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Thank you for your interest in the childfree package! This vignette contains codebooks for dataframes created by the package’s functions from publicly-accessible data. The Introduction to Childfree vignette provides a more general introduction.
The childfree
package can be cited as:
Neal, Z. P. and Neal, J. W. (2024). childfree: An R package to access and harmonize childfree demographic data. Comprehensive R Archive Network. https://cran.r-project.org/package=childfree
For additional resources on the childfree package, please see https://www.zacharyneal.com/childfree.
If you have questions about the childfree package or would like a childfree package hex sticker, please contact the maintainer Zachary Neal by email (zpneal@msu.edu). Please report bugs in the backbone package at https://github.com/zpneal/childfree/issues.
This table summarizes the variables that are contained in dataframes
generated from Demographic and
Health Surveys data using dhs()
. Female
respondents’ variables begin with v
, while male
respondents’ variables begin with mv
.
Variable | Source | Format | Coding ______________________________ |
---|---|---|---|
cf_want |
(m)v201 (m)v602 |
Binary | 0 = Not childfree 1 = Childfree |
cf_ideal |
(m)v201 (m)v613 |
Binary | 0 = Not childfree 1 = Childfree |
famstat |
(m)v201 (m)v602 (m)v613 |
Categorical | 1 = Parent-Unclassified 2 = Parent-Fulfilled 3 = Parent-Unfulfilled 4 = Parent-Relunctant 5 = Parent-Ambivalent 6 = Not yet parent 9 = Childless-Biological 10 = Ambivalent non-parent 11 = Undecided 12 = Childfree |
sex |
— | Categorical | 1 = Female 2 = Male |
age |
(m)v012 |
Numeric | In years |
education |
(m)v133 |
Numeric | In years |
partnered |
(m)v502 |
Categorical | 1 = Single, never partnered 2 = Currently partnered 3 = Formerly partnered |
residence |
(m)v102 |
Ordinal | 1 = Rural 4 = Urban |
employed |
(m)v714 |
Binary | 0 = Not employed 1 = Employed |
religion |
(m)v130 |
Categorical | 1 = None, 2 = Catholic / Orthodox 3 = Muslim 4 = Jewish 5 = Protestant / Christian 6 = Other 7 = Buddhist 8 = Hindu |
id |
(m)caseid |
string | |
country |
(m)v000 |
string | |
weight |
(m)v005 |
numeric | |
file |
user | string | |
survey |
“DHS” | string | |
wave |
(m)v000 |
numeric | |
year |
(m)v007 |
numeric | |
month |
(m)v006 |
ordinal |
This table summarizes the variables that are contained in dataframes
generated from National Survey
of Family Growth data using nsfg()
. Variables
noted with (F) or (M) are used for female and male respondents,
respectively.
Variable | Source | Format | Coding ______________________________ |
---|---|---|---|
cf_want |
hasbabes (F) everadpt
(F) seekadpt (F) anykids (M) rwant |
Binary | 0 = Not childfree 1 = Childfree |
famstat |
hasbabes (F) everadpt
(F) seekadpt (F) anykids (M) rwant rstrstat pstrstat
intend jintend |
Categorical | 1 = Parent-Unclassified 3 = Parent-Unfulfilled 5 = Parent-Ambivalent 6 = Not yet parent 8 = Childless - Social 9 = Childless - Biological 10 = Ambivalent non-parent 11 = Undecided 12 = Childfree |
sex |
— | Categorical | 1 = Female 2 = Male |
lgbt |
orient |
Binary | 1 = Straight 2 = Gay/Lesbian 3 = Bisexual 4 = Something else |
hispanic |
rscrhisp |
Binary | 0 = Not hispanic 1 = Hispanic |
race |
rscrrace |
Categorical | 1 = White 2 = Black 3 = Hawaiian 4 = Asian 5 = American Indian 6 = Other |
age |
age_r |
Numeric | In years |
education |
higrade dipged degrees |
Ordinal | 2 = Did not graduate high school 3 = High School graduate 4 = Some college 5 = College graduate 7 = Graduate degree |
partnered |
marstat |
Categorical | 1 = Single, never partnered 2 = Currently partnered 3 = Formerly partnered |
residence |
metro |
Ordinal | 1 = Rural 3 = Suburb 4 = Urban |
employed |
rwrkst |
Binary | 0 = Not employed 1 = Employed |
inschool |
goschol |
Binary | 0 = Not in school 1 = In school |
religion |
relcurr |
Categorical | 1 = None 2 = Catholic / Orthodox 5 = Protestant / Christian 6 = Other |
bother |
chbother |
Ordinal | 1 = Not at all 2 = A little 3 = Some 4 = A great deal |
id |
caseid |
string | |
country |
“United States” | string | |
weight |
wgt2017_2019 wgt2015_2019 wtg2013_2015 wtg2011_2013 WGTQ1Q16 finalwgt |
numeric | |
cluster |
secu |
numeric | |
stratum |
sest |
numeric | |
file |
user | string | |
survey |
“NSFG” | string | |
wave |
user | string | |
year |
cmintvw |
numeric | |
month |
cmintvw |
ordinal |
This table summarizes the variables that are contained in dataframes
generated from State
of the State Survey data using soss()
.
Variable | Source | Format | Coding ______________________________ |
---|---|---|---|
cf_want |
neal1 neal2 neal3 |
Binary | 0 = Not childfree 1 = Childfree |
famstat |
neal1 neal2 neal3 |
Categorical | 1 = Parent-Unclassified 6 = Not yet parent 7 = Childless - Unclassified 10 = Ambivalent non-parent 11 = Undecided 12 = Childfree |
sex |
cd1 |
Categorical | 1 = Female 2 = Male 3 = Other |
lgbt |
neal11 (wave 84 only) |
Binary | 0 = Not LGBT 1 = LGBT |
hispanic |
cd5a |
Binary | 0 = Not hispanic 1 = Hispanic |
race |
cd4_1 cd4_2 cd4_3 cd4_4 cd4_5 cd4_6 |
Categorical | 1 = White 2 = Black 3 = Hawaiian 4 = Asian 5 = American Indian 6 = Other 7 = Multiracial |
age |
cd2 |
Numeric | In years |
education |
cd3 |
Ordinal | 1 = No education 2 = Did not graduate high school 3 = High School graduate 4 = Some college 5 = College graduate 6 = Some post-graduate 7 = Graduate degree |
partnered |
cd8 |
Categorical | 1 = Single, never partnered 2 = Currently partnered 3 = Formerly partnered |
residence |
x1 |
Ordinal | 1 = Rural 2 = Town 3 = Suburb 4 = Urban |
employed |
cd15 |
Binary | 0 = Not employed 1 = Employed |
inschool |
cd15 |
Binary | 0 = Not in school 1 = In school |
ideology |
ideology |
Ordinal | 1 = Very conservative 2 = Somewhat conservative 3 = Closer to the conservative side 4 = In the middle 5 = Closer to the liberal side 6 = Somewhat liberal 7 = Very liberal |
religion |
cd6 |
Categorical | 1 = None 2 = Catholic / Orthodox 3 = Muslim 4 = Jewish 5 = Protestant / Christian 6 = Other |
id |
caseid |
string | |
country |
“United States” | string | |
weight |
weight |
numeric | |
file |
user | string | |
survey |
“SOSS” | string | |
wave |
user | string | |
year |
documentation | numeric | |
month |
documentation | ordinal |
These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.
Health stats visible at Monitor.