| 1991 TOPICAL MODULE: WORK ORGANIZATIONS |
| Genetic Screening |
| genejob |
Should employers give genetic tests |
| genehire |
Employers' right to hire by genetic tests |
| genecanx |
Employer test cancer or safeworkplace |
| genecany |
Employers' right to hire by cancertests |
| genegets |
Employer vs. employee on access right to results |
| Corporations and Unions |
| profits1 |
Whether management only care about profit |
| profits2 |
Should co. pay workers more than shareholders |
| unpower |
Unions in this country have too little power |
| unprog |
Unions just block economic progress |
| Organizational Changes |
| outofbiz |
The organization went out of business |
| merged |
The org. was merged, taken over |
| reorg |
There was a major reorganization |
| orgfin |
R's financial situation after org. changes |
| Work and Unemployment |
| wrkyears |
#Years you have worked for pay since were 16 |
| evunemp |
Ever been unemployed two weeks + |
| numunemp |
How many times unemployed more than two weeks |
| totunemp |
Total times unemployed |
| How Find Present Employer |
| empyears |
Years worked for your present employer |
| fndjob1 |
Heard job from one already worked there |
| fndjob2 |
Heard job from relatives |
| fndjob3 |
Heard job from friends |
| fndjob4 |
Heard job from acquaintances |
| fndjob5 |
Heard job from newspaper ad |
| fndjob6 |
Heard job through employment agency |
| fndjob7 |
Heard job from recruiter for this employer |
| fndjob8 |
Heard job just came here and asked for work |
| fndjob9 |
Heard job other (specify) |
| Tests for Employment |
| intltest |
Before got the job took an intelligence test |
| skiltest |
Before got the job took a skill test |
| drugtest |
Before got the job took a drug and alcohol test |
| physical |
Before got the job took a physical test |
| ltrsref |
Supply letters of reference |
| Present Job |
| samejob |
Current job same or different fromfirst job |
| jobyears |
For how long have you had your present job |
| thisjob1 |
Heard job from a notices posted my workplace |
| thisjob2 |
Heard job through my union |
| thisjob3 |
Heard job from my supervisor |
| thisjob4 |
Heard job from one of my coworkers |
| thisjob5 |
Heard job i near the top of a seniority list |
| thisjob6 |
Heard job i was asked to take the new job |
| thisjob7 |
Heard job others (specify) |
| Promotions |
| promotng |
Procedures for promotion |
| promoted |
Ever promoted by current employer |
| numpromo |
#Promotions have you received |
| imppromo |
Importance of the opportunity to be promoted |
| futpromo |
How likely you will be promoted next five years |
| sexpromo |
Sex makes your promotion different |
| racpromo |
Ethnic background makes your promotion different |
| advances |
Have you advanced, same level or lost |
| Job Control |
| jobcntrl |
Who makes decision for your job |
| wrkindep |
I can work independently |
| lottosay |
I have a lot to say on my job |
| idecide |
My job allows me make part decisions |
| automatn |
My job is controlled by my machine |
| monitred |
Computers monitor my job performance |
| Supervision |
| offsup |
Do you supervise the work of other employees |
| yousup |
How many people do you supervise directly |
| supothrs |
Any people supervised by you supervise others |
| levels |
How many levels of supervision beneath you |
| totsup |
How many people responsible to you |
| supduty1 |
You train employees safe use equipment |
| supduty2 |
You train employees in other ways |
| supduty3 |
You organize schedules or tasks |
| supduty4 |
You devise new ways of doing tasks |
| supduty5 |
You check workers' progress, attendance |
| supduty6 |
