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3.) WRKSTAT: Last week were you working full time, part time, going to school, keeping house, or what? 6.) EVWORK: If retired, in school, keeping house, or other: Did you ever work for as long as one year? 7.) WRKSLF: (Are/Were) you self employed or (do/did) you work for someone else? 8.) WRKGOVT: Respondent's employer 12.) MARITAL: Are you currently -- married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married? 13.) DIVORCE: Currently married or widowed: Have you ever been divorced or legally separated? 14.) WIDOWED: Have you ever been widowed? 18.) SPEVWORK: If spouse retired, in school, keeping house, or other: Did (he/she) ever work for as long as 1 year? 19.) SPWRKSLF: Spouse's employment status 23.) PAWRKSLF: Father's employment status: While growing up was your father self-employed/worked for someone else? 29.) MAWRKSLF: Was respondent's mother self-employed or did she work for someone else? 39.) DEGREE: Highest educational degree earned by respondent 40.) PADEG: Highest educational degree of respondent's father 41.) MADEGREE: Highest educational degree of respondent's mother 42.) SPDEG: Highest educational degree of respondent's spouse 43.) SEX: Respondent's sex 44.) RACE: Respondent's race 45.) RES16: Which category comes closest to the type of place you were living in when you were 16years od? 47.) MOBILE16: When you were 16 years old, were you living in this same (city/town/county)? 49.) FAMDIF16: If not living with both own mother and father: What happened? 50.) MAWRKGRW: Did (respondent's mother) work for as long as a year, while you were growing up? 51.) BORN: Were you born in this country? 52.) PARBORN: Were both your parents born in this country? 53.) GRANBORN: Were all of your 4 grandparents born in this country? IF NO: How many were born outside the US? 66.) PARTFULL: When you worked in [1993/94], was it usually full or part time? 72.) VOTE96: 1996,Clinton ran for President on Dem tickey,Dole ran for Rep and Perot for the Reform party. Voted? 73.) PRES96: Did you vote for Clinton, Dole, or Perot? 74.) IF96WHO: Did not vote in 1996 Presidential Election:Who you'd have voted for, for President if you'd voted? 104.) TAX: Consider amount of federal income tax which you have to pay as too high, about right, too low? 105.) SPKATH: Person against churches&relign wants to make speech against churches&relign in your city, allow? 106.) COLATH: Should person against all churches&religion be allowed to teach in a college/university, or not? 107.) LIBATH: Some suggest book written by atheist against churches&religion be taken from public library, favor? 108.) SPKRAC: Person believes Blcks genetically inferior wants to make speech in your community about it, allow? 109.) COLRAC: Should people believing Blacks genetically inferior be allowed to teach in college/university,or not 110.) LIBRAC: People suggest book written by racist saying Blcks inferior shld be taken frm public library,remove? 111.) SPKCOM: If admitted Communist wanted to make a speech in your community, should be allowed to speak/or not 112.) COLCOM: Suppose an admitted Communist is teaching in a college. Should he be fired, or not? 113.) LIBCOM: Admitted Communist wrote book which is in public library.Someone thinks it should be removed, favor? 114.) SPMIL: Advocate of doing away w/electns&let military run country wants to speak in your community, allow? 115.) COLMIL: Should advocate of doing away w/electns&let military run country be allowed to teach in college/univ 116.) LIBMIL: Shld book advocating doing away w/ electns&let military run country be removed from public library? 117.) SPKHOMO: Admitted homosexual wanted to make speech in your community. Should he be allowed to speak, or not? 118.) COLHOMO: Should an admitted homosexual be allowed to teach in a college or university, or not? 119.) LIBHOMO: Some want book authored by homosexual in favor of homosexuality taken out of public library, favor? 128.) JEW: If Jewish: Do you consider yourself Orthodox, Conservative, Reform or none of these? 129.) FUND: Fundamentalism/liberalism of respondent's religion 131.) RELITEN: Call yourself a strong (stated religious preference)/not very strong (stated religious preference). 132.) POSTLIFE: Do you believe there is a life after death? 133.) PRAY: About how often do you pray? 137.) JEW16: If Jewish: Were you Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, or none of these? 