Sample type
1 = Landline
2 = Cell Phone

Wave variable
1 = Wave 1
2 = Wave 2

Language interview conducted in.
1 = English
2 = Spanish

Census region
1 = Northeast
2 = Midwest
3 = South
4 = West

Recoded Population Density
1 = Lowest
5 = Highest

Community type - alpha
R = Rural
S = Suburban
U = Urban

Time zone
C = Central
E = Eastern
M = Mountain
P = Pacific
Z = Arizona - some areas don't observe daylight savings

Form split
1 = Form A
2 = Form B

Introduction rotation for landline sample
1 = Asked for Youngest Male first
2 = Asked for Youngest Female first

S1. Are you under 18 years old, OR are you 18 or older?
1 = Under 18
2 = 18 or older
9 = Don’t know/Refused

SEX. RESPONDENT’S SEX
1 = Male
2 = Female

Q1 All in all, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in this country today?
1 = Satisfied
2 = Dissatisfied
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don't know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q2 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?
1 = Approve
2 = Disapprove
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don't know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q3a In general, how much confidence do you have in-- The Federal government? A lot of confidence, some, not too much, or no confidence at all?
1 = A lot of confidence
2 = Some confidence
3 = Not too much confidence
4 = No confidence at all
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don't know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q4 Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people?
1 = Most people can be trusted
2 = You can’t be too careful
3 = (VOL.) It depends
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don't know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q5 Overall, how would you rate the quality of life for you and your family today? Would you say it is…(READ)
1 = Excellent
2 = Very good
3 = Good
4 = Fair, OR
5 = Poor?
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don't know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q6 Overall, how would you rate the quality of HEALTH CARE you and your family receive? Would you say it is excellent, very good, good, fair or poor?
1 = Excellent
2 = Very good
3 = Good
4 = Fair
5 = Poor
6 = (VOL.) Depends on type of care
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don't know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q7 About how long have you lived in the neighborhood where you live now? Have you lived there…(READ 1-5)?
1 = Less than one year
2 = One to five years
3 = Six to 10 years
4 = 11 to 20 years, OR
5 = More than 20 years?
8 = Don’t know (DO NOT READ)
9 = Refused (DO NOT READ)

Q8 Do you happen to know the names of your neighbors who live close to you, or not? IF YES, PROBE: All of them or only some of them?
1 = Yes, know them all
2 = Yes, only some
3 = No, do not know any
4 = (VOL.) Don’t have neighbors close by
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q9 As far as you know, are the people in your neighborhood all the same race as you…are most the same race as you…is there a mixture of racial groups…or are most people in your neighborhood of a different race from you?
1 = All the same race
2 = Most the same race
3 = Mixture of racial groups
4 = Most a different race/Predominantly another race
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q10 Considering what you get back in services from the local government, overall, do you think the local taxes you pay are too high, too low, or about right?
1 = Too high
2 = Too low
3 = About right
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

EMP Are you now employed full-time, part-time, retired, or are you not employed for pay?
1 = Employed full-time
2 = Employed part-time
3 = Retired
4 = Not employed for pay
5 = Disabled (VOL)
6 = Student (VOL)
7 = Other (VOL)
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q11 On most workdays, do you commute to work by car, by bus, or by train such as a subway or commuter rail?
1 = Commute to work by car
2 = Commute to work by bus
3 = Commute to work by train such as subway or commuter rail
4 = Some other way (VOL./DO NOT READ)
5 = Work at home (VOL./DO NOT READ)
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q12 On average, about how long does it take for you to get from home to work, door to door?
1 = Less than 15 minutes
2 = 16 to 30 minutes
3 = 31 to 45 minutes
4 = 46 minutes up to 1 hour
5 = More than 1 hour but less than 1½ hours
6 = 1½ hours or more but less than 2 hours
7 = Approximately 2 hours
8 = More than 2 hours
98 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
99 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q13 Do you happen to have a cell phone, Blackberry, iPhone or other device that is also a cell phone?
1 = Yes
2 = No
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

MARITAL Are you currently married, living with a partner, divorced, separated, widowed, or have you never been married?
1 = Married
2 = Living with a partner
3 = Divorced
4 = Separated
5 = Widowed
6 = Never been married
9 = Don't know/Refused (DO NOT READ)

Q14a Please tell me how safe you think you and your family are from crime -- At home at night? Are you very safe, somewhat safe, not too safe or not at all safe (from crime at this location)?
1 = Very safe
2 = Somewhat safe
3 = Not too safe
4 = Not at all safe
5 = Does not apply (DO NOT READ/VOL.)
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

HISP Are you, yourself, of Hispanic or Latino origin or descent, such as Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or some other Spanish background?
1 = Yes
2 = No
8 = Don’t know
9 = Refused

