File Information
List of variables on the working file
Name Position
LAST6SSN Interviewer Number 1
Measurement Level: Scale
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F6
Write Format: F6
INTNUM Interview Number 2
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F2
Write Format: F2
V1 Birth Year 3
Measurement Level: Scale
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F4
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V2 Trust most people 4
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Most people can be trusted
2 Can't be too careful
3 Other, depends (Volunteered)
9 M Don't know, No answer
V3 Think of Self as Trusting 5
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Very trusting
2 Somewhat trusting
3 Somewhat distrusting
4 Very distrusting
9 M Don't know, No answer
V4 Trust in a crisis 6
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 The Government
2 Your Church
3 Family and friends
4 Find means within yourself
5 Other (vol)
9 M Don't know, No answer
V5A Trust People in Neighborhood 7
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5B Trust People You Work With 8
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5C Trust People at Your Church 9
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5D Trust People in Stores 10
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5E Trust Local News Media 11
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5F Trust The Local Police 12
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5G Trust Whites 13
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5H Trust Blacks 14
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5I Trust Asians 15
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5J Trust Hispanics 16
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5K Trust City Government 17
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5L Trust Teachers 18
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5M Trust Congressmen 19
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5N Trust Doctors 20
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5O Trust Journalists 21
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V5P Trust Clergy 22
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Trust them a lot
2 Trust them some
3 Trust them only a little
4 Trust them not at all
5 (VOLUNTEERED) Does not apply
8 M Don't Know
9 M Refused
V6 Priority for Bush Administration 23
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Maintaining economic growth
2 Restoring moral and family values
3 Both (volunteered)
9 M Don't know, No answer
V7 Sex Before Marriage 24
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Always wrong
2 Almost always wrong
3 Wrong only sometimes
4 Not wrong at all
9 M Don't know, No answer
V8 Better for the children if couple gets divorced 25
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Much better to divorce
2 Better to divorce
3 Worse to divorce
4 Much worse to divorce
9 M Don't know, No answer
V9A Relative Marry an Asian 26
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Favor
2 Neither favor nor oppose
3 Oppose
9 M Don't know, Refused
V9B Relative Marry a Black 27
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Favor
2 Neither favor nor oppose
3 Oppose
9 M Don't know, Refused
V9C Relative Marry a White 28
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Favor
2 Neither favor nor oppose
3 Oppose
9 M Don't know, Refused
V9D Relative Marry a Hispanic 29
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Favor
2 Neither favor nor oppose
3 Oppose
9 M Don't know, Refused
V10 Object to School Half Black-White 30
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Yes
2 No
9 M Don't know, No answer
V11 Catholic Policy on Priest Sex Abuse 31
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Approve strongly
2 Approve somewhat
3 Disapprove strongly
4 Disapprove somewhat
9 M Don't know, No answer
V12 How Important is Gender for Getting Ahead 32
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Essential
2 Very important
3 Fairly important
4 Not very important
5 Not important at all
9 M Don't know, No answer
V13 Racial profiling Widespread 33
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Is widespread
2 Is not widespread
9 M Don't know, No answer
V14 Approve of Racial Profiling 34
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Approve
2 Disapprove
9 M Don't know, No answer
V15 Congressmen Keep Promises 35
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Strongly agree
2 Agree
3 Neither agree nor disagree
4 Disagree
5 Strongly disagree
9 M Don't know, No answer
V16 Blacks Should Work Own Way Up 36
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Strongly agree
2 Agree
3 Neither agree nor disagree
4 Disagree
5 Strongly disagree
9 M Don't know, No answer
V17 People Allowed to Express Opinions 37
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Strongly agree
2 Agree
3 Neither agree nor disagree
4 Disagree
5 Strongly disagree
9 M Don't know, No answer
V18 Police allowed to collect DNA 38
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Should
2 Should not
9 M Don't know, No answer
V19 Afraid To Walk Alone At Night 39
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Yes
2 No
9 M Don't know, No answer
V20 Death Penalty 40
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
Write Format: F1
Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Favor
2 Oppose
9 M Don't know, No answer
