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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

Graduate Mail: General Module

OVERVIEW

This module includes items pertaining to the overall characteristics of the
mail survey process.


BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

  IA001RER:             Time Graduate Respondent Took to Complete Survey.

  IA003RER:             Data Entry Interviewer Number.

  IA004DRE-IA004YRE:    Day, Month, and Year that Survey was Returned.
  

NOTE: See Cor813 in Appendix A for variable creation details

ia001rer: How many minutes did it take you took to complete this questionnaire?

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

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 953 1815 2768
-1 DON'T KNOW 4 6 10
0 - 75 432 391 823
76 - 90 476 372 848
95 - 120 620 525 1145
125 - 180 449 374 823
195 - 900 212 217 429

ia003rer: Data Entry Interviewer Number.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: inum_2

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
1 - 1234 674 826 1500
1304 - 1588 656 794 1450
1593 - 1651 639 748 1387
1653 - 1789 645 775 1420
1790 - 1904 532 557 1089
Note: Recoded to match public interviewer number for telephone.

ia004dre: Day mail survey returned.

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

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 2 1 3
-3 REFUSED 1 0 1
1 - 6 647 773 1420
7 - 12 648 829 1477
13 - 18 645 738 1383
19 - 25 643 751 1394
26 - 31 560 608 1168

ia004mre: Month mail survey returned.

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: retmnth
Revisions: Updated 10/06     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 2 1 3
-3 REFUSED 1 0 1
1 182 217 399
2 218 290 508
3 188 196 384
4 166 217 383
5 204 254 458
6 299 366 665
7 546 708 1254
8 390 415 805
9 265 318 583
10 230 267 497
11 215 233 448
12 240 218 458

ia004yre: Year mail survey returned.

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

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 2 1 3
-3 REFUSED 1 0 1
2003 821 906 1727
2004 1955 2358 4313
2005 366 435 801
2006 1 0 1

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