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Cumulative Death File 1968-1997

Codebook

   
Variable List

Number  Name  Label

     1  D1    1968 INTERVIEW NUMBER

     2  D2    PERSON NUMBER

     3  D3    YEAR PSID DISCOVERED THE DEATH

     4  D4    STATE OR COUNTRY IN WHICH BORN

     5  D5    MONTH DIED PER PSID SOURCES

     6  D6    DAY DIED PER PSID SOURCES

     7  D7    YEAR DIED PER PSID SOURCES

     8  D8    MONTH DIED PER NDI

     9  D9    DAY DIED PER NDI

    10  D10   YEAR DIED PER NDI

    11  D11   AGE AT DEATH PER NDI

    12  D12   MORE COMPLETE MONTH OF DEATH

    13  D13   MORE COMPLETE DAY OF DEATH

    14  D14   MORE COMPLETE YEAR OF DEATH

    15  D15   ACCURACY OF MORE COMPLETE DEATH DATE

    16  D16   STATE OR COUNTRY IN WHICH DIED

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D1 1968 INTERVIEW NUMBER 1 Numeric 4 0 1-4

Question
1968 Interview Number

Explanation
This variable is the l968 family ID number. The combination of this variable and Person Number (D2) provides unique identification for each individual on the data file. Individuals associated with families from the Latino sample, added to the PSID in 1990 and 1992, and from the Immigrant sample, added to the PSID in 1997, were assigned 1968 IDs so that they, too, have unique identifiers compatible with the PSID structure for the core (SRC and Census)sample.

Code Description
1-2930 Member of, or moved into, a family from the 1968 SRC cross-section sample
3001-344 Member of, or moved into, a family from the Immigrant sample added in 1997
5001-687 Member of, or moved into, a family from the 1968 Census sample
7001-930 Member of, or moved into, a family from the Latino sample added in 1990 and 1992

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D2 PERSON NUMBER 2 Numeric 3 0 5-7

Question
Person Number

Code Description
1-19 Individuals living in core sample families at the time of the 1968 interview, in Latino sample families at the time of the 1990 interview, or in Immigrant sample families at the time of the 1997 interview
20 Husband of a core sample 1968 Head living in an institution at the time of the 1968 interview; spouse of an original Latino or Immigrant sample Head living in an institution at the time of the 1990 or 1997 interview
21-26 Children or stepchildren of a 1968 core sample Head who were under 25 and living in institutions at the time of the 1968 interview; children of an original Latino sample or Immigrant sample Head who were under 25 and living in institutions at the time of the 1990 or 1997 interview
30-169 Individuals born into the core sample since the 1968 interview or born into the Latino sample since the 1990 interview and who have at least one sample parent; these persons are sample members
170-226 Individuals who initially moved in after the initial interview (1968 if core sample, 1990 if Latino sample) and who are not included in codes 30-169 above. In general, these individuals are nonsample although sample individuals who are children of sample members, born since the initial interview, but moved in more than a year subsequent to birth are included here. This category also includes individuals from the Latino or Immigrant samples, other than the spouse of the original 1990 or 1997 Head, who moved out in the year preceding the 1990 or 1997 interview. These individuals are always nonsample.
227 Spouse of an original Head who moved out in the year prior to the initial interview (1968 for core sample, 1990 for Latino sample, and 1997 for Immigrant sample). These individuals are nonsample.
228 Spouse of an original Head who died in the year prior to the initial interview (1968 for core sample, 1990 for Latino sample, and 1997 for Immigrant sample). These individuals are nonsample.

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D3 YEAR PSID DISCOVERED THE DEATH 3 Numeric 4 0 8-11

Question
Year in which Death was Recorded by the PSID

Explanation
The year in which the PSID discovered the death of this sample member.

Code Description
1968-199 Year in which death data were obtained

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D4 STATE OR COUNTRY IN WHICH BORN 4 Numeric 2 0 12-13

Question
State or Country in which Individual was Born

Explanation
This information was added beginning in 1996. Individuals whose deaths were discovered prior to that wave have missing data here.

