ABORTION IF WOMAN WANTS FOR ANY REASON
0 = NAP
1 = YES
2 = NO
8 = DK
9 = NA

AGE OF RESPONDENT
89 = 89 OR OLDER
98 = DK
99 = NA

NUMBER OF CHILDREN
8 = EIGHT OR MORE
9 = DK NA

RS HIGHEST DEGREE
0 = LT HIGH SCHOOL
1 = HIGH SCHOOL
2 = JUNIOR COLLEGE
3 = BACHELOR
4 = GRADUATE
7 = NAP
8 = DK
9 = NA

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
97 = NAP
98 = DK
99 = NA

GENERAL HAPPINESS
0 = NAP
1 = VERY HAPPY
2 = PRETTY HAPPY
3 = NOT TOO HAPPY
8 = DK
9 = NA

CONDITION OF HEALTH
0 = NAP
1 = EXCELLENT
2 = GOOD
3 = FAIR
4 = POOR
8 = DK
9 = NA

TO HELP OTHERS
0 = NAP
1 = MOST IMPORTANT
2 = 2ND IMPORTANT
3 = 3RD IMPORTANT
4 = 4TH IMPORTANT
5 = LEAST IMPORTANT
8 = DK
9 = NA

TOTAL FAMILY INCOME
0 = NAP
1 = UNDER $1 000
2 = $1 000 TO 2 999
3 = $3 000 TO 3 999
4 = $4 000 TO 4 999
5 = $5 000 TO 5 999
6 = $6 000 TO 6 999
7 = $7 000 TO 7 999
8 = $8 000 TO 9 999
9 = $10000 TO 12499
10 = $12500 TO 14999
11 = $15000 TO 17499
12 = $17500 TO 19999
13 = $20000 TO 22499
14 = $22500 TO 24999
15 = $25000 TO 29999
16 = $30000 TO 34999
17 = $35000 TO 39999
18 = $40000 TO 49999
19 = $50000 TO 59999
20 = $60000 TO 74999
21 = $75000 TO $89999
22 = $90000 TO $109999
23 = $110000 TO $129999
24 = $130000 TO $149999
25 = $150000 OR OVER
26 = REFUSED
98 = DK
99 = NA

IS LIFE EXCITING OR DULL
0 = NAP
1 = EXCITING
2 = ROUTINE
3 = DULL
8 = DK
9 = NA

MARITAL STATUS
1 = MARRIED
2 = WIDOWED
3 = DIVORCED
4 = SEPARATED
5 = NEVER MARRIED
9 = NA

POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION
0 = STRONG DEMOCRAT
1 = NOT STR DEMOCRAT
2 = IND,NEAR DEM
3 = INDEPENDENT
4 = IND,NEAR REP
5 = NOT STR REPUBLICAN
6 = STRONG REPUBLICAN
7 = OTHER PARTY
8 = DK
9 = NA

RS OCCUPATIONAL PRESTIGE SCORE (1980)
0 = DK,NA,NAP

RACE OF RESPONDENT
0 = NAP
1 = WHITE
2 = BLACK
3 = OTHER

REGION OF INTERVIEW
0 = NOT ASSIGNED
1 = NEW ENGLAND
2 = MIDDLE ATLANTIC
3 = E. NOR. CENTRAL
4 = W. NOR. CENTRAL
5 = SOUTH ATLANTIC
6 = E. SOU. CENTRAL
7 = W. SOU. CENTRAL
8 = MOUNTAIN
9 = PACIFIC

RESPONDENTS SEX
1 = MALE
2 = FEMALE

SPEND EVENING WITH RELATIVES
-1 = NAP
1 = ALMOST DAILY
2 = SEV TIMES A WEEK
3 = SEV TIMES A MNTH
4 = ONCE A MONTH
5 = SEV TIMES A YEAR
6 = ONCE A YEAR
7 = NEVER
8 = DK
9 = NA

DID R VOTE IN 2004 ELECTION
0 = NAP
1 = VOTED
2 = DID NOT VOTE
3 = INELIGIBLE
4 = REFUSED TO ANSWER
8 = DONT KNOW/REMEMBER
9 = NA

Any Children
0 = No
1 = Yes

Years of Education, Grouped
1 = Less than 8
2 = 8-11
3 = 12
4 = 13-15
5 = 16
6 = 17 or more

Education dichotomized
1 = High School or Less
2 = Some College
9 = Missing

Education Trichotomized
1 = Grade School
2 = High School
3 = Some College

Life exciting, 2 categories
1 = Exciting
2 = Not Exciting

Occupational Prestige, Dichotomized
1 = Low, 17-42
2 = High, 43-86

Recoded race variable
1 = White
2 = Minority

0 = Not Married
1 = Married