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Phone: Cognition

The sibling respondents were asked to give answers to ten of the 
fourteen items from the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS).  
These items were assigned scores between 0 and 2, unless the 
interview was a partial and these questions were not asked.  
If the questions were not asked, the code is 9.  

The twenty-six 1992-93 graduates who are also siblings were 
only asked seven of these ten WAIS items.  The other three - si003re, 
si005re and si008re are coded -3 for these twenty-six respondents.  
si001re is coded -3 for these respondents.

See Appendix G, Cor572 for details about how the scores 0 - 2 were chosen.

  si001re          Sum of the scores for the cognition questions.
  si002re          In what way are an orange and a banana alike? 
  si003re          In what way are a dog and a lion alike? 
  si004re          In what way are an eye and an ear alike? 
  si005re          In what way are north and west alike?
  si006re          In what way are an egg and a seed alike? 
  si007re          In what way are a table and a chair alike? 
  si008re          In what way are a poem and a status alike? 
  si009re          In what way are work and play alike? 
  si010re          In what way are a fly and a tree alike? 
  si011re          In what way are praise and punishment alike?

si001re: Total cognition score.

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 1993-94      Mode: phone
Source variables: 314t, 315, 316f, 315e, 316m, 316, 315g, 318, 318f, 318m
Revisions: Updated 3/99,2/02     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2113 1861 3974
-3 PARTIAL INTERVIEW OR 92-93 GRADUATE WHO IS ALSO A SIBLING 52 42 94
0 LOWEST POSSIBLE 26 15 41
1 13 12 25
2 28 34 62
3 38 33 71
4 40 52 92
5 80 62 142
6 77 73 150
7 118 138 256
8 145 143 288
9 162 225 387
10 198 205 403
11 231 238 469
12 218 282 500
13 235 242 477
14 204 246 450
15 183 181 364
16 141 135 276
17 88 69 157
18 36 38 74
19 11 15 26
Note: If at least one individual score is -3, then SI001RE is -3.
All twenty-six 1992-93 original sample members who are also
siblings are coded -3. The total cognition score can rabnge from
0 (the lowest possible) to 20 (the highest possible).

See Appendix G - COR572 to determine how the scores 0 - 2
were chosen for variables SI002RE - SI011RE.

si002re: In what way are an orange and a banana alike?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 1993-94      Mode: phone
Source variables: 314t, RI002RE
Revisions: Updated 3/99     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2113 1861 3974
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED, PARTIAL INTERVIEW 41 24 65
0 LOW 92 86 178
1 246 170 416
2 HIGH 1945 2200 4145

si003re: In what way are a dog and a lion alike?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 1993-94      Mode: phone
Source variables: 315
Revisions: Updated 3/99     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2113 1861 3974
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED, PARTIAL INTERVIEW OR 1992-93 GRADUATE WHO IS ALSO A SIBLING 50 42 92
0 LOW 256 290 546
1 382 383 765
2 HIGH 1636 1765 3401

si004re: In what way are an eye and an ear alike?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 1993-94      Mode: phone
Source variables: 316f, RI004RE
Revisions: Updated 3/99     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2113 1861 3974
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED, PARTIAL INTERVIEW 42 24 66
0 LOW 363 353 716
1 919 1028 1947
2 HIGH 1000 1075 2075

si005re: In what way are north and west alike?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 1993-94      Mode: phone
Source variables: 315e
Revisions: Updated 3/99     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2113 1861 3974
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED, PARTIAL INTERVIEW OR 1992-93 GRADUATE WHO IS ALSO A SIBLING 50 42 92
0 LOW 384 354 738
1 10 4 14
2 HIGH 1880 2080 3960

si006re: In what way are an egg and a seed alike?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 1993-94      Mode: phone
Source variables: 316m, RI005RE
Revisions: Updated 3/99,2/02     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2113 1861 3974
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED, PARTIAL INTERVIEW 42 24 66
0 LOW 673 847 1520
1 922 1101 2023
2 HIGH 687 508 1195

si007re: In what way are a table and a chair alike?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 1993-94      Mode: phone
Source variables: 316, RI003RE
Revisions: Updated 3/99     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2113 1861 3974
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED, PARTIAL INTERVIEW 42 24 66
0 LOW 1042 978 2020
1 282 271 553
2 HIGH 958 1207 2165

si008re: In what way are a poem and a statue alike?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 1993-94      Mode: phone
Source variables: 315g
Revisions: Updated 3/99     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2113 1861 3974
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED, PARTIAL INTERVIEW OR 1992-93 GRADUATE WHO IS ALSO A SIBLING 50 42 92
0 LOW 958 989 1947
1 285 367 652
2 HIGH 1031 1082 2113

si009re: In what way are work and play alike?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 1993-94      Mode: phone
Source variables: 318, RI007RE
Revisions: Updated 3/99,2/02     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2113 1861 3974
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED, PARTIAL INTERVIEW 44 24 68
0 LOW 1018 1108 2126
1 1233 1315 2548
2 HIGH 29 33 62

si010re: In what way are a fly and a tree alike?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 1993-94      Mode: phone
Source variables: 318f, RI008RE
Revisions: Updated 3/99     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2113 1861 3974
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED, PARTIAL INTERVIEW 44 24 68
0 LOW 1425 1568 2993
1 337 474 811
2 HIGH 518 414 932

si011re: In what way are praise and punishment alike?

Data source: Sibling Respondent      Collected in: 1993-94      Mode: phone
Source variables: 318m, RI009RE
Revisions: Updated 3/99,2/02     

Frequencies
Value Label Male Female Total
. System missing - NR 2113 1861 3974
-3 NOT ASCERTAINED, PARTIAL INTERVIEW 44 24 68
0 LOW 1502 1631 3133
1 431 465 896
2 HIGH 347 360 707

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