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governor DID R CORRECTLY NAME GOVERNOR
We would want to know how well known the different
governmental leaders are around here? Could you tell
me the name of the governor of this state?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
94.4 1372 1 CORRECT
5.6 82 2 INCORRECT
350 8 DK
15 9 NA
30561 . (No Data)
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usrep DID R CORRECTLY NAME US REPRESENTATIVE
What about the Congressman from this district? Do you
happen to know (his/her) name?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
79.7 621 1 CORRECT
20.3 158 2 INCORRECT
1002 8 DK
38 9 NA
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schlhead DID R CORRECTLY NAME LOCAL SCHOOL HEAD
What is the name of the head of the local school
system? (CORRECT ANSWERS INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE HEAD
OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD OR THE NAME OF THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS).
PCT N VALUE LABEL
89.4 557 1 CORRECT
10.6 66 2 INCORRECT
1162 8 DK
34 9 NA
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fedtrust HOW MUCH DOES R TRUST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
How much of the time do you think you can trust the
government in Washington to do what is right -- just
about always, most of the time, only some of the time,
or almost never?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
3.8 68 1 ALMOST ALWAYS
30.7 546 2 MOST OF TIME
55.6 990 3 SOME OF TIME
9.9 177 4 ALMOST NEVER
25 8 DK
13 9 NA
30561 . (No Data)
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locvote HOW OFTEN DOES R VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS
What about local elections -- do you always vote in
those, do you sometimes miss one, do you rarely vote,
or do you never vote?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
34.0 611 1 VOTE IN ALL
33.3 598 2 SOMETIMES MISS
12.4 223 3 RARELY VOTE
20.2 363 4 NEVER VOTE
7 8 DK
17 9 NA
30561 . (No Data)
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gavepol HAS R GIVEN MONEY TO CANDIDATE OR CAUSE
In the past three or four years, have you contributed
money to a political party or candidate or to any
otehr political cause?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
21.6 390 1 YES
78.4 1417 2 NO
12 9 NA
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blkinflu OPINION OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF BLACKS
ASK ONLY IF R IS BLACK: People have different opinions
about the amount of influence that various groups have
in American life and politics. Do you think that
blacks have far too much influence, too much
influence, about the right amount of influence, too
little influence, or do they have far too little
influence?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
1.3 7 2 TOO MUCH
11.5 60 3 RIGHT AMOUNT
51.2 268 4 TOO LITTLE
35.9 188 5 FAR TOO LITTLE
16 8 DK
5 9 NA
31836 . (No Data)
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blkgains BEST WAY FOR BLACKS TO IMPROVE POSITION
ASK ONLY IF BLACK: People have different ideas about
the best way for blacks to improve their position in
American life and politics. Some people think that the
best way for blacks to improve their position is
through civil rights groups, they would be at point 1
on this card. Other people think that the best way for
blacks to improve their position is for each
individual black to become better trained and more
qualified. They would be located at point 7. And other
people have opinions somewhere in between. Where would
you place yourself on this scale?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
6.9 37 1 CIVIL RIGHTS GRPS
3.6 19 2
3.2 17 3
26.2 140 4
13.5 72 5
7.7 41 6
39.1 209 7 BETTER TRAINED INDS
9 9 NA
31836 . (No Data)
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feinflu OPINION OF POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF WOMEN
ASK ONLY IF R IS FEMALE: People have different
opinions about the amount of influence that various
groups have in American life and politics. Do you
think that women have far too much influence, too much
influence, about the right amount of influence, too
little influence, or do they have far too little
influence?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
0.8 8 1 FAR TOO MUCH
4.3 43 2 TOO MUCH
37.3 375 3 RIGHT AMOUNT
