H4EC16

Name

H4EC16

Logic

If year of last interview = 1995/1996, ask Q16; if year of last interview = 2001/2002, skip to Q18.

Question Text

Before you were 18 years old, did anyone in your household ever receive public assistance, welfare payments, or food stamps?

Representation Type

Code List

Selection Style

SelectOne

Measurement Unit

numeric

Codes

Dataset

wave4

Value	Valid	Label	Frequency	% of Valid	% of All
.	Missing	missing	3		0.02%
0	Valid	no	1,810	68.87%	11.53%
1	Valid	yes	818	31.13%	5.21%
6	Missing	refused	1		0.01%
7	Missing	legitimate skip	13,035		83.02%
8	Missing	don't know	34		0.22%

Total Responses	Valid	Invalid	Min	Max
15701	2628	13073	0	1