Date of interview, day. For adult respondents this is the date their personal interview took place. If all interviews in the household took place on the same day, all non-respondents (and youth respondents for whom no interview date is recorded) received the other household members’ interview date. For the remaining cases, children under the age of 12 received the interview date of the oldest female in the household (who in most cases will be the mother and provide information about the child as part of her interview). Following this, a random interview date in the household is chosen. To compute derived interview dates, crosswave inconsistencies in recorded interview dates were resolved.
Date of interview, day. For adult respondents this is the date their personal interview took place. If all interviews in the household took place on the same day, all non-respondents (and youth respondents for whom no interview date is recorded) received the other household members' interview date. For the remaining cases, children under the age of 12 received the interview date of the oldest female in the household (who in most cases will be the mother and provide information about the child as part of her interview). Following this, a random interview date in the household is chosen. To compute derived interview dates, crosswave inconsistencies in recorded interview dates were resolved.
See INTDATD_IF INTDATM_IF INTDATY_IF
Derived variable note:
Uses DVAGE SEX Uses ISTRTDATM on data file INDRESP Uses OUTCDATEM on data file HHSAMP/
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
14.97
0
1.0
31.0
8.97
9477
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
12.67
0
1.0
31.0
8.91
7118
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.98
0
1.0
31.0
9.58
7634
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
12.94
0
1.0
31.0
8.93
8568
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.61
0
1.0
31.0
9.06
9559
Value label
Value
Absolute frequency
Relative frequency
missing
-9
1
0.01%
[Value >= 0]
1
10305
99.99%
Total
10306
100.0%
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
13.84
1
1.0
31.0
8.68
10305
Value label
Value
Absolute frequency
Relative frequency
missing
-9
1
0.01%
[Value >= 0]
1
11547
99.99%
Total
11548
100.0%
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
14.78
1
1.0
31.0
8.87
11547
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
16.32
0
1.0
31.0
8.21
12568
Value label
Value
Absolute frequency
Relative frequency
missing
-9
2
0.02%
[Value >= 0]
1
13013
99.98%
Total
13015
100.0%
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.33
2
1.0
31.0
8.42
13013
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.79
0
1.0
31.0
8.34
12898
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.91
0
1.0
31.0
8.39
14148
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.78
0
1.0
31.0
8.11
15523
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.76
0
1.0
31.0
7.99
17138
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.92
0
1.0
31.0
8.08
17827
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.13
0
1.0
31.0
9.03
55401
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
12.19
0
1.0
31.0
8.71
41601
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.99
0
1.0
31.0
9.72
43577
Value label
Value
Absolute frequency
Relative frequency
missing
-9
4
0.01%
[Value >= 0]
1
46961
99.99%
Total
46965
100.0%
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
12.83
4
1.0
31.0
8.78
46961
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.63
0
1.0
31.0
9.18
50113
Value label
Value
Absolute frequency
Relative frequency
missing
-9
1
0.0%
[Value >= 0]
1
52693
100.0%
Total
52694
100.0%
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
13.77
1
1.0
31.0
8.65
52693
Value label
Value
Absolute frequency
Relative frequency
missing
-9
1
0.0%
[Value >= 0]
1
56607
100.0%
Total
56608
100.0%
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
14.74
1
1.0
31.0
9.0
56607
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
16.25
0
1.0
31.0
8.21
59941
Value label
Value
Absolute frequency
Relative frequency
missing
-9
14
0.02%
[Value >= 0]
1
64698
99.98%
Total
64712
100.0%
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.2
14
1.0
31.0
8.34
64698
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.8
0
1.0
31.0
8.32
61512
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.9
0
1.0
31.0
8.37
65626
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.76
0
1.0
31.0
8.1
70671
Value label
Value
Absolute frequency
Relative frequency
missing
-9
2
0.0%
[Value >= 0]
1
77493
100.0%
Total
77495
100.0%
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.7
2
1.0
31.0
7.96
77493
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.81
0
1.0
31.0
8.07
77308
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.59
0
1.0
31.0
9.14
35471
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
12.03
0
1.0
31.0
8.69
27998
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
16.1
0
1.0
31.0
9.81
29271
Value label
Value
Absolute frequency
Relative frequency
missing
-9
2
0.01%
[Value >= 0]
1
32006
99.99%
Total
32008
100.0%
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
12.82
2
1.0
31.0
8.77
32006
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.76
0
1.0
31.0
9.22
34319
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
13.89
0
1.0
31.0
8.66
36058
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
14.86
0
1.0
31.0
9.08
39294
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
16.36
0
1.0
31.0
8.21
42170
Value label
Value
Absolute frequency
Relative frequency
missing
-9
2
0.0%
[Value >= 0]
1
45190
100.0%
Total
45192
100.0%
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.33
2
1.0
31.0
8.21
45190
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.84
0
1.0
31.0
8.31
44837
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.92
0
1.0
31.0
8.36
47074
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.77
0
1.0
31.0
8.07
49692
Value label
Value
Absolute frequency
Relative frequency
missing
-9
2
0.0%
[Value >= 0]
1
54566
100.0%
Total
54568
100.0%
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.7
2
1.0
31.0
7.94
54566
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.82
0
1.0
31.0
8.02
50994
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.58
0
1.0
31.0
9.09
1623
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
12.36
0
1.0
31.0
8.78
1766
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.84
0
1.0
31.0
9.72
1663
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
13.14
0
1.0
31.0
8.92
2100
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.89
0
1.0
31.0
8.95
2506
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
14.06
0
1.0
31.0
8.84
2821
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
14.79
0
1.0
31.0
8.96
3272
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
16.34
0
1.0
31.0
8.36
3630
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.64
0
1.0
31.0
8.16
3461
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.88
0
1.0
31.0
8.34
3655
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.91
0
1.0
31.0
8.36
4045
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.87
0
1.0
31.0
8.16
4427
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
15.96
0
1.0
31.0
8.02
5018
Mean
Number Missing
Min
Max
Std Dev
N
16.1
0
1.0
31.0
8.1
4899
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