By Column: Everything | Demographics | Sexual History | Attitudes | Relationships | Dating | Hookups

Alphabetically: Everything | Demographics | Sexual History | Attitudes | Relationships | Dating | Hookups

VariableQuestion
anal.sex.r For straight events, this variable indicates whether the male inserted his penis into the female's rear. For homosexual events, this indicates whether at least one partner penetrated the other partner's rear.
anything.sexual Did anything sexual occur? (kissing, petting, oral sex, intercourse, ___)
arranged.to.meet
arranged.to.meet.r
arranged.to.meet.r.o
Did you and the person you hooked up with arrange to meet, or did you just happen to be at the same place?
attempted.rape
attempted.rape..location.before.incident
attempted.rape..when.did.this.happen
‘Since you started college, has someone tried to physically force you to have sexual intercourse, but you got out of the situation without having intercourse?’ or, at the event-level, ‘Did someone try to physically force you to have sexual intercourse, but you got out of the situation without having intercourse?’ At the student-level, as it pertains to this event, Where had the two of you been before the incident? (the most recent one if more than one), and When did this happen? I was a...
num.drinks
beer
wine.glasses
mixed.drinks
malts
How much alcohol did you drink before or during the {date/hookup/occasion}? -- The num.drinks variable sums up the beer, wine, mixed, and malts variables.
who.contacted.whom.after
boy.contacted.girl.after
girl.contacted.boy.after
Who first contacted whom after the hookup?
who.initiated
boy.initiated
girl.initiated
who.initiated.r
Overall, who initiated more of the sexual activity?
no.drugs
marijuana
meth
cocaine
ecstasy
heroin
shrooms
other.drugs
other.drugs.specify
What illegal drugs did you use before or during the {date/hookup/occasion}? -- used.drugs just inverts no.drugs
condom Did you use a condom?
condom_r This is the same as condom.r, but it is stored as a numeric variable, where -1 indicates that the respondent did not have sex. In selection equations on sex, the first stage should drop all the -1's, converting this into a dichotomous variable, where 1 indicates condom use.
condom.r This indicates whether, in a heteronormative event, the respondent had intercourse but did not use a condom, had intercourse and used a condom, or did not have intercourse.
condom.s This indicates condom use, conditional on reporting vaginal intercourse. It it like condom, except that it is set to missing if vaginal intercourse was not reported.
date When did the date/hookup occur? Month and year were asked; I create a date variable rounded to the 15th of the month.
knew.partner
did.not.know.partner.at.all
How well did you know the person you hooked up with before you hooked up?
emailed.since.hookup Have you emailed, im'd, or texted this person since you hooked up?
enjoyed.overall How much did you enjoy {your date/the hookup/the most recent sexual event within your relationship} overall?
enjoyed.sexual.activity How much did you enjoy whatever happened physically (most recent event)?
enjoyed.sexual.activity.very.much This dichotomizes 'How much did you enjoy whatever happened physically?'. It's true only if the respondent chooses 'I enjoyed the sexual activity very much'.
finished.off.partner For individual events, this quesion asks, 'Did you perform oral sex or hand stimulation of your partner because you did not want to have intercourse, but felt you should give them an orgasm?' whereas, at the student-level, this question asks, 'Since you started college, have you ever performed oral sex or hand stimulation of a partner to orgasm mainly because you didn't want to have intercourse, but felt like you needed to give them an orgasm one way or another?'
first.met.at
first.met.at.specify
Where did you first meet?
kissed.or.made.out
you.touched.partners.breast.or.bottom
partner.touched.your.breast.or.bottom
you.stimulated.partners.genitals
partner.stimulated.your.genitals
you.performed.oral.sex
partner.performed.oral.sex
had.vaginal.intercourse
you.penetrated.partners.bottom
partner.penetrated.your.bottom
you.stimulated.your.genitals
partner.stimulated.own.genitals
you.had.an.orgasm
partner.had.an.orgasm
kissed.or.made.out.in.public
kissed.or.made.out.in.private
Which sexual behaviors did you engage in? (Check all that apply.). -- These are asked with respect to the partner in dating, hookups, and relationships, but by partner's gender, if one *ever* engaged in these behaviors, in sexual history. As such, this gender-nonspecific series is constructed for sexual histories, whereas for the occurrences, these reflect the questionnaire. Note also that for occurrences, respondents were asked whether they kissed or made out, wherein sexual histories this was split into two questions, about public/private kissing, and as such, these two variables are only available in sexual histories (which a correspond privacy-nonspecific version constructed to match those in the per-occurrence data). Finally, under Relationships, there's a separate heading covering the sexual activities which ever occurred during the respondent's most recent relationship.
incapacitated
incapacitated..location.before.incident
incapacitated..when.did.this.happen
‘Since you started college, has someone had sexual intercourse with you that you did not want when you were drunk, passed out, asleep, drugged, or otherwise incapacitated?’ or, in your most recent date/hookup/relationship, ‘Did someone have sexual intercourse with you that you did not want when you were drunk, passed out, asleep, drugged, or otherwise incapacitated?’ At the student-level, as it pertains to this event, Where had the two of you been before the incident? (the most recent one if more than one), and When did this happen? I was a...
interested.in.romance.after.hookup.occurred Were you interested in having a romantic relationship with the person you hooked up with after you hooked up?
interested.in.romance.after.hookup.occurred_r This recodes the question, 'Were you interested in having a romantic relationship with the person you hooked up with after you hooked up?', so that 'No' and 'Possibly, I didn't know yet' = 0 and the other two, 'Maybe' and 'Yes' = 1.
interested.in.romance.before.hookup.occurred Were you interested in having a romantic relationship with the person you hooked up with before you two hooked up?
