The Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) - Cycle 6

Dependent Children

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Section: Entry

Variable Name: RecordID
Position: 1
Length: 10

Respondent identification, sequenced from 1 to end.

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Section: Derived Variables

Variable Name: CBDYMD6
Position: 11
Length: 2

Derived variable: Date (month) of birth of all dependent children.

Table 1

	Response	FREQ	WTD
01	January	153	N/A
02	February	147	N/A
03	March	194	N/A
04	April	192	N/A
05	May	176	N/A
06	June	180	N/A
07	July	184	N/A
08	August	229	N/A
09	September	196	N/A
10	October	207	N/A
11	November	195	N/A
12	December	231	N/A
99	Not stated	14	N/A
Total		2,298	N/A

Coverage: All respondents who reported dependent children.
Note: This variable was derived from the variables: U6Q34, U6Q34A, U6Q37A, U6Q37B, U6Q38, UNK6Q39M, UNK6Q39Y, KIDCNT, DEPCHD6, (from cycle 5 - CBDYMD5, CBDYYD5).

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Variable Name: CBDYYD6
Position: 13
Length: 4

Derived variable: Date (year) of birth of all dependent children.

Allowed values: 1975 : 2009

Table 2

	Response	FREQ	WTD
1986 : 2009	Year	2,291	N/A
9999	Not stated	7	N/A
Total		2,298	N/A

Coverage: All respondents who reported dependent children.
Note: This variable was derived from the variables: U6Q34, U6Q34A, U6Q37A, U6Q37B, U6Q38, UNK6Q39M, UNK6Q39Y, KIDCNT, DEPCHD6, (from cycle 5 - CBDYMD5, CBDYYD5).

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Variable Name: HPMCHD6
Position: 17
Length: 1

Derived variable: Reason dependent children live with respondent most or part of the time.

Table 3

	Response	FREQ	WTD
1	Shared living arrangement with other parent	178	N/A
2	Other	17	N/A
6	Valid skip	2,102	N/A
9	Not stated	1	N/A
Total		2,298	N/A

Coverage: Respondents with dependent children who live in the same house with the child most or part of the time.
Note: This variable was derived from the variable: UNK6Q41A.

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Variable Name: LVECHD6
Position: 18
Length: 1

Derived variable: Status of living arrangement of dependent children in the household.

Table 4

	Response	FREQ	WTD
1	All of the time	2,056	N/A
2	Most of the time	75	N/A
3	Part of the time	120	N/A
4	None of the time	46	N/A
9	Not stated	1	N/A
Total		2,298	N/A

 Coverage: Respondents with dependent children.
Note: This variable was derived from the variable: UNK6Q41.

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Variable Name: RELCHD6
Position: 19
Length: 2

Derived variable: Relationship of dependent children to respondent.

Table 5

	Response	FREQ	WTD
01	Birth child	2,126	N/A
02	Adopted child	10	N/A
03	Stepchild	141	N/A
04	Foster child	8	N/A
05	Other	13	N/A
Total		2,298	N/A

Coverage: Respondents with dependent children.
Note: This variable was derived from the variable: UNK6Q40.