PAIR Project Integrated Codebook
The Integrated Codebook is a couple-level extended codebook that includes all the most important aggregate variables of the study, providing in-depth information about the placement of variables and codes used in a particular datafile. The interested user may find it easier to access variables from the Guide to the Constructs.
The following pieces of information are provided for each variable in the codebook:
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Description: provides the variable label along with any relevant detail. | ||||||||
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Variable name: Variable name assigned to each question in
the data file. The PAIR Project maintains general guidelines that ensure consistency
across phases in the naming of variables and the meaning of codes. The first letter of the
dyadic level data refers to the participant answering the question (H =
Husband; W = Wife). Up to six additional characters define unique
variables. These characters usually provide some abbreviated description of the question.
For example, when asking about leisure preferences, the extent to which a person likes to
attend parties is coded with the characters PARTY. The last character designates the phase
of data collection:
If a measure is used during more than one data collection phase, the variable name is identical at each phase, substituting only the phase digit. This keeps variable names consistent from phase to phase. |
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Value: Acceptable coded values for each question | ||||||||
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Value Label: Verbal description of the values |
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Type of variable: Indication of the variable type (e.g., interval, discrete) |
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Explanation: Source of the question if appropriate; notes on calculation, etc. |
