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

1 = listed
2 = unlisted

Past Financial
1 = BETTER OFF
2 = ABOUT THE SAME
3 = WORSE OFF
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Future Financial
1 = BETTER OFF
3 = ABOUT THE SAME
5 = WORSE OFF
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

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

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

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

Business Conditions
1 = GOOD TIMES
3 = BAD TIMES
5 = NEITHER
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

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

Issues Governor - Legislature
1 = ECONOMY/BUSINESS/ENCOURAGE BUSINESS GROWTH
2 = JOBS/UNEMPLOYMENT/WORK/WAGES
3 = HEALTH CARE
4 = CRIME/DRUGS/VIOLENCE
5 = SCHOOL FUNDING/SCHOOL FINANCES
6 = POVERTY/HOMELESS/SOCIAL PROGRAMS
7 = WEFARE REFORM
8 = TAXES/REDUCE TAXES
9 = SENIORS/PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE
10 = REDUCE BUDGETS/SIZE GOVERNMENT
11 = MORAL ISSUES/ABORTION/FAMILY VALUES
12 = FOREGIN POLICY
13 = ENVIRONMENT
14 = ROADS/HIGHWAYS/BRIDGES REPAIR
15 = ELECTION REFORM
16 = GUN CONTROL
17 = JOB TRAINING/RETRAINING
18 = DIVERSITY/RACE RELATIONS
19 = TEACHER TESTING
20 = REGULATION/DEREGULATION
21 = EDUCATION QUALITY/STANDARDS
22 = REDUCE BUDGETS/REDUCE SIZE GOVERNMENT/RESTRICT GOVERNMENTS
23 = MICHIGAN'S BUDGET CRISIS/SOLVE BUDGET ISSUES
97 = MISCELLANEOUS
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

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

Grade MI Public Schools
1 = A+
2 = A
3 = A-
4 = B+
5 = B
6 = B-
7 = C+
8 = C
9 = C-
10 = D+
11 = D
12 = D-
13 = F
98 = DON'T KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Primary Focus Education
1 = PREPARING FOR THE WORKFORCE
4 = NEED TO PREPARE FOR LIFE/BE PREPARED TAKE ON CHALLENGES
5 = PREPARING FOR COLLEGE 0 SOMETHING ELSE
6 = MISCELLANEOUS
7 = BOTH/BOTH EQUALLY IMPORTANT
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Rate Schools - WorkForce
1 = EXCELLENT
2 = VERY GOOD
3 = GOOD
4 = FAIR
5 = POOR
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Preferences Hispanics/Blacks - Version 1
1 = YES, PREFERENCES FOR THIS GROUP
5 = NO, NO PREFERENCES FOR THIS GROUP
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Heard of MSUE
1 = YES
5 = NO
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

MSUE Programs - 1st Mention
1 = HORTICULTURE/GARDENING/FARMING/FARMING/AGRUCULTURE
2 = AMIMAL/LIVESTOCK PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES
3 = 4-H PROGRAMS/YOUTH PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES
4 = HEALTH RELATED PROGRAMS ANS SERVICES
5 = NUTRITIONAL/FAMILY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
6 = HOME ECONOMICS/HOUSEHOLD PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
7 = SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
8 = EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS (NON-SPECIFIC)
9 = ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
10 = SERVICES/PROGRAMS FOR POOR/UNDERPRIVELDGED
90 = MISCELLANEOUS
98 = DO NOT KNOW, CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING
99 = REFUSED

MSUE Programs - 2nd Mention
1 = HORTICULTURE/GARDENING/FARMING/FARMING/AGRUCULTURE
2 = AMIMAL/LIVESTOCK PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES
3 = 4-H PROGRAMS/YOUTH PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES
4 = HEALTH RELATED PROGRAMS ANS SERVICES
5 = NUTRITIONAL/FAMILY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
6 = HOME ECONOMICS/HOUSEHOLD PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
7 = SENIOR CITIZEN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
8 = EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS (NON-SPECIFIC)
9 = ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
10 = SERVICES/PROGRAMS FOR POOR/UNDERPRIVELDGED
90 = MISCELLANEOUS
95 = NO OTHERS MENTIONED
98 = DO NOT KNOW, CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING
99 = REFUSED

