Region
1 = UP
2 = N.LP
3 = W.Central
4 = E.Central
5 = Southwest
6 = Southeast
7 = Detroit

Sample
1 = listed Landlline
2 = not listed Landline
3 = cell phone

Past Financial
1 = BETTER OFF
3 = ABOUT THE SAME (R PROVIDED)
5 = WORSE OFF
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Current Financial
1 = EXCELLENT
2 = GOOD
3 = JUST FAIR
4 = NOT SO GOOD
5 = POOR
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Inflation Rate
1 = GO UP
3 = GO DOWN
5 = STAY ABOUT THE SAME
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Unemployment Situation
1 = BETTER THAN
3 = WORSE THAN
5 = ABOUT THE SAME
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Business Conditions
1 = GOOD TIMES
3 = BAD TIMES
5 = NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD; MEDIOCRE STAY THE SAME (R PROVIDED)
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Obama Rating
1 = EXCELLENT
2 = GOOD
3 = FAIR
4 = POOR
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Local Govt: Additional Revenue
1 = YES
2 = NO
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Local Govt: Create Jobs and Opportunities
1 = REDUCING TAXES FOR BUSINESS AND CUTTING GOVT SERVICES
2 = INVESTING IN EDUCATION, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND COMMUNITIES
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Local Govt: Quality of Public Service
1 = BETTER
2 = WORSE
3 = REMAINED THE SAME
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Sex
1 = Male
2 = Female

Education Level
0 = DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL
1 = 1st GRADE
2 = 2nd GRADE
3 = 3rd GRADE
4 = 4th GRADE
5 = 5th GRADE
6 = 6th GRADE
7 = 7th GRADE
8 = 8th GRADE
9 = 9th GRADE
10 = 10th GRADE
11 = 11th GRADE
12 = HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE OR GED HOLDER
13 = 1st YEAR COLLEGE
14 = 2nd YEAR COLLEGE
15 = 3rd YEAR COLLEGE
16 = COLLEGE GRADUATE (FOUR YEARS)
17 = SOME POST GRADUATE
18 = GRADUATE DEGREE
20 = TECHNICAL/JUNIOR COLLEGE GRADUATE
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Ethnicity
1 = YES-HISPANIC/LATINO/SPANISH ORIGIN
5 = NO-NOT HISPANIC/LATINO/SPANISH ORIGIN
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Race - White/Caucasian
1 = YES
5 = NO

Religious Background
0 = NONE; NO RELIGIOUS GROUP
1 = CATHOLIC; ROMAN CATHOLIC, ORTHODOX
2 = ISLAMIC/MUSLIM
3 = JEWISH
4 = PROTESTANT (include: Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopal
5 = OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN (include: Unitarian-Universalist, Hindu
6 = OTHER CHRISTIAN (include: Jehovah Witness, Mormon, 7th Day A
94 = NO RELIGION/AGNOSTIC/ATHEIST
95 = UNABLE TO CLASSIFY/MISC.
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Political Party ID
0 = ANOTHER PARTY, THIRD PARTY, ETC
1 = REPUBLICAN
4 = INDEPENDENT
7 = DEMOCRAT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political Party - Republican
1 = STRONG REPUBLICAN
2 = NOT A VERY STRONG REPUBLICAN
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political Party - Democrat
6 = NOT A VERY STRONG DEMOCRAT
7 = STRONG DEMOCRAT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political Party - Independent
3 = REPUBLICAN
4 = NEITHER (R PROVIDED)
5 = DEMOCRAT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political Party - Lean
1 = STRONG REPUBLICAN
2 = NOT STRONG REPUBLICAN
3 = LEAN REPUBLICAN
4 = NEITHER
5 = LEAN DEMOCRAT
6 = NOT STRONG DEMOCRAT
7 = STRONG DEMOCRAT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political Ideology
0 = OTHER
1 = CONSERVATIVE
4 = MODERATE
7 = LIBERAL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political Ideology - Conservative
1 = VERY CONSERVATIVE
2 = SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political Ideology - Liberal
6 = SOMEWHAT LIBERAL
7 = VERY LIBERAL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political Ideology - Middle/Neither
3 = CLOSER TO THE CONSERVATIVE
4 = IN THE MIDDLE
5 = CLOSER TO THE LIBERAL SIDE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political Ideology - Lean
1 = VERY CONSERVATIVE
2 = SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE
3 = LEAN CONSERVATIVE
4 = MIDDLE
5 = LEAN LIBERAL
6 = SOMEWHAT LIBERAL
7 = VERY LIBERAL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Marital Status
1 = MARRIED, REMARRIED
2 = DIVORCED
3 = SEPARATED
4 = WIDOWED
5 = MEMBER OF AN UNMARRIED COUPLE
6 = SINGLE, NEVER BEEN MARRIED
7 = MISC/OTHER
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Employment
1 = WORK FULL TIME
2 = WORK PART TIME
3 = WORK AND GO TO SCHOOL
4 = THE ARMED FORCES
5 = HAVE A JOB, BUT NOT AT WORK LAST WEEK (ON VACATION, SICK LEA
6 = UNEMPLOYED, LAID OFF, LOOKING FOR WORK
7 = RETIRED
8 = SCHOOL FULL TIME
9 = HOMEMAKER
10 = DISABLED
11 = SEMI-RETIRED, RETIRED AND WORKING PART-TIME
95 = MISC/OTHER
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Union Member
1 = YES
5 = NO
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Phone Lines
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Type Community
0 = MISC/OTHER
1 = RURAL COMMUNITY
2 = SMALL CITY OR TOWN, VILLAGE
3 = A SUBURB
4 = URBAN COMMUNITY
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

