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I (INTERVIEW NUMBER) 1 I

-38STUDY OF FAMILY ECONOMICS Project I 768

BB # 116-R0135 Approv. Exp. 2-69 I

SURVEY RESEARCH CENTER INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN I (Donotwritein above spaces.) 2. P.S.U. 3. Your Interview No. 4. Date 5. Length of Interview Al. Are you the head of this cl YES A2. A3. A4. When did you move into N0 this household? - (ASK FOR HEAD) (house/apartment)? family (not v. 101 (DATE, OR YEARS AGO) counting bathrooms)? V 102) v, 103 v. 92 v. 98 v. 99 v 100

1. Interviewers Label

How many rooms do you have here for your Do you own this (home/apartment),

pay rent,

or what?

OWNSOR IS BUYING IF OWNSOR IS BUYING) A5.

PAYS RENT (TURN TO All)

NEITHER OWNSNOR RENTS (TURN to A14)

How much did all your utilities like heat and electricity -- was it less than $100, $100-200, $200-300, $300-400, LESS THAN $100 $300-400 $100-200

cost you last year or more than $400? $200-300

q MORE THAN $400 value of this today? house (farm) $ IL IOY1st Mortgage 2nd Mortgage L is -- I mean about

A6.

Could you tell what would it

me what the present bring if you sold it on this N0

A7.

Do you have a mortgage YES A8. A9.

property?

- (TURN TO PAGE 3, A19) payments?

How much are your monthly

$ $

About how much is the remaining principal on this mortgage? A9a. (IF DON'T KNOW) About how many more payments do you have left to make? have a second mortgage? N0

$ - TURN TO PAGE 3, A19) (TURN TO A19) Copyright c 1968 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN All Rights Reserved

A10. Do you also YES

- (ASK A8-A9, FOR SECOND MORTGAGE)

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(IF PAYS RENT)

All. A12.

About how much rent Do you pay for YES A13. (IF YES)

do you pay a month? yourself?

any of the utilities NO

- (TURN TO A19)

How much did they cost you altogether last year -$200-300, was it Less than $100, $100-200, or more than $400? $300-400, LESS THAN $100 $lOO-200 MORE THAN $400 $200-300

$300-400 (TURN to Al9)

(IF NEITHER --OWNSNOR RENTS) (IF NEITHER OWNS NOR RENTS) A14. How is that? v. 105-

A15.

Do you do some work in return

for your housing?

(What?) V. 106

A16.

How much would it

rent

for

if

it

were rented?

per

(MONTH, YEAR)

A17.

Do you pay for YES A18. (IF YES)

any of the utilities N0

yourself?

- (TURN to A19)

How much did they cost you altogether last year -- was $200-300, $300-400, it less than $100, $100-200, or more than $400? LESS THAN $100 $lOO-200 MORE THAN $400 $200-300

$300-400 (TURN TO A19)

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(ASK EVERYONE) A19. Did you have any work done on the (house/apartment) or do any work on it yourselves? YES I N0 (GO TO A28) during the last year, V 107

A20. A21.

What was done? Did you (or your YES (IF YES) A22. A23. What did you do? Did you save more than $50 by doing YES A24. (IF YES) it yourself? family) do any of it? N0 (GO TO A25)

V. 108 V.109

NO (GO TO A25) About how much money do you think by doing it yourself? you saved $ V. 110

A25.

Do you still YES A26.

owe anything N0

on it? (GO TO A28) it included NO A27. How much are your monthly $ per in your mortgage

(IF YES)

Is what you owe for you told me about? YES (GO TO A28)

payments

payments?

A28.

Do you think

you might

move in the next couple

of years? N0 - (TURN TO Bl)

V. 111

(IF MIGHT MOVE OR WILL MOVE;

A29.

Why might

you move?

V. II2

-40SECTION B B1. How many people live here altogether? (ASK B3 FOR THOSE AGED 5-25 (EXCEPT B3. Is (he/she) in school? V. 113 (ASK B4 IF ANSWER B4. How many years of school did (he/she) finish

(LIST ALL PERSONS, INCLUDING CHILDREN, LIVING IN THE DU, B2. How old are they and how are they related to you?

Age

Sex

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. B5. B6. Anyone else? (LIST ABOVE) under N0

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

NONONONONONONONONOV 114 - V 121

Do you (HEAD) have any children

25 who don't - (GO TO Bll)

live

here with

you?

