| RECENT PROBLEMS FOR RESPONDENT |
| Important Household Problems |
| prob1 |
first problem mentioned |
| prob2 |
second problem mentioned |
| prob3 |
third problem mentioned |
| prob4 |
fourth problem mentioned |
| Health Problems |
| hlth1 |
ill enough to go to a doctor |
| hlth2 |
counseling for mental problems |
| hlth3 |
infertility, unable to have a baby |
| hlth4 |
drinking problem |
| hlth5 |
illegal drugs (marijuana, cocaine) |
| hlth6 |
(husband, wife)partner in hospital |
| hlth7 |
a child in hospital |
| hlth8 |
child on drugs, drinking problem |
| hlth9 |
a death of a close friend |
| hlth10 |
respondent in hospital or sanatorium |
| hlth11 |
respondent unable to work for one month or more |
| hlth12 |
a death of spouse |
| hlth13 |
a death of child |
| hlth14 |
a death of parents |
| Work Related Problems |
| work1 |
unemployed and looking for work a month + |
| work2 |
being demoted or move to worse position |
| work3 |
a cut in pay or reduced hours |
| work4 |
being passed over for promotion |
| work5 |
having trouble with one's boss |
| work6 |
own business losing money or failing |
| work7 |
a husband, wife, partner being fired |
| work8 |
a husband, wife, partner cut in pay |
| work9 |
ones' spouse being unemployed |
| work10 |
during past 12 mo, r was unemployed and looking for work |
| Financial Problems |
| finan1 |
going bankrupt |
| finan2 |
having a car etc. repossessed |
| finan3 |
pawning valuables to make ends meet |
| finan4 |
being pressured to pay bills |
| finan5 |
major worsening financial condition |
| Personal Hardships |
| hrdshp1 |
fall behind in paying rent, mortgage |
| hrdshp2 |
eviction from one's apartment, house |
| hrdshp3 |
having the utilities shut-off |
| hrdshp4 |
being unable to purchase needed food |
| hrdshp5 |
unable to afford needed medical care |
| hrdshp6 |
lacking health insurance coverage |
| hrdshp7 |
homeless |
| Family Relationship Problems |
| famper1 |
having serious trouble with spouse |
| famper2 |
separating from spouse or partner |
| famper3 |
breaking up with fianc?e) |
| famper4 |
having serious trouble with a child |
| famper5 |
having serious trouble with friend |
| famper6 |
divorced or separated |
| Crime and Legal Problems |
| law1 |
a robbery |
| law2 |
a personal assault |
| law3 |
your home burglarized |
| law4 |
accused of crime |
| law5 |
arrested |
| law6 |
sued in civil case |
| law7 |
your child arrested |
| Problems Where Live |
| live1 |
your home destroyed in disaster |
| live2 |
your home in poor condition |
| live3 |
major home repair's |
| live4 |
serious problem with your landlord |
| Other Problems |
| oth1 |
being discriminated against |
| oth2 |
unable to get to school |
| oth3 |
child have trouble in school |
| oth4 |
need but unable to use public transport. |
| oth5 |
do not have a car |
| extra1 |
other problems |
| extra2 |
other problems |
| 1985 TOPICAL MODULE: SOCIAL NETWORKS |
| Closeness within Networks |
| numgiven |
number of persons mentioned |
| eqclose |
r feels equally close to all persons |
| rclose1 |
r feels especially close to person #1 |
| rclose2 |
r feels especially close to person #2 |
| rclose3 |
r feels especially close to person #3 |
| rclose4 |
r feels especially close to person #4 |
| rclose5 |
r feels especially close to person #5 |
| close12 |
how close are persons number 1 and 2? |
| close13 |
how close are persons number 1 and 3? |
| close14 |
how close are persons number 1 and 4? |
| close15 |
how close are persons number 1 and 5? |
| close23 |
how close are persons number 2 and 3? |
| close24 |
how close are persons number 2 and 4? |
| close25 |
how close are persons number 2 and 5? |
| close34 |
how close are persons number 3 and 4? |
| close35 |
how close are persons number 3 and 5? |
| close45 |
