WLS Codebooks

Note: Codebooks contain frequency data from the private data release. For some variables, these differ from the frequencies in the public release. Variables that differ between the public and private versions include "(not available on public release)" as part of the variable description, or a note indicating the difference between the public and private versions.

Mail: General

Sibling Mail: General Module

OVERVIEW

The General Module includes items pertaining to characteristics of the overall
2011 mail surveying process. It also features an item - PZ235RER - that was
previously contained within the Social and Civic Participational Module during
the 2005 mail survey.


BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

    Variable ranges reference dataset/codebook order and are not necessarily 
    alphabetical.
    _____________________________________________________________________		  
    
    PA001RER:               Approximate Time It Took Participant to 
    			    Complete the Mail Survey  

    PZ235RER:	   	    Did the Participant Provide an E-mail Address
    			    Where They Can Be Sent Information About the
    			    Wisconsin Longitudinal Study?

    PA005RER:		    Did the Participant Complete the Mail Survey
    			    On Their Own or With Someone Else?
    
    PA006RER:		    Who, if Anyone, Did the Participant Complete
    			    the Mail Survey With?

pa001rer: Approximately how many minutes did it take you to complete the mail questionnaire?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_end3_ar, y_end3nw_ar, y_end3_br, y_end3nw_br, y_end3nw_cr, y_end3nw_dr, y_end3nw_er, inProxySAQ, y_end3nw_a, y_end3nw_b, y_end3nw_c, y_end3nw_d, y_end3nw_e

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 138 218 356
-7 NOT ASCERTAINED (Reported Taking More Than A Day) 39 74 113
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 1 1 2
-1 DON'T KNOW 10 22 32
10 - 237 267 234 501
238 - 291 252 251 503
292 - 340 246 259 505
341 - 421 250 250 500
422 - 1420 220 258 478
Note: The information this variable was based on stems from the following mail survey prompt: "Please tell us approximately how long it took you to complete this questionnaire." The majority of respondents indicated that the mail survey took them some number of hours and/or minutes to complete. Some respondents, however, indicated that they completed the mail survey over multiple days, weeks, or months. We have made the assumption that respondents who reported spending an entire day or longer completing the mail survey were indicating how much time had elapsed from when they first began it to when they finished it, not how long they literally spent working on it uninterrupted. Because of this, such respondents have been assigned values of "-7" on PA001RER, signifying their status as unique cases of "not ascertained", which is typically associated with a value of "-4".
Note: If the information the respondent provided on how long it took them to complete the mail survey included decimals after being converted into minutes, it was rounded to the nearest whole minute.

pz235rer: Is there an e-mail address where we can send you information about the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_end1_ar, inProxySAQ, y_end1_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 168 154 322
-3 REFUSED 1 0 1
1 YES 695 788 1483
2 NO 559 625 1184

pa005rer: Did the Participant complete the mail survey on their own or with someone else?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_end2r

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-29 LEFT BLANK ON SAQ 44 41 85
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
1 COMPLETED ON THEIR OWN 1273 1438 2711
2 COMPLETED WITH SOMEONE ELSE 100 81 181

pa006rer: Who did the Participant complete the mail survey with?

Data source: Sibling Participant or Proxy      Collected in: 2011      Mode: Mail
Source variables: y_end2r, c_y_end2r

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 3014 2774 5788
-27 NOT ASKED OF PROXY 6 7 13
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 3 1 4
-2 1317 1479 2796
1 HUSBAND 1 60 61
4 SON 2 1 3
6 BROTHER 2 2 4
22 MALE ROOMMATE 1 0 1
31 WIFE 81 1 82
33 FEMALE PARTNER/LOVER 1 0 1
34 DAUGHTER 4 10 14
36 SISTER 1 1 2
40 DAUGHTER-IN-LAW 0 1 1
41 SISTER-IN-LAW 0 1 1
59 SPOUSE, GENDER UNKNOWN 1 0 1
90 SOMEONE'S FIRST NAME, RELATIONSHIP UNKNOWN 1 2 3
91 FRIEND, GENDER UNKNOWN 1 0 1
95 OTHER NON-RELATIVE, GENDER UNKNOWN 1 0 1
168 MULTIPLE RELATIVES 0 1 1
Note: All positive values except 1, 4, 31, and 34 have been coded as 97 ("other") on the public release.

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