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Phone: Parents

SPAR Parent Module  

OVERVIEW

Information about the Sibling Respondent's parent(s) was collected in the
following manner:
     
     -Mortality status of the respondent's mother was requested.  If the
respondent's mother was deceased, information about the date, place and cause
of death was ascertained. If the respondent's mother was living, information
about her health, living situation, and frequency of contact with the
respondent was ascertained. For a random 50 percent sample of respondents with
living mothers, information about closeness and similarity in outlook was
ascertained as well.  If data on the respondent's mother's date of birth or
name was missing from existing records, that information was ascertained as
well regardless of the mortality status of the respondent's mother.  All
respondents were asked the nationality of their mother regardless of her
mortality status.  

     -Mortality status of the respondent's father was requested.  If the
respondent's father was deceased,information about the date, place and cause of
death was ascertained. If the respondent's father was living, information about
his health, whether he was currently married to and living with the
respondent's mother if both were reported as living, his living situation if
the respondent's father was not currently living with the respondent's living
mother, and frequency of contact with the respondent was ascertained. For a
random 50 percent sample of respondents with living fathers, information about
closeness and similarity in outlook was ascertained as well.  If data on the
respondent's father's date of birth, name, or nationality was missing from
existing records, that information was ascertained as well regardless of the
mortality status of the respondent's father.
      
     -Comparison questions concerning work, finances, and family were asked of
a random 50 percent of respondents whose same-sex parent lived to at least age
60.  A random 10 percent of respondents whose same sex parent lived to at least
age 60 were also asked to a comparison question concerning education.
     
     -Mortality status of the respondent's father and mother-in-law were
ascertained if the respondent was currently married according to information
collected in the interview in the marriage module.
      

BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS 

    CE048RE:            Sibling in closeness/comparison sample?

    CE050MA-CE061MAB:   Variables for Mother of Respondent:  Year          
                        of Birth, Year of Death, Cause of Death,
                        Nationality, Health, Residence, Contact
                        with Sibling Respondent, Similar Outlook to Sibling 
                        Respondent, Closeness with Sibling Respondent.   

    CE062FA-CE073FAB:   Variables for Father of Respondent: Year          
                        of Birth, Year of Death, Cause of Death, 
                        Nationality, Health, Residence, Contact
                        with Sibling Respondent, Similar Outlook to Sibling
                        Respondent, Closeness with Sibling Respondent.   
     
    CE074PAB-CE075PAC:  Variables for Parents of Respondent: Married 
                        to Each Other, Same Residence. 

    CE076PAC-CE079PAD:  Variables for Same Sex Parent of Respondent: 
                        Lived to Age 60, Similarity to Sibling Respondent in 
                        Education, Similarity to Sibling Respondent in Work,
                        Similarity to Sibling Respondent Financially.

    CE080MI:            Mortality Status of Mother-in-Law if the 
                        Respondent was Currently Married.

    CE085FI:            Mortality Status of Father-in-Law if the 
                        Respondent was Currently Married.
              
NOTE: For variable creation details see cor973 in Appendix D.

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