Sex of step/adopted child
Datafiles
Variable note:
This variable is part of the "random subsetting of questionnaire content" experiment. See the description of experiments in the IP User Guide.
Question asked in the latest wave:
fertilityhistory_ip17.lacsx
Question label:
Sex of adopted child
Question text:
[Are/Were] they a boy or a girl?
Question universe:
if [(ff_ivlolw = 2|3|MIS) & ff_everint 1] // New entrant never interviewed, excluding rising 16 year olds
And if [LADOPTED2 = 1 | GRIDVARIABLES.ADOPTCHONLY > 0] // has had adopted child(ren) or R has adoptive children in household
And if [LNADOPTED2 > 0] // Ever had adopted children
And if [(LACLv = 2|3) | (LACLv = 1 & (LACNo = 99|DK|REF|MIS)) | LChChkAdp = 2] // Adopted child is no longer living with respondent, or has died, or resident adopted child not identified
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girl | 2 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Total | 1 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 9 | 20.0% |
| Boy | 1 | 14 | 31.11% |
| Girl | 2 | 22 | 48.89% |
| Total | 45 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boy | 1 | 2 | 100.0% |
| Total | 2 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 2.08% |
| boy | 1 | 20 | 41.67% |
| girl | 2 | 27 | 56.25% |
| Total | 48 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| boy | 1 | 64 | 63.37% |
| girl | 2 | 37 | 36.63% |
| Total | 101 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 1 | 0.87% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.87% |
| boy | 1 | 54 | 46.96% |
| girl | 2 | 59 | 51.3% |
| Total | 115 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.76% |
| boy | 1 | 65 | 49.62% |
| girl | 2 | 65 | 49.62% |
| Total | 131 | 100.0% |



