and PFSH05RE.
Note: Rounded up to the nearest integer number of times.

pfsh08re: In the past 30 days, how many times have you eaten fish or seafood caught by you or someone you know?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish3a_5, y_fh3anw_5r

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 255 272 527
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-2 42 45 87
0 HAVE NOT EATEN IN PAST 30 DAYS 779 946 1725
1 172 146 318
2 66 79 145
3 29 24 53
4 43 25 68
5 9 6 15
6 7 11 18
7 1 0 1
8 1 5 6
10 8 1 9
12 1 0 1
20 2 0 2
25 1 0 1
40 1 0 1
Note: Rounded up to the nearest integer number of times

pfsh09re: How does the amount of fish and seafood you ate in the past month compare to the amount you usually eat?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish3b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 53 74 127
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 1 1 2
-2 42 45 87
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 0 1
1 USUALLY EAT MORE FISH AND SEAFOOD 111 155 266
2 ATE USUAL AMOUNT OF FISH AND SEAFOOD 1072 1111 2183
3 USUALLY EAT LESS FISH AND SEAFOOD 137 174 311

pfsh10re: Thinking about why you never eat fish and seafood, how important of a reason is not liking them?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish4_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 4 10 14
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 1 0 1
-2 1375 1515 2890
1 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT 7 7 14
2 SLIGHTLY IMPORTANT 3 1 4
3 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT 2 5 7
4 VERY IMPORTANT 12 6 18
5 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 13 16 29

pfsh11re: Thinking about why you never eat fish and seafood, how important of a reason is being a vegetarian?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish4_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 11 18 29
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-2 1375 1515 2890
1 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT 30 18 48
3 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT 0 1 1
4 VERY IMPORTANT 0 1 1
5 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 1 7 8

pfsh12re: Thinking about why you never eat fish and seafood, how important of a reason is being concerned that they are unsafe to eat because of contamination?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish4_c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 8 18 26
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-2 1375 1515 2890
1 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT 25 14 39
2 SLIGHTLY IMPORTANT 2 1 3
3 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT 2 3 5
4 VERY IMPORTANT 1 4 5
5 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 4 5 9

pfsh13re: Thinking about why you never eat fish and seafood, how important of a reason is never having had them as part of your diet?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish4_d

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 9 13 22
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-2 1375 1515 2890
1 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT 13 13 26
2 SLIGHTLY IMPORTANT 3 2 5
3 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT 6 4 10
4 VERY IMPORTANT 4 4 8
5 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 7 9 16

pfsh14re: Thinking about why you never eat fish and seafood, how important of a reason is being allergic to some types of them?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_fish4_e

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 10 18 28
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-2 1375 1515 2890
1 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT 27 21 48
2 SLIGHTLY IMPORTANT 1 0 1
4 VERY IMPORTANT 1 0 1
5 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT 3 6 9

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