You evaluate job performance |
| supduty7 |
You take promotions or disciplinary actions |
| Other Job Duties |
| othduty1 |
You train employees safe use equip. not supervise |
| othduty2 |
You train employees in other ways, not supervise |
| othduty3 |
You organize schedules or tasks, not supervise |
| othduty4 |
You devise new ways of doing tasks, not supervise |
| othduty5 |
You check progress or attendance, not supervise |
| othduty6 |
You evaluate job performance, not supervise |
| othduty7 |
You promote or discipline actions, not supervise |
| Spending Decisions |
| orgmoney |
Participate in decisions about org's money |
| totmoney |
How much money in the largest of these decisions |
| youmoney |
Largest decision in which you had the final say |
| Performance Evaluations |
| jobjudge |
Someone evaluate your performance regularly |
| quantity |
How easy your supervisor know how much you do |
| quality |
How easy your supervisor know how good you are |
| wrkwell |
How well youcompare to people do same job |
| wrkmuch |
How much you compare to people do same job |
| Role within Organization |
| imatter |
Success of my org. depends lot on how well i do |
| helporg |
Willing work harder than have to help org. |
| notloyal |
Feel very little loyalty to this org. |
| stayorg1 |
Would take any job to keep working for this org. |
| samevals |
My values and the org.'s values are very similar |
| proudorg |
Proud to be working for this org. |
| stayorg2 |
Turn down another job for pay to stay this org. |
| noticed |
People usually notice when i do my job well |
| chngeorg |
How likely I'll try to find job in another org. |
| Pay and Raises |
| othpay |
Get commissions, bonuses, tips from main job |
| raiseall |
All workers regardless of performance got raise |
| raisehrd |
Workers who work hard and perform well got raise |
| raisefav |
Workers have favored relation to boss got raise |
| Fringe Benefits |
| fringe1 |
Medical or hospital insurance |
| fringe2 |
Dental care benefits |
| fringe3 |
Life insurance |
| fringe4 |
Sick leave with full pay |
| fringe5 |
Maternity leave with full re-employment rights |
| fringe6 |
Flexible hours, or flextime scheduling |
| fringe7 |
Cash or stock bonuses for performance or merit |
| fringe8 |
A pension or retirement program |
| fringe9 |
Profit sharing or stock option program |
| fringe10 |
Information about child care services in company |
| fringe11 |
Assistance with the costs of day care for children |
| Employees and Management |
| jobvshme |
How often your family interfered with your job |
| unvote |
Would you vote for or against having a union |
| unmanrel |
Relations between management and workers |
| cowrkrel |
Relations between coworkers |
| Sources of Job Skills |
| schoolng |
Importance formal school for you job |
| training |
Importance of on-the-job training for you job |
| learning |
Importance of learning from co-workers for you job |
| exptrain |
Importance of different employer training for job |
| Work Space |
| wherewrk |
Doing your job in one or several different places |
| findout |
Can find out where you will be working |
| baseofop |
You have base of operations |
| splocnum |
#Of workers at the location your spouse works |
| 1993 TOPICAL MODULE: CULTURE |
| Individualism |
| standup |
Stand up for your own opinion |
| selfirst |
Take care of yourself first before others |
| richpoor |
Ok to get rich even if others poor |
| opoutcme |
Should amer promote eq oppty or eq outcomes? |
| united |
Americans united or divided on values |
| obtohelp |
Obligation to care for ill parent or spouse? |
| Life Determinants |
| lfegod |
Life outcome decided by god |
