Wave III Codebooks
The table below lists available codebooks and other files containing information about the Wave III instruments, as well as short descriptions of file contents, compressed file size and approximate number of printed pages. The files are in pdf, compressed into ZIP files for faster downloading. After you have downloaded the files, use a decompression software to unzip them and Adobe Reader to view and print them.
| File Name | Description | File Size (bytes) |
No. of Pages |
| In-Home Interview The Wave III In-Home Codebook is available in 38 sections. Each section provides the questions, variable names, and frequencies on a particular topic in the In-Home Interview. The documentation section contains information regarding the dataset, response patterns, weighting, and field work. The index lists all the questions and variable names from the entire young adult interview. |
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| w3doc.zip | Wave III Documentation: Information about data, response patterns, weighting, and field work | 210KB | 42 |
| weights3.zip | Wave III Weights: Codebook and instructions for using the Wave III weights | 61KB | 4 |
| pvt3.zip | Add Health PVT: Wave III Add Health Picture Vocabulary Test | 71KB | 7 |
| secta.zip | Section A: Preloaded and Constructed Variables | 44KB | 7 |
| sect01.zip | Section 1: Overview and Demographics | 153KB | 41 |
| sect02.zip | Section 2: Household Roster and Residence History | 166KB | 59 |
| sect03.zip | Section 3: Parental Support and Relationships | 124KB | 39 |
| sect04.zip | Section 4: Retrospective ADHD | 39KB | 7 |
| sect05.zip | Section 5: Relationships with Siblings | 70KB | 16 |
| sect06.zip | Section 6: Friends | 179KB | 65 |
| sect07.zip | Section 7: Education | 283KB | 90 |
| sect08.zip | Section 8: Labor Market Experience and Active-Duty Military Service | 203KB | 68 |
| sect09.zip | Section 9: General Health and Diet | 57KB | 14 |
| sect10.zip | Section 10: Access to Health Services, Health Insurance | 63KB | 13 |
| sect11.zip | Section 11: Illnesses, Medications, Physical Disabilities | 68KB | 18 |
| sect12.zip | Section 12: Social Psychology and Mental Health | 45KB | 10 |
| sect13.zip | Section 13: Mentoring | 56KB | 11 |
| sect14.zip | Section 14: Marriage/Co-habitation History and Attitudes | 135KB | 44 |
| sect15.zip | Section 15: Economics and Personal Future | 102KB | 30 |
| sect16.zip | Section 16: Sexual Experiences and STDs | 82KB | 24 |
| sect17.zip | Section 17: Table of Relationships | 58KB | 8 |
| sect18.zip | Section 18: Table of Pregnancies | 36KB | 3 |
| sect19.zip | Section 19: Relationships in Detail | 218KB | 87 |
| sect20.zip | Section 20: BEM Inventory | 61KB | 19 |
| sect21.zip | Section 21: Propensity for Risk | 33KB | 3 |
| sect22.zip | Section 22: Completed Pregnancies | 79KB | 18 |
| sect23.zip | Section 23:Current Pregnancies | 68KB | 13 |
| sect24.zip | Section 24: Live Births | 60KB | 9 |
| sect25.zip | Section 25: Children and Parenting | 90KB | 26 |
| sect26.zip | Section 26: Delinquency and Violence | 45KB | 9 |
| sect27.zip | Section 27: Involvement with the Criminal Justice System | 135KB | 54 |
| sect28.zip | Section 28: Tobacco, Alcohol, Drugs, Self-Image | 151KB | 57 |
| sect29.zip | Section 29: Mistreatment by Adults | 41KB | 6 |
| sect30.zip | Section 30: Civic Participation and Citizenship | 49KB | 9 |
| sect31.zip | Section 31: Religion and Spirituality | 85KB | 21 |
| sect32.zip | Section 32: Gambling | 34KB | 3 |
| sect33.zip | Section 33: Daily Activities | 69KB | 20 |
| sect34.zip | Section 34: Biological Specimen Participation | 36KB | 4 |
| sect35.zip | Section 35: Interviewer's Report | 39KB | 5 |
| wave3ndx.zip | Wave III Index: List of questions and variable names from the Wave III interview | 243KB | 62 |
