c' G - Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)

Pamily Info~tion
Ceriaral ‘
Cer@ml 9oints
. ,.
,( w
A.
—— no enewers
.,,
,,
Xxemine the Master Schedule very oerefully to ●steblish whether ‘no ●nswers’ ●r
●llowd at particular questions, end proceed ●c follows
B.
c.
L ‘“
E.
?.
G.
1. k ensver to infomnta dote of birth
See in-truction for Qn. 1.
2. ??0enswer to other dates
I& mnawer to rnnth - code 06
No answer to year - refer to ●/v
Hake cure it makee ●enee to code 06, end if it would be Unreasonable to
y code 06, refer to s/v for randca!●election of month.
Second merriage dates nhould not be before first divorce &tee ; at leeat
●ix monthe should lapse between live births.
3. RO enmwers elsewhere
uave blank, unlees specifically Instructed otherwise (see Mestar Schedule
\ ,,, v
Sefer to e/v if e significant proportion of questions ere rnitted in the Femily
Info-t ion ●ection ●ither on the main schedule or the ‘adlfb-pletion booklate
In come casee theee mey need to be recoded ta 9 ●t check B cm the Min
mchedule.
Rem-r to chack the final outcmm cnde, ebova the housohold box, if the
informant refuees to enswer queetione or the interviewer doeo not eek questions
beceure of the fmar of a rafusal or upeetting the informent.
Che& thet tlmre is ● S-lf completion booklet for ●ach informent coded 1 at
check B, and that it ie the right c.alour. Grey for currently merried or living
togetha r; blue for the widowd, divorced or saprated ●nd pink for the single.
If the infoment ●tt~ted self cmpletinn but the interviewer ●kad come or al
of the questione, refer to S/V. ?irst *tier oount. I $
cm the ●elf craplction bwklete h careful cheoking mntinuity. blob question
●newered unneceeearily ●nd transf●r informetion if neoeq+ry. Cenvert written
months to numbers ●g Januery to 01. Ignore the dey of tho mnth and ~ leto ●s
neceesary. code the last two digits of yeer8 caly. Alwaye’oenvert written
numbere to numerals end meke numbers clear if neceesary. It mey be ●asier to
use ● blue pencil to ●chiave this.~Remember b ring ths”●ppropriate precedes if
the informant has ringed the worde inetead.
?or nverell continuity pleese eee the M8ster Schedule. ,*d