1972-1994 General Social Survey Cumulative File
frdcreat DESIR QUALITIES OF FRIEND: CREATIVE
I'm going to read seven qualties one might look for in
a personal friend. All of the qualities may be
desirable ones for a personal friend, but I'm
interested in those that are most important to you. As
I read each one, could you tell me whether it is
extremely important, very important, fairly important,
not too important, or not at all important. A.
Creative.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
3.9 61 1 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
19.6 308 2 VERY IMPORTANT
37.8 593 3 FAIRLY IMPORTANT
30.1 472 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
8.6 135 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
24 8 DK
13 9 NA
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frdcultr DESIR QUALITIES OF FRIEND: CULTURED
B. Cultured.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
3.3 52 1 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
17.6 275 2 VERY IMPORTANT
38.1 596 3 FAIRLY IMPORTANT
31.6 494 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
9.5 148 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
26 8 DK
15 9 NA
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frddynam DESIR QUALITIES OF FRIEND: DYNAMIC
C. Dynamic.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
3.2 50 1 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
16.4 254 2 VERY IMPORTANT
38.1 591 3 FAIRLY IMPORTANT
33.5 520 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
8.7 135 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
41 8 DK
15 9 NA
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frdfun DESIR QUALITIES OF FRIEND: FUN-LOVING
D. Fun-loving.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
17.3 274 1 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
49.9 791 2 VERY IMPORTANT
27.3 433 3 FAIRLY IMPORTANT
4.4 70 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
1.0 16 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
10 8 DK
12 9 NA
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frdhonst DESIR QUALITIES OF FRIEND: HONEST
E. Honest.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
74.1 1176 1 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
24.1 382 2 VERY IMPORTANT
1.6 25 3 FAIRLY IMPORTANT
0.3 4 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
6 8 DK
13 9 NA
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frdintel DESIR QUALITIES OF FRIEND: INTELLIGENT
F. Intelligent.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
15.5 245 1 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
33.6 531 2 VERY IMPORTANT
36.4 576 3 FAIRLY IMPORTANT
13.0 205 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
1.6 25 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
12 8 DK
12 9 NA
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frdresp DESIR QUALITIES OF FRIEND: RESPONSIBLE
G. Responsible.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
44.9 712 1 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
44.5 706 2 VERY IMPORTANT
9.2 146 3 FAIRLY IMPORTANT
1.2 19 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
0.2 3 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
9 8 DK
11 9 NA
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impfinan IMP TO R OF FINANCIAL SECURITY
I'm going to read you a list of some things that
different people value. Some people say these things
are very important to them. Other people say they are
not so important. Please tell me how important each
thing is to you personally, using the responses on
this card. How about being financially secure? Is it
one of the most important values you hold, very
important, somewhat important, not too important, or
not at all important?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
26.9 427 1 ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT
51.4 817 2 VERY IMPORTANT
18.3 290 3 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
3.1 49 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
0.4 6 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
5 8 DK
12 9 NA
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impmar IMP TO R OF BEING MARRIED
B. Being married.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
19.2 305 1 ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT
31.6 501 2 VERY IMPORTANT
22.1 350 3 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
17.8 282 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
9.4 149 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
6 8 DK
13 9 NA
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impkids IMP TO R OF HAVING CHILDREN
C. Having children.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
23.7 375 1 ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT
38.4 609 2 VERY IMPORTANT
19.3 306 3 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
10.7 169 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
7.9 125 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
8 8 DK
14 9 NA
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impgod IMP TO R OF HAVING FAITH IN GOD
D. Having faith in God.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
46.2 733 1 ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT
31.9 506 2 VERY IMPORTANT
11.9 189 3 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
5.7 90 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
4.3 68 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
6 8 DK
14 9 NA
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impthngs IMP TO R OF HAVING NICE THINGS
E. Having nice things.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
4.4 69 1 ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT
21.6 343 2 VERY IMPORTANT
46.4 736 3 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
22.8 361 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
4.8 76 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
4 8 DK
17 9 NA
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impcultr IMP TO R OF BEING CULTURED
F. Being cultured.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
3.8 60 1 ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT
24.8 388 2 VERY IMPORTANT
43.8 687 3 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
21.3 333 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
6.3 99 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
20 8 DK
19 9 NA
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impjob IMP TO R OF HAVING A FULFILLING JOB
G. Having a fulfilling job.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
21.3 337 1 ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT
56.3 892 2 VERY IMPORTANT
16.2 257 3 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
4.2 67 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
2.0 32 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
7 8 DK
14 9 NA
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impself IMP TO R OF BEING SELF-SUFFICIENT
H. Being self-sufficient and not having to depend on
others.