| lfegenes |
Some with better genes than others |
| lfesocty |
Society gives some head start & holds back others |
| lfehrdwk |
Some people work harder than others |
| lfechnce |
Life is a matter of chance |
| Musical Preferences |
| bigband |
Like or dislike bigband music |
| blugrass |
Like or dislike bluegrass music |
| country |
Like or dislike country western music |
| blues |
Like or dislike blues or R and b music |
| musicals |
Like or dislike broadway musicals |
| classicl |
Like or dislike classical music |
| folk |
Like or dislike folk music |
| gospel |
Like or dislike gospel music |
| jazz |
Like or dislike jazz |
| latin |
Like or dislike latin music |
| moodeasy |
Like or dislike easy listening music |
| newage |
Like or dislike new age music |
| opera |
Like or dislike opera |
| rap |
Like or dislike rap music |
| reggae |
Like or dislike reggae music |
| conrock |
Like or dislike contemporary rock music |
| oldies |
Like or dislike oldies rock music |
| hvymetal |
Like or dislike heavy metal music |
| Leisure and Recreational Activities |
| attsprts |
Attended sports event in Lst yr |
| visitart |
Visited art museum or gallery in Lst yr |
| makeart |
Made art or craft object in Lst yr |
| autorace |
Attended auto race in Lst yr |
| camping |
Went camping in Lst yr |
| garden |
Grew vegetables or floweR's in garden in Lst yr |
| dance |
Attended dance perf in Lst yr |
| gomusic |
Attended classical or opera in Lst yr |
| huntfish |
Went hunting or fishing in Lst yr |
| perform |
Performed music, dance, theater in Lst yr |
| dosports |
Played sports in Lst yr |
| seemovie |
Went to a movie in Lst yr |
| usevcr |
Used vcr in Lst yr |
| plymusic |
Played a musical instrument in Lst yr |
| Television Viewing Patterns |
| tvshows |
How often R watches TV drama or sitcoms |
| tvnews |
How often R watches TV news |
| tvpbs |
How often R watches public TV shows |
| Evaluating the Arts |
| judgeart |
Only a few people can judge art |
| trstprof |
Trust profs judgments in assigning reading |
| classics |
Hs and coll studts read too many classics |
| grtbooks |
Appeal of greatest books is univeR'sal |
| modpaint |
Modern painting is just slapped on |
| english |
Better if English is only language used in school |
| pclit |
Shame tradl amer lit ignored for minority lit |
| excelart |
Artistic excellence found in folk art |
| hosthome |
Uncomf entertaining strangeR's at home |
| Qualities Look for in Friends |
| frdcreat |
Desir qualities of friend: creative |
| frdcultr |
Desir qualities of friend: cultured |
| frddynam |
Desir qualities of friend: dynamic |
| frdfun |
Desir qualities of friend: fun-loving |
| frdhonst |
Desir qualities of friend: honest |
| frdintel |
Desir qualities of friend: intelligent |
| frdresp |
Desir qualities of friend: responsible |
| Qualities of Personal Importance |
| impfinan |
Imp to R of financial security |
| impmar |
Imp to R of being married |
| impkids |
Imp to R of having children |
| impgod |
Imp to R of having faith in god |
| impthngs |
Imp to R of having nice things |
| impcultr |
Imp to R of being cultured |
| impjob |
Imp to R of having a fulfilling job |
| impself |
Imp to R of being self-sufficient |
| Most Important Events |
| mostimp1 |
Most imp event in Lst 60 yrs |
| mostimp2 |
2nd most imp event in Lst 60 yrs |
| mostimp3 |
3rd imp event in Lst 60 yrs |
| mostimp4 |
4th imp event in Lst 60 yrs |
| Majors and Favorite School Subjects |
| colmajr1 |
R major in college |
| colmajr2 |
R 2nd major in college |
| hsclass1 |
R favorite subject in hs |
| hsclass2 |
R 2nd favorite subject in hs |
| 1994 TOPICAL MODULE: FAMILY MOBILITY |