how close are persons number 4 and 5? |
| Composition of Networks |
| sex1 |
sex of person number 1 |
| sex2 |
sex of person number 2 |
| sex3 |
sex of person number 3 |
| sex4 |
sex of person number 4 |
| sex5 |
sex of person number 5 |
| race1 |
race of person number 1 |
| race2 |
race of person number 2 |
| race3 |
race of person number 3 |
| race4 |
race of person number 4 |
| race5 |
race of person number 5 |
| spouse1 |
person #1 is r's spouse |
| spouse2 |
person #2 is r's spouse |
| spouse3 |
person #3 is r's spouse |
| spouse4 |
person #4 is r's spouse |
| spouse5 |
person #5 is r's spouse |
| parent1 |
person #1 is r's parent |
| parent2 |
person #2 is r's parent |
| parent3 |
person #3 is r's parent |
| parent4 |
person #4 is r's parent |
| parent5 |
person #5 is r's parent |
| sibling1 |
person #1 is r's sibling |
| sibling2 |
person #2 is r's sibling |
| sibling3 |
person #3 is r's sibling |
| sibling4 |
person #4 is r's sibling |
| sibling5 |
person #5 is r's sibling |
| child1 |
person #1 is r's child |
| child2 |
person #2 is r's child |
| child3 |
person #3 is r's child |
| child4 |
person #4 is r's child |
| child5 |
person #5 is r's child |
| othfam1 |
person #1 is r's family member |
| othfam2 |
person #2 is r's family member |
| othfam3 |
person #3 is r's family member |
| othfam4 |
person #4 is r's family member |
| othfam5 |
person #5 is r's family member |
| cowork1 |
person #1 is r's coworker |
| cowork2 |
person #2 is r's coworker |
| cowork3 |
person #3 is r's coworker |
| cowork4 |
person #4 is r's coworker |
| cowork5 |
person #5 is r's coworker |
| memgrp1 |
person #1 is member of r's group |
| memgrp2 |
person #2 is member of r's group |
| memgrp3 |
person #3 is member of r's group |
| memgrp4 |
person #4 is member of r's group |
| memgrp5 |
person #5 is member of r's group |
| neighbr1 |
person #1 is r's neighbor |
| neighbr2 |
person #2 is r's neighbor |
| neighbr3 |
person #3 is r's neighbor |
| neighbr4 |
person #4 is r's neighbor |
| neighbr5 |
person #5 is r's neighbor |
| friend1 |
person #1 is r's friend |
| friend2 |
person #2 is r's friend |
| friend3 |
person #3 is r's friend |
| friend4 |
person #4 is r's friend |
| friend5 |
person #5 is r's friend |
| advisor1 |
person #1 is r's advisor |
| advisor2 |
person #2 is r's advisor |
| advisor3 |
person #3 is r's advisor |
| advisor4 |
person #4 is r's advisor |
| advisor5 |
person #5 is r's advisor |
| other1 |
person #1 is other type of acquaintance |
| other2 |
person #2 is other type of acquaintance |
| other3 |
person #3 is other type of acquaintance |
| other4 |
person #4 is other type of acquaintance |
| other5 |
person #5 is other type of acquaintance |
| Frequency and Duration of Contact within Networks |
| talkto1 |
how often does r talk to person #1? |
| talkto2 |
how often does r talk to person #2? |
| talkto3 |
how often does r talk to person #3? |
| talkto4 |
how often does r talk to person #4? |
| talkto5 |
how often does r talk to person #5? |
| known1 |
how long has r known person #1? |
| known2 |
how long has r known person #2? |
| known3 |
how long has r known person #3? |
| known4 |
how long has r known person #4? |
| known5 |
how long has r known person #5? |
| Social Attributes of Those in Networks |
| educ1 |
education level of person #1 |
| educ2 |
education level of person #2 |
| educ3 |
education level of person #3 |
| educ4 |
education level of person #4 |
| educ5 |
education level of person #5 |
| age1 |
age of person #1 |
| age2 |
age of person #2 |
| age3 |
age of person #3 |
| age4 |
age of person #4 |
| age5 |
age of person #5 |
| relig1 |
religious preference of person #1 |
| relig2 |
religious preference of person #2 |
| relig3 |
religious preference of person #3 |
| relig4 |
religious preference of person #4 |
