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======Project Code : UTEX0018c Project Name : Texas Tribune 2012 pt 3 Prepared for : Jim Henson and Daron Shaw Interviews : 800 Field Period : October 15 , 2012 - October 21 , 2012 Project Manager : Sam Luks ======Matching and Weighting
Polimetrix interviewed 912 respondents who were then matched down to a sample of 800 to produce the final dataset. The respondents were matched on gender , age , race , education , party identification , ideology and political interest. Polimetrix then weighted the matched set of survey respondents to known marginals for the registered voters of Texas from the 2008 Current Population survey and the 2007 Pew Religious Life Survey.
Variable List ======Name Description ------caseid Case ID weight Case Weight zipcode inputzip race Race hispanic Hispanic descent langpref Language Q1 Texas votereg birthyr Birth year gender Gender educ Education Q2 Political interest Q3 Texas Vote Freq Q4 Most Important Problem Q5 Most Important problem , Texas Q6 Retrospective Assessments , Obama Q7 Retrospective Assessments , Congress Q8 Rick Perry , Governor Q9 Country direction Q10 National Economy Q11 Texas direction Q12 Personal Econ Q13 Texas economy compared to a year ago Q14 Children in the future better off or worse off Q15 National economy worst over or yet to come Q16 Money owed on credit cards and loans Q17 Presidential vote Q17A Presidential vote - if forced to choose Q18 Senate vote Q18A Senate vote - if forced to choose Q19 RR commissioner vote Q19A RR commissioner vote - if forced to choose Q20 Incumbent state representative deserves reelection Q21 2014 Republican primary for Lt. Governor Q21A If Rick Perry ran for governor in 2014 Q22 Vote for Tea party if it were a political party Q23 Tea Party influence Q24 Ted Cruz opinion Q25 Paul Sadler opnion Q26 Barack Obama opinion Q27 Mitt Romney opinion Q28 Joe Biden opinion Q29 Paul Ryan opinion Q30A Religious faith Q30B Issue positions Q30C Character Q30D Party
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Q30E Political record Q30A2 Most important vote factor Q31 Rick Perry opinion Q32 Greg Abbott opinion Q33 Texas state government a good model for other states to follow Q33A State government more efficient than national government Q33B State government too dependent on financial aid from DC Q33C1 State government should require state and local employees to pay more of pension - listed jobs Q33C2 State government should require state and local employees to pay more of pension Q34A The State government corrupt or honest Q34B The State government careful or careless with tax dollars Q34C The State government addresses needs or ignores Q34D The State government divided or can work together Q35A The federal government in Washington corrupt or honest Q35B The federal government in Washington careful or careless with tax dollars Q35C The federal government in Washington addresses needs or ignores Q35D The federal government in Washington divided or can work together q36 Budget shortfall Q37 Branch of federal government trusted most Q38 Require photo ID to vote Q39 Opinion on gay marriage or civil unions Q40 In-state tuition for illegal immigrants in state for 3+ years Q41A State and local police in Texas should NOT be permitted to inquire about or report the immigration status of people they routinely encounter on the stree t. Q41B Most immigrants pay their fair share of taxes. Q41C We should restrict and control people coming to live in the U.S. more than we do now. Q41D Newcomers from other countries enrich Texas with their hard work and values. Q42 K-12 education better or worse than a year ago Q43 Texas spending on primary and secondary education Q44 Texas spending on state universities and colleges Q45A Pledges to increase taxes before election Q45B Pledges to increase taxes before fiscal situation in January 13 Q46 VRA states subject to supervision Q47 Frequency of contact with people who speak little or no English Q48A Follow scientific advice - Stem cell research Q48B Follow scientific advice - Global warming Q48C Follow scientific advice - Abortion Q48D Follow scientific advice - Space exploration Q48E Follow scientific advice - Childhood obesity Q48F Follow scientific advice - AIDS Q48G Follow scientific advice - Birth control Q48H Follow scientific advice - Legalizing drug use Q48I Follow scientific advice - Health care coverage Q48J Follow scientific advice - Natural disaster preparedness Q48K Follow scientific advice - Nuclear power Q48L Follow scientific advice - Coal production Q48M Follow scientific advice - Gun control Q49A When faced with a difficult decision , politicians should follow the advice of relevant experts , even if it means going against their ideology. Q49B Most of the time , instinct and gut reactions are just as good as the advice of scientists.
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Q49C Faith is a better guide than scientific evidence on most important questions. Q49D Scientists and academics are not hostile to people of faith. Q49E Scientists and academics are not concerned about the moral implications of their research. Q49F Most university professors are liberals who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research. Q49G Most economists are conservatives who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research. Q49H Most scientists are liberals who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research. INFO1 Which political party holds the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives ? INFO2 What majority of both houses of the U.S. Congress is needed to override a presidential veto ? INFO3 Who is the current Attorney General of Texas ? libcon Ideology pid7 7 point Party ID pid7_utex_other 7 point Party ID pid3 3 point party ID county_residence Texas county locate Community size metro Metropolitan area child Children schoolm_1 School - Under 18 Public schoolm_2 School - Under 18 Private schoolm_3 School - Under 18 Homeschool schoolm_4 School - No children under 18 going to school in Texas faminc Family income relig Religion evang Evangelical catholicid_1 Catholic Identity - Liberal Catholic catholicid_2 Catholic Identity - Conservative Catholic catholicid_3 Catholic Identity - Traditional Catholic catholicid_4 Catholic Identity - Charismatic Catholic catholicid_5 Catholic Identity - Evangelical Catholic catholicid_6 Catholic Identity - None of the above catholicprim Primary Catholic ID charismatic Charismatic Christian socialgospel Social Justice Christian literal Bible literal import Religion important attend Religion participation race2 Hispanic-Latino grandparent native1 Born in USA native2 Parents place of birth leave1 In the last 12 months , have you considered moving out of the state of Texas ? leave2_A To be closer to family leave2_B High cost of housing here leave2_C Opportunity for better jobs elsewhere leave2_D I want to live around people like me leave2_E Current high tax rates here leave2_F Prospect of higher tax rates if I stay here leave2_G Traffic congestion and overcrowding here leave2_H High crime here leave2_I The quality of schools is declining here leave2_J The economy is getting worse here leave2_K I want a quieter place to live leave2_L I want a better climate leave2_M I want to live around more Democrats leave2_N I want to live around more Republicans leave3 Which of the following is the MOST important reason why you have considered moving out of the state of Texas ? come1 When did you move to Texas ?
