RETIREMENT HISTORY LONGITUDINAL SURVEY, 1979 8344 Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research 2008-01-16 Version 1.0 Sanda Ionescu RETIREMENT HISTORY LONGITUDINAL SURVEY, 1979 8344 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Version 2.0 Social Security Administration Weight variable V7 was used in this study ICPSR SPECIFIC VARIABLES Archival data Administrative variables added for archiving/preservation/dissemination sample ID AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA Identification and demographic variables Demography all respondents WEIGHT VARIABLES Weight variables for data analysis Sample weighting for quantitative data analysis all respondents all respondents sample this group includes all of the weight variables created for this study ICPSR STUDY NUMBER-8344 This variable contains values that were derived by substitution. This variable has been recoded/blanked for reasons of confidentiality. Users should contact the archive for information on obtaining access ICPSR STUDY NUMBER-8344 value 8344 is the only valid value for this variable 7352 0 This variable indicates the study number assigned by ICPSR 8344 ICPSR STUDY NUMBER Study identification assigned by archive7352 WEIGHT 7352 0 MARITAL STATUS OF RESPONDENT this variable is not imputed This variable has been recoded for reasons of confidentiality. Users should contact the archive for information on obtaining access. The data associated with this variable will not be available as of December 30, 2001, because of embargo provisions established by the data producers respondent individual individual person For those who did not go away on a holiday of four days or more in 1985... What is your marital status? The next set of questions will ask about your financial situation If yes, please go to questions 120-124. For responses on a similar topic, see questions 12-15 Please prompt the respondent if they hesitate to answer this question. valid values indicate marital status invalid value indicates refusal to answer all respondents all respondents sample 3400 7252 100 this variable indicates the marital status of the respondent. U. S. Census of Population and Housing, Classified Index of Industries and Occupations Legally MarriedLegally married Legally SingleLegally singleCurrently single, was married in the past 1 MARRIED, SPOUSE PRESENT married, living with spouse 3688 2 MARRIED, SPOUSE ABSENT married, not living with spouse 33 3 WIDOWED widowed 2724 4 DIVORCED divorced 363 5 SEPARATED separated 108 6 NEVER MARRIED never married 436 9 NA refused to answer 100 use code "9" for respondents who refuse to answer 2.1 Mary Vardigan the variable was recoded marital status this variable was derived from V5 RECODE V5 TO V8 (0=1) (1=2) (2=4) INTO MARSTAT (SEE ER171A4 AND ER171A25 FOR EDITED INFORMATION ABOUT SPOUSE'S PRESENCE IN HOUSEHOLD.) this variable was derived from V5 RECODE V5 TO V9 (0=1) (1=2) (2=4) INTO LIKES