| Parental Information |
| malive1 |
R mother alive |
| mayrborn |
Yr R mother born |
| mayrdied |
Yr R mother died |
| palive1 |
R father alive |
| payrborn |
Yr R father born |
| payrdied |
Yr R father died |
| Educational and Occupational History |
| datesch |
Date schooling completed |
| neverwk |
R never worked full-time after school |
| occfirst |
R first occupation |
| presfrst |
Prestige of R first job |
| wrkslfst |
R 1st job: self-employed or no? |
| indfirst |
Industry of R first job |
| datefrst |
Month and yr began first job |
| Reasoning Abilities |
| alike1 |
How alike: orange & banana |
| alike2 |
How alike: dog & lion |
| alike3 |
How alike: eye & ear |
| alike4 |
How alike: egg & seed |
| alike5 |
How alike: table & chair |
| alike6 |
How alike: work & play |
| alike7 |
How alike: fly & tree |
| alike8 |
How alike: praise & punishment |
| Spousal Information |
| marnum |
R married more than once? |
| fstspyr |
Year first spouse born |
| fstspedc |
Educ of first spouse |
| fstspdeg |
Highest degree of first spouse |
| fstspped |
1st spouse's Father's highest yr of school |
| fstspmed |
1st spouse's Mothers highest yr of school |
| agewedcr |
R's age at current marriage |
| spyrborn |
Birth yr of current spouse |
| spmarnum |
Has current spouse been married before? |
| spfam16 |
Did spouse live at home at age 16? |
| sppaeduc |
Highest schl grade spouse's father completed |
| spmaeduc |
Highest schl grade spouse's mother completed |
| sphedocc |
Spouse's Father's occ when spouse was 16 |
| sphedpre |
Spouse's Father's occ pres when spouse was 16 (1980) |
| sphedslf |
Spouse's father self-emp when spouse was 16? |
| sphedind |
Spouse's Father's ind when spouse was 16 |
| spsibs |
No of siblings spouse has |
| Respondent's Children - Gender |
| kdsex1 |
Sex of R 1st child |
| kdsex2 |
Sex of R 2nd child |
| kdsex3 |
Sex of R 3rd child |
| kdsex4 |
Sex of R 4th child |
| kdsex5 |
Sex of R 5th child |
| kdsex6 |
Sex of R 6th child |
| kdsex7 |
Sex of R 7th child |
| kdsex8 |
Sex of R 8th child |
| kdsex9 |
Sex of R 9th child |
| Respondent's Children - Year of Birth |
| kdyrbrn1 |
Birth year of R 1st child |
| kdyrbrn2 |
Birth year of R 2nd child |
| kdyrbrn3 |
Birth year of R 3rd child |
| kdyrbrn4 |
Birth year of R 4th child |
| kdyrbrn5 |
Birth year of R 5th child |
| kdyrbrn6 |
Birth year of R 6th child |
| kdyrbrn7 |
Birth year of R 7th child |
| kdyrbrn8 |
Birth year of R 8th child |
| kdyrbrn9 |
Birth year of R 9th child |
| Respondent's Children - Relationship to R |
| kdrel1 |
R relation to R 1st child |
| kdrel2 |
R relation to R 2nd child |
| kdrel3 |
R relation to R 3rd child |
| kdrel4 |
R relation to R 4th child |
| kdrel5 |
R relation to R 5th child |
| kdrel6 |
R relation to R 6th child |
| kdrel7 |
R relation to R 7th child |
| kdrel8 |
R relation to R 8th child |
| kdrel9 |
R relation to R 9th child |
| Respondent's Children - Still Alive |
| kdalive1 |
R 1st child alive? |
| kdalive2 |
R 2nd child alive? |
| kdalive3 |
R 3rd child alive? |
| kdalive4 |
R 4th child alive? |
| kdalive5 |
R 5th child alive? |
| kdalive6 |
R 6th child alive? |
| kdalive7 |
R 7th child alive? |
| kdalive8 |
R 8th child alive? |
| kdalive9 |
R 9th child alive? |
| Respondent's Children - Education |
| kdeduc1 |
Highest schl grade of R 1st child |
| kdeduc2 |
Highest schl grade of R 2nd child |
| kdeduc3 |
Highest schl grade of R 3rd child |
| kdeduc4 |
Highest schl grade of R 4th child |
| kdeduc5 |
Highest schl grade of R 5th child |
| kdeduc6 |
Highest schl grade of R 6th child |
| kdeduc7 |
Highest schl grade of R 7th child |
| kdeduc8 |
Highest schl grade of R 8th child |
| kdeduc9 |
