| VOTING PATTERNS: 1968-2012 |
| partyid |
political party affiliation |
| vote68 |
did r vote in 1968 election |
| pres68 |
vote for humphrey, nixon, or wallace |
| if68who |
who would r have voted for-1968 election |
| vote72 |
did r vote in 1972 election |
| pres72 |
vote for mcgovern or nixon |
| if72who |
who would r have voted for-1972 election |
| vote76 |
did r vote in 1976 election |
| pres76 |
vote for carter or ford |
| if76who |
who would r have voted for-1976 election |
| vote80 |
did r vote in 1980 election |
| pres80 |
vote for carter, reagan or anderson |
| if80who |
who would r have voted for-1980 election |
| vote84 |
did r vote in 1984 election |
| pres84 |
vote for reagan or mondale |
| if84who |
who would r have voted for-1984 election |
| vote88 |
did r vote in 1988 election |
| pres88 |
vote for dukakis or bush |
| if88who |
who would r have voted for-1988 election |
| vote92 |
did r vote in 1992 election |
| pres92 |
vote for clinton, bush, perot |
| if92who |
who would r have voted for-1992 election |
| vote96 |
did r vote in 1996 election |
| pres96 |
vote for clinton, dole, perot |
| if96who |
who would r have voted for-1996 election |
| vote00 |
did r vote in 2000 election |
| pres00 |
vote for gore, bush, nader |
| if00who |
who would r has voted for in 2000 election |
| vote04 |
did r vote in 2004 election |
| pres04 |
vote for kerry, bush, nader |
| if04who |
who would r has voted for in 2004 election |
| vote08 |
did r vote in 2008 election |
| pres08 |
vote obama or mccain |
| if08who |
who you would have voted for |
| vote12 |
did r vote in 2012 election |
| pres12 |
vote obama or romney |
| if12who |
who would r have voted for in 2012 election |
| polviews |
think of self as liberal or conservative |
| polviewy |
liberal or conservative-version y |
| polviewx |
liberal or conservative-version x |
| ATTITUDINAL MEASURES - NATIONAL PROBLEMS |
| Social Problem Spending (variant 1) |
| natspac |
space exploration program |
| natenvir |
improving & protecting environment |
| natheal |
improving & protecting nations health |
| natcity |
solving problems of big cities |
| natcrime |
halting rising crime rate |
| natdrug |
dealing with drug addiction |
| nateduc |
improving nations education system |
| natrace |
improving the conditions of blacks |
| natarms |
military, armaments, and defense |
| nataid |
foreign aid |
| natfare |
welfare |
| natroad |
highways and bridges |
| natsoc |
social security |
| natmass |
mass transportation |
| natpark |
parks and recreation |
| Social Problem Spending (variant 2) |
| natchld |
assistance for childcare |
| natsci |
supporting scientific research |
| natenrgy |
developing alternative energy sources |
| natspacy |
space exploration:version y |
| natenviy |
the environment:version y |
| nathealy |
health:version y |
| natcityy |
assistance to big cities:version y |
| natcrimy |
law enforcement:version y |
| natdrugy |
drug rehabilitation:version y |
| nateducy |
education:version y |
| natracey |
assistance to blacks:version y |
| natarmsy |
national defense:version y |
| nataidy |
assistance to other countries:ver y |
| natfarey |
assistance to the poor:version y |
| Social Problem Spending (variant 3) |
| natspacz |
space exploration:version z |
| natenviz |
improving the environment:version z |
| nathealz |
improving health:version z |
| natcityz |
solving problems of big cities:ver z |
| natcrimz |
reducing crime:version z |
| natdrugz |
reducing drug addiction:version z |
| nateducz |
improving the education system:ver z |
| natracez |
improving conditions of blacks:ver z |
| natarmsz |
strengthening national defense:ver z |
| nataidz |
helping other countries:version z |
| natfarez |
caring for the poor:version z |
| natroadz |
improving highways and bridges:ver z |
| natsocz |
protecting social security:version z |
| natmassz |
improving mass transit:version z |
| natparkz |
improving parks and recreation:ver z |
| Economic Equality |
| equal1 |
everyone should look out for self |
| equal2 |
business profits benefit all |
| equal3 |
govt shld insure jobs and stable prices |
| equal4 |