City of Residence
0 = SPECIFY
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Calls to Cell Phone
555 = NO LANDLINE PHONE
777 = ZERO, NONE
888 = DO NOT KNOW
999 = REFUSED

Finance: Income Change
1 = INCREASED
2 = DECREASED
3 = STAYED THE SAME
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Finance: Income Increase
998 = DO NOT KNOW
999 = REFUSED

Finance: Income Expectation
1 = INCREASE
2 = DECREASE
3 = STAY THE SAME
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Finance: Update Budget
1 = EVERY MONTH
2 = EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS
3 = FEW TIMES A YEAR
4 = ONCE A YEAR
5 = NEVER
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Finances: Afford Food
1 = NEVER
2 = ONCE IN A WHILE
3 = FAIRLY OFTEN
4 = VERY OFTEN
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Finance: Pay Bills
1 = EXTREMELY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE
2 = VERY DIFFICULT
3 = SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT
4 = SLIGHTLY DIFFICULT
5 = NOT AT ALL DIFFICULT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Retire: Age
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED
18 = AGE IN YEARS
80 = AGE IN YEARS
88 = NO PLANS TO EVER RETIRE

Retire: Other Change
0 = CHANGED OTHER WAYS: SPECIFY
2 = HAVE NOT CHANGED OTHER WAYS
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Retire: Used Funds
1 = YES
2 = NO
7 = HAVE NO RETIREMENT SAVINGS
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Retire: Used for Other
0 = SPECIFY EXPENSES: SPECIFY
2 = NO OTHER EXPENSES
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Dog: Relationship With Childhood Dog
0 = OTHER: SPECIFY
1 = PRIMARILY AS AN OUTDOOR PET
2 = PRIMARILY AS A HOUSE PET
3 = COMPANION OR PART OF THE FAMILY
4 = SHOW DOG
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Current Dog: Age Acquired
1 = BIRTH-6 MONTHS (INCLUDE PUPPIES FROM DOG ALREADY OWNED)
2 = 7-12 MONTHS
3 = 13-17 MONTHS
4 = 18-23 MONTHS
5 = 2-4 YEARS
6 = 5-7 YEARS
7 = OVER 7 YEARS
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Current Dog: Gender
1 = MALE
2 = FEMALE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Current Dog: Expected Size
1 = MINIATURE (UNDER 10 POUNDS)
2 = SMALL (11-30 POUNDS)
3 = MEDIUM (31-50 POUNDS)
4 = LARGE (OVER 50 POUNDS)
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Current Dog: Color
0 = OTHER: SPECIFY
1 = BLACK
2 = BROWN
3 = RED
4 = YELLOW
5 = WHITE
6 = BRINDLE/STRIPED (ANY COLORS)
7 = MULTIPLE COLORS/SPOTS (ANY COLORS)
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Current Dog: Shed
1 = NOT AT ALL
2 = A LITTLE
3 = MEDIUM
4 = A LOT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Current Dog: Breed
0 = OTHER: SPECIFY
1 = BEAGLE
2 = BOXER
3 = BULLDOG
4 = DACHSHUND (pronounced "DOXEN")
5 = GERMAN SHEPHERD
6 = GOLDEN RETRIEVER
7 = LABRADOR RETRIEVER
8 = POODLE
9 = ROTTWEILER
10 = SHIH TZU
11 = YORKSHIRE TERRIER
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Current Dog: Cost
99998 = DO NOT KNOW
99999 = REFUSED

