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

Sample
1 = listed Landlline
2 = not listed Landline
3 = cell phone

Confidence: Past Financial
1 = BETTER OFF
3 = ABOUT THE SAME (R PROVIDED)
5 = WORSE OFF
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

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

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

Confidence: Unemployment Situation
1 = BETTER THAN
3 = WORSE THAN
5 = ABOUT THE SAME
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Confidence: Business Conditions
1 = GOOD TIMES
3 = BAD TIMES
5 = NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD; MEDIOCRE STAY THE SAME (R PROVIDED)
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Politics: Trump Rating
1 = EXCELLENT
2 = GOOD
3 = FAIR
4 = POOR
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Trust Government: Federal
1 = NEARLY ALWAYS OR MOST OF THE TIME
2 = SOME OF THE TIME
3 = SELDOM
4 = ALMOST NEVER
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Michigan Government Priority
1 = ECONOMY/ECONOMIC GROWTH/STIMULATING THE ECONOMY*
2 = JOBS/CREATING JOBS/UNEMPLOYMENT*
3 = HEALTH CARE/COST OF HEALTH CARE/HEALTH INSURANCE*
4 = CRIME/DRUGS/VIOLENCE/SAFETY/PRISONS*
5 = EDUCATION/SCHOOL FUNDING*
6 = POVERTY/HOMELESS/SOCIAL PROGRAMS
7 = WELFARE/WELFARE REFORM
8 = TAXES*
9 = SENIORS/PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE
10 = REDUCE BUDGETS/SIZE GOVERNMENT
11 = MORAL ISSUES/ABORTION/FAMILY VALUES
12 = FOREIGN POLICY
13 = ENVIRONMENT
14 = ROADS/HIGHWAYS/BRIDGES REPAIR*
15 = CHILDREN/ISSUES WITH CHILDREN
16 = DIVERSITY/RACE RELATIONS
17 = ETHICS, POLITICAL REFORM
18 = INFRASTRUCTURE OF CITIES (INCLUDES DRINKING WATER/SEWERS)*
19 = ELECTION REFORM
20 = GUN CONTROL
21 = JOB TRAINING/RETRAINING
22 = TEACHER TESTING/ACCOUNTABILITY
23 = REGULATION/DEREGULATION
24 = MEAP SCORES
25 = STATE BUDGET CRISIS/SOLVE BUDGET ISSUES
26 = FORECLOSURES/PROPERTY VALUES/HOUSING CRISIS
27 = EDUCATION QUALITY/STANDARDS*
90 = MISCELLANEOUS
95 = NOTHING/EVERYTHING IS FINE*
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Demographic: Sex
1 = Male
2 = Female

Demographic: Year of Birth
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Demographic: Education
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

Demographic: Ethnicity
1 = YES-HISPANIC/LATINO/SPANISH ORIGIN
5 = NO-NOT HISPANIC/LATINO/SPANISH ORIGIN
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Race: White/Caucasian
1 = YES
5 = NO

Demographic: Religious Background
0 = NONE; NO RELIGIOUS GROUP (include: Atheist, Agnostic)
1 = CATHOLIC; ROMAN CATHOLIC, ORTHODOX
2 = ISLAMIC/MUSLIM
3 = JEWISH
4 = PROTESTANT (Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopalian, etc)
5 = OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN (Unitarian-Universalist, Hindu, Druid)
6 = OTHER CHRISTIAN (Jehovah Witness, Mormon, 7th Day Adventist, etc)
95 = UNABLE TO CLASSIFY/MISC.
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

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

Political: Party - Republican
1 = STRONG REPUBLICAN
2 = NOT A VERY STRONG REPUBLICAN
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political: Party - Democrat
6 = NOT A VERY STRONG DEMOCRAT
7 = STRONG DEMOCRAT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

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

Political: Party - Lean
1 = STRONG REPUBLICAN
2 = NOT STRONG REPUBLICAN
3 = LEAN REPUBLICAN
4 = 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

