GSS 1972-2021 Cumulative Datafile - Release 3b


Sequential Variable List

2004 TOPICAL MODULE: SPIRITUALITY
Spiritual Transformation
numrelex number of real experience that changed r's life
agerelex age of r at religious experience
chngrel r changed religion because of experience
numrborn how many born-again experience r had
agerborn age of r at born-again experience
chngrbrn r changed religion because of experience
entity entity mentions in religious change
expchng1 cause of religious change1
expchng2 cause of religious change2
expchng3 cause of religious change3
whychng1 religious change experience1
whychng2 religious change experience2
whychng3 religious change experience3
changed1 life changes from religious change1
changed2 life changes from religious change2
changed3 life changes from religious change3
relalt1 rel change altered r's outlook on life
relalt2 rel change made r sense life was meaningful
relalt3 rel change changed goals in life
relalt4 rel change positively affected relation with others
relalt5 rel change changed day to day activities
relalt6 rel change changed life overall
Daily Spiritual Experiences
alloflfe experience connection to all of life
joylifts feel joy during worship
relsprt1 find strength religion or spirituality
relsprt2 find comfort in religion or spirituality
godhelp ask for gods help in daily activities
godguide feel guided by god in daily activities
godlvdir feel gods love for r directly
godlvoth feel gods love for me through others
blessngs feel thankful for r's blessings
closrgod desire to be closer to god
godclose how close to god
Catholics
idols catholics are idols
rosaries catholic rosaries are superstitious
notthink catholics are not permitted to think
2004 TOPICAL MODULE: WOMEN AND ALCOHOL
evdrink ever drank any alcoholic beverage
drinkyr how regularly r drink over last 12 months
drinkday how many drinks r have on a day when drinking
drink6up how often r has 6 or more drinks in a day
drinkmax largest number of drinks in a day last 12 months
drink12 how often at least 12 but less than 20 drinks
drink8 how often at least 8 but less than 12 drinks
drink5 how often at least 5 but less than 8 drinks
drink3 how often at least 3 but less than 5 drinks
drink1 how often at least 1 but less than 3 drinks
drinkmin how often at least a sip but less than one full drink
2004 TOPICAL MODULE: VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS/SOCIAL NETWORKS
churchtx membership in church-related groups
infrmgrp any activities with the same group of ppl regularly
typfrat r belongs to more than one fraternal groups
typserv r belongs to more than one service clubs
typvet r belongs to more than one veterans groups
typpolit r belongs to more than one political clubs
typunion r belongs to more than one labor unions
typsport r belongs to more than one sports groups
typyouth r belongs to more than one youth groups
typschl r belongs to more than one school service groups
typhobby r belongs to more than one hobby clubs
typgreek r belongs to more than one school fraternities
typnat r belongs to more than one nationality groups
typfarm r belongs to more than one farm organizations
typlit r belongs to more than one literary groups
typprof r belongs to more than one professional societies
typchurh r belongs to more than one church affiliate groups
typother r belongs to more than one other groups
typinfrm r belongs to more than one informal groups
numfrat how many r belongs to fraternal groups
bthgrp1a what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp1b what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp1c what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp1d what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp1e what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp1f what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp2a what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp2b what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp2c what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp2d what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp2e what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp2f what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp3a what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp3b what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp3c what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp3d what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp3e what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp3f what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp4a what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp4b what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp4c what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp4d what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp4e what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp4f what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp5a what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp5b what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp5c what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp5d what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp5e what are the groups you both belong to?
bthgrp5f what are the groups you both belong to?
