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health and retirement study, wave 2
full public release, version 1.00
june 18, 1998
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section e: siblings
(n = 17880)
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- the variables and codes in this codebook are a
combination of questions originally asked separately
regarding siblings and siblings-in-law.
- now that the questions are combined into a single set
of variables, analysts will want to use the variable
"sibcode" to determine if a particular record refers
to a sibling or sibling-in-law.
var #
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hhid hhid hrs household identifier
____________________________________________________________
variable n mean std dev minimum maximum
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hhid 17880 48057 23317 10004 99564
w2subhh w2subhh hrs wave 2 sub-household identifier
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w2subhh code frequency
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0 17464
1 178
2 157
3 81
pn pn hrs person number (of sibling)
____________________________________________________________
for this file, "pn" is the person number of the
sibling being referred to in the record.
317 records in the sibling file have person number
values of "999". these cases have not yet been
assigned person numbers for a variety of reasons.
as an example, we are aware that some of these
person numbers have not been assigned because the
associated respondent is deceased.
we will attempt to assign person numbers to these
records in the near future, but in the meantime it
is up to the analyst to decide how to deal with
these special cases.
variable n mean std dev minimum maximum
------------------------------------------------------------
pn 17880 557 78 501 999
hhidpn hhidpn hrs household id + hrs person number (of sibling)
____________________________________________________________
for this file, "hhidpn" is the household id and
person number of the sibling being referred to in
the record.
317 records in the sibling file have person number
values of "999". these cases have not yet been
assigned person numbers for a variety of reasons.
as an example, we are aware that some of these
person numbers have not been assigned because the
associated respondent is deceased.
we will attempt to assign person numbers to these
records in the near future, but in the meantime it
is up to the analyst to decide how to deal with
these special cases.
variable n mean std dev minimum maximum
------------------------------------------------------------
hhidpn 17880 48057287 23316880 10004501 99564501
rpn rpn hrs person number (of family respondent)
____________________________________________________________
"rpn" is the person number of the family respondent
who gave the data.
rpn code frequency
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10 7054
11 159
20 5086
21 6
30 1897
31 4
40 3674
hhidrpn hhidrpn hrs household id + hrs person number (of family
respondent)
____________________________________________________________
"hhidrpn" is the household id and person number of
the family respondent who gave the data.
variable n mean std dev minimum maximum
------------------------------------------------------------
hhidrpn 17880 48056752 23316881 10004040 99564010
famflag family respondent problem flag
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the intent when collecting hrs2 was to have only one
respondent in a household provide the family
information; this person was dubbed the "family
respondent". however, two types of problems
occured: too many family respondents (more than one
per household), and not enough family respondents
(none in the household).
too many family respondents:
in ten paired households (20 respondents), family
information was given by more than one respondent,
resulting in more than one family respondent per
household. unfortunately, the information given
by each person was not always consistent, and so
the solution to the problem is left to the user,
and is best dealt with prior to analyzing the data.
not enough family respondents:
this file does not contain records for households
where there was no family respondent.
0. sibling is associated with a household that
contains one family respondent
(no special attention needed)
1. sibling is associated with a household that
contains two family respondents
(will require special attention by analyst)
famflag code frequency
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0 17862
1 18
sibcode sibcode sibling or sibling-in-law?
____________________________________________________________
1. sibling (sibling of family respondent)
variables for this record originated from the
sibling set of questions.
2. sibling-in-law (sibling of family respondent's
spouse/partner)
variables for this record originated from the
sibling-in-law set of questions.
sibcode code frequency
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1 11701
2 6179
siborder siborder sibling: original order of appearance.
____________________________________________________________
indicates order in which siblings appeared in
original flat file.
01-18. order listed (1=first, 18=eighteenth)
00. inap; not a sibling (is a sibling-in-law)
siborder code frequency
-----------------------
0 6179
1 3376
2 2586
3 1849
4 1278
5 890
6 624
7 437
8 288
9 162
10 99
11 54
12 25
13 17
14 8
15 4
16 2
17 1
18 1
silorder silorder sibling-in-law: original order of appearance.