interested.in.romance.before.hookup.occurred_r This recodes the question, 'Were you interested in having a romantic relationship with the person you hooked up with before you two hooked up?', so that 'No' and 'Possibly, I didn't know yet' = 0 and the other two, 'Maybe' and 'Yes' = 1.
interested.in.romance.before.hookup.occurred_r.o This variable recodes interested.in.romance.before.hookup.occurred.o so that missing is recoded as 0 when interest after hooking up is not missing.
interested.in.romance.before.hookup.occurred.o This variable recodes interested.in.romance.before.hookup.occurred so that missing has it's own category, which is set when interested after hooking up is not missing. It's more than 13% in the before question, but less than 1% in the after question.
interested.the.day.before.hookup Were you interested in hooking up with the person you hooked up with before the day you two hooked up?
occurred This variable indicates whether the respondent would have been prompted for the {date/hookup/relationship} questions.
partner.white
partner.black
partner.chinese
partner.japanese
partner.korean
partner.filipino
partner.vietnamese
partner.south.asian
partner.other.asian
partner.mexican
partner.puerto.rican
partner.other.hispanic
partner.native.american
partner.other.race.but.not.native.american
partner.race.specify
partner.other.race
partner.asian
partner.hispanic
Which of these racial or ethnic groups describes your partner? (check all that apply) -- Note that other.race, asian, and hispanic are collapsed versions of the preceding more detailed categories.
partner.attends.same.college Was (or is) your {date/significant other/the person you hooked up with} a student at the same college as you?
partner.attends.same.college_r This recodeds partner.attends.same.college, which, for dates and hookups, could be 'Don't know', and sets such cases to missing. I'm not quite sure this is the way to go about it, but it's necessary to match the regressions from the ASR2012 paper.
partner.gender What is your partner's gender?
partner.grade For dates and hookups: If {your date/the person you hooked up with} was a student at your college, what was his/her year? For relationships: What was your significant other's college year during most of the relationship?
pressured
pressured..location.before.incident
pressured..when.did.this.happen
‘Since you started college, have you had sexual intercourse that you did not want because someone verbally pressured you?’ or, during your most recent date/hookup/relationship, ‘Did you have sexual intercourse that you did not want because someone verbally pressured you?’ At the student-level, as it pertains to this event, Where had the two of you been before the incident? (the most recent one if more than one), and When did this happen? I was a...
prior.hookups.with.partner How many times had you previously hooked up with this person before this hookup?
prior.hookups.with.partner_r This is a categorical for prior.hookups.with.partner.
random.hookup This recoded arranged.to.meet into a dichotomous indicator, collapsing the Yes's to 0, and the No's to 1.
rape
rape..location.before.incident
rape..when.did.this.happen
‘Since you started college, have you had sexual intercourse that was physically forced on you?’ or, at the event-level, ‘Did you have sexual intercourse that was physically forced on you?’ At the student-level, as it pertains to this event, Where had the two of you been before the incident? (the most recent one if more than one), and When did this happen? I was a...
repeat.partner This is a dichotomization of prior.hookups.with.partner. It equals 1 if the respondent has previously hooked up with this partner, and 0 otherwise.
straight.event This variable indicates whether a date/hookup/relationship record is heterosexual.
talked.since.hookup Have you talked (on the phone or in person) to this person since you hooked up?
talking.after.was.awkward Was talking to them since the hookup awkward?
used.drugs This variable uses the drugs indicators. It's true if no.drugs==0, and it also checks the various other indicators, in case any of those were checked but no.drugs left at 0.
where.began
where.began.specify
Where were you and the person you hooked up with right before you hooked up?
where.ended
where.ended.specify
When you hooked up, where did you go?
who.initiated.event.surrounding.hookup Who initiated the two of you spending time together (dancing, talking, etc.) that led to hooking up?
with.alt.sex.partner..kissed.or.made.out
with.alt.sex.partner..you.touched.partners.breast.or.bottom
with.alt.sex.partner..partner.touched.your.breast.or.bottom
with.alt.sex.partner..you.stimulated.partners.genitals
with.alt.sex.partner..partner.stimulated.your.genitals
with.alt.sex.partner..you.performed.oral.sex
with.alt.sex.partner..partner.performed.oral.sex
with.alt.sex.partner..had.vaginal.intercourse
with.alt.sex.partner..you.penetrated.partners.bottom
with.alt.sex.partner..partner.penetrated.your.bottom
with.alt.sex.partner..you.stimulated.your.genitals
with.alt.sex.partner..partner.stimulated.own.genitals
with.alt.sex.partner..you.had.an.orgasm
with.alt.sex.partner..partner.had.an.orgasm
with.same.sex.partner..kissed.or.made.out
with.same.sex.partner..you.touched.partners.breast.or.bottom
with.same.sex.partner..partner.touched.your.breast.or.bottom
with.same.sex.partner..you.stimulated.partners.genitals
with.same.sex.partner..partner.stimulated.your.genitals
with.same.sex.partner..you.performed.oral.sex
with.same.sex.partner..partner.performed.oral.sex
with.same.sex.partner..had.vaginal.intercourse
with.same.sex.partner..you.penetrated.partners.bottom
with.same.sex.partner..partner.penetrated.your.bottom
with.same.sex.partner..you.stimulated.your.genitals
with.same.sex.partner..partner.stimulated.own.genitals
with.same.sex.partner..you.had.an.orgasm
with.same.sex.partner..partner.had.an.orgasm
In the student-level file, the gendered sexual behavior indicators are constructed from the prompts about behaviors the respondent *ever* did with a male/female partner, whereas in the event-level file, these are constructed from the respondent gender, partner gender, and gender-neutral sexual behavior prompts.
would.hookup.again At the end of the hookup, were you interested in hooking up again?