case identification number
sample based weights
population based weights
q1. please tell us if you are.
q2. have you ever attended college?
hs1. first, how much are you enjoying high school:
hs2 does your school have a student government?
hs2a. this school year, have you served as an officer or representative, run for
hs2b. how much attention do you pay to what your student government does:
refielded cases for hs2b
hs3. during this school year, have you had any courses that required you to pay
hs4. last year, did you have any courses that required you to pay attention to g
hs5. were any of these courses required for graduation?
hs6. as a result of these courses, would you say your interest in things like po
hs7a. during your high school years, please check off any of the following you h
hs7b. during your high school years, please check off any of the following you h
hs7c. during your high school years, please check off any of the following you h
hs7d. during your high school years, please check off any of the following you h
hs8. does your school arrange or offer any service activities or volunteer work
hs9. is participation in a service activity or volunteer work required for stude
hs10a. now think about things you have done outside of high school. which of th
hs10b. now think about things you have done outside of high school. which of th
hs10c. now think about things you have done outside of high school. which of th
hs10d. now think about things you have done outside of high school. which of th
hs10e. now think about things you have done outside of high school. which of th
hs10f. now think about things you have done outside of high school. which of th
hs10g. now think about things you have done outside of high school. which of th
hs10h. now think about things you have done outside of high school. which of th
hs10i. now think about things you have done outside of high school. which of th
hs10j. now think about things you have done outside of high school. which of th
hs10k. now think about things you have done outside of high school. which of th
hs10l. now think about things you have done outside of high school. which of th
hs11. how much influence do you think that students in your high school have on
c1. first, how much are you enjoying [did you enjoy] college:
c2. how much attention do you pay [did you pay] to what your student government
c3. last year, or while you were in college, did you have any courses that requi
c4. were any of these courses required for graduation?
c5. as a result of these courses, would you say your interest in things like pol
c6. do any of your classes require you to keep up with politics or government, e
c7. this year, or while you were in college, did you attend any speeches, inform
c8. does your school arrange or offer any service activities or volunteer work t
c9. is participation in a service activity or volunteer work required for studen
c10. how much influence do you think that students at your college have on how t
c11a. which of the following activities did you participate in while in college?
c11b. which of the following activities did you participate in while in college?
c11c. which of the following activities did you participate in while in college?
c11d. which of the following activities did you participate in while in college?
c11e. which of the following activities did you participate in while in college?
c11f. which of the following activities did you participate in while in college?
c11g. which of the following activities did you participate in while in college?
c11h. which of the following activities did you participate in while in college?
c11i. which of the following activities did you participate in while in college?
c11j. which of the following activities did you participate in while in college?
c12. in general, if you could choose, would you rather have a career working for
c13a. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13b. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13c. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13d. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13e. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13f. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13g. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13h. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13i. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13j. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13k. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13l. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13m. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
c13n. which of the following organized activities have you participated [did you
v1. thinking about the last few years, have you spent time participating in any
v2a. please mark all the types of groups you have worked for without pay in the
v2b. please mark all the types of groups you have worked for without pay in the
v2c. please mark all the types of groups you have worked for without pay in the
v2d. please mark all the types of groups you have worked for without pay in the
v2e. please mark all the types of groups you have worked for without pay in the
v2f. please mark all the types of groups you have worked for without pay in the
v2g. please mark all the types of groups you have worked for without pay in the
v2h. please mark all the types of groups you have worked for without pay in the
v2i. please mark all the types of groups you have worked for without pay in the
v2j. please mark all the types of groups you have worked for without pay in the
v2k. please mark all the types of groups you have worked for without pay in the
v2l. please mark all the types of groups you have worked for without pay in the
groups selected for a religious group questions v3_a to v8_a
groups selected for a health organization questions v3_b to v8_b
groups selected for a civic organization questions v3_c to v8_c
groups selected for a group involved with the arts questions v3_d to v8_d
groups selected for a group involved with education questions v3_e to v8_e
groups selected for a political organization questions v3_f to v8_f
groups selected for an environmental organization questions v3_g to v8_g
groups selected for a youth program questions v3_h to v8_h
groups selected for an organization to help the poor questions v3_i to v8_i
groups selected for a recreation group questions v3_j to v8_j
groups selected for an other group questions v3_k to v8_k
v3_a. thinking about your work for the a religious group over the last 12 months
v4_a. and when was most recent time you worked for the a religious group
v5_a.when you were working for the a religious group how many hours per week wer
v5a_a. when you were working for the a religious group how many hours per week w
v6_a. was your work with the a religious group arranged or organized by school?