Highest schl grade of R 9th child |
| Selected Child's Employment |
| kdpicked |
Number of child randomly chosen |
| kdwork1 |
Does R child do paid work? |
| kdwork2 |
Does R child do paid or unpaid work? |
| kdevwork |
Did R child work for 1 or more yr? |
| kdocc80 |
R child census occupation code (1980) |
| kdpres80 |
R child occupational prestige score (1980) |
| kdwrkslf |
R child self-employed? |
| kdind80 |
R child industry code (1980) |
| kdind10 |
R child census industry code (2010) |
| kdindstatus |
KDIND10 coding status |
| kdindtag |
KDIND10 coding tag |
| kdocc10 |
R child census occupation code (2010) |
| kdoccindv |
Kid's occ/ind verbatim retrieved |
| kdoccstatus |
KDOCC10 coding status |
| kdocctag |
KDOCC10 coding tag |
| kdpres10 |
R child occupational prestige score (2010) |
| kdpres105plus |
R child occupational prestige score using threshold method (2010) |
| Sibling Information - Gender |
| sbsex1 |
Sex of R 1st sibling |
| sbsex2 |
Sex of R 2nd sibling |
| sbsex3 |
Sex of R 3rd sibling |
| sbsex4 |
Sex of R 4th sibling |
| sbsex5 |
Sex of R 5th sibling |
| sbsex6 |
Sex of R 6th sibling |
| sbsex7 |
Sex of R 7th sibling |
| sbsex8 |
Sex of R 8th sibling |
| sbsex9 |
Sex of R 9th sibling |
| Siblings - Year of Birth |
| sbyrbrn1 |
Birth year of R 1st sibling |
| sbyrbrn2 |
Birth year of R 2nd sibling |
| sbyrbrn3 |
Birth year of R 3rd sibling |
| sbyrbrn4 |
Birth year of R 4th sibling |
| sbyrbrn5 |
Birth year of R 5th sibling |
| sbyrbrn6 |
Birth year of R 6th sibling |
| sbyrbrn7 |
Birth year of R 7th sibling |
| sbyrbrn8 |
Birth year of R 8th sibling |
| sbyrbrn9 |
Birth year of R 9th sibling |
| Siblings - Relationship to R |
| sbrel1 |
R relation to R 1st sibling |
| sbrel2 |
R relation to R 2nd sibling |
| sbrel3 |
R relation to R 3rd sibling |
| sbrel4 |
R relation to R 4th sibling |
| sbrel5 |
R relation to R 5th sibling |
| sbrel6 |
R relation to R 6th sibling |
| sbrel7 |
R relation to R 7th sibling |
| sbrel8 |
R relation to R 8th sibling |
| sbrel9 |
R relation to R 9th sibling |
| Siblings - Still Alive |
| sbalive1 |
R 1st sibling alive? |
| sbalive2 |
R 2nd sibling alive? |
| sbalive3 |
R 3rd sibling alive? |
| sbalive4 |
R 4th sibling alive? |
| sbalive5 |
R 5th sibling alive? |
| sbalive6 |
R 6th sibling alive? |
| sbalive7 |
R 7th sibling alive? |
| sbalive8 |
R 8th sibling alive? |
| sbalive9 |
R 9th sibling alive? |
| Selected Sibling - Education and Employment |
| sbpicked |
Number of sibling randomly chosen |
| sbeduc |
Highest schl grade of selected R sibling |
| sbdeg |
Highest schl grade of selected R sibling |
| sbwork1 |
Does R sibling do paid work? |
| sbwork2 |
Does R sibling do paid or unpaid work? |
| sbevwork |
Did R sibling work for 1 or more yr? |
| sbocc80 |
R sibling census occupation code (1980) |
| sbpres80 |
R sibling occupational prestige score (1980) |
| sbwrkslf |
R sibling self-employed? |
| sbind80 |
R sibling industry code (1980) |
| Spouse's Father |
| sphedind10 |
Spouse's Father's ind when spouse was 16 (2010) |
| sphedindtag |
SPHEDIND10 coding tag |
| sphedocc10 |
Spouse's Father's occ when spouse was 16 (2010) |
| sphedoccindv |
Spouse's Father's occ/ind verbatim retrieved |
| sphedocctag |
SPHEDOCC10 coding tag |
| sphedpre10 |
Spouse's Father's occ pres when spouse was 16 (2010) |
| Sibling |
| sbind10 |
R sibling industry code (2010) |
| sbindstatus |
SBIND10 coding status |
| sbindtag |
SBIND10 coding tag |
| sbocc10 |
R sibling census occupation code (2010) |
| sboccindv |
Sibling's occ/ind verbatim retrieved |
| sboccstatus |
SBOCC10 coding status |
| sbocctag |
SBOCC10 coding tag |
| sbpres10 |
