AM 1 19/ AM Time started PM 2 Time finished PM Total minutes 20/21 15/16/17/18 I'm from The Roper organization and we're conducting a survey about things that are happening today. 1. considering both the availability and cost of things today, as well as your present financial circumstances, do you think now is a good time to buy things you want and need, or a good time. to wait, or is it someplace in between? Now is a good time to buy ... 1 Someplace in between ... 3 22/ Now is a good time to wait .2 Don't know Y 2. Do you feel things in this country are generally going in the right direc~ion today, or do you feel that things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track? Right direction 1 Don't know Y 23~ wrong track 2 3. What is your opinion of inost Federal Government departments and agencies? There may be exceptions, of course, but would you say your opinion of inost Federal Departments and agencies is highly favorable, or moderately favorable, or not too favorable, or rather Wifavorable? Highly favorable 1 24/ Moderately favorable .2 Not too favorable 3 Rather 3jflfavorable 4 Don't know Y a. F.T.C. (Federal Trade Commission) 1 2 3 4 Y 25/ b. F.B.I. (Federal Bureau of Investigation) .1 2 3 4 Y 26/ c. O.S.H.A. (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) 1 2 3 4 Y 27/ d. F.C.C. (Federal Communications Commission) 1 2 3 4 Y 28/ e. N.A.S.A. (National Aeronautic and Space Administration) 1 2 3 4 Y 29/ f. B.A.T.F. (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) 1 2 3 4 Y 30/ g. I.R.S. (Internal Revenue Service) 1 2 3 4 Y 31/ h. F.A.A. (Federal Aviation Administration) .1 2 3 4 Y 32/ 5. Here is a list of some social problems. (HAND RESPONDENT CARD) For each one, please tell me if you think it affects you more, less, or the same as the average person in this country? ~RE LE~S THSAM~ a. Violent crime 1 2 3 Y 33/ b. Pollution 1 2 3 Y 34/ c. Economic hardship 1 2 3 Y 3S/ d. Police brutality 1 2 3 Y 36/ e. High taxes 1 2 3 y 37/ f. Discrimination 1 2 3 Y 38/ 6. There has been talk about whether some problems in society have more of an impact or less of an impact on racial and etnnic minorities than they have on other people. (USING SAME CARD) For each one, please tell me if you think i~ affects racial and ethnic minorities more, less, or about the same as other people? AB~ L~S THESJ~ a. Violent crime 1 2 3 Y 39/ b. Pollution 1 2 3 Y 40/ c. Economic hardshiD 1 2 3 Y 41/ f. Assault 6 g. Racketeering, extortion 7 h. Drugs 8 i. Prostitution 9 j. Speculationandswindling 0 k. Other 1 46/ Noneoftheabove(vol.) 2 Don'tknow Y 8. Of course, the problems we face in 9. What about drunk driving? (HAND our society often have many differ- RESPONDENT CARD) Using this card, ent causes. I am going to ask you which three or tour things do you about some different problems in think are the main causes of people society and for each one I want you becoming drunk drivers? to tell me what ~ think are the DRUNK major causes of each problem. DRIVING First, violent crime. (HAND RESPON DENT CARD) Using this card, which a. Livinginpoverty 1 49/ three or tour things do you think b. Parents not teaching are the main causes of people com mitting violent crimes? right from wrong 2 VIOL~7" c. Being abused as a child 3 CRIME d. Drug abuse 4 a. Living inpoverty ~ 47/ e. Whatpeopleseein'I'vprograms 5 b. Parents not teaching f. Alackofmorals 6 right from wrong 2 g. A lack of education 7 c. Being abused as a child 3 h. A person not seeing any harm in it .8 d. Drugabuse 4 i. Apersonbeingirresponsible 9 e.What people see in 'r'V programs 5 j. Influenceoffriends 0 f. A lack of morals 6 g. A lack