Variables for theme : Personal characteristics
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Information on person's children
- agfstb16 -- Age when first child was born
- agfstg16 -- Age group when first child was born
- chdar16 -- Number children adopted or raised, not born to respondent
- chdb16 -- Number children born to respondent
- chdbaf16 -- Flag - Respondent gave birth, adopted, or raised children
- chdbar16 -- Number of children born, adopted or raised by respondent
- yrfstb16 -- Year first child was born to respondent
- yrfstg16 -- Year first child born to respondent, grouping
Variables descriptions
agfstb16 -- Age when first child was born
- Type and length: Numeric(3)
- Description: Age of respondent when the first child was born. Note. The questions were not all added for men until Panel 2, so the data on men for Panel 1 are not reliable.
- Population: (Respondents aged 18 or older AND had a child) & (parents aged 12 to 17 living with children during the survey ref. period AND had a child)
- Range and codes:
- 012:79 :
- 996 : Interim Processing Code
- 997 : Don't Know
- 998 : Refusal
- 999 : Not Applicable
agfstg16 -- Age group when first child was born
- Type and length: Character(1)
- Description: Age of respondent when the first child was born grouping. Note. The questions were not all added for men until Panel 2, so the data on men for Panel 1 are not reliable.
- Population: (Respondents aged 18 or older AND had a child) & (parents aged 12 to 17 living with children during the survey ref. period AND had a child)
- Range and codes:
- 1 : 19 or less
- 2 : 20-24
- 3 : 25-29
- 4 : 30-34
- 5 : 35 or more
- 6 : Interim Processing Code
- 7 : Don't Know
- 8 : Refusal
- 9 : Not Applicable
chdar16 -- Number children adopted or raised, not born to respondent
- Type and length: Numeric(2)
- Description: Number of children adopted or raised (other than children respondent gave birth to). Note. The questions were not all added for men until Panel 2, so the data on men for Panel 1 are not reliable.
- Population: (Respondents aged 18 or older) & (parents aged 12 to 17 living with children during the survey ref. period AND had a child)
- Range and codes:
- 00:22 :
- 96 : Interim Processing Code
- 97 : Don't Know
- 98 : Refusal
- 99 : Not Applicable
chdb16 -- Number children born to respondent
- Type and length: Numeric(2)
- Description: Number of children ever born to respondent. Note. The questions were not all added for men until Panel 2, so the data on men for Panel 1 are not reliable.
- Population: (Respondents aged 18 or older) & (parents aged 12 to 17 living with children during the survey ref. period AND had a child)
- Range and codes:
- 00:20 :
- 96 : Interim Processing Code
- 97 : Don't Know
- 98 : Refusal
- 99 : Not Applicable
chdbaf16 -- Flag - Respondent gave birth, adopted, or raised children
- Type and length: Character(1)
- Description: Flag indicates if any children were ever born to respondent or if respondent ever adopted or raised any children. Note. The questions were not all added for men until Panel 2, so the data on men for Panel 1 are not reliable.
- Population: (Respondents aged 18 or older) & (parents aged 12 to 17 living with children during the survey ref. period AND had a child)
- Range and codes:
- 1 : Yes
- 2 : No
- 6 : Interim Processing Code
- 7 : Don't Know
- 8 : Refusal
- 9 : Not Applicable
chdbar16 -- Number of children born, adopted or raised by respondent
- Type and length: Numeric(2)
- Description: Number of children born to or raised by respondent. Note. The questions were not all added for men until Panel 2, so the data on men for Panel 1 are not reliable.
- Population: (Respondents aged 18 or older) & (parents aged 12 to 17 living with children during the survey ref. period AND had a child)
- Range and codes:
- 00:38 :
- 96 : Interim Processing Code
- 97 : Don't Know
- 98 : Refusal
- 99 : Not Applicable
yrfstb16 -- Year first child was born to respondent
- Type and length: Numeric(4)
- Description: Year in which the first child was born to respondent. Note. The questions were not all added for men until Panel 2, so the data on men for Panel 1 are not reliable.
- Population: (Respondents aged 18 or older AND had a child) & (parents aged 12 to 17 living with children during the survey ref. period AND had a child)
- Range and codes:
- 1800:9995 :
- 9996 : Interim Processing Code
- 9997 : Don't Know
- 9998 : Refusal
- 9999 : Not Applicable
yrfstg16 -- Year first child born to respondent, grouping
- Type and length: Character(2)
- Description: Year in which the first child was born to respondent grouping (5 year intervals). Note. The questions were not all added for men until Panel 2, so the data on men for Panel 1 are not reliable.
- Population: (Respondents aged 18 or older AND had a child) & (parents aged 12 to 17 living with children during the survey ref. period AND had a child)
- Range and codes:
- 01 : 1919 or earlier
- 02 : 1920 - 1924
- 03 : 1925 - 1929
- 04 : 1930 - 1934
- 05 : 1935 - 1939
- 06 : 1940 - 1944
- 07 : 1945 - 1949
- 08 : 1950 - 1954
- 09 : 1955 - 1959
- 10 : 1960 - 1964
- 11 : 1965 - 1969
- 12 : 1970 - 1974
- 13 : 1975 - 1979
- 14 : 1980 - 1984
- 15 : 1985 - 1989
- 16 : 1990 - 1994
- 17 : 1995 - 1999
- 18 : 2000 - 2004
- 19 : 2005 - 2009
- 20 : 2010 - 2014
- 96 : Interim Processing Code
- 97 : Don't Know
- 98 : Refusal
- 99 : Not Applicable
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