responsibility of govt to meet needs |
| equal5 |
social welfare benefits are disincentive |
| equal6 |
one is able to live well in america |
| equal7 |
business profits are distributed fairly |
| equal8 |
social standing due to ability |
| Class Structure |
| usclass1 |
traditional class divisions still remain |
| usclass2 |
achievement depends on family background |
| usclass3 |
achievement depends on educ and ability |
| usclass4 |
ones own efforts don't count |
| usclass5 |
personal income not determined by work |
| usclass6 |
differences in class are an incentive |
| usclass7 |
differences in class reflect own effort |
| usclass8 |
social differences are acceptable |
| Social Welfare and Taxation |
| educop |
equal opportunity to obtain education? |
| govcare |
govt concern for social welfare |
| eqwlth |
should govt reduce income differences |
| eqwlthy |
govt reduce income differences-version y |
| tax |
r's federal income tax |
| Free Speech |
| spkath |
allow anti-religionist to speak |
| colath |
allow anti-religionist to teach |
| libath |
allow anti-religious book in library |
| spksoc |
allow socialist to speak |
| colsoc |
allow socialist to teach |
| libsoc |
allow socialists book in library |
| spkrac |
allow racist to speak |
| colrac |
allow racist to teach |
| librac |
allow racists book in library |
| spkcom |
allow communist to speak |
| colcom |
should communist teacher be fired |
| libcom |
allow communists book in library |
| spkmil |
allow militarist to speak |
| colmil |
allow militarist to teach |
| libmil |
allow militarists book in library |
| spkhomo |
allow homosexual to speak |
| colhomo |
allow homosexual to teach |
| libhomo |
allow homosexuals book in library |
| spkmslm |
allow muslim clergymen preaching hatred of the us |
| colmslm |
allow anti-american muslim clergymen teaching in college |
| libmslm |
allow anti-american muslim clergymen's books in library |
| Capital Punishment |
| cappun2 |
does r favor capital punishment |
| cappun |
favor or oppose death penalty for murder |
| capimp |
importance of death penalty issue to r |
| capinfo |
how much info r has on death penalty |
| capfirm |
how firm is r's opinion of death penalty |
| Gun Control |
| gunlaw |
favor or oppose gun permits |
| gunimp |
importance of gun control issue to r |
| guninfo |
how much info does r have on gun control |
| gunfirm |
how firm is r's opinion on gun control |
| Crime and Law Enforcement |
| courts |
courts dealing with criminals |
| courtsy |
courts dealing with criminals-version y |
| crimimp |
importance of crime issue to r |
| criminfo |
how much info does r have on crime issue |
| crimfirm |
how firm is r's opinion on crime issue |
| lawimp |
importance of law enforcement issue to r |
| lawinfo |
how much info does r have on law issue |
| lawfirm |
how firm is r's opinion on law issue |
| wirtap |
wiretapping |
| grass |
should marijuana be made legal |
| grassy |
should marijuana be legal-version y |
| International Affairs |
| uswar |
expect u.s. in war within 10 years |
| uswary |
expect u.s. in world war in 10 years |
| usintl |
take active part in world affairs |
| usun |
remain in u.n. or pull out |
| commun |
feelings about communism |
| commun10 |
feelings about communism 10 yrs ago |
| russia |
liking for russia |
| japan |
liking for japan |
| england |
liking for england |
| canada |
liking for canada |
| brazil |
liking for brazil |
| china |
liking for china |
| israel |
liking for israel |
| egypt |
liking for egypt |
| PERSONAL CONCERNS |
| Religion |
| relig |
r's religious preference |
| denom |
specific denomination |
| other |
other protestant denominations |
| othjew |
consider self to be jewish |
| jew |
what sort of jew r is |
| fund |
how fundamentalist is r currently |
| attend |
how often r attends religious services |
| maattend |
how often ma attended religious services |
| paattend |
how often pa attended religious services |
| spattend |
how often sp attends religious services |
| reliten |
strength of affiliation |
| relitena |
strength of affiliation |
| postlife |
belief in life after death |
| postlf1 |