RACE What is your race? Are you white, black, Asian, or some other race? IF R SAYS HISPANIC OR LATINO, PROBE: Do you consider yourself a WHITE (Hispanic/Latino) or a BLACK (Hispanic/Latino)?
1 = White
2 = Black or African-American
3 = Asian or Pacific Islander
4 = Mixed race
5 = Native American/American Indian
6 = Other (SPECIFY)
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q15 How would you rate your own personal financial situation? Would you say you are in excellent shape, good shape, only fair shape or poor shape financially?
1 = Excellent shape
2 = Good shape
3 = Only fair shape
4 = Poor shape
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q16 Over the course of the next year, do you think your financial situation will improve a lot, improve some, get a little worse or get a lot worse?
1 = Improve a lot
2 = Improve some
3 = Get a little worse
4 = Get a lot worse
5 = Stay the same (VOL.)
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q17. How confident are you that you will retire with enough income and assets to last for the rest of your life? Would you say you are...?
1 = Very confident
2 = Somewhat confident
3 = Not too confident
4 = Not at all confident
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q18 Regardless of what you think of the Federal Government’s actions in response to the nation’s economic crisis, do you think the Federal Government’s actions will...?
1 = Improve family finances
2 = Hurt family finances
3 = Make no difference
4 = Both/Neither (VOL.)
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q19a In the past TWO years, have you or someone you know-- Lost a job?
1 = Yes, has happened to me or someone I know
2 = No, has not happened
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q22a Please tell me if -- Crime, drugs and violence -- is a big problem, a small problem, or not a problem in your community.
1 = Big problem
2 = Small problem
3 = Not a problem
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q23a ...Do you think -- The federal government -- treat undocumented immigrants too harshly, too leniently or about right?
1 = Too harshly
2 = Too leniently
3 = About right
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q24a Which do you think is the worst tax, that is, the least fair: federal income tax, federal Social Security tax, state income tax, state sales tax or local property tax?
1 = Federal income tax
2 = Federal Social Security tax
3 = State income tax
4 = State sales tax
5 = Local property tax
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q24b Which do you think is the worst tax, that is, the least fair: local property tax, state sales tax, state income tax, federal Social Security tax or federal income tax?
1 = Local property tax
2 = State sales tax
3 = State income tax
4 = Federal Social Security tax
5 = Federal income tax
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q25 Do you support full marriage rights for same-sex couples, support civil unions or partnerships for same-sex couples but not full marriage rights, or do you oppose any legal recognition for same-sex couples?
1 = Marriage rights
2 = Civil unions
3 = No legal recognition
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q26a Would you say there is a great deal of discrimination, some discrimination, only a little discrimination, or none at all against -- Blacks?
1 = A great deal
2 = Some
3 = Only a little
4 = None at all
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q27a Do you think whites generally get along or generally do NOT get along with -- Blacks?
1 = Generally get along
2 = Don’t generally get along
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q31a In the past TWO YEARS, were you personally treated unfairly -- Applying for a job -- because you are White?
1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = (VOL.) Haven’t done this in past 2 years
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

Q35 How often, if ever, do you and your family live from paycheck to paycheck...(READ 1-5)?
1 = Always
2 = Most of the time
3 = Sometimes
4 = Hardly ever, OR
5 = Never?
6 = No job/Not currently employed/No regular income (VOL.)
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

AGE. What is your age?
97 = 97 or older
98 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
99 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

EDUC. What is the last grade or class that you completed in school?
1 = None, or grades 1-8
2 = High school incomplete (grades 9-11)
3 = High school graduate (grade 12 or GED certificate)
4 = Technical, trade or vocational school AFTER high school
5 = Some college, no four-year degree (includes associates degree)
6 = College graduate (B.S., B.A. or other four-year degree)
7 = Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college (e.g., toward a Master's degree or Ph.D., law or medical
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

ADULTS. Including yourself, how many adults 18 years of age or older live in your household?
12 = 12 or more
98 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
99 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

CHILDa Do you have any children… Under age five?
1 = Yes
2 = No
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don't know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

ATTEND. Aside from weddings and funerals, how often do you attend religious services... more than once a week, once a week, once or twice a month, a few times a year, seldom, or never?
1 = More than once a week
2 = Once a week
3 = Once or twice a month
4 = A few times a year
5 = Seldom
6 = Never
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

PARTY. In politics TODAY, do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or Independent?
1 = Republican
2 = Democrat
3 = Independent
4 = No preference (VOL.)
5 = Other party (VOL.)
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

PARTYLN. As of today, do you lean more to the Republican Party or more to the Democratic Party?
1 = Republican
2 = Democrat
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

