h2d4drim

digitlength_ip7.h2d4drim

Question label:

Length of RIGHT INDEX finger: Metric

Question universe:

if ff_ivlolw 1 (Adult not interviewed at the previous wave (including rising 16s and the IP7 refreshment sample))
and if H2D4DCON = 1 (Respondent consents to provide digit length measures)
and if (DIGUNITS DK) & (DIGUNITS REF) (DIGUNITS is not Don't Know or Refused)
and if GRIDVARIABLES.MODETYPE = 1 | DIGUNITS = 1 | 3 (Mode is face-to-face OR mode is telephone or web and measurement apparatus shows millimetres)

Question interviewer instructions:

ENTER MEASUREMENT FOR RIGHT INDEX FINGER (NEXT TO THE THUMB) ENTER 997 FOR ‘MEASUREMENT NOT POSSIBLE AS FINGER/HAND MISSING OR INJURED’ ENTER 996 FOR ‘UNABLE TO TAKE MEASUREMENT FOR OTHER REASONS’ *ASK RESPONDENT TO FULLY OPEN THE HAND TO BE MEASURED. *MAKE SURE THAT ALL FINGERS ARE STRAIGHT AND NEITHER BENT NOR OVERSTRETCHED. *ALIGN THE “0” MARK ON THE FIXED JAW OF THE CALLIPER WITH THE MIDDLE OF THE BOTTOM CREASE OF THE FINGER TO BE MEASURED. *ALIGN THE MOVABLE JAW OF THE CALLIPER WITH THE TIP OF THE FINGER (NOT THE FINGER NAIL). PLEASE PROVIDE THE READING TO THE NEAREST WHOLE MILLIMETER. ROUNDING RULE: values after the decimal point ranging between .00 and .49 are rounded down (e.g. ‘70.25’ entered as ’70’). And values ranging from .50 to .99 are rounded up (e.g. ‘70.79’ entered as ’71’).

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