PCT N VALUE LABEL
44.4 705 1 ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT
45.1 716 2 VERY IMPORTANT
8.9 141 3 SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
1.5 24 4 NOT TOO IMPORTANT
0.1 2 5 NOT AT ALL IMPORTANT
6 8 DK
12 9 NA
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mostimp1 MOST IMP EVENT IN LST 60 YRS
The next questions concern how people think about the
past. There have been a lot of naitonal and world
events and changes over the past 60 years--say, from
about 1930 right up until today. Would you mention one
or two such events or changes that seem to you to have
been especially important? Ther aren't any right or
wrong answers to the question--just whatever national
or world events or changes over the past 60 years that
come to mind as important to you.
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Input location: 1/1769-1771
mostimp2 2ND MOST IMP EVENT IN LST 60 YRS
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Input location: 1/1772-1774
mostimp3 3RD IMP EVENT IN LST 60 YRS
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mostimp4 4TH IMP EVENT IN LST 60 YRS
PCT N VALUE LABEL
1447 0 NAP
0.7 1 1
2.2 3 2
2.2 3 3
3.6 5 6
4.4 6 18
1.5 2 19
1.5 2 21
2.2 3 26
0.7 1 29
2.2 3 31
5.1 7 32
1.5 2 34
5.1 7 39
11.7 16 40
4.4 6 42
1.5 2 43
2.2 3 44
8.8 12 50
2.2 3 51
0.7 1 52
16.1 22 55
0.7 1 64
3.6 5 71
6.6 9 73
0.7 1 75
0.7 1 77
0.7 1 79
5.8 8 990 OTHER
0.7 1 995 PERSONAL
1 998 DK
21 999 NA
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colmajr1 R MAJOR IN COLLEGE
Could you tell me your major field of study (while you
were) in college?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
2.8 22 0 NONE
6.0 47 1 ENGLISH, LITERATURE
0.5 4 2 FOREIGN LANGUAGE
6.6 52 3 FINE ARTS
1.5 12 4 OTHER HUMANITIES
2.8 22 5 ECONOMICS
4.8 38 6 PSYCHOLOGY
1.5 12 7 GOVERNMENT-CIVICS
4.7 37 8 SOCIAL SCIENCE-OTHER SOCIAL STUDY
3.8 30 9 MATHEMATICS
10.7 84 10 SCIENCE
15.9 125 11 OTHER
18.4 145 12 BUSINESS
7.0 55 13 EDUCATION
4.6 36 14 ENGINEERING
8.5 67 15 OTHER VOCATIONAL
8 99 NA
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colmajr2 R 2ND MAJOR IN COLLEGE
PCT N VALUE LABEL
2.2 2 2 FOREIGN LANGUAGE
2.2 2 3 FINE ARTS
1.1 1 4 OTHER HUMANITIES
1.1 1 5 ECONOMICS
5.5 5 6 PSYCHOLOGY
5.5 5 8 SOCIAL SCIENCE-OTHER SOCIAL STUDY
6.6 6 9 MATHEMATICS
5.5 5 10 SCIENCE
17.6 16 11 OTHER
16.5 15 12 BUSINESS
18.7 17 13 EDUCATION
6.6 6 14 ENGINEERING
11.0 10 15 OTHER VOCATIONAL
8 99 NA
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hsclass1 R FAVORITE SUBJECT IN HS
[When you were in high school/In high school], what
(was/is) your favorite course or subject?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
9.7 141 0 NONE
20.3 297 1 ENGLISH, LITERATURE
1.8 27 2 FOREIGN LANGUAGE
7.7 112 3 FINE ARTS
1.7 25 4 OTHER HUMANITIES
1.6 23 5 ECONOMICS
1.0 15 6 PSYCHOLOGY
3.5 51 7 GOVERNMENT-CIVICS
9.2 134 8 SOCIAL SCIENCE-OTHER SOCIAL STUDY
20.2 295 9 MATHEMATICS
8.2 119 10 SCIENCE
9.9 144 11 OTHER
3.4 50 12 BUSINESS
0.1 1 14 ENGINEERING
1.8 26 15 OTHER VOCATIONAL
7 99 NA
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hsclass2 R 2ND FAVORITE SUBJECT IN HS
PCT N VALUE LABEL
1.3 4 2 FOREIGN LANGUAGE
7.0 21 3 FINE ARTS
1.0 3 4 OTHER HUMANITIES
1.0 3 5 ECONOMICS
3.4 10 6 PSYCHOLOGY
2.7 8 7 GOVERNMENT-CIVICS
9.7 29 8 SOCIAL SCIENCE-OTHER SOCIAL STUDY
21.5 64 9 MATHEMATICS
23.2 69 10 SCIENCE
20.5 61 11 OTHER
3.4 10 12 BUSINESS
0.3 1 13 EDUCATION
1.3 4 14 ENGINEERING
3.7 11 15 OTHER VOCATIONAL
5 99 NA
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malive1 R MOTHER ALIVE
PCT N VALUE LABEL
63.1 949 1 YES
36.9 556 2 NO
6 8 DK
7 9 NA
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mayrborn YR R MOTHER BORN
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Input location: 1/1790-1793
mayrdied YR R MOTHER DIED
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Input location: 1/1794-1797
palive1 R FATHER ALIVE
Is your father still living?