of education 7 k. Being unable to control drinking h. A person not seeing any harm in it .8 because alcoholism is a i. A person being irresponsible 9 disease x j. Influenceoffriends 0 1. Whatpeopleseeinmovies Y k. Alcohol abuse m. What people see in advertising 1 50/ 1. What people see in movies n. Bartenders not being responsible....2 m. The advertising and marketing 0. Lowchanceofbeingpunished 3 of toy guns, etc 1 48/ n.Guns being too easy to get 2 p. Friends and family not looking 0. Low chance of being punished 3 out for each other 4 p. Seeing pornography 4 None of these S AL~ ~T REAL DIS- L ~ ~TIS- F~L~ SA77S- L BOILZZ17 m&"r ~ P14~~ FlED ~ FIED Al~Y M'n a. The way things are going for you personally these days 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 51/ b. The way things are going for the country generally 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 52/ c. How president Clinton is dealing with the econosy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 53/ d. How congress is dealing withtheecono~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 - 7 Y 54/ e. How your state government is dealing with the state's econ~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 y 55, f. Howsecureyourjobis ....l 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 56/ g. Yourhealthcarecosts . . .1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 57/ h. Theamountofyour householdincose 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 y SB/ i. The ra~e of inflation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 69/ j. The amount of taxes youpay 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 60/ k. The level of interest rates 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 61 1. The cost and value of yourhousing 1 2 3 4 S 6 7 Y 62/ m. Thelevelofyour personal debts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 63/ F;;mi LLLj as well as its own employees. Done oniy ty IRS employees 2 Do you think the IRS should use outside contractors to contact tax- Doesn't matter (vol.) ...3 payers for the purpose of explaining the options that are available for Don't know Y paying taxes that are past due, or should this be done only by IRS 13. If you personally owed back taxes to employees? the IRS, would it bother you more to receive a call from an outside con- Use outside contractors .1 6/ tractor rather than an IRS employee, or wouldn't it make a difference Done only by IRS which one called? employees 2 Would bother me more Doesn't matter (vol.) .3 to recieve call from Don't know .Y contractor 1 8/ Wouldn't make a difference 2 Don't know Y 14. Turning to a different subject, times today are, of course, different than when your parents were your age. But taking into account those differences, would you say that compared to your parents, you (read each item), about the same amount, or less? SAME L~~S ~ a. Have more fun 1 2 3 Y 9/ b. Have more success financially 1 2 3 Y 10/ c. Have a happier family 1 2 3 Y 11/ d. Work harder 1 2 3 Y 12/ e. Have more time to enjoy life 1 2 3 Y 13/ f. Have more stress 1 2 3 Y 14/ g. Have more wisdom 1 2 3 Y 15/ e. Yourjob S n. Talkingonthetelephone 2 f. Economicnews 6 0. Writingletters 3 g. Newsaboutforeignaffairs 7 p. Yardwork 4 h. what'sgoingoninWashington.. 8 q. Doinghousehold repairs S i. SportsonTV 9 None 6 j. Most entertainmen~ shows onT"' .0 Don't know Y 16. There has been a move to change the form of address for women from Miss and Mrs. to Ms. Which form of address do you like best for women--Miss and Mrs., or Ms.? MissandMrs 1 Don~tknow Y 18/ Ms 2 17. Here is a list of household tasks. (HAND RESPONDENT CARD) Would you read down that list, and call off each one you do at least occasionally? 