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health and retirement study, wave 2
full public release, version 1.00
june 18, 1998
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module 2: similarities
(n = 817)
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var #
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hhid hhid hrs household identifier
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variable n mean std dev minimum maximum
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hhid 817 49766 22856 10097 96075
pn pn hrs person number
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variable n mean std dev minimum maximum
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pn 817 18 10 10 40
... these are a few additional questions that researchers are
interested in. (if r asks what these questions are supposed
to measure, say: "the researchers are interested in whether
people think in very concrete terms or in rather abstract
terms.")
now i'd like you to tell me how some things are alike.
in what way are an orange and a banana alike?
interviewer instructions:
a. if r replies that they are both fruit, say, "good,"
write down the answer, and proceed to the next item.
b. if r gives a correct, but concrete answer, like "you
eat them both", write it down but say, that's right, you do
(eat them both). also, they are both fruit." then go on to
the next items.
c. if r fails to respond to l5a or gives an incorrect
answer, say "they are both fruit; you eat them both." and
go on to the next items.
d. do not probe "don't know" responses.
give no further help on subsequent items. however, if a
response is unclear or ambiguous, you may say, "what do
you mean?" or "tell me a little more." record
r's answer verbatim for each item.
discontinue: after 3 consecutive dks or refusals,
end this module.
[from the wechsler adult intelligence scale revised.
copyright 1981, 1985 by the psychological corporation.
reproduced by permission. all rights reserved.]
in what way... ...alike?
w9270 l5a. ...an orange and a banana?
w9271 l5b. ...a table and a chair?
w9272 l5c. ...an eye and an ear?
w9273 l5d. ...an egg and a seed?
w9274 l5e. ...air and water?
w9275 l5f. ...a fly and a tree?
w9276 l5g. ...praise and punishment?
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0 no credit
1 partial credit
2 full credit
9. refused, rf; not ascertained, na; rf or na on three
consecutive prior questions
w9270 code frequency
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0 56
1 139
2 608
9 14
w9271 code frequency
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0 379
1 133
2 290
9 15
w9272 code frequency
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0 227
1 312
2 261
9 17
w9273 code frequency
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0 329
1 349
2 112
9 27
w9274 code frequency
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0 205
1 203
2 384
9 25
w9275 code frequency
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0 560
1 92
2 135
9 30
w9276 code frequency
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0 494
1 165
2 113
9 45