3 - Documentation of the variables

Summary

Variables description list

In this section all variables in the dataset are presented. The section provides an overview of variable names, labels and other characteristics, sorted by theme (Module). The names of the modules are also included in the dataset as variables, but they are only included to visualize the start of a set of variables belonging to new module.

The last two sections include neighbourhood- and municipality-level variables. These are not called ‘modules’ per se , since they were not directly asked but they were added to the end of the list of variables in the data file at a later point in time (Fall 2010). These variables were derived from “Statline” of the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS). The values of the variables are consistent with the year in which the interview was conducted (INTYEAR).

Module Intro: Introduction

COUNTRYCODE ISO-two character country code

PIN_NL Respondent case identifier (PIN=Person Identification Number)

WEIGHT_NL original sample design weight (including city, group, neighbourhood, response rate weight components)

PSWEIGHT_NL Simplified weight for International comparison based on city, group, gender, age (18- 24,25-35), city specific

psweight_nl_new Simplified weight for International comparison based on city, group, gender, age (18- 24,25-35), city and group specific

IRS4 Target group

IL4 City

IL6 In what kind of house do you currently live?

IL7 How many floors does that building have?

R1 Sex

R3 In which country were you born?

INTVIEWERNR_NL Interviewer number

STIME Date and Start of Interview (concatenation)

INTMETHOD_NL Method of interviewing

QVERSION_NL Questionnaire version (affects potential number of cases with stated answers due questionnaire changes in 13 months fieldwork period)

INTTIME_NL Interview duration (sec)

Module A: Demographic characteristics of respondents and household

R2b Month of birth

R2c Year of birth

AGEGR_NL Age group (based on birthday-birth month-birth year), 4 categories

AGEGR2_NL Age group (based on birthday-birth month-birth year), 2 categories

AGE_NL Age in completed years (based on birthday-birth month-birth year)

A1b_1 Sex of hhmember 1 (=respondent)

A1c_1 Age of hhmember 1 (=respondent)

A1d_1 Country of birth of hhmember 1 (=respondent)

A1e_1 Relationship to respondent of hhmember 1 (=respondent)

A1b_2 Sex hhmember 2

A1c_2 Age hhmember 2

A1d_2 Country of birth of hhmember 2

A1e_2 Relationship to respondent of hhmember 2

A1b_3 Sex hhmember 3

A1c_3 Age hhmember 3

A1d_3 Country of birth hhmember 3

A1e_3 Relationship to respondent of hhmember 3