18. DIS- DIS LlX~ LIX 77. EN- ~&'T ~- GRI~T ~'T w Joy MIND WHAT DEAL ~ a. Shoppingforfood 1 19/ 1 2 3 4 Y 21/ b. Cookingmeals 2 1 2 3 4 Y 22/ c. washingdishes 3 1 2 3 4 Y 23/ d. vactsuing 4 1 2 3 4 Y 24/ e. Dus~ing 5 1 2 3 4 Y 2S f. Polishing furni~ure 6 1 2 3 4 Y 26/ g. cleaningba~hroomorki~chenfloors 7 1 2 3 4 Y 27/ h. c1eaningba~htubs, showerstalls, sinks .8 (ASK 1 2 3 4 Y 28/ i. cleaning ~oilets 9 18) 1 2 3 4 Y 29/ j. cleaningglass. mirrors, windows 0 1 2 3 4 Y 30 k. cleaningtheoven X 1 2 3 4 Y 31/ 1. washing kitchen counters, sinks and appliances Y 1 2 3 4 Y 32/ IL Doingthelaundry 1 20/ 1 2 3 4 Y 33/ n. Ironing 2 1 2 3 4 Y 34/ 0. Recycling (bottles, cans, paper, etc.) .. .3 1 2 3 4 Y 35/ None ~~4~(SKIP Don~tknow ..YjTO19) 18. Now for each of these tasks you do, would you tell me whether it is something b. Householdcleaners .2 2 2 c. Hardware 3 3 3 d. Toys/games 4 4 4 e. Recordedmusic (tapes, CDs, etc.) 5 5 5 f. Paperproducts (towels, napkins, etc.) 6 6 6 g. Magazines 7 7 7 h. Beer 8 8 8 i. Cigarettes 9 9 9 j. Smallappliances 0 0 0 k. Frozen foods x x x 1. Cosmetics Y Y Y IL Personal careproducts (shampoo, deodorant, etc.) .1 37/ 1 40/ 1 43/ n. Dressclothes 2 2 2 0. Casualdothes 3 3 3 p. Underwear, socks, hosiery 4 4 4 q. Shoes 5 5 5 r. Fashionaccessories (scarfs, ties, belts, etc.) . .6 6 6 S. Wine 7 7 7 t. Liquor 8 B 8 u. Towels, linens, sheets 9 9 9 v. Autoaccessories 0 0 0 w. Soft drinks x x x x. Fruit juice Y Y Y y. Snack foods 1 38/ 1 41/ 1 44/ z. Take-out/ready-to-eat food 2 2 2 aa. stationery/greetingcards 3 3 3 bb.Books 4 4 4 cc. Meat/poultry S S S dd. Cold cereals 6 6 6 ee.Coldcuts 7 7 7 ff. Housewares (pots, pans. silverware, etc.) 8 8 8 Don't shop there (vol.) 9 9 9 Don'tknow Y Y Y 20. (USING SAME CARD) Using the same list of products would you call off the prod- ucts you tend to buy when you shop in a convenience store such as 7-11. Circle K and Mobil Mart? (RECORD ABOVE) (ASK EVERYONE) 43. Turning now to a different subject. There are differing opinions as to how health insurance should be provided. Some people favor the present system of private insurance and health plans. Others say we should have a national system of health insurance provided through the government and paid for like Social Security now is. Which do you favor--our present system of private health plans, or a national health insurance plan provided through the government? Present private plan 1 60/ National plan 2 Don't know Y 44. Thinking of all your medical care needs, not just the doctor, generally speaking, how satisfied would you say you are with the ouplity of the medical care you get--very satisfied, fairly well satisfied, not too satisfied, or not at all satisfied? 44. I 45 QUALITY I AVAILABILITY OF MEDICAL CARE OF MEDICAL CARE Very satisfied 1 61/ 1 62/ Fairly well satisfied 2 2 Not too satisfied 3 I 3 Not at all satisfied 4 I Don't know Y Y 45. And how satisfied are you with the availability of medical care when you need Fairly reasonable 2 Don't know Somewhat unreasonable .3 50. Does the employer pay all or part of Very unreasonable 4 the cost of that coverage? Don't know Y All 1 10/ Part 2 Don't know Y 47. How satisfied are you with the ar rangements you have for paying for 51 About how much per month does the medical care--very satisfied, fairly employer pay for your medical and well satisfied, not too satisfied, health coverage? or not at all satisfied? Very satisfied 1 7/ $ __________________ _____________________ 11/12/13/14 Fairly well satisfied .2 (write in) Not too satisfied 3 Don't know Y Not at all satisfied ... 