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| Variable Name | male |
| Top Access Level | released |
| Label | Male |
| Codebook | SIPP Synthetic Beta v5.1 |
| Concept | |
| Type | numeric |
Files
ssb_v5_1_synthetic1_1.sas7bdat
http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html
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SAS
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ssb_v5_1_synthetic1_1.dta
http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/sipp/methodology/sipp-synthetic-beta-data-product.html
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Stata
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Full Description
In the 1990-2004 Census-internal SIPP panels, a value for sex is included on each
wave file. Thus, there are actually as many sex variables as there are waves of the
survey and some changes occur across waves as a result of data collection error. Sex
is selected from the array of variables sex1-sex{max number of waves} in which the
wave corresponds either to the month in which marital status is first observed (for
those without spouses during the course of the SIPP) or to the month in which the
respondent's spouse is assigned instead of from a fixed point in the survey. Thus
when a spouse is never assigned, an individual's gender comes from the first wave
where they report being not married. For individuals who are assigned a spouse, gender
comes from the first wave where they reveal their spouse. Finally, an indicator variable
for males was created from the categorical sex variable for analytic convenience.
This variable is unsynthesized on the SSB and is never missing so there are no imputed
values in the Completed Data.
Value Ranges
Value Range
Range: [ 0 , 1 ]
Groups
Values (2 total)
| 0 | Female |
| 1 | Male |
Notes (1 total)
#1
This variable tells whether a person is male or female