frstgrp1 which group meet name1
frstgrp2 which group meet name2
frstgrp3 which group meet name3
frstgrp4 which group meet name4
frstgrp5 which group meet name5
whoelse1 presence of others: children under six
whoelse2 presence of others: older children
whoelse3 presence of others: spouse partner
whoelse4 presence of others: other relatives
whoelse5 presence of others: other adults
whoelse6 presence of others: no one
numserv how many r belongs to service clubs
numvet how many r belongs to veterans groups
numpolit how many r belongs to political clubs
numunion how many r belongs to labor unions
numsport how many r belongs to sports groups
numyouth how many r belongs to youth groups
numschl how many r belongs to school service groups
numhobby how many r belongs to hobby clubs
numgreek how many r belongs to school fraternities
numnat how many r belongs to nationality groups
numfarm how many r belongs to farm organizations
numlit how many r belongs to literary groups
numprof how many r belongs to professional societies
numchurh how many r belongs to church affiliate groups
numother how many r belongs to other groups
numinfrm how many r belongs to informal groups
yrfrat1 how many yrs r been a member of fraternal groups1
yrfrat2 how many yrs r been a member of fraternal groups2
yrfrat3 how many yrs r been a member of fraternal groups3
yrfrat4 how many yrs r been a member of fraternal groups4
yrserv1 how many years r been a member of service club1
yrserv2 how many years r been a member of service club2
yrserv3 how many years r been a member of service club3
yrserv4 how many years r been a member of service club4
yrserv5 how many years r been a member of service club5
yrserv6 how many years r been a member of service club6
yrserv7 how many years r been a member of service club7
yrserv8 how many years r been a member of service club8
yrvet1 how many years r been a member of veteran groups1
yrvet2 how many years r been a member of veteran groups2
yrvet3 how many years r been a member of veteran groups3
yrvet4 how many years r been a member of veteran groups4
yrvet5 how many years r been a member of veteran groups5
yrpolit1 how many years r been a member of political club1
yrpolit2 how many years r been a member of political club2
yrpolit3 how many years r been a member of political club3
yrunion1 how many years r born a member of labor union1
yrunion2 how many years r born a member of labor union2
yrunion3 how many years r born a member of labor union3
yrunion4 how many years r born a member of labor union4
yrsport1 how many years r born a member of sports groups1
yrsport2 how many years r born a member of sports groups2
yrsport3 how many years r born a member of sports groups3
yrsport4 how many years r born a member of sports groups4
yrsport5 how many years r born a member of sports groups5
yrsport6 how many years r born a member of sports groups6
yryouth1 how many years r born a member of youth groups1
yryouth2 how many years r born a member of youth groups2
yryouth3 how many years r born a member of youth groups3
yryouth4 how many years r born a member of youth groups4
yryouth5 how many years r born a member of youth groups5
yrschl1 how many years r born a member of school service group1
yrschl2 how many years r born a member of school service group2
yrschl3 how many years r born a member of school service group3
yrschl4 how many years r born a member of school service group4
yrhobby1 how many years r born a member of hobby club1
yrhobby2 how many years r born a member of hobby club1
yrhobby3 how many years r born a member of hobby club1
yrgreek1 how many years r born a member of school fraternity1
yrgreek2 how many years r born a member of school fraternity2
yrgreek3 how many years r born a member of school fraternity3
yrnat1 how many years r born a member of national group1
yrnat2 how many years r born a member of national group2
yrnat3 how many years r born a member of national group3
yrfarm1 how many years r born a member of farm organization1
yrfarm2 how many years r born a member of farm organization2
yrfarm3 how many years r born a member of farm organization3
yrlit1 how many years r born a member of literary group1
yrlit2 how many years r born a member of literary group2
yrlit3 how many years r born a member of literary group3
yrlit4 how many years r born a member of literary group4
yrprof1 how many years r born a member of professional society1
yrprof2 how many years r born a member of professional society2
yrprof3 how many years r born a member of professional society3
yrprof4 how many years r born a member of professional society4
yrprof5 how many years r born a member of professional society5
yrprof6 how many years r born a member of professional society6
yrchurh1 how many years r born a member of church group1
yrchurh2 how many years r born a member of church group2
yrchurh3 how many years r born a member of church group3
yrchurh4 how many years r born a member of church group4
yrchurh5 how many years r born a member of church group5
yrchurh6 how many years r born a member of church group6
yrother1 how many years r born a member of other group1
yrother2 how many years r born a member of other group2
yrother3 how many years r born a member of other group3
yrother4 how many years r born a member of other group4
yrother5 how many years r born a member of other group5
yrinfrm1 how many years r born a member of informal group1
yrinfrm2 how many years r born a member of informal group2
yrinfrm3 how many years r born a member of informal group3