3 UTEX0018c_CODEBOOK.txt 10/23/2012 come2_A To be closer to family come2_B Low cost of housing come2_C Opportunity for better jobs come2_D I want to live around people like me come2_E Prospect of lower taxes come2_F Less traffic congestion and overcrowding come2_G Less crime come2_H The quality of schools is better come2_I The economy was getting better in Texas come2_J A quieter place to live come2_K A better climate come2_L I wanted to live around more Democrats come2_M I wanted to live around more Republicans come2_N To go to college or graduate school come3 Which of the following is the MOST important reason why you chose to move to the state of Texas ? home Homeowner marstat Marital Status P08 Voted 08
======Verbatims ======race_t Race , other RACE_0 Race , other RACE_1 Race , other RACE_2 Race , other
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Variable Map and Codebook ======Name : caseid Description : Case ID
======Name : weight Description : Case Weight
======Name : zipcode Description : inputzip
Count Code Label ------0 999998 Skipped 0 999999 Not Asked
======Name : race Description : Race
Count Code Label ------515 1 White / Blanco 112 2 Black 130 3 Hispanic 5 4 Asian 6 5 Native American / Americano indà -gena ó nativo 16 6 Mixed 15 7 Other 1 8 Middle Eastern / Del oriente medio 0 98 Skipped 0 99 Not Asked
======Name : hispanic Description : Hispanic descent
Count Code Label ------18 1 Yes 652 2 No 0 8 Skipped 130 9 Not Asked
======Name : langpref Description : Language
Count Code Label ------145 1 English / Inglà ©s 3 2 Spanish / Espaà ±ol 0 8 Skipped 652 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q1 Description : Texas votereg
Count Code Label ------800 1 Yes , registered
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0 2 No , not registered 0 3 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : birthyr Description : Birth year
Count Code Label ------0 9998 Skipped 0 9999 Not Asked
======Name : gender Description : Gender
Count Code Label ------373 1 Male 427 2 Female 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : educ Description : Education
Count Code Label ------27 1 No HS 230 2 High school graduate 220 3 Some college 88 4 2-year 164 5 4-year 71 6 Post-grad 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q2 Description : Political interest
Count Code Label ------480 1 Extremely interested 257 2 Somewhat interested 38 3 Not very interested 19 4 Not at all interested 4 5 Don 't know 2 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q3 Description : Texas Vote Freq
Count Code Label ------293 1 Every election 321 2 Almost every election 71 3 About half 64 4 One or two 43 5 None 7 6 Don 't know 1 8 Skipped
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0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q4 Description : Most Important Problem
Count Code Label ------243 1 The economy 136 2 Federal spending /national debt 115 3 Unemployment /jobs 61 4 Political corruption /leadership 44 5 Health care 26 6 Moral decline 45 7 Partisan gridlock 13 8 Income inequality 15 9 Gas prices 15 10 Education 12 11 Social welfare programs 13 12 Immigration 11 13 Taxes 4 14 Energy 5 15 Gay marriage 4 16 Environment 3 17 The media 0 18 Housing 5 19 Border security 7 20 National security /terrorism 6 21 Abortion 9 22 Crime and drugs 3 23 Afghanistan /Pakistan 1 24 Iraq 0 25 Federal courts /nominees 1 26 Foreign trade 3 27 Voting system 0 98 Skipped 0 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q5 Description : Most Important problem , Texas
Count Code Label ------118 1 Immigration 84 2 The economy 65 3 Unemployment /jobs 124 4 Border security 79 5 Education 73 6 Political corruption /leadership 36 7 State budget cuts 29 8 Gas prices 33 9 Health care 15 10 State government spending 18 11 Crime and drugs 17 12 Moral decline 13 13 Taxes 13 14 Water supply 6 15 Gay marriage 5 16 Energy 3 17 Environment 8 18 Transportation /roads /traffic 7 19 Abortion 0 20 Housing 19 21 Social welfare programs 5 22 Insurance rates 5 23 The media
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6 24 Voting system 11 25 Redistricting 0 26 State courts 2 27 Utility rates 3 28 Electoral fraud 3 98 Skipped 0 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q6 Description : Retrospective Assessments , Obama
Count Code Label ------168 1 Approve strongly 135 2 Approve somewhat 35 3 Neither approve nor disapprove 48 4 Disapprove somewhat 408 5 Disapprove strongly 6 6 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q7 Description : Retrospective Assessments , Congress
Count Code Label ------8 1 Approve strongly 68 2 Approve somewhat 118 3 Neither approve nor disapprove 214 4 Disapprove somewhat 381 5 Disapprove strongly 11 6 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q8 Description : Rick Perry , Governor
Count Code Label ------99 1 Approve strongly 259 2 Approve somewhat 108 3 Neither approve nor disapprove 92 4 Disapprove somewhat 230 5 Disapprove strongly 11 6 Don 't know 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q9 Description : Country direction
Count Code Label ------255 1 Right direction 484 2 Wrong track 61 3 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q10
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Description : National Economy
Count Code Label ------59 1 A lot better off 202 2 Somewhat better off 159 3 About the same 157 4 Somewhat worse off 217 5 A lot worse off 6 6 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q11 Description : Texas direction
Count Code Label ------377 1 Right direction 278 2 Wrong track 145 3 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q12 Description : Personal Econ
Count Code Label ------41 1 A lot better off 145 2 Somewhat better off 328 3 About the same 194 4 Somewhat worse off 87 5 A lot worse off 5 6 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q13 Description : Texas economy compared to a year ago
Count Code Label ------35 1 A lot better off 199 2 Somewhat better off 370 3 About the same 132 4 Somewhat worse off 41 5 A lot worse off 21 6 Don 't know 2 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q14 Description : Children in the future better off or worse off
Count Code Label ------183 1 Better off 344 2 Worse off 140 3 About the same 133 4 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
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======Name : Q15 Description : National economy worst over or yet to come
Count Code Label ------249 1 Worst is over 361 2 Worst is yet to come 190 3 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q16 Description : Money owed on credit cards and loans
Count Code Label ------109 1 Owe a lot more than you can afford 113 2 Owe a little more than you can afford 185 3 Owe about what you can afford 146 4 Owe less than what you can afford 137 5 Don 't have any debts 96 6 Don 't have any credit cards or installment loans 13 7 Don 't know 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q17 Description : Presidential vote
Count Code Label ------424 1 Mitt Romney 307 2 Barack Obama 39 3 Someone else 29 4 Haven 't thought about it enough to have an opinion 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q17A Description : Presidential vote - if forced to choose
Count Code Label ------7 1 Mitt Romney 11 2 Barack Obama 11 3 Someone else 0 8 Skipped 771 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q18 Description : Senate vote
