GSS Year
Respondent ID Number
Form of split questionnaire asked
Date of interview
Abortion if woman wants for any reason
Abortion b/c poor, single, no more chldrn
Abortion b/c defect, health, rape
No. of conditions abortion should be allowed
Social activism scale
Social activism: 4 categories
Favor preference in hiring blacks?
Age of respondent
How often R attends religious services
Religious attendance: 4 cats
Feelings about Bible
Have conditions for blacks improved?
Was R born in this country?
Favor/Oppose death penalty for murder
Charitable activity past 12 mos
Number of Children
Subjective class ID
How close feel to blacks?
How close feel to whites?
Year of birth
Year born: 3 categories
Does R use computer?
Social contacts via email or meetings?
Courts too harsh dealing w/ criminals?
Highest degree
Highest degree: 2 categories
Divorce laws
Shld divorce be easier / more difficult to obtain?
Highest year of school completed
Years of education: 3 categories
Empathy scale
Empathy scale: 3 categories
Should Gov't Reduce Income Differences?
Female role: Children, home, politics
Female role: 3 categories
Change in financial situation past few years
How fundamentalist is R?
Opinion of how people get ahead
Should marijuana be made legal?
Favor or Oppose gun permits?
Happiness of marriage
General happiness
Condition of health
Should govt aid blacks?
Should govt do more to solve country's problems?
Poor:Govt help or people help selves?
Medical care:Govt help or people help selves?
Is R Hispanic?
Homosexual sex relations
Homosexual relations wrong or not wrong?
No. persons in household
Hours per day R has to relax
R or spouse hunt?
Total family income
Income: 3 categories
Social responsiblity or individual effort?
Does R have children?
Is life exciting, routine, or dull?
Marital status
Is R married?
Geographic mobility since age 16
How often does R read newspaper
How many people in contact at least once a year
Does R have gun in home?
Political party ID
Party ID: 3 categories
Birth control to teenagers 14-16
Political interest scale
Level of political interest
Use WWW for political info past 12 months?
Learn new political info on WWW?
Ideological self ID
Feelings about pornography laws
Believe in life after death?
How often does R pray?
Approve Bible prayer in public schools?
Sex before marriage
R's '00 vote: Gore, Bush, Nader
Gore or Bush 2000?
R's '96 vote: Clinton, Dole, Perot
R's Race
What is R's race: first mention
Racial egalitarianism
Any blacks live in neighborhood?
Random acts of kindness past 12 mos
Census region of interview
Region: 4 categories
R's religious preference
Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish?
Weak Religious Affiliation
Strong religious affiliation: 3 categories
Strength of religious affiliation
Does gun belong to R?
Satisfaction with financial situation
How satisfied with job?
Respondent's sex
Sex education in public schools
Number of Brothers and Sisters
Size of place in 1000s
Social conservatism: 2 categories
Social conservatism scale
Social issues: How permissive?
Does R reside in South?
Strongly favor spanking?
Favor spanking to discipline child
Spending "too little" on how many programs?
Number of programs spending "too little"
Allow incurable patients to: Die? Commit suicide?
Size of place where R resides
Sex before marriage teens 14-16
Intolerance of atheists
Intolerance of communists
Intolerance of homosexuals
Intolerance of advocates of military takover
Intolerance of racists
Workers need strong unions
Political trust
Social trust
Trust in mass media
Hours per day watching TV
R or spouse belong to union?
Use WWW other than email?
Expect US in world war in 10 years?
Did R vote in the 2000 election?
Did R vote in the 1996 election?
R's self-assessed ability to use Internet
Internet familiarity scale
Internet familiarity: 3 categories
World image: Evil or goodness?
Government or Private employee?
Blacks overcome prejudice w/o favors
WWW hrs per week
Met new person on WWW?
Sex with person other than spouse
Seen X-rated movie in last year
Expanded NORC size code
R's Astrological Sign