yrinfrm4 how many years r born a member of informal group4
yrinfrm5 how many years r born a member of informal group5
mtfrat1 how many years r born a member of fraternity group1
mtfrat2 how many years r born a member of fraternity group2
mtfrat3 how many years r born a member of fraternity group3
mtfrat4 how many years r born a member of fraternity group4
mtserv1 service club1 meets in this area
mtserv2 service club2 meets in this area
mtserv3 service club3 meets in this area
mtserv4 service club4 meets in this area
mtserv5 service club5 meets in this area
mtserv6 service club6 meets in this area
mtserv7 service club7 meets in this area
mtserv8 service club8 meets in this area
mtvet1 veteran group1 meets in this area
mtvet2 veteran group2 meets in this area
mtvet3 veteran group3 meets in this area
mtvet4 veteran group4 meets in this area
mtvet5 veteran group5 meets in this area
mtpolit1 political club1 meets in this area
mtpolit2 political club2 meets in this area
mtpolit3 political club3 meets in this area
mtunion1 labor union1 meets in this area
mtunion2 labor union2 meets in this area
mtunion3 labor union3 meets in this area
mtunion4 labor union4 meets in this area
mtsport1 sport club1 meets in this area
mtsport2 sport club2 meets in this area
mtsport3 sport club3 meets in this area
mtsport4 sport club4 meets in this area
mtsport5 sport club5 meets in this area
mtsport6 sport club6 meets in this area
mtyouth1 youth group1 meets in this area
mtyouth2 youth group2 meets in this area
mtyouth3 youth group3 meets in this area
mtyouth4 youth group4 meets in this area
mtyouth5 youth group5 meets in this area
mtschl1 school service group1 meets in this area
mtschl2 school service group2 meets in this area
mtschl3 school service group3 meets in this area
mtschl4 school service group4 meets in this area
mthobby1 hobby club1 meets in this area
mthobby2 hobby club2 meets in this area
mthobby3 hobby club3 meets in this area
mtgreek1 school frarternity1 meets in this area
mtgreek2 school frarternity2 meets in this area
mtgreek3 school frarternity3 meets in this area
mtnat1 nationality group1 meets in this area
mtnat2 nationality group2 meets in this area
mtnat3 nationality group3 meets in this area
mtfarm1 farm organization1 meets in this area
mtfarm2 farm organization2 meets in this area
mtfarm3 farm organization3 meets in this area
mtlit1 military group1 meets in this area
mtlit2 military group2 meets in this area
mtlit3 military group3 meets in this area
mtlit4 military group4 meets in this area
mtprof1 professional society1 meets in this area
mtprof2 professional society2 meets in this area
mtprof3 professional society3 meets in this area
mtprof4 professional society4 meets in this area
mtprof5 professional society5 meets in this area
mtprof6 professional society6 meets in this area
mtchurh1 church group1 meets in this area
mtchurh2 church group2 meets in this area
mtchurh3 church group3 meets in this area
mtchurh4 church group4 meets in this area
mtchurh5 church group5 meets in this area
mtchurh6 church group6 meets in this area
mtother1 other group1 meets in this area
mtother2 other group2 meets in this area
mtother3 other group3 meets in this area
mtother4 other group4 meets in this area
mtother5 other group5 meets in this area
mtinfrm1 informal group1 meets in this area
mtinfrm2 informal group2 meets in this area
mtinfrm3 informal group3 meets in this area
mtinfrm4 informal group4 meets in this area
mtinfrm5 informal group5 meets in this area
grpboth1 both belong to the same group on the list
grpboth2 both belong to the same group on the list
grpboth3 both belong to the same group on the list
grpboth4 both belong to the same group on the list
grpboth5 both belong to the same group on the list
frstmet1 r first met the named alter in the group
frstmet2 r first met the named alter in the group
frstmet3 r first met the named alter in the group
frstmet4 r first met the named alter in the group
frstmet5 r first met the named alter in the group
yrskwn1 years r has known the named1
yrskwn2 years r has known the named2
yrskwn3 years r has known the named3
yrskwn4 years r has known the named4
yrskwn5 years r has known the named5
2006-2014 TOPICAL MODULE: SCIENCE
2006 Science Module
relneg any turning point when less committed to religion
newsfrom main source of information about events in the news
newsfrmy where news events info
scifrom main source of information about science and technology
seeksci probable source of information about scientific issues
scifromy where get science and technology info
seeksciy where get science issue news
sciinfgo where online get info
scinews1 newspaper printed or online
scinews2 magazine printed or online
scinews3 where online get info
nextgen science & tech. give more opportunities to next generation
toofast science makes our way of life change too fast
advfront sci rsch is necessary and should be supported by federal govt
scispec science is too concerned with theory and speculation
leadsci shld pay attntn only to theory accepted by leading scientists
whichsci industry scientists less reliable than univer'sity scientists
astrolgy ever read a horoscope or personal astrology report
astrosci astrology is scientific
scibnfts benefits of sci research outweigh harmful results
balpos sci research is strongly in favor of benefits
balneg sci research is strongly in favor of harmful results
scistudy r has clear understanding of scientific study
scitext what it means to r to study scientifically
expdesgn better way to test drug btw control and non-control