| relig5 |
religious preference of person #5 |
| partyid1 |
party id of person #1 |
| partyid2 |
party id of person #2 |
| partyid3 |
party id of person #3 |
| talkpol1 |
r discusses politics with person #1 |
| talkpol2 |
r discusses politics with person #2 |
| talkpol3 |
r discusses politics with person #3 |
| talkpol |
how often does r discuss politics? |
| frndknow |
how many of r's friends know each other? |
| 1987 TOPICAL MODULE: SOCIO-POLITICAL PARTICIPATION |
| Group Membership |
| memfrat |
membership in fraternal group |
| memserv |
membership in service group |
| memvet |
membership in veteran group |
| mempolit |
membership in political club |
| memunion |
membership in labor union |
| memsport |
membership in sports club |
| memyouth |
membership in youth group |
| memschl |
membership in school service |
| memhobby |
membership in hobby club |
| memgreek |
membership in school fraternity |
| memnat |
membership in nationality group |
| memfarm |
membership in farm organization |
| memlit |
membership in literary or art group |
| memprof |
membership in professional society |
| memchurh |
membership in church group |
| memother |
membership in any other |
| memnum |
number of memberships |
| Groups Solving Problems |
| solfrat |
fraternal group tries to solve problems |
| solserv |
service group tries to solve problems |
| solvet |
veteran group tries to solve problems |
| solpolit |
political club tries to solve problems |
| solunion |
labor union tries to solve problems |
| solsport |
sports club tries to solve problems |
| solyouth |
youth group tries to solve problems |
| solschl |
school service tries to solve problems |
| solhobby |
hobby club tries to solve problems |
| solgreek |
fraternity tries to solve problems |
| solnat |
nationality grp tries to solve problems |
| solfarm |
farm org tries to solve problems |
| sollit |
lit or art grp tries to solve problems |
| solprof |
prof society tries to solve problems |
| solchurh |
church group tries to solve problems |
| solother |
any other group tries to solve problems |
| Active in Groups |
| actfrat |
r active in fraternal group |
| actserv |
r active in service group |
| actvet |
r active in veteran group |
| actpolit |
r active in political club |
| actunion |
r active in labor union |
| actsport |
r active in sports club |
| actyouth |
r active in youth group |
| actschl |
r active in school service |
| acthobby |
r active in hobby club |
| actgreek |
r active in school fraternity |
| actnat |
r active in nationality group |
| actfarm |
r active in farm organization |
| actlit |
r active in literary or art group |
| actprof |
r active in professional society |
| actchurh |
r active in church group |
| actother |
r active in any other group |
| churhgrp |
is church group church itself |
| mostact |
which group is r most active in |
| caregrp |
how committed to group is r |
| Types of Activities in Groups |
| servegrp |
has r served on group committees |
| leadgrp |
has r served as officer in group |
| givegrp |
has r given money above regular dues |
| attndgrp |
has r attended group conferences |
| writegrp |
has r written to newspaper's for group |
| lobbygrp |
has r contacted government for group |
| Involvement with Local Government and Community |
| loclived |
how long has r lived in community |
| loctrust |
how much trust does r have in local gov |
| locinflu |
how much influence r feels on local gov |
| locprob |
has r helped to solve local problems |
| locgrp |
has r helped to start new local group |
| loccare |
would local officials listen to problem |
| Political Involvement |
| intpol |
how interested in politics is r |
| swayvote |
has r tried to influence votes of others |
| workpol |
has r worked for parties or candidates |
| polrally |