v6a_a. have you had a chance to talk about your service experience or volunteer
v6b_a. has your service activity contributed toward your grade in any class?
v6c_a. has your service activity or volunteer work been required for graduation?
v7a_a. why did you first start to work with this particular a religious group?
v7b_a. why did you first start to work with this particular a religious group?
v7c_a. why did you first start to work with this particular a religious group?
v7d_a. why did you first start to work with this particular a religious group?
v7e_a. why did you first start to work with this particular a religious group?
v7f_a. why did you first start to work with this particular a religious group?
v7g_a. why did you first start to work with this particular a religious group?
v7h_a. why did you first start to work with this particular a religious group?
v8_a. when you initially got involved, who made the first contact?
v3_b. thinking about your work for the a health organization over the last 12 mo
v4_b. and when was most recent time you worked for the a health organization:
v5_b. when you were working for the a health organization, how many hours per we
v5a_b. when you were working for the a health organization how many hours per we
v6_b. was your work with the a health organization arranged or organized by scho
v6a_b. have you had a chance to talk about your service experience or volunteer
v6b_b. has your service activity contributed toward your grade in any class?
v6c_b. has your service activity or volunteer work been required for graduation?
v7a_b. why did you first start to work with this particular a health organizatio
v7b_b. why did you first start to work with this particular a health organizatio
v7c_b. why did you first start to work with this particular a health organizatio
v7d_b. why did you first start to work with this particular a health organizatio
v7e_b. why did you first start to work with this particular a health organizatio
v7f_b. why did you first start to work with this particular a health organizatio
v7g_b. why did you first start to work with this particular a health organizatio
v7h_b. why did you first start to work with this particular a health organizatio
v8_b when you initially got involved, who made the first contact?
v3_c. thinking about your work for the a civic or community organization over th
v4_c. and when was most recent time you worked for the a civic or community orga
v5_c. when you were working for the a civic or community organization, how many
v5a_c. when you were working for the a civic organization how many hours per wee
v6_c. was your work with the a civic or community organization arranged or organ
v6a_c.have you had a chance to talk about your service experience or volunteer w
v6b_c. has your service activity contributed toward your grade in any class?
v6c_c. has your service activity or volunteer work been required for graduation?
v7a_c why did you first start to work with this particular a civic or community
v7b_c. why did you first start to work with this particular a civic or community
v7c_c. why did you first start to work with this particular a civic or community
v7d_c. why did you first start to work with this particular a civic or community
v7e_c. why did you first start to work with this particular a civic or community
v7f_c. why did you first start to work with this particular a civic or community
v7g_c. why did you first start to work with this particular a civic or community
v7h_c. why did you first start to work with this particular a civic or community
v8_c. when you initially got involved, who made the first contact?
v3_d. thinking about your work for the a group involved with the arts over the l
v4_d. and when was most recent time you worked for the a group involved with the
v5_d. when you were working for the a group involved with the arts, how many hou
v5a_d. when you were working for the a group involved with the arts how many hou
v6_d. was your work with the a group involved with the arts arranged or organize
v6a_d. have you had a chance to talk about your service experience or volunteer
v6b_d. has your service activity contributed toward your grade in any class?
v6c_d. has your service activity or volunteer work been required for graduation?
