NNSD Interview

General Questions

The following questions address general questions including activities subject participates in most often, activity subject enjoys the most, other people that have had an influence on the subject, future living situation plans, and questions that ask about interview validity and topics covered. They 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.

VARIABLE		NNSD
VARIABLE		1	2	3	4	4 PAR	5	6	6S
1	activity enjoyed the most	X
2	who got you started in activity enjoyed the most	X
3	duration doing activity most enjoyed	X
4	change in participation in activity most enjoyed	X
5	activity done for fun most often	X
6	who got you started in activity done for fun the most often	X
7	duration doing activity done for fun the most often	X
8	change in participation in activity done for fun the most often	X
9	type of housing currently	X	X	X			X
10	people currently living with	X	X	X			X
11	staying in same place next year	X	X	X			X
12	person living with next year	X	X	X			X
13	intended living location next year	X	X	X			X
14	other person who influenced your life	X
15	how person influenced your life	X
16	importance of interview questions to your life	X	X	X			X	X	X
17	aspects of your life we forgot to ask about	X	X	X			X	X	X
18	other major changes in subject's life since last interview				X
19	description of other major changes in subject's life since last interview				X

NNSD 1					top
General Questions
Variable Name	Type	Digits in Code	Formula	Range	Variable Label
GEN1A	NUM STR	1	1=socializing, 2=sports, 3=work, 4=clubs and organization meetings, 5=reading, 6=media activities (watching TV/movies/video games/listen to music), 7=creative art/playing music/writing, 8=volunteering, 9=other	1 to 9	activity enjoyed the most
GEN1B	NUM STR	1	1=self, 2=friend, 3=teacher or coach, 4=spouse/significant other, 5=relative, 6=other	1 to 6	who got you started in activity enjoyed the most
GEN1C	NUM STR	2	01=1 yr, 02=2yrs, .99=99yrs	01 to 99	duration doing activity most enjoyed
GEN1D	NUM STR	1	1=has not changed, 2=less time spent in activity, 3=more time spent in activity	1 to 3	change in participation in activity most enjoyed
GEN2A	NUM STR	1	1=socializing, 2=sports, 3=work, 4=clubs and organization meetings, 5=reading, 6=media activities (watching TV/movies/video games/listen to music), 7=creative art/playing music/writing, 8=volunteering, 9=other	1 to 9	activity done for fun most often
GEN2B	NUM STR	1	1=self, 2=friend, 3=teacher or coach, 4=spouse/significant other, 5=relative, 6=other	1 to 6	who got you started in activity done for fun the most often
GEN2C	NUM STR	2	01=1 yr, 02=2yrs, .99=99yrs	01 to 99	duration doing activity done for fun the most often
GEN2D	NUM STR	1	1=has not changed, 2=less time spent in activity, 3=more time spent in activity	1 to 3	change in participation in activity done for fun the most often
GEN3A	NUM STR	1	1=with parents, 2=college dormitory, 3=apartment or house, 4=military housing, 5=other	1 to 5	type of housing currently
GEN3B	NUM STR	1	1=by self, 2=with friends, 3=with spouse/significant other, 4=with unknown roommates, 5=with other relatives, 6=other	1 to 6	people currently living with
GEN3C	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	staying in same place next year
GEN3D	NUM STR	1	1=by self, 2=with friends, 3=with spouse/significant other, 4=with unknown roommates, 5=with other relatives, 6=other (not mentioned above)	1 to 6	person living with next year
GEN3E	NUM STR	1	1=same area, 2=different area (town/country), 3=different state, 4=different country	1 to 4	intended living location next year
GEN4	NUM STR	1	1=friend, 2=teacher or coach, 3=aunt or uncle, 4=grandparent, 5=other relative, 6=other	1 to 6	other person who influenced your life
GEN4A	TEXT		subject's verbatim response		how person influenced your life
GEN5	NUM STR	1	1=not at all, 2=not very much, 3=somewhat, 4=a lot	1 to 4	importance of interview questions to your life
GEN5A	TEXT		subject's verbatim response		aspects of your life we forgot to ask about
