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1 CODEBOOK A Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, 8th Edition Dataset General Social Survey, 2014 Dataset File name GSS14SSDS-A.sav Cases Sampled 1500 Variables Employed 49 Citation Smith, Tom W, Peter Marsden, Michael Hout, and Jibum Kim. General Social Surveys, [machine-readable data file] /Principal Investigator, Tom W. Smith; Co-Principal Investigator, Peter V. Marsden; Co-Principal Investigator, Michael Hout; Sponsored by National Science Foundation. NORC ed. Chicago: NORC at the University of Chiago [producer]; Storrs, CT: The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut [distributor], data file (57,061 logical records) + 1 codebook (3,567p.). (National Data Program for the Social Sciences, No. 22). TABLE OF CONTENTS Variable Position Abbreviated Page Number abany 1 ABORTION IF WOMAN WANTS FOR ANY REASON 4 abnomore 2 MARRIED WANTS NO MORE CHILDREN 5 abpoor 3 LOW INCOME CANT AFFORD MORE CHILDREN 6 absingle 4 NOT MARRIED 7 age 5 AGE OF RESPONDENT 8 (Continued) 1

2 (Continued) Variable Position Abbreviated Page Number agekdbrn 6 R S AGE WHEN 1ST CHILD BORN 9 bible 7 FEELINGS ABOUT THE BIBLE 10 childs 8 NUMBER OF CHILDREN 11 chldidel 9 IDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN 12 class 10 SUBJECTIVE CLASS IDENTIFICATION 13 degree 11 R S HIGHEST DEGREE 14 discaff 12 WHITES HURT BY AFF. ACTION 15 educ 13 HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED 16 hr 14 HOURS PER WEEK 17 goodlife 15 STANDARD OF LIVING OF R WILL IMPROVE 18 hapmar 16 HAPPINESS OF MARRIAGE 19 happy 17 GENERAL HAPPINESS 20 health 18 CONDITION OF HEALTH 21 hrs1 19 NUMBER OF HOURS WORKED LAST WEEK 22 hrsrelax 20 HOURS PER DAY R HAVE TO RELAX 23 immameco 21 IMMIGRANTS GOOD FOR AMERICA 24 IMMCULT 22 IMMIGRANTS UNDERMINE AMERICAN CULTURE 25 IMMEDUC 23 LEGAL IMMIGRANTS SHOULD HAVE SAME EDUCATION AS AMERICANS 26 immideas 24 IMMIGRANTS MAKE AMERICAN MORE OPEN 27 immjobs 25 IMMIGRANTS TAKE JOBS AWAY 28 letin1 26 NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA NOWADAYS SHOULD BE maeduc 27 HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED, MOTHER marhomo 28 HOMOSEXUALS SHOULD HAVE RIGHT TO MARRY marital 29 MARITAL STATUS 32 Nrincome06 30 Recoded Rincome06 Variable 33 paeduc 31 HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED, FATHER 34 2

3 Variable Position Abbreviated Page Number parsol 32 R s LIVING STANDARD COMPARED TO PARENTS 35 partnrs5 33 HOW MANY SEX PARTNERS R HAD IN LAST 5 YEARS 36 partyid 34 POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION 37 Polviews 35 THINK OF SELF AS LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE 38 pray 36 HOW OFTEN DOES R PRAY 39 prayer 37 BIBLE PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 40 premarsx 38 SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE 41 PRES08 39 VOTE OBAMA OR MCCAIN 42 PRES12 40 VOTE OBAMA OR ROMNEY 43 prestg10 41 R s occupational prestige score (2010) 44 racecen1 42 WHAT IS RS RACE 1ST MENTION 45 relig 43 RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE 46 sex 44 RS SEX 47 sexfreq 45 FREQUENCY OF SEX DURING LAST YEAR 48 sibs 46 NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS 49 speduc 47 HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED, SPOUSE 50 tvhours 48 HOURS PER DAY WATCHING TV 51 wwwhr 49 WWW HOURS PER WEEK 52 3

