Centre for Longitudinal Studies

Bedford Group for Lifecourse & Statistical Studies

Institute of Education, University of London

Millennium Cohort Study

Second Survey:

CAPI Questionnaire Documentation Version 1

Prepared by

Mary Londra, Lisa Calderwood

and the Millennium Cohort Team

November 2007

Contents

INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................................... 3

STRUCTURE OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE ................................................................................................................. 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ................................................................................................................................ 5 ROUTING INSTRUCTIONS .................................................................................................................................... 5 TEXTFILLS............................................................................................................................................................ 5 CHECKS............................................................................................................................................................... 6 USING THIS QUESTIONNAIRE WITH THE DATA................................................................................................... 6

MAIN RESPONDENT ....................................................................................................................................... 8

HOUSEHOLD MODULE ...................................................................................................................................... 8 MODULE A: PARENTAL SITUATION................................................................................................................. 20 MODULE B: PARENTING ACTIVITIES................................................................................................................ 32 MODULE D: CHILDS HEALTH ......................................................................................................................... 41 MODULE E : CHILDCARE........................................................................................................................... 57 MODULE F: GRANDPARENTS AND FRIENDS .................................................................................................... 69 MODULE G: PARENTS HEALTH ...................................................................................................................... 76 MODULE H: SELF-COMPLETION ...................................................................................................................... 83 MODULE J: EMPLOYMENT, INCOME AND EDUCATION ................................................................................. 104 MODULE K: HOUSING AND LOCAL AREA..................................................................................................... 132 MODULE L: OTHER MATTERS ........................................................................................................................ 142 MODULE M: EMPLOYMENT HISTORY ............................................................................................................ 145 MODULE N: OLDER SIBLINGS ..................................................................................................................... 158 MODULE QX: NEW FAMILIES ........................................................................................................................ 180 APPENDIX A: CHECKS.............................................................................................................................. 192

PARTNER RESPONDENT ........................................................................................................................... 194

MODULE A: PARENTAL SITUATION............................................................................................................... 194 MODULE B: PARENTING ACTIVITIES.............................................................................................................. 199 MODULE F: GRANDPARENTS AND FRIENDS .................................................................................................. 201 MODULE G: PARENTS HEALTH .................................................................................................................... 208 MODULE H: SELF-COMPLETION..................................................................................................................... 213 MODULE J: EMPLOYMENT, INCOME AND EDUCATION ................................................................................. 226 MODULE L: OTHER MATTERS ........................................................................................................................ 240 MODULE M: EMPLOYMENT HISTORY ........................................................................................................... 243

PROXY QUESTIONNAIRE .......................................................................................................................... 244

MODULE APX: PARENTAL SITUATION.......................................................................................................... 244 MODULE FPX: GRANDPARENTS AND FRIENDS ............................................................................................. 248 MODULE GPX: PARENTS HEALTH ................................................................................................................ 251 MODULE LPX: OTHER MATTERS ................................................................................................................... 264 APPENDIX A: CHECKS.............................................................................................................................. 265

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Introduction The second sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study (Child of the New Century) was carried out using computer assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) and computer assisted self-interviewing (CASI). The survey instrument is a computer program written in a software package called Intuitive. For reasons of consistency between Sweep 1 and the forthcoming Sweep 3, the original paper representation of the CAPI and CASI instruments supplied by NOP (the survey contractor for Sweep 2) was not used. thus this document was derived to use the same CAPI naming convention and layout as in Sweeps 1 and 3. The original document as supplied by NOP is available in the Technical Report.

Structure of the questionnaire The CAPI questionnaire for MCS Sweep 2 is divided into modules of questions according to topic. Interviews were conducted with both parents of the cohort baby (where resident). The mother was usually the main respondent and the father or mothers partner was usually the partner respondent. Some modules of the questionnaire were asked to both main and partner respondents; others were asked to only one of them. In this document the heading of each module gives the module title and indicates to which respondent it was asked. Each module contains a list of all the questions (and answer options) that are included in that module and the routing conditions or rules which govern when a particular question should have been asked. In some cases the text of a particular question may vary automatically to take account of particular circumstances of the respondent using a textfill. These possible different wordings are defined along with the circumstances in which they were used. Most modules also contain edit checks, which highlight to the INTERVIEWER: any inconsistent or unusal answers in order that they could resolve/check them with the respondent. These are referenced in the main part of the documentation and defined in detail in Appendix A. An example of the layout is given below.

Example ADMO We would like to know about any health problems for which ^Jack has been taken to the GP, Health Centre or Health visitor, or to Casualty, or you have called NHS direct. How many separate health problems, if any, has ^Jack had, not counting any accidents or injuries? NOTE: RECORD ALL PROBLEMS EVER REPORTED NO HEALTH PROBLEMS = 0. Range: 0..97 CHECK D12

IF there were any problems [ADMO>0] | | Hpwt | What ^was this problem? | 1 Chest infections | 2 Ear infections | 3 Feeding problems | 4 Sleeping problems | 5 Wheezing or asthma | 6 Skin problems | 7 Sight or eye problems | 8 Failure to gain weight or to grow | 9 Persistent or severe vomiting | 10 Persistent or severe diarrhoea | 11 Fits or convulsions | 95 Other health problems | [maximum 8 codes] | | ^was this problem = was this problem if only one problem [DHltProb=1] | were these problems if more than one problem [DHltProb>1] | | IF an other problem [HPWT=95] | | | | HPWS | | ENTER OTHER SORT OF HEALTH PROBLEM(S) | | Text: up to 100 characters | | | ENDIF |

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SOFT CHECK D12: IF number of health problems is more than 9 [ADMO>9] INTERVIEWER: ^ADMO health problems seems like a lot. Is that right?

Question (Variable) Name Text of question (including any textfills in italics and interviewer notes in capitals)

Answer options indcates that the interviewer should enter a number in the range 0..97

Reference to edit check defined in Appendix (below here)

Routing condition or rules governing when