Count Code Label ------384 1 Ted Cruz (Republican ) 269 2 Paul Sadler (Democrat ) 23 3 John Jay Myers (Libertarian ) 9 4 David Collins (Green ) 16 5 Someone else 98 6 Haven 't thought about it enough to have an opinion 1 8 Skipped
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======Name : Q18A Description : Senate vote - if forced to choose
Count Code Label ------27 1 Ted Cruz (Republican ) 30 2 Paul Sadler (Democrat ) 6 3 John Jay Myers (Libertarian ) 3 4 David Collins (Green ) 32 5 Someone else 0 8 Skipped 702 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q19 Description : RR commissioner vote
Count Code Label ------337 1 Christi Craddick (Republican ) 221 2 Dale Henry (Democrat ) 36 3 Vivekandanda Wall (Libertarian ) 24 4 Chris Kennedy (Green ) 11 5 Someone else 169 6 Haven 't thought about it enough to have an opinion 2 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q19A Description : RR commissioner vote - if forced to choose
Count Code Label ------65 1 Christi Craddick (Republican ) 54 2 Dale Henry (Democrat ) 6 3 Vivekandanda Wall (Libertarian ) 11 4 Chris Kennedy (Green ) 31 5 Someone else 2 8 Skipped 631 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q20 Description : Incumbent state representative deserves reelection
Count Code Label ------273 1 Deserves reelection 325 2 Time to give someone else a chance 201 3 Don 't know 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q21 Description : 2014 Republican primary for Lt. Governor
Count Code Label ------107 1 David Dewhurst 37 2 Susan Combs 37 3 Dan Patrick 5 4 Dan Branch
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15 5 Jerry Patterson 11 6 Todd Staples 242 7 I won 't be voting in the Republican primary in 2014 342 8 Haven 't thought enough about it 4 98 Skipped 0 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q21A Description : If Rick Perry ran for governor in 2014
Count Code Label ------197 1 Vote for Perry 310 2 Vote against Perry 270 3 Wait and see 22 4 Don 't know 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q22 Description : Vote for Tea party if it were a political party
Count Code Label ------125 1 The Republican candidate from your district 288 2 The Democratic candidate from your district 179 3 The Tea Party candidate from your district 208 4 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q23 Description : Tea Party influence
Count Code Label ------253 1 Too much influence 199 2 Too little influence 193 3 The right amount of influence 155 4 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q24 Description : Ted Cruz opinion
Count Code Label ------176 1 Very favorable 166 2 Somewhat favorable 99 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable 75 4 Somewhat unfavorable 147 5 Very unfavorable 136 6 Don 't know enough about him to have an opinion 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q25 Description : Paul Sadler opnion
Count Code Label ------
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51 1 Very favorable 122 2 Somewhat favorable 155 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable 65 4 Somewhat unfavorable 50 5 Very unfavorable 356 6 Don 't know enough about him to have an opinion 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q26 Description : Barack Obama opinion
Count Code Label ------207 1 Very favorable 111 2 Somewhat favorable 20 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable 51 4 Somewhat unfavorable 397 5 Very unfavorable 11 6 Don 't know /No Opinion 3 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q27 Description : Mitt Romney opinion
Count Code Label ------233 1 Very favorable 173 2 Somewhat favorable 44 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable 76 4 Somewhat unfavorable 256 5 Very unfavorable 15 6 Don 't know /No Opinion 3 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q28 Description : Joe Biden opinion
Count Code Label ------199 1 Very favorable 95 2 Somewhat favorable 45 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable 58 4 Somewhat unfavorable 369 5 Very unfavorable 31 6 Don 't know /No Opinion 3 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q29 Description : Paul Ryan opinion
Count Code Label ------295 1 Very favorable 108 2 Somewhat favorable 62 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable 49 4 Somewhat unfavorable 234 5 Very unfavorable 50 6 Don 't know /No Opinion 2 8 Skipped
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0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q30A Description : Religious faith
Count Code Label ------172 1 Extremely important 245 2 Somewhat important 1 3 Neither important nor unimportant 184 4 Not very important 195 5 Not at all important 3 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q30B Description : Issue positions
Count Code Label ------692 1 Extremely important 96 2 Somewhat important 0 3 Neither important nor unimportant 8 4 Not very important 1 5 Not at all important 3 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q30C Description : Character
Count Code Label ------647 1 Extremely important 129 2 Somewhat important 1 3 Neither important nor unimportant 13 4 Not very important 4 5 Not at all important 6 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q30D Description : Party
Count Code Label ------204 1 Extremely important 324 2 Somewhat important 1 3 Neither important nor unimportant 173 4 Not very important 94 5 Not at all important 4 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q30E Description : Political record
Count Code Label ------520 1 Extremely important 249 2 Somewhat important 0 3 Neither important nor unimportant
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18 4 Not very important 5 5 Not at all important 8 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q30A2 Description : Most important vote factor
Count Code Label ------28 1 Religious faith 425 2 Issue positions 170 3 Character 61 4 Party 113 5 Political record 3 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q31 Description : Rick Perry opinion
Count Code Label ------127 1 Very favorable 221 2 Somewhat favorable 97 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable 80 4 Somewhat unfavorable 259 5 Very unfavorable 14 6 Don 't know /No Opinion 2 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q32 Description : Greg Abbott opinion
Count Code Label ------90 1 Very favorable 132 2 Somewhat favorable 171 3 Neither favorable nor unfavorable 57 4 Somewhat unfavorable 69 5 Very unfavorable 280 6 Don 't know /No Opinion 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q33 Description : Texas state government a good model for other states to follow
Count Code Label ------190 1 Strongly agree 260 2 Somewhat agree 128 3 Somewhat disagree 158 4 Strongly disagree 62 5 Don 't know 2 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q33A Description : State government more efficient than national government
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Count Code Label ------201 1 Strongly agree 345 2 Somewhat agree 170 3 Somewhat disagree 79 4 Strongly disagree 5 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q33B Description : State government too dependent on financial aid from DC
Count Code Label ------66 1 Strongly agree 260 2 Somewhat agree 353 3 Somewhat disagree 116 4 Strongly disagree 5 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q33C1 Description : State government should require state and local employees to pay more of pension - listed jobs
