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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 waitg 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 direction 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 most Federal Government departments and agencies? There may be exceptions, of course, but
would you say your opinion of most Federal Departments and agencies is highly favorable, or moderately favorable, or not
too favorable, or rather 3~favorable?
Highly favorable 1 24/
Moderately favorable .2
Not too favorable 3
Rather ~~favorable 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?
ABOUT
~RE LSS THESAM~ ~
a. Violent crime 1 2 3 Y 33/
b. Pollution 1 2 3 Y 34/
c. Economic hardship 1 2 3 Y 35/
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
ethnic ininori ties than they have on other people. (USING SAME CARD) For each one, please tell me if you think it
affects racial and ethnic minorities more, less, or about the same as other people?
ABOUT
L~S THE SAME ~
a. Violent crime 1 2 3 Y 39/
b. Pollution 1 2 3 Y 40/
c. Economic hardship 1 2 3 Y 41/
1 V 42/
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 ifour 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 XQIL think are the DRUNK
major causes of each problem. DRIVING
First, violent crime. (HAND RESPON
DENT CARD) Using this card, which a. Living inpoverty 1
49/
three or ifour things do you think b. Parents not ~eaching
are the main causes of people com
mitting violent crimes? right from wrong
2
VIOLENT C. Being abused as a child
3
CRIME d. Drug abuse 4
a. Living in poverty 1 47/ e. What people see in TV programs S
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. Drug abuse 4 i. Apersonbeing irresponsible 9
e. What people see in TV programs S
f. A lack of morals 6 j. Influence of friends 0
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. Influenceof friends 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. Lowchanceof beingpunished 3
of toy guns, etc 1 48/
n. Guns being too easy to get 2 p. Friends and family not looking
0. Lowchanceofbeingpunished 3 out foreach other 4
p. seeingpornography 4 None of these S
Noneofthese 5 4' Don~tknow Y
~T REAL DIS- L
~ SATIS- ~ SATIS- L BOIL~ ~'T LI~7~~ PLASED FlED ~
FIED A~Y 1'4'7' ~w
a. The way things are going
for you personally these
days 1 2 3 4 S 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
econ~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 53/
d. How Congress is dealing
withtheeconon~~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 54/
e. How your state government is dealing with the
state's econo~~~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 55/
f. Howsecureyour~obis ....l 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 56/
g. yourhealthcarecosts ....1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 57/
h. Theamountofyour
household income 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 58/
i. Therateofinflation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 59/
j. The amount of taxes
youpay 1 2 3 4 S 6 7 Y 60
k. The level of interest
ra~es 1 2 3 4 S 6 7 Y 61
1. The cost and value of
yourhousing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 62/
m. Thelevelofyour
personal debts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Y 63/
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as well as its own employees. ~one oniy ~y 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 employee1
or wouldn't it make a difference
Done only by IRS which one called?
employees 2
Would bother me more
Doesn't matter (vol.) . .3 900~ type telephone numbers (recordings of music
andmoviestars, ~riviagames, sportsupda~es) 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.