4 Abany Position 1 Should it be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion for any reason? 1 YES % 2 NO % 0 IAP % 8 DK % 9 NA % 4

5 Abnomore Position 2 Should it be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion if she is married and wants no more children? 1 YES % 2 NO % 0 IAP % 8 DK % 9 NA % 5

6 Abpoor Position 3 Should it be possible for a pregnant woman to obtain a legal abortion if the family has a very low income and cannot afford any more children? 1 YES % 2 NO % 0 IAP % 8 DK % 9 NA % 6

7 Absingle Position 4 Should it be legal for a pregnant woman to obtain an abortion if she is not married and does not want to marry the man? 1 YES % 2 NO % 0 IAP % 8 DK % 9 NA % 7

8 Age Position 5 Age of respondent? F2 Scale N 1490 Central Tendency and Dispersion Labeled 10 Mean Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile OR OLDER 9 0.6% 98 DK 0 0.0% 99 NA % 8

9 Agekdbrn Position 6 How old were you when your first child was born? F2 Scale N Central Tendency and Dispersion Mean Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile Labeled 0 IAP % 98 DK 3 0.2% 99 NA 7 0.5% 9

10 Bible Position 7 Which statement comes closest to describing your feelings about the bible? a. Bible is god s word, to be taken literally b. Bible is inspired word, not to be taken literally c. Bible is an ancient book of fables recorded by men 1 WORD OF GOD % 2 INSPIRED WORD % 3 BOOK OF FABLES % 4 OTHER % 0 IAP 0 0.0% 8 DK % 9 NA 4 0.3% 10

11 Childs Position 8 How many children have you ever had? (including from a previous marriage) % % % % % % % % 8 EIGHT OR MORE % 9 DK NA 6 0.4% 11

12 Chldidel Position 9 What do you think is the ideal number of children for a family to have? % % % % % % % 7 SEVEN % 8 AS MANY AS WANT % -1 IAP % 9 DK,NA 0 0.0% 12

13 Class Position 10 If you were asked to use one of four names for your social class, which would you say you belong in: the lower class, the working class, the middle class, or the upper class? 1 LOWER CLASS % 2 WORKING CLASS % 3 MIDDLE CLASS % 4 UPPER CLASS % 5 NO CLASS 0 0.0% 0 IAP 0 0.0% 8 DK 6 0.4% 9 NA 1 0.1% 13

14 Degree Position 11 Respondent s highest degree? 0 LT HIGH SCHOOL % 1 HIGH SCHOOL % 2 JUNIOR COLLEGE % 3 BACHELOR % 4 GRADUATE % 7 IAP 0 0.0% 8 DK 0 0.0% 9 NA 0 0.0% 14

15 Discaff Position 12 What do you think the chances are these days that a white person won t get a job or promotion while an equally or less qualified black person gets one instead? Is this very likely, somewhat likely, or not very likely to happen these days? 1 VERY LIKELY % 2 SOMEWHAT LIKELY % 3 NOT VERY LIKELY % 0 IAP % 8 DONT KNOW % 9 NA 2 0.1% 15

16 Educ Position 13 Respondent s highest year of school completed? F % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % 97 IAP 0 0.0% 98 DK 0 0.0% 99 NA 0 0.0% 16

17 hr Position 14 N 568 Central Tendency and Dispersion Labeled About how many hours per week do you spend sending and receiving electronic mail or ? 932 F3 Scale Mean 6.43 Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile IAP % 998 DK 2 0.1% 999 NA 1 0.1% 17

18 Goodlife Position 15 The way things are in America, people like me and my family have a good chance of improving our standard of living do you agree or disagree? 1 STRONGLY AGREE % 2 AGREE % 3 NEITHER % 4 DISAGREE % 5 STRONGLY DISAGREE % 0 IAP % 8 CANT CHOOSE 3 0.2% 9 NA 0 0.0% 18