B7.

Are they sons or daughters?

B8.

How old is (he/ she)?

B9.

Is (he/she) in school, working, in the army, or what? V, 123

BlO.

(IF NOT IN SCHOOL) How many years of school did (he/she) finish? V125-~127

1. 2. 3. Bll. Has anyone moved into YES c B12. B13. your household NO (IF YES) Who moved in? in the last year? ! V.128 V. 129 V. 130 RELATION TO HEAD v. 131 AGE

- (GO TO B13)

(CIRCLE LISTING NUMBERS 0f MOVERS ABOVE) year?

Has anyone moved out in the last YES NO B14. - (TURN to B15)

who moved out? (ENTER AGE ANDRELATION TO HEAD)

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B15.

INTERVIEWER: SEE B3 AND B9, AND CHECKONE: CHILDREN IN SCHOOL B16. Have you (or your wife) organization? YES B17. B18. (IF YES) When was the last do you think NO CHILDREN IN SCHOOL- (GO TO B20) ever attended any meetings of a parent-teacher's V. 136

NO - (GO TO B18) time? your children will have when they stop V. 137

How much education going to school?

(IF UNCERTAIN OR EXPRESSES HOPESONLY)

B19.

What do you really

think

will

happen?

(GO TO B21) B20. (ASK ONLY IF NOT CLEAR) Have you (HEAD) ever had any children? YES B21. When was your (HEAD'S) first q NO (GO TO Cl) child born? (YEAR OR AGE) SECTION C: (ASK EVERYONE) Altogether, Cl. how many people are there CARS family here who can drive? v. 139 V138

in your

NONE (GO TO C3) c2 . DO you or anyone else YES (TURN TO c6) _ c3. Does not having YES c4. What are they? in the family NO I a car cause you (FAMILY) any difficulties? NO (GO TO C5) V. 141 here own a car? v 140

c5.

Is there distance YES

public transportation within walking of here that is adequate for you? NO

V. 142

C6.

How many cars do you and your

family

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here own? CAR #2

V 143 CAR #3 V. 144

(ASK FOR EACH CAROWNED) c7. C8. c9. C10. What year model is it? What make of car is it? Is it in good, condition? fair, or poor

v. l47 YES NO (GO TO C13) YES NO (GO TO C13) YES NO

Do you owe any money on it?

V. 146% V.148 (GO TO C13)

(IF NO MONEY Cll. OWED ON CAR)

Is that

car insured? v.149 YES) much do you for your insurance?

YES

N0 (GO TO A)

YES q (GO TO A) I

YES NO(GO TO A)

c12.

(IF How pay car

$ per per

$ per

GO TO C7 FOR NEXT CAR, OR TO C17.

(IF MONEY OWED ON CAR)

c13.

How much are your payments?

$ per

$ per

$ per

c14.

How many payments do you have left? V. 150 v. 151 Do they include v. 149 insurance? C16. (IF NO) How much is the insurance cost per year? YES (GO TO B) NO $ $ $ YES (GO TO B) q YES (GO TO B)

c15.

,Cl7. Does the car you (HEAD) drive N0 TYES C18. (IF YES)

GO TO C7 FOR NEXT CAR, OR TO C17. most of the time have seat belts? DOES v. 152

(TURN TO C19)

NOT DRIVE (TURN to c19) v.l53

Do you have them fastened all the time while you are driving, part of the time, or practically none of the time? ALL THE TIME PART OF THE TIME @PRACTICALLY NONE OF THE TIME

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c19.

Do you (or your

family)

do any of your N0

own repair

work on your car(s)?

v.154

(GO TO D1)

(IF YES) c20. What kinds of things have you done on your car(s) in the last year? v. 155

c21.

In the last YES

year do you think NO

you saved more than $50 that

way?

V156

(GO TO Dl) you saved? $ v157 (HOURS)

c22. C23.

(IF YES)

About how much do you think

About how much time did that

take you altogether?

SECTION D D1. We have talked about homes and cars. for other things you have bought? YES D2. D3. ( IF YES) N0 (GO TO D3) $ like Blue Cross? V158 Do you (FAMILY) make any regular payments

About how much do you have to pay each month? by some hospital N0 or medical insurance

Are you (HEAD) covered YES

D4.

(ASK ONLY IF 2 OR MORE PEOPLE IN FAMILY) Does this insurance the entire family? YES (TURN To D6) NO V158 cover

D5.