v7a_d. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7b_d. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7c_d. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7d_d. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7e_d. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7f_d. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7g_d. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7h_d. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v8_d. when you initially got involved, who made the first contact?
v3_e. thinking about your work for the a group involved with the education over
v4_e.and when was most recent time you worked for the a group involved with the
v5_e. when you were working for the a group involved with the education, how man
v5a_e. when you were working for the a group involved with education how many ho
v6_e.was your work with the a group involved with the education arranged or orga
v6a_e. have you had a chance to talk about your service experience or volunteer
v6b_e. has your service activity contributed toward your grade in any class?
v6c_e. has your service activity or volunteer work been required for graduation?
v7a_e. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7b_e. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7c_e. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7d_e. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7e_e. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7f_e.why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7g_e. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v7h_e. why did you first start to work with this particular a group involved wit
v8_e. when you initially got involved, who made the first contact?
v3_f. thinking about your work for the a political organization or candidates ov
v4_f. and when was most recent time you worked for the a political organization
v5_f. when you were working for the a political organization or candidates, how
v5a_f. when you were working for the a political organization how many hours per
v6_f. was your work with the a political organization or candidates arranged or
v6a_f. have you had a chance to talk about your service experience or volunteer
v6b_f. has your service activity contributed toward your grade in any class?
v6c_f. has your service activity or volunteer work been required for graduation?
v7a_f. why did you first start to work with this particular a political organiza
v7b_f. why did you first start to work with this particular a political organiza
v7c_f.why did you first start to work with this particular a political organizat
v7d_f. why did you first start to work with this particular a political organiza
v7e_f. why did you first start to work with this particular a political organiza
v7f_f. why did you first start to work with this particular a political organiza
v7g_f. why did you first start to work with this particular a political organiza
v7h_f. why did you first start to work with this particular a political organiza
v8_f. when you initially got involved, who made the first contact?
v3_g. thinking about your work for the an environmental organization over the la
v4_g. and when was most recent time you worked for the an environmental organiza
v5_g.when you were working for the an environmental organization, how many hours
v5a_g. when you were working for the an environmental organization group how man
v6_g. was your work with the an environmental organization arranged or organized
v6a_g. have you had a chance to talk about your service experience or volunteer
v6b_g. has your service activity contributed toward your grade in any class?
v6c_g. has your service activity or volunteer work been required for graduation?
v7a_g.why did you first start to work with this particular an environmental orga
v7b_g. why did you first start to work with this particular an environmental org
v7c_g. why did you first start to work with this particular an environmental org
v7d_g. why did you first start to work with this particular an environmental org
v7e_g. why did you first start to work with this particular an environmental org
v7f_g. why did you first start to work with this particular an environmental org
v7g_g. why did you first start to work with this particular an environmental org
v7h_g. why did you first start to work with this particular an environmental org
v8_g. when you initially got involved, who made the first contact?
v3_h. thinking about your work for the a child or youth program over the last 12
v4_h. and when was most recent time you worked for the a child or youth program:
v5_h. when you were working for the a child or youth program, how many hours per
v5a_h. when you were working for the a youth program how many hours per week wer
v6_h. was your work with the a child or youth program arranged or organized by s
v6a_h. have you had a chance to talk about your service experience or volunteer
v6b_h. has your service activity contributed toward your grade in any class?
v6c_h. has your service activity or volunteer work been required for graduation?
v7a_h. why did you first start to work with this particular a child or youth pro
v7b_h. why did you first start to work with this particular a child or youth pro
v7c_h. why did you first start to work with this particular a child or youth pro
v7d_h. why did you first start to work with this particular a child or youth pro
v7e_h. why did you first start to work with this particular a child or youth pro
v7f_h. why did you first start to work with this particular a child or youth pro
v7g_h. why did you first start to work with this particular a child or youth pro
v7h_h. why did you first start to work with this particular a child or youth pro
v8_h. when you initially got involved, who made the first contact?