19 Hapmar Position 16 Taking things all together, how would you describe your marriage? Would you say that your marriage is very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy? 1 VERY HAPPY % 2 PRETTY HAPPY % 3 NOT TOO HAPPY % 0 IAP % 8 DK 1 0.1% 9 NA 2 0.1% 19

20 Happy Position 17 Taking things all together, how would you say things are these days would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy? 1 VERY HAPPY % 2 PRETTY HAPPY % 3 NOT TOO HAPPY % 0 IAP 0 0.0% 8 DK 2 0.1% 9 NA 1 0.1% 20

21 Health Position 18 Would you say your own health, in general, is excellent, good, fair, or poor? 1 EXCELLENT % 2 GOOD % 3 FAIR % 4 POOR % 0 IAP % 8 DK 1 0.1% 9 NA 0 0.0% 21

22 hrs1 Position 19 If working full or part time, how many hours did you work last week, at all jobs? F2 Scale N Central Tendency and Dispersion Mean Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile Labeled -1 IAP % 98 DK 0 0.0% 99 NA % 22

23 Hrsrelax Position 20 N 500 Central Tendency and Dispersion Labeled After an average work day, about how many hours do you have to relax or pursue activities that you enjoy? 1000 F2 Scale Mean 3.43 Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile IAP % 98 DONT KNOW 4 0.3% 99 NO ANSWER 3 0.2% 23

24 Immameco Position 21 How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? a. Immigrants are generally good for America s economy. 1 AGREE STRONGLY % 2 AGREE % 3 NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE % 4 DISAGREE % 5 DISAGREE STRONGLY % 0 IAP % 8 CANT CHOOSE % 9 NA 2 0.1% 24

25 IMMCULT Position 22 How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? a. American culture is generally undermined by immigrants. F8 1 AGREE STRONGLY % 2 AGREE % 3 NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE % 4 DISAGREE % 5 DISAGREE STRONGLY % 0 IAP % 8 DON T KNOW % 9 NO ANSWER 2 0.1% 25

26 IMMEDUC Position 23 How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? a. Legal immigrants should have equal access to public education as American citizens. F8 1 AGREE STRONGLY % 2 AGREE % 3 NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE % 4 DISAGREE % 5 DISAGREE STRONGLY 8 0.5% 0 IAP % 8 DON T KNOW 6 0.4% 9 NO ANSWER 2 0.1% 26

27 Immideas Position 24 How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? a. Immigrants make America more op en to new ideas and cultures. 1 AGREE STRONGLY % 2 AGREE % 3 NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE % 4 DISAGREE % 5 DISAGREE STRONGLY % 0 IAP % 8 CANT CHOOSE % 9 NA 2 0.1% 27

28 Immjobs Position 25 How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? a. Immigrants take jobs away from people who were born in America. 1 AGREE STRONGLY % 2 AGREE % 3 NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE % 4 DISAGREE % 5 DISAGREE STRONGLY % 0 IAP % 8 CANT CHOOSE % 9 NA 3 0.2% 28

29 letin1 Position 26 Do you think the number of immigrants to America nowadays should be... 1 INCREASED A LOT % 2 INCREASED A LITTLE % 3 REMAIN THE SAME AS IT IS % 4 REDUCED A LITTLE % 5 REDUCED A LOT % 0 IAP % 8 CANT CHOOSE % 9 NA 2 0.1% 29

30 Maeduc Position 27 Highest year of school completed, mother F2 Scale N 1363 Central Tendency and Dispersion Labeled 137 Mean Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile IAP % 98 DK % 99 NA 0 0.0% 30

31 Marhomo Position 28 How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? a. Homosexual couples should have the right to marry one another? 1 STRONGLY AGREE % 2 AGREE % 3 NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE % 4 DISAGREE % 5 STRONGLY DISAGREE % 0 IAP % 8 CANT CHOOSE 9 0.6% 9 NA 6 0.4% 31