Can you get free medical care in any way such as from medicare, medicaid, or as a veteran?

V158

-44D6. Do you (FAMILY) have any savings, government bonds? YES D7. V.160 (IF YES) Would they amount to as much as two months' income or more? YES (GO TO El) NO D8. Was there you had a time in the last five years when as muchmonths' as two income saved V161 such as checking NO or savings accounts, or v 159

SECTION E (ASK EVERYONE) El. Now I have a few questions about food and clothing. do you (FAMILY) eat out at restaurants or drive-ins? About how many times a week v l62

E2.

About how much do you (FAMILY) spend in a week eating at work (or at school)? Do you have any of your milk YES E4. N0 delivered to the door?

out,

including s

lunches

V163

E3.

v. 164

- (GO TO E5) milk in a week or month? per food you use at home? S v 166 V165

About how much do you (FAMILY) spend on that $

E5.

About how much do you spend a week on all

the (other)

E6.

How about alcoholic average week?

beverages

-- how much do you (FAMILY) spend on that $ NONE

in an

v. 167

- (TURN to E8) v. 168

E7. Is that included in the food bill? Yes No

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E8.

Do any of you smoke? NO (GO TO Ell)

v 169

E9.

(IF YES)

About how many cigarettes

do you (FAMILY) smoke in a day or week?

(CIGARETTES, PACKS, OR CARTONS) ElO. Is that included in the food bill?

(DAY, WEEK) V170

Ell.

Are there YES E12.

any special

ways that

you try

to keep the food bill

down?

NO (GO TO E14) What special ways do you have for keeping the food bill down? v 171

(IF YES)

E13. E14.

Anything

else? sit

V 171

(ASK IF 2 OR MOREPEOPLE IN FAMILY) How much of the time does the family down and eat the main meal of the day together?

v 174 VI77

E15.

Do you have any special

ways of saving NO (TURN TO Fl)

on clothing

costs?

v 175 -

VI76

E16.

(IF YES)

What are they?

I E17. Did you (FAMILY) save more than $50 on your clothing YES t E18. (IF YES) NO (TURN TO F1) About how much did you save this in the last year? $ way bill this way last year? VI79

-46SECTION F (ASK EVERYONE) Now we would like to know about your present job, are you working now, unemployed, F1. retired or what? v 196 WORKING NOW UNEMPLOYED RETIRED, HOUSEWIFE, OTHER (TURN TO OR STUDENT OR LAID OFF (TURN TO H1, PAGE 17) ONLY TEMPORARY G1 PAGE 14) (GO TO F2 IF HAS JOB, TURN TO H1 OTHERWISE) 1 TURN TO H1 OTHERWISE) I (IF WORKING) F2. What is your main occupation? (What sort of work do you do?) v 197

(IF NOT F3. CLEAR)

Tell

me a little

more about what you do?

F4.

Do you work for

someone else,

yourself,

or what?

v 198 SELF ONLY (TURN TO F11) on a job? V199

SOMEONE ELSE F5. How important is it

BOTH SOMEONE ELSE AND SELF for you to make your own decisions

F6.

How long have you been working

for your present

employer?

v. 200

(IF 10 YEARS OR MORETURN TO Fll) (IF LESS THAN 10 YEARS) 1 F7. What happened to the job you had before laid off, or what? -- did the company fold, were you V 201 I F8. Would you say your present job is a better job than the one you had before?

(IF NOT F9. CLEAR) F1O.

Does it

pay more than the previous

job?

How many different

employers

have you had in the last

ten years? v 203

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F11.

Rave you ever moved out of a community where you were living a job somewhere else? Yes (Go to F13) NO F12.

in order

to take

v 204

Have you ever turned down a job because you did not want to move?

F13.

How good would a job have to be before else in order to get it?

you would be willing

to move somewhere

v 207

F14.

Do you plan have now?

to try

for

a new job or line q

of work or will

you keep the job you V 208

TRY FOR NEWJOB, OR LINE OF WORK F15. F16. F17. What kind

KEEP JOB HAVE NOW( GO TO F20)

of job do you have in mind? you earn? $ training to qualify? per

v 209 v 210 V 211

How much might

Would you have to get additional

F18.

Rave you been doing YES F19. (IF YES)

anything

in particular NO (GO TO F20)

about

it?

v 212

What have you done?

v 212

F20.

How much do you like

a job where you are told

exactly

what to do?

v 213

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F21.

