Sample weight (Race x Sex x Age, Census 2009)
More mothers of young children working outside the home (R)
More women not ever having children (R)
More gay and lesbian couples raising children (R)
More fathers staying home with children so their wives can work full-time (R)
Women are more likely than men to take care of children. People have suggested several reasons why this might be so, for example, that women are biologically better-suited to care for children.
Government or Private Health Insurance
Do you think there should or should not be adoption rights for gays and lesbians so they can legally adopt children (R)
Do you agree or disagree? Homosexual couples should have the right to marry one another. (R)
Homosexual couples should have the right to marry one another
As you may know, Massachusetts and some other states have legalized gay marriage. If a gay or lesbian couple gets married in one of these states, should their marriage be recognized as legal in all 50 states? (R)
Some people say that allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the military would be divisive for the troops and hurt their ability to fight effectively. Do you agree or disagree? (R)
People like me don't have any say about what the government does (R)
Generally speaking, elected officials in Washington lose touch with the people pretty quickly (R)
Most elected officials care what people like me think
Voting gives people like me some say about how government runs things
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 or only some of the time?
When the government administrators make serious mistakes in America how likely is it that they will be corrected?
Would you say the government is pretty much run by a few big interests looking out for themselves or that it is run for the benefit of all the people? (R)
Do you think that people in the government waste a lot of money we pay in taxes, waste some of it, or don't waste very much of it? (R)
Do you think that quite a few of the people running the government are crooked, not very many are, or do you think hardly any of them are crooked? (R)
How often do you use the internet to listen to music? Please stop me when I get to the most correct answer for you. (R)
Downloading from a paid source
Downloading from an unofficial source
File sharing
Internet radio
Other
At Home (R)
At Work (R)
At a friend's House (R)
On a Smartphone, iPod, iPad, or other mobile device (R)
Other (R)
What is your opinion about downloading music illegally from the internet?
Is there any area right around here - that is, within a mile - where you would be afraid to walk alone at night?
Keep a dog for protection
Bought a gun for protection of yourself or your home
Carry a gun for defense
Carry a knife for defense
Had a burglar alarm installed in your home
Carry mace or pepper spray
Avoid going to certain places or neighborhoods you might otherwise want to go to
Do you favor or oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of murder? (R)
Do you feel that executing people who commit murder deters others from committing murder, or do you think such executions don't have much effect? (R)
Economic Development (R)
[How about] Education (R)
Reducing Traffic Congestion (R)
Fighting Crime (R)
Cleaning up Litter and Graffiti (R)
Improving & maintaining infrastructure: roads, sewers, etc (R)
Sewage and water drainage (R)
[How about] Roads and bridges (R)
Public transportation (R)
Airports (R)
Bike Paths (R)
A passenger railroad between Baton Rouge and New Orleans (R)
An Interstate loop that goes around Baton Rouge (R)
The development of alternative energy sources (R)
Read Newspaper: Number Days
Watch TV: Number Hours
Use Internet: Number Hours
Age - full range
Age (categorical)
Are you male or female?
Race (3 category)
Race-Ethnic Group (4 cat)
White dummy
Black dummy
Asian dummy
Hispanic dummy
Are you currently married, living with a partner, separated, divorced, widowed, or have you never been married?
Married dummy
Do you have children? How many?
Children dummy
Married with Children
What is the highest grade of schooling that you have completed?
Education (3 category)
Religious Denomination
Protestant dummy
Catholic dummy
Other Religion dummy
No Religion dummy
Religious Fundamentalism
Are you a member of a local church, synagogue, or other religious or spiritual community?
Church member? (0=No & no relig)
Church service attendance (R)
Church service attendance (Reduced)
Church service attendance in days per year (w no relig & missing = 1)
Party Identification (detailed)
Party Identification (simple)
Presidential Vote 2008
Presidential Vote 2008 (R)
Voter Turnout 2008
Who did you vote for in the 2008 election for Mayor of Baton Rouge? Did you vote for [Read four candidate names]
Voted for Holden for Mayor
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Kip Holden is handling his job as Mayor of Baton Rouge?
We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives. Would you call yourself:
Ideology (simple)
Just one more question: I'm going to read you a series of income categories. Please stop me when I get to the category that includes the total income that you and all other members of your household earned before taxes last year, from all sources.
Household Income (3 category)