The Changing Lives of Older Couples Study

Wave III WIDOW Follow-up Survey

CODEBOOK

Facesheet

VAR #

7001 FS. Seq.#/CASE ID

7002 FS. Respondent # -- 1st 4 digits (CLOC ID#)

7003 FS. Respondent # -- last 2 digits, preprinted as 31

[V7004: BUILD 6-digit Respondent ID# (V7002+V7003)]

7005 FS. Result Code

01. Complete I'v

03. Complete Telephone I'v

05. Partial I'v

07. Partial Telephone I'v

7006 FS. Respondent "history": 2 digits

Code 1st 2-digit # precoded on Facesheet

7007 FS. Matched Control ID#--1st 4 digits

7008 FS. Matched Control ID#--last 2 digits, preprinted as 71

[V7009: BUILD 6-digit ID# (V7007+V7008)]

7010 FS. "History" of person to whom R is matched: 2 digits

Code last 2-digit # precoded on Facesheet

7011 FS1. INTERVIEWER's ID# (4 digits from label)

7012 FS2. Interview No.: (2 digits from box)

99. NA

7013 FS3. Date of Interview--MONTH

Code MONTH (01-12)

7014 FS3. Date of Interview--DAY

Code DAY (01-31)

7015 FS3. Date of Interview--YEAR

Code 4-digit YEAR (1992-1995)

7016 FS4. Length of Interview

Code # of MINS (001-240)

SECTION A: HOUSEHOLD LISTING

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.

7101 A1. SUMMARY # Persons in HOUSEHOLD

┌──────────────┐

│0 in 7105-7131├─────01. One ┌──────────────┐

└──────────────┘ │Code # persons│

┌──────────────┐ │listed in grid│

│0 in 7108-7131├─────02.