v3_i. thinking about your work for the an organization to help the poor over the
v4_i. and when was most recent time you worked for the an organization to help t
v5_i. when you were working for the an organization to help the poor, how many h
v5a_i. when you were working for the an organization to help the poor how many h
v6_i. was your work with the an organization to help the poor arranged or organi
v6a_i. have you had a chance to talk about your service experience or volunteer
v6b_i. has your service activity contributed toward your grade in any class?
v6c_i. has your service activity or volunteer work been required for graduation?
v7a_i. why did you first start to work with this particular an organization to h
v7b_i. why did you first start to work with this particular an organization to h
v7c_i. why did you first start to work with this particular an organization to h
v7d_i. why did you first start to work with this particular an organization to h
v7e_i. why did you first start to work with this particular an organization to h
v7f_i. why did you first start to work with this particular an organization to h
v7g_i. why did you first start to work with this particular an organization to h
v7h_i. why did you first start to work with this particular an organization to h
v8_i. when you initially got involved, who made the first contact?
v3_j. thinking about your work for the a recreation group over the last 12 month
v4_j. and when was most recent time you worked for the a recreation group:
v5_j. when you were working for the a recreation group, how many hours per week
v5a_j. when you were working for the a recreation group how many hours per week
v6_j. was your work with the a recreation group arranged or organized by school?
v6a_j. have you had a chance to talk about your service experience or volunteer
v6b_j. has your service activity contributed toward your grade in any class?
v6c_j. has your service activity or volunteer work been required for graduation?
v7a_j. why did you first start to work with this particular a recreation group?
v7b_j. why did you first start to work with this particular a recreation group?
v7c_j. why did you first start to work with this particular a recreation group?
v7d_j. why did you first start to work with this particular a recreation group?
v7e_j. why did you first start to work with this particular a recreation group?
v7f_j. why did you first start to work with this particular a recreation group?
v7g_j. why did you first start to work with this particular a recreation group?
v7h_j. why did you first start to work with this particular a recreation group?
v8_j. when you initially got involved, who made the first contact?
v3_k. thinking about your work for the other group over the last 12 months-- is
v4_k. and when was most recent time you worked for the other group:
v5_k. when you were working for the other group, how many hours per week were yo
v5a_k. when you were working for the an other group how many hours per week were
v6_k. was your work with the other group arranged or organized by school?
v6a_k. have you had a chance to talk about your service experience or volunteer
v6b_k. has your service activity contributed toward your grade in any class?
v6c_k. has your service activity or volunteer work been required for graduation?
v7a_k. why did you first start to work with this particular other group?
v7b_k. why did you first start to work with this particular other group?
v7c_k. why did you first start to work with this particular other group?
v7d_k. why did you first start to work with this particular other group?
v7e_k. why did you first start to work with this particular other group?
v7f_k. why did you first start to work with this particular other group?
v7g_k. why did you first start to work with this particular other group?
v7h_k. why did you first start to work with this particular other group?
v8_k. when you initially got involved, who made the first contact?
v9. thinking about the last few years, have you spent time volunteering to help
v10a. the last time you did this did you help a:
v10b. the last time you did this did you help a:
v10c. the last time you did this did you help a:
v10d. the last time you did this did you help a:
v10e. the last time you did this did you help a:
v11. was your work with in one-on-one volunteering arranged or organized by scho
v11a. has your activity contributed toward your grade in any class?
v11b. has your volunteer work, to help on a one on one basis, been required for
p1. which of the following three statements best describes you:
p2a. how often do you talk about current events or things you have heard about i
p2b. how often do you talk about current events or things you have heard about i
p3. when you do talk about current events and the news, how often does that incl
p4. how often was politics discussed in your house when you were growing up?
p5. do you happen to know which party now has the most members in the house of r
p6a. how closely do you follow news that come from each of the following areas..
p6b. how closely do you follow news that come from each of the following areas..