life of peace and tranquility |
| postlf2 |
life of intense action |
| postlf3 |
like here on earth only better |
| postlf4 |
life without many earthly joys |
| postlf5 |
pale or shadowy form of life |
| postlf6 |
a spiritual life involving mind not body |
| postlf7 |
paradise of pleasures and delights |
| postlf8 |
place of loving intellectual communion |
| postlf9 |
union with god |
| postlf10 |
reunion with loved ones |
| likediff |
afterlife contrast: better or lacking |
| mindbody |
afterlife contrast: spiritual or sensual |
| restact |
afterlife contrast: peaceful or action |
| palefull |
afterlife contrast: shadows or full |
| pray |
how often does r pray |
| dejavu |
thought one was someplace before |
| esp |
felt in touch with someone far away |
| visions |
perceived events at great distance |
| spirits |
felt in touch with deceased person |
| grace |
had powerful religious experience |
| neargod |
how close does r feel to god |
| judge |
image of god as judge |
| redeemer |
image of god as redeemer |
| lover |
image of god as lover |
| master |
image of god as master |
| mother |
image of god as mother |
| creator |
image of god as creator |
| father |
image of god as father |
| spouse |
image of god as spouse |
| friend |
image of god as friend |
| king |
image of god as king |
| liberatr |
image of god as liberator |
| healer |
image of god as healer |
| mapa |
contrast between mother and father |
| mastersp |
contrast between master and spouse |
| judgeluv |
contrast between judge and lover |
| frndking |
contrast between friend and king |
| crtrheal |
contrast between creator and healer |
| rdeemlib |
contrast between redeemer and liberator |
| popespks |
pope is infallible on matter's of faith or morals |
| popespky |
pope is infallible on matter's of faith or morals (form 2) |
| sprel |
spouse's religious preference |
| relig16 |
religion in which raised |
| denom16 |
denomination in which r was raised |
| oth16 |
other protestant denominations |
| othjew16 |
r raised as a jew |
| jew16 |
what sort of jew r was at age 16 |
| fund16 |
how fundamentalist was r at age 16 |
| spden |
specific denomination, spouse |
| spother |
other protestant denominations |
| spjew |
what sort of jew is r's spouse currently |
| spothjew |
spouse considers self jewish |
| tithing |
how much does r give to religion |
| prayer |
bible prayer in public schools |
| prayery |
bible prayer in schools-version y |
| prayerx |
bible prayer in schools:version z |
| bible |
feelings about the bible |
| bibley |
feelings about the bible:version z |
| Human Nature |
| world1 |
world image:much evil vs. much good |
| world2 |
world image:the good must act vs. not |
| world3 |
world image:god not here vs. here |
| world4 |
world image:man is good vs. corrupt |
| world5 |
world image:arts are good vs. not |
| world6 |
world image:chaos vs. harmony |
| world7 |
world image:ach. reveals god vs. not |
| Feeling Thermometers |
| libtemp |
feeling thermometer:liberals |
| contemp |
feeling thermometer:conservatives |
| prottemp |
feeling thermometer:protestants |
| cathtemp |
feeling thermometer:catholics |
| jewtemp |
feeling thermometer:jews |
| mslmtemp |
feeling thermometer:muslims |
| More Religion |
| fepriest |
r favors women as priests |
| feclergy |
r favors women as ministers |
| relgrade |
grade given religion |
| Race Issues |
| racmar |
favor law against racial intermarriage |
| racmar10 |
favor law against rac intrmar 10 yrs ago |
| racdin |
object to opp. race home for dinner |
| racpush |
blacks shouldn't push |
| racseg |
whites have right to seg. neighborhood |
| racopen |
vote on open housing law |
| raclive |
any opp. race in neighborhood |
| racclos |
any opp. race living close to r |
| racdis |
how far are closest opp. race |
| racinteg |
will neighborhood become all black |
| racobjct |
neighborhood integrated by same ses |
| rachome |
opp. race home for dinner recently |
| racschol |
should whites & blacks go to same school |
| racfew |
children to school with opposite race |
| rachaf |
children to school half opposite race |
| racmost |
children to school mostly opposite race |
