More mothers of young children working outside the home (R)
1 = Bad Thing for Society
2 = Doesn't Make Much Difference
3 = Good Thing for Society
4 = Don't Know
5 = NA

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.
1 = Not At All Important
2 = Somewhat Important
3 = Important
4 = Very Important
5 = Don't Know
6 = NA

Government or Private Health Insurance
1 = Govt Insurance Plan
2 = Middle
3 = Private Insurance

Do you think there should or should not be adoption rights for gays and lesbians so they can legally adopt children (R)
1 = No, should not
2 = Yes, should
3 = No opinion

Do you agree or disagree? Homosexual couples should have the right to marry one another. (R)
1 = Strongly Disagree
2 = Disagree
3 = Neither Agree nor Disagree
4 = Agree
5 = Strongly Agree
6 = Can't Choose
7 = NA

Homosexual couples should have the right to marry one another
1 = Disagree
2 = Middle
3 = Agree

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)
1 = No
2 = Yes
3 = Unsure

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)
1 = Disagree
2 = Agree
3 = Unsure

People like me don't have any say about what the government does (R)
1 = Completely Disagree
2 = Mostly Disagree
3 = Mostly Agree
4 = Completely Agree
5 = Don't Know

Most elected officials care what people like me think
1 = Completely Agree
2 = Mostly Agree
3 = Mostly Disagree
4 = Completely Disagree
5 = Don't Know

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?
1 = Just About Always
2 = Most of the Time
3 = Some of the Time
4 = None of the Time
5 = Don't Know, Depends
6 = No answer

When the government administrators make serious mistakes in America how likely is it that they will be corrected?
1 = Very Likely
2 = Somewhat Likely
3 = Not Very Likely
4 = Not At All Likely
5 = Can't Choose
6 = NA

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)
1 = Benefit of All
2 = Few Big Interests
3 = Don't Know, Depends

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)
1 = Not Very Much
2 = Some
3 = A Lot
4 = Don't Know

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)
1 = Hardly Any
2 = Not Many
3 = Quite a Few
4 = Don't Know

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)
1 = I don't use the internet to listen to music
2 = Sometimes, but less than once a month
3 = Once a month or more
4 = Once a week or more
5 = Every day
6 = DK/NA

Downloading from a paid source
0 = Don't use
1 = Use

At Home (R)
1 = Never
2 = From time to time, but not often
3 = Sometimes
4 = A lot

What is your opinion about downloading music illegally from the internet?
1 = It is a serious offense
2 = It is a minor offense
3 = It is not really wrong
4 = DK/NA

Is there any area right around here - that is, within a mile - where you would be afraid to walk alone at night?
1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = Don't know, No answer

Keep a dog for protection
0 = No
1 = Yes

Do you favor or oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of murder? (R)
1 = Oppose
2 = Favor
3 = Don't Know/No Answer

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)
1 = Not Much Effect
2 = Deters Others
3 = Unsure

Economic Development (R)
1 = Lower Priority
2 = Medium Priority
3 = High Priority
4 = Highest Priority
5 = Don't Know
6 = No answer

Read Newspaper: Number Days
1 = None
2 = 1-6 Days
3 = 7 Days

Watch TV: Number Hours
1 = 1 Hour or less
2 = 2-3 Hours
3 = 4 Hours or more

Use Internet: Number Hours
1 = Don't Use
2 = 1-2 Hours
3 = 3 Hours or more

Age (categorical)
1 = 18-34
2 = 35-49
3 = 50-64
4 = 65 and Over
9 = Missing

Are you male or female?
1 = Male
2 = Female

Race (3 category)
1 = White
2 = Black
3 = All Others

Race-Ethnic Group (4 cat)
1 = White (non-Hisp)
2 = Black (non-Hisp)
3 = Asian
4 = Hispanic
9 = Missing or Other