V21 Heard News Of Illinois Death Penalty 41
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Yes
2 No
9 M Don't know, No answer
V22 Some LA Death Row Inmates Wrongly Convicted 42
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Yes
2 No
9 M Don't know, No answer
V23 Commute Death Sentences in LA 43
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Yes
2 No
9 M Don't know, No answer
V24 Heard News About Serial Killer in BR 44
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Yes
2 No
9 M Don't know, No answer
V25 Feel More Concerned About Own Safety 45
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Yes
2 No
9 M Don't know, No answer
V26 Ethnic Profiling Suspected Terrorists 46
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Strongly favor
2 Willing to accept
3 Goes too far
9 M Don't know, No answer
V27 War Against Iraq Increase Terrorist Threat 47
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Increase
2 Decrease
3 Same
9 M Don't know, No answer
V28 Days Read A Daily Newspaper 48
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
8 M Don't know
9 M Refused
V29 Hours spent watching TV Daily 49
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F2
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Missing Values: 98, 99
Value Label
98 M Don't know
99 M Refused
V30 Gender 50
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Value Label
1 Male
2 Female
V31 Race 51
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 6, 7
Value Label
1 White
2 Black
3 Asian
4 American Indian
5 Other
6 M Don't Know (vol)
7 M NA
V32 Hispanic 52
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Yes
2 No
9 M No answer/Don't know
V33 Married 53
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 7, 8
Value Label
1 Married
2 Living with partner
3 Separated
4 Divorced
5 Widowed
6 Single, never married
7 M Don't Know
8 M NA
V34 Children 54
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F1
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Missing Values: 5, 6
Value Label
0 None
1 One
2 Two
3 Three
4 Four or more
5 M Other answer
6 M NA
V35 Education 55
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: F2
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Missing Values: 9, 10
Value Label
1 8th Grade or less
2 Some high school
3 High School Diploma
4 Vocational/Technical school
5 Some College
6 College degree
7 Some graduate school
8 Graduate degree
9 M Don't Know
10 M NA
V36 Religious preference 56
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Protestant
2 Catholic
3 Jewish
4 Other
5 None
8 M Don't Know
9 M NA
V36A Protestant denomination 57
Measurement Level: Nominal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
Print Format: A4
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V36B Other Religion 58
Measurement Level: Nominal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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V37 Church member 59
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Value Label
1 Yes
2 No
8 M Don't know
9 M Refused
V38 Attend religious services 60
Measurement Level: Ordinal
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Value Label
1 Every week (or more often)
2 Almost every week
3 Once or twice a month
4 A few times per year
5 Less often than that
8 M Don't know
9 M Refused
V39 Party Identification 61
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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1 Republican
2 Democrat
3 Independent
4 Other
5 No Preference
V39B Strong Partisan 62
Measurement Level: Ordinal
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Strong
2 Not very strong
V39C Lean toward Party 63
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Value Label
1 Republican
2 Democratic
3 Neither
V40 Vote for in the 2000 Presidential election 64
Measurement Level: Ordinal
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 George W Bush
2 Al Gore
3 Someone else [Volunteered]
4 Didn't vote
9 M Don't remember, No Answer, Refused
V41 Ideology 65
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 8, 9
Value Label
1 Extremely Liberal
2 Liberal
3 Slightly Liberal
4 Moderate, middle of the road
5 Slightly Conservative
6 Conservative
7 Extremely Conservative
8 M Don't Know
9 M NA
V42 Zip Code 66
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 8, 9
V43 Income 67
Measurement Level: Ordinal
Column Width: 8 Alignment: Right
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Missing Values: 9, 10
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1 Under $5,000
2 Under $10,000
3 Under $15,000
4 Under $25,000
5 Under $35,000
6 Under $50,000
7 Under $75,000
8 More than $75,000
9 M Don't Know
10 M No Response
V44 Respondent cooperative 68
Measurement Level: Ordinal
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1 No
2 Yes
V45 Respondent answer questions in a satisfactory manner 69
Measurement Level: Ordinal
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1 No
2 Yes
V46 Respondent had trouble understanding 70
Measurement Level: Ordinal
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1 No
2 Yes
V47 Respondent impaired 71
Measurement Level: Ordinal
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Value Label
1 No
2 Yes
V48 City 72
Measurement Level: Ordinal
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1 Baton Rouge
2 Baker
3 Greenwell Springs
4 Zachary
V49 FIPS code 73
Measurement Level: Ordinal
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