exptext why is it better to test drug this way
odds1 test of knowledge about probablity1
odds2 test of knowledge about probablity2
hotcore sci knowledge: the center of earth is very hot
radioact sci knowledge: the center of earth is very hot
boyorgrl sci knowledge: father gene decides sex of baby
lasers sci knowledge: lasers work by focusing sound waves
electron sci knowledge: electrons are smaller than atoms
viruses sci knowledge: antibiotics kill viruses as well as bacteria
bigbang sci knowledge: the universe began with a huge explosion
condrift sci knowledge: the continents have been moving
evolved sci knowledge: human beings developed from animals
earthsun sci knowledge: the earth goes around the sun
solarrev sci knowledge: how long the earth goes around the sun
tomatoes regular tomatoes no genes
cloning cloning makes identical copy
intrhome internet access in r's home
coldeg1 the highest degree r have earned
majorcol the field of degree r earned
colsci r has taken any college-level sci course
colscinm number of college-level sci courses r have taken
hsmath the highest level of math r completed in high school
hsbio r ever took a high school biology course
hschem r ever took a high school chemistry course
hsphys r ever took a high school physics course
gwsci understanding of global warming by environmnt scientists
gwpol understanding of global warming by elected officials
gwbiz understanding of global warming by business leaders
sciagrgw extent of agreement on global warming amg env scientists
sciinfgw influence on global warming policy: environmntal scientists
polinfgw influence on global warming policy: elected official
bizinfgw influence on global warming policy: business leader
scibstgw best policy vs narrow interest: environmental scientist
polbstgw best policy vs narrow interest: elected official
bizbstgw best policy vs narrow interest: business leader
gasregs how much r favor requiring to make car's using less gasoline
scmed how well medical researcher's understand stem cells
screlig how well religious leaders understand stem cells
scpol how well elected officials understand stem cells
medagrsc agreement by med researchers on importance of stem cell rsch
medinfsc influence on funding for stem cell rsch: medical researchers
relinfsc influence on funding for stem cell rsch: religious leaders
polinfsc influence on funding for stem cell rsch: elected officials
medbstsc best policy on stem cell vs narrow interest: med researcher
relbstsc best policy on stem cell vs narrow interest: relig leader
polbstsc best policy on stem cell vs narrow interest: elected official
scresrch government should fund stem cell research
txeco how well economist knows effect of reducing fed income tax
txbiz how well business leader knows effect of reducing fed inc tax
txpol how well elected official knows effect of reducing fed inc tax
ecoagree agreement by economists on effect of reducing fed inc tax
ecoinftx influence on reducing fed inc taxby economists
bizinftx influence on reducing fed inc taxby business leaders
polinftx influence on reducing fed inc taxby elected officials
ecobsttx best policy vs narrow interest on fed inc tax: economist
bizbsttx best policy vs narrow interest on fed inc tax: business leader
polbsttx best policy vs narrow interest on fed inc tax: elected official
gmmed how well med researcher know risk by genetically modified foods
gmpol how well elected official know risk by genetically modified foods
gmbiz how well business leader know risk by genetically modified foods
medagrgm med researcher: agreement on effect of genetically modified food
medinfgm influence on restricting gmf by medical researcher's
polinfgm influence on restricting gmf by elected officials
bizinfgm influence on restricting gmf by business leaders
medbstgm best policy on gmf vs narrow interest: medical researcher
polbstgm best policy on gmf vs narrow interest: elected official
bizbstgm best policy on gmf vs narrow interest: business leader
eatgm r's view about eating genetically modified foods
sciimp1 how important: done by scientists in univer'sity settings
sciimp2 how important: having advanced degrees in their fields
sciimp3 how important: conclusion based on solid evidence
sciimp4 how important: examining different interpretation of results
sciimp5 how important: results consistent with religious beliefs
sciimp6 how important: results consistent with common sense
sciimp7 how important: repeating experiment & finding same result
sciimp8 how important: research takes place in a laboratory
socsci how scientific: sociology
physcsci how scientific: physics
histsci how scientific: history
accntsci how scientific: accounting
biosci how scientific: biology
econsci how scientific: economics
medsci how scientific: medicine
engnrsci how scientific: engineering
knwforgn level of r's information: foreign policy
knwecon level of r's information: economic policy
knwsci level of r's information: science and technology
knwgw level of r's information: global warming
knwpolar level of r's information: the north and south poles
tvbears r would choose tv program about polar bears
tvinuit r would choose tv program about native ppl in the arctic
tvozone r would choose tv program about ozone hole over the antarctic
tvmeltng r would choose tv program about polar ice melting
tvoil r would choose tv program about oil drilling in the arctic
polaryr1 intl polar year 07-08:r would watch a tv program
polaryr2 intl polar year 07-08:r would read a newspaper article
polaryr3 intl polar year 07-08:r would read a magazine article