White dummy
0 = Not White
1 = White

Black dummy
0 = Not Black
1 = Black

Asian dummy
0 = Not Asian
1 = Asian

Hispanic dummy
0 = Not Hispanic
1 = Hispanic

Are you currently married, living with a partner, separated, divorced, widowed, or have you never been married?
1 = Married
2 = Living with partner
3 = Separated
4 = Divorced
5 = Widowed
6 = Single, never married
7 = Don't Know
8 = No Answer

Married dummy
0 = Not Married
1 = Married

Children dummy
0 = No Children
1 = Children

Married with Children
0 = Not
1 = Married with Children
9 = Missing

What is the highest grade of schooling that you have completed?
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 = Don't Know
10 = No Answer

Education (3 category)
1 = High School Degree or Less
2 = Voc/Tech, Some College (no degree)
3 = College Degree or More
9 = Missing

Religious Denomination
1 = Protestant
2 = Catholic
3 = Other
4 = None
8 = Don't Know
9 = NA

Protestant dummy
0 = Not Protestant
1 = Protestant

Catholic dummy
0 = Not Catholic
1 = Catholic

Other Religion dummy
0 = Not Other Religion
1 = Other Religion

No Religion dummy
0 = Some Religion
1 = No Religion

Religious Fundamentalism
1 = Liberal
2 = Moderate
3 = Fundamentalist
9 = Missing

Are you a member of a local church, synagogue, or other religious or spiritual community?
1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = Don't know
4 = Refused

Church member? (0=No & no relig)
0 = Not
1 = Church Member

Church service attendance (R)
1 = Less often than that
2 = A few times per year
3 = Once or twice a month
4 = Almost every week
5 = Every week (or more often)
9 = Missing

Church service attendance (Reduced)
1 = Less often than that
2 = Once or twice a month or more
3 = Every week (or more often)
9 = Missing

Church service attendance in days per year (w no relig & missing = 1)
1 = Less often than that
4 = A few times per year
18 = Once or twice a month
40 = Almost every week
60 = Every week (or more often)
99 = Missing

Party Identification (detailed)
0 = Other
1 = Strong Republican
2 = Republican
3 = Lean Republican
4 = Independent
5 = Lean Democrat
6 = Democrat
7 = Strong Democrat
8 = None

Party Identification (simple)
0 = Other
1 = Republican
2 = Independent
3 = Democrat
8 = None

Presidential Vote 2008
1 = John McCain
2 = Other or None
3 = Barack Obama
9 = Missing

Presidential Vote 2008 (R)
1 = Barack Obama
2 = Other or None
3 = John McCain
9 = Missing

Voter Turnout 2008
0 = Didn't Vote
1 = Voted

Who did you vote for in the 2008 election for Mayor of Baton Rouge? Did you vote for [Read four candidate names]
1 = Wayne Carter
2 = Kip Holden
3 = Ron Johnson
4 = Dan Kyle
5 = Someone else [Volunteered]
6 = Didn't vote
7 = Don't remember, No Answer, Refused

Voted for Holden for Mayor
-9 = Missing, Didn't vote
0 = Did not vote for Holden
1 = Voted for Holden

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Kip Holden is handling his job as Mayor of Baton Rouge?
1 = Approve
2 = Disapprove
3 = Unsure

We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives. Would you call yourself:
1 = Extremely Liberal
2 = Liberal
3 = Slightly Liberal
4 = Moderate, middle of the road
5 = Slightly Conservative
6 = Conservative
7 = Extremely Conservative
8 = Don't Know
9 = No Answer

Ideology (simple)
1 = Liberal
2 = Moderate
3 = Conservative
9 = Don't Know, NA

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.
1 = Under $25,000
2 = Under $35,000
3 = Under $50,000
4 = Under $75,000
5 = Under $100,000
6 = Under $200,000
7 = More than $200,000
8 = Don't Know
9 = No Response

Household Income (3 category)
1 = Under $50,000
2 = $50,000 to $100,000
3 = Over $100,000
8 = Don't Know
9 = No Response

1 = North
2 = Central
3 = South
9 = Missing