Political: Ideology - Conservative
1 = VERY CONSERVATIVE
2 = SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political: Ideology - Liberal
6 = SOMEWHAT LIBERAL
7 = VERY LIBERAL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political: Ideology - Middle/Neither
3 = CLOSER TO THE CONSERVATIVE
4 = IN THE MIDDLE
5 = CLOSER TO THE LIBERAL SIDE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Political: Ideology - Lean
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

Demographic: Marital Status
1 = MARRIED, REMARRIED
2 = DIVORCED
3 = SEPARATED
4 = WIDOWED
5 = MEMBER OF AN UNMARRIED COUPLE
6 = SINGLE, NEVER BEEN MARRIED
7 = MISC/OTHER
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Employment
1 = WORK FULL TIME
2 = WORK PART TIME
3 = WORK AND GO TO SCHOOL
4 = THE ARMED FORCES
5 = HAVE A JOB, BUT NOT AT WORK LAST WEEK (ON VAC, SICK LEAVE, ETC)
6 = UNEMPLOYED, LAID OFF, LOOKING FOR WORK
7 = RETIRED
8 = SCHOOL FULL TIME
9 = HOMEMAKER
10 = DISABLED
11 = SEMI-RETIRED, RETIRED AND WORKING PART-TIME
95 = MISC/OTHER
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Employment: Union Member
1 = YES
5 = NO
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Household: Phone Lines
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Location: Community Type
0 = MISC/OTHER
1 = RURAL COMMUNITY
2 = SMALL CITY OR TOWN, VILLAGE
3 = A SUBURB
4 = URBAN COMMUNITY
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Location: Detroit
1 = YES
2 = NO
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Location: City
0 = SPECIFY
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Cell Phone: Calls
555 = NO LANDLINE PHONE
777 = ZERO, NONE
888 = DO NOT KNOW
999 = REFUSED

