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Mail: Marriage

Graduate Mail: Marriage Module


OVERVIEW

This is the first round to include marriage items on the mail survey.
Supplementing telephone marriage items are items asking about marital quality
and satisfaction, sexual pleasure, and reasons for potential decreases in
sexual activity.



BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

    Ranges reference dataset/codebook order, not necessarily alphabetical
    _____________________________________________________________________
    IC001RER:               Is Graduate Respondent Currently Married?

    IC002RER:               Time Alone with Spouse

    IC003RER:               Housework/Chore Fairness

    IC004RER-IC007RER:      Open Disagreement Items

    IC008RER-IC013RER:      Marital Satisfaction Items

    IC014RER:               Does Graduate Respondent Have a Sexual Partner?

    IC015RER-IC016RER:      Sexual Satisfaction Items

    IC017RER:               Sexual Activity Frequency

    IC018RER-IC027RER:      Reasons for Decreased/Stopped Sexual
                            Activities


NOTE: See Cor813 in Appendix A for variable creation details

ic001rer: Are you currently married?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q1m

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 67 73 140
1 YES 2644 2652 5296
2 NO 435 975 1410
Note: See also GC001RE for Graduate's 2004 maritial status.

ic002rer: During the past month, about how often did you and your spouse spend time alone with each other, talking, or sharing an activity?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q2m

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 114 94 208
-2 434 975 1409
1 NEVER 25 12 37
2 ABOUT ONCE A MONTH 34 47 81
3 TWO OR THREE TIMES A MONTH 80 51 131
4 ABOUT ONCE A WEEK 153 141 294
5 TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK 392 254 646
6 ALMOST EVERY DAY 1914 2126 4040

ic003rer: In terms of who does household chores, how fair would you say your relationship with your spouse is?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q3m

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 122 112 234
-2 434 975 1409
1 VERY UNFAIR TO ME 16 123 139
2 SOMEWHAT UNFAIR TO ME 59 492 551
3 FAIR TO BOTH 1867 1905 3772
4 SOMEWHAT UNFAIR TO SPOUSE/PARTNER 577 76 653
5 VERY UNFAIR TO SPOUSE/PARTNER 71 17 88

ic004rer: How often, if at all, have you had open disagreements about household tasks?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q4m_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 131 123 254
-2 434 975 1409
1 NEVER 1072 1334 2406
2 LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH 1195 908 2103
3 SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH 194 221 415
4 ABOUT ONCE A WEEK 92 98 190
5 SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK 15 30 45
6 ALMOST EVERY DAY 13 11 24

ic005rer: How often, if at all, have you had open disagreements about money?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q4m_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 130 122 252
-2 434 975 1409
1 NEVER 1073 1163 2236
2 LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH 1180 1090 2270
3 SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH 220 216 436
4 ABOUT ONCE A WEEK 71 88 159
5 SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK 24 31 55
6 ALMOST EVERY DAY 14 15 29

ic006rer: How often, if at all, have you had open disagreements about spending time together?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q4m_c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 135 131 266
-2 434 975 1409
1 NEVER 1386 1624 3010
2 LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH 888 663 1551
3 SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH 137 140 277
4 ABOUT ONCE A WEEK 49 41 90
5 SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK 38 41 79
6 ALMOST EVERY DAY 79 85 164

ic007rer: How often, if at all, have you had open disagreements about sex?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q4m_d

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 182 224 406
-2 434 975 1409
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 1 1
1 NEVER 1485 1743 3228
2 LESS THAN ONCE A MONTH 785 551 1336
3 SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH 134 134 268
4 ABOUT ONCE A WEEK 75 52 127
5 SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK 31 15 46
6 ALMOST EVERY DAY 20 5 25

ic008rer: How satisfied are you with the day-to-day support and encouragement provided by your spouse?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q5m_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 128 118 246
-2 434 975 1409
1 VERY DISSATISFIED 45 57 102
2 DISSATISFIED 43 72 115
3 SOMEWHAT DISSATISFIED 108 186 294
4 SOMEWHAT SATISFIED 245 349 594
5 SATISFIED 1067 1012 2079
6 VERY SATISFIED 1076 931 2007

ic009rer: How satisfied are you with your spouse's overall personality?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q5m_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 130 119 249
-2 434 975 1409
1 VERY DISSATISFIED 34 40 74
2 DISSATISFIED 29 74 103
3 SOMEWHAT DISSATISFIED 86 175 261
4 SOMEWHAT SATISFIED 246 395 641
5 SATISFIED 1124 1182 2306
6 VERY SATISFIED 1063 740 1803

ic010rer: How satisfied are you with the amount of consideration shown by your spouse?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q5m_c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 130 120 250
-2 434 975 1409
1 VERY DISSATISFIED 39 61 100
2 DISSATISFIED 42 91 133
3 SOMEWHAT DISSATISFIED 103 204 307
4 SOMEWHAT SATISFIED 288 435 723
5 SATISFIED 1050 993 2043
6 VERY SATISFIED 1060 821 1881

ic011rer: How satisfied are you with the way disagreements are settled?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q5m_d