Contact MSUE - 1st Mention
1 = CALL MSU
2 = LOOK IN PHONE BOOK
3 = LOOK ON THE INTERNET
4 = ASK SOMEONE - FAMILY, FRIENDS
5 = SCHOOL DISTRICT/THROUGH SCHOOL
6 = COUNTY/LOCAL/STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICE
7 = LIBRARY
8 = PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE MSUE
90 = MISCELLANEOUS 0 OTHER: SPECIFY
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Contact MSU - 2nd Mention
1 = CALL MSU
2 = LOOK IN PHONE BOOK
3 = LOOK ON THE INTERNET
4 = ASK SOMEONE - FAMILY, FRIENDS
5 = SCHOOL DISTRICT/THROUGH SCHOOL
6 = COUNTY/LOCAL/STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICE
7 = LIBRARY
8 = PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE MSUE
90 = MISCELLANEOUS 0 OTHER: SPECIFY
95 = NO OTHER MENTIONED
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

How Vote Proposal 2
1 = YES ON PROP2
5 = NO ON PROP2
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

If Vote, Vote on Prop 2
1 = VOTED FOR PROP2
5 = VOTED AGAINST PROP2
7 = WOULD NOT HAVE VOTED
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Reason Not Registered
1 = REGISTERED IN ANOTHER STATE
2 = INELIGIBLE NOT A CITIZEN
3 = INELIGIBLE OTHER REASON
4 = ALL OTHER REASONS
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Black Candidate Win - Version 1
1 = VERY LIKELY
2 = SOMEWHAT LIKELY
3 = SOMEWHAT UNLIKELY
4 = VERY UNLIKELY
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Elected 1st Female or Black
1 = FEMALE
5 = BLACK
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Elect 1st African American or Female
1 = FEMALE
5 = AFRICAN AMERICAN
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Number Close Friends
0 = NO CLOSE FRIENDS
1 = CLOSE FRIENDS
50 = CLOSE FRIENDS
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

1st Friend - Sex
1 = MALE
5 = FEMALE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

1st Friend - Race
1 = WHITE OR CAUCASIAN
2 = AFRICAN AMERICAN/BLACK
3 = HAWAIIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER
4 = ASIAN
5 = AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE
6 = HISPANIC
7 = OTHER: UNABLE TO CLASSIFY
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

1st Friend - Employment
1 = FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT
2 = PART TIME EMPLOYMENT
3 = HOMEMAKER
4 = STUDENT
5 = RETIRED
6 = IN MILITARY/RESERVES
7 = UNEMPLOYED/LAID OFF
8 = SOMETHING ELSE
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Sex
1 = MALE
5 = FEMALE

Year Born
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Education
0 = DID NOT GO TO SCHOOL
1 = GRADE
11 = GRADE
12 = HIGH SCHOOL GRAD OR GED
13 = COLLEGE
15 = COLLEGE
16 = COLLEGE GRADUATE
17 = SOME POST GRADUATE
18 = GRADUATE DEGREE
20 = TECHNICAL/JUNIOR COLLEGE GRAD
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Ethnicity
1 = YES, HISPANIC
5 = NO, NOT HISPANIC

Religion
0 = NONE
1 = CATHOLIC
2 = ISLAMIC/MUSLIM
3 = JEWISH
4 = PROTESTANT
5 = OTHER NON CHRISTIAN
7 = OTHER CHRISTIAN 6
8 = UNABLE TO CLASSIFY
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Political Identity - Rep/Dem
1 = REPUBLICAN
4 = INDEPENDENT
7 = DEMOCRAT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Republican
1 = STRONGLY REPUBLICAN
2 = NOT VERY STRONG REPUBLICAN
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Democrat
6 = NOT VERY STRONG DEMOCRAT
7 = STRONG DEMOCRAT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Independent
3 = REPUBLICAN
4 = NEITHER
5 = DEMOCRAT
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Party ID (Collapsed)
0 = OTHER
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
1 = CONSERVATIVE
4 = NEITHER
7 = LIBERAL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Conservative
1 = VERY CONSERVATIVE
2 = SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Liberal
6 = SOMEWHAT LIBERAL
7 = VERY LIBERAL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Uncommitted
3 = CLOSER CONSERVATIVE
4 = IN THE MIDDLE
5 = CLOSER LIBERAL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

1 very conservative
0 = OTHER
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

Marital Status
1 = MARRIED
2 = DIVORCED
3 = SEPARATED
4 = WIDOWED
5 = MEMBER UNMARRIED COUPLE
6 = SINGLE NEVER BEEN MARRIED
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

1 = ADULTS
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Children HH
1 = CHILDREN
7 = CHILDREN
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