Community Barriers: Cost of Land
1 = SIGNIFICANT BARRIER
2 = SOMEWHAT OF A BARRIER
3 = NEITHER BARRIER NOR BENEFIT (R VOLUNTEERED)
4 = SOMEWHAT OF A BENEFIT
5 = SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Community Barriers: Infrastructure
1 = SIGNIFICANT BARRIER
2 = SOMEWHAT OF A BARRIER
3 = NEITHER BARRIER NOR BENEFIT
4 = SOMEWHAT OF A BENEFIT
5 = SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Life Goal: Likelihood
1 = HIGHLY LIKELY
2 = SOMEWHAT LIKELY
3 = NEITHER LIKELY NOR UNLIKELY (R VOLUNTEERED)
4 = SOMEWHAT UNLIKELY
5 = HIGHLY UNLIKELY
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Life Goal: Disappointment
1 = VERY DISAPPOINTED
2 = FAIRLY DISAPPOINTED
3 = SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTED
4 = NOT AT ALL DISAPPOINTED
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Life: Health
1 = EXCELLENT
2 = VERY GOOD
3 = GOOD
4 = FAIR
5 = POOR
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Children: Well-Being
1 = IMPROVED
2 = STAYED THE SAME
3 = BECOME WORSE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Children: Safe Neighborhood
1 = VERY SATISFIED
2 = SOMEWHAT SATISFIED
3 = NEITHER SATISFIED NOR DISSATISFIED (R VOLUNTEERED)
4 = SOMEWHAT DISSATISFIED
5 = VERY DISSATISFIED
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Children: Preschool
1 = STRONGLY AGREE
2 = SOMEWHAT AGREE
3 = NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE (R VOLUNTEERED)
4 = SOMEWHAT DISAGREE
5 = STRONGLY DISAGREE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Pre-K: Familiarity
1 = NOT VERY FAMILIAR
2 = SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR
3 = VERY FAMILIAR
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Pre-K: Outside Home
1 = VERY IMPORTANT
2 = SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
3 = NOT VERY IMPORTANT
4 = NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Pre-K: Advantage
1 = YES, CHILDREN HAVE AN ADVANTAGE
5 = NO, CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE AN ADVANTAGE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Pre-K: Income
1 = PARENTS RESPONSIBILITY
2 = FULLY FUNDED BY THE STATE
3 = FUNDED BASED ON FAMILY INCOME
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Education: School Type
1 = PUBLIC SCHOOL
2 = PRIVATE SCHOOL
3 = HOME SCHOOL
4 = NOT SCHOOL AGED YET
5 = DROPPED OUT/GRADUATED (R VOLUNTEERED)
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Public Schools: Type
1 = NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL
2 = ANOTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL IN DISTRICT
3 = PUBLIC SCHOOL OUTSIDE DISTRICT
4 = CHARTER SCHOOL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Public Schools: Biggest Problem
1 = MONEY/FUNDING/LACK OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT*
2 = EDUCATION STANDARDS*
3 = SCHOOL SAFETY/LACK OF DISCIPLINE IN SCHOOLS*
4 = NEED GOOD/MORE TEACHERS*
5 = TOO MUCH TESTING*
6 = LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY*
11 = PARENTS/FAMILY/HOME LIFE
12 = OVERCROWDING/CLASS SIZES
13 = BULLYING
14 = DRUGS
20 = NO PROBLEMS
95 = MISC/OTHER
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Public Schools: Needs A
1 = INCREASING SCHOOL CHOICE
2 = INCREASING SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY
3 = IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY
4 = INCREASING SCHOOL FUNDING
5 = RAISING ACADEMIC STANDARDS
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Charter Schools: Opinion
1 = FAVOR
2 = OPPOSE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Charter Schools: Favor Reason
0 = SPECIFY: OTHER
1 = PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAVE LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOLS
2 = FOSTER NEW IDEAS FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
3 = PROVIDE MORE RIGOROUS ACADEMICS
4 = PROVIDE A SAFER SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Charter Schools: Oppose Reason
0 = SPECIFY: OTHER
1 = STATE OVERSIGHT NOT ADEQUATE
2 = DIVERT RESOURCES AWAY FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS
3 = DO NOT EDUCATE ALL TYPES OF STUDENTS
4 = PROVIDE INFERIOR ACADEMICS
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Charter Schools: For-Profit
1 = FAVOR
2 = OPPOSE
3 = NEITHER FAVOR NOR OPPOSE (R VOLUNTEERED)
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Public Schools: Responsibility
1 = FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
2 = STATE GOVERNMENT
3 = LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Public Schools: Current Funding A
1 = FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
2 = STATE GOVERNMENT
3 = LOCAL GOVERNMENT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Public School Grade: State Funding
1 = A
2 = B
3 = C
4 = D
5 = FAIL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

College: Importance
1 = VERY IMPORTANT
2 = SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
3 = NEITHER IMPORTANT NOR UNIMPORTANT (R VOLUNTEERS)
4 = SOMEWHAT UNIMPORTANT
5 = VERY UNIMPORTANT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

College: Affordable
1 = STRONGLY AGREE
2 = SOMEWHAT AGREE
3 = NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE (R VOLUNTEERS)
4 = SOMEWHAT DISAGREE
5 = STRONGLY DISAGREE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