4 52. And about how much per month, if Don't know Y any, do you pay for your medical and health coverage? 48. Do you and your family have any type $ ________________ 15/16/17/18 of health care plan or hospital (write in) insurance? Don't know Y Yes 1 (ASK 49) 8/ 53. Rising health insurance premiums may require employers to reduce avail- No 2 (SKIP To 56 able health insurance benefits in ON NEXT PAGE) future years or to reduce the amount of future pay increases in order to Some in family pay rising insurance costs. Which covered, others would you prefer--to receive the not (vol.) 3 (ASK 49) full amount of future pay increases but have health insurance benefits reduced, or to receive smaller fu ture pay increases but keep health insurance coverage at its current level? Full increases, benefits reduced .1 ?' increasing a good deal more than b. A traditional insurance the cost of living in general1 plan where you can choose anydoctorycuwant 2 increasing somewhat more, in (ASKSS) creasing at about the same rate, or increasing less than the cost C. Medicare (over 65) 3 of living in general? d. Veteran'sA&ftinistration; . .4 e. Medicaid 5 A good deal more 1 25/ Other (vol.) 6 Somewhat more 2 None/personally not covered(vol.) 7 (SKIPTOS6) About the same 3 Don'tknow Y (ASKSS) Less 4 55. Have you or any member of your family living with you ever been without a health plan in the past two years? Don't know Y Yes, went without . ....l (A5K56) 21/ No ....2~ (SKIPTOSB) Don'tknow 56. For how many months in the past two years have you or someone in your family not had a health plan? Less than 3 months 1 22/ 3 months to less than 6 months .2 6 months to less than 12 months .3 1 year to less than 2 4 2years (ormore) S Don'tknow Y RIGHT RIGHT ~Ow a. Toys 1 2 Y 26/ b. children'sclothesandaccessories 1 2 Y 27/ c. Recordedmusic (cD's, tapes, etc.) 1 2 Y 28/ d. Walkmantyperadiosorcassettes 1 2 Y 29/ e. children'svideocassettes 1 2 Y 30/ f. G-ratedmovies 1 2 Y 31/ g. PG-13 ratedmovies 1 2 Y 32/ h. Sneakersandshoes 1 2 Y 33/ i. Cereal 1 2 Y 34/ j. Candy 1 2 Y 35/ k.Public service announcements about the dangers of drugs, smoking anddrinking 1 2 Y 36/ 1.Public service announcements about the dangersofunsafesex 1 2 Y 37/ m. "900~ type telephone numbers (recordings of music andmoviestars, triviagames, sportsupoates) 1 2 Y 38/ 60. Which of these sources have you used in the last six months to get information on the nutritional content of food--either fresh or packaged food? (HAND RESPONDENT CARD) 60. USEDIN 6 MONTHS USEPUL a. Pamphletspublishedbyagovernmentagencv 1 39/ I 1 40/ b. Pamphlets prepared by food companies 2 I 2 c. Whatotherpeoplehavetoldyouaboutnutritioninfood ....3 I 3 d. Labels on food packages 4 I 4 Courses you took in school S I s Advertisementsforfoodproducts 6 I 6 g. Newspaperarticles 7 I 7 h. Magazinearticles a I ~ 1. Televisionprograms 9 I 9 3KCookbooks 0 0 None .....X1( SKIP X Don~tknow ....yjTO62) I Y a. Food manufacturers 1 2 3 4 Y 411 b. Supermarkets 1 2 3 4 Y 42/ c. Fast food restaurants 1 2 3 4 Y 43/ d. Restaurantswithtableservice 1 2 3 4 Y 44/ e. Government agencies 1 2 3 4 Y 45/ f. publicschools 1 2 3 4 Y 46/ g. Themedia 1 2 3 4 Y 47/ 65. Turning to something else, I'd like to talk with you now about games of chance, such as the lottery. off-track betting, casino gambling. and so forth. (HAND RESPONDENT CARD) For each of the types of gambling or games of chance on this card, please tell me whether or not you have done it in the past vea~. YES a. Played games of chance like Bingo sponsored by churchgroups, charitableorganizations, etc 1 