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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 cast 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 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 ~Qfl 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 noc too
favorable. or rather LLflfavorable?
Highly favorable 1 24/
Moderately favorable .2
Not too favorable 3
Rather LLflfavorable 4
Don't know Y
a. F.T.C. (Federal Trade Commission) 1 2 3 4 Y 2b~
b. F.B.I. (Federal Bureau of investigation) .1 2 3 4 Y 26/
C. o.S.H.A. (occupational safety and Health
Administration) 2 3 4 Y 27/
a. 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) .2 2 3 4 Y 32/
5. Here is a list of some social problems. (RAND RESPONDENT CARD) For each one, please tell me if you think it
affects jjo more, less, or the same as the average person in this country?
ABOUT'
LEqs THSAME
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 n,inorities~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. l~ss. or about the same as other people?
ABOUT'
'OP' L~S THESAMS
a. Violent crime 1 2 3 y 39!
b. Pollution 1 2 3 y 40/
c. Economic hardship 1 2 3 y 41/
d. Police brutalitv 1 2 3 y 42/
. AssauiL .0
g. Racketeering, extortion 7'
h. Drugs.~ a
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 man causes of people
society and for each one I want you becoming drunk drivers?
to tell me what xz' think are the DRUNK
major causes of each problem. DRrVXNG
First, violent crime. (HAND RESPON
DENT CARD) Using this card, which a. Livinginpoverty 1
49/
three or four things do you think b. Parents not teaching
are the main causes of people com
mitting violent crimes? right fromwrong 2
vrcLeNr a. Being abused as a child 3
CRIMS a. Drugabuse 4
a. Living in poverty 1 47/ e. what people see in TV programs S
b. Parents not teaching f. A lack of morals 6
right from wrong 2 g. Alack 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. Apersonbeingirresponsible 9
e. what people see in TV programs S
j. Influenceoffriends 0
f. A lack of morals S
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
1 Influenceottriends 0 1. whatpeopleseeinmovies Y
k. Alcoholabuse x ~ whatpeopleseeinadvertising 1 501
1. what people see in movies Y ~ Bartenders not being responsible....2
m. The advertising and marketing
0. Lowchanceofbeingpunished 3
of toy guns, etc 1 42/
n. Guns being too easy to get 2 p. Friends and family not looking
0. Lowchance of being punished 3 out for each other 4
p. Seeing pornography 4 None of these S
None of these S 4' Don'tknow V
as well as its own employees. L,t,LLu ulily ajy lflb
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 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 G-ratedmovies 1 2 Y 31/
g. PG-13 rated movies 1 2 y 32/
h. Sneakersandshoes 1 2 Y 33/
i. Cereal 1 2 V 34/
3. Can&r; 1 2 Y 35/
k. Public service announcements about the
dangersofdrugs. smokinganddrinking 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. sportsupdates) 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)
useorn j 'nsr
6MonrHS USEFVL
a. Pamphletspublishedbyagovernmentagency 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 ~
coursesyoutookinschool S I s
f. Advertisements for foodproducts 6 I 6
g. Newspaperarticles 7 I 7
h Magazinearticles 8 8
1. Televisionprograms 9 I 9
nKCoos~ooks 0 0
None .....x1(SKIP I ~
Don't know ....yjTOE2)
61. of those you have used which one or two of those sources have you found rnos
a. Food manufacturers 1 2 3 4 Y 41/
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. Govermantagencies 1 2 3 4 Y 45/
f. Publicschools 1 2 3 4 y 46/
g. The media 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 vepi.
YES
a. Played games of
chance like Bingo sponsored by
churchgroups. charitaMeorganizations, etc 1 2 Y 50/
b. Played any State-run
lottery games 1 2 Y 51/
c. Betonahorserace .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
formoney. such as poker or black
jack. at a place other than a casino 1 2 Y 56/
h. Played non-legalized
numbers games 1 2 57/
i. Placed sports bets.
