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2015 American Community Survey - IPUMS Subset

United States, 2011 - 2015
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USA_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Months responsible for grandchildren (US2015A_GCMONTHS)

Data file: USA2015_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 473
End: 473
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[I] Answer question 24 if this person is female and 15-50 years old. Otherwise, skip to question 25a.</p>

<p>b) Is this grandparent currently responsible for most of the basic needs of any grandchild(ren) under the age of 18 who live(s) in this house or apartment? </p>
<div class="i1">[] Yes<br />[] No [Skip to question 26]</div><p>c) How long has this grandparent been responsible for the(se) grandchild(ren)? </p>
<div class="i1">If the grandparent is financially responsible for more than one grandchild, answer the question for the grandchild for whom the grandparent has been responsible for the longest period of time.<br /><br />[] Less than 6 months<br />[] 6 to 11 months<br />[] 1 or 2 years<br />[] 3 or 4 years<br />[] 5 or more years</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Less than 6 months
2 6 to 11 months
3 1 to 2 years
4 3 to 4 years
5 5 or more years
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of months responsible for grandchildren.
Universe
United States 2015: Persons age 30+ responsible for grandchildren [discrepancies: none]

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