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QUESTION:
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1980: Was this interview conducted in English? (IF NO:) In What language
was this interview conducted?
1984,1988,1992: Was this interview conducted entirely in English, or was
it necessary to translate some (or all) questions into another language?
What language?
VALID_CODES:
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0. IW conducted entirely in English
1. Some or all of IW translated to Spanish
3. Some or all of IW translated to French
4. Some or all of IW conducted in either Spanish or French
5. Some or all of IW translated to non-English language
other than Spanish or French
7. Some or all of IW translated to non-English language
but NA which language
MISSING_CODES:
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9. NA if English or other language
Inap. no Post IW; abbrev. Post IW (1984)
NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
For studies prior to 1978 it is not entirely certain whether any full
or partial translations occurred, however none have been documented and
all cases prior to 1978 are coded 0. This was a question for the
interviewer (except 1994).
1978 NOTE:
Code 4 includes 1978 cases from code "Spanish, French".
1988 NOTE:
A language variable appeared for the Pre but not for the Post.
1992 NOTE:
For an unknown reason, this question was not answered by interviewers
in 826 cases.
1994 NOTE:
This was an admininstration (not interviewer) variable.
TYPE:
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Numeric Dec 0
SOURCE_VARS:
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1978: 780645
1980: 801192
1982: 820776
1984: 841117
1986: 860768,860769
1990: 900695,900696
1992: 926251,926252
1994: 940047
Walter Mebane
2005-11-03