Would you have any trouble YES F22. (IF YES) Why is that?

getting

another

job if

you wanted one?

V 214

NO (GO TO F23) v 214 or accident When was that? condition that limits that laid you up for a month or more? v 215

F23.

Have you ever had an illness YES F24. (IF YES)

NO (GO TO F25) (YEAR) v 215

F25.

Do you have a physical or nervous amount of work you can do? YES F26. (IF YES) How much does it

the type of work or the v 216

NO (GO TO F27) limit your work?

F27.

Are there

times when you are late q

getting

to work?

V 217

NO GO TO F29) does that happen? V 217 even though you are not sick? v218

(IF YES) F29. Are there YES F30. F31. (IF YES)

About how often

times when you don't

go to work at all, NO (GO TO F31)

How often

does that

happen? for

V 218 two months or more at one time? v 219 v 219 (YEAR) laid off, or without work? v 220

Have you ever been out of a job or on strike YES F32. (IF YES) year, When was the last

NO (GO TO F33) time that happened?

F33.

In the last

how many days were you unemployed,

F34.

How many days of work did you miss on your main job in the last were sick or otherwise unable to work?

year because you v 221

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F35. F36. F37.

And how many weeks of vacation

did you take last

year?

v 222 V 223

Then how many weeks did you actually Did you have a standard YES

work on your main job in 1967?

workweek on your main job?

v224

No I
F41. V 225 On the average, how many hours a week did you work on your main job last year? v 225 (GO TO F42)

F38.

How many hours a week is that?

F39.

Did you have any overtime or extra work on your main job? v 226 YES N0 (GO TO F42) F40. How many hours did that amount to last year?

v 226
(GO TO F42)

F42.

Did you have any other main job? YES

jobs,

or any other

ways of making money in addition

to your v 227

NO (TURN TO F47)

F43.

What did you do?

v 228

F44. F45.

Anything

else? in all did that amount to in the last year?

v 227 v 229

About how many hours

F46.

About how much did you make per hour for

this?

$ (PER hour)

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F47.

Could you have worked YES (GO TO F49)

ii

you had wanted to in 1967? NO F48. Would you have liked

v 230

to work more? v 231

YES (TURN TO PAGE 18, 11) NO (GO TO F49) t F49. Could you have worked YES (TURN TO PAGE 18, 11) if No F50. Would you have preferred less work even if you had earned less money? v 233 I you had wanted to?

v 232

(TURN TO PAGE 18, 11)

SECTION G:

IF UNEMPLOYED

Gl.

What do you do when you work?

(What is your occupation?)

V 197

G2.

Did you work at all YES

last

year? NO (TURN TO G5)

(IF YES) G3. G4. How many weeks did you work last year? v 223 v 225

About how many hours a week did you work (when you worked)?

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G5.

Did the company you worked for

fold,

were you laid

off,

or what?

v 201

G6. G7.

How many different

employers

have you had in the last

ten years? in order

v 203
to take a job

Have you ever moved out of a community where you were living somewhere else? YES (GO TO G9)

v 204

G8.

Have you ever turned want to move? YES

down a job because you did not

NO

G9.

Do you think to move?

you will

be able

to find

steady

work around here,

or will

you have V 206

G1O.

How good would a job have to be, for you to be willing order to get it?

to move somewhere else

in

G11.

Is there job? YES G12.

anything

in

particular that

might

make it

difficult

for

you to get another


V 214

NO (GO TO G13) What is that? do you have your name in for for a job? 2 weeks? v 214

(IF YES)

G13. G14.

How many places Have you applied YES G15. (IF YES)

v 235
v 236 v 236

a job anywhere in the last 0 NO (GO TO G16) did you apply?

How many places

G16.

How much do you like

a job where you are told

exactly

what to do?

v 213

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G17.

Have you ever had an illness YES 1 G18. (IF YES) When was that?

or accident

that

laid

you up for

a month or more? V 215

NO (GO TO G19) v 215 (YEAR)

G19.

Do you have a physical or nervous amount of work you can do?


YES

condition

that

limits

the type

of work,

or

the

v 216

NO (GO TO G21) (IF YES) How much does it were there limit your work? getting to work?

I G20. G21.

V 216
V 217

When you were working, YES G22. (IF YES)

times when you were late

q
About how often

NO (GO TO G23) did that happen? even though you were not sick? v 218

G23.

