| 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 person |
| 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 |