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The
Changing Lives of Older Couples
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│GENERAL CODING
INSTRUCTIONS│
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1. Ages given in fractions should always
be rounded down (2-1/2 = 2).
2. Scales where 2 adjacent boxes are
checked or Iw'r indicates that R's answer is between 2 adjacent choices
on the scale should be coded toward the extremes of the scale (i.e., away from
the center choice). Therefore, on a
5-point scale if choices 1 and 2 are marked, code 1, but if 3 and 4 are marked,
code 4.
3. In all other cases of ranges
given in answer to "quantity" or "amount" items, code the
midpoint of the range and, if necessary, round to the nearest ODD number.
("5-10 = 7; "3 or 4" = 3, etc.)
4. If R answers "don't know" to a
question which has no special code for DK (usually 8, 98, 998, etc.), then code
the don't know response with NA as 9 (or 99, 999, etc.).
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The Changing Lives of
Older Couples
(Facesheet;
A4b)
VAR #
1 FS1. Case ID (0001 - 2399)
Built variable
2 FS2. Result Code
Code precoded number
from upper left box on Facesheet
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01. Complete
│IF NOT PRECODED,
ENTER ON FACESHEET IN │
05. Partial
│BLUE PENCIL. CODE AS "PARTIAL" IF 3 │
│CONSECUTIVE PAGES
SKIPPED BY
99. NA
│AN ENTIRE SECTION
SKIPPED OR REFUSED BY R.│
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3 FS3. Date of IW: MONTH
Code month (01-12)
99. NA
4 FS3. Date of IW: DAY
Code day (01-31)
99. NA
5 FS6. CHECK WHICH:
1. WIFE IW
2. HUSBAND IW
6 A1. Altogether,
how many children do you have? Please
include any
adopted and stepsons
and stepdaughters you may have.
Code NUMBER OF
CHILDREN (01-20) except:
┌───────┬──────────98. DK
│0 in ├──────────99. NA
│7-27 │
└───────┴──────────00. NONE
7 A2. Do you have any children who are not
living here with you at the present time?
Again, please include adopted or stepsons
and step-daughters
not living here.
1. YES
┌───────┬──────────5. NO, NO CHILDREN ELSEWHERE
│0 in │
│8-27 ├──────────9. NA
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0. Inap, 00, 98-99 in 6
8 A2aSUM. SUMMARY:
# of children living elsewhere
Code # of children in
A2a grid (1-8)
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│0 in 11-24 ├─────1. One
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│0 in 13-24 ├────