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Table of Contents {#toc}
- Introduction
- Codebooks
a. Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
b. National Survey of Family Growth
c. State of the State Survey
Introduction {#introduction}
Welcome {#welcome}
Thank you for your interest in the childfree package! This vignette contains codebooks for dataframes created by the package's functions from publicly-accessible data. The Introduction to Childfree vignette provides a more general introduction.
The childfree package can be cited as:
Neal, Z. P. and Neal, J. W. (2024). childfree: An R package to access and harmonize childfree demographic data. Comprehensive R Archive Network. https://cran.r-project.org/package=childfree
For additional resources on the childfree package, please see https://www.zacharyneal.com/childfree.
If you have questions about the childfree package or would like a childfree package hex sticker, please contact the maintainer Zachary Neal by email (zpneal\@msu.edu). Please report bugs in the backbone package at https://github.com/zpneal/childfree/issues.
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) {#dhs}
This table summarizes the variables that are contained in dataframes generated from Demographic and Health Surveys data using dhs(). Female respondents' variables begin with v, while male respondents' variables begin with mv.
| Variable | Source | Format | Coding ______ |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | --- |
| cf_want | (m)v201
(m)v602 | Binary | 0 = Not childfree
1 = Childfree |
| cf_ideal | (m)v201
(m)v613 | Binary | 0 = Not childfree
1 = Childfree |
| famstat | (m)v201
(m)v602
(m)v613 | Categorical | 1 = Parent-Unclassified
2 = Parent-Fulfilled
3 = Parent-Unfulfilled
4 = Parent-Relunctant
5 = Parent-Ambivalent
6 = Not yet parent
9 = Childless-Biological
10 = Ambivalent non-parent
11 = Undecided
12 = Childfree |
| sex | --- | Categorical | 1 = Female
2 = Male |
| age | (m)v012 | Numeric | In years |
| education | (m)v133 | Numeric | In years |
| partnered | (m)v502 | Categorical | 1 = Single, never partnered
2 = Currently partnered
3 = Formerly partnered |
| residence | (m)v102 | Ordinal | 1 = Rural
4 = Urban |
| employed | (m)v714 | Binary | 0 = Not employed
1 = Employed |
| religion | (m)v130 | Categorical | 1 = None,
2 = Catholic / Orthodox
3 = Muslim
4 = Jewish
5 = Protestant / Christian
6 = Other
7 = Buddhist
8 = Hindu |
| id | (m)caseid | string |
| country | (m)v000 | string |
| weight | (m)v005 | numeric |
| cluster | (m)v021 | numeric |
| strata | (m)v023 | numeric |
| file | user | string |
| survey | "DHS" | string |
| wave | (m)v000 | numeric |
| year | (m)v007 | numeric |
| month | (m)v006 | ordinal |
National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) {#nsfg}
This table summarizes the variables that are contained in dataframes generated from National Survey of Family Growth data using nsfg(). Variables noted with (F) or (M) are used for female and male respondents, respectively.
| Variable | Source | Format | Coding ______ |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | --- |
| cf_want | parity (F)
otherkid (F)
seekadpt (F)
anykids (M)
otachil (M)
rwant | Binary | 0 = Not childfree
1 = Childfree |
| famstat | parity (F)
otherkid (F)
seekadpt (F)
anykids (M)
otachil (M)
rwant
rstrstat
pstrstat
intent | Categorical | 1 = Parent-Unclassified
3 = Parent-Unfulfilled
5 = Parent-Ambivalent
6 = Not yet parent
8 = Childless - Social
9 = Childless - Biological
10 = Ambivalent non-parent
11 = Undecided
12 = Childfree |
| sex | --- | Categorical | 1 = Female
2 = Male |
| lgbt | orient | Binary | 1 = Straight
2 = Gay/Lesbian
3 = Bisexual
4 = Something else |
| hispanic | hispanic | Binary | 0 = Not hispanic
1 = Hispanic |
| race | rscrrace | Categorical | 1 = White
2 = Black
3 = Hawaiian
4 = Asian
5 = American Indian
6 = Other |
| age | ager | Numeric | In years |
| education | hieduc | Ordinal | 2 = Did not graduate high school
3 = High School graduate
4 = Some college
5 = College graduate
7 = Graduate degree |
| partnered | rmarital | Categorical | 1 = Single, never partnered
2 = Currently partnered
3 = Formerly partnered |
| residence | metro | Ordinal | 1 = Rural
3 = Suburb
4 = Urban |
| employed | rwrkst | Binary | 0 = Not employed
1 = Employed |
| inschool | goschol | Binary | 0 = Not in school
1 = In school |
| religion | religion | Categorical | 1 = None
2 = Catholic / Orthodox
5 = Protestant / Christian
6 = Other |
| bother | chbother | Ordinal | 1 = Not at all
2 = A little
3 = Some
4 = A great deal |
| id | caseid | string |
| country | "United States" | string |
| weight | wgt2022_2023
wgt2017_2019
wgt2015_2019
wtg2013_2015
wtg2011_2013
WGTQ1Q16
finalwgt | numeric |
| cluster | secu | numeric |
| stratum | sest | numeric |
| file | user | string |
| survey | "NSFG" | string |
| wave | user | string |
| year | cmintvw | numeric |
| month | cmintvw | ordinal |
State of the State Survey (SOSS) {#soss}
This table summarizes the variables that are contained in dataframes generated from State of the State Survey data using soss().
