General Social Survey, 1995, Union File USER CODEBOOK March 4, 1997 *********************************************** * * * DDMS: DATA DICTIONARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM * * * * Version: Beta Experimental, March, 1991 * * * *********************************************** Copyright Health and Welfare Canada 1988. All rights reserved. For further information, please contact: Social Environment Information, Information Systems Directorate, Health and Welfare Canada. Telephone: (613) 957-0702 General Social Survey, 1995, Union File PAGE C10MCUE.C1 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLES RECID Record identification number Field: 1 Position: 1-5 Format: I5 Zero-filled CONTENT VALUE SAMPLE POPULATION MINIMUM 1 MAXIMUM 10749 RANGE 10748 10938 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. UNIONTYP Type of union Field: 2 Position: 6 Format: I1 CONTENT CODE SAMPLE POPULATION MARRIAGE ONLY 1 6753 0 COMMON-LAW UNION THEN MARRIAGE 2 1493 0 COMMON-LAW UNION ONLY(NO MAR.) 3 2692 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. UNIONRNK Rank of union Field: 3 Position: 7 Format: I1 CONTENT CODE SAMPLE POPULATION FIRST UNION 1 8706 0 SECOND UNION 2 1755 0 THIRD UNION 3 321 0 FOURTH UNION 4 55 0 FIFTH UNION 5 10 0 SIXTH UNION 6 3 0 SEVENTH UNION 7 1 0 NOT STATED 9 87 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This variable indicates the rank of the union amongst common-law relationships and marriages. General Social Survey, 1995, Union File PAGE C10MCUE.C2 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLES DVCURUNN Current union/marriage Field: 4 Position: 8 Format: I1 CONTENT CODE SAMPLE POPULATION YES, MARRIAGE 1 5505 0 YES, COMMON-LAW UNION 2 928 0 NO 3 4505 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable based on H13 and J5. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This variable indicates if the union is the current one as well as the type of union. DVAGEDCC Age of respondent at time of survey Field: 5 Position: 9-11 Format: F3.1 Zero-filled CONTENT VALUE SAMPLE POPULATION MINIMUM 15.7 MAXIMUM 80.0 RANGE 64.3 10938 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, questions INTRO-5Y, INTRO-5M. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This is a derived variable, in years, to one decimal. The value 80.0 includes 80.0 or more. DVSEX Sex of respondent Field: 6 Position: 12 Format: I1 CONTENT CODE SAMPLE POPULATION MALE 1 4811 0 FEMALE 2 6127 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, Household composition matrix. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. General Social Survey, 1995, Union File PAGE C10MCUE.C3 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLES DVUNAGE Age of respondent at beginning of union Field: 7 Position: 13-15 Format: F3.1 Zero-filled CONTENT VALUE SAMPLE POPULATION MINIMUM 14.0 MAXIMUM 77.9 RANGE 63.9 10452 0 NOT STATED - PATH UNKNOWN 99.6 M 51 0 NOT STATED 99.9 M 435 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This variable was calculated using year and month of birth of the respondent and dates provided in questions H13, H26, H28, H34, H43, H49, H58, H64, J5, J17, J24, J31, J38. When the union started as a common-law union and was followed by marriage, the age at the beginning of the common-law union is provided. DVMSBEUN Marital status of respondent before entering union Field: 8 Position: 16 Format: I1 CONTENT CODE SAMPLE POPULATION WIDOWED 1 173 0 DIVORCED 2 555 0 SEPARATED 3 1190 0 SINGLE 4 8773 0 NOT STATED - PATH UNKNOWN 6 M 8 0 NOT STATED 9 M 239 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This derived variable was imputed using the marital history of the respondent. In some cases, because the rank of the union could not be determined with certainty, the marital status of the respondent before entering the union could not be derived. General Social Survey, 1995, Union File PAGE C10MCUE.C4 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLES DVSPMSBE Marital status of sp./par. before entering union Field: 9 Position: 17 Format: I1 CONTENT CODE SAMPLE POPULATION WIDOWED 1 239 0 DIVORCED 2 1118 0 SEPARATED 3 230 0 SINGLE 4 9243 0 NOT STATED 9 M 108 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, questions H14, H29, H44, H59, J6, J18, J25, J32, J39. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. DVSPCOML Sp./part. lived cl with someone else before union Field: 10 Position: 18 Format: I1 CONTENT CODE SAMPLE POPULATION YES 1 1270 0 NO 2 9253 0 DO NOT KNOW 8 M 322 0 NOT STATED 9 M 93 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, questions H15, H30, H45, H60, J7, J19, J26, J33, J40. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. General Social Survey, 1995, Union File PAGE C10MCUE.C5 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLES DVAGEDIF Age difference between respondent and spouse/par. Field: 11 Position: 19-20 Format: I2 Zero-filled CONTENT CODE SAMPLE POPULATION RESPONDENT 11+ YEARS OLDER 1 204 0 RESPONDENT 6-10 YEARS OLDER 2 578 0 RESPONDENT 5 YEARS OLDER 3 278 0 RESPONDENT 4 YEARS OLDER 4 373 0 RESPONDENT 3 YEARS OLDER 5 525 0 RESPONDENT 2 YEARS OLDER 6 657 0 RESPONDENT 1 YEAR OLDER 7 806 0 RESPONDENT SAME AGE 8 1853 0 RESPONDENT 1 YEAR YOUNGER 9 912 0 RESPONDENT 2 YEARS YOUNGER 10 811 0 RESPONDENT 3 YEARS YOUNGER 11 577 0 RESPONDENT 4 YEARS YOUNGER 12 477 0 RESPONDENT 5 YEARS YOUNGER 13 392 0 RESPONDENT 6-10 YEARS YOUNGER 14 909 0 RESPONDENT 11+ YEARS YOUNGER 15 356 0 NOT STATED - PATH UNKNOWN 96 M 14 0 NOT STATED(SPOUSE AGE UNKNOWN) 99 M 1216 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This variable was derived from year and month of birth of the respondent and the year and month of birth of the spouse provided in H16, H31, H46, H61, J8, J20, J27, J34, J41. DVCLMAR Spouse/partner and resp. lived cl before marriage Field: 12 Position: 21 Format: I1 CONTENT CODE SAMPLE POPULATION YES 1 1442 0 NO 2 797 0 NOT STATED - PATH UNKNOWN 6 M 45 0 NOT APPLICABLE 7 M 8648 0 NOT STATED 9 M 6 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, questions H25, H33, H48, H63. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage. General Social Survey, 1995, Union File PAGE C10MCUE.C6 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLES DVAGEMAR Age of resp. at beginning of marriage Field: 13 Position: 22-24 Format: F3.1 Zero-filled CONTENT VALUE SAMPLE POPULATION MINIMUM 14.0 MAXIMUM 77.9 RANGE 63.9 7995 0 NOT APPLICABLE 99.7 M 2692 0 NOT STATED 99.9 M 251 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage. COMMENTS: This variable was calculated using year and month of birth of respondent and from H13, H28, H43, H58. DVENDUNN Marriage/common-law union ended in .... Field: 14 Position: 25-26 Format: I2 Zero-filled CONTENT CODE SAMPLE POPULATION SEPARATION THEN DIVORCE/ANNUL. 1 1611 0 SEPARATION THEN DEATH OF SP. 2 26 0 DEATH OF SPOUSE/PARTNER 3 1104 0 DIVORCE/ANNUL. WITHOUT SEPAR. 4 20 0 MARRIAGE IS ONGOING 6 5089 0 SEPARATION FROM CURRENT SPOUSE 7 2106 0 COMMON-LAW UNION IS ONGOING 8 928 0 NOT STATED 99 M 54 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This variable was derived from questions H35, H50, H65, J21, J28, J35, J42. Code 1 includes common-law unions that ended in separation. General Social Survey, 1995, Union File PAGE C10MCUE.C7 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLES DVAGESEP Age of resp. when last separation happened(mar/cl) Field: 15 Position: 27-29 Format: F3.1 Zero-filled CONTENT VALUE SAMPLE POPULATION MINIMUM 14.3 MAXIMUM 77.6 RANGE 63.3 3332 0 NOT STATED - PATH UNKNOWN 99.6 M 17 0 NOT APPLICABLE 99.7 M 7149 0 NOT STATED 99.9 M 440 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This variable was calculated using year and month of birth of the respondent and dates provided in questions H12, H36, H51, H66, J22, J29, J36, J43. DVAGDTHC Age of resp. when union ended due to death of sp. Field: 16 Position: 30-32 Format: F3.1 Zero-filled CONTENT VALUE SAMPLE POPULATION MINIMUM 18.4 MAXIMUM 80.0 RANGE 61.6 1066 0 NOT STATED - PATH UNKNOWN 99.6 M 17 0 NOT APPLICABLE 99.7 M 9754 0 NOT STATED 99.9 M 101 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This variable was calculated from year and month of birth of respondent and dates provided in questions H39, H54, H69, J22, J29, J36, J43. The value 80.0 includes 80.0 or more. General Social Survey, 1995, Union File PAGE C10MCUE.C8 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLES DVAGEDIV Age of respondent when marriage ended in divorce Field: 17 Position: 33-35 Format: F3.1 Zero-filled CONTENT VALUE SAMPLE POPULATION MINIMUM 17.4 MAXIMUM 72.5 RANGE 55.1 1444 0 NOT STATED - PATH UNKNOWN 99.6 M 17 0 NOT APPLICABLE 99.7 M 9290 0 NOT STATED 99.9 M 187 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage. COMMENTS: This variable was calculated using year and month of birth of respondent and dates provided in questions H38, H53, H68. DVCHDEFF Type of effect the divorce/sep. had on children Field: 18 Position: 36 Format: I1 CONTENT CODE SAMPLE POPULATION VERY POSITIVE 1 145 0 POSITIVE 2 590 0 NEGATIVE 3 394 0 VERY NEGATIVE 4 124 0 NO EFFECT 5 684 0 NOT STATED - PATH UNKNOWN 6 M 36 0 NOT APPLICABLE 7 M 8546 0 NO CHILDREN AT TIME OF DIV/SEP 8 M 85 0 NOT STATED 9 M 334 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, questions H12A, H38A, H53A, H68A, J22A, J29A, J36A, J43A. