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

Sample Type
1 = listed
2 = unlisted

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

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

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

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

Business Conditions
1 = GOOD TIMES
2 = BAD TIMES
3 = 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

Enjoy Knowing Wolves Exist
1 = STRONGLY DISAGREE
2 = SOMEWHAT DISAGREE
3 = NEUTRAL: NEITHER AGREE/DISAGREE
4 = SOMEWHAT AGREE
5 = STRONGLY AGREE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Death Penalty
1 = STRONGLY FAVOR
2 = SOMEWHAT FAVOR
3 = NEITHER FAVOR/OPPOSE: R VOLUNTEERS
4 = SOMEWHAT OPPOSE
5 = STRONGLY OPPOSE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Payments Poor Families
1 = MUCH LESS THAN SHOULD BE
2 = SOMEWHAT LESS THAN SHOULD BE
3 = ABOUT WHAT THEY SHOULD BE
4 = SOMEWHAT MORE THAN SHOULD BE
5 = MUCH MORE THAN SHOULD BE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Protect Environment Vs Jobs
1 = PRESERVING JOBS
2 = PRESERVING THE ENVIROMENT
3 = BOTH EQUALLY IMPORTANT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Abortion Opinion
1 = STRONGLY FAVOR
2 = FAVOR ABORTION BUT WITH SOME RESTRICTIONS
3 = NEITHER FAVOR/OPPOSE: R VOLUNTEERS
4 = OPPOSE ABORTION BUT WOULD ALLOW SOME RESTRICTION
5 = STRONGLY OPPOSE ABORTION
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

LBGTQ Rights
1 = STRONGLY AGREE
2 = SOMEWHAT AGREE
3 = NEITHER AGREE OR DISAGREE: R VOLUNTEERS
4 = SOMEWHAT DISAGREE
5 = STRONGLY DISAGREE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

African American: Skills Vs Discrimination
1 = MOSTLY DIFFERENCE JOB SKILLS
2 = SOMEWHAT MORE DIFFERENCE JOB SKILLS THAN DISCRIMINATION
3 = ABOUT EQUALLY - JOB SKILLS-DISCRIMINATION (VOLUNTEERED RESPO
4 = SOMEWHAT MORE DISCRIMINATION THAN JOB SKILLS
5 = MOSTLY DISCRIMINATION
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Income Gap
1 = INCREASED A LOT
2 = INCREASED SOMEWHAT
3 = REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME
4 = DECREASED SOMEWHAT
5 = DECREASED A LOT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Work Hard: Poverty
1 = EXCELLENT
2 = GOOD
3 = FAIR
4 = NOT VERY GOOD
5 = POOR
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Heard MSUE
1 = YES
5 = NO
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Priority: Creating/Enhancing Jobs Agriculture
1 = HIGH PRIORITY
2 = SOME PRIORITY
3 = LITTLE OR NO PRIORITY
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Familiar BTB
1 = VERY UNFAMILIAR
2 = SOMEHWAT UNFAMILAR
3 = NEITHER FAMILIAR OR UNFAMILIAR
4 = SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR
5 = VERY FAMILIAR
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Cattle Infefcted BTB Future
1 = VERY UNLIKELY
2 = SOMEWHAT UNLIKELY
3 = NEITHER LIKELY OR UNLIKELY
4 = SOMEWHAT LIKELY
5 = VERY LIKELY
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Concern BTB Risk Cattle
1 = VERY UNCONCERNED
2 = SOMEWHAT UNCONCERNED
3 = NEITHER CONCERNED OR UNCONCERNED
4 = SOMEWHAT CONCERNED
5 = VERY CONCERNED
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Respondent Sex
1 = MALE
5 = FEMALE

Year Born
10 = YEAR BORN
91 = YEAR BORN
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = 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 - Other
1 = YES
5 = NO

Regious Background
0 = NONE; NO RELIGIOUS GROUP
1 = CATHOLIC; ROMAN CATHOLIC, ORTHODOX
2 = ISLAMIC/MUSLIM
3 = JEWISH
4 = PROTESTANT
5 = OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN
6 = OTHER CHRISTIAN
7 = OTHER RESPONSE: UNABLE TO CLASSIFY
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

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

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

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

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

0 = OTHER: NO PARTY ID
1 = STRONG REPUBLICAN
2 = NOT STRONG REPUBLICAN
3 = LEAN REPUBLICAN
4 = INDEPENDENT-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

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

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

Middle Ideology
3 = CLOSER TO THE CONSERVATIVE
4 = IN THE MIDDLE
5 = CLOSER TO THE LIBERAL SIDE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

0 = OTHER: NO IDEOLOGY
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 = OTHER RESPONSE: UNABLE TO CLASSIFY

1 = ADULT
10 = ADULTS

Employment Status
1 = WORK FULL TIME
2 = WORK PART TIME
3 = WORK AND GO TO SCHOOL
4 = IN THE ARMED FORCES
5 = HAVE A JOB, BUT NOT AT WORK LAST WEEK
6 = UNEMPLOYED, LAID OFF, LOOK FOR WORK
7 = RETIRED
8 = SCHOOL FULL TIME
9 = HOMEMAKER
10 = DISABLED
97 = OTHER RESPONSE: UNABLE TO CLASSIFY
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Type of Community
1 = RURAL COMMUNITY
2 = SMALL CITY OR TOWN, VILLAGE
3 = A SUBURB
4 = URBAN COMMUNITY
7 = OTHER RESPONSE: UNABLE TO CLASSIFY

Sample Source
1 = S54 & S55 re-interviews
2 = S56 fresh RDD

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

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

New MSU Extension regions plus city of Detroit
1 = Upper Peninsula
2 = North
3 = Central
4 = Southwest
5 = Southeast
6 = Detroit

Respondents age in 4 categories
1 = 18-29
2 = 30-44
3 = 45-64
4 = 65+
9 = missing

New MSUE regions (5) with Detroit in region 5
1 = UP
2 = North
3 = Central
4 = Southwest
5 = Southeast