Count Code Label ------95 1 Strongly agree 114 2 Somewhat agree 112 3 Somewhat disagree 60 4 Strongly disagree 3 8 Skipped 416 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q33C2 Description : State government should require state and local employees to pay more of pension
Count Code Label ------115 1 Strongly agree 145 2 Somewhat agree 106 3 Somewhat disagree 50 4 Strongly disagree 0 8 Skipped 384 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q34A Description : The State government corrupt or honest
Count Code Label ------260 1 Is mostly corrupt OR 360 2 Is mostly honest 175 3 Don 't know 5 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q34B Description : The State government careful or careless with tax dollars
Count Code Label
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------351 1 Is mostly careful with people 's tax dollars OR 317 2 Is mostly careless with people 's tax dollars 130 3 Don 't know 2 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q34C Description : The State government addresses needs or ignores
Count Code Label ------445 1 Mostly addresses the needs of Texas residents OR 267 2 Mostly ignores the needs of Texas residents 88 3 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q34D Description : The State government divided or can work together
Count Code Label ------312 1 Is too divided along partisan lines OR 399 2 Can usually work together to address issues 88 3 Don 't know 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q35A Description : The federal government in Washington corrupt or honest
Count Code Label ------582 1 Is mostly corrupt OR 118 2 Is mostly honest 98 3 Don 't know 2 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q35B Description : The federal government in Washington careful or careless with tax dollars
Count Code Label ------104 1 Is mostly careful with people 's tax dollars OR 646 2 Is mostly careless with people 's tax dollars 49 3 Don 't know 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q35C Description : The federal government in Washington addresses needs or ignores
Count Code Label ------107 1 Mostly addresses the needs of Texas residents OR 513 2 Mostly ignores the needs of Texas residents 177 3 Don 't know 3 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
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======Name : Q35D Description : The federal government in Washington divided or can work together
Count Code Label ------724 1 Is too divided along partisan lines OR 31 2 Can usually work together to address issues 45 3 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : q36 Description : Budget shortfall
Count Code Label ------3 998 Skipped 0 999 Not Asked
======Name : Q37 Description : Branch of federal government trusted most
Count Code Label ------92 1 The U.S. Congress , the legislative branch 232 2 The President , the executive branch 248 3 The U.S. Supreme Court , the judicial branch 227 4 Don 't know 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q38 Description : Require photo ID to vote
Count Code Label ------524 1 Agree 237 2 Disagree 39 3 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q39 Description : Opinion on gay marriage or civil unions
Count Code Label ------261 1 Gays and lesbians should have the right to marry 270 2 Gays and lesbians should have the right to civil unions but 219 3 Gays and lesbians should not have the right to civil unions 50 4 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q40 Description : In-state tuition for illegal immigrants in state for 3+ years
Count Code Label ------
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289 1 In-state tuition 416 2 Out-of-state-tuition 94 3 Don 't know /no opinion 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q41A Description : State and local police in Texas should NOT be permitted to inquire about or report the immigration status of people they routinely encounter on the stree t.
Count Code Label ------156 1 Strongly agree 94 2 Somewhat agree 115 3 Somewhat disagree 398 4 Strongly disagree 35 5 Don 't know 2 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q41B Description : Most immigrants pay their fair share of taxes.
Count Code Label ------101 1 Strongly agree 158 2 Somewhat agree 158 3 Somewhat disagree 321 4 Strongly disagree 61 5 Don 't know 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q41C Description : We should restrict and control people coming to live in the U.S. more than we do now.
Count Code Label ------405 1 Strongly agree 202 2 Somewhat agree 100 3 Somewhat disagree 57 4 Strongly disagree 36 5 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q41D Description : Newcomers from other countries enrich Texas with their hard work and values.
Count Code Label ------164 1 Strongly agree 343 2 Somewhat agree 138 3 Somewhat disagree 89 4 Strongly disagree 65 5 Don 't know 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
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Name : Q42 Description : K-12 education better or worse than a year ago
Count Code Label ------12 1 A lot better 62 2 Somewhat better 277 3 About the same 227 4 Somewhat worse 128 5 A lot worse 94 6 Don 't know /no opinion 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q43 Description : Texas spending on primary and secondary education
Count Code Label ------106 1 Too much 397 2 Too little 196 3 About the right amount 101 4 Don 't know /no opinion 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q44 Description : Texas spending on state universities and colleges
Count Code Label ------161 1 Too much 285 2 Too little 223 3 About the right amount 131 4 Don 't know /no opinion 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q45A Description : Pledges to increase taxes before election
Count Code Label ------154 1 Candidates should pledge not to increase taxes before the el 203 2 Candidates should not make pledges before the fiscal situati 47 3 Not sure /Don 't know 1 8 Skipped 395 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q45B Description : Pledges to increase taxes before fiscal situation in January 13
Count Code Label ------196 1 Candidates should not make pledges before the fiscal situati 152 2 Candidates should pledge not to increase taxes before the el 44 3 Not sure /Don 't know 3 8 Skipped 405 9 Not Asked
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======Name : Q46 Description : VRA states subject to supervision
Count Code Label ------378 1 These states should still be under federal supervision 330 2 These states should be able to change their voting and elect 92 3 Not sure /Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q47 Description : Frequency of contact with people who speak little or no English
Count Code Label ------455 1 Often (daily or weekly ) 249 2 Sometimes (monthly ) 80 3 Rarely (once a year ) 8 4 Never 8 5 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q48A Description : Follow scientific advice - Stem cell research
Count Code Label ------17 0 Ignore scientific advice0 5 1 1 8 2 2 13 3 3 2 4 4 130 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 10 6 6 26 7 7 29 8 8 28 9 9 87 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 2 98 Skipped 443 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q48B Description : Follow scientific advice - Global warming