has r attended political rallies |
| loclobby |
has r lobbied local officials |
| locself |
was problem of narrow or wide concern |
| othlobby |
has r lobbied higher level officials |
| othself |
was this prob of narrow or wide concern |
| Knowledge of Political Figures |
| governor |
did r correctly name governor |
| usrep |
did r correctly name us representative |
| schlhead |
did r correctly name local school head |
| Political Trust and Participation |
| fedtrust |
how much does r trust federal government |
| locvote |
how often does r vote in local elections |
| gavepol |
has r given money to candidate or cause |
| Group Political Influence |
| blkinflu |
opinion of political influence of blacks |
| blkgains |
best way for blacks to improve position |
| feinflu |
opinion of political influence of women |
| fegains |
best way for women to improve position |
| 1988 TOPICAL MODULE: RELIGION |
| Opinions on Science |
| scisolve |
science will solve social problems |
| scichng |
science changes way of life too fast |
| scipry |
scientists pry into things they oughtn't |
| scimoral |
science breaks down ideas of right & wrong |
| Switching Religions |
| switched |
has r ever had a different religion |
| switch1 |
what was r's first religious preference |
| switch2 |
what was r's second religious preference |
| switch3 |
what was r's third religious preference |
| switnum |
how many religious preferences mentioned |
| switage1 |
how old was r when first switched |
| switage2 |
how old was r when second switch |
| switwhy1 |
why did r make first switch |
| switwhy2 |
why did r make second switch |
| Religious Backgrounds of Parents |
| marelig |
what was mother's religious preference |
| maden |
what was mother's religious denomination |
| maoth |
other protestant denomination for mother |
| majew |
what sort of jew was r's mother |
| mafund |
how fundamentalist was r's mother |
| parelig |
what was father's religious preference |
| paden |
what was father's religious denomination |
| paoth |
other protestant denomination for father |
| pajew |
what sort of jew was r's father |
| pafund |
how fundamentalist was r's father |
| Religious Upbringing |
| churhsch |
number of years r attended church school |
| sunsch16 |
how frequently r attended sunday school |
| grace16 |
did r's family say grace at meals |
| join16 |
was r ever confirmed as member of church |
| Adult Religious Participation |
| lapsed |
did r ever lapse in church attendance |
| churhmem |
is r a member of church or synagogue |
| churhact |
does r participate in church activities |
| tvrelig |
hours per week r watches religious tv |
| god |
r's confidence in the existence of god |
| reborn |
has r ever had a 'born again' experience |
| savesoul |
tried to convince others to accept jesus |
| saygrace |
does r's family say grace before meals |
| readword |
how often did r read bible last year |
| Religious Beliefs |
| punsin |
r agrees that sinners must be punished |
| blkwhite |
r agrees right & wrong not black & white |
| rotapple |
r agrees immoral person corrupts society |
| permoral |
r agrees that morality a personal matter |
| Important Factors in Life Decisions |
| decbible |
importance of bible in making decisions |
| decoths |
imp. of family & friends to make decisions |
| decchurh |
imp of church teachings to make decision |
| decself |
imp of personal judgment to make decision |
| What Makes One Good |
| gochurch |
importance of attending church regularly |
| believe |
importance of believing in god w o doubt |
| follow |
importance of following church teachings |
| goownway |
importance of following own conscience |
| Faith |
| myfaith |
degree to which faith is free of doubt |
| madatgod |
how often r feels angry at god |
| doubts1 |
has evil in the world caused r doubt |
