Master Questionnaire Demographic Questions

Now I’d like to ask just a few questions for statistical purposes…

[PARTYID] Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a Republican, a Democrat, an independent or what?
[INTENSE] Would you call yourself a strong (Rep./Dem.) or a not very strong (Rep./Dem.)?
[LEAN] Do you think of yourself as closer to the Republican or the Democratic Party?

	Apr 1999	Aug 1998
Strong Republican	13%	12%
Weak Republican	16	16
Independent Republican	11	13
Independent	16	14
Independent Democrate	16	14
Weak Democrat	13	17
Strong Democrat	2	2
Republican	29%	28%
Independent	43	41
Democrat	27	30

[LIBCON] On political issues, do you consider yourself a liberal, a conservative, or a moderate?
[DEGREE] Do you consider yourself very (liberal/conservative) or just somewhat (liberal/conservative)?
[CLOSER] Do you think of yourself as closer to being liberal or being conservative?

	Apr 1999	Aug 1998
Very Conservative	11%	10%
Somewhat Conservative	21	21
Lean Conservative	26	25
Moderate	8	6
Lean Liberal	12	18
Somewhat Liberal	14	14
Very Liberal	6	6
Conservative	32%	31%
Moderate	46	49
Liberal	20	20

[BIRTH] In what year were you born?

	Apr 1999	Aug 1998
18-24	13%	13%
25-34	22	22
35-44	21	21
45-54	17	17
55-64	11	10
65+	16	16
Refused/NA	1	1

[EDOFR] What is the last grade of school you completed?

	Apr 1999	Aug 1998
Grade school or less [Grade 1-8]	2%	2%
Some high school [Grade 9-11]	6	6
Graduated high school [Grade 12]	31	30
Vocational school/Technical school	4	3
Some college-2 years or less	17	19
Some college-more than 2 years	10	9
Graduated college	20	20
Post-graduate degree	11	11
Refused/NA	*	*

[MARITAL] What is your present marital status? (ASK AS OPENEND)

	Apr 1999	Aug 1998
Single	29%	27%
Married	55	54
Divorced	7	9
Separated	1	2
Widow/Widower	7	7
Don't know	1	*
Refused/NA		*

[CHILD] Do you have any children? (IF YES, ASK:) Are any under 18 years old?

	Apr 1999	Aug 1998
Yes, all under 18 years old	28%	28%
Yes, but children all 18 or older	32	31
Yes, both types	6	7
No children	33	34
Don't know	*	--
Refused/NA		*

[RELIGION] Is your religious background, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or something else? (IF SOMETHING ELSE OR UNCLEAR IF CHRISTIAN, ASK:) Is that a Christian church?

	Apr 1999
Protestant [e.g. Baptist, Methodist, etc.]	43%
Roman Catholic	23
Jewish	2
Other Christian	19
Other non-Christian/Unspecified	5
Agnostic/Atheist	1
None	5
Don't know/Refused/NA	2

[FUND] (If non-Catholic Christian:) Would you describe yourself as a fundamentalist or evangelical Christian or neither one?

	Apr 1999
Yes/Fundamentalist	7%
Yes/Evangelical	10
Yes/Both	2
No/Neither one	40
Don't know/Refused/NA	3
Not Asked	38

[INCOME] Which of the following income groups includes your TOTAL FAMILY INCOME in 1997 before taxes? (Just stop me when I read the correct category)

	Apr 1999	Aug 1998
Up to $10,000	6%	6%
$10,000-$15,000 [14,999]	5	6
$15,000-$20,000 [19,999]	8	8
$20,000-$25,000 [24,999]	9	10
$25,000-$30,000 [29,999]	10	10
$30,000-$40,000 [39,999]	13	11
$40,000-$50,000 [49,999]	11	10
$50,000-$75,000 [74,999]	13	16
$75,000 and over	15	13
Don't know	10	2
Refused		8

[INCOME50] Would you please tell me if your family income was under or over $50,000?

	Apr 1999	Aug 1998
Under $50,000	3%	3%
Over $50,000	1	1
Don’t know	6	1
Refused		5
Not asked	90	90

[RACE] Is your racial or ethnic heritage white, black, Hispanic or something else?

	Apr 1999	Aug 1998
White	77%	76%
Black	12	12
Hispanic	3	6
Asian	1	1
American Indian	1	1
Other	4	3
Not ascertained	2	2

[SEX] Sex: (BY OBSERVATION)

	Apr 1999	Aug 1998
Male	48%	47%
Female	52	53

[INTERNET] Do you ever go online to access the internet or World Wide Web, or to send and receive email?

	Apr 1999
YES	54%
No	44
Don't know	2

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