Count Code Label ------55 0 Ignore scientific advice0 16 1 1 13 2 2 9 3 3 11 4 4 101 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 11 6 6 23 7 7 30 8 8 26 9 9 82 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 3 98 Skipped 420 99 Not Asked
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======Name : Q48C Description : Follow scientific advice - Abortion
Count Code Label ------55 0 Ignore scientific advice0 12 1 1 17 2 2 6 3 3 8 4 4 158 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 5 6 6 17 7 7 23 8 8 17 9 9 55 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 4 98 Skipped 423 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q48D Description : Follow scientific advice - Space exploration
Count Code Label ------8 0 Ignore scientific advice0 1 1 1 8 2 2 6 3 3 9 4 4 110 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 19 6 6 27 7 7 45 8 8 43 9 9 86 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 5 98 Skipped 433 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q48E Description : Follow scientific advice - Childhood obesity
Count Code Label ------16 0 Ignore scientific advice0 6 1 1 9 2 2 10 3 3 14 4 4 128 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 22 6 6 21 7 7 30 8 8 38 9 9 68 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 4 98 Skipped 434 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q48F Description : Follow scientific advice - AIDS
Count Code Label ------
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12 0 Ignore scientific advice0 1 1 1 8 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 121 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 19 6 6 33 7 7 35 8 8 47 9 9 90 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 4 98 Skipped 424 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q48G Description : Follow scientific advice - Birth control
Count Code Label ------40 0 Ignore scientific advice0 8 1 1 5 2 2 12 3 3 7 4 4 153 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 11 6 6 20 7 7 27 8 8 24 9 9 62 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 4 98 Skipped 427 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q48H Description : Follow scientific advice - Legalizing drug use
Count Code Label ------40 0 Ignore scientific advice0 7 1 1 10 2 2 12 3 3 11 4 4 151 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 20 6 6 23 7 7 30 8 8 30 9 9 52 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 3 98 Skipped 411 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q48I Description : Follow scientific advice - Health care coverage
Count Code Label ------33 0 Ignore scientific advice0 8 1 1 16 2 2 9 3 3 9 4 4 153 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 14 6 6
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21 7 7 31 8 8 32 9 9 47 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 6 98 Skipped 421 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q48J Description : Follow scientific advice - Natural disaster preparedness
Count Code Label ------6 0 Ignore scientific advice0 1 1 1 1 2 2 5 3 3 6 4 4 112 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 14 6 6 39 7 7 59 8 8 30 9 9 88 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 5 98 Skipped 434 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q48K Description : Follow scientific advice - Nuclear power
Count Code Label ------4 0 Ignore scientific advice0 3 1 1 2 2 2 6 3 3 3 4 4 119 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 20 6 6 33 7 7 57 8 8 32 9 9 81 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 4 98 Skipped 436 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q48L Description : Follow scientific advice - Coal production
Count Code Label ------21 0 Ignore scientific advice0 8 1 1 9 2 2 9 3 3 9 4 4 129 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 12 6 6 28 7 7 34 8 8 23 9 9 64 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 1 98 Skipped 453 99 Not Asked
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======Name : Q48M Description : Follow scientific advice - Gun control
Count Code Label ------83 0 Ignore scientific advice0 13 1 1 13 2 2 8 3 3 6 4 4 125 5 Weight it equally with other factors5 13 6 6 17 7 7 13 8 8 16 9 9 48 10 Follow scientific advice completely10 4 98 Skipped 441 99 Not Asked
======Name : Q49A Description : When faced with a difficult decision , politicians should follow the advice of relevant experts , even if it means going against their ideology.
Count Code Label ------97 1 Strongly agree 163 2 Somewhat agree 101 3 Somewhat disagree 40 4 Strongly disagree 1 8 Skipped 398 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q49B Description : Most of the time , instinct and gut reactions are just as good as the advice of scientists.
Count Code Label ------53 1 Strongly agree 147 2 Somewhat agree 108 3 Somewhat disagree 87 4 Strongly disagree 2 8 Skipped 403 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q49C Description : Faith is a better guide than scientific evidence on most important questions.
Count Code Label ------82 1 Strongly agree 122 2 Somewhat agree 95 3 Somewhat disagree 90 4 Strongly disagree 4 8 Skipped 407 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q49D Description : Scientists and academics are not hostile to people of faith.
Count Code Label
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------73 1 Strongly agree 110 2 Somewhat agree 114 3 Somewhat disagree 89 4 Strongly disagree 3 8 Skipped 411 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q49E Description : Scientists and academics are not concerned about the moral implications of their research.
Count Code Label ------121 1 Strongly agree 129 2 Somewhat agree 120 3 Somewhat disagree 42 4 Strongly disagree 2 8 Skipped 386 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q49F Description : Most university professors are liberals who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research.
Count Code Label ------139 1 Strongly agree 92 2 Somewhat agree 94 3 Somewhat disagree 73 4 Strongly disagree 1 8 Skipped 401 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q49G Description : Most economists are conservatives who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research.
Count Code Label ------40 1 Strongly agree 109 2 Somewhat agree 174 3 Somewhat disagree 73 4 Strongly disagree 2 8 Skipped 402 9 Not Asked
======Name : Q49H Description : Most scientists are liberals who are trying to push an ideological agenda with their research.
Count Code Label ------95 1 Strongly agree 124 2 Somewhat agree 104 3 Somewhat disagree 82 4 Strongly disagree 3 8 Skipped 392 9 Not Asked
======Name : INFO1 Description : Which political party holds the majority in the U.S. House of
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Representatives ?
Count Code Label ------573 1 Republican Party 121 2 Democratic Party 9 3 Neither 74 4 Don 't know 23 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : INFO2 Description : What majority of both houses of the U.S. Congress is needed to override a presidential veto ?
Count Code Label ------43 1 More than one-half 580 2 More than two-thirds 59 3 More than three -fourths 80 4 Don 't know 38 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : INFO3 Description : Who is the current Attorney General of Texas ?
