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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.
1964 - Summary, Status, and Geography
liv64 Is graduate alive? st64g Graduate's state of residence. geog64 Respondent's place of residence. NOTE: See Appendix A - Memo067 for a general selection of variables used for previous WLS publications.
liv64: Is graduate alive?
Data source: Parent Respondent
Collected in: 1964
Mode: mail
Source variables: admin
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NONRESPONDENT | 613 | 716 | 1329 |
1 | Dead--no other information | 30 | 9 | 39 |
2 | Dead--some information given | 22 | 5 | 27 |
3 | Living | 4326 | 4596 | 8922 |
st64g: Graduate's state of residence.
Data source: Parent Respondent
Collected in: 1964
Mode: mail
Source variables: admin
Revisions: Added 9/04
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-2 | 56 | 15 | 71 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 55 | 67 | 122 |
0 | Not in USA | 20 | 15 | 35 |
1 | Alabama | 9 | 6 | 15 |
2 | Alaska | 5 | 0 | 5 |
3 | Arizona | 15 | 16 | 31 |
4 | Arkansas | 4 | 0 | 4 |
5 | California | 177 | 152 | 329 |
6 | Colorado | 33 | 25 | 58 |
7 | Connecticut | 9 | 7 | 16 |
8 | Delaware | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Washington, D.C. | 5 | 4 | 9 |
10 | Florida | 20 | 24 | 44 |
11 | Georgia | 13 | 7 | 20 |
12 | Hawaii | 7 | 5 | 12 |
13 | Idaho | 2 | 1 | 3 |
14 | Illinois | 139 | 213 | 352 |
15 | Indiana | 17 | 23 | 40 |
16 | Iowa | 20 | 30 | 50 |
17 | Kansas | 11 | 11 | 22 |
18 | Kentucky | 5 | 5 | 10 |
19 | Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 4 |
20 | Maine | 1 | 2 | 3 |
21 | Maryland | 20 | 6 | 26 |
22 | Massachusetts | 8 | 14 | 22 |
23 | Michigan | 37 | 46 | 83 |
24 | Minnesota | 129 | 174 | 303 |
25 | Mississippi | 3 | 3 | 6 |
26 | Missouri | 17 | 21 | 38 |
27 | Montana | 2 | 7 | 9 |
28 | Nebraska | 11 | 6 | 17 |
29 | Nevada | 1 | 2 | 3 |
30 | New Hampshire | 2 | 1 | 3 |
31 | New Jersey | 6 | 7 | 13 |
32 | New Mexico | 5 | 7 | 12 |
33 | New York | 118 | 58 | 176 |
34 | North Carolina | 12 | 7 | 19 |
35 | North Dakota | 5 | 5 | 10 |
36 | Ohio | 16 | 23 | 39 |
37 | Oklahoma | 7 | 8 | 15 |
38 | Oregon | 11 | 7 | 18 |
39 | Pennsylvania | 12 | 15 | 27 |
40 | Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | 1 |
41 | South Carolina | 3 | 4 | 7 |
42 | South Dakota | 5 | 2 | 7 |
43 | Tennessee | 2 | 6 | 8 |
44 | Texas | 40 | 16 | 56 |
45 | Utah | 2 | 0 | 2 |
46 | Vermont | 0 | 2 | 2 |
47 | Virginia | 26 | 21 | 47 |
48 | Washington | 25 | 18 | 43 |
49 | West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
50 | Wisconsin | 3838 | 4206 | 8044 |
51 | Wyoming | 0 | 3 | 3 |
public release.
See Appendix J, Cor483S for state codes.
geog64: Respondent's place of residence. Includes state, county, Minor Civil Division, and place.
Data source: Parent Respondent
Collected in: 1964
Mode: mail
Source variables: 6
Revisions: Updated 10/06
*NOT AVAILABLE ON PUBLIC RELEASE*
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
-3 | NONRESPONDENT IN 1975/NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED OR DON'T KNOW | 753 | 651 | 1404 |
9959959995 | SPO or FPO, not further specified | 99 | 20 | 119 |
10450201255 - 510610101295 | 819 | 939 | 1758 | |
511470100480 - 550430750890 | 873 | 889 | 1762 | |
550431001130 - 550790501645 | 1134 | 1358 | 2492 | |
550790551850 - 551231051905 | 832 | 927 | 1759 | |
551231402620 - 976500000000 | 481 | 542 | 1023 |
See Appendix J - Memo007 for Codes from GEOGRAPHIC
IDENTIFICATION CODE SCHEME; 1970 Census PHC(R)-3.
If R lived in a foreign country the code was taken from
Geographical Location Codes (Sept. 1969), U.S. General
Services Administration, Office of Finance.