California Inventory for Family Assessment (CIFA)
The CIFA is copyright (c) 1989, 1992, 1996
by Paul D. Werner, Ph.D. and Robert-Jay Green, Ph.D.
Data Entry Instructions for Computer Scoring
(182 item -- 4 point response format)
Copyright (c) 1998 by Paul D. Werner and Robert-Jay Green
Data Entry Format for Item Responses to the 182-Item CIFA
ASCII (Text) entry
(9/98)
Line or
record Cols Description
______ _______ _________________________________________
1 1-50 Responses to items 1-50 (1-4, 0=blank)
51-56 blank
57 record number = 1
58-60 the letters CIF
61-63 Project Identifier (3 characters)
64-66 Family ID number within project (3 digits)
67-71 CIFA Form code (see separate instructions)
72 CIFA Version code (see separate instructions)
73 Respondent's sex (1=female, 2=male)
74-75 Respondent's age
76-77 Respondent's years of education
78 Respondent's ethnicity (1=African American, 2=Asian American
3=Latino, 4=Native American, 5=White, 6=Other)
2 1-50 Responses to items 51-100 (1-4, 0=blank)
51-56 blank
57 record number = 2
58-60 the letters CIF
61-63 Project Identifier (3 characters)
64-66 Family ID number within project (3 digits)
67-71 CIFA Form code (see separate instructions)
3 1-50 Responses to items 101-150 (1-4, 0=blank)
51-56 blank
57 record number = 3
58-60 the letters CIF
61-63 Project Identifier (3 characters)
64-66 Family ID number within project (3 digits)
67-71 CIFA Form code (see separate instructions)
4 1-32 Responses to items 151-182 (1-4, 0=blank)
33-50 blank
[or, if your CIFA booklets included experimental
items 183-200:
33-50 Responses to experimental items 183-200 (1-4, 0=blank)]
51-56 blank
57 record number = 4
58-60 the letters CIF
61-63 Project Identifier (3 characters)
64-66 Family ID number within project (3 digits)
67-71 CIFA Form code (see separate instructions)
Then continue with the next 4 lines of data representing the next set of 182 (or 200) responses comprising one CIFA relationship description. For entry of item responses, 0 (zero) should entered when there is no answer to an item. For entry of demographic information (age, years of education, and ethnicity) blanks (press the space bar) should be used to indicate missing data. Hint: Many word processing programs (e.g., Word) will indicate the column number in which you are typing (or at which the cursor is located). This will help you ensure that each data item is in the correct column(s). Remember to use a typeface such as courier (which is used above in this web page) to help you keep your place.
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