____________________________________________________________
indicates order in which siblings-in-law appeared
in original flat file.
01-18. order listed (1=first, 18=eighteenth)
00. inap; not a sibling-in-law (is a sibling)
silorder code frequency
-----------------------
0 11701
1 1901
2 1438
3 992
4 644
5 424
6 275
7 200
8 128
9 83
10 42
11 21
12 13
13 10
14 3
15 2
16 1
17 1
18 1
e76./176. the last time we talked with your household we
asked for information about your brothers and
sisters. first we'd like to confirm that we have
a listing that includes all of them.
sibling roster
our records show that your brothers and sisters
include:
w8101 relation to respondent/relation to spouse
____________________________________________________________
1. brother
2. sister
8. don't know; dk
9. refused; rf
0. inap
w8101 code frequency
----------------------
0 114
1 8593
2 9173
w8102 marital status
____________________________________________________________
1. married
2. not married
8. don't know; dk
9. refused; rf
0. inap
w8102 code frequency
----------------------
0 338
1 12715
5 4773
8 52
9 2
w8103 problem code
____________________________________________________________
1. ok
2. don't keep in touch
3. died
4. not sibling of respondent or husband/wife/
partner
5. change in name/relationship to respondent
6. sibling added to list
7. other (specify)
8. don't know; dk
9. refused; rf
0. inap
w8103 code frequency
----------------------
0 186
1 16749
2 97
3 161
4 12
5 60
6 561
7 54
e76e./176e. (in what month and year did (he/she) die?)
w8104 month died
____________________________________________________________
01. january
02. february
03. march
04. april
05. may
06. june
07. july
08. august
09. september
10. october
11. november
12. december
98. don't know; dk
99. refused; rf
00. inap
variable n mean std dev minimum maximum
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w8104 17880 0 3 0 98
w8105 year died
____________________________________________________________
1900-1995. year
9998. don't know; dk
9999. refused; rf
0000. inap
variable n mean std dev minimum maximum
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w8105 17880 23 308 0 9999
e76g/h./176g/h. now for questions about your brother's and
sister's number of children and
grandchildren.
for each name, ask
w8106 e76g./176g. how many children?
____________________________________________________________
01-14. have 01-14 children
15. has 15 or more children
96. has no children
98. don't know; dk
99. refused; rf
00. inap
variable n mean std dev minimum maximum
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w8106 17880 16 33 0 99
w8107 e76h./176h. how many grandchildren?
____________________________________________________________
01-14. have 01-14 grandchildren
15. has 15 or more grandchildren
96. has no grandchildren
98. don't know; dk
99. refused; rf
00. inap
variable n mean std dev minimum maximum
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w8107 17880 49 47 0 99
w8108 e76j./176j. how old is (sibling name)?
____________________________________________________________
01-97. age
98. don't know; dk
99. refused; rf
00. inap
variable n mean std dev minimum maximum
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w8108 17880 2 11 0 99
e77./177. now i'd like to update our records for your
brothers' and sisters' current situation. if what
i say about someone is incorrect, please tell me
so we can change it.
w8109 e77a./177a. (is (he/she) working 30 or more hours per week,
under 30 hours, or not at all?)
____________________________________________________________
1. is working 30 or more hours per week
2. is working under 30 hours per week
3. is not working
8. don't know; dk
9. refused; rf
0. inap
w8109 code frequency
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0 4657
1 7865
2 971
3 4048
8 334
9 5
w8110 e77b./177b. (does (he/she) have anyone under 18 living with
(him/her)?)
____________________________________________________________
1. has someone under 18
5. does not have anyone under 18
8. don't know; dk
9. refused; rf
0. inap
w8110 code frequency
----------------------
0 4633
1 3796
5 9260
8 185
9 6
w8111 e77c./177c. would you say (his/her) financial situation is
better, worse, or about the same as yours?
____________________________________________________________
1. better than yours
2. worse than yours
3. same as yours
8. don't know; dk
9. refused; rf
0. inap
w8111 code frequency
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0 4529
1 4688
2 3073
3 4376
8 1116
9 98
w8112 e77d./177d. (does (he/she) own a home?)
