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How many people write letters to
Variable: letters
Module:
Information Society
Subject:
Family
Related Variables
adoptkid family16 famdif16 balwkfam wkvsfam famvswk jobvsfam famwkbst famwklst obtohelp rfamlook spfalook evkid kidlived kidresp kidnow1 kidnow2 grparnum grkidnum unaunum inlawnum relnum relmost relvisit reltime relcall uncaunts cousins parslaw sibinlaw niecenep godparts malive1 mayrborn mayrdied palive1 payrborn payrdied malive mavisit matime macall palive pavisit patime pacall matime1 pavisit1 pacall1 mavisit1 macall1 sisnum sisvisit sistime siscall bronum brovisit brotime brocall sibmost sibvisit sibcall engda engson daunum dauvisit dautime daucall sonnum sonvisit sontime soncall kidmost kidvisit kidcall refpromo refmorwk refxhour workless noathome nonurse nohmewrk death5 death16 padeath madeath chlddth sibdeath spdeath flextime parleave mykids othkids sppart nooneben menhrt womenhrt chldhrt allhrt noonehrt meovrwrk inperson byphone meetings byemail byemprob numcntct numprobs famper1 famper2 famper3 famper4 famper5 hapgirls hapboys kdsex1 kdyrbrn1 kdyrbrn2 kdyrbrn3 kdyrbrn4 kdyrbrn5 kdyrbrn6 kdyrbrn7 kdyrbrn8 kdyrbrn9 kdrel1 kdrel2 kdrel3 kdrel4 kdrel5 kdrel6 kdrel7 kdrel8 kdrel9 kdalive1 kdalive2 kdalive3 kdalive4 kdalive5 kdalive6 kdalive7 kdalive8 kdalive9 kdeduc1 kdeduc2 kdeduc3 kdeduc4 kdeduc5 kdeduc6 kdeduc7 kdeduc8 kdeduc9 relate1 gender1 old1 mar1 away1 where1 relate2 gender2 old2 mar2 away2 where2 relate3 gender3 old3 mar3 away3 where3 relate4 gender4 old4 mar4 away4 where4 relate5 gender5 old5 mar5 away5 where5 relate6 gender6 old6 mar6 away6 where6 relate7 gender7 old7 mar7 away7 where7 relate8 gender8 old8 mar8 away8 where8 relate9 gender9 old9 mar9 away9 where9 relate10 gender10 old10 mar10 away10 where10 relate11 gender11 old11 mar11 away11 where11 relate12 gender12 old12 mar12 away12 where12 relate13 gender13 old13 mar13 away13 where13 relate14 gender14 old14 mar14 away14 where14 relhhd1 relhhd2 relhhd3 relhhd4 relhhd5 relhhd6 relhhd7 relhhd8 relhhd9 relhhd10 relhhd11 relhhd12 relhhd13 relhhd14 marital agewed divorce widowed agewedcr marunion posslq evdiv relmarry spjrel16 spjoth16 clsclsex socrel socpars socsibs spfam16 famlife menben womenben chldben allben more...
Survey Questions
Questions associated with this variable:

Of these__________friends and relatives, about how many do you stay in contact with by:
C. Exchanging cards or letters through U.S. postal mail?

Year Availability
Available in 3 of 32 years total. Hover over a year to see ballot information.
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Summary by Year
Showing All Years
Code Label
1 0
2 1-2
3 3-5
4 6-10
5 11-15
6 16-25
7 26-50
8 50+
98 Don't know
99 No answer
0 Not applicable
2000 2002 2004
227 755 282
155 406 154
186 468 174
137 354 105
44 170 42
64 204 70
48 208 58
45 112 41
1 1 1
26 13 12
1884 74 1873
Summary Statistics
Valid cases 4509
Missing cases 57957