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

Tax - Effectiveness
1 = VERY EFFECTIVELY
2 = SOMEWHAT EFFECTIVELY
3 = NEITHER EFFECTIVELY NOR INEFFECTIVELY (R VOLUNTEERED)
4 = SOMEWHAT INEFFECTIVELY
5 = VERY INEFFECTIVELY
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Tax - Percentage
0 = PERCENT
100 = PERCENT
998 = DO NOT KNOW
999 = REFUSED

Tax – High-Income
1 = MUCH HIGHER THAN IT IS NOW
2 = SOMEWHAT HIGHER THAN IT IS NOW
3 = ABOUT RIGHT
4 = SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN IT IS NOW
5 = MUCH LOWER THAN IT IS NOW
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Tax - Comparison
1 = MUCH HIGHER
2 = SOMEWHAT HIGHER
3 = ABOUT THE SAME
4 = SOMEWHAT LOWER
5 = MUCH LOWER
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Tax - Homeowner
1 = YES
2 = NO
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Tax - Preparer
1 = YES
2 = NO
3 = RESPONSIBILITY SHARED WITH ANOTHER HOUSEHOLD MEMBER (R VOLUN
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Tax – Cash to Poor
1 = MUCH LESS THAN THEY SHOULD BE
2 = SOMEWHAT LESS THAN THEY SHOULD BE
3 = ABOUT RIGHT
4 = SOMEWHAT MORE THAN THEY SHOULD BE
5 = MUCH MORE THAN THEY SHOULD BE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Energy - Rebates
1 = STRONGLY AGREE
2 = AGREE
3 = NEUTRAL (R VOLUNTEERED)
4 = DISAGREE
5 = STRONGLY DISAGREE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Energy - Weatherize
1 = 1 (VERY HARD)
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4
5 = 5 (VERY EASY)
7 = ALREADY DONE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Energy - Approach
1 = PRODUCTION OF MORE OIL, GAS AND COAL SUPPLIES
2 = DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SUCH AS WIND AND SOLAR POW
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Sustainability – Associate - Economy
1 = YES
2 = NO
7 = R DOESN~T UNDERSTAND WORD ~SUSTAINABILITY~ EVEN AFTER PROBIN
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Sustainability – Importance - Economy
1 = VERY IMPORTANT
2 = SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
3 = NEITHER IMPORTANT NOR UNIMPORTANT (R VOLUNTEERED)
4 = SOMEWHAT UNIMPORTANT
5 = VERY UNIMPORTANT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Newborn Screening – BioTrust - Hear
1 = HOSPITAL/HOSPITAL PAPERS
2 = DOCTOR/DOCTORS OFFICE
3 = TV/NEWSPAPER/RADIO/MAGAZINE
4 = FRIEND/FAMILY
5 = SCHOOL OR COLLEGE
9 = MISC/OTHER
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Newborn Screening – Children
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Newborn Screening – Research 1
1 = STRONGLY FAVOR
2 = SOMEWHAT FAVOR
3 = NEITHER FAVOR NOR OPPOSE (R VOLUNTEERED)
4 = SOMEWHAT OPPOSE
5 = STRONGLY OPPOSE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Newborn Screening – TF 1
1 = TRUE
2 = FALSE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Sex
1 = Male
2 = Female

Year Birth
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

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
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

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

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

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

Phone Status
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+