WLS Codebooks
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.
1957 - Summary, Status, and Geography
agersp Current age schcode School code of the high school graduate attended in 1957 pop57 - res57 Population information of respondent's residence NOTE: See Appendix A - Memo067 for a general selection of variables used for previous WLS publications. NOTE: See Appendix A - COR000a for Recoding of 1957 questionnaires (8/18/62) and COR336at3 for Location of 1957 raw data: Status of variables and recommendations for 1983 recoding.
agersp: Age of graduate.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1957
Mode: SAQ
Source variables: iv
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED | 187 | 215 | 402 |
15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | 27 | 34 | 61 | |
17 | 2237 | 2798 | 5035 | |
18 | 2224 | 2124 | 4348 | |
19 | 291 | 145 | 436 | |
20 | 22 | 7 | 29 | |
21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
45 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
schcode: School code of the high school graduate attended in 1957.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1957
Mode: SAQ
Source variables: idswl
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
1001 - 1101 | 1034 | 1041 | 2075 | |
1102 - 1190 | 984 | 1136 | 2120 | |
1191 - 1269 | 1027 | 1042 | 2069 | |
1270 - 1347 | 1000 | 1084 | 2084 | |
1348 - 1455 | 946 | 1023 | 1969 |
pop57: 1957 Population of town in which graduate attended high school.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1957
Mode: SAQ
Source variables: vi
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
2 | Under 1,000 | 780 | 808 | 1588 |
3 | 1,000 - 2,499 | 742 | 736 | 1478 |
4 | 2,500 - 9,999 | 1024 | 992 | 2016 |
5 | 10,000 - 24,999 | 505 | 509 | 1014 |
6 | 25,000 - 49,999 | 801 | 847 | 1648 |
7 | 50,000 - 99,999 | 328 | 432 | 760 |
8 | 100,000 - 150,000 (Madison) | 144 | 154 | 298 |
9 | Over 150,000 (Milwaukee) | 667 | 848 | 1515 |
to the size of community in which he attended high school.
Hence, to make this variable comparable to RLUR57, nobody
is coded as "1".
rlur57: 1957 Population of town in which graduate attended high school with rural-urban distinction.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1957
Mode: SAQ
Source variables: vi
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
1 | Rural - Graduate's father a farmer | 930 | 951 | 1881 |
2 | Under 1,000 | 468 | 466 | 934 |
3 | 1,000 - 2,499 | 470 | 466 | 936 |
4 | 2,500 - 9,999 | 767 | 761 | 1528 |
5 | 10,000 - 24,999 | 467 | 459 | 926 |
6 | 25,000 - 49,999 | 760 | 811 | 1571 |
7 | 50,000 - 99,999 | 325 | 422 | 747 |
8 | 100,000 - 150,000 (Madison) | 140 | 149 | 289 |
9 | Over 150,000 (Milwaukee) | 664 | 841 | 1505 |
res57: 1957 Residential area of graduate. Degree of urbanization.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1957
Mode: SAQ
Source variables: vii
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
1 | Counties with no city over 2,500 | 574 | 596 | 1170 |
2 | Counties with a city of 2,500-4,999 | 487 | 453 | 940 |
3 | Counties with a city of 5,000-9,999 | 744 | 739 | 1483 |
4 | Counties with a city of 10,000-24,999 | 346 | 355 | 701 |
5 | Counties with a city of 25,000-49,999 | 1118 | 1177 | 2295 |
6 | Metropolitan areas other than Madison and Milwaukee (Brown, Kenosha, Racine, Douglas counties) | 428 | 522 | 950 |
7 | Madison metropolitan area (Dane County) | 235 | 239 | 474 |
8 | Milwaukee metropolitan area (Milwaukee and Waukesha counties) | 1059 | 1245 | 2304 |