PAIR Project Integrated Codebook

About the Integrated Codebook

Codebook Chapters

Personal Attributes (PDF file)

Courtship (PDF file)

Marital Context & Consequences (PDF file)

Marriage as a Behavioral System (PDF file)

Marital Evaluation (PDF file)

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 codebook is divided into 5 chapters; each chapter is available as a separate PDF file.

The following pieces of information are provided for each variable in the codebook:

• Description: provides the variable label along with any relevant detail.
   
• 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:
  • 1 - Newlywed (1981)
  • 2 - Married 1+ Years (1982)
  • 3 - Married 2+ Years (1983)
  • 4 - Married 13+ Years (1994)
  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.
   
• Value: Acceptable coded values for each question
   
• Value Label: Verbal description of the values
   
• Type of variable: Indication of the variable type (e.g., interval, discrete)
   
• Explanation: Source of the question if appropriate; notes on calculation, etc.
   

Fuller descriptions of most variables can be found in the Guide to the Constructs.

To access a PDF file of each chapter, click on its link below.

Personal Attributes (PDF file)

Social Background and Family History

Physical Characteristics

Self-Rated Desirability as a Mate

Cattell Personality Test

Personal Attributes Questionnaire

Perception of Own Personality

Perception of Own Social Motivations

Gender-Role Attitudes

Household Task Preferences

Household Task Skills

Sex-Typing of Leisure

Leisure Likes and Dislikes

Social Attitudes

Ease of Match

 

Courtship (PDF file)

Living Situation during Courtship

Structual Features of Courtship

Timing of Courtship Events

Subjective Evaluation of Courtship

 

Marital Context and Consequences (PDF file)

Economic Situation

Work and Other Outside Commitments

Economic Stress

Parenthood and Children

Psychological Well-Being and Stress

Behavioral Problems

Physical and Social Context

 

Marriage as a Behavioral System (PDF file)

Overall Marital Role Patterns

Performance of Sex-Typed Household Tasks

Performance of Types of Household Tasks

Marital Companionship

General Patterns of Leisure

Type of Leisure

Social Context of Leisure

Conversations Involving Social Network

Socioemotional Behaviors

Communication Patterns

Eating and Sleeping

 

Marital Evaluation (PDF file)

Marital History

Marital Satisfaction

Beliefs about Similarity and Compatibility

Love and Ambivalence

Dissatisfaction with Interaction

Preferences of Closeness/Independence

Perceptions of Partners' Traits

Perceptions of Partners' Social Goals

Commitment