| doubts2 |
has personal suffering caused r doubt |
| doubts3 |
has science-faith conflict caused doubt |
| doubts4 |
has feeling of meaninglessness caused doubt |
| faith1 |
has death in family strengthened faith |
| faith2 |
has birth of child strengthened faith |
| faith3 |
has marriage strengthened faith |
| faith4 |
has sexual pleasure strengthened faith |
| Friends and Religion |
| frndcon1 |
does friend 1 belong to r's congregation |
| frndcon2 |
does friend 2 belong to r's congregation |
| frndcon3 |
does friend 3 belong to r's congregation |
| frndcon4 |
does friend 4 belong to r's congregation |
| frndcon5 |
does friend 5 belong to r's congregation |
| frndrel1 |
what is friend 1s religious preference |
| frndrel2 |
what is friend 2s religious preference |
| frndrel3 |
what is friend 3s religious preference |
| frndrel4 |
what is friend 4s religious preference |
| frndrel5 |
what is friend 5s religious preference |
| frndden1 |
what is friend 1s specific denomination |
| frndden2 |
what is friend 2s specific denomination |
| frndden3 |
what is friend 3s specific denomination |
| frndden4 |
what is friend 4s specific denomination |
| frndden5 |
what is friend 5s specific denomination |
| frndoth1 |
what is friend 1s other prot denom |
| frndoth2 |
what is friend 2s other prot denom |
| frndoth3 |
what is friend 3s other prot denom |
| frndoth4 |
what is friend 4s other prot denom |
| frndoth5 |
what is friend 5s other prot denom |
| frndfnd1 |
fund.-lib. of 1st friend |
| frndfnd2 |
fund.-lib. of 2nd friend |
| frndfnd3 |
fund.-lib. of 3rd friend |
| frndfnd4 |
fund.-lib. of 4th friend |
| frndfnd5 |
fund.-lib. of 5th friend |
| Friends and Race |
| frndrac1 |
what is friend 1s race |
| frndrac2 |
what is friend 2s race |
| frndrac3 |
what is friend 3s race |
| frndrac4 |
what is friend 4s race |
| frndrac5 |
what is friend 5s race |
| friends |
have any good friends feeling close |
| numfrend |
about how many good friends do you have |
| numbwfrd |
good friends who are white-black |
| bwfriend |
friends black or white |
| Religious Expression and Funding |
| godsells |
religious image to sell products |
| godsport |
pro-athletes giving thanks to god |
| givecong |
given money to local congregation |
| giverel |
given money other religious org |
| giveoth |
given money non-religious charities |
| givearts |
contributions to arts culture humanities |
| relhrs1 |
hours religious act in home |
| relhrs2 |
hours religious act outside of home |
| numcong |
number of members of the congregation |
| kid5up |
have children older than 5 |
| pubsch |
all children attend pub elem & hi school |
| homesch |
children attend home schooling |
| cathsch |
children attend catholic school |
| chrissch |
children attend christian school |
| denomsch |
denomination of school children attended |
| relsch |
children attend other church school |
| privsch |
children attend private secular school |
| othsch |
children attend other school |
| shoprel |
ever shopped around for a church |
| shopmove |
shopped around because had moved |
| shopnum |
how many churches did you visit |
| othchrch |
happy in other non catholic church |
| implives |
way of life more important than being catholic |
| obeytch |
important to obey church teachings |
| preach |
how well local church preaches |
| ferespct |
how well local church respects women's rights |
| sympcoun |
how well local church counsels sympathetically |
| wrkyoung |
how well local church works with youth |
| worship |
how good local church wor'ship services |
| 1990 TOPICAL MODULE: INTER-GROUP RELATIONS |
| Protest and Dissent |
| ownthing |
youthful protest is good |
| talkback |
talking back to parents is bad |
| twoclass |
weak vs. strong |
| openmind |
treat dissenters with leniency |