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. General Social Survey, 1995, Union File PAGE C10MCUE.C9 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLES DVDURSEP Duration of union to last separation Field: 19 Position: 37-39 Format: F3.1 Zero-filled CONTENT VALUE SAMPLE POPULATION MINIMUM 0.1 MAXIMUM 55.2 RANGE 55.1 3257 0 NOT STATED - PATH UNKNOWN 99.6 M 21 0 NOT APPLICABLE 99.7 M 7149 0 NOT STATED 99.9 M 511 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This variable was calculated using the derived variables DVUNAGE and DVAGESEP. When the union started as a common-law union and was followed by marriage, the duration is calculated from the beginning of the common-law union. DVDURDTH Duration of union to death of spouse Field: 20 Position: 40-42 Format: F3.1 Zero-filled CONTENT VALUE SAMPLE POPULATION MINIMUM 0.1 MAXIMUM 62.2 RANGE 62.1 1012 0 NOT STATED - PATH UNKNOWN 99.6 M 20 0 NOT APPLICABLE 99.7 M 9754 0 NOT STATED 99.9 M 152 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This variable was calculated using the derived variable DVUNAGE and DVAGEDTH. When the union started as a common-law union and was followed by marriage, the duration is calculated from the beginning of the common-law union. General Social Survey, 1995, Union File PAGE C10MCUE.C10 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLES DVDURDIV Duration of union to divorce Field: 21 Position: 43-45 Format: F3.1 Zero-filled CONTENT VALUE SAMPLE POPULATION MINIMUM 0.3 MAXIMUM 52.0 RANGE 51.7 1404 0 NOT STATED - PATH UNKNOWN 99.6 M 21 0 NOT APPLICABLE 99.7 M 9290 0 NOT STATED 99.9 M 223 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This variable was calculated using the derived variable DVUNAGE and DVAGEDIV. When the union started as a common-law union and was followed by marriage, the duration is calculated from the beginning of the common-law union. DVDUREND Duration of union Field: 22 Position: 46-48 Format: F3.1 Zero-filled CONTENT VALUE SAMPLE POPULATION MINIMUM 0.1 MAXIMUM 62.2 RANGE 62.1 3911 0 SEPARATED BUT NOT DIVORCED 99.5 M 415 0 NOT STATED - PATH UNKNOWN 99.6 M 24 0 NOT APPLICABLE 99.7 M 6017 0 NOT STATED 99.9 M 571 0 SOURCE: General Social Survey, 1995, derived variable. COVERAGE: All respondents who had at least one marriage or one common-law union. COMMENTS: This variable calculated the duration of the union, whatever the outcome of the union using the derived variables DVDURSEP, DVDURDTH, DVDURDIV. When the union started as a common-law union and was followed by marriage, the duration is calculated from the beginning of the common-law union. General Social Survey, 1995, Union File PAGE C10MCUE.P1 PRIMARY INDEX TO VARIABLES VARIABLE VARIABLE DESCRIPTION PAGE RECID Record identification number 1 UNIONTYP Type of union 1 UNIONRNK Rank of union 1 DVCURUNN Current union/marriage 2 DVAGEDCC Age of respondent at time of survey 2 DVSEX Sex of respondent 2 DVUNAGE Age of respondent at beginning of union 3 DVMSBEUN Marital status of respondent before entering union 3 DVSPMSBE Marital status of sp./par. before entering union 4 DVSPCOML Sp./part. lived cl with someone else before union 4 DVAGEDIF Age difference between respondent and spouse/par. 5 DVCLMAR Spouse/partner and resp. lived cl before marriage 5 DVAGEMAR Age of resp. at beginning of marriage 6 DVENDUNN Marriage/common-law union ended in .... 6 DVAGESEP Age of resp. when last separation happened(mar/cl) 7 DVAGDTHC Age of resp. when union ended due to death of sp. 7 DVAGEDIV Age of respondent when marriage ended in divorce 8 DVCHDEFF Type of effect the divorce/sep. had on children 8 DVDURSEP Duration of union to last separation 9 DVDURDTH Duration of union to death of spouse 9 DVDURDIV Duration of union to divorce 10 DVDUREND Duration of union 10