138.) FUND16: Fundamentalism/liberalism of religion respondent raised in 139.) PRAYER: US Supreme Crt ruled-no state/local gov may require reading Lord's Prayer/Bible verses in pub school 140.) BIBLE: Bible:a.Actual word of God take literally,b.Inspired word of God not take literally,c.Ancient fables 150.) HAPPY: Things these days -- would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy? 151.) HAPMAR: Your marriage? Would you say that your marriage is very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy? 152.) HEALTH: Would you say your own health, in general, is excellent, good, fair, or poor? 153.) LIFE: In general, do you find life exciting, pretty routine, or dull? 180.) JOBLOSE: Thinking about the next 12months, how likely you think it is that you will lose your job/be laid off 181.) JOBFIND: How easy- You finding a job w/another employer w/approx same income&fringe benefits as job you have? 182.) SATJOB: Satisfaction you have with work you do -- very/moderately satisfied, a little/very dissatisfied? 184.) CLASS: Which social class would you say you belong to: lower, working, middle, upper 190.) WKSUB: Do you(does [spouse])have supervisor on(your,his,her)job whom you are(he,she,is)directly responsible 191.) WKSUBS: If yes: Does that person have a supervisor on the job to whom he is directly responsible? 192.) WKSUP: In your (spouse's) job, (do you,does he,she) supervise anyone directly responsible to (you,him,her)? 193.) WKSUPS: If yes: Do any of those persons supervise anyone else? 194.) UNEMP: During the last ten years, have you been unemployed and looking for work for as long as a month? 195.) UNION: Do you (or your [spouse]) belong to a labor union? (Who?) 200.) ABDEFECT: Legal abortion: If there is a strong chance of serious defect in the baby? 201.) ABNOMORE: Legal abortion: If she is married and does not want any more children? 202.) ABHLTH: Legal abortion: If the woman's own health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy? 203.) ABPOOR: Legal abortion: If the family has a very low income and cannot afford any more children? 204.) ABRAPE: Legal abortion: If she became pregnant as a result of rape? 205.) ABSINGLE: Legal abortion: If she is not married and does not want to marry the man? 206.) ABANY: Legal abortion: If the women wants it for any reason? 211.) PREMARSX: How wrong/not wrong- If man and woman have sex relations before marriage 212.) TEENSEX: How wrong/not wrong- What if they are in their teens, say 14 to 16 years old? 213.) XMARSEX: How wrong/not wrong- A married person having sexual relations w/ someone other than marriage partner 214.) HOMOSEX: How wrong/not wrong- Sexual relations between two adults of the same sex 215.) PORNLAW: Choose:Porn laws-1) Against distribution whatever the age; 2)Laws if person under 18; 3) No laws 216.) XMOVIE: Have you seen an x-rated movie in the last year? 218.) LETDIE1: Patient's disease is incureable-should Dr's be able to end patient's life painlessly if requested 219.) SUICIDE1: Person has right to end own life if this person has an incurable disease? 220.) SUICIDE2: Person has right to end own life if this person has gone bankrupt? 221.) SUICIDE3: Person has right to end own life if this person has dishonored his or her family? 222.) SUICIDE4: Person has right to end own life if this person is tired of living and ready to die? 229.) OWNGUN: Do you happen to have in your home (if house: or garage) any guns or revolvers? 230.) PISTOL: If yes (owngun?): Is it a pistol, shotgun, rifle, or what? (Each coded as separate question) 231.) SHOTGUN: Own gun?: Is it a shotgun? 232.) RIFLE: Own gun?: Is it a rifle? 233.) ROWNGUN: Do any of these guns personally belong to you? 234.) HUNT: Do you (or does your husband/wife) go hunting? 240.) FORM: Form number 254.) KID5UP: Do you have any children older than 5? 255.) PUBSCH: Do/did all of your children attend public school for all of their elementary & high school education 256.) HOMESCH: Which types of school do/did your children attend: Home schooling 257.) CATHSCH: Which types of school do/did your children attend: Catholic school 258.) CHRISSCH: Which types of school do/did your children attend: Christian school (not Catholic) 260.) RELSCH: Which types of school do/did your children attend: Other church-affiliated school (not Christian) 261.) PRIVSCH: Which types of school do/did your children attend: Private non-religious school 262.) OTHSCH: Which types of school do/did your children attend: Other 263.) OTHCHRCH: If Catholic: I could be just as happy in some other church, it wouldn't have to be Catholic. 264.) IMPLIVES: If Catholic: How a person lives is more important than whether or not he or she is Catholic. 265.) OBEYTCH: If Catholic: It's important to obey church teachings even if I don't understand them. 331.) OTHLANG: Can you speak a language other than English? 