NNSD2					top
General Questions
Variable Name	Type	Digits in Code	Formula	Range	Variable Label
GEN3A	NUM STR	1	1=with parents, 2=college dormitory, 3=apartment or house, 4=military housing, 5=other	1 to 5	type of housing currently
GEN3B	NUM STR	1	1=by self, 2=with friends, 3=with spouse/significant other, 4=with unknown roommates, 5=with other relatives, 6=other	1 to 6	people currently living with
GEN3C	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	staying in same place next year
GEN3D	NUM STR	1	1=by self, 2=with friends, 3=with spouse/significant other, 4=with unknown roommates, 5=with other relatives, 6=other (not mentioned above)	1 to 6	person living with next year
GEN3E	NUM STR	1	1=same area, 2=different area (town/country), 3=different state, 4=different country	1 to 4	intended living location next year
GEN5	NUM STR	1	1=not at all, 2=not very much, 3=somewhat, 4=a lot	1 to 4	importance of interview questions to your life
GEN5A	TEXT		subject's verbatim response		aspects of your life we forgot to ask about
NNSD3					top
General Questions
Variable Name	Type	Digits in Code	Formula	Range	Variable Label
GEN3A	NUM STR	1	1=with parents, 2=college dormitory, 3=apartment or house, 4=military housing, 5=other	1 to 5	type of housing currently
GEN3B	NUM STR	1	1=by self, 2=with friends, 3=with spouse/significant other, 4=with unknown roommates, 5=with other relatives, 6=other	1 to 6	people currently living with
GEN3C	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	staying in same place next year
GEN3D	NUM STR	1	1=by self, 2=with friends, 3=with spouse/significant other, 4=with unknown roommates, 5=with other relatives, 6=other (not mentioned above)	1 to 6	person living with next year
GEN3E	NUM STR	1	1=same area, 2=different area (town/country), 3=different state, 4=different country	1 to 4	intended living location next year
GEN5	NUM STR	1	1=not at all, 2=not very much, 3=somewhat, 4=a lot	1 to 4	importance of interview questions to your life
GEN5A	TEXT		subject's verbatim response		aspects of your life we forgot to ask about
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DEMO15A	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	other major changes in subject's life since last interview
DEMO15B	TEXT		subject's verbatim response		description of other major changes in subject's life since last interview
NNSD5					top
Variable Name	Type	Digits in Code	Formula	Range	Variable Label
GEN3A	NUM STR	1	1=with parents, 2=college dormitory, 3=apartment or house, 4=military housing, 5=other	1 to 5	type of housing currently
GEN3B	NUM STR	1	1=by self, 2=with friends, 3=with spouse/significant other, 4=with unknown roommates, 5=with other relatives, 6=other	1 to 6	people currently living with
GEN3C	NUM STR	1	1=yes, 2=no	1 or 2	staying in same place next year
GEN3D	NUM STR	1	1=by self, 2=with friends, 3=with spouse/significant other, 4=with unknown roommates, 5=with other relatives, 6=other (not mentioned above)	1 to 6	person living with next year
GEN3E	NUM STR	1	1=same area, 2=different area (town/country), 3=different state, 4=different country	1 to 4	intended living location next year
GEN5	NUM STR	1	1=not at all, 2=not very much, 3=somewhat, 4=a lot	1 to 4	importance of interview questions to your life
GEN5A	TEXT		subject's verbatim response		aspects of your life we forgot to ask about
NNSD6					top
Variable Name	Type	Digits in Code	Formula	Range	Variable Label
GEN5	NUM STR	1	1=not at all, 2=not very much, 3=somewhat, 4=a lot	1 to 4	importance of interview questions to your life
GEN5A	TEXT		subject's verbatim response		aspects of your life we forgot to ask about
NNSD6S					top
Variable Name	Type	Digits in Code	Formula	Range	Variable Label
GEN5	NUM STR	1	1=not at all, 2=not very much, 3=somewhat, 4=a lot	1 to 4	importance of interview questions to your life
GEN5A	TEXT		subject's verbatim response		aspects of your life we forgot to ask about

General Questions

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