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| Variable Name | male |
| Top Access Level | released |
| Label | Male |
| Codebook | SIPP Synthetic Beta v6.02 |
| Concept | |
| Type | numeric |
Files
ssb_v6_0_2_syntheticK_M.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_v6_0_2_syntheticK_M.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 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. As with the SIPP, the SSB does not allow same-sex couples to report being
married and hence gender must be chosen to be consistent with the spouse's gender
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.
This indicator variable is set to 1 if the individual was male and was created from
the original 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