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VCF0114 Family Income

QUESTION:
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1952,1956-1960:  
About what do you think your total income will be this year for yourself 
and your immediate family?
1962:  
Would you tell me how much income you and your family will be making 
during this calendar year, 1962.  I mean, before taxes.
1964,1968:  
About what do you think your total income will be this year for yourself 
and your immediate family.  Just give me the number/ letter) of the 
right income category.
1966,1970:  
Many people don't know their exact (1966/1970) income yet; but would you 
tell me as best you can what you expect your (1966/1970) income to be--
before taxes?  You may just tell me the letter of the group on this card 
into which your family income will probably fall.
1972-1990, 1992 LONG-FORM,1994-LATER EXC. 2000 TELEPHONE:
Please look at this card/page (2000 FTF: the booklet) and tell me the 
letter of the income group that includes the income of all members of 
your family living here in [previous year] before taxes.  This figure 
should include salaries, wages, pensions, dividends, interest, and all 
other income.  (IF UNCERTAIN:)  What would be your best guess?
1992 SHORT FORM:  
Can you give us an estimate of your total family income in 1991 before 
taxes?  This figure should include salaries, wages, pensions, dividends, 
interest and all other income for every member of your family living in 
your house in 1991.  First could you tell me if that was above or below 
$24,999? (IF UNCERTAIN: what would be your best guess?) (IF ABOVE/BELOW 
$24,999:) I will read you some income categories, could you please stop 
me when I reach the category that corresponds to your family situation?
2000 TELEPHONE:
I am going to read you a list of income categories. Please tell me which 
category best describes the. total income of all members of your family 
living in your house in 1999 before taxes.  This figure should include 
salaries, wages, pensions, dividends, interest, and all other income.  
Please stop me when I get to your family's income.

VALID_CODES:
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1.  0 to 16 percentile
2.  17 to 33 percentile
3.  34 to 67 percentile
4.  68 to 95 percentile
5.  96 to 100 percentile

MISSING_CODES:
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0.  DK; NA; refused to answer; no Pre IW
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
See Appendix "INCOME" for income ranges corresponding to these 
percentiles.
Study coding of income was approximated as closely as possible to fit 
within this version.  Prior to 1972, this was an estimate of CURRENT 
year's income; since 1972, PREVIOUS year's income.  Note that in all 
years beginning 1976 this question was not actually asked if R was the 
only household member age 14 or over: in such cases, data from the 
question asking R's own income was duplicated. (Prior to 1976 R's 
own income was not determined.)
Beginning in 1964, R was shown a respondent card or booklet.
1948 NOTE:
Question wording was undocumented.
1960 NOTE:
Personal data forms were completed for no-pre cases: data from
these forms were incorporated.
1996 NOTE:
For 14 cases, interviewers entered responses where individual income 
was higher than family income.  In some of these cases, the responses 
for family income and R income may have been provided.entered in
incorrect order.
1998 NOTE:
Some interviewers coded lowest income category when the respondent 
stated that he or she did not know what the household income was.  
Study staff has reviewed all interviewer comment material available to 
identify cases coded in the lowest category where comment notes clearly 
indicate Don't Know; such cases have been recoded to DK.  However, it 
is not known whether there are additional DK cases (without recorded 
comments) for which lowest category had been incorrectly coded.
2002 NOTE:
Income categories were too broad for approximation here.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1948:  480049 
1952:  520160  
1954:  540023
1956:  560190 
1958:  580203  
1960:  600189
1962:  620075 
1964:  640269  
1966:  660235
1968:  680261 
1970:  700388(type 0) 
1972:  720420
1974:  742549 
1976:  763507  
1978:  780598
1980:  800686 
1982:  820725  
1984:  840680
1986:  860733 
1988:  880520  
1990:  900663 
1992:  924104 
1994:  941404  
1996:  960701 
1998:  980652  
2000:  000994
2004:  043293x


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03