335.) SPKLANG: If R speaks language in addition to English: How well do you speak that language? 336.) USELANG: If R speaks language in addition to English: How oftn do you use that language in your everyday life 337.) GETLANG: More than 1 language (other than English) mentioned, where did you first learn that language? 338.) PARLANG: Did/do one or both of your parents speak a language other than English at home? 339.) GRANLANG: Did/do one or more of your grandparents speak a language other than English? 340.) LANGCOM: How often do you hear languages other than English spoken in the local community where you live? 341.) LANGWRK: How often do you hear languages other than English spoken in the place where you work? 342.) ENGOFF1: Favor a law making English the official language of the United States, or do you oppose such a law? 422.) HSWHT: Racial make-up of the high school you attended? 423.) HSETH: What was the largest racial group in your high school/the last school you attended? 425.) WEBTV: Do you have access to the Internet or World Wide Web in your home through Web TV? 428.) USEWWW: Other than for e-mail, do you ever use the Internet or World Wide Web? 593.) COMPHOME: Do you have 1/more computers at your home? [Interviewer:include laptops that R can use at work/home] 594.) USEHOME: Do you, yourself, ever use a computer at home? 595.) NUMHOME: How many computers in working condition do you have in your home? 596.) WWWHOME: Can you use the World Wide Web when you are at home? 597.) PAYWWW: Does your employer provide all or part of your Internet access from home? 604.) WRKMINH: Minutes a week you use your home computer for following--Paid work/other income producing activities 610.) COMPWORK: Do you use a computer at work-that is, at a workplace away from your home? 613.) INCMINW: Minutes a week you use your work computer for following -- Other income-producing activities? 615.) ECOMMINW: Minutes a week you use your work computer for following--Shop,paying bills&other household managemnt 616.) ECOMHRW: Hours a week you use your work computer for following--Shop,paying bills&other household managemnt 617.) PERMINW: Minutes a week you use your work computer for following--Personal interests, games, or enjoyment 623.) COMPOTH: Do you use a computer @ some place besides your home/workplace-at school,library,friend's home,other 624.) COMPSCHL: Do you use a computer at some place besides your home/workplace? - School 625.) COMPLIB: Do you use a computer at some place besides your home/workplace? – Library 626.) COMPFRI: Do you use a computer at some place besides your home/workplace? -- Friend's house 627.) COMPELSE: Do you use a computer at some place besides your home/workplace? - Other location 628.) MOSTLOC: If more than 1 computer location was identified by R: Which location do you use the most? 650.) TIMEKID1: If R has child under 18 in household: Amount of time you spend w/(name of child)?--1st listed child 651.) TIMEKID2: If R has child under 18 in household: Amount of time you spend w/(name of child)?-- 2nd listed child 652.) TIMEKID3: If R has child under 18 in household: Amount of time you spend w/(name of child)?--3rd listed child 653.) TIMEKID4: If R has child under 18 in household: Amount of time you spend w/(name of child)?--4th listed child 654.) SPTMKID1: Amount of time, too much/little,your (husband/wife) spends with (name of child) -- 1st listed child 655.) SPTMKID2: Amount of time,too much/little, your (husband/wife) spends with (name of child) -- 2nd listed child 656.) SPTMKID3: Amount of time, too much/little,your (husband/wife) spends with (name of child) -- 3rd listed child 657.) SPTMKID4: Amount of time, too much/little,your (husband/wife) spends with (name of child) -- 4th listed child 658.) KDTMKID1: Would say (name of child) feels amount of time spent w/you is too much/little -- 1st listed child 659.) KDTMKID2: Would say (name of child) feels amount of time spent w/you is too much/little -- 2nd listed child 660.) KDTMKID3: Would say (name of child) feels amount of time spent w/you is too much/little -- 3rd listed child 661.) KDTMKID4: Would say (name of child) feels amount of time spent w/you is too much/little -- 4th listed child 667.) HOWFREE: How much freedom do you think Americans have today? 668.) RHOWFREE: And about you yourself? How much freedom would you say you have? 669.) FREENOW: Americans today have more freedom, less freedom, or about the same amount of freedom as in the past? 670.) RFREENOW: Do you personally feel you have more/less freedom, or about the same as you had in the past? 671.) SATDEMOC: How satisfied are you with the way democracy works in the United States? 