45.9 461 4 TOO LITTLE
11.7 118 5 FAR TOO LITTLE
25 8 DK
11 9 NA
31339 . (No Data)
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fegains BEST WAY FOR WOMEN TO IMPROVE POSITION
ASK ONLY IF FEMALE: People have different ideas about
the best way for women to improve their position in
American life and politics. Some people think that the
best way for women to improve their position is
through women's rights groups, they would be at point
1 on this card. Other people think that the best way
for women to improve their position is for each
individual woman to become better trained and more
qualified. They would be located at point 7. And other
people have opinions somewhere in between. Where would
you place yourself on this scale?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
5.8 59 1 WOMENS RIGHTS GRPS
2.6 27 2
3.7 38 3
18.4 188 4
13.3 136 5
12.7 130 6
43.3 442 7 BETTER TRAINED INDS
21 9 NA
31339 . (No Data)
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scisolve SCIENCE WILL SOLVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Here are some things that have been said about
science. Would you tell me if you tend to agree or
disagree with them? A. Science will solve our social
problems like crime and mental illness.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
23.1 334 1 AGREE
76.9 1111 2 DISAGREE
21 8 DK
15 9 NA
30899 . (No Data)
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scichng SCIENCE CHANGES WAY OF LIFE TOO FAST
B. One trouble with science is that it makes our way
of life change too fast.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
41.1 595 1 AGREE
58.9 854 2 DISAGREE
18 8 DK
14 9 NA
30899 . (No Data)
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scipry SCIENTISTS PRY INTO THINGS THEY OUGHTNT
C. Scientists always seem to be prying into things
that they really ought to stay out of.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
34.9 504 1 AGREE
65.1 942 2 DISAGREE
19 8 DK
16 9 NA
30899 . (No Data)
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scimoral SCIENCE BREAKS DOWN IDEAS OF RIGHT&WRONG
D. One of the bad effects of science is that it breaks
down people's ideas of right and wrong.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
33.0 474 1 AGREE
67.0 961 2 DISAGREE
29 8 DK
17 9 NA
30899 . (No Data)
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switched HAS R EVER HAD A DIFFERENT RELIGION
I'd like to go over your religious preferences since
you were raised as a (RELIGION AND/OR DENOMINATION
MENTIONED IN Q. 115/115A). Have you ever had another
religious preference besides being (RELIGION AND/OR
DENOMINATION MENTIONED IN Q. 115/115A).
PCT N VALUE LABEL
35.7 525 1 YES
64.3 945 2 NO
11 9 NA
30899 . (No Data)
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switch1 WHAT WAS RS FIRST RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
IF YES: Starting when you were 16 years old, what
other religious preferences have you had? Please
mention your earliest preference first. Any others?
First mention.
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Input location: 1/1331-1336
switch2 WHAT WAS RS SECOND RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Second mention.
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Input location: 1/1337-1342
switch3 WHAT WAS RS THIRD RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Third mention.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
10.0 3 114000 SOUTHERN BAPT CON
10.0 3 118000 BAPTIST, DK WHICH
6.7 2 122000 UNITED METHODIST CH
3.3 1 123000 OTHER METHODIST CH
3.3 1 128000 METHODIST, DK WHICH
3.3 1 131000 LUTHERAN CH IN AMER
3.3 1 133000 WISCONSIN EV LUTH SN
3.3 1 138000 LUTHERAN, DK WHICH
3.3 1 141000 UNITED PRES CH IN US
6.7 2 148000 PRESBYTERIAN, DK WHI
3.3 1 160003
3.3 1 160035
6.7 2 160040
6.7 2 160068
6.7 2 170000 NO DENOMINATION
10.0 3 200000 CATHOLIC
3.3 1 300000 JEWISH
6.7 2 500000 OTHER RELIGION
154 999999 MISSING
32196 . (No Data)
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Input location: 1/1343-1348
switch# HOW MANY RELIGIOUS PREFERENCES MENTIONED
PCT N VALUE LABEL
66.8 255 1
25.4 97 2
6.3 24 3
1.6 6 4 FOUR OR MORE
154 9 NA
31844 . (No Data)
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Input location: 1/1349
switage1 HOW OLD WAS R WHEN FIRST SWITCHED
How old were you when you switched to (FIRST/SECOND
MENTION)? Age at first switch.
