Friendship

Currently, the NNSD5, NNSD6 and NNSD6S ask questions about friendship. The ACE interview also addresses several open ended questions about friends.Questions are categorized by variable at the top and by NNSD year below, where the data dictionary version of the question includes the variable name, variable type, number of digits in code, formula, range, and variable label.

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VARIABLE		NNSD
		5	6	6S
1	socialized or spent time with friends during the past year	X	X	X
2	have one or more close friends	X	X	X
3	importance of having close friends and being included in their activities	X	X	X
4	stress or pressure felt by not having close friends	X	X	X
5	gender of majority of friends	X	X	X
6	time spent with friends in a week through phone calls, visits, or other activities	X
7	degree friends influenced thoughts and activities	X
8	importance of having a group of friends and be included in activities	X
9	satisfaction with group of friends	X	X	X
10	extent to which subject shares interests and activities with friends	X
11	amount of stress or pressure in relationship with friends	X
12	amount of warmth and affection from friends	X
13	amount of support and encouragement from friends	X
14	amount of loyalty subject and friends have for one another	X
15	I feel close to my friends	X
16	friends don't take much interest in my problems	X
17	I feel lonely when with my friends	X
18	I don't feel I fit in well with my friends	X
19	friends are willing to listen if I have a problem	X
20	common friends with partner		X	X
21	amount of friends common with partner		X	X
22	how well partner gets along with subject's friends		X	X
23	how well subject's friends and partner's friends get along with each other		X	X
24	how well subject gets along with partner's friends		X	X
25	have problems with friends caused problems in your relationship		X	X
26	degree of a problem issues with friends caused in relationship with partner		X	X

