2 - Documentation of the Variables
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 January 2021
Summary
This chapter documents the variables. It reports the guide to the codebook (2.1), a list of the variables (2.2), and their documentation (2.3).
Guide to the codebook
To illustrate the layout of the documentation of the variables documented in Section 2.3, an example is given in Scheme 2.1. The letters in parentheses refer to the notes presented after Scheme 2.1.
(a) Indicates the variable number. A variable number has been assigned to each variable in the SPSS system file. These variable numbers are identical to the ones presented in this documentation. Many of the variables included in this survey were also included in previous surveys (please, check the references). These identical variables have the same variable numbers in all surveys.
(b) Indicates the variable label used in the SPSS system file. Because the maximum length of the variable labels was set at forty characters, a lot of abbreviations had to be used.
(c) Indicates the question or statement text in English. In some cases, this translation differs slightly, not substantially from the ones presented in previous documentations (please, check the references).
(d) The question identification indicates the number(s) of the question or statement in the original questionnaire(s). In case a variable is not based on a question or statement, no question identification is given.
(e) Indicates the code values for the single answer categories.
(f) Indicates the textual definition of the codes, that is, their value labels.
(g) Indicates the absolute frequencies (left column), the relative frequencies (middle column), and the adjusted (adjusted for missing value(s)) relative frequencies (right column) of the variables.
Variables description list
In this section, original and constructed variables are listed. To provide readers with some conceptual understanding, the list contains headings for themes (CAPITAL) and subthemes (italic).
DATA SAMPLE AND INTERVIEW
Data sample
A0007 respondent identification-number (ITS)
B0006 region
M0001 municipality identification number (CBS)
V2316 urbanisation category municipality
V1180 province identification number
V1900 zip code four digits
V5241 respondent place of residence
V5242 eurostat 3-level nuts classification
Data interview
V0277 date of interview
V0281 interview duration
V0268 interviewer identification number
I0006 Interview number
V2315 willing to complete mail questionnaire
V5223 which coupon would you want
V2371 willing to cooperate again in the future
V5224 may I have your name and address
V5225 interviewer check name address information
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- Religion in Dutch Society 2005Documentation of a National Survey on Religious and Secular Attitudes and Behaviour in 2005, pp. 17 - 141Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2013