32 Marital Position 29 Are you currently married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married? 1 MARRIED % 2 WIDOWED % 3 DIVORCED % 4 SEPARATED % 5 NEVER MARRIED % 9 NA 1 0.1% 32

33 Nrincome06 Position 30 Value Recoded Nrincome06 Interval F8.2 Scale N Central Tendency and Dispersion Mean Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile

34 Paeduc Position 31 Highest year school completed, father F2 Scale N Central Tendency and Dispersion Mean Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile Labeled 97 IAP % 98 DK % 99 NA 2 0.1% 34

35 Parsol Position 32 Compared to your parents when they were the age you are now, do you think your own standard of living now is much better, somewhat better, about the same, somewhat worse, or much worse than theirs was? 1 MUCH BETTER % 2 SOMEWHAT BETTER % 3 ABOUT THE SAME % 4 SOMEWHAT WORSE % 5 MUCH WORSE % 0 IAP % 8 DK 8 0.5% 9 NA 1 0.1% 35

36 partnrs5 Position 33 Now think about the past five years (including the last 12 months). How many sex partners have you had in that five year period? F2 0 NO PARTNERS % 1 1 PARTNER % 2 2 PARTNERS % 3 3 PARTNERS % 4 4 PARTNERS % PARTNERS % PARTNERS % PARTNERS 9 0.6% 8 MORE THAN 100 PARTNERS 0 0.0% 9 1 OR MORE, # unknown % 95 SEVERAL 0 0.0% -1 IAP % 98 DK 1 0.1% 99 NA % 36

37 Partyid Position 34 Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or what? 0 STRONG DEMOCRAT % 1 NOT STR DEMOCRAT % 2 IND,NEAR DEM % 3 INDEPENDENT % 4 IND,NEAR REP % 5 NOT STR REPUBLICAN % 6 STRONG REPUBLICAN % 7 OTHER PARTY % 8 DK 0 0.0% 9 NA % 37

38 Polviews Position 35 We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives. I m going to show you a seven-point scale on which the political views that people might hold are arranged from extremely liberal point 1 to extremely conservative point 7. Where would you place yourself on this scale? 1 EXTREMELY LIBERAL % 2 LIBERAL % 3 SLIGHTLY LIBERAL % 4 MODERATE % 5 SLGHTLY CONSERVATIVE % 6 CONSERVATIVE % 7 EXTRMLY CONSERVATIVE % 0 IAP 0 0.0% 8 DK % 9 NA % 38

39 Pray Position 36 About how often do you pray? 1 SEVERAL TIMES A DAY % 2 ONCE A DAY % 3 SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK % 4 ONCE A WEEK % 5 LT ONCE A WEEK % 6 NEVER % 0 IAP 0 0.0% 8 DK 2 0.1% 9 NA 4 0.3% 39

40 Prayer Position 37 The United States Supreme Court has ruled that no state or local government may require the reading of the Lord s Prayer or Bible Verses in public schools. What are you views on this do you approve or disapprove of the court ruling? 1 APPROVE % 2 DISAPPROVE % 0 IAP % 8 DK % 9 NA 0 0.0% 40

41 Premarsx Position 38 There s been a lot of discussion about the ways morals and attitudes are changing in this country. If a man and a woman have sex relations before marriage, do you think it s always wrong, almost always wrong, wrong only sometimes, or not wrong at all? 1 ALWAYS WRONG % 2 ALMST ALWAYS WRG % 3 SOMETIMES WRONG % 4 NOT WRONG AT ALL % 5 OTHER 0 0.0% 0 IAP % 8 DK % 9 NA 4 0.3% 41

42 PRES08 Position 39 If you voted in 2008, did you vote for Obama or McCain? 1 Obama % 2 McCain % 3 OTHER CANDIDATE (SPECIFY) % 4 DIDN T VOTE 5 0.3% 0 IAP % 8 DK % 9 NA % 42

