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.
Represented Variable
Name
H5EL8
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.
Representation Type
Code List
Selection Style
SelectOne
Measurement Unit
numeric
Concordance
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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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 |
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Wave V Mixed-Mode Survey | H5EL8 | 12,201 | 99 | 1 | 5 |
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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 |