College: Oldest Child Likelihood
1 = VERY LIKELY
2 = SOMEWHAT LIKELY
3 = NEITHER LIKELY NOR UNLIKELY (R VOLUNTEERS)
4 = SOMEWHAT UNLIKELY
5 = VERY UNLIKELY
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Government Finance: Population Loss
1 = VERY IMPORTANT
2 = SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT
3 = NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Emergency Manager: Undemocratic
1 = STRONGLY AGREE
2 = SOMEWHAT AGREE
3 = NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE
4 = SOMEWHAT DISAGREE
5 = STRONGLY DISAGREE
6 = DOESN'T KNOW WHAT EMERGENCY MANAGER LAW IS
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Emergency Manager: Outsider
1 = STRONGLY AGREE
2 = SOMEWHAT AGREE
3 = NEITHER AGREE NOR DISAGREE
4 = SOMEWHAT DISAGREE
5 = STRONGLY DISAGREE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Emergency Manager: Support
1 = STRONGLY SUPPORT
2 = SOMEWHAT SUPPORT
3 = NEITHER SUPPORT NOR OPPOSE
4 = SOMEWHAT OPPOSE
5 = STRONGLY OPPOSE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Discrimination: Travel Ban
1 = STRONGLY APPROVE
2 = SOMEWHAT APPROVE
3 = NEUTRAL (R VOLUNTEERED)
4 = SOMEWHAT DISAPPROVE
5 = STRONGLY DISAPPROVE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Discrimination: Same-Sex Marriage
1 = STRONGLY FAVOR
2 = SOMEWHAT FAVOR
3 = NEUTRAL (R VOLUNTEERED)
4 = SOMEWHAT OPPOSE
5 = STRONGLY OPPOSE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Discrimination: Immigrants Take Jobs
1 = STRONGLY AGREE
2 = SOMEWHAT AGREE
3 = NEUTRAL (R VOLUNTEERED)
4 = SOMEWHAT DISAGREE
5 = STRONGLY DISAGREE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Infrastructure Spending
1 = SHOULD SPEND MUCH MORE
2 = SHOULD SPEND SOMEWHAT MORE
3 = SHOULD SPEND ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT
4 = SHOULD SPEND SOMEWHAT LESS
5 = SHOULD SPEND MUCH LESS
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Discrimination: Mosque
1 = BOTHER YOU A LOT
2 = BOTHER YOU A LITTLE
3 = NOT BOTHER YOU
4 = BE SOMETHING YOU WELCOME
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Crime: Quality of Home Life
1 = VERY AFFECTED
2 = SOMEWHAT AFFECTED
3 = JUST SLIGHTLY AFFECTED
4 = NOT AT ALL AFFECTED
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Crime: Safety
1 = VERY SAFE
2 = SOMEWHAT SAFE
3 = SOMEWHAT UNSAFE
4 = VERY UNSAFE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Crime: Punishment or Rehabilitation
1 = PUNISHING
2 = REHABILITATING
3 = PUNISHED AND REHABILITATED (R VOLUNTEERED)
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Crime Victim: Incidents
1 = 1
2 = 2
3 = 3
4 = 4 OR MORE

Crime Victim: Life Impacts
1 = YES
2 = NO

Crime Victim: Life Impacts: Days
998 = DO NOT KNOW
999 = REFUSED

Crime Victim: Recovery
1 = LESS THAN A MONTH
2 = 1 TO 6 MONTHS
3 = 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR
4 = A YEAR TO 2 YEARS
5 = MORE THAN 2 YEARS
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Crime Victim Services: Counseling
1 = YES/AWARE
2 = NO/UNAWARE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Media Trust A: WSJ
1 = TRUST
2 = DISTRUST
3 = NOT FAMILIAR WITH
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Recall: Email
1 = YES
3 = NO, DO NOT WANT TO GIVE EMAIL ADDRESS OUT
5 = NO, HAVE NO EMAIL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Perceived Interview Race
1 = WHITE OR CAUCASIAN
2 = AFRICAN AMERICAN OR BLACK
3 = HAWAIIAN OR OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER
4 = ASIAN OR ASIAN AMERICAN
5 = AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE
6 = HISPANIC/LATINO/LATINA/SPANISH ORIGIN
7 = MULTI-RACIAL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Partial Interviews
1 = COMPLETED INTERVIEW
2 = PARTIAL INTERVIEW

Sample Source
1 = Fresh Landline
2 = Recall Landline
3 = Fresh Cell
4 = Recall Cell

Phone Status
1 = Landline only
2 = Both Land and Cell
3 = Cell only

Demographic: 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

Demographic: Age in 7 Census Categories
1 = 18-29
2 = 30-39
3 = 40-49
4 = 50-59
5 = 60-69
6 = 70-79
7 = 80+

Race: 3 categories and missing
1 = white
2 = black
3 = other

Race: 6 categories
1 = white
2 = black
3 = hawaiian, PI
4 = asian
5 = indian

MSU Extension Regions
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

Income: Household Income in 11 Categories (new version)
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

Demographic: Education in 4 categories
1 = LT HS
2 = HS
3 = Some College
4 = College+