NNSD5					top
Variable Name	Type	Digits in Code	Formula	Range	Variable Label
FRIEND1	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	socialized or spent time with friends during the past year
FRIEND2	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	have one or more close friends
FRIEND3	NUM STR	1	1=not at all important, 2=not too important, 3=somewhat important, 4=pretty important, 5=very important	1 to 5	importance of having close friends and being included in their activities
FRIEND4	NUM STR	1	1=very little, 2=not too much, 3=some, 4=quite a bit, 5= a great deal	1 to 5	stress or pressure felt by not having close friends
FRIEND5	NUM STR	1	1=men friends, 2=women friends, 3=both men and women	1 to 3	gender of majority of friends
FRIEND6	NUM STR	1	1=none, 2=one hour or less a week, 3=2-3 hours a week, 4=4-5 hours a week, 5=6-7 hours a week, 6=8 or more hours a week	1 to 6	time spent with friends in a week through phone calls, visits, or other activities
FRIEND7	NUM STR	1	1=very little, 2=not too much, 3=some, 4=quite a bit, 5= a great deal	1 to 5	degree friends influenced thoughts and activities
FRIEND8	NUM STR	1	1=not at all important, 2=not too important, 3=somewhat important, 4=pretty important, 5=very important	1 to 5	importance of having a group of friends and be included in activities
FRIEND9	NUM STR	1	1=very dissatisfied, 2=somewhat dissatisfied, 3=neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, 4=somewhat satisfied, 5=very satisfied	1 to 5	satisfaction with group of friends
FRIEND10	NUM STR	1	1=share no interests and activities, 2=share a few interests and activities, 3=share some interests and activities, 4=share most interests and activities, 5=share all interests and activities	1 to 5	extent to which subject shares interests and activities with friends
FRIEND11	NUM STR	1	1=very little, 2=not too much, 3=some, 4=quite a bit, 5= a great deal	1 to 5	amount of stress or pressure in relationship with friends
FRIEND12	NUM STR	1	1=very little, 2=not too much, 3=some, 4=quite a bit, 5= a great deal	1 to 5	amount of warmth and affection from friends
FRIEND13	NUM STR	1	1=very little, 2=not too much, 3=some, 4=quite a bit, 5= a great deal	1 to 5	amount of support and encouragement from friends
FRIEND14	NUM STR	1	1=very little, 2=not too much, 3=some, 4=quite a bit, 5= a great deal	1 to 5	amount of loyalty subject and friends have for one another
FRIEND15	NUM STR	1	1=strongly agree, 2=somewhat agree, 3=somewhat disagree, 4=strongly disagree	1 to 4	I feel close to my friends
FRIEND16	NUM STR	1	1=strongly agree, 2=somewhat agree, 3=somewhat disagree, 4=strongly disagree	1 to 4	friends don't take much interest in my problems
FRIEND17	NUM STR	1	1=strongly agree, 2=somewhat agree, 3=somewhat disagree, 4=strongly disagree	1 to 4	I feel lonely when with my friends
FRIEND18	NUM STR	1	1=strongly agree, 2=somewhat agree, 3=somewhat disagree, 4=strongly disagree	1 to 4	I don't feel I fit in well with my friends
FRIEND19	NUM STR	1	1=strongly agree, 2=somewhat agree, 3=somewhat disagree, 4=strongly disagree	1 to 4	friends are willing to listen if I have a problem
NNSD6					top
Variable Name	Type	Digits in Code	Formula	Range	Variable Label
FRIEND1	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	socialized or spent time with friends during the past year
FRIEND2	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	have one or more close friends
FRIEND3	NUM STR	1	1=not at all important, 2=not too important, 3=somewhat important, 4=pretty important, 5=very important	1 to 5	importance of having close friends and being included in their activities
FRIEND4	NUM STR	1	1=very little, 2=not too much, 3=some, 4=quite a bit, 5= a great deal	1 to 5	stress or pressure felt by not having close friends
FRIEND5	NUM STR	1	1=men friends, 2=women friends, 3=both men and women	1 to 3	gender of majority of friends
FRIEND9	NUM STR	1	1=very dissatisfied, 2=somewhat dissatisfied, 3=neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, 4=somewhat satisfied, 5=very satisfied	1 to 5	satisfaction with group of friends
FRIEND20T	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	subject's involvement in current or past romantic relationship (min 1 mo duration), or has a biological child
FRIEND20	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	common friends with partner
FRIEND21	NUM STR	1	1=very few, 2=some, 3=most, 4=all	1 to 4	amount of friends common with partner
FRIEND22	NUM STR	1	1=not well, 2=somewhat, 3=pretty well, 4=very well	1 to 4	how well partner gets along with subject's friends
FRIEND23	NUM STR	1	1=not well, 2=somewhat, 3=pretty well, 4=very well, 5=(partner has no friends)	1 to 5	how well subject's friends and partner's friends get along with each other
FRIEND24	NUM STR	1	1=not well, 2=somewhat, 3=pretty well, 4=very well, 5=(partner has no friends)	1 to 5	how well subject gets along with partner's friends
FRIEND25	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	have problems with friends caused problems in your relationship
FRIEND26	NUM STR	1	1=not very much, 2=somewhat, 3=quite a bit, 4=a great deal	1 to 4	degree of a problem issues with friends caused in relationship with partner
NNSD6S					top
Variable Name	Type	Digits in Code	Formula	Range	Variable Label
FRIEND1	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	socialized or spent time with friends during the past year (besides partner)
FRIEND2	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	have one or more close friends
FRIEND3	NUM STR	1	1=not at all important, 2=not too important, 3=somewhat important, 4=pretty important, 5=very important	1 to 5	importance of having close friends and being included in their activities
FRIEND4	NUM STR	1	1=very little, 2=not too much, 3=some, 4=quite a bit, 5= a great deal	1 to 5	stress or pressure felt by not having close friends
FRIEND5	NUM STR	1	1=men friends, 2=women friends, 3=both men and women	1 to 3	gender of majority of friends
FRIEND9	NUM STR	1	1=very dissatisfied, 2=somewhat dissatisfied, 3=neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, 4=somewhat satisfied, 5=very satisfied	1 to 5	satisfaction with group of friends
FRIEND20	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	common friends with partner
FRIEND21	NUM STR	1	1=very few, 2=some, 3=most, 4=all	1 to 4	amount of friends common with partner
FRIEND22	NUM STR	1	1=not well, 2=somewhat, 3=pretty well, 4=very well, 5=(has no friends), 6=no contact with your friends	1 to 6	how well partner gets (got) along with your friends
FRIEND23	NUM STR	1	1=not well, 2=somewhat, 3=pretty well, 4=very well, 5=(has no friends), 6=no contact with your friends	1 to 6	how well do (did) your friends and partner's friends get along with each other
FRIEND24	NUM STR	1	1=not well, 2=somewhat, 3=pretty well, 4=very well, 5=(has no friends), 6=no contact with your friends	1 to 6	how well subject gets (got) along with partner's friends
FRIEND25	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	have problems with friends caused problems in your relationship
FRIEND26	NUM STR	1	1=not very much, 2=somewhat, 3=quite a bit, 4=a great deal	1 to 4	degree of a problem issues with friends caused in relationship with CAP partner