Count Code Label ------591 1 Greg Abbott 1 2 Michael Williams 18 3 Susan Combs 5 4 Victor Carrillo 153 5 Don 't know 32 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : libcon Description : Ideology
Count Code Label ------37 1 Extremely liberal1 71 2 2 75 3 3 213 4 In the middle4 110 5 5 165 6 6 123 7 Extremely conservative7 6 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : pid7 Description : 7 point Party ID
Count Code Label ------190 1 Strong Democrat 57 2 Not very strong Democrat 61 3 Lean Democrat 63 4 Independent 123 5 Lean Republican 65 6 Not very strong Republican
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207 7 Strong Republican 0 8 None of these 18 9 None of these 16 98 Skipped 0 99 Not Asked
======Name : pid7_utex_other Description : 7 point Party ID
Count Code Label ------0 3 Lean Democrat 4 5 Lean Republican 3 8 Support a third party 0 9 None of these 0 98 Skipped 793 99 Not Asked
======Name : pid3 Description : 3 point party ID
Count Code Label ------253 1 Democrat 281 2 Republican 230 3 Independent 7 4 Other 29 5 Not sure 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : county_residence Description : Texas county
Count Code Label ------1 1 Anderson 0 2 Andrews 6 3 Angelina 3 4 Aransas 1 5 Archer 0 6 Armstrong 2 7 Atascosa 2 8 Austin 0 9 Bailey 1 10 Bandera 2 11 Bastrop 0 12 Baylor 2 13 Bee 10 14 Bell 59 15 Bexar 0 16 Blanco 0 17 Borden 1 18 Bosque 4 19 Bowie 11 20 Brazoria 7 21 Brazos 0 22 Brewster 0 23 Briscoe 1 24 Brooks 1 25 Brown 0 26 Burleson 0 27 Burnet 3 28 Caldwell
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2 29 Calhoun 1 30 Callahan 6 31 Cameron 1 32 Camp 1 33 Carson 0 34 Cass 0 35 Castro 1 36 Chambers 3 37 Cherokee 1 38 Childress 0 39 Clay 0 40 Cochran 0 41 Coke 0 42 Coleman 32 43 Collin 0 44 Collingsworth 2 45 Colorado 8 46 Comal 1 47 Comanche 0 48 Concho 2 49 Cooke 3 50 Coryell 0 51 Cottle 0 52 Crane 0 53 Crockett 0 54 Crosby 1 55 Culberson 0 56 Dallam 73 57 Dallas 0 58 Dawson 0 59 Deaf Smith 0 60 Delta 28 61 Denton 1 62 DeWitt 0 63 Dickens 0 64 Dimmit 0 65 Donley 0 66 Duval 1 67 Eastland 1 68 Ector 0 69 Edwards 6 70 Ellis 19 71 El Paso 1 72 Erath 0 73 Falls 1 74 Fannin 2 75 Fayette 0 76 Fisher 0 77 Floyd 0 78 Foard 15 79 Fort Bend 0 80 Franklin 0 81 Freestone 0 82 Frio 0 83 Gaines 5 84 Galveston 0 85 Garza 1 86 Gillespie 0 87 Glasscock 1 88 Goliad 0 89 Gonzales 0 90 Gray 3 91 Grayson 2 92 Gregg 0 93 Grimes 8 94 Guadalupe 3 95 Hale
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0 96 Hall 0 97 Hamilton 0 98 Hansford 0 99 Hardeman 2 100 Hardin 99 101 Harris 2 102 Harrison 1 103 Hartley 1 104 Haskell 8 105 Hays 0 106 Hemphill 3 107 Henderson 4 108 Hidalgo 0 109 Hill 1 110 Hockley 3 111 Hood 3 112 Hopkins 6 113 Houston 1 114 Howard 0 115 Hudspeth 5 116 Hunt 0 117 Hutchinson 0 118 Irion 3 119 Jack 0 120 Jackson 0 121 Jasper 0 122 Jeff Davis 5 123 Jefferson 0 124 Jim Hogg 0 125 Jim Wells 4 126 Johnson 1 127 Jones 0 128 Karnes 5 129 Kaufman 3 130 Kendall 0 131 Kenedy 0 132 Kent 3 133 Kerr 0 134 Kimble 0 135 King 0 136 Kinney 1 137 Kleberg 0 138 Knox 2 139 Lamar 0 140 Lamb 0 141 Lampasas 0 142 La Salle 0 143 Lavaca 0 144 Lee 0 145 Leon 2 146 Liberty 0 147 Limestone 0 148 Lipscomb 0 149 Live Oak 1 150 Llano 0 151 Loving 11 152 Lubbock 0 153 Lynn 1 154 McCulloch 4 155 McLennan 0 156 McMullen 0 157 Madison 0 158 Marion 0 159 Martin 0 160 Mason 2 161 Matagorda 0 162 Maverick
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0 163 Medina 1 164 Menard 0 165 Midland 0 166 Milam 1 167 Mills 0 168 Mitchell 1 169 Montague 18 170 Montgomery 1 171 Moore 1 172 Morris 0 173 Motley 1 174 Nacogdoches 0 175 Navarro 0 176 Newton 0 177 Nolan 12 178 Nueces 0 179 Ochiltree 0 180 Oldham 2 181 Orange 1 182 Palo Pinto 2 183 Panola 6 184 Parker 0 185 Parmer 0 186 Pecos 2 187 Polk 3 188 Potter 0 189 Presidio 0 190 Rains 1 191 Randall 0 192 Real 0 193 Reagan 1 194 Red River 0 195 Reeves 1 196 Refugio 0 197 Roberts 0 198 Robertson 3 199 Rockwall 0 200 Runnels 2 201 Rusk 0 202 Sabine 0 203 San Augustine 1 204 San Jacinto 6 205 San Patricio 0 206 San Saba 0 207 Schleicher 0 208 Scurry 0 209 Shackelford 1 210 Shelby 0 211 Sherman 7 212 Smith 1 213 Somervell 1 214 Starr 0 215 Stephens 0 216 Sterling 0 217 Stonewall 0 218 Sutton 0 219 Swisher 71 220 Tarrant 4 221 Taylor 0 222 Terrell 0 223 Terry 0 224 Throckmorton 0 225 Titus 3 226 Tom Green 46 227 Travis 2 228 Trinity 2 229 Tyler
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2 230 Upshur 0 231 Upton 1 232 Uvalde 0 233 Val Verde 0 234 Van Zandt 7 235 Victoria 0 236 Walker 0 237 Waller 0 238 Ward 0 239 Washington 3 240 Webb 0 241 Wharton 0 242 Wheeler 4 243 Wichita 0 244 Wilbarger 1 245 Willacy 22 246 Williamson 0 247 Wilson 0 248 Winkler 4 249 Wise 4 250 Wood 0 251 Yoakum 0 252 Young 0 253 Zapata 1 254 Zavala 6 998 Skipped 0 999 Not Asked
======Name : locate Description : Community size
Count Code Label ------206 1 Urban 415 2 Suburban 178 3 Rural 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : metro Description : Metropolitan area
Count Code Label ------156 1 Yes , I live in the Houston area. 233 2 Yes , I live the Dall as-Fort Worth area 79 3 Yes , I live in the San Antonio area 83 4 Yes , I live in the Austin area 246 5 No , I live in another part of Texas. 3 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : child Description : Children
