WOMEN AND AGING (LIFE HISTORY
INTERVIEW CODEBOOK)
2005
ID #
Race/Ethnicity
1 = White
2 = Black
3 = Hispanic
4 = Asian
5 = American Indian
6 = Other (Specify)
#
Siblings
Actual number of children (including respondent) in family of orientation
Age
Chronological age of respondent at time of interview (check month)
Current
Marital Status #
Marriages
1 = Single, never married
2 = Married to original spouse Number of times respondent has
been married
3 = Married to serial spouse
4 = Divorced, separated
5 = Widowed
6 = Cohabiting
9 = missing
Age First
Married Year
First Married
Chronological age at time of first marriage Last two digits of year married
99 = unknown 99
= unknown
00 = never married 00
= never married
# Births #
Children Reared
Number of babies born Enter number
9 = missing 9 = missing
# Surviving Sons # Surviving Daughters
Enter number Enter number
9 = missing 9 = missing
Sexuality Intimacy
1=
heterosexual active 1 = satisfactory
2=
heterosexual, inactive 2
= unsatisfactory
3=
homosexual, active 9
= missing
4=
homosexual, inactive
5=
bisexual, active
6=
bisexual, inactive
7=
lifelong celibate
9= missing
Living
Establishment Who
Living With?
1= owns home or
2= rents home or
3= lives in home or apt. owned/rented by other 3 = child/extended family
4= lives in institutional setting 4
= roommate
8= other (such as travel trailer) 5 = others in
institutional setting
9= missing 6
= sibling
8
= other
9
= missing
1 = rural North Carolina Enter
Number of years _____
2 = urban suburb
in
3 = urban
5 = elsewhere in urban south
6 = outside the southern US
Autonomy/
Self-rating Interviewer
rating Primary
Caregiver
1= totally self reliant 1=
totally self reliant 1= self
2= requires minimal assistance 2= requires minimal assistance 2= spouse
3= requires great deal of assistance 3= requires great deal of assistance 3= daughter
4= totally dependent on other(s) 4= totally dependent on other(s) 4= son
5= other relative
6= Other
Health
Ratings
Participant’s
Self-rating Interviewer rating
1= excellent 1=
excellent
2= good 2=
good
3= fair 3=
fair
4= poor 4=
poor
Cancer Cardiovascular
Disease Diabetes Other
1= Present__________(Specify
type) 1= Present 1= Present _____(Specify)
2= Absent 2= Absent 2= Absent
Age Gender
1 = experienced age discrimination 1 = experienced gender discrimination
2 = no experience of age discrimination 2 = no experience of gender
discrimination
9 = missing 9
= missing
Race
1 =
experienced racial discrimination
2 = no experience of racial
discrimination
9 = missing
Social Institutions
On
a five point scale where 5 is very involved and 1 is not at all involved rate
the following six social institutions in terms of how involved, today, is your
interviewee
Family
Medical
Religion
Economics
Gov’t/Political
Education
1= Person
has been a primary caregiver of someone other than in ordinary childrearing
2= Person
has not been a primary caregiver of someone other than in ordinary childrearing
9 =
missing
Work Timing
1= Continuous (Entered
labor force and remained until retirement)
2= Discontinuous
(Entered and exited and reentered labor force due to period or familial needs)
1= Continuous
(employed in same occupation throughout one's work history)
2= Discontinuous (changed
type of work during occupational history)
Employment Status (most
of adult life) Employment Status
(current)
1 =
Employed Full-time 1
= Employed Full-time
2 =
Employed part-time 2
= Employed part-time
3 =
Homemaker 3 = Homemaker, continuous career
4 = Never
employed 4
= Retired
9 =
missing 9
= missing/Not applicable
Volunteer Status (Most
of adult life) Volunteer Status
(current)
1 =
volunteer full-time 1
= volunteer full-time
2 =
volunteer part-time 2
= volunteer part-time
3 = not a
volunteer 3
= not a volunteer
9 =
missing 9
= missing
1
= < 8 years
2
= 9
- 11 years or did not graduate
3
= high
school graduate
4
= technical
school
5
= some college
6
= college graduate
7
= attended graduate school
8
= Earned
advanced degree
9
= missing
Standard of Living
(during most of adult life) Standard
of Living (currently)
1 = impoverished 1
= impoverished
2 = working class 2
= working class
3 = middle class 3
= middle class
4 = wealthy 4
= wealthy
1 = None,
living in house of birth
2 = Living
in community of birth, or adjacent community
3 = Living
in state where born
4 = Living
in region where born
5 = Living
in different region, but within the same country
6 = Living
in different country
0 = farm
labor
1 =
homemaker
2 = low
income service worker (maid, waitress, etc.)
3 = pink
collar, non-professional (secretary, bookkeeper, nurse’s aid, seamstress,
retail sales)
4 = blue
collar, male oriented (tool and dye worker, machinist, insurance sales, etc.)
5 = pink
collar profession (teaching, nursing, social work)
6 = other
profession (physician, lawyer, etc,)
7 =
business owner
8 = other
9 =
missing
Social
Security Own Pension
Employment Interest/Dividends SSI
1=
Yes 1=
Yes 1= Yes 1= Yes 1=
Yes
2
= No 2
= No 2 = No 2 = No 2
= No
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Friend |
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Leisure Activities Social Contacts
1= Mostly sedentary 1=
little social interaction
2= Mixture of
sedentary/physical 2=
contact limited to phone, internet, letters
3= Mostly physical
activities 3=
Interaction with one primary contact
9= Missing 4= Mixture in primary
and secondary groups
9=
Missing
1= Life turned out as expected
2= Surprises mostly positive
3= Mixture of positive and negative surprises:
1= positive
2= neutral
3= Negative
1 = Very
Satisfied
2 = Satisfied
somewhat
3 = Dissatisfied
somewhat
Denial Fear Accepting Inevitable Anticipating Afterlife (Spiritual Rebirth)
1= Present 1= Present 1= Present 1= Present
2= Absent 2= Absent 2= Absent 2= Absent
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