famrel: Family relationship recode¶

Description¶

famrel is a five-category summary of the primary family relationship of the observation.

Availability¶

Sample	Years
Basic	1994 - present
ORG	1994 - present

Values¶

Value	Label
0	Not a family member
1	Reference person
2	Spouse
3	Child
4	Other relative (primary family & unrelated)

Code¶

Variable creation

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* Family relationship recode
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cap drop famrel
cap lab drop famrel
gen byte famrel = .

if $monthlycps == 1 {
    if tm(1994m1) <= $date {
        replace famrel = prfamrel if prfamrel >= 0
    }
}

lab var famrel "Family relationship recode"
#delimit ;
lab define famrel
0 "Not a family member"
1 "Reference person"
2 "Spouse"
3 "Child"
4 "Other relative (primary family & unrelated)"
;
#delimit cr
lab val famrel famrel
notes famrel: Census recode of family relationship
notes famrel: 1994-present CPS: prfamrel