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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 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 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 Uflfavorable?

               Highly favorable              1              24/

               Moderately favorable          2

               Not too favorable             3

               Rather ~favorable             4

               Donet 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 vou more, less, or the same as the average person in this country?

                                      ABOUT'

                       ~RE     L~~S  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 minorities 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'

                        1~RE   Lœ~S   THE~E   ~

  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 brutality             1              2                3     y    42/

      -~  -.. -                   1                                     v    43/'

  f. Assault                                            6

  g. Racketeering, extortion                            7

  h. Drugs                                              8

  i. Prostitution                                       9

  j. speculationandswindling                            0

  k. Other                                              1   46/

     Noneof theabove (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 inain causes of people

                         society and for each one I want you      becoming drunk drivers?

                         to tell me what you think are the                                  DRUNK

                         ma~or causes of each problem.                                      DRIVING

                         First, violent crime.  (HAND RESPON

                         DENT CARD)  Using this card, which   a. Livinginpoverty              1  

49/

                         three or ifour things do you think   b. Parents not teaching

                         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.                Livinginpoverty                             1            47/     e. WhatpeopleseeinTVprograms  5

b.                Parents not teaching                                             f. A lack of morals           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 TV programs                               5

                          j.                           Influenceof friends 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

1 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.                Low chance of being punished            3     out for each other  .....

.4

p, Seeingpornography                 4                 None of these           5

                  Noneofthese                    5  /1     Don~tknow      Y

                  Donetknow Y

          UnELY       WHAT REAL  DIS-       L

                     ~    SATIS- ~  SATIS-  ~  BoILI~~ ~DT LI~ PIœASED FlED ~  FIED

                 AM~~Y  ~   ~

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

            econaty              1              2          3              4              5              6              7     Y    53/

d.          How Congress is dealing

            with the econorr~~              1              2              3              4              5              6              7     Y    54/



e.  How your state government is dealing with the

            state~seconaty           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     S             6              7     Y    57/



h.  Theamountofyour

            housenoldinc~ne          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              5              6              7     Y    60

k.          The level of interest

            rates          1              2          3          4     S             6              7     Y    611

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;Tj

                                                  ~ 80~l

                               as well as its own employees. Done only by 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 wouldn8t it make a difference

                              Done only by IRS                                which one called?

                              employees                 2

                                                                 Would bother me more

                             Doesn't matter (vol.)   .3    YES")  Which ones?                                       (A~K EVERYONE)

                                                                      D-7.      Do you, or does anyone in your

a.WrittenyouroongressmanorSenator  1                          8/                family living here at home          belong to

b.                           Attended apolitical 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

                   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                  Workedforapoliticalparty                        9          Married            ..  1    (ASK   14/

j.                 Madeaspeech                                     0                                     D-9)

k.                 Written an article for a                                   Widowed               2 1

                   magazine or newspaper                           X                           I  (SKIP

1.   Been a member of some group                       Separated or

divorce                      3 I

                       like the League of Women                       d.

                       Voters, or some other group                    Neverbeenmarried....             j D-10)

                       interestedinbettergovernment .  1                 9/                              4

                   No--noneof these             2

              Very conservative             1             6/

                        Moderately conservative . ... 2    D-5. Are you (CALL OFF APPROPRIATE

              Middle-of-the-road                       3       CATEGORIES):

              Moderatelyliberal                        4    Ahomernaker             1          11/

              Very liberal                             5    Unemployed              2

              Don'tknow            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

              Otherspecificparty                                3                    Owner--smallretailstore/business    3

              Independent (Vol.)                                4                    Farmers (owners and managers)      4

              No particular party (Vol.)                        S                    Technicians, minoradministrative        

              Refused             6                                   White collar, clerical (non-supervisory)          .6

             Don'tknow    Y                             Salesmen  7

D-3.                  Now here is a list of things      some  Skilledandseini-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/                  ~amily 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                  Workedforapoliticalparty                        9                    Married             .  1    (ASK   14/

j.                 Madeaspeech                                     0                                               D-9)

k.                          Written an article for a  Widowed          2 1

                  magazine or newspaper         X    I  (SKIP

1.                    Been a member of some group                        Separated or divorce       3 I

                       like the League of Women                                              d.

                       Voters, or some other group                                                  Neverbeenmarried....             j D-10)

                       interestedinbettergovernment .  1                                     9/                                   4

                   No--noneofthese              2

                      (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 gradua~e (17+)       7

                        No                    2

                                         D-16.     Here is a list of age groups.

D-ll. 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

Age3oryounger?  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              5

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

                                                     j. 60 - 64  0

                Own 1     21/                        k. 65 - 69  x

                Rent      2                                         1. 70orolder     Y

                Live in home of parents           3

                Live inhomeofchildren             4                             D-17.     Now here is a list of    income

                Other (vol.)   S                                                categories.  (HAND RESPOND~NT

                                                  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 corribined annual

               not?                               income of a1~ members         of this

                                                  household, including wages or

                Malehead  1    22/                               salary, pensions, interest or

                Feinalehead    2                                                dividends, and all other sources?

    Another adult 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.          $20,000 to $24,999     5

                             of it?               f.     $25,000 to $29,999          6

                                                                 g.   $30,OOOto$34,999             7

      Respondent                      1                  23/     h.   $3S,000 to$39,999            8

      sornebodyelse                                        2          i.          $40,000 to $49,999     9

      Sharedequally         (vol.)                         3          j.          $50,000 to $74,999     0

      Nobodydoesit    (vol,)            4                        k.   S75.000 andover              x

                       INTERVI~ER RECORD

     Male                1         28/ White          1  29/

     Fernale             2             Black         2

                                       Asian          3

                                       Other          4



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                           Dayofweek:

             First Saturday            1          Wednesday           5     55/

             Sunday                    2          Thursday            6

             Monday                    3          Friday              7

             Thesday                   4          secondSaturday                8

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