School Attend (Single Child)
1 = A MICHIGAN PUBLIC SCHOOL
2 = A PRIVATE OR RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
3 = A CHARTER SCHOOL
4 = AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL
5 = A HOME-BASED SCHOOL
6 = NOT IN SCHOOL
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Employment Status
1 = WORK FULL TIME
2 = WORK PART TIME
3 = WORK AND GO TO SCHOOL
4 = IN THE ARMED FORCES
5 = JOB, DID NOT WORK LAST WEEK
6 = UNEMPLOYED
7 = RETIRED
8 = SCHOOL FULL-TIME
9 = HOMEMAKER
10 = DISABLED
97 = MISCELLANEOUS
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Reasons Leave - 1st Mention
1 = RETIREMENT
2 = JOB OPPORTUNITY ELSEWHERE
3 = RELOCATION OF CURRENT JOB
4 = BETTER SCHOOLS
5 = BETTER/MORE ENJOYABLE CLIMATE
6 = BETTER/SOCIAL LIFE
7 = BETTER/AFFORDABLE HOUSING
8 = FAMILY ISSUES/MATTERS
9 = RELATIONSHIP/MARRIAGE/ETC
10 = ECONOMIC ISSUES/ECONOMY
11 = STATE'S POLITCAL CLIMATE
90 = MISCELLANEOUS
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

Reasons Leave - 2nd Mention
1 = RETIREMENT
2 = JOB OPPORTUNITY ELSEWHERE
3 = RELOCATION OF CURRENT JOB
4 = BETTER SCHOOLS
5 = BETTER/MORE ENJOYABLE CLIMATE
6 = BETTER/SOCIAL LIFE
7 = BETTER/AFFORDABLE HOUSING
8 = FAMILY ISSUES/MATTERS
9 = RELATIONSHIP/MARRIAGE/ETC
10 = ECONOMIC ISSUES/ECONOMY
11 = STATE'S POLITCAL CLIMATE
90 = MISCELLANEOUS
95 = NO MORE MENTIONED
98 = DO NOT KNOW
99 = REFUSED

8 = DO NOT KNOW
48000 = ZIP CODE
49999 = ZIP CODE

$35,000 or More
1 = YES
5 = NO
8 = DO NOT KNOW

Less than $10,000
1 = YES
5 = NOT
8 = DO NOT KNOW

0 = REF
1 = LT $10,000
2 = $10,000 - 19,999
3 = $20,000 - 29,999
4 = $30,000 - 39,999
5 = $40,000 - 49,999
6 = $50,000 - 59,999
7 = $60,000 - 69,999
8 = $70,000 or More
9 = DK

Phone Lines
1 = PHONE NUMBERS
8 = DO NOT KNOW

Type of Community
1 = RURAL COMMUNITY
2 = SMALL CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE
3 = A SUBURB
4 = URBAN COMMUNITY
98 = DO NOT KNOW

Race Perception
1 = WHITE OR CAUCASIAN
2 = AFRICAN AMERICAN
3 = HAWAIIAN OR OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER
4 = ASIAN
5 = AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE
6 = HISPANIC
7 = OTHER: UNABLE TO CLASSIFY
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Interviewer Race
1 = WHITE OR CAUCASIAN
2 = AFRICAN AMERICAN
3 = HAWAIIAN OR OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER
4 = ASIAN
5 = AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE
6 = HISPANIC
7 = OTHER: MISCELLANEOUS
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

1 = S44 re-interviews
2 = S44 fresh RDD

Race: Other
1 = YES
5 = YES
8 = DO NOT KNOW
9 = REFUSED

Rs 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

Rs race in 3 categories and missing
1 = white
2 = black
3 = other

Rs race in 6 categories
1 = white
2 = black
3 = hawaiian, PI
4 = asian
5 = indian

MSU Extension Regions (Detroit in Reg. 6)
1 = UP
2 = North LP
3 = W. Central
4 = E. Central
5 = Southwest
6 = Southeast Urban

New MSU Extension regions plus city of Detroit
1 = Upper Peninsula
2 = North
3 = Central
4 = Southwest
5 = Southeast
6 = Detroit

Respondents age in 4 categories
1 = 18-29
2 = 30-44
3 = 45-64
4 = 65+
9 = missing

New MSUE regions (5) with Detroit in region 5
1 = UP
2 = North
3 = Central
4 = Southwest
5 = Southeast

1 = yes near future
2 = yes distant future
3 = no plan to move

1 = HS or less
2 = some college
3 = college grad
4 = some post-grad

0 = Not Selected
1 = Selected