The Changing Lives of Older Couples Study

Wave II Widow Follow-up Survey

CODEBOOK

Facesheet

VAR #

4001 FS. Seq.#/CASE ID

4002 FS. Respondent # -- 1st 4 digits (CLOC ID#)

4003 FS. Respondent # -- last 2 digits, preprinted

[V4004: BUILD 6-digit Respondent ID# (V4002+V4003)]

Rev. 10/24/91

4005 FS. Result Code

01. Complete I'v

03. Complete Telephone I'v

05. Partial I'v

07. Partial Telephone I'v

4006 FS. Respondent "history": 2 digits

Code 1st 2-digit # precoded on Facesheet

4007 FS. ID# of person to whom R is matched

Code 1st 4 digits of ID# precoded on Facesheet

4008 FS. ID# of person to whom R is matched

Code last 2 digits of ID# precoded on Facesheet

[V4009: BUILD 6-digit ID# (V4007+V4008)]

4010 FS. "History" of person to whom R is matched: 2 digits

Code last 2-digit # precoded on Facesheet

4011 FS1. INTERVIEWER's ID# (4 digits from label)

4012 FS2. Interview No.: (2 digits from box)

99. NA

4013 FS3. Date of Interview--MONTH

Code MONTH (01-12)

4014 FS3. Date of Interview--DAY

Code DAY (01-31)

4015 FS3. Date of Interview--YEAR

Code 4-digit YEAR (1988-1995)

4016 FS4. Length of Interview

Code # of MINS (001-240)

SECTION A: HOUSEHOLD LISTING AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE DEATH

A1. First, I need to list all the people who live here. I don't need names, just the age, sex and relationship to you for each person. Let's start with you. How old are you?

Now I need the age, sex and relationship to you of any other adults and children who live here.

4101 A1. SUMMARY # Persons in HOUSEHOLD

┌──────────────┐

│0 in 4105-4131├───── 01. One ┌──────────────┐

└──────────────┘ │Code # persons│

┌──────────────┐ │listed in grid│

│0 in 4108-4131├─────02. Two │(01-20). │

└──────────────┘