USED IN
6 MONTHS USEFUL
a.Pamphletspublishedbyagovernmentagency 1 39/ I 1 40/
b.Pamphlets prepared by food companies 2 I 2
c.whatotherpeoplehavetoldyouaboutnutritioninfood ....3 I ~
d.Labels on food packages 4 I 4
Courses you took in school 5 I s
.'Advertisementsforfoodproducts 6 I 6
g.Newspaperarticles 7 I ~
h.Magazinearticles 8 I 8
1.Televisionprograms 9 I 9
iKCookbooks 0 0
None .....X1(SKIP x
Don~tknow ....yjTO62) Y
61. Of those you have used, which one or two of those sources have you found as
a. Food manufacturers 1 2 3 4 Y 41/
b. supermarkets 1 2 3 4 Y 42/
c. Fastfoodrestaurants 1 2 3 4 Y 43/
d. Restaurantswithtableservice 1 2 3 4 Y 44/
e. Governinentagencies 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
church groups, charitable organizations, etc 1 2 Y 501
b.Playedanystate-runlotterygames 1 2 Y 51/
c.Betonahorserace 1 2 Y 52/
d. Betonadograce 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-legalizednubbersgames 1 Y 57/
1.Placed sports bets, such as at your place of work,
in a betting parlor. or through a bookie 1 2 Y 58/
IT~~vTww;~~ TF~ A~TY I'PEMS CIR~LED IN BOX. ASK 0.66. I 17q-nI7q-nI
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. Gone shopping for food 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. Goneintoabank (businessorpersonal) 6
g. Donebankingbymail (business orpersonal) 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. Drank beer 2
n. Drankwine 3
0. Drank a wine cooler 4
p. Drankliquor S
q. smokedcigarettes (l/2packormore) 6
r. Made a long distance phone call (more ~han 100 miles) at home or
at work 7
5. Madeacollectphonecall 8
t. Tookbottles/canstorecyclingcenter 9
u. Returnedbottles/canstostore 0
V. Put out bottles/cans, etc., forcurbside recycling x
w. Gonetochurchorreligiousservice 1 30/
None 2
Don't know Y
$ LIL]LIL]L].00
42/ 431 44/ 45/ 46/
Refused X
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Don't know Y
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 ... s['[2L]L].00 X Y 6/7/8/9
b. Clothing for children . $ L]LIZ]LZ.00 X Y 10/11/12/13
c. Movies, concerts,
sports events $ ~ .00 X Y 14/15/16
d. Dining out $ L]['L].00 X Y 17/18/19
e. Travel, weekend
getaways ~ ~ u 0 x Y 20/21/22/23
f. Tapes5 records, CDs,
videos, etc $ m\~Iffl. 00 X Y 24/25/26
g. Things for the home ... $ L]ZJLzL].00 X Y 27/28/29/30
h. Reading materials
(books, magazines and i-lFm~ 00
newspapers) $ Lififfliffije X Y 3~30
I'm going to read a list of some characteristics people might have. For each one,
would you tell ~rne which you think is ~ 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- (STATE
ME~JT EQ(~~Y ~
A) B) ~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 becomes a great
artist or musician 1 2 3 Y 46/
Very conservative 1 6/
Moderately conservative .... 2 D-S. Are you (CALL OFF APPROPRIATE
Middle-of-the-road 3 CATEGORIES):
Moderatelyliberal 4 Ahomemaker 1 11/
Very liberal S Unemployed 2
Don't know Y Astudent 3 (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
Other specific party 3 Owner--small retail store/business 3
Independent (Vol.) 4 Farmers (owners andmanagers) 4
No particular party (Vol.) S Technicians, minoradministrative S
Refused 6 White collar, clerical (non-supervisory) .6
Don'tknow Y Salesmen 7
D-3. Now here is a list of things some Skilled and semi-skilled labor 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 eYES") 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. Attended a public meeting on Respondent belongs to union 1
town or school affairs 3 Other family member only belongs to
union .2
d. Heldorrunforpoliticaloffice 4 Noonebelongstounion 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 8
married?
i Worked forapolitical party 9 Married 1 (ASK 14/
j. Madeaspeech 0 D-9)
k. Writtenanarticlefora Widowed .
magazine or newspaper X .. I (SKIP
1. Been a member of some group Separated or
divorce 23
like the League of Women d
Voters, or some other group Never been married .. j D-10)
interestedinbetterQovernment . 1 9/ . 4
(ASK EVERYONE) Highschool graduate (12) 4
D-10. Are you a parent or not? Some college (13-15) 5
college graduate (16) . ..
6
Yes 1 16/ Post graduate (17+) 7
No 2
D-16. Here is a list of age groups.
D-1l. 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
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
f. 40 - 44 6
D-12. Do you own your own home, rent it,
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. 70orolder Y
Live in home of parents .. 3
Liveinhomeofchildren . 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 malel letter of the category that best
female head of this household or
describes the coznbined 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
thehouse 3 a. Under$7,000 1
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 4
hold, or does somebody else do most e. $20,000 to $24,999 S
of it? f. $25,000 to $29,999 6
g. S30,000 to $34,999 7
Respondent 1 23/ h. $35,000 to $39,999 8
Somebodyelse 2 i. $40,000 to $49,999 9
Sharedecually (vol.) .... 3 1. S50,000 to $74,999 0