polaryr4 intl polar year 07-08:r would go to museum
polaryr5 intl polar year 07-08:r would watch a feature film
polaryr6 intl polar year 07-08:r would read a book
polaryr7 intl polar year 07-08:r would visit a web site
polaryr8 intl polar year 07-08:r would attend a live lecture
icesheet true-false: the north pole is on a sheet of ice
nosun true-false: the sun never shines at the south pole
inuit true-false: inuit live north of the arctic circle
huntbear true-false: hunting make polar bear extinct than climate change
icecaps polar ice caps got larger or smaller over last 25 yrs
comorsci antarctica should be reserved or open
extinct effect of global warming: polar bear's become extinct
sealevel effect of global warming: sea level flood coastal areas
artseals effect of global warming: arctic seals are threatened
inuitway effect of global warming: inuit no longer follow traditional way of life
noicecap effect of global warming: northern ice cap melt
caremost most concerned possible effect of global warming
nanotech how much r heard about nanotechnology
nanoknw1 true-false: nanotechnology manipulate extremely small units
nanoknw2 true-false: nanoscale differ from same material at larger scale
nanowill benefit of nanotechnology outweigh harmful results
2008 Science Module
intintl interested in international issues
intfarm interested in farm issues
inteduc interested in local school issues
intsci interested in new scientific discoveries
intecon interested in economic issues
inttech interested in technologies
intmed interested in medical discoveries
intspace interested in space exploration
intenvir interested in environmental issues
intmil interested in military policy
sciintro which version of science introduction was used
visart how often r visited art museum last year
visnhist how often r visited natural history museum last year
viszoo how often r visited zoo last year
vissci how often r visited science museum
vislib how often r visited public library last year
scimath quality of science & math educ in us is inadequate
anscitst scientists shld be allowed to do research animals' pain & injury
maboygrl does mom's gene decide baby's sex
h2olife what property of water is most important
anheat which bodily features be best suited to a small animal living in a cold climate
lftplane key factor that enables airplane to lift
stormtxt do you see lightning before hearing thunder
litmstxt why litmus paper doesn't change color in mixed solution
goldfish experiment about goldfish and temperature
salth2o ocean water for vegetables
erosion example of erosion
genes traits are transferred over generation
gills how fish get oxygen
upbreath why short breath at the top of a mountain
daynight when did most errors occur
weighing which is the best method to report weight of leaf
seesand which picture shows what she should use for the 2nd pot
fishexp1 what is scientist trying to find out from this experiment
fishexp2 why did you choose that answer
nanoben balance will be strongly in favor of the benefits or slightly
nanoharm balance will be strongly in favor of the benefits or slightly
2010 Science Module
engagrnk engineers agree nuclear power
enhinfnk nuclear engineers how much influence
polinfnk elected officials how much influence
bizinfnk business leaders how much influence
engbstnk nuclear engineers best for country
polbstnk elected officials best for country
bizbstnk business leaders best for country
biznuke how well business leader know risk by nuclear power
engnuke nuclear engineers understand nuclear power
polnuke how well elected official know risk by nuclear power
penguins antarctic penguins threatened
morempg cars use less gasoline
nukeelec view about nuclear energy
2012 Science Module
scientda happy if daughter scientist
scientsn happy if son scientist
scientr consider career in science
scientdo know what scientists do
sciental scientists usually work alone
scientdn scientific work dangerous
scientgo scientists work for good of humanity
scientfu scientists don? have fun
scienthe scientists help solve prob
scientod scientists odd and peculiar
scientbe scientists want to make life better for avg person
scientre scientists not religious
scientwk scientists only interested in work
scientmo scientists earn less
scientbr being a scientist boring
engda happy if daughter engineer
engson happy if son engineer
engresp consider work in engineer field
engdo know what engineers do
englone engineers usually work alone
engdgr engineering work dangerous
enggood engineers work for good of humanity
engfun engineers don? have fun
engprob engineers help solve prob
engodd engineers odd and peculiar
engbtr engineers want to make life better for avg person
engrel engineers not religious
engint engineers only interested in work
engearn engineers earn less
engbrng being engineer boring
farming how scientific is farming
journlsm how scientific is journalism
fireftng how scientific is firefighting
marrcoun how scientific is marriage counseling
medtreat how scientific is medical treatment
architct how scientific is architecture
lawenfrc how scientific is law enforcement
engnring how scientific is engineering
slsmnshp how scientific is salesmanship
cmprgmng how scientific is computer programming
finlcoun how scientific is financial counseling
bigbang1 universe began with a big explosion: true or false
bigbang2 universe expanding since it began: true or false
evolved1 humans developed from earlier species: true or false
2014 Science Module
bettrlfe science makes our lives better