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lvrel

Living relatives

Datafile

Index term

Individual variables

Variable nameVariable labelDatafile
lvrel1 Mother indresp
lvrel2 Father indresp
lvrel3 Son(s)/daughter(s) indresp
lvrel4 Brothers/sisters indresp
lvrel5 Grandchildren indresp
lvrel6 Grandparents indresp
lvrel7 Great Grandchildren indresp
lvrel8 Great Grandparents indresp
lvrel9 Step/adoptive mother indresp
lvrel10 Step/adoptive father indresp
lvrel96 None of these indresp

Question asked in the latest wave:

familynetworks_w13.lvrel

Question label:

Living relatives

Question text:

We now have a few questions about contact you have with family members not living here with you. Excluding relatives who are living in this household with you at the moment, can you tell me which of these types of relatives you have alive at the moment?

Question interviewer instructions:

CODE ALL THAT APPLY INCLUDE STEP/ADOPTIVE/HALF RELATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE RELATIVES LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD

Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires

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