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 133 131 264
-2 434 975 1409
1 VERY DISSATISFIED 42 55 97
2 DISSATISFIED 91 127 218
3 SOMEWHAT DISSATISFIED 191 346 537
4 SOMEWHAT SATISFIED 547 664 1211
5 SATISFIED 1125 992 2117
6 VERY SATISFIED 583 410 993

ic012rer: How satisfied are you with how decisions are made in your marriage?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q5m_e

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 132 125 257
-2 434 975 1409
1 VERY DISSATISFIED 33 40 73
2 DISSATISFIED 48 75 123
3 SOMEWHAT DISSATISFIED 98 185 283
4 SOMEWHAT SATISFIED 331 512 843
5 SATISFIED 1281 1158 2439
6 VERY SATISFIED 789 630 1419

ic013rer: How satisfied are you with how well your spouse listens to you?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q5m_f

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 130 121 251
-2 434 975 1409
1 VERY DISSATISFIED 52 99 151
2 DISSATISFIED 73 153 226
3 SOMEWHAT DISSATISFIED 190 334 524
4 SOMEWHAT SATISFIED 494 759 1253
5 SATISFIED 1122 839 1961
6 VERY SATISFIED 651 420 1071

ic014rer: Do you have a sexual partner?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q6m

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 60 75 135
-2 2644 2652 5296
1 YES 149 122 271
2 NO 293 851 1144

ic017rer: During the past 12 months, about how often did you have sex with your spouse or partner?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q8m

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 554 783 1337
-2 292 851 1143
1 ONCE A DAY OR MORE 11 9 20
2 3 TO 6 TIMES A WEEK 108 82 190
3 ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK 604 464 1068
4 2 TO 3 TIMES A MONTH 631 570 1201
5 ONCE A MONTH OR LESS 581 475 1056
6 NEVER 365 466 831

ic015rer: In the past 12 months, how physically pleasurable did you find your sexual relationship with your spouse or partner to be?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q7m_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 598 904 1502
-2 292 851 1143
1 NOT AT ALL 175 223 398
2 SLIGHTLY 152 182 334
3 MODERATELY 488 561 1049
4 VERY 1012 707 1719
5 EXTREMELY 429 272 701

ic016rer: In the last 12 months, how emotionally satisfying did you find your sexual relationship with your spouse or partner to be?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q7m_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 604 906 1510
-2 292 851 1143
1 NOT AT ALL 171 223 394
2 SLIGHTLY 168 161 329
3 MODERATELY 469 492 961
4 VERY 986 761 1747
5 EXTREMELY 456 306 762

ic018rer: Was your illness a reason for decreasing or stopping sexual activity with your spouse or partner?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q9m_a

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 1165 1352 2517
-2 292 851 1143
1 YES 455 250 705
2 NO 1234 1247 2481

ic019rer: Was your spouse or partner's illness a reason for decreasing or stopping sexual activity with your spouse or partner?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q9m_b

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 1197 1291 2488
-2 292 851 1143
1 YES 325 581 906
2 NO 1332 977 2309

ic020rer: Were your physical changes a reason for decreasing or stopping sexual activity with your spouse or partner?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q9m_c

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 1159 1340 2499
-2 292 851 1143
1 YES 685 408 1093
2 NO 1010 1101 2111

ic021rer: Were your spouse or partner's physical changes a reason for decreasing or stopping sexual activity with your spouse or partner?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q9m_d

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 1204 1308 2512
-2 292 851 1143
-1 DON'T KNOW 2 0 2
1 YES 515 613 1128
2 NO 1133 928 2061

ic022rer: Was you losing interest a reason for decreasing or stopping sexual activity with your spouse or partner?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q9m_e

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 1208 1350 2558
-2 292 851 1143
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 0 1
1 YES 303 480 783
2 NO 1342 1019 2361

ic023rer: Was your spouse or partners losing interest a reason for decreasing or stopping sexual activity with your spouse or partner?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q9m_f

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 1196 1371 2567
-2 292 851 1143
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 1 2
1 YES 567 373 940
2 NO 1090 1104 2194

ic024rer: Was no privacy a reason for decreasing or stopping sexual activity with your spouse or partner?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q9m_g

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 1248 1397 2645
-2 292 851 1143
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 0 1
1 YES 48 28 76
2 NO 1557 1424 2981

ic025rer: Were your emotional problems a reason for decreasing or stopping sexual activity with your spouse or partner?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q9m_h

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 1244 1394 2638
-2 292 851 1143
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 0 1
1 YES 57 44 101
2 NO 1552 1411 2963

ic026rer: Were your spouse or partner's emotional problems a reason for decreasing or stopping sexual activity with your spouse or partner?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q9m_i

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 1241 1394 2635
-2 292 851 1143
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 0 1
1 YES 135 99 234
2 NO 1477 1356 2833

ic027rer: Was something else a reason for decreasing or stopping sexual activity with your spouse or partner, other than your or your partner's: illness, physical changes, losing interest, emotional problems, or no privacy?

Data source: Graduate Respondent      Collected in: 2004      Mode: mail
Source variables: q9m_j

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 1845 1626 3471
-3 REFUSED 2319 2352 4671
-2 292 851 1143
-1 DON'T KNOW 1 0 1
1 YES 158 186 344
2 NO 376 311 687

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