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

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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.
any.romances.of.at.least.six.months
num.romances
Since you started college have you been in a romantic relationship that has lasted longer than six months? If so, how many? (I recoded num.romances, which in the questionnaire can range from [1, 5], to [0, 5], using the answer to the former question.)
anything.sexual Did anything sexual occur? (kissing, petting, oral sex, intercourse, ___)
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.
still.together
broken.up
Are you still together?
clarity
clarity.specify
How did it become clear that this person was your boyfriend or girlfriend?
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
cohabit Have you ever lived together with this significant other?
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.at.first.time Did you use a condom the first time you had intercourse with this significant other?
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.began
date.ended
When did your most recent relationship begin and end?
dates.before.exclusivity How many times did you and your significant other go out on a date before you became an exclusive couple?
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'.
exclusivity
exclusivity.r
exclusivity.r.o
If I met the right person now, I'd like to be in an exclusive relationship
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.
hookups.before.coupling How many times did you and your significant other hook up before you became a couple?
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...
more.than.just.kissed Have you and your significant other ever done anything sexual, beyond kissing?
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...
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...
romance.began.before.college
romance.began.after.college
Did this relationship begin before or after college?
straight.event This variable indicates whether a date/hookup/relationship record is heterosexual.
time.knew.partner.before.coupling How long did you know your significant other before you became a couple?
time.knew.partner.before.coupling_r This variable recodes 'How long did you know your significant other before you became a couple?', collapsing 'A year or longer' and '6-12 months' into ' > 6 months'.
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.
which.happened.first Which did you do first with this significant other, hook up or go on a date?
who.wanted.to.break.up In some breakups, one person wanted the relationship to end more than the other. How was it with this break 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.
with.this.significant.other..generally.enjoyed.sexual.activity How much did you generally enjoy the sexual activity?
with.this.significant.other..generally.enjoyed.the.relationship How much did you enjoy the relationship overall?
with.this.significant.other.ever..kissed.or.made.out
with.this.significant.other.ever..you.touched.partners.breast.or.bottom
with.this.significant.other.ever..partner.touched.your.breast.or.bottom
with.this.significant.other.ever..you.stimulated.partners.genitals
with.this.significant.other.ever..partner.stimulated.your.genitals
with.this.significant.other.ever..you.performed.oral.sex
with.this.significant.other.ever..partner.performed.oral.sex
with.this.significant.other.ever..had.vaginal.intercourse
with.this.significant.other.ever..you.penetrated.partners.bottom
with.this.significant.other.ever..partner.penetrated.your.bottom
with.this.significant.other.ever..you.stimulated.your.genitals
with.this.significant.other.ever..partner.stimulated.own.genitals
with.this.significant.other.ever..you.had.an.orgasm
with.this.significant.other.ever..partner.had.an.orgasm
with.this.significant.other.ever..oral.sex.occurred
with.this.significant.other.ever..anal.sex.occurred
Which sexual activities did you engage in at any time during your relationship?
you.might.like.to.marry How likely do you think it is that you will want to marry this person in the future?
you.might.like.to.marry_r This recodes 'How likely do you think it is that you will want to marry this person in the future?'. The reference category is changed, to reflect dissolved partnerships (and this is set to missing if still.together is missing). The categories 'Not likely at all' and 'Somewhat unlikely' are collapsed together, into 'Not likely'. The other two are left as they were.