672.) LEFTALNE: Importance of following statement to R -- Freedom is being left alone to do what I want 673.) NOGOVT: Importance of following statemnt to R-Freedom is having a gov that doesnt spy on me/interfere w/life 674.) INPEACE: Importance of following statemnt to R -- True freedom is feeling an inner spiritual peace. 675.) PARTPOL: Importance of following statemnt to R -- Freedom is having right to participate in politics&electns 676.) CHOICE: Importance of following statemnt to R -- Freedom is having power to choose&do what I want in life 677.) EXPUNPOP: Importance of following statemnt to R- Freedom is being able to express unpopular ideas w/out fear 757.) INCGAP: Differences in income in America are too large--do you agree or disagree? 759.) TAXSHARE: Those w/high income shld pay larger share of income in tax than those w/low income,same/smallr share 760.) CONWLTH: In your opinion, in America, how much conflict is there between poor people and rich people? 761.) CONCLASS: How much conflict is there between the working class and the middle class? 762.) CONFNION: How much conflict is there between management and workers? 763.) CONSOC: Your opinion, in America,how much conflict is there btwn--People at top of society&people at bottom 764.) CONAGE: Your opinion, in America, how much conflict is there between: -- Young people and older people? 786.) PASUP: Job father had when you were growing up, did he supervise anyone directly responsible to him? 790.) PAYEDUC: How important for deciding pay for same work...The person's education and formal qualifications? 791.) PRIVENT: Private enterprise is the best way to solve America's economic problems--do you agree or disagree? 792.) POSTMAT1: America's highest priority: America should… 793.) POSTMAT2: America's next highest priority: (see POSTMAT1) 803.) NATURGOD: Nature:1)Sacred because created by God 2)Spiritual/sacred in itself 3)Important,not spiritual/sacred 804.) GRNPRICE: How willing would you be to pay much higher prices in order to protect the environment? 805.) GRNTAXES: And how willing would you be to pay much higher taxes in order to protect the environment? 806.) GRNSOL: How willing you'd be to accept cuts in your standard of living in order to protect the environment? 807.) TOODIFME: It is just too difficult for someone like me to do much about the environment. 808.) IHLPGRN: I do what is right for the environment, even when it costs more money or takes up more time. 823.) RECYCLE: How often you make a special effort to sort glass or cans or plastic or papers & so on for recycling 824.) GRNGROUP: Are you a member of any group whose main aim is to preserve or protect the environment? 825.) GRNSIGN: In the last five years, have you signed a petition about an environmental issue? 826.) GRNMONEY: In the last five years, have you given money to an environmental group? 827.) GRNDEMO: In the last five yrs,have you taken part in a protest of demonstration about an environmental issue? 828.) COMTYPE: You live:1)Big city 2)Suburb/outskirt of big city 3)Small city/town 4)Country village 5)Farm/country 834.) AMPROGRN: America is doing more than enough, about right/too little to protect world environment? 835.) BIZPEOP: Which is making more effort to look after environment: business and industry, people or both? 836.) GOVTBIZ: Which group you think is making more effort to look aftr environmnt: govt,business&industry or both 837.) PEOPGOVT: Which group you think is making more effort to look aftr environmnt: people, govt/both about equally 838.) GRNINTL: Agree?Environmental problems-should be internatnl agreemnts Americans&other countries should follow 839.) LDCGRN: Agree?Poor countries shld be expectd to make less effort than richer countries to protect environmnt 840.) ECONGRN: Agree? Economic progress in America will slow down unless we look after the environment better. 849.) MATESEX: Was one of the partners your husband or wife or regular sexual partner? 850.) FRNDSEX: If you had other partners, please indicate all categories that apply to them. Close personal friend 851.) ACQNTSEX: Had sex with: Neighbor, Co-Worker, or long-term acquaintance 852.) PIKUPSEX: Had sex with: Casual date or pick-up 853.) PAIDSEX: Had sex with: Person you paid for sex 854.) OTHERSEX: Had sex with: Other 855.) SEXSEX: Have sex partners in the last 12 months been exclusively male, both male&female, exclusively female. 