When you were growing up, before age 16, was your family better off or worse off financially than the average family was at that time? If your parents lived separately and had different financial situations, answer for the family you lived with for the longest time.
Add Health Questions/Variables
Conceptual Variable
Name
5614
Label
When you were growing up, before age 16, was your family better off or worse off financially than the average family was at that time? If your parents lived separately and had different financial situations, answer for the family you lived with for the longest time.
| Add Health | |||
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| Wave V | |||
| Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey | |||
| Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey | |||
| H5EL8 | |||
| a lot better off |
6.89%
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| somewhat better off |
18.92%
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| same as average family |
47.42%
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| somewhat worse off |
21.51%
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| a lot worse off |
5.25%
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| Add Health | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Wave V | |||
| Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey | |||
| Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey | |||
| H5EL8 | |||
| a lot better off |
6.84%
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| somewhat better off |
18.76%
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| same as average family |
47.04%
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| somewhat worse off |
21.34%
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| a lot worse off |
5.21%
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| Dataset | Variable | Valid | Invalid | Min | First Quartile | Median | Third Quartile | Max | Mean | StdDev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey | H5EL8 | 12,201 | 99 | 1 | 5 |
| Add Health | |||
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| Wave V | |||
| Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey | |||
| Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey | |||
| H5EL8 | |||
| a lot better off | 1 | ||
| somewhat better off | 2 | ||
| same as average family | 3 | ||
| somewhat worse off | 4 | ||
| a lot worse off | 5 |