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Phone: Summary Variables

Summary Variables for Sibling Spouse Phone Instrument 


OVERVIEW

This module contains information about the sibling spouse rather than 
responses from the sibling spouse.  Details such as age at time of 
interview, place of residence at time of interview, number of sessions 
to complete the interview are included in this module.  See next section 
for complete details.

BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS

   ba003re             Sibling spouse respondent's age at time of interview. 
   
   ba006re             Did sibling spouse complete the entire phone interview?
   
   ba007re             First unanswered question in Q file for partial phone 
                       completes.
 
   ba008re             Module of first unanswered question for partial phone 
                       interviews.
 
   ba016rem-ba016rey   Month, day and year of 2005 sibling spouse respondent 
                       telephone interview. 
  
   ba019re             ID number of last interviewer for Sibling Spouse 
                       Respondent in 2005.
  
   ba020re             State of sibling spouse respondent's residence at time 
                       of 2005 interview.   
   
   ba021re             Five digit FIPS code for sibling spouse respondent's 
                       residence at time of 2005 interview. 
   
   ba029re             Date 2005 sibling spouse telephone interview was 
                       delivered to WLS from UWSC. 
  
   ba030re             Number of sessions completed between sibling spouse 
                       respondent and interviewer. 
     
   ba223re-ba234re     Number of calls talked to someone, number of calls busy,
                       number of calls MAD.
                       
   ba236re             Total time to complete the telephone interview.
   
   ba300re             Total number of attempted contacts with sibling spouse 
                       respondent.

ba001re: Sibling Spouse Respondent gender.

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: SEXSPOUS

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
1 MALE 946 0 946
2 FEMALE 0 1179 1179

ba002rem: Month of Sibling Spouse Respondent birth.

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: SPSMNBTH
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-1 DON'T KNOW 0 1 1
1 67 102 169
2 79 94 173
3 86 113 199
4 72 88 160
5 91 88 179
6 93 81 174
7 79 110 189
8 90 102 192
9 76 102 178
10 64 99 163
11 70 86 156
12 79 113 192

ba002rey: Year of Sibling Spouse Respondent birth.

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: SPSYRBTH

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 1 0 1
1916 - 1935 297 138 435
1936 - 1940 210 221 431
1941 - 1944 204 272 476
1945 - 1949 147 292 439
1950 - 1971 87 256 343

ba003re: Sibling Spouse Respondent age at time of interview

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: SPSAGE

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 1 0 1
34 - 57 126 353 479
58 - 62 201 339 540
63 - 67 238 260 498
68 - 74 260 175 435
75 - 102 120 52 172

ba006re: Did sibling spouse complete the entire phone interview or partial?

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: partial

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
1 COMPLETED QUESTIONS FOR ENTIRE INTERVIEW 931 1168 2099
2 PARTIAL 15 11 26
Note: If the R responded to questions through the end of the health module, all
responses are included in analysis variables; and any unanswered questions are
coded -5.

ba007re: First unanswered question in Q file for partial phone completes.

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: trace file
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
"-2, inap" 931 1168 2099
"h_i110" 0 1 1
"h_i130" 1 2 3
"h_i230" 2 1 3
"h_p110" 1 0 1
"h_p510" 0 2 2
"h_p660" 2 1 3
"h_pintro" 1 0 1
"h_s10" 2 0 2
"h_s40" 0 1 1
"h_u10" 1 0 1
"h_u100" 2 0 2
"h_u60" 1 0 1
"h_z100" 0 1 1
"hc76f" 0 1 1
"ncat1_a" 1 1 2
"wpa4c" 1 0 1

ba008re: Module of first unanswered question for partial phone interviews.

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: trace file
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-2 931 1168 2099
8 HDEPR 2 0 2
9 HALC 2 0 2
10 HCOGIMM 3 4 7
11 HACINS 2 1 3
14 HOINC 1 0 1
15 HASSETS 3 3 6
17 HMARR 0 1 1
18 HNCAT 1 1 2
19 HEOLPREP 1 0 1
21 HINET 0 1 1

ba016rem: Month of Sibling Spouse Respondent telephone interview.

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: mm

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
1 January 21 56 77
2 February 78 96 174
3 March 33 50 83
4 April 119 142 261
5 May 32 43 75
6 June 256 315 571
7 July 87 99 186
8 August 65 61 126
9 September 106 139 245
10 October 28 42 70
11 November 64 89 153
12 December 57 47 104

ba016red: Day of Sibling Spouse Respondent telephone interview.

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: dd
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
1 - 7 213 299 512
8 - 12 205 264 469
13 - 18 247 250 497
19 - 26 201 242 443
27 - 31 80 124 204

ba016rey: Year of Sibling Spouse Respondent telephone interview.