860.) SEXSEX5: Have your sex partners in the last five years been... 861.) EVPAIDSX: Thinking about time since your 18th birthday, ever had sex w/a person you paid/who paid you for sex? 862.) EVSTRAY: Have you ever had sex with someone other than your husband or wife while you were married? 863.) CONDOM: The last time you had sex, was a condom used? By "sex" we mean vaginal, oral, or anal sex. 864.) RELATSEX: Last time you had sex, was it w/someone you were in an on-going relationship with/with someone else 865.) EVIDU: Ever,even once,taken any drugs by injectn w/needle. Don't incld anything taken under doctor's orders 866.) IDU30: How long has it been since you last used a needle to inject drugs? 867.) EVCRACK: Have you ever, even once, used "crack" cocaine in chunk or rock form? 868.) CRACK30: How long has it been since you last used "crack" cocaine in chunk or rock form? 869.) ASKFINAN: Before giving secret/top secret clearance,govt shld have right to ask about:Financial&credit history 870.) ASKCRIME: Before giving secret/top secret clearance,govt shld have right to ask about:Criminal arrest&convictn 871.) ASKDRUGS: Before giving secret/top secret clearance,govt shld have right to ask about: Illegal drug use 872.) ASKMENTL: Before giving secret/top secret clearance,govt shld have right to ask about: Mental health history 873.) ASKFORGN: Before giving secret/top secret clearance,gov shld have right to ask about:Foreign relatives&friends 874.) ASKDRINK: Before giving secret/top secret clearance,govt shld have right to ask about: Alcohol use 875.) ASKSEXOR: Before giving secret/top secret clearance,govt shld have right to ask about: Sexual orientation 876.) ASKFRBIZ: Before giving secret/top secret clearance,gov shld have right to ask about:Foreign business contacts 877.) ASKFRTRV: Before giving secret/top secret clearance,govt shld have right to ask about: Foreign travel? 878.) ASKCOMP: Before secret/top secret clearance,gov shld have right to ask about:Illegal/unauthorizd computer use 891.) LIETEST: Agree? People with Secret or Top Secret clearance should be subject to- Periodic lie detector tests 892.) TESTDRUG: Agree? People with Secret or Top Secret clearance should be subject to- Random drug tests? 893.) FINANQS: Agree? People with Secret/Top Secret clearance should be subject to- Questions re:assets&liabilities 894.) COMPFIN: Agree?People w/ Secret/Top Secret clearance should be subject to- Computer check of personal finance 895.) CHKTRAVL: Agree?People w/ Secret/Top Secret clearance should be subject to-Computer check of internatnl travel 896.) EMAILWRK: Agree? People w/ Secret/Top Secret clearance should be subject to- Audit of e-mail&Internet use@work 897.) EMAILHME: Agree? People w/ Secret/Top Secret clearance should be subject to- Audit of e-mail&Internet use@home 898.) TAPWRK: Agree?People w/ Secret/Top Secret clearance should be subject to-Wire-tapping of phone calls at work 899.) TAPHME: Agree?People w/ Secret/Top Secret clearance should be subject to-Wire-tapping of phone calls at home 900.) SRCHWRK: Agree?People w/ Secret/Top Secret clearance should be subject to- Briefcase&desk searches at work 901.) CAMWRK: Agree?People w/ Secret/Top Secret clearance shld be subjct to-Video camera survelliance in workplace 912.) ETHNUM: Number of ethnicities named and picked 914.) RACEDBTF: How certain is interviewer of his/her racial classification of respondent 915.) RACESELF: Respondent's own classification of his/her race 919.) RACECEN3: What is your race? Indicate one or more races that you consider yourself to be -- Third mention 921.) DWELOWN: (Do you/Does your family) own your (home/apartment), pay rent, or what? 937.) CATHID: If Catholic, what identity? 938.) CHARISMA: Are you a charismatic or affiliated with the charismatic movement? 1059.) BALLOT: Ballot Administered. 1061.) ISSP: Status on International Social Survey Program Supplement. 1066.) I-AGE: Respondent's age (Recoded for use with online analysis) 1067.) I-SEX: Respondent's sex (for use with online analysis) 1068.) I-MARITAL: Currently--widowed, divorced, separated, or never been married?(Recoded for use w/online analysis) 1069.) I-RACE: Respondent's race (for use with online analysis) 1070.) I-INCOME: Total family income, all sources, fall last year before taxes (Recoded for use with online analysis) 1071.) I-POLITICS: Your political views-extremely liberal to extremely conservative?(Recoded for use w/online analysis) 1072.) I-RELIGION: Religious preference?Protestant,Catholic,Jewish,other/no religion(Recoded for use w/online analysis) 1073.) I-EDUC: Highest educational degree earned by respondent (Recoded for use with online analysis)

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