p6c. how closely do you follow news that come from each of the following areas..
p6d. how closely do you follow news that come from each of the following areas..
p6e. how closely do you follow news that come from each of the following areas..
a1a. we'd like to get your reaction to some statements.please indicate the state
a1b. we'd like to get your reaction to some statements.please indicate the state
a2a. please indicate the statement that best describes how you feel.
a2b. please indicate the statement that best describes how you feel.
a3a. please indicate the statement that best describes how you feel.
a3b. please indicate the statement that best describes how you feel.
a4. please indicate whether you agree more with the first or second statement be
a5a. please indicate whether you agree more with the first or second statement b
a5b. please indicate whether you agree more with the first or second statement b
a6a. please indicate whether you agree more with the first or second statement b
a6b. please indicate whether you agree more with the first or second statement b
a7. please indicate whether you agree more with the first or second statement be
a8. please indicate whether you agree more with the first or second statement be
a9a. please indicate whether you agree more with the first or second statement b
a9b. please indicate whether you agree more with the first or second statement b
g1. how much of an impact do you think decisions made by the government have on
g2. and how much of a difference could you make in what government does if you t
g3a. imagine you went to a community meeting and people were standing up to make
g3b. suppose there was some issue you felt needed action in your community. do
vp1. many people are not registered to vote because they are too busy or move ar
vp2. in the 2000 presidential election between george w. bush and al gore:
vp3. have you ever received any request directed to you personally to work for o
vp3a_1. thinking back to the last time someone asked you to work or contribute m
vp3a_2. thinking back to the last time someone asked you to work or contribute m
vp3a_3. thinking back to the last time someone asked you to work or contribute m
vp3a_4. thinking back to the last time someone asked you to work or contribute m
vp3a_5. thinking back to the last time someone asked you to work or contribute m
vp3a_6. thinking back to the last time someone asked you to work or contribute m
vp3a_7. thinking back to the last time someone asked you to work or contribute m
vp3a_8. thinking back to the last time someone asked you to work or contribute m
vp4. have you ever received any request directed to you personally to work for o
vp5. have you ever participated in a walk, run, or bicycle ride for a charitable
vp6. have you ever written a letter to a newspaper or government official?
vp7. have you ever worked together informally with some one or some group to sol
vp8. sometimes people hear things they don't like about products or companies. t
vp9. have you ever attended a meeting of your town or city council or neighborho
vp11a. i'd like to ask about signing petitions related to a political or social
vp11b. have you ever signed an e-mail petition, such as an e-mail message that y
vp12a. and how about any other kind of petition -- have you ever signed a writte
vp12b. how about a paper or written petition? have you ever signed a paper or wr
vp13. have you ever gone to an internet site to help you find out how to volunte
vp14. is there any other way you have been involved in some political activity i
vp15a. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15b. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15c. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15d. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15e. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15f. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15g. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15h. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15i. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15j. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15k. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15l. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15m. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15n. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15o. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15p. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15q. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
vp15r. please check off all the words below that come to mind when you hear the
gender
age in years
age, combined - 7 categories
age, combined - 4 categories
race
are you of spanish, hispanic, or latino descent?
race/ethnicity -- member level
race/ethnicity -- household level
marital status
education (highest degree received)
education - categorical
current employment status
household head
ownership status of living quarters
housing type
household income -- initial break
hh income -- profile and imputed
total number of hh members age 1 or younger
total number of hh members age 2 to 5
total number of hh members age 6 to 12
total number of hh members age 13 to 17
total number of hh members age 18 or older
total number of hh members age 17 or younger
household size
did r ever use the internet before being given webtv?
number of computers in the hh (not including kn webtv)
number of computers in the hh connected to the internet
state of residence
region 4 - based on state of residence
region 9 - based on state of residence
designated market area
metropolitan statistical area
teens only: has r had a job in the past 12 months?
teens only: current grade in school
teens only: teen has completed the teen profile
income imputed based on census block group data