| Causes of Poverty |
| whypoor1 |
poor schools |
| whypoor2 |
loose morals and drunkenness |
| whypoor3 |
not enough jobs |
| whypoor4 |
lack of effort |
| Social Differences |
| socdif1 |
income differences an incentive |
| socdif2 |
paid what you need |
| socdif3 |
study for years to get high pay |
| socdif4 |
don't give equal chance |
| Group Wealth |
| wlthwhts |
rich - poor |
| wlthjews |
rich - poor |
| wlthblks |
rich - poor |
| wlthasns |
rich - poor |
| wlthhsps |
rich - poor |
| wlthso |
rich - poor |
| Group Work Ethic |
| workwhts |
hard working - lazy |
| workjews |
hard working - lazy |
| workblks |
hard working - lazy |
| workasns |
hard working - lazy |
| workhsps |
hard working -lazy |
| workso |
hard working - lazy |
| Violent Tendencies in Groups |
| violwhts |
violent - not violent |
| violjews |
violent - not violent |
| violblks |
violent - not violent |
| violasns |
violent - not violent |
| violhsps |
violent - not violent |
| violso |
violent - not violent |
| Group Intelligence |
| intlwhts |
unintelligent -intelligent |
| intljews |
unintelligent - intelligent |
| intlblks |
unintelligent - intelligent |
| intlasns |
unintelligent - intelligent |
| intlhsps |
unintelligent - intelligent |
| intlso |
unintelligent - intelligent |
| Group Prefer Welfare |
| farewhts |
self supporting - live off welfare |
| farejews |
self supporting - live off welfare |
| fareblks |
self supporting - live off welfare |
| fareasns |
self supporting - live off welfare |
| farehsps |
self supporting - live off welfare |
| fareso |
self supporting - live off welfare |
| Group Patriotism |
| patrwhts |
unpatriotic - patriotic |
| patrjews |
unpatriotic - patriotic |
| patrblks |
unpatriotic - patriotic |
| patrasns |
unpatriotic - patriotic |
| patrhsps |
unpatriotic - patriotic |
| patrso |
unpatriotic - patriotic |
| Living with Group |
| livejews |
neighborhood half jewish |
| liveblks |
neighborhood half black |
| liveasns |
neighborhood half asian |
| livehsps |
neighborhood half hispanic |
| liveno |
neighborhood half northern white |
| liveso |
neighborhood half southern white |
| Group Intermarriage |
| livewhts |
r favors living in half white neighborhood |
| marjew |
close relative marry jew |
| marblk |
close relative marry black |
| marasian |
close relative marry asian |
| marhisp |
close relative marry hispanic |
| marno |
close relative marry no. white |
| marso |
close relative marry so. white |
| Solutions to Social Problems |
| marwht |
r favor close relative marrying white person |
| workfare |
work to get welfare |
| lessfare |
if less welfare more will work |
| povzone |
tax breaks for poor areas |
| povschs |
spend more on poor schools |
| povcol |
give college aid to poor |
| blkzone |
tax breaks for black areas |
| blkschs |
spend more on black schools |
| blkcol |
give college aid to blacks |
| racquota |
forbid racial job quotas |
| Group Influence |
| influwht |
influence of whites |
| influjew |
influence of jews |
| influblk |
influence of blacks |
| influasn |
influence of asians |
| influhsp |
influence of hispanics |
| influso |
influence of so. whites |
| Group Discrimination |
| hspjobs |
hispanics discriminated in jobs |
| blkjobs |
blacks discriminated in jobs |
| asnjobs |
asians discriminated in jobs |
| hsphouse |
hispanics discriminated in housing |
| blkhouse |
blacks discriminated in housing |
| asnhouse |
asians discriminated in housing |
| racwork |
racial makeup of workplace |
| affact |
r's firm has aff. action program |
| discaff |
whites hurt by aff. action |
| discwhy1 |
personally experienced it |
| discwhy2 |
happened to someone close |
| discwhy3 |
happened at work |
| discwhy4 |
heard about it in media |
| discwhy5 |
heard about it elsewhere |
| discwhy6 |
other sources |