Formula: FAMSIZE = NADULTS + NKIDS. Create using from the transform menu in SPSS. [Note: Don’t describe that step; I put it “compute” here to clarify for those of you who use that software.] Second new variable: FAMGT6, created from FAMSIZE (total # of people in family). Categorical version: NAME of original variable NAME of new variable _FAMGT6_______________ _FAMSIZE_____________ for new variable = more than 6 people in the family If FAMSIZE= FAMGT6 Values of original variable Codes for new variable Value labels for new variable <=6 0 No >6 1 Yes Missing 9 Missing Dependent variable: Original version from dataset: INC08 (2008 annual income in $; 999999 = missing) New version to be used in analysis: POOR2008 NAME of original variable: INC08 NAME of new variable __POOR08 LABEL for original variable: 2008 Label for new variable = family poverty status in 2008 annual income in $ If INC08 = POOR08= Values of original variable Codes for new variable Value labels for new variable <20,000 1 Poor >=20,000 2 Non-poor Missing (999999) 9 Missing Create using into new variable” in SPSS. [Note: Don’t describe that step; I put it here to “recode clarify for those of you who use that software.] Definition of as annual income <$20,000 from “poor” Jones et al. 2000. Title, journal, volume, page #s. [This is an example of providing the citation from you obtained the cutoffs, formula, or logic by which you created your new variables from those in the original data set.]
Formula: FAMSIZE = NADULTS + NKIDS. Create using “compute” from the transform menu in SPSS. [Note: Don’t describe that step; I put it here to clarify for those of you who use that software.] Second new variable: FAMGT6, created from FAMSIZE (total # of people in family). Categorical version: NAME of original variable _FAMSIZE_____________ NAME of new variable _FAMGT6_______________ for new variable = more than 6 people in the family If FAMSIZE= FAMGT6 Values of original variable Codes for new variable Value labels for new variable <=6 0 No >6 1 Yes Missing 9 Missing Dependent variable: Original version from dataset: INC08 (2008 annual income in $; 999999 = missing) New version to be used in analysis: POOR2008 NAME of original variable: INC08 LABEL for original variable: 2008 annual income in $ NAME of new variable __POOR08 Label for new variable = family poverty status in 2008 If INC08 = POOR08= Values of original variable Codes for new variable Value labels for new variable <20,000 1 Poor >=20,000 2 Non-poor Missing (999999) 9 Missing Create using “recode into new variable” in SPSS. [Note: Don’t describe that step; I put it here to clarify for those of you who use that software.] Definition of “poor” as annual income <$20,000 from Jones et al. 2000. Title, journal, volume, page #s. [This is an example of providing the citation from you obtained the cutoffs, formula, or logic by which you created your new variables from those in the original data set.]
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