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pwcparnam

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Question asked in the latest wave:

nonreschild_w15.pwcparnam

Question label:

Other parent code

Question text:

I'd like to ask some questions about each person with whom you've had children. So that I don't ask the same set of questions twice, I need to record which children you had with each of your partners. We don't need your partner's name, but we'll use a code to identify which children have the same parent.

Question universe:

if [EXSAMEPWC = 2 & ((childsummary_w15.chnamefin DK|REF) | (childsummary_w15.chdobyfin DK|REF) | (childsummary_w15.chsexfinDK|REF))] // If children have different absent parents and more than two children are identified

Question interviewer instructions:

RECORD MOTHER/FATHER CODE.

RECORD WHICH CHILDREN HAVE THE SAME MOTHER/FATHER, USING CODES TO INDICATE WHICH CHILDREN HAVE THE SAME PARENT RATHER THAN RECORDING ACTUAL NAMES

SO, START WITH THE FIRST CHILD IN YOUR LIST AND CODE THEIR PARENT AS '1', AND CHECK WHICH OTHER CHILDREN HAVE THE SAME PARENT AND ALSO CODE THEM AS '1'.

THEN FOR RESPONDENT'S SECOND EX-PARTNER CODE ALL THE CHILDREN THAT THEY HAD TOGETHER AS CODE '2', AND SO ON.

Further details:
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Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-871184.84%
refusal-2465.49%
don't know-180.95%
Total838100.0%

Value labelValueAbsolute frequencyRelative frequency
inapplicable-851492.78%
refusal-210.18%
Total554100.0%

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