PCT N VALUE LABEL
47.3 697 1 YES
52.7 777 2 NO
37 8 DK
7 9 NA
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payrborn YR R FATHER BORN
In what year was your father born?
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Decimals: 0 Max: 1960
Input location: 1/1799-1802
payrdied YR R FATHER DIED
In what year did he die?
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Input location: 1/1803-1806
datesch DATE SCHOOLING COMPLETED
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Input location: 1/1807-1810
neverwk R NEVER WORKED FULL-TIME AFTER SCHOOL
PCT N VALUE LABEL
7.5 113 1 NEVER WORKED
92.5 1394 2 WORKED
11 9 NA
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occfirst R FIRST OCCUPATION
RESPONDENT'S FIRST OCCUPATION
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Input location: 1/1812-1814
presfrst PRESTIGE OF R FIRST JOB
PRESTIGE OF RESPONDENT'S FIRST OCCUPATION
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wrkslfst R 1ST JOB: SELF-EMPLOYED OR NO?
RESPONDENT'S EMPLOYMENT STATUS IN FIRST OCCUPATION
PCT N VALUE LABEL
4.6 63 1 SELF EMPLOYED
95.4 1317 2 SOMEONE ELSE
25 9 NA
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indfirst INDUSTRY OF R FIRST JOB
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Input location: 1/1818-1820
datefrst MONTH AND YR BEGAN FIRST JOB
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Input location: 1/1821-1824
alike1 HOW ALIKE: ORANGE & BANANA
PCT N VALUE LABEL
6.1 179 0 COMPLETELY WRONG
12.0 354 1 PARTIALLY RIGHT
81.9 2410 2 COMPLETELY RIGHT
31 8 DK
18 9 NA
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alike2 HOW ALIKE: DOG & LION
PCT N VALUE LABEL
17.2 505 0 COMPLETELY WRONG
17.0 499 1 PARTIALLY RIGHT
65.8 1928 2 COMPLETELY RIGHT
39 8 DK
21 9 NA
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alike3 HOW ALIKE: EYE & EAR
PCT N VALUE LABEL
16.1 466 0 COMPLETELY WRONG
34.6 998 1 PARTIALLY RIGHT
49.3 1422 2 COMPLETELY RIGHT
83 8 DK
23 9 NA
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alike4 HOW ALIKE: EGG & SEED
PCT N VALUE LABEL
30.1 828 0 COMPLETELY WRONG
40.2 1107 1 PARTIALLY RIGHT
29.8 820 2 COMPLETELY RIGHT
208 8 DK
29 9 NA
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alike5 HOW ALIKE: TABLE & CHAIR
PCT N VALUE LABEL
49.9 1446 0 COMPLETELY WRONG
9.1 264 1 PARTIALLY RIGHT
41.0 1187 2 COMPLETELY RIGHT
71 8 DK
24 9 NA
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alike6 HOW ALIKE: WORK & PLAY
PCT N VALUE LABEL
40.9 1149 0 COMPLETELY WRONG
52.7 1480 1 PARTIALLY RIGHT
6.3 178 2 COMPLETELY RIGHT
160 8 DK
25 9 NA
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alike7 HOW ALIKE: FLY & TREE
PCT N VALUE LABEL
58.1 1410 0 COMPLETELY WRONG
15.9 387 1 PARTIALLY RIGHT
26.0 631 2 COMPLETELY RIGHT
530 8 DK
34 9 NA
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alike8 HOW ALIKE: PRAISE & PUNISHMENT
PCT N VALUE LABEL
66.1 1760 0 COMPLETELY WRONG
23.3 620 1 PARTIALLY RIGHT
10.6 283 2 COMPLETELY RIGHT
301 8 DK
28 9 NA
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1972-1994 General Social Survey Cumulative File