R sibling occupational prestige score (2010) |
| sbpres105plus |
R sibling occupational prestige score using threshold method (2010) |
| 1994 TOPICAL MODULE: MULTICULTURALISM |
| Identification: American or Ethnic Group |
| ethid |
R American vs ethnic identity |
| amissue |
Degree R invokes just American identity |
| ethissue |
Degree R invokes ethnic identity |
| ethid1 |
R primary identity as ethnic or American |
| amissue1 |
Degree R invokes primary identity as American |
| ethissu1 |
Degree R invokes primary identity as ethnic |
| amrank |
American quality of life vs other indus. nations |
| amproud |
R pride in being American |
| Cultural Assimilation and Separatism |
| meltpot |
R attitude toward mixing cultures in us |
| gvtapart |
Should govt policy maintain distinct cultures |
| gvtmelt |
Should govt help blend cultures |
| ethorgs |
Do ethnic orgs promote separatism |
| ethspkok |
Allow free speech offensive to ethnic groups |
| ethspkno |
Ban opinions harmful to other groups |
| symptblk |
R feel sympathy towards blacks |
| admirblk |
R express admiration for blacks |
| Bilingual Issues |
| bilinged |
Support or oppose bilingual education |
| engteach |
Opinion on teaching classes only in English |
| engballt |
Attitude toward printing ballots only in English |
| engoffcl |
Favor law making English the official language |
| Immigration |
| letin |
Increase or decrease immigrants to us |
| hspasn10 |
Change in ethnic status in local community |
| immunemp |
Will immigrants fuel unemployment |
| immunite |
Will immigrants affect national unity |
| immfare |
Immigrants eligible for govt assistance? |
| undocwrk |
Should illegal immigrants get work permits? |
| undoccol |
Illegal immigrants access to public univeR'sities? |
| undockid |
Us citizenship for children of illegal immigrants |
| immpush |
Are immigrants demanding too many rights? |
| immwrkup |
Should immigrants overcome bias without help |
| Affirmative Action |
| colaff |
Chance blacks get to college ahead of whites |
| colaffy |
Chance whites excluded from college over blacks |
| discaffy |
Chance blacks promoted ahead of whites |
| jobaff |
Favor preferences in hiring blacks |
| owneth |
Do ethic politicians serve ethnic groups better |
| congeth |
Should ethnic congressmen represent ethnic groups |
| teacheth |
Ethnicity of college faculty reflect students |
| schleth |
Ethnicity or professional schools mirror students |
| ethhist |
Minority history adequately taught in school |
| whoteach |
Should only minorities teach minority history |
| Group Attention from Government |
| whtgovt |
Do whites get proper govt attention |
| blkgovt |
Do blacks get proper govt attention |
| hspgovt |
Do Hispanic-Americans get proper govt attention |
| asngovt |
Do Asian-Americans get proper govt attention |
| Wealth and Work Ethic of Immigrants |
| wlthimm |
Are legal immigrants rich or poor |
| wlthundc |
Are illegal immigrants rich or poor |
| workimm |
Are legal immigrants hard working |
| workundc |
Are illegal immigrants hard working |
| obrespct |
Teach children respect for authority and obedience |
| Evaluation of the Economy |
| econpast |
Has national economy improved last year |
| pastup |
Degree of improvement in national economy |
| pastdown |
Degree national economy has gotten worse |
| econfutr |
Predictions for national economy in next year |
| futrup |
Degree economy will improve in next year |
| futrdown |
Degree economy will get worse over next year |
| Chances of Losing Job or Promotion to Other Group |
| rdiscaff |
Chances family member not promoted for other race |
| rimmdisc |
Chances illegal immigrants favored over family |