such as at your place of work,
in a betting parlor. or through a bookie 1 2 Y 58/
I INTERVIEWER: IF Ally ITEMS CIRCLED IN BOX, ASK Q.66. rwqwi9-0
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. nought take-out food to eat at home 2
c. nought a (special) foodproduct because of its nutritional content 3
d. Boughibottledwater 4
e. Used a credit card S
f. Gone into abank (business orpersonal) 6
g. Donebankingbymail (businessorpersonal) 7
h. Done banking by phone B
i. Usedanautornatictellermachine 9
j. Used an ATM card to pay for a purchase 0
k. Drankdecaffeinatedcoffee x
1. Drankdecaffeinatedtea 1 29/
rn. Drankbeer 2
n. Drankwine 3
0. Drank a wine cooler 4
p. Drank liquor S
q. smokedeigarettes (l/2packormore) S
r. ~ade a long distance phone call (more than 100 miles) at home or
at work 7
5. Madeacollectphonecall 8
t. Tookbottles/canstorecyclingcenter 9
U. Returnedbottles/cans to store a
V. Put out bottles/cans. etc.. forcurbside recycling x
w. Gonetochurchorreligiousservice 1 30~
None 2
Don~t know y
$ L]L]L]L]L].00
42/ 43/ 44/ 45/ 46/
Refused . x
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90106
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)
ncN'r
AMoWfl' NONE 'WOW
a. Clothing for adults ... sL]L}[11Ifl.oo x Y 6/7/8/9
b. clothing for children . $ ~ .00 x Y 10/11112/13
c. Movies, concerts,
sports events $ ~ .00 x Y 14/15/16
d. Dining out $ LilfiLl .00 x Y 17/18/19
e. Travel, weekend
getaways ~ .00 x 20/21/22/23
f. Tapes. records, CDs,
videos, etc $ IffiL-ILL. 00 x Y 24/25/26
g. Things for the home ... $ [5{fl~~ .00 x Y 27/28/29130
h. Reading materials
(books, magazines and rmmimi 00
newspapers) $ ~ x V 31')2
I~m going to read a list of s6me characteristics people might have. For each one,
would you tell ~rne 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)
HEswrn'
(STATE- (STATE- ~1n
MENT MErn' EQauY m&'T
A) B) CYOL.)
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
a heart attack 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
Veryconservative . 1 6/
Moderately conservative .... 2 D-S. Are you (CALL OFF APPROPRIATE
Middle-of-the-road 3 CATEGORIES):
Moderatelyliberal 4 Ahornernaker 1 11/
Very liberal 5 Unemplajed 2
Don'tknow Y Astudent 3 (sKIP
D-2. Regardless of how you may have Retired 4 TO fl-i)
voted in the past, what do you Orwhat? (allother) . Y
usually consider yourself--a
Democrat, a Republican. some D-6. what is your occupation? other
party or what?
Executive, administrative, management 1 12/
Danocrat 1 7/ Top talent and maj or or lesser
Republican 2 professional 2
Other specific party 3 owner--small retail store/business 3
Independent (Vol.) 4 Farmers (owners and managers) 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 S
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)
fl-i. 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 Respondencbelongstounion 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
some local organization S non't know 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 9Married 1 (ASK
14/
1 Madeaspeech 0 D-9)
k. writtenanarticlefora Widowed
magazine or newspaper x .. (SKIP
2 1 ~
1. Seen a member of some group Separated or divorce
like the League of Women d
voters, or some other group D-10)
interestedinbettergovernment . 1 9/ Never been married.
(ASK EVERYONE) tiignscnooigraauate ~it,
n-b. Are you a parent or not? Somecollege(l3-lS) S
College graduate (16).... 6
Yes 1 16/ Post graduate (17+) 7 Yb
2
0-16. Here is a list of age
groups.
n-li. Are there any children living here (RAND 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 ESTIAge 3 or younger? Yes . 1 Yb . 2 17/ MA~E GROUP)
a. 18 - 20 1 25/
Age 4 through 7? Yes . 1 Yb . 2 18/ b. 21 - 24 2
Age 8 through 12? Yes . 1 No . 2 19/ C. 2$ - 29 3
a. 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. 50 - 54 8
your parents or children? 1. 55 - 59 9
~. 60 - 64 0
Own 1 21/ k. 65 - 69 x
Rent 2 1. 7oorolder Y
Live in home of parents 3
Liveinhorneofchildren 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 fli members of this
household, including wages or
Malehead 1 22/ - salary. pensions, interest or
Fernalehead 2 dividends, and all other
sources?
Another ad~t living in
a. Under $7,000 1 26'
the house 3
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.$20,000toS24.999 S
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
somebody else 2 i. $40,000 to $49,999.. . 9
sharedequally (vol.) .... 3
I. $50,000 to $74,999 0
TN~r'ERVIEWER RECORD
Male 1 28/ White 1 29/
Female 2 Black 2
Asian 3
Other ...... 4 NAME
ADDRESS
APT. *
CITY OR TOWN _____________________________
srATS ________________________________
ZIP CODE ________________________________ (30-34)
AREACODE _________ TELEI _______________________ (35-44) bnFrH/DAY/YEAR _________________________________ (45 54)
pay of we~k.
First Saturday 1 Wednesday 5 55,
Sunday 2 Thursday S
b'and~ 3 Friday 7
Tuesday 4 seconasaturday 8
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INTERVIEWERS NAME: II
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