Were there YES G24.

times when you didn't

get to work at all, NO (GO TO G25)

(IF YES)

How often

did

that

happen? or on strike for

v 218 two months or more at one time?

G25.

Have you ever been out of a job, YES G26. (IF YES)

NO (GO TO G27) When was the last time that happened? (YEAR) v 219 v 237

G27.

Are there

jobs available

around here that

just

aren't

worth

taking?

(IF JOBS NOT WORTHTAKING) G29. How important is it for

G28.

How much do they pay?

$ on a job?

Per

v 238 (HOUR, WEEK)

you to make your own decisions

v 199

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SECTION H:

IF RETIRED, HOUSEWIFE, OR STUDENT

H1.

During YES

the last

year

(1967)

did you do any work for money?

NO (GO TO H5)

H2.

What kind

of work did you do when you worked?

(What was your

occupation?)

V 197
H3. H4. How many weeks did you work last year? v 223 v 225 About how many hours a week did you work (when you worked)?

H5.

Are you thinking YES I (IF YES) H6. H7.

about going

to work? NO (GO TO Hll)

v 235

How many places Have you applied YES H8. (IF YES)

do you have your name in for a job? for a job anywhere in the last

v 235
v 236

two weeks?

NO (GO TO H9) did you apply? just aren't worth taking? v

How many places

236
v 237

H9.

Are there

jobs around here that

(IF JOBS NOT WORTHTAKING)

H1O.

How much do they pay?

per

(HOUR , WEEK)

v 238

H11.

or nervous Do you have a physical condition, or the amount of work you can do? YES H12. (IF YES)

condition

that

limits

the type of work

NO (TURN TO I 1) limit your work? (TURN TO I 1)

How much does it

-54SECTION I (ASK EVERYONE) I 1. Are you married, MARRIED SINGLEI 2. I I 3. When were you first married? Have you ever been married? YES single, widowed, divorced, or separated?

NO (GO TO I 6)

v 240
(SPECIFY DATE OR AGE)

For how long? When were you first married?

v 241

(YEARS)

V240 (SPECIFY DATE OR AGE) GO TO I 6

I 6.

INTERVIEWER: CHECKBOX CHILDREN UNDER12 AND HEAD WORKS I 7. How were the children NO CHILDREN UNDER 12 OR HEAD IS NOT WORKING(TURN TO PAGE 20, J1) you were working? v 242

taken care of while

18.

About how much did that

cost you last

year?

$ (TURN TO PAGE 20, J1

( IF MARRIED) Did your wife I 9. YES I 10. I 11. I 12. I 13.

do any work for money last

year?

v 243

NO (TURN TO I 16) of work did she do? year? v 243 v 244 v 245

What kind

About how many weeks did she work last And about how many hours INTERVIEWER: CHECKBOX CHILDREN UNDER 12 I 14. How were your children N0

a week did she work?

CHILDREN UNDER 12 (TURN TO I 16) your wife was working? v 242

taken care of while

I 15.

About how much did

that

cost you last

year?

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(IF MARRIED -- CONTINUED) I 16. I 17. How many grades of school Did she have any other YES I 18. What other schooling I 19. did your wife finish?

v 246
v 246

schooling?

NO (GO TO I 21) did she have? degree? NO (GO TO I 21) did she receive?

v 246

(IF COLLEGE)

Does she have a college YES I 20. What degree(s)

I 21.

Is this YES

your

(HEAD'S) first

marriage? NO

I 23.

When were you (HEAD) married for the first time? v 240 (SPECIFY WHETHER YEAR OR AGE)

I 24. (INTERVIEWER:

SEE PAGE 4, Q. B2, (LISTING Box) AND CHECKONE) WIFE 45 OR OLDER (TURN TO Jl) to have any more children? NO I 27. How sure are you that you won't have any (more) children?

WIFE UNDER45 I I 25. Do you expect YES r I 26. When do you think you might have another child?

(TURN To J1)

(TURN TO J1 )

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SECTION J: (ASK EVERYONE) To get an accurate financial picture the income of all the families that J1. (INTERVIEWER: FARMER CHECKBOX)

INCOME

of people all we interview.

over the country,

we need to know

NOT A FARMER (GO TO J5)

J2. J3.

What were your total receipts from farming including soil bank payments and commodity What were your total living expenses? That left operating expenses,

in 1967, credit loans?

v 249 $ $ A B A-B

not counting of? A - B = $

I
J5.

