16. Recode the following demographic characteristics into the categories specified:

(a) Age (Q9) (27–57 = 1, 58–68 = 2, 69–75 = 3, 76–90 = 4);

(b) Marital status (Q11) (now married = 1, all other, i.e., now not married = 2);

(c) number of dependent children

(Q12) (3–10 = 3); and

(d) education (Q14) (combine some high school, high school graduate, and vocational or technical school into a single category, and also combine law school graduate, dental/medical school graduate, and doctorate into a single category).