Code Description
1 Alabama
2 Arizona
3 Arkansas
4 California
5 Colorado
6 Connecticut
7 Delaware
8 District of Columbia
9 Florida
10 Georgia
11 Idaho
12 Illinois
13 Indiana
14 Iowa
15 Kansas
16 Kentucky
17 Louisiana
18 Maine
19 Maryland
20 Massachusetts
21 Michigan
22 Minnesota
23 Mississippi
24 Missouri
25 Montana
26 Nebraska
27 Nevada
28 New Hampshire
29 New Jersey
30 New Mexico
31 New York
32 North Carolina
33 North Dakota
34 Ohio
35 Oklahoma
36 Oregon
37 Pennsylvania
38 Rhode Island
39 South Carolina
40 South Dakota
41 Tennessee
42 Texas
43 Utah
44 Vermont
45 Virginia
46 Washington
47 West Virginia
48 Wisconsin
49 Wyoming
50 Alaska
51 Hawaii
52 Guam
53 Puerto Rico
54 Virgin Islands (U.S.)
55 Foreign Country
99 NA

Missing Data Code: 99

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D5 MONTH DIED PER PSID SOURCES 5 Numeric 2 0 14-15

Question
Month of Death from PSID Archives

Explanation
Death dates were located in PSID archival sources such as nonresponse coversheets, returned mail stamped "Deceased," and volunteered information from family members.

Code Description
1-12 Month of death
21 Winter
22 Spring
23 Summer
24 Fall
99 NA

Missing Data Code: 99

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D6 DAY DIED PER PSID SOURCES 6 Numeric 2 0 16-17

Question
Day of Death from PSID Archives

Explanation
See the note at D5 above.

Code Description
1-31 Day of death
99 NA

Missing Data Code: 99

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D7 YEAR DIED PER PSID SOURCES 7 Numeric 4 0 18-21

Question
Year of Death from PSID Archives

Explanation
See the note at D5 above.

Code Description
1967-199 Year of death
9999 NA

Missing Data Code: 9999

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D8 MONTH DIED PER NDI 8 Numeric 2 0 22-23

Question
Month of Death from National Death Index

Code Description
1-12 Month of death from NDI
0 Inap.: NDI data not obtained

Missing Data Code: 0

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D9 DAY DIED PER NDI 9 Numeric 2 0 24-25

Question
Day of Death from National Death Index

Code Description
1-31 Day of death from NDI
0 Inap.: NDI data not obtained

Missing Data Code: 0

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D10 YEAR DIED PER NDI 10 Numeric 4 0 26-29

Question
Year of Death from National Death Index

Code Description
1967-198 Year of death from NDI
0 Inap.: NDI data not obtained

Missing Data Code: 0

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D11 AGE AT DEATH PER NDI 11 Numeric 2 0 30-31

Question
Age from the National Death Index

Code Description
1-96 Age from NDI
0 Inap.: NDI data not obtained
99 NA

Missing Data Codes: 0,99

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D12 MORE COMPLETE MONTH OF DEATH 12 Numeric 2 0 32-33

Question
More Precise Month of Death

Explanation
Of the two death dates, from PSID sources (D5,D6,D7) and the National Death Index (D8,D9,D10), this is the more complete.

Code Description
1-12 More complete month
21 Winter
22 Spring
23 Summer
24 Fall
99 NA

Missing Data Code: 99

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D13 MORE COMPLETE DAY OF DEATH 13 Numeric 2 0 34-35

Question
More Precise Day of Death

Explanation
See the note at D12 above.

Code Description
1-31 More complete day
99 NA

Missing Data Code: 99

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D14 MORE COMPLETE YEAR OF DEATH 14 Numeric 4 0 36-39

Question
More Precise Year of Death

Explanation
See the note at D12 above. When available, the exact year of death is recorded. When a range of years was reported, this varibale contains a four digit code in which the first two digits represent the first possible year of death, and the last two digits represent the last possible year.