2 Y 501 b. Playedanystate-runlotterygames 1 2 Y 51/ c. Bet on a horse race .1 2 Y 52/ d. Bet on a dog race 1 2 Y 53/ e. Bet on a Jai-Alai (HIGH-lie) game 1 2 Y 54/ f. Gambled at a casino 1 2 Y 55/ g. Played card games for money, such as poker or black jack, at a place other than a casino 1 2 Y 56/ h. Playednon~legalizednumbersgames 1 2 Y 57/ 1. Placed sports bets, such as at your place of work, in a betting parlor, or through a bookie 1 2 Y SB/ 69. Now here is a list of a number of different things. (HAND RESPONDENT CARD) Would you read down that list and call off each one you personally have done in the last week, either at home or at work? a.Goneshoppingforfood 1 28/ b.Bought take-out food to eat at home 2 C.Bought a (special) food product because of its nutritional content 3 a. Bought bottledwater 4 e. Usedacreditcard S f.Gone intoabank (business orpersonal) 6 g.Donebankingbymail (businessorpersonal) 7 h. Donebankingbyphone 8 1. Usedanautomatictellermachine 9 j.Used an ATM card to pay for a purchase 0 k. Drankdecaffeinatedcoffee x 1. Drankdecaffeinatedtea 1 29/ m. Drankbeer 2 n. Drankwine 3 0. Drankawinecooler 4 p. Drankliquor S q.smokedcigarettes (l/2packormore) 6 r.Made a long distance phone call (more than 100 miles) at home or at work 7 5. Madeacollectphonecall 8 t.Tookbottles/canstorecyclingcenter 9 u. Returnedbottles/canstostore 0 V. Put outbottles/cans, etc., forcurbside recycling x w. Gonetochurchorreligiousservice 1 30/ None 2 Don'tknow Y $ L]L]L]L]L].oo 42/ 43/ 44/ 45/ 46/ Refused . x F:7o Don't know Y 180-61 72. Now I am going to ask you about non-essential spending in different categories. Without worrying how much it all adds up to right now, about how much money would you say your household spends in an average month on (read item)? If you aren't sure, just guess about how much. (ASK ABOUT EACH) DON'T AMOUNT NONE KNOW a. Clothing for adults ... ~ x Y 6/7/8/9 b. Clothing for children . $ LiLItzL]~ 0 0 x y 10/11/12/13 c. Movies, concerts, r-i~~ sports events $ LffiDjm\ 00 x Y 14/15/16 d. Dining out $ L]['Lz~ 00 x Y 17/18/19 e. Travel, weekend getaways x Y 20/21/22/23 f. Tapes, records, CDs, videos, etc $ Lifimilifi. 00 x Y 24/25/26 g. Things for the home ... $ ~ 0 0 x Y 27/28/29130 h. Reading materials (books, magazines and nn newspapers) ~'-' x Y 31'~2 I'm going to read a list of some characteristics people might have. For each one, would you tell ine which you think is more important in determining why people are the way they are--heredity or environment? First, (read item). Is that more due to heredity or environment? (ASK ABOUT EACH ITEM) ~ITy (STATE- (STA~MEN" MEN" EQ(~Y ~'T A) B) (V~L.) a. How well a person reads 1 2 3 Y 39/ b. Whether a person is overweight or not ... 1 2 3 Y 40/ c. Whether a person is likely to have aheartattack 1 2 3 Y 41/ d. Whether someone becomes an alcoholic .... 1 2 3 Y 42/ e. Whether someone is a heterosexual or homosexual 1 2 3 Y 43/ f. Whether someone is a great athlete 1 2 3 Y 44/ g. Whether someone gets cancer 1 2 3 Y 45/ h. Whether someone bocomes a great artist or musician 1 2 3 Y 46/ Veryconservative . 1 6/ Moderately conservative .... 