____________________________________________________________
1. owns a home
5. does not own a home
8. don't know; dk
9. refused; rf
0. inap
w8112 code frequency
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0 4637
1 9651
5 3381
8 207
9 4
w8113 e77e. (does (he/she) live with your parents?)
e177e. (did (he/she) live with your (husband's/wife's/
partner's) parents?)
____________________________________________________________
1. is living with your parent(s)
5. is not living with your parent(s)
8. don't know; dk
9. refused; rf
0. inap
w8113 code frequency
----------------------
0 4609
1 790
5 12436
8 39
9 6
w8114 e77f. (does (he/she) live within 10 miles of your
parent(s)?)
e177f. (does (he/she) live within 10 miles of your
(husband's/wife's/partner's) parent(s)?)
____________________________________________________________
1. lives within 10 miles
5. does not live within 10 miles
8. don't know; dk
9. refused; rf
0. inap
w8114 code frequency
----------------------
0 5189
1 4513
5 8077
8 88
9 13
w8115 e80. in the past 12 months,did any of your brothers or
sisters give financial assistance to your (parent/
parents/stepparent/stepparents) amounting to $100
or more?
e180. in the past 12 months, did any of your (husband's/
wife's/partner's) brothers or sisters given financial
assistance to your (husband's/wife's/partner's)
parent(s) amounting to $100 or more?
[note: by financial assistance we mean giving money,
helping pay bills, or covering specific types of
costs such as those for medical care or insurance,
schooling, down payment for a home, rent, etc. the
financial assistance can be considered support, a
gift or a loan.
____________________________________________________________
1. yes
5. no
8. don't know; dk
9. refused; rf
0. inap
w8115 code frequency
----------------------
0 489
1 3312
5 12528
8 1480
9 71
e80b. for: person(s)...
which brother or sister gave such assistance?
e180b. for: person(s)
which brother or sister gave such assistance?)
w8116 person(s)=mother
w8118 person(s)=father
w8120 person(s)=parents
w8122 person(s)=mother/stepfather
w8124 person(s)=father/stepmother
w8126 person(s)=stepfather
w8128 person(s)=stepmother
____________________________________________________________
for this variable, being greater than 0 means
that the sibling in that record gave assistance
of this sort to the person(s) type.
the number greater than 0 also relates the order
in which they were mentioned for giving this
sort of assistance.
01-18. first sibling or sibling-in-law to
eighteenth sibling mentioned as
giving this sort of assistance
00. sibling or sibling-in-law was not
mentioned as giving this sort of
assistance
w8116 code frequency
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0 16547
1 616
2 295
3 162
4 94
5 58
6 47
7 29
8 18
9 9
10 5
w8118 code frequency
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0 17671
1 100
2 40
3 23
4 17
5 13
6 8
7 5
8 3
w8120 code frequency
----------------------
0 17760
1 61
2 25
3 14
4 7
5 3
6 3
7 2
8 1
9 1
10 1
11 1
12 1
w8122 code frequency
----------------------
0 17868
1 9
2 3
w8124 code frequency
----------------------
0 17871
1 4
2 2
3 2
4 1
w8126 code frequency
----------------------
0 17880
w8128 code frequency
----------------------
0 17880
e80c. for: person(s)...
which of (you/them) helped the most?
e180c. for: person(s)...
which of (you/them) helped the most?
w8117 person(s)=mother
w8119 person(s)=father
w8121 person(s)=parents
w8123 person(s)=mother/stepfather
w8125 person(s)=father/stepmother
w8127 person(s)=stepfather
w8129 person(s)=stepmother
____________________________________________________________
this variable can be compared with siborder (if
we are examining siblings) or silorder (if we
are examining siblings-in-law) to determine which
sibling or sibling-in-law gave the most help.