J4.

you a net income from farming

Did you (R and Family) own a business interest in any business enterprise? YES J6. Is it a corporation in both kinds?

at any time in 1967, or have a financial v 250 NO (GO TO J8)

or an unincorporated

business,

or do you have an interest v 250

CORPORATION(GO TO J8) UNINCORPORATED BOTH DON'T KNOW

J7.

How much was your (family's) share of the total income from the business in 1967 -- that is, the amount you took out plus any profit left in?

(ASK EVERYONE) in 1967, J8. How much did you (HEAD) receive from wages and salaries that is, before anything was deducted for taxes or other things? J9. In addition to this, did you have any income from bonuses, NO (TURN TO J11) overtime,

v 251

or commissions?

YES
JlO. How much was that?

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J11.

Did you (HEAD) receive

any other a) professional

income in 1967 from: practice or trade?

b) farming or market gardening, roomers or boarders? (IF "YES" TO ANY ITEM, ASK "How much was it?" ENTER AMOUNT AT RIGHT) c) dividends, interest, rent, trust funds, or royalties? d) ADC, ADCU ? e) other (IF "NO" ENTER"O") f) Social welfare? Security?

254

g) other retirement pay, pensions, or annuities? h) unemployment, compensation? i) alimony? from relatives? else? (specify) or workmen's

v 259

j) help

k) anything

J12.

(INTERVIEWER:

CHECKONE) SINGLE MAN OR WOMAN (TURN TO J16)

v 263

HEAD AND WIFE

J13.

Did your wife

have any income during

1967?

NO (TURN TO J16) J14. (IF YES) Any other Was it income from wages, salary, income? (SOURCE) J15. How much was it before deductions? a business or what?

(SOURCE)

+$

= $

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J16.

INTERVIEWER: SEE PAGE 4, B2, (LISTING Box) FOR ANYONE (OTHER THAN HEAD AND WIFE) AGED 14 AND OLDER, AND CHECKBOX NO ONE 14 OR OLDER EXCEPT HEAD AND/OR WIFE - (TURN TO J28) OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS14 AND OLDER LIST ALL OTHER FU MEMBERS14 AND OLDER BY RELATION TO HEAD AND AGE

v 265

Did (MENTION MEMBER) have any income during J18. Was that from wages, a pension, interest or what? a business, How much was that? Did (he/she) have any other

1967?

Yes No (Go to A)

(IF HAD INCOME)

(SOURCE)

J19. 520.

income?

YES

NO (GO TO
J23)

(IF

J21. J22.

What was that

from? (SOURCE)

OTHER INCOME)

How much was that?

J23. (IF ANY FROM WAGES, OR A J24. BUSINESS) J25.

How many weeks did (he/she) work last year? About how many hours a week was that?

(IF NOT CLEAR) Did (he/she) work more than half time?

J26.

Does (he/she) share in the family's expenses, or what? Is (he/she) likely to stay here with you or might (he/she) move away within the next few years?

J27.

REPEAT J17-J27 FOR NEXT PERSONLISTED; IF NO OTHER PERSON, TURN TO J28.

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YES

N0

(GO TO A) I

YES

N0

(GO TO A)

YES

NO (GO TO A)

(SOURCE)

(SOURCE)

(SOURCE)

YES

N0

(GO TO 523)

NO (GO TO 523)

YES

NO (GO TO 523)

(SOURCE) $

(SOURCE) $

(SOURCE)

INTERVIEWER: FOR ALL PERSONS AGED 18-61 LISTED IN J16: IF ANYONELISTED ABOVE MEETS THESE CRITERIA BELOW, CONSIDERTHIS/THESE PERSON(S) SUBFAMILIES, AND ARRANGE AT END OF INTERVIEW TO TAKE INTERVIEW WITH EACH ONE. (IF HUSBAND AND WIFE, CONSIDERAS ONE SUBFAMILY). The criteria are as follows: (1) Has $2000 or more in income, (2) Answers "NO" to J26, (3) "Might move away within response to J27. ALL THREE MUST HOLD BEFORE the next few years," or some similar CONSIDERING AS SUBFAMILY.

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J28.

Did you get any other money in the last year -- like an insurance company, an inheritance, or anything?

a big settlement

YES
J29. J30. (IF YES) HOWmuch did that

NO (GO TO 530) amount to? of food or clothing

Did anyone here get more than $50 worth as a part of their pay?

v 268

J31. J32.