| busing |
attitude toward racial busing |
| busing10 |
favor busing 10 yrs ago |
| racpres |
would vote for black president |
| racjob |
equal opportunities on jobs |
| racchurh |
attend church with other race |
| color |
r's skin color |
| racname |
preferred racial name |
| rachisch |
how integrated was r's high school |
| racmix |
how many friends are white |
| racneigh |
neighborhood r would like to live in |
| racnobuy |
ever boycott certain products |
| ractrust |
trust white people |
| racparty |
which party helps blacks more |
| racocc |
equality in occupation |
| racinc |
equality in income |
| racopnow |
opportunities improved in last 5 yrs |
| racopwil |
opportunities improve in next 5 yrs |
| racimp |
importance of race relations issues to r |
| racinfo |
how much info does r have on race issues |
| racfirm |
how firm is r's opinion on racial issues |
| raccare |
r's concern about racial issues |
| racthink |
how often r & friends think about race issues |
| racwrite |
r ever written official abt race issues |
| racgive |
has r given money to racial orgs |
| racjoin |
ever joined org working on racial issues |
| affrmact |
favor preference in hiring blacks |
| wrkwayup |
blacks overcome prejudice without favors |
| blksimp |
have conditions for blacks improved |
| closeblk |
how close feel to blacks |
| closewht |
how close feel to whites |
| Alienation Measures |
| alienat1 |
people running country don't care |
| alienat2 |
rich get richer, poor poorer |
| alienat3 |
what you think doesn't count |
| alienat4 |
you're left out of things |
| alienat5 |
powerful people take advantage of you |
| alienat6 |
people in wash d.c. are out of touch |
| Health and Happiness |
| happy |
general happiness |
| hapmar |
happiness of marriage |
| health |
condition of health |
| life |
is life exciting or dull |
| Human Nature Part Two |
| helpful |
people helpful or looking out for selves |
| fair |
people fair or try to take advantage |
| trust |
can people be trusted |
| trusty |
can people be trusted-version y |
| Personal Satisfaction |
| satcity |
city or place r lives in |
| sathobby |
non-working activities, hobbies |
| satfam |
family life |
| satfrnd |
friendships |
| sathealt |
health and physical condition |
| SOCIETAL CONCERNS |
| Confidence in Institutions |
| confinan |
confid in banks & financial institutions |
| conbus |
confidence in major companies |
| conclerg |
confidence in organized religion |
| coneduc |
confidence in education |
| confed |
confid. in exec branch of fed govt |
| conlabor |
confidence in organized labor |
| conpress |
confidence in press |
| conmedic |
confidence in medicine |
| contv |
confidence in television |
| conjudge |
confid. in united states supreme court |
| consci |
confidence in scientific community |
| conlegis |
confidence in congress |
| conarmy |
confidence in military |
| confinay |
banks & financial institutions:ver z |
| conbusy |
major companies:version z |
| conclery |
organized religion:version z |
| coneducy |
education:version z |
| confedy |
exec branch fed govt:version z |
| conlaboy |
organized labor:version z |
| conpresy |
press:version z |
| conmediy |
medicine:version z |
| contvy |
television:version z |
| conjudgy |
united states supreme court:version z |
| consciy |
scientific community:version z |
| conlegiy |
congress:version z |
| conarmyy |
military:version z |
| Desirable Qualities for Children |
| manners |
good manners |
| success |
tries hard to succeed |
| honest |
honest |
| clean |
neat and clean |
| judgment |
good sense and sound judgment |
| control |
self-control |
| role |
acts like boy-acts like girl |
| amicable |
gets along well with other children |
| obeys |
obeys parents well |
| responsi |
responsible |
| consider |
considerate of others |
| interest |
interested how and why things happen |
| studious |
good student |
| mannersy |
good manners-version y |
| successy |
tries hard to succeed-version y |
| honesty |
honest-version y |
| cleany |
neat and clean-version y |
| judgmeny |
good sense, sound judgment-version y |
| controly |
self-control-version y |