| Variable | Source | Format | Coding ______ |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | --- |
| cf_want | neal1
neal2
neal3 | Binary | 0 = Not childfree
1 = Childfree |
| famstat | neal1
neal2
neal3 | Categorical | 1 = Parent-Unclassified
6 = Not yet parent
7 = Childless - Unclassified
10 = Ambivalent non-parent
11 = Undecided
12 = Childfree |
| sex | cd1 | Categorical | 1 = Female
2 = Male
3 = Other |
| lgbt | neal11
(wave 84 only) | Binary | 0 = Not LGBT
1 = LGBT |
| hispanic | cd5a | Binary | 0 = Not hispanic
1 = Hispanic |
| race | cd4_1
cd4_2
cd4_3
cd4_4
cd4_5
cd4_6 | Categorical | 1 = White
2 = Black
3 = Hawaiian
4 = Asian
5 = American Indian
6 = Other
7 = Multiracial |
| age | cd2 | Numeric | In years |
| education | cd3 | Ordinal | 1 = No education
2 = Did not graduate high school
3 = High School graduate
4 = Some college
5 = College graduate
6 = Some post-graduate
7 = Graduate degree |
| partnered | cd8 | Categorical | 1 = Single, never partnered
2 = Currently partnered
3 = Formerly partnered |
| residence | x1 | Ordinal | 1 = Rural
2 = Town
3 = Suburb
4 = Urban |
| employed | cd15 | Binary | 0 = Not employed
1 = Employed |
| inschool | cd15 | Binary | 0 = Not in school
1 = In school |
| ideology | ideology | Ordinal | 1 = Very conservative
2 = Somewhat conservative
3 = Closer to the conservative side
4 = In the middle
5 = Closer to the liberal side
6 = Somewhat liberal
7 = Very liberal |
| religion | cd6 | Categorical | 1 = None
2 = Catholic / Orthodox
3 = Muslim
4 = Jewish
5 = Protestant / Christian
6 = Other |
| id | caseid | string |
| country | "United States" | string |
| weight | weight | numeric |
| file | user | string |
| survey | "SOSS" | string |
| wave | user | string |
| year | documentation | numeric |
| month | documentation | ordinal |
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Table of Contents {#toc}
- Introduction
- Codebooks a. Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) b. National Survey of Family Growth c. State of the State Survey
Introduction {#introduction}
Welcome {#welcome}
Thank you for your interest in the childfree package! This vignette contains codebooks for dataframes created by the package's functions from publicly-accessible data. The Introduction to Childfree vignette provides a more general introduction.
The childfree package can be cited as:
Neal, Z. P. and Neal, J. W. (2024). childfree: An R package to access and harmonize childfree demographic data. Comprehensive R Archive Network. https://cran.r-project.org/package=childfree
For additional resources on the childfree package, please see https://www.zacharyneal.com/childfree.
If you have questions about the childfree package or would like a childfree package hex sticker, please contact the maintainer Zachary Neal by email (zpneal\@msu.edu). Please report bugs in the backbone package at https://github.com/zpneal/childfree/issues.
Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) {#dhs}
This table summarizes the variables that are contained in dataframes generated from Demographic and Health Surveys data using dhs(). Female respondents' variables begin with v, while male respondents' variables begin with mv.
| Variable | Source | Format | Coding ______ |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | --- |
| cf_want | (m)v201
(m)v602 | Binary | 0 = Not childfree
1 = Childfree |
| cf_ideal | (m)v201
(m)v613 | Binary | 0 = Not childfree
1 = Childfree |
| famstat | (m)v201
(m)v602
(m)v613 | Categorical | 1 = Parent-Unclassified
2 = Parent-Fulfilled
3 = Parent-Unfulfilled
4 = Parent-Relunctant
5 = Parent-Ambivalent
6 = Not yet parent
9 = Childless-Biological
10 = Ambivalent non-parent
11 = Undecided
12 = Childfree |
| sex | --- | Categorical | 1 = Female
2 = Male |
| age | (m)v012 | Numeric | In years |
| education | (m)v133 | Numeric | In years |
| partnered | (m)v502 | Categorical | 1 = Single, never partnered
2 = Currently partnered
3 = Formerly partnered |
| residence | (m)v102 | Ordinal | 1 = Rural
4 = Urban |
| employed | (m)v714 | Binary | 0 = Not employed
1 = Employed |
| religion | (m)v130 | Categorical | 1 = None,
2 = Catholic / Orthodox
3 = Muslim
4 = Jewish
5 = Protestant / Christian
6 = Other
7 = Buddhist
8 = Hindu |
| id | (m)caseid | string |
| country | (m)v000 | string |
| weight | (m)v005 | numeric |
| cluster | (m)v021 | numeric |
| strata | (m)v023 | numeric |
| file | user | string |
| survey | "DHS" | string |
| wave | (m)v000 | numeric |
| year | (m)v007 | numeric |
| month | (m)v006 | ordinal |
National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) {#nsfg}
This table summarizes the variables that are contained in dataframes generated from National Survey of Family Growth data using nsfg(). Variables noted with (F) or (M) are used for female and male respondents, respectively.