2 D-5. Are you (CALL OFF APPROPRIATE Middle-of-the-road 3 CATEGORIES): Moderatelyliberal 4 Ahomemaker 1 11/ Very liberal 5 Unemployed 2 Don'tknow y Astudent (SKIP D-2. Regardless of how you may have Retired 4 TOD-7) voted in the past, what do you Orwhat? (all other) . Y usually consider yourself--a Democrat, a Republican. some D-6. What is your occupation? other party or what? Executive, administrative, management 1 12/ Democrat 1 7/ Toptalentandmajororlesser Republican 2 professional 2 Otherspecificparty 3 Owner--smallretailstore/business 3 Independent (Vol.) 4 Farmers (owners andmanagers) 4 No particular party (Vol.) S Technicians, minor administrative S Refused 6 White collar, clerical (non-supervisory) . .6 Don~tknow Y Salesmen 7 D-3. Now here is a list of things some Skilledandsemi-skilledlabor 8 people do about government or Unskilled labor 9 politics. (HAND RESPONDENT CARD) Serviceandprotectiveworkers 0 Have you happened to have done any of those things in the past year? (IF YES") Which ones? (ASK EVERYONE) D-7. Do you, or does anyone in your a.WrittenyourcongressmanorSenator 1 8/ family living here at home belong to b. Attendedapolitical rally a labor union? or speech 2 13/ c. Attendedapublicmeetingon Respondentbelongstounion 1 town or school affairs 3 Other family member only belongs to union .2 d. Held or run for political office .. 4 No one belongs to union 3 e. Served on a committee for somelocalorganization S Don'tknow Y f. Served as an officer of some clubororganization 6 D-8. Are you married, widowed, separated, g. Writtenalettertothepaper 7 divorced or have you never been h. Signedapetition a married? i Worked forapolitical party 9 Married 1 (ASK 14/ j. Madeaspeech 0 D-9) k. Writtenanarticlefora Widowed . 2 magazine or newspaper x 1 (SKIP 1. Been a member of some group Separated or divorced 3 like the League of Women I n-i~~ F fr r k (ASK EVERYONE) Highschoolgraduate (12) 4 D-lO. Are you a parent or not? Some college (13-15) S college graduate (16).... 6 Yes 1 16/ Post graduate (17+) 7 No 2 D-16. Here is a list of age groups. D-11. Are there any children living here (HAND RESPONDENT CARD) Would at home with you: (RECORD FOR EACH you call off the letter of the CATEGORY) age group you happen to be in? (IF REFUSED, INTERVIEWER ESTI Age 3 or younger? Yes . 1 No . 2 17/ MATE GROUP) a. 18 - 20 1 25/ Age 4 through 7? Yes . 1 No . 2 18/ b. 21 - 24 2 Age 8 through 12? Yes . 1 No . 2 19/ C. 25 - 29 3 d. 30 - 34 4 Age 13 through 17? Yes . 1 No . 2 20/ e. 35 - 39 S D-12. Do you own your own home, rent it, f. 40 - 44 6 or do you have some other arrange- g. 45 - 49 7 ment such as living in the home of h. SO - 54 8 your parents or children? 1. 55 - 59 9 j. 60 - 64 0 Own 1 21/ k. 65 - 69 x Rent 2 1. 7oorolder Y Live in home of parents 3 Liveinhomeofchudren 4 D-17. Now here is a list of income Other (vol.) S categories. (HAND RESPONDENT CARD) Would you call off the D-13. Do you consider yourself the male/ letter of the category that best female head of this household or describes the combined annual not? income of all members of this household, including wages or Malehead 1 22/ salary, pensions, interest or Femalehead 2 dividends, and all other sources? Another adult living in the house 3 a. Under$7,000 1 26/ b. $7,000 to $9,999 2 D-14. Do you personally do most of the c. $10,000 to $14,999 3 grocery shopping for your house- d. $15,000 to $19,999 A hold, or does somebody else do most e. $20,000 to $24,999 5 of it? f. $25,000 to $29,999 6 g. $30,000 to $34,999 7 Respondent 1 23/ h. $35,000 to $39,999 8 somebodyelse 2 i. $40,000 to $49,999 9 INTERVIEWER RECORD Male ....... 1 28/ wnite 1 29/ Female 2 Black 2 Asian 3 Other 4 NAME ADDRESS APT. # CITY OR TOWN___________________________ ~I'ATE __________________________________ ZIP CODE ________________________________ (30-34) AREA CODE ___________ TELE 1 ____________________________ (35-44) M~~/DAY/YEAR ______________________________ (45-54) Davofweek: First Saturday 1 wednesday 5 55/ Sunday 2 Thursday 6 Monday 3 Friday 7 Tuesday 4 secondsaturday 8 INTERVIEWERS NAME. _________________________________________ 179-01 ~80-9~