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Mail: Social Background

Graduate Mail: Social Background Module

OVERVIEW

This short module collected basic information on where respondents were born,
their birth weight (if known), and their race or ethnic origin.
  
Note that many of these variables are NOT available on public release because
they contain identifing information.
  
BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS
    
    Ranges reference dataset/codebook order, not necessarily alphabetical 
    
    IE001RE-IE003RE:     Birth City, County, State

    IE004RE:             Was Graduate Respondent Born in Wisconsin?

    IE005RE-IE007REC:    Birth Weight

    IE008RE-IE017RE:     Race/Ethnicity Items

    IE019REC:            Race/Ethnicity Summary

    IE020RE:             Collapsed self-reported race

NOTE: See Cor813 in Appendix A for variable creation details

ie001re: In what city were you born?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1sb_a
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
"BERLINE" 1 0 1
"BROOKFIELD" 1 2 3
"BRULE" 1 1 2
"DALTON" 2 0 2
"ETTRICK" 0 3 3
"HAZEL GREEN" 0 2 2
"MINOQUA" 0 1 1
"MISHICOT" 0 1 1
"MONMOUTH" 1 0 1
"N.Y.C." 0 1 1
Note: Only 11 of 1169 values are listed.

ie002re: In what county were you born?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1sb_b
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
"BUCHANAN" 1 0 1
"CHIP" 1 0 1
"CLAYTON" 0 2 2
"DUPAGE" 1 0 1
"HILLSBOROUGH" 1 0 1
"LANCASTER" 0 1 1
"LICKING" 1 0 1
"NIBREAR" 0 1 1
"OUTAGAMINE" 0 1 1
"SHAWNO" 0 2 2
Note: Only 11 of 410 values are listed.

ie003re: In what state were you born?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1sb_c
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 65 81 146
0 Not in USA 1 1 2
1 Alabama 0 2 2
2 Alaska 0 3 3
3 Arizona 2 2 4
4 Arkansas 2 1 3
5 California 3 5 8
6 Colorado 2 2 4
7 Connecticut 1 2 3
9 Washington, D.C. 0 1 1
10 Florida 1 1 2
11 Georgia 0 1 1
14 Illinois 98 112 210
15 Indiana 7 18 25
16 Iowa 20 15 35
17 Kansas 0 1 1
18 Kentucky 1 1 2
19 Louisiana 0 1 1
21 Maryland 0 1 1
22 Massachusetts 3 3 6
23 Michigan 43 48 91
24 Minnesota 41 43 84
25 Mississippi 3 3 6
26 Missouri 5 5 10
27 Montana 0 1 1
28 Nebraska 1 4 5
29 Nevada 1 0 1
31 New Jersey 1 4 5
32 New Mexico 1 0 1
33 New York 8 11 19
34 North Carolina 1 1 2
35 North Dakota 1 5 6
36 Ohio 17 11 28
37 Oklahoma 1 0 1
38 Oregon 1 3 4
39 Pennsylvania 5 4 9
41 South Carolina 1 1 2
42 South Dakota 6 0 6
43 Tennessee 1 1 2
44 Texas 3 4 7
46 Vermont 1 0 1
48 Washington 3 0 3
49 West Virginia 1 2 3
50 Wisconsin 2794 3294 6088
51 Wyoming 0 1 1

ie004re: Were you born in Wisconsin?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1sb_c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 65 81 146
1 YES, BORN IN WISCONSIN 2794 3294 6088
2 NO, BORN OUTSIDE WISCONSIN 287 325 612

ie005re: How much did you weigh at birth -pounds component?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q2sb_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 1075 975 2050
-1 DON'T KNOW 151 121 272
1 0 2 2
2 8 7 15
3 15 18 33
4 25 64 89
5 63 193 256
6 314 576 890
7 627 1002 1629
8 523 479 1002
9 216 177 393
10 87 67 154
11 21 5 26
12 12 10 22
13 5 4 9
14 2 0 2
17 2 0 2

ie006re: How much did you weigh at birth -ounces component?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q2sb_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 1370 1546 2916
-1 DON'T KNOW 165 180 345
0 112 152 264
1 61 96 157
2 213 313 526
3 115 139 254
4 144 177 321
5 54 126 180
6 177 222 399
7 62 75 137
8 229 237 466
9 56 58 114
10 148 96 244
11 62 39 101
12 81 122 203
13 31 35 66
14 41 56 97
15 23 26 49
16 2 5 7

ie007rec: How much did you weigh at birth in ounces?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q2sb_a, q2sb_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-2 1226 1096 2322
19 - 103 265 654 919
104 - 114 342 650 992
115 - 124 417 509 926
125 - 136 448 464 912
137 - 284 448 327 775
Note: If a valid answer was given for q2sb_a (lbs.) and q2sb_b (oz.) was left blank, we assumed, for purposes of creating a total birth weight summary variable, that q2sb_b = 0 oz. Responses rounded to the nearest oz.

ie008re: Is your race/origin White?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q3sb_a
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 39 50 89
1 YES 3087 3626 6713
2 NO 20 24 44
Note: If this item was not checked, it was assumed that the answer was no.

ie009re: Is your race/origin Black, African American, or Negro?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q3sb_b
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 39 50 89
1 YES 6 7 13
2 NO 3101 3643 6744
Note: If this item was not checked, it was assumed that the answer was no.

ie010re: Is your race/origin American Indian or Alaskan Native?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q3sb_c
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 39 50 89
1 YES 11 28 39
2 NO 3096 3622 6718
Note: If this item was not checked, it was assumed that the answer was no.

ie012re: Is your race/origin Asian?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q3sb_d
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 39 50 89
1 YES 3 2 5
2 NO 3104 3648 6752
Note: If this item was not checked, it was assumed that the answer was no.

ie014re: Is your race/origin Pacific Islander?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q3sb_e
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 39 50 89
2 NO 3107 3650 6757
Note: If this item was not checked, it was assumed that the answer was no.

ie016re: Is your race/origin Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q3sb_f
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 39 50 89
1 YES 5 2 7
2 NO 3102 3648 6750
Note: If this item was not checked, it was assumed that the answer was no.

ie017re: Is your race/origin something other than White, Black, African American, Negro, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Asain, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q3sb_g
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 39 50 89
1 YES 13 11 24
2 NO 3094 3639 6733
Note: If this item was not checked, it was assumed that the answer was no.

ie019rec: Number of races/origins graduate respondent indicated being/having.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q3sb_:a-g
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
0 NONE, REFUSED ALL 39 50 89
1 3089 3625 6714
2 18 24 42
3 0 1 1

ie020re: Collapsed self-reported race.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: IE008RE-IE019REC

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 39 50 89
1 White 3069 3602 6671
2 Black, Native, Asian, Hispanic, or other 38 48 86
Note: This measure combines the individual self-reported race measures (see source variables) into one collapsed measure that is available for public download.

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