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Decimals: 0 Max: 80
Input location: 1/1350-1351
switage2 HOW OLD WAS R WHEN SECOND SWITCH
Age at second switch.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
1.3 1 11
4.0 3 17
8.0 6 18
5.3 4 19
5.3 4 20
8.0 6 21
5.3 4 22
4.0 3 23
2.7 2 24
4.0 3 25
2.7 2 26
1.3 1 27
5.3 4 28
4.0 3 29
4.0 3 30
1.3 1 31
2.7 2 32
1.3 1 33
1.3 1 34
6.7 5 35
1.3 1 36
1.3 1 39
2.7 2 40
2.7 2 41
1.3 1 45
1.3 1 46
2.7 2 50
1.3 1 55
1.3 1 57
1.3 1 60
1.3 1 61
1.3 1 67
1.3 1 73
1 98 DK
205 99 NA
32099 . (No Data)
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Decimals: 0 Max: 73
Input location: 1/1352-1353
switwhy1 WHY DID R MAKE FIRST SWITCH
Why did you become a (FIRST/SECOND MENTION)? Why first
switch made.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
20.2 71 10 MARRIAGE
0.3 1 14 MARR & LOCATION
0.6 2 15 MARR & THEOLOGY
0.3 1 16 MARR. & CLERGY
0.9 3 17 MARR & POSITIVE BLF
13.4 47 20 FRIENDS
0.6 2 23 FRNDS & FAMILY
1.1 4 24 FRNDS & LOCATION
0.6 2 26 FRNDS & CLERGY
0.3 1 28 FRNDS & OTHER POS
13.1 46 30 FAMILY
0.3 1 34 FAM & LOCATION
0.6 2 35 FAM & THEO DISS
0.3 1 37 FAM & POSITIVE BLF
0.3 1 39 FAM & MISC
8.5 30 40 LOCATION
0.3 1 45 LOC & THEO DISSAT
0.6 2 46 LOC AND CLERGY
0.9 3 47 LOC & POSITIVE BLF
17.9 63 50 THEOLOGICAL DISS
0.3 1 56 THEO DISS & CLERGY
2.3 8 60 CLERGY
0.3 1 69 CLERGY & MISSING
0.9 3 71 OTHER, TO CHANGE
8.8 31 76 OTHER, MISC
4.0 14 77 OTHER, POS BLFS
2.3 8 78 OTHER, POS OTHER
0.3 1 79 OTHER, MISSING
185 99 MISSING VALUES
31844 . (No Data)
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Input location: 1/1354-1355
switwhy2 WHY DID R MAKE SECOND SWITCH
Why second switch made.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
22.1 17 10 MARRIAGE
11.7 9 20 FRIENDS
1.3 1 25 FRNDS & THEO DIS
6.5 5 30 FAMILY
10.4 8 40 LOCATION
1.3 1 41 LOC & TO CHANGE
14.3 11 50 THEOLOGICAL DISS
3.9 3 60 CLERGY
1.3 1 68 CLERGY & OTH POS
2.6 2 71 OTHER, TO CHANGE
9.1 7 76 OTHER, MISC
10.4 8 77 OTHER, POS BLFS
2.6 2 78 OTHER, POS OTHER
1.3 1 86 FRNDS,FAM,LOCATION
1.3 1 87 MARR,LOC,THEO DIS
204 99 MISSING VALUES
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Input location: 1/1356-1357
marelig WHAT WAS MOTHERS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
What was your mother's religious preference when you
were growing up? Was it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish,
some other religion, or no religion?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
63.7 910 1 PROTESTANT
28.0 400 2 CATHOLIC
2.2 32 3 JEWISH
3.5 50 4 NONE
2.5 36 5 OTHER
5 9 NA
30947 . (No Data)
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maden WHAT WAS MOTHERS RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION
IF PROTESTANT: What specific denomination is that, if
any?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
2.8 25 10 AM BAPTIST ASSO
1.0 9 11 AM BAPT CH IN USA
0.2 2 12 NAT BAPT CONV OF AM
0.7 6 13 NAT BAPT CONV USA
18.0 163 14 SOUTHERN BAPTIST
3.9 35 15 OTHER BAPTISTS
10.8 98 18 BAPTIST-DK WHICH
1.0 9 20 AFR METH EPISCOPAL
0.2 2 21 AFR METH EP ZION
12.8 116 22 UNITED METHODIST
1.0 9 23 OTHER METHODIST
4.7 43 28 METHODIST-DK WHICH
2.3 21 30 AM LUTHERAN
1.3 12 31 LUTH CH IN AMERICA
2.1 19 32 LUTHERAN-MO SYNOD
0.3 3 33 WI EVAN LUTH SYNOD
0.8 7 34 OTHER LUTHERAN