Count Code Label ------154 1 One 96 2 Two 43 3 Three 15 4 Four or more 491 5 None 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
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======Name : schoolm_1 Description : School - Under 18 Public
Count Code Label ------184 1 Yes 616 2 No 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : schoolm_2 Description : School - Under 18 Private
Count Code Label ------20 1 Yes 780 2 No 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : schoolm_3 Description : School - Under 18 Homeschool
Count Code Label ------13 1 Yes 787 2 No 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : schoolm_4 Description : School - No children under 18 going to school in Texas
Count Code Label ------584 1 Yes 216 2 No 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : faminc Description : Family income
Count Code Label ------34 1 Less than $10 ,000 51 2 $10 ,000 - $19 ,999 67 3 $20 ,000 - $29 ,999 83 4 $30 ,000 - $39 ,999 73 5 $40 ,000 - $49 ,999 60 6 $50 ,000 - $59 ,999 50 7 $60 ,000 - $69 ,999 49 8 $70 ,000 - $79 ,999 73 9 $80 ,000 - $99 ,999 63 10 $100 ,000 - $119 ,999 39 11 $120 ,000 - $149 ,999 0 12 $150 ,000 - $199 ,999 0 13 $200 ,000 - $249 ,999 0 14 $250 ,000 - $349 ,999 0 15 $350 ,000 - $499 ,999 0 16 $500 ,000 or more
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47 31 $150 ,000 or more 111 97 Prefer not to say 0 98 Skipped 0 99 Not Asked
======Name : relig Description : Religion
Count Code Label ------33 1 Agnostic 10 2 Assembly of God 27 3 Atheist 142 4 Baptist 1 5 Buddhist 140 6 Catholic 0 7 Christian Scientist 21 8 Church of Christ 2 9 Church of God 3 10 Disciples of Christ 20 11 Episcopal /Anglican 1 12 Hindu 0 13 Jehovah 's Witnesses 11 14 Jewish 15 15 Lutheran 55 16 Methodist 15 17 Mormon 1 18 Muslim /Islam 88 19 Nondenominational Christian 0 20 Orthodox /Eastern Orthodox 11 21 Pentecostal 17 22 Presbyterian 44 23 Protestant (non-specific ) 3 24 Reformed 4 25 Unitarian /Universalist 3 26 United Church of Christ 73 27 Spiritual but not religious 47 28 Other 8 29 Don 't know 5 98 Skipped 0 99 Not Asked
======Name : evang Description : Evangelical
Count Code Label ------322 1 Yes 315 2 No 3 8 Skipped 160 9 Not Asked
======Name : catholicid_1 Description : Catholic Identity - Liberal Catholic
Count Code Label ------32 1 Yes 108 2 No 0 8 Skipped 660 9 Not Asked
======Name : catholicid_2
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Description : Catholic Identity - Conservative Catholic
Count Code Label ------36 1 Yes 104 2 No 0 8 Skipped 660 9 Not Asked
======Name : catholicid_3 Description : Catholic Identity - Traditional Catholic
Count Code Label ------59 1 Yes 81 2 No 0 8 Skipped 660 9 Not Asked
======Name : catholicid_4 Description : Catholic Identity - Charismatic Catholic
Count Code Label ------2 1 Yes 138 2 No 0 8 Skipped 660 9 Not Asked
======Name : catholicid_5 Description : Catholic Identity - Evangelical Catholic
Count Code Label ------1 1 Yes 139 2 No 0 8 Skipped 660 9 Not Asked
======Name : catholicid_6 Description : Catholic Identity - None of the above
Count Code Label ------23 1 Yes 117 2 No 0 8 Skipped 660 9 Not Asked
======Name : catholicprim Description : Primary Catholic ID
Count Code Label ------0 1 Liberal Catholic 1 2 Conservative Catholic 8 3 Traditional Catholic 2 4 Charismatic Catholic 0 5 Evangelical Catholic 0 8 Skipped 789 9 Not Asked
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======Name : charismatic Description : Charismatic Christian
Count Code Label ------245 1 Yes 390 2 No 5 8 Skipped 160 9 Not Asked
======Name : socialgospel Description : Social Justice Christian
Count Code Label ------264 1 Yes 367 2 No 9 8 Skipped 160 9 Not Asked
======Name : literal Description : Bible literal
Count Code Label ------259 1 The Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken liter 342 2 The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should 152 3 The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of Go 43 4 Don 't know. 4 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : import Description : Religion important
Count Code Label ------400 1 Extremely important 234 2 Somewhat important 80 3 Not very important 86 4 Not at all important 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : attend Description : Religion participation
Count Code Label ------144 1 More than once a week 159 2 Once a week 95 3 A few times a month 223 4 Once or twice a year 172 5 Never 7 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : race2
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Description : Hispanic-Latino grandparent
Count Code Label ------8 1 Yes 639 2 No 4 3 Don 't know 1 8 Skipped 148 9 Not Asked
======Name : native1 Description : Born in USA
Count Code Label ------130 1 Born in the United States or Puerto Rico 18 2 Born in another country 0 3 Don 't know 0 8 Skipped 652 9 Not Asked
======Name : native2 Description : Parents place of birth
Count Code Label ------86 1 Both of my parents were born in the United States or Puerto 25 2 One of my parents was born in another country 19 3 Both of my parents were both in another country 0 8 Skipped 670 9 Not Asked
======Name : leave1 Description : In the last 12 months , have you considered moving out of the state of Texas ?
