female: Female

Description

female indicates whether or not the respondent's sex is listed as female.

Availability

Sample	Years
Basic	All years
May	All years
ORG	All years

Values

Value	Label
0	Male
1	Female

Code

Variable creation

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* Gender
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gen byte female = .

if $marchcps == 1 {
    if tm(1962m1) <= $date & $date <= tm(1997m11) {
        replace female = 0 if sex == 1
        replace female = 1 if sex == 2
    }
    if tm(1998m1) <= $date {
        replace female = 0 if a_sex == 2
        replace female = 1 if a_sex == 1
    }
}

if $monthlycps == 1 | $maycps == 1 {
    if tm(1973m1) <= $date & $date <= tm(1993m12) {
        replace female = 0 if sex == 1
        replace female = 1 if sex == 2
    }
    if tm(1994m1) <= $date {
        replace female = 0 if pesex == 1
        replace female = 1 if pesex == 2
    }
}

lab var female "Female"
#delimit ;
lab define female
0 "Male"
1 "Female"
;
#delimit cr
lab val female female
notes female: 1976-1993 Unicon: sex
notes female: 1994-present CPS: pesex