By Anonymous - November 7, 2018

Covariates

Gender/Sex

**The preferred variable name for the gender/sex variable is FEMALE, which eliminates ambiguity regarding the meaning of the 0/1 values in the variable.
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The values and their associated meanings for the various gender/sex variables in AHS-2 data are shown below:

Usage Variable 0 1 2
Traditional GENDER 0 - Male 1 - Female
Default SEX 1 - Female 2 - Male
Preferred FEMALE 0 - Male 1 - Female
\\ Value Variable |||
0 | (unused) | Male | Male |
1 | Female | Female | Female |
2 | Male | (unused) | (unused) |
::: ^ SEX ^ GENDER ^ FEMALE ^

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