YES
(IF YES) (IF YES) family's

NO (GO TO 532) be worth? or food stamps $

About how much would that food,

v 269
Did you (FAMILY) get any free worth $50 or more in 1967? YES J33. J34. clothing,

NO (GO TO 534) About how much did that income a lot higher save you last or lower year? this $ past year (1967)? V 270

Was your

than usual

NO (GO TO J36)

HIGHER THAN USUAL

LOWERTHAN USUAL

J35.

Why was that?

J36.

Does your family's year, or what? STAYS THE SAME (TURN TO J38)

income change from month to month,

stay

the same over the

v 272

CHANGES FROMMONTHTO MONTH v 273 J37. Why does it vary?

(TURN TO J38)

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J38.

Would you say you are better off or are you in the same situation?

financially

than you were a few years

ago,

V 274

J39.

Is there YES J40.

anything

that

makes your

family's

expenses unusually

high?

v 275

NO (GO TO J41) What is that?

(IF YES)

v 275

J41.

Is anything Likely to happen over the next few years that will make things much V 276 different for your family -- like more or less earners, a better job for you, or fewer people living here? NO (GO TO 544)

J42.

What is that?

(IF NOT CLEAR)

J43.

Will

that

make things

better,

or worse,

financially?

v 277

J44.

Are there than half

any people that do not live of their support? YES (IF YES) J45. J46.

with

you who are dependent

on you for more v 278

NO - NONE (GO TO 547)

How many are there? How much did that amount to in the last year? $

J47.

Do you (FAMILY) have parents or other relatives to help (more), if you had more money? YES

that

you would feel

that

you had V 279

NO

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SECTION K:

TIME USE

K1.

We're interested in how people spend their (HEAD) usually do in your spare time?

spare time.

What things do you v 286 Second Mentum v 281 No of things v 283

K2.

How often

do you (HEAD) go to church? any courses or lessons? NO (GO TO K5) What are they?

v 284

K3.

Are you (HEAD) taking YES K4. (IF YES)

V 285

K5.

About how many hours

do you (HEAD) usually

watch television

on an average

weekday?

v 286

K6.

How often

do you (HEAD) read a newspaper

-- every

day,

once a week, or what? NEVER

v 287

K7. K8.

About how many people

in this

neighborhood who live

do you know by name? within walking distance of here?

v 288

Do you (FAMILY) have any relatives

v 289 Did you spend more than 40 hours helping YES friends or relatives last year? v 290

K9.

NO (TURN TO k11) v 290

K10.

(IF YES)

About how many hours was that?

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K11.

Did you get any free help with in the last year (1967)?

housework,

baby sitting,

or anything

like

that

NO (GO TO K15)

K12.

Did it YES

save you as much as $50 during

the year?

NO (GO TO K14)

K13. K14. Was it

(IF YES)

About how much did it live

save you? here?

$ v 291

from someone who doesn't

K15.

How often

do you (HEAD) go to social

clubs

or organizations?

v 292
v 293
v 294

K16.

How often

do you (HEAD) go to a bar or tavern?

K17.

Do you (HEAD) belong

to a labor

union? NO (TURN TO L1)

YES K18. (IF YES)

How much did your union

dues amount to last

year?

v 294

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SECTION L: Here is something different -- some questions

FEELINGS about how you feel towards things.

(INTERVIEWER: IF RESPONDENT SIMPLY REPEATS ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES GIVEN IN A QUESTION, CIRCLE THAT WORD OR PHRASE. "YOU" MEANS HEAD IN THIS SECTION.) L1. Have you usually or have there felt pretty sure your life would work out the way you want it been very sure about it? to,

been more times when you haven't

L2

Are you the kind or do you live

of person

that

plans

his

life

ahead all

the time,

more from day to day?

L3

When you make plans or do things usually

ahead,

do you usually

get to carry

out things

the way you expected,

come up to make you change your plans?

v 297
L4 Would you say you nearly always finish things once you start them,

or do you sometimes have to give

up before

they are finished?

L5

How much do you like

to do things

that

are difficult

and challenging?

L6

Would you rather or save more for

spend your money and enjoy the future?

life

today,

Would you rather or a job you don't

have a job that like which

you like

even if

the chances

for a raise

were small,

offers

a good chance for making more money? v 301

Are you more often

satisfied,

or dissatisfied

with

yourself? V 302

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L9.