IDEO. In general, would you describe your political views as...?
1 = Very conservative
2 = Conservative
3 = Moderate
4 = Liberal
5 = Very liberal
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

OWNRENT. Do you own your home, rent your home, or do you have some other type of arrangement?
1 = Own
2 = Rent
3 = Other arrangement
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

HOUSE What best describes where you live – in a detached single-family house, a townhouse or semi-detached house, an apartment, condominium or co-op, or something else?
1 = A detached single-family house
2 = A townhouse or semi-detached house [includes townhouses and duplexes]
3 = An apartment, condominium or co-op
4 = Something else
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

INCOME Last year, that is in 2008, what was your TOTAL family income from all sources, BEFORE taxes.
1 = Less than $10,000
2 = $10,000 to under $20,000
3 = $20,000 to under $30,000
4 = $30,000 to under $40,000
5 = $40,000 to under $50,000
6 = $50,000 to under $75,000
7 = $75,000 to under $100,000
8 = $100,000 to under $150,000
9 = $150,000 or more
98 = Don’t know
99 = Refused

IMM1. Where were you born – in the United States, or in another country?
1 = In the U.S. (including Puerto Rico or other U.S. territory)
2 = In another country
8 = Don’t know
9 = Refused

IMM2 Were either of your parents born in another country, or were they both born in the United States?
1 = One parent or both parents born in another country
2 = Both parents born in the United States
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

L2. Now thinking about your telephone use... Of all the telephone calls that you receive, do you get [READ AND ROTATE]?
1 = All or almost all calls on a cell phone
2 = Some on a cell phone and some on a regular home phone
3 = All or almost all calls on a regular home phone
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

C1. Now thinking about your telephone use... Is there at least one telephone INSIDE your home that is currently working and is not a cell phone?
1 = Yes, home telephone
2 = No home telephone
8 = (DO NOT READ) Don’t know
9 = (DO NOT READ) Refused

CALL01. Researchers may want to talk to people who participated in our survey to talk further about some of the issues we have discussed. Would you be willing to talk with a researcher at a later date?
1 = Yes
2 = No
9 = Refused

CALL02. To help them select people to call back, we will provide a researcher with information about you and your opinions. So that a researcher can reach you more easily, may I have your first name?
1 = Gave name
2 = Did not provide name, but agreed to be recontacted
9 = Refused to be recontacted at this point

ZIPCODE. What is your zip code?
99998 = Don't know
99999 = Refused

2nd Type based on SSI USR
1 = Majority Rural
10 = Majority Suburban
100 = Majority Urban
111 = All

Lang County Typology
1 = Core
2 = Inner suburbs
3 = Mature suburbs
4 = Emerging suburbs
5 = Exurbs

Recoded age
1 = 18-24
2 = 25-34
3 = 35-44
4 = 45-54
5 = 55-64
6 = 65+
9 = DK/Ref

Recoded education
1 = LT HS
2 = HS grad
3 = Some coll
4 = Coll+
9 = DK/Ref

Race/Ethnicity
1 = White~Hisp
2 = AA~Hisp
3 = Hisp
4 = Other~Hisp
9 = DK/Ref

Person-level phoneuse
1 = LLO
2 = Dual from LL
3 = Dual from cell
4 = CPO

SuburbOrNot. Two-way urbanity - Based on zipcode-matched USR
1 = Suburbs
2 = Not suburbs

WhiteMinor. White/Minority variable - Based on RACETHN
1 = White
2 = Non-white
9 = Undesignated

RaceByUSR. Race/Ethnicity by USR
1 = Suburban White
2 = Suburban A-A
3 = Suburban Hispanic
4 = Suburban, other or unspecified race/ethnicity
5 = Non-suburban White
6 = Non-suburban A-A
7 = Non-suburban Hispanic
8 = Non-suburban, other or unspecified race/ethnicity

GenAge. Generational age breaks
1 = Gen Y (18-32)
2 = Gen X (33-44)
3 = Baby Boomers (45-63)
4 = Matures (64-72)
5 = After work (73+)
8 = Don't know
9 = Refused

INCOME50. Income break at $50,000
1 = Less than $50K
2 = $50K and up
9 = Don't know/Not specified

INCOME75. Income break at $75,000
1 = Less than $75K
2 = $75K and up
9 = Don't know/Not specified

INCOME3075. Income variable collapsed
1 = Less than $30K
2 = $30K - LT $50K
3 = $50K - LT $75K
4 = $75K and up
9 = Don't know/Not specified

RECQ15. Recoded Personal Financial Status - Based on Q15
1 = Positive
2 = Negative
9 = Don’t know/Refused