43 PRES12 Position 40 If you voted in 2012, did you vote for Obama or Romney? F8 1 Obama % 2 Romney % 3 Other candidate (SPECIFY) % 4 Didn t vote for president 4 0.3% 0 IAP % 8 Don t know 3 0.2% 9 No answer % 43

44 prestg10 Position 41 Rs occupational prestige score (subjective) (2010) F8 Scale N Central Tendency and Dispersion Mean Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile Labeled 0 IAP,DK,NA % 44

45 racecen1 Position 42 What is your race? Indicate one or more races that you consider yourself to be. F2 1 WHITE % 2 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN % 3 AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE % 4 ASIAN INDIAN 9 0.6% 5 CHINESE % 6 FILIPINO 8 0.5% 7 JAPANESE 3 0.2% 8 KOREAN 5 0.3% 9 VIETNAMESE 1 0.1% 10 OTHER ASIAN 3 0.2% 11 NATIVE HAWAIIAN 1 0.1% 12 GUAMANIAN OR CHAMORRO 1 0.1% 13 SAMOAN 1 0.1% 14 OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0 0.0% 15 SOME OTHER RACE 4 0.3% 16 HISPANIC % 0 IAP 0 0.0% 98 DK 4 0.3% 99 NA 9 0.6% 45

46 Relig Position 43 What is your religious preference? Is it Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, some other religion, or no religion? F2 1 PROTESTANT % 2 CATHOLIC % 3 JEWISH % 4 NONE % 5 OTHER % 6 BUDDHISM 9 0.6% 7 HINDUISM 2 0.1% 8 OTHER EASTERN 1 0.1% 9 MOSLEM/ISLAM 3 0.2% 10 ORTHODOX-CHRISTIAN 6 0.4% 11 CHRISTIAN % 12 NATIVE AMERICAN 0 0.0% 13 INTER-NONDENOMINATIONAL 0 0.0% 0 IAP 0 0.0% 98 DK 2 0.1% 99 NA 7 0.5% 46

47 Sex Position 44 RESPONDENTS SEX 1 MALE % 2 FEMALE % 47

48 Sexfreq Position 45 About how often did you have sex during the last 12 months? 0 NOT AT ALL % 1 ONCE OR TWICE % 2 ONCE A MONTH % TIMES A MONTH % 4 WEEKLY % PER WEEK % 6 4+ PER WEEK % -1 IAP % 8 DK 8 0.5% 9 NA % 48

49 Sibs Position 46 N 1496 How many brothers and sisters did you have? Please count those born alive, but no longer living, as well as those alive now. Also include stepbrothers and stepsisters, and children adopted by your parents. 4 F2 Scale Central Tendency and Dispersion Mean 3.60 Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile Labeled -1 IAP 0 0.0% 98 DK 1 0.1% 99 NA 3 0.2% 49

50 Speduc Position 47 HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED, SPOUSE F2 Scale N Central Tendency and Dispersion Mean Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile Labeled 97 IAP % 98 DK 5 0.3% 99 NA 3 0.2% 50

51 Tvhours Position 48 On the average day, about how many hours do you personally watch television? F2 Scale N Central Tendency and Dispersion Mean 2.94 Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile Labeled -1 IAP % 98 DK 4 0.3% 99 NA 0 0.0% 51

52 Wwwhr Position 49 Not counting , about how many hours per week do you use the web? Include time you spend using regular websites, and time you spend using interactive services like chat rooms, Usenet groups, discussion forums, bulletin boards, and the like. F3 Scale N Central Tendency and Dispersion Mean Deviation Percentile Percentile Percentile Labeled -1 IAP % 998 DK 6 0.4% 999 NA 1 0.1% 52

THE AP-GfK POLL August, 2012

THE AP-GfK POLL August, 2012 Conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications A telephone survey of the American general population (ages 18+) Interview dates: August 16 20, 2012 Number