01-18. sibling 1-18 from siborder or sibling-in-law
1-18 from silorder
19. respondent
95. siblings or siblings-in-law helped equally
98. don't know; dk
99. refused; rf
00. inap
w8117 code frequency
----------------------
0 16547
1 272
2 176
3 129
4 87
5 33
6 39
7 17
8 14
9 3
10 11
11 1
19 287
95 168
98 96
w8119 code frequency
----------------------
0 17671
1 59
2 30
3 21
4 8
5 13
6 3
7 3
8 12
19 43
95 11
98 6
w8121 code frequency
----------------------
0 17760
1 21
2 23
3 14
4 12
6 5
7 3
19 35
95 4
98 3
w8123 code frequency
----------------------
0 17868
1 3
2 2
3 1
19 2
95 4
w8125 code frequency
----------------------
0 17871
1 5
5 3
95 1
w8127 code frequency
----------------------
0 17880
w8129 code frequency
----------------------
0 17880
w8130 e82. in the past 12 months, did any of your brothers or
sisters help your (parent/parents/stepparent/
stepparents) with basic personal needs?
e182. in the past 12 months, did any of your (husband's/
wife's/partner's) brothers or sisters help your
(husband's/wife's/partner's) parent(s) with basic
personal needs?
____________________________________________________________
1. yes
5. no
8. don't know; dk
9. refused; rf
0. inap
w8130 code frequency
----------------------
0 474
1 3535
5 13446
8 390
9 35
e82b. for: person(s)...
which brother or sister gave such assistance?
e182b. for: person(s)
which brother or sister gave such assistance?)
w8131 person(s)=mother
w8133 person(s)=father
w8135 person(s)=parents
w8137 person(s)=mother/stepfather
w8139 person(s)=father/stepmother
w8141 person(s)=stepfather
w8143 person(s)=stepmother
____________________________________________________________
for this variable, being greater than 0 means
that the sibling in that record gave assistance
of this sort to the person(s) type.
the number greater than 0 also relates the order
in which they were mentioned for giving this
sort of assistance.
01-18. first sibling or sibling-in-law to
eighteenth sibling mentioned as
giving this sort of assistance
00. sibling or sibling-in-law was not
mentioned as giving this sort of
assistance
w8131 code frequency
----------------------
0 16698
1 721
2 229
3 104
4 48
5 29
6 21
7 11
8 9
9 4
10 3
11 2
12 1
w8133 code frequency
----------------------
0 17514
1 195
2 71
3 39
4 27
5 19
6 10
7 3
8 2
w8135 code frequency
----------------------
0 17880
w8137 code frequency
----------------------
0 17880
w8139 code frequency
----------------------
0 17880
w8141 code frequency
----------------------
0 17876
1 3
2 1
w8143 code frequency
----------------------
0 17872
1 5
2 2
3 1
e82c. for: person(s)...
which of (you/them) helped the most?
e182c. for: person(s)
which of (you/them) helped the most?
w8132 person(s)=mother
w8134 person(s)=father
w8136 person(s)=parents
w8138 person(s)=mother/stepfather
w8140 person(s)=father/stepmother
w8142 person(s)=stepfather
w8144 person(s)=stepmother
____________________________________________________________
this variable can be compared with siborder (if
we are examining siblings) or silorder (if we
are examining siblings-in-law) to determine which
sibling or sibling-in-law gave the most help.
for example, if we are examining siblings
(sibcode=1) and this variable says sibling "3"
helped the most, the sibling with a "3" in
siborder is the sibling that helped the most.
01-18. sibling 1-18 from siborder or sibling-in-law
1-18 from silorder
19. respondent
20. respondent's spouse
95. siblings or siblings-in-law helped equally
98. don't know; dk
99. refused; rf
00. inap
w8132 code frequency
----------------------
0 17043
1 140
2 122
3 98
4 83
5 65
6 9
7 29
8 21
9 3
10 15
19 132
20 23
95 68
98 29
w8134 code frequency
----------------------
0 17602
1 86
2 33
3 28
4 21
5 15
8 3
9 2
11 5
19 45
20 2
95 16
98 22
w8136 code frequency
----------------------
0 17880
w8138 code frequency
----------------------
0 17880
w8140 code frequency
----------------------
0 17880
w8142 code frequency
----------------------
0 17878
1 2
w8144 code frequency
----------------------
0 17875
3 2
4 3