Do you have some limitations that keep you from getting ahead as far as you would like? v 303

L10.

Do you get angry fairly easily, or does it take a lot to get you angry? v 304

L11.

How much does it matter what other people think about you? v 305

L12.

Do you trust most other people, some, or very few? v 306

L13.

Do you spend much time figuring out ways to get more money? v 307

L14.

Do you think a lot about things that might happen in the future, or do you usually just take things as they come? v 308

L15.

Do you think the life of the average man is getting better or is it getting worse? v 309

L16.

Are there a lot of people who have good things they don't deserve? v 310

-66SECTION M: Now, just Ml. a few questions about things you've THE PAST done in the past. V 311 COUNTRYIF FOREIGN) v 312 V313

Where did you (HEAD) grow up? (SPECIFY STATE, IF U.S.,

M2. M3.

Was that

on a farm,

in a large

city,

small

town,

or what?

How many grades

of school

did you (HEAD) finish? (IF 7 GRADESOR MORE) training? v 314 - (GO TO M6) V 314 M7. Did you have any other YES What other have? (IF COLLEGE) M9. N0

(IF 6 GRADESOR LESS) M4. Did you get any other NO What was it?

schooling?

- (GO TO M11) did you v 314

schooling

M6.

Do you have any trouble

reading?

Do you have a college degree? YES M10. N0 (GO TO M11) What degree(s) did you receive?

(GO TO M11)

(GO TO M11) (ASK EVERYONE) M11. M12. M13. Are you (HEAD) a veteran? How many brothers Were your parents and sisters YES did you have? up, pretty well off, or what? v 317 M14. How much education (IF NONE OR DON'T KNOW) M15. did your father have? V 318 V 318 q NO V 315 V 316

poor when you were growing

? Could he read and write

TURN TO PAGE 4 OF COVERSHEET

-67SECTION N: N1. Who was present during interview? BY OBSERVATIONONLY v 179

N2. N3.

Who was respondent Race?

(relation

to head)? NEGRO OTHER (SPECIFY) V 181 V 182

WHITE

N4. N5.

Number of calls? How clean was the interior of the DU? NOT VERY CLEAN in the DU?

V 183 DIRTY

VERY CLEAN N6. How much reading

CLEAN SO-SO material was visible

N7. N8 . N9.

About how many times did you have to repeat About how many times

a question? a reply? could make it difficult v 186 for V 187

did you have to ask R to repeat disfigurements or habits that

Does R have any obvious him to get a job?

N10 .

What is the name of the nearest CITY

city

of 50,000 population STATE

or more? V 188

N11.

How far

is this

DU from the center

of that

city?

V 189

-68N12. TYPE OF STRUCTURE IN WHICH FAMILY LIVES: TRAILER DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE 2-FAMILY HOUSE, 2 UNITS SIDE BY SIDE 2-FAMILY HOUSE, 2 UNITS ONE ABOVE THE OTHER [ ] DETACHED 3-4 FAMILY HOUSE [ ] ROW HOUSE (3 OR MORE UNITS IN AN ATTACHED ROW) N13 [ [ [ [ ] ] ] ] [ ] APARTMENT HOUSE (5 OR MORE UNITS, 3 STORIES OR LESS) [ ] APARTMENT HOUSE (5 OR MORE UNITS, 4 STORIES OR MORE) [ ] APARTMENT IN A PARTLY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE [ ] OTHER (Specify)

NEIGHBORHOOD: Look at 3 structures on each side of DU but not more than 100 yards or so in both directions and check as many boxes as apply, below. v 191 Vlq'L [ ] VACANT LAND ONLY [ ] APARTMENT HOUSE (5 OR MORE UNITS, [ ] TRAILER 3 STORIES OR LESS) [ ] APARTMENT HOUSE (5 OR MORE UNITS, [ ] DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE 4 STORIES OR MORE) [ ] 2-FAMILY HOUSE, 2 UNITS SIDE BY SIDE [ ] APARTMENT IN A PARTLY COMMERCIAL [ ] 2-FAMILY HOUSE, 2 UNITS ONE ABOVE STRUCTURE THE OTHER [ ] WHOLLY COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL [ ] DETACHED 3-4 FAMILY HOUSE STRUCTURE [ ] ROW HOUSE (3 OR MORE UNITS IN AN [ ] OTHER (Specify) ATTACHED ROW) Is this DU located in a public housing project? Thumbnail Sketch YES NO V 193

N14.

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