Current Dog: Source
0 = OTHER: SPECIFY
1 = PET STORE
2 = BREEDER
3 = LICENSED SHELTER
4 = NON-PROFIT RESCUE
5 = BREED-SPECIFIC RESCUE
6 = FROM ANOTHER FAMILY OR PERSON
7 = FOUND AS A STRAY
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Current Dog: Relationship
0 = OTHER: SPECIFY
1 = PRIMARILY AS AN OUTDOOR PET
2 = PRIMARILY AS A HOUSE PET
3 = COMPANION OR PART OF THE FAMILY
4 = SHOW DOG
5 = SAME DOG AS EARLIER QUESTION (R VOLUNTEERED)
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Current Dog: Sleep
0 = OTHER: SPECIFY
1 = OUTSIDE
2 = INSIDE IN ITS OWN BED OR SPACE
3 = INSIDE ON YOUR BED OR THE BED OF ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Surrendered Dog: Reason
0 = OTHER: SPECIFY
1 = MOVING DUE TO FORECLOSURE/LOSS OF JOB
2 = MOVING FOR OTHER REASONS
3 = ALLERGIES
4 = HOMEOWNER INSURANCE POLICY RESTRICTIONS
5 = TOO MANY PETS
6 = UNWANTED/INCOMPATIBLE
7 = DOG WAS A STRAY/ABANDONED
8 = NOT ENOUGH TIME TO TAKE CARE OF DOG PROPERLY
9 = PROBLEMS WITH DOG (BARKING, AGGRESSION, TRAINING ISSUES)
10 = TOO EXPENSIVE
11 = DOG WAS TOO SICK
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Surrendered Dog: Age Acquired
1 = BIRTH-6 MONTHS (INCLUDE PUPPIES FROM A DOG ALREADY OWNED)
2 = 7-12 MONTHS
3 = 13-17 MONTHS
4 = 18-23 MONTHS
5 = 2-4 YEARS
6 = 5-7 YEARS
7 = OVER 7 YEARS
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Surrendered Dog: Expected Size
1 = MINIATURE (10 LBS OR LESS)
2 = SMALL (11-30 LBS)
3 = MEDIUM (31-50 LBS)
4 = LARGE (OVER 50 LBS)
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Surrendered Dog: House Broken
1 = YES
2 = NO

RI - Email
1 = YES
3 = NO, DO NOT WANT TO GIVE EMAIL ADDRESS OUT
5 = NO, HAVE NO EMAIL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Sample Source
1 = Fresh Landline
2 = Recall Landline
3 = Fresh Cell
4 = Recall Cell

1 = Landline only
2 = Both Land and Cell
3 = Cell only

Rs age in categories
1 = 18 - 24 Yrs
2 = 25 - 29 Yrs
3 = 30 - 39 Yrs
4 = 40 - 49 Yrs
5 = 50 - 59 Yrs
6 = 60 - 64 Yrs
7 = 65 or older
9 = missing

R Age in 7 Census Categories
1 = 18-29
2 = 30-39
3 = 40-49
4 = 50-59
5 = 60-69
6 = 70-79
7 = 80+

Rs race in 3 categories and missing
1 = white
2 = black
3 = other

Rs race in 6 categories
1 = white
2 = black
3 = hawaiian, PI
4 = asian
5 = indian

MSU Extension Regions (Detroit in Reg.6)
1 = UP
2 = North LP
3 = W.Central
4 = E.Central
5 = Southwest
6 = Southeast Urban

Is respondent in the labor force or not
1 = In the labor force
2 = Not in labor force

New Version of income responses (11 categories)
1 = < $10k
2 = $10k < $20k
3 = $20k <$30k
4 = $30 < $40k
5 = $40k < $50k
6 = $50k < $60k
7 = $60k < $70k
8 = $70k < $90k
9 = $90k < $100k
10 = $100k < $150k
11 = $150k+
98 = DK
99 = REF

Respondent Education in 4 categories
1 = LT HS
2 = HS
3 = Some College
4 = College+

1 = < 25
2 = 25+