| Variable | Source | Format | Coding ______ |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | --- |
| cf_want | parity (F)
otherkid (F)
seekadpt (F)
anykids (M)
otachil (M)
rwant | Binary | 0 = Not childfree
1 = Childfree |
| famstat | parity (F)
otherkid (F)
seekadpt (F)
anykids (M)
otachil (M)
rwant
rstrstat
pstrstat
intent | Categorical | 1 = Parent-Unclassified
3 = Parent-Unfulfilled
5 = Parent-Ambivalent
6 = Not yet parent
8 = Childless - Social
9 = Childless - Biological
10 = Ambivalent non-parent
11 = Undecided
12 = Childfree |
| sex | --- | Categorical | 1 = Female
2 = Male |
| lgbt | orient | Binary | 1 = Straight
2 = Gay/Lesbian
3 = Bisexual
4 = Something else |
| hispanic | hispanic | Binary | 0 = Not hispanic
1 = Hispanic |
| race | rscrrace | Categorical | 1 = White
2 = Black
3 = Hawaiian
4 = Asian
5 = American Indian
6 = Other |
| age | ager | Numeric | In years |
| education | hieduc | Ordinal | 2 = Did not graduate high school
3 = High School graduate
4 = Some college
5 = College graduate
7 = Graduate degree |
| partnered | rmarital | Categorical | 1 = Single, never partnered
2 = Currently partnered
3 = Formerly partnered |
| residence | metro | Ordinal | 1 = Rural
3 = Suburb
4 = Urban |
| employed | rwrkst | Binary | 0 = Not employed
1 = Employed |
| inschool | goschol | Binary | 0 = Not in school
1 = In school |
| religion | religion | Categorical | 1 = None
2 = Catholic / Orthodox
5 = Protestant / Christian
6 = Other |
| bother | chbother | Ordinal | 1 = Not at all
2 = A little
3 = Some
4 = A great deal |
| id | caseid | string |
| country | "United States" | string |
| weight | wgt2022_2023
wgt2017_2019
wgt2015_2019
wtg2013_2015
wtg2011_2013
WGTQ1Q16
finalwgt | numeric |
| cluster | secu | numeric |
| stratum | sest | numeric |
| file | user | string |
| survey | "NSFG" | string |
| wave | user | string |
| year | cmintvw | numeric |
| month | cmintvw | ordinal |
State of the State Survey (SOSS) {#soss}
This table summarizes the variables that are contained in dataframes generated from State of the State Survey data using soss().
| Variable | Source | Format | Coding ______ |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | --- |
| cf_want | neal1
neal2
neal3 | Binary | 0 = Not childfree
1 = Childfree |
| famstat | neal1
neal2
neal3 | Categorical | 1 = Parent-Unclassified
6 = Not yet parent
7 = Childless - Unclassified
10 = Ambivalent non-parent
11 = Undecided
12 = Childfree |
| sex | cd1 | Categorical | 1 = Female
2 = Male
3 = Other |
| lgbt | neal11
(wave 84 only) | Binary | 0 = Not LGBT
1 = LGBT |
| hispanic | cd5a | Binary | 0 = Not hispanic
1 = Hispanic |
| race | cd4_1
cd4_2
cd4_3
cd4_4
cd4_5
cd4_6 | Categorical | 1 = White
2 = Black
3 = Hawaiian
4 = Asian
5 = American Indian
6 = Other
7 = Multiracial |
| age | cd2 | Numeric | In years |
| education | cd3 | Ordinal | 1 = No education
2 = Did not graduate high school
3 = High School graduate
4 = Some college
5 = College graduate
6 = Some post-graduate
7 = Graduate degree |
| partnered | cd8 | Categorical | 1 = Single, never partnered
2 = Currently partnered
3 = Formerly partnered |
| residence | x1 | Ordinal | 1 = Rural
2 = Town
3 = Suburb
4 = Urban |
| employed | cd15 | Binary | 0 = Not employed
1 = Employed |
| inschool | cd15 | Binary | 0 = Not in school
1 = In school |
| ideology | ideology | Ordinal | 1 = Very conservative
2 = Somewhat conservative
3 = Closer to the conservative side
4 = In the middle
5 = Closer to the liberal side
6 = Somewhat liberal
7 = Very liberal |
| religion | cd6 | Categorical | 1 = None
2 = Catholic / Orthodox
3 = Muslim
4 = Jewish
5 = Protestant / Christian
6 = Other |
| id | caseid | string |
| country | "United States" | string |
| weight | weight | numeric |
| file | user | string |
| survey | "SOSS" | string |
| wave | user | string |
| year | documentation | numeric |
| month | documentation | ordinal |
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