3.6 33 38 LUTHERAN-DK WHICH
1.5 14 40 PRESBYTERIAN C IN US
2.0 18 41 UNITED PRES CH IN US
0.8 7 42 OTHER PRESBYTERIAN
3.3 30 48 PRESBYTERIAN-DK WH
3.4 31 50 EPISCOPAL
17.8 161 60 OTHER
3.7 34 70 NO DENOMINATION
8 99 NA
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Input location: 1/1359-1360
maoth OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATION FOR MOTHER
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Input location: 1/1361-1363
majew WHAT SORT OF JEW WAS RS MOTHER
IF JEWISH: Was she Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, or
none of these?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
26.7 8 1 ORTHODOX
46.7 14 2 CONSERVATIVE
23.3 7 3 REFORM
3.3 1 4 NONE OF THESE
1 8 DK
6 9 NA
32343 . (No Data)
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mafund HOW FUNDAMENTALIST WAS RS MOTHER
PCT N VALUE LABEL
34.3 475 1 FUNDAMENTALIST
40.9 566 2 MODERATE
24.8 343 3 LIBERAL
49 9 NA-EXCLUDED
30947 . (No Data)
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parelig WHAT WAS FATHERS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
What was your father's religious preference when you
were growing up? Was it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish,
some other religion, or no religion?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
55.3 703 1 PROTESTANT
28.3 360 2 CATHOLIC
2.2 28 3 JEWISH
11.9 151 4 NONE
2.4 30 5 OTHER
1 8 DK
6 9 NA
31101 . (No Data)
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paden WHAT WAS FATHERS RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION
IF PROTESTANT: What specific denomination is that, if
any?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
2.7 19 10 AM BAPTIST ASSO
0.7 5 11 AM BAPT CH IN USA
0.1 1 12 NAT BAPT CONV OF AM
0.9 6 13 NAT BAPT CONV USA
18.3 128 14 SOUTHERN BAPTIST
4.3 30 15 OTHER BAPTISTS
9.4 66 18 BAPTIST-DK WHICH
0.6 4 20 AFR METH EPISCOPAL
0.4 3 21 AFR METH EP ZION
12.6 88 22 UNITED METHODIST
1.1 8 23 OTHER METHODIST
3.6 25 28 METHODIST-DK WHICH
3.0 21 30 AM LUTHERAN
1.6 11 31 LUTH CH IN AMERICA
1.7 12 32 LUTHERAN-MO SYNOD
0.1 1 33 WI EVAN LUTH SYNOD
0.6 4 34 OTHER LUTHERAN
3.9 27 38 LUTHERAN-DK WHICH
1.3 9 40 PRESBYTERIAN C IN US
2.1 15 41 UNITED PRES CH IN USA
0.9 6 42 OTHER PRESBYTERIAN
4.0 28 48 PRESBYTERIAN-DK WH
3.4 24 50 EPISCOPAL
17.4 122 60 OTHER
5.3 37 70 NO DENOMINATION
9 99 NA
31671 . (No Data)
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Input location: 1/1370-1371
paoth OTHER PROTESTANT DENOMINATION FOR FATHER
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Type: numeric Min: 3 MD Codes: 0
Decimals: 0 Max: 132
Input location: 1/1372-1374
pajew WHAT SORT OF JEW WAS RS FATHER
IF JEWISH: Was he Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, or
none of these?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
34.6 9 1 ORTHODOX
26.9 7 2 CONSERVATIVE
30.8 8 3 REFORM
7.7 2 4 NONE OF THESE
1 8 DK
7 9 NA
32346 . (No Data)
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pafund HOW FUNDAMENTALIST WAS RS FATHER
PCT N VALUE LABEL
28.4 351 1 FUNDAMENTALIST
40.8 504 2 MODERATE
30.8 381 3 LIBERAL
43 9 NA-EXCLUDED
31101 . (No Data)
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Decimals: 0 Max: 3
Input location: 1/1376
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