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Edited Universe:
All Hhlds In Sample
Valid Entries
0 Other Unit
1 House, Apartment, Flat
2 HU In Nontransient Hotel, Motel, Etc.
3 HU Permanent In Transient Hotel, Motel
4 HU In Rooming House
5 Mobile Home Or Trlr W/No Perm Rm Added
6 Mh Or Trlr W/1 Or More Perm Rms Added
7 HU Not Specified Above
8 Quarters Not HU In Rooming Or Brding Hs
9 Unit Not Perm. In Transient Hotl, Motl
10 Unoccupied Tent Site Or Trlr Site
11 Student Quarters In College Dorm
12 Other Unit Not Specified Above
Is a telephone interview acceptable?
Edited Universe:
HETELHHD=1 Or HETELAVL=1
Valid Entries
0 Unknown
1 Yes
2 No
Is there a telephone elsewhere on which people in this household
can be
contacted?
Edited Universe:
HETELHHD=2
Valid Entries
1 Yes
2 No
Since households included in this survey are interviewed during
each of the next 3 months, we attempt to conduct the followup
interviews by telephone.
Is there a telephone in this house/apartment?
Edited Universe:
HRINTSTA=1
Valid Entries
1 Yes
2 No
Are your living quarters...
Edited Universe
HRINTSTA=1
Valid Entries
1 Owned or being bought by a HH member
2 Rented for cash
3 Occupied without payment of cash rent
Household-identifier,scrambled
Edited Universe:
All Households in Sample
Household Type
Valid Entries
-1 In Universe, Met No Conditions To Assign
0 Non-Interview Household
1 Husband/Wife Primary Family(neither AF)
2 Husb/Wife Prim. Family(either/Both AF)
3 Unmarried Civilian Male-Prim Fam Hhlder
4 Unmarried Civ. Female-Prim Fam Hhlder
5 Primary Family Hhlder-Rp In AF,unmar.
6 Civilian Male Primary Individual
7 Civilian Female Primary Individual
8 Primary Individual Hhld-Rp In AF
9 Group Quarters With Family
10 Grp Quarters Without Family
Interview Status
Valid Entries
1 Interview
2 Type A Non-Interview
3 Type B Non-Interview
4 Type C Non-Interview
Longitudinal Link Indicator
Valid Entries
-1 In Universe, Met No Conditions To Assign
0 MIS 1 Or Replacement HH (no Link)
2 MIS 2-4 Or MIS 6-8 (link To Db02)
3 MIS 5 (link To Db03)
Month-In-Sample
Valid Entries
1 MIS 1
2 MIS 2
3 MIS 3
4 MIS 4
5 MIS 5
6 MIS 6
7 MIS 7
8 MIS 8
Month Of Interview
Valid Entries
1 January
2 February
3 March
4 April
5 May
6 June
7 July
8 August
9 September
10 October
11 November
12 December
Total number of persons in the household (household members).
Valid Entries
0:16 Range
Sample ID (created In Reformat)
Serial Suffix - used to differentiate households containing the same household identification
numbers
Year
Valid Entries
-1 In Universe, Met No Conditions To Assign
0:99 Range
Universe = All Households
1998:2999 Year
I am going to read a list of income categories. Which category
represents the total combined income of all members of this Family
during the past 12 months. This includes money from jobs, net
income
from business, farm or rent, pensions, dividends, interest, social
security payments and any other money income received by members
of
this Family who are 15 years of age or older?
Valid Entries
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
-1 Blank
1 Less Than $5,000
2 5,000 To 7,499
3 7,500 To 9,999
4 10,000 To 12,499
5 12,500 To 14,999
6 15,000 To 19,999
7 20,000 To 24,999
8 25,000 To 29,999
9 30,000 To 34,999
10 35,000 To 39,999
11 40,000 To 49,999
12 50,000 To 59,999
13 60,000 To 74,999
14 75,000 Or More
Final disposition of case (outcome codes).
Outcome Codes Between 001 And 200 are For CATI. All Other Outcome
Codes Are For CAPI.
Valid Entries
Household Number
Only if replacement household, number will increase by 1 if a
replacement household. 1-7 Number of times a replacement household
was
used.
Valid Entries
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
-1 Blank
1:8 Range
Type of interview (July only)
Valid Entries
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
-1 Blank
1 Personal
2 Telephone
Cummulative time of an interview in seconds.
(uses STRTMS and ENDTMS to figure LENSEC)
Valid Entries
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
-1 Blank
0:99999 Range
Number of actual and attempted personal contacts
Valid Entries
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
-1 Blank
1:99 Range
Line number of the current respondent.
Valid Entries
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
-1 Blank
0:99 Range
Stores value of >SPANISH<:
Is Spanish the only language spoken by all members of this household
who are 15 years of age or older?
Valid Entries
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
-1 Blank
1 Spanish Only Language Spoken
Type B non-interview categories
Valid Entries
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
-1 Blank
1 Vacant Regular
2 Temporarily Occupied By Persons W/ URE
3 Vacant-Storage Of Hhld Furniture
4 Unfit Or To Be Demolished
5 Under Construction, Not Ready
6 Converted To Temp Business Or Storage
7 Unoccupied Tent Site Or Trailer Site
8 Permit Granted Construction Not Started
9 Other Type B - Specify
Type C non-interview categories
Valid Entries
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
-1 Blank
1 Demolished
2 House Or Trailer Moved
3 Outside Segment
4 Coverted To Perm. Business Or Storage
5 Merged
6 Condemned
8 Unused Line Of Listing Sheet
9 Other - Specify
Enter Type Of Noninterview
Valid Entries
-3 Refused
-2 Don't Know
-1 Blank
1 No One Home (NOH)
2 Temporarily Absent (TA)
3 Refused (REF)
4 Other Occupied - Specify
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