RELTO
Notes from the General Household Survey: RELTO
Question
I'm now exploring the General Household
Survey and I've got some questions regarding some variables in the dataset.
Since I'll need to match couples in the same household, I intend to use the
variables RELTO01 - RELTO14 which are Filled relationship grid. But I'm not
quite sure whose relationship the variables refer to. For example, in RELT001,
does it refer to the relationship between person 1 and person 2?
Answer
RELTO01 is the relationship to person number 1, RELTO02 is the relationship
to person number 2 and so on. Person number is obtained from the variable 'PERSNO'.
So, for example, if there are two
people who are a married couple (PERSNO 1 and PERSNO 2). For PERSNO 1, RELTO01
= 0 (self) and RELTO02 = 1 (spouse). For PERSNO 2, RELTO01 = 1 (spouse) and
RELTO02 = 0 (self). In a larger household this would continue in the same fashion.
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