| roley |
acts like boy-acts like girl-version y |
| amicably |
gets along with other children-version y |
| obeysy |
obeys parents well-version y |
| responsy |
responsible-version y |
| considey |
considerate of others-version y |
| interesy |
interested how things happen-version y |
| studiouy |
good student-version y |
| mannersz |
good manners-version z |
| successz |
tries hard to succeed-version z |
| honestz |
honest-version z |
| cleanz |
neat and clean-version z |
| judgmenz |
good sense, sound judgment-version z |
| controlz |
self-control-version z |
| rolez |
acts like boy-acts like girl-version z |
| amicablz |
gets along with other children-version z |
| obeysz |
obeys parents well-version z |
| responsz |
responsible-version z |
| considez |
considerate of others-version z |
| interesz |
interested how things happen-version z |
| studiouz |
good student-version z |
| obey |
to obey |
| popular |
to be well liked or popular |
| thnkself |
to think for ones self |
| workhard |
to work hard |
| helpoth |
to help others |
| chldsex |
qualities for boys or girls |
| chldsex1 |
qualities for boys or girls:variant |
| youngen |
what should younger generation be taught |
| Social Behavior |
| socrel |
spend evening with relatives |
| socommun |
spend evening with neighbor |
| socfrend |
spend evening with friends |
| socbar |
spend evening at bar |
| socpars |
spend evening with parents |
| socsibs |
spend evening with siblings |
| aged |
should aged live with their children |
| Substance Consumption |
| drink |
ever drink alcoholic beverages? |
| drunk |
ever drink too much? |
| smoke |
does r smoke |
| quitsmk |
ever tried to quit smoking |
| smokecig |
does r smoke cigarettes |
| cigweek |
has r smoked cigarettes in last week |
| evsmoke |
has r ever smoked |
| Social Anomie |
| anomia1 |
next to health, money is most important |
| anomia2 |
wonder if anything is worthwhile |
| anomia3 |
no right & wrong ways to make money |
| anomia4 |
live only for today |
| anomia5 |
lot of the average man getting worse |
| anomia6 |
not fair to bring child into world |
| anomia7 |
officials not interested in average man |
| anomia8 |
don't know whom to trust |
| anomia9 |
most don't care what happens to others |
| WORKPLACE AND ECONOMIC CONCERNS |
| Job Security and Satisfaction |
| joblose |
is r likely to lose job |
| jobfind |
could r find equally good job |
| satjob |
work satisfaction |
| richwork |
if rich, continue or stop working |
| jobinc |
high income |
| jobsec |
no danger of being fired |
| jobhour |
short working hours |
| jobpromo |
chances for advancement |
| jobmeans |
work important and feel accomplishment |
| jobkeep |
job security |
| jobpay |
high income |
| jobrise |
opportunity for advancement |
| jobhonor |
occupation is recognized and respected |
| joboff |
leaves time for leisure |
| jobinter |
interesting work |
| jobindep |
allows one to work independently |
| jobresp |
responsible job tasks |
| jobpeop |
contact with other people |
| jobhelp |
can help others |
| jobsoc |
useful to society |
| jobaccmp |
doing something meaningful |
| jobsafe |
safe conditions |
| Class and Financial Needs |
| class |
subjective class identification |
| classy |
subjective social class-version y |
| rank |
r's self ranking of social position |
| rank10 |
r's social rank 10 years ago |
| satfin |
satisfaction with financial situation |
| finalter |
change in financial situation |
| finrela |
opinion of family income |
| incneed |
income family needs |
| mininc |
minimum amount of income needed per week |
| Job Supervision |
| wksub |
does r or spouse have supervisor |
| wksubs |
does supervisor have supervisor |
| wksup |
does r or spouse supervise anyone |
| wksups |
does subordinate supervise anyone |
| Standard of Living |
| unemp |
ever unemployed in last ten yrs |
| govaid |
ever receive welfare, unemp insur, etc. |
| getaid |
ever received welfare? |
| union |
does r or spouse belong to union |
| getahead |
opinion of how people get ahead |
| parsol |
r's living standard compared to parents |
| kidssol |
r's kids living standard compared to r |