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: yyyy

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
2005 491 584 1075
2006 425 537 962
2007 30 58 88

ba019re: ID number of last interviewer for Sibling Spouse Respondent in 2005-07.

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: invw

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-5 PARTIAL INTERVIEW 18 11 29
864 - 1570 177 257 434
1578 - 1791 211 244 455
1800 - 1858 191 239 430
1859 - 1941 191 235 426
1946 - 2181 158 193 351

ba020re: State of Sibling Spouse residence at time of 2004 interview.

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: state2

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
1 Alabama 5 4 9
2 Alaska 3 2 5
3 Arizona 22 23 45
4 Arkansas 5 10 15
5 California 35 35 70
6 Colorado 9 19 28
7 Connecticut 1 5 6
8 Delaware 2 0 2
9 Washington, D.C. 1 2 3
10 Florida 28 24 52
11 Georgia 8 6 14
12 Hawaii 0 2 2
13 Idaho 3 1 4
14 Illinois 25 31 56
15 Indiana 4 9 13
16 Iowa 2 5 7
17 Kansas 4 2 6
18 Kentucky 3 7 10
19 Louisiana 0 2 2
20 Maine 1 0 1
21 Maryland 2 4 6
22 Massachusetts 5 3 8
23 Michigan 8 13 21
24 Minnesota 39 55 94
25 Mississippi 1 1 2
26 Missouri 4 9 13
27 Montana 5 5 10
28 Nebraska 2 1 3
29 Nevada 2 4 6
30 New Hampshire 1 1 2
31 New Jersey 2 3 5
32 New Mexico 4 3 7
33 New York 6 4 10
34 North Carolina 10 7 17
35 North Dakota 1 2 3
36 Ohio 12 7 19
37 Oklahoma 1 1 2
38 Oregon 1 9 10
39 Pennsylvania 4 11 15
41 South Carolina 1 2 3
42 South Dakota 4 1 5
43 Tennessee 9 7 16
44 Texas 13 14 27
45 Utah 1 1 2
46 Vermont 0 1 1
47 Virginia 6 10 16
48 Washington 7 14 21
49 West Virginia 0 1 1
50 Wisconsin 634 793 1427
51 Wyoming 0 2 2
126 Israel 0 1 1
Note: On public release only codes available are Wisconsin (50) and non-Wisconsin (0)

ba021re: Five digit FIPS code for Sibling Spouse residence at time of 2005 interview

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: trace file
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 0 5 5
-2 0 1 1
1015 - 27053 198 239 437
27055 - 55025 235 284 519
55027 - 55079 226 273 499
55081 - 55131 186 247 433
55133 - 56029 101 130 231

ba029re: Date 2005-07 sibling spouse's telephone interview was delivered to WLS from UWSC.

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: trace file
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
"01/02/07" 22 28 50
"02/07/07" 14 43 57
"03/06/06" 69 88 157
"05/02/06" 6 11 17
"06/27/05" 32 42 74
"06/28/05" 112 131 243
"08/09/06" 53 67 120
"09/07/06" 50 52 102
"09/08/05" 15 9 24
"11/08/05" 5 14 19
Note: Only 11 of 25 values are listed.

ba030re: Number of sessions completed between Sibling Spouse Respondent and Interviewer.

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: trace file

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 2 3 5
1 601 755 1356
2 197 235 432
3 81 93 174
4 39 42 81
5 13 21 34
6 6 13 19
7 4 7 11
8 3 6 9
9 0 4 4

ba223re: Number of calls talked to someone

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: trace file

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
1 294 378 672
2 234 337 571
3 - 4 197 269 466
5 - 41 221 195 416

ba233re: Number of calls busy

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: trace file

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
0 899 1124 2023
1 37 45 82
2 9 8 17
3 0 2 2
5 1 0 1

ba234re: Number of calls MAD

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: trace file

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
0 431 506 937
1 - 2 243 352 595
3 - 10 205 237 442
11 - 117 67 84 151

ba236re: Total time in minutes to complete interview

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: trace file

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
-4 NOT ASCERTAINED 8 13 21
12 - 29 190 284 474
30 - 33 194 253 447
34 - 37 184 248 432
38 - 44 216 239 455
45 - 96 154 142 296

ba300re: Total number of attempted contacts with sibling spouse respondent

Data source: Sibling Spouse Respondent      Collected in: 2005      Mode: phone
Source variables: trace file

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
1 - 2 356 431 787
3 - 4 189 296 485
5 - 9 205 243 448
10 - 119 196 209 405

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