Code Description
1967-199 More complete year
6768 Death occurred between 1967 and 1968
6869 Death occurred between 1968 and 1969
6870 Death occurred between 1968 and 1970
6891 Death occurred between 1968 and 1991
6894 Death occurred between 1968 and 1994
6970 Death occurred between 1969 and 1970
6994 Death occurred between 1969 and 1994
7071 Death occurred between 1970 and 1971
7079 Death occurred between 1970 and 1979
7084 Death occurred between 1970 and 1984
7094 Death occurred between 1970 and 1994
7172 Death occurred between 1971 and 1972
7175 Death occurred between 1971 and 1975
7193 Death occurred between 1971 and 1993
7194 Death occurred between 1971 and 1994
7273 Death occurred between 1972 and 1973
7292 Death occurred between 1972 and 1992
7294 Death occurred between 1972 and 1994
7374 Death occurred between 1973 and 1974
7393 Death occurred between 1973 and 1993
7394 Death occurred between 1973 and 1994
7475 Death occurred between 1974 and 1975
7479 Death occurred between 1974 and 1979
7494 Death occurred between 1974 and 1994
7576 Death occurred between 1975 and 1976
7579 Death occurred between 1975 and 1979
7593 Death occurred between 1975 and 1993
7594 Death occurred between 1975 and 1994
7677 Death occurred between 1976 and 1977
7679 Death occurred between 1976 and 1979
7694 Death occurred between 1976 and 1994
7778 Death occurred between 1977 and 1978
7781 Death occurred between 1977 and 1981
7794 Death occurred between 1977 and 1994
7879 Death occurred between 1978 and 1979
7894 Death occurred between 1978 and 1994
7980 Death occurred between 1979 and 1980
7982 Death occurred between 1979 and 1982
7992 Death occurred between 1979 and 1992
7993 Death occurred between 1979 and 1993
7994 Death occurred between 1979 and 1994
8081 Death occurred between 1980 and 1981
8094 Death occurred between 1980 and 1994
8182 Death occurred between 1981 and 1982
8192 Death occurred between 1981 and 1992
8194 Death occurred between 1981 and 1994
8283 Death occurred between 1982 and 1983
8284 Death occurred between 1982 and 1984
8293 Death occurred between 1982 and 1993
8294 Death occurred between 1982 and 1994
8384 Death occurred between 1983 and 1984
8389 Death occurred between 1983 and 1989
8393 Death occurred between 1983 and 1993
8394 Death occurred between 1983 and 1994
8485 Death occurred between 1984 and 1985
8486 Death occurred between 1984 and 1986
8489 Death occurred between 1984 and 1989
8490 Death occurred between 1984 and 1990
8492 Death occurred between 1984 and 1992
8494 Death occurred between 1984 and 1994
8586 Death occurred between 1985 and 1986
8587 Death occurred between 1985 and 1987
8589 Death occurred between 1985 and 1989
8592 Death occurred between 1985 and 1992
8593 Death occurred between 1985 and 1993
8594 Death occurred between 1985 and 1994
8687 Death occurred between 1986 and 1987
8690 Death occurred between 1986 and 1990
8694 Death occurred between 1986 and 1994
8788 Death occurred between 1987 and 1988
8789 Death occurred between 1987 and 1989
8793 Death occurred between 1987 and 1993
8889 Death occurred between 1988 and 1989
8890 Death occurred between 1988 and 1990
8892 Death occurred between 1988 and 1992
8894 Death occurred between 1988 and 1994
8990 Death occurred between 1989 and 1990
8994 Death occurred between 1989 and 1994
9091 Death occurred between 1990 and 1991
9094 Death occurred between 1990 and 1994
9192 Death occurred between 1991 and 1992
9194 Death occurred between 1991 and 1994
9293 Death occurred between 1992 and 1993
9294 Death occurred between 1992 and 1994
9394 Death occurred between 1993 and 1994
9495 Death occurred between 1994 and 1995
9596 Death occurred between 1995 and 1996
9697 Death occurred between 1996 and 1997

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D15 ACCURACY OF MORE COMPLETE DEATH DATE 15 Numeric 1 0 40

Question
Accuracy of the More Precise Date of Death

Code Description
1 Month, day and year known
2 Month and year known
3 Year known
4 Only year range is known

Name Label Number Type Width Decimals Location
D16 STATE OR COUNTRY IN WHICH DIED 16 Numeric 2 0 41-42

Question
State or Country in which Death Occurred

Code Description
1 Alabama
2 Arizona
3 Arkansas
4 California
5 Colorado
6 Connecticut
7 Delaware
8 District of Columbia
9 Florida
10 Georgia
11 Idaho
12 Illinois
13 Indiana
14 Iowa
15 Kansas
16 Kentucky
17 Louisiana
18 Maine
19 Maryland
20 Massachusetts
21 Michigan
22 Minnesota
23 Mississippi
24 Missouri
25 Montana
26 Nebraska
27 Nevada
28 New Hampshire
29 New Jersey
30 New Mexico
31 New York
32 North Carolina
33 North Dakota
34 Ohio
35 Oklahoma
36 Oregon
37 Pennsylvania
38 Rhode Island
39 South Carolina
40 South Dakota
41 Tennessee
42 Texas
43 Utah
44 Vermont
45 Virginia
46 Washington
47 West Virginia
48 Wisconsin
49 Wyoming
50 Alaska
51 Hawaii
52 Guam
53 Puerto Rico
54 Virgin Islands (U.S.)
55 Foreign Country
99 NA

Missing Data Code: 99

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