Count Code Label ------185 1 Yes , I have 598 2 No , I have not 14 3 Don 't know /no opinion 3 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : leave2_A Description : To be closer to family
Count Code Label ------79 0 Not at all important0 3 1 1 4 2 2 2 3 3 5 4 4 17 5 5 9 6 6 10 7 7 8 8 8 7 9 9 37 10 Very important10 4 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
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======Name : leave2_B Description : High cost of housing here
Count Code Label ------74 0 Not at all important0 11 1 1 9 2 2 5 3 3 10 4 4 17 5 5 4 6 6 14 7 7 6 8 8 6 9 9 24 10 Very important10 5 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : leave2_C Description : Opportunity for better jobs elsewhere
Count Code Label ------44 0 Not at all important0 9 1 1 8 2 2 8 3 3 5 4 4 19 5 5 14 6 6 14 7 7 10 8 8 13 9 9 36 10 Very important10 5 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : leave2_D Description : I want to live around people like me
Count Code Label ------38 0 Not at all important0 8 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 8 4 4 24 5 5 9 6 6 20 7 7 16 8 8 14 9 9 35 10 Very important10 8 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : leave2_E Description : Current high tax rates here
Count Code Label ------69 0 Not at all important0
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16 1 1 9 2 2 4 3 3 14 4 4 24 5 5 6 6 6 10 7 7 5 8 8 5 9 9 18 10 Very important10 5 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : leave2_F Description : Prospect of higher tax rates if I stay here
Count Code Label ------73 0 Not at all important0 14 1 1 6 2 2 3 3 3 12 4 4 23 5 5 8 6 6 9 7 7 4 8 8 7 9 9 21 10 Very important10 5 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : leave2_G Description : Traffic congestion and overcrowding here
Count Code Label ------47 0 Not at all important0 7 1 1 5 2 2 10 3 3 11 4 4 23 5 5 16 6 6 11 7 7 11 8 8 13 9 9 27 10 Very important10 4 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : leave2_H Description : High crime here
Count Code Label ------53 0 Not at all important0 15 1 1 7 2 2 9 3 3 14 4 4 20 5 5 12 6 6 9 7 7
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8 8 8 12 9 9 17 10 Very important10 9 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : leave2_I Description : The quality of schools is declining here
Count Code Label ------58 0 Not at all important0 10 1 1 10 2 2 7 3 3 8 4 4 18 5 5 3 6 6 4 7 7 17 8 8 10 9 9 35 10 Very important10 5 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : leave2_J Description : The economy is getting worse here
Count Code Label ------56 0 Not at all important0 11 1 1 5 2 2 10 3 3 12 4 4 27 5 5 11 6 6 9 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9 23 10 Very important10 5 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : leave2_K Description : I want a quieter place to live
Count Code Label ------53 0 Not at all important0 8 1 1 11 2 2 4 3 3 7 4 4 28 5 5 9 6 6 12 7 7 9 8 8 11 9 9 29 10 Very important10 4 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======
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Name : leave2_L Description : I want a better climate
Count Code Label ------24 0 Not at all important0 5 1 1 7 2 2 4 3 3 3 4 4 17 5 5 12 6 6 12 7 7 25 8 8 15 9 9 55 10 Very important10 6 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : leave2_M Description : I want to live around more Democrats
Count Code Label ------84 0 Not at all important0 6 1 1 3 2 2 5 3 3 3 4 4 19 5 5 5 6 6 8 7 7 10 8 8 14 9 9 24 10 Very important10 4 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : leave2_N Description : I want to live around more Republicans
Count Code Label ------131 0 Not at all important0 7 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 4 14 5 5 2 6 6 6 7 7 2 8 8 3 9 9 9 10 Very important10 6 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : leave3 Description : Which of the following is the MOST important reason why you have considered moving out of the state of Texas ?
Count Code Label ------32 1 To be closer to family
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3 2 High cost of housing here 32 3 Opportunity for better jobs elsewhere 13 4 I want to live around people like me 3 5 Current high tax rates here 2 6 Prospect of higher tax rates if I stay here 4 7 Traffic congestion and overcrowding here 2 8 High crime here 4 9 The quality of schools is declining here 6 10 The economy is getting worse here 13 11 I want a quieter place to live 36 12 I want a better climate 11 13 I want to live around more Democrats 0 14 I want to live around more Republicans 22 15 Other 2 98 Skipped 615 99 Not Asked
======Name : come1 Description : When did you move to Texas ?
Count Code Label ------21 1 In the last 2 years. 27 2 Between 2 and 5 years ago. 334 3 More than 5 years ago. 417 4 Always lived in Texas 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : come2_A Description : To be closer to family
Count Code Label ------142 0 Not at all important0 5 1 1 8 2 2 11 3 3 10 4 4 28 5 5 7 6 6 16 7 7 25 8 8 26 9 9 93 10 Very important10 11 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_B Description : Low cost of housing
Count Code Label ------112 0 Not at all important0 7 1 1 14 2 2 11 3 3 11 4 4 43 5 5 23 6 6 30 7 7 39 8 8 26 9 9 55 10 Very important10
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11 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_C Description : Opportunity for better jobs
Count Code Label ------84 0 Not at all important0 9 1 1 8 2 2 8 3 3 11 4 4 36 5 5 11 6 6 26 7 7 35 8 8 47 9 9 98 10 Very important10 9 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_D Description : I want to live around people like me
Count Code Label ------147 0 Not at all important0 13 1 1 19 2 2 13 3 3 11 4 4 48 5 5 21 6 6 17 7 7 29 8 8 22 9 9 33 10 Very important10 9 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_E Description : Prospect of lower taxes
Count Code Label ------108 0 Not at all important0 12 1 1 13 2 2 11 3 3 20 4 4 49 5 5 18 6 6 22 7 7 24 8 8 36 9 9 59 10 Very important10 10 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_F Description : Less traffic congestion and overcrowding
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Count Code Label ------151 0 Not at all important0 18 1 1 20 2 2 12 3 3 15 4 4 52 5 5 13 6 6 18 7 7 17 8 8 22 9 9 31 10 Very important10 13 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_G Description : Less crime
Count Code Label ------125 0 Not at all important0 7 1 1 17 2 2 13 3 3 15 4 4 52 5 5 15 6 6 34 7 7 25 8 8 20 9 9 50 10 Very important10 9 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_H Description : The quality of schools is better
Count Code Label ------157 0 Not at all important0 14 1 1 14 2 2 20 3 3 14 4 4 46 5 5 13 6 6 16 7 7 16 8 8 18 9 9 44 10 Very important10 10 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_I Description : The economy was getting better in Texas
Count Code Label ------98 0 Not at all important0 8 1 1 9 2 2 7 3 3 12 4 4
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52 5 5 18 6 6 34 7 7 40 8 8 29 9 9 62 10 Very important10 13 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_J Description : A quieter place to live
Count Code Label ------141 0 Not at all important0 6 1 1 12 2 2 10 3 3 15 4 4 59 5 5 20 6 6 23 7 7 21 8 8 21 9 9 43 10 Very important10 11 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_K Description : A better climate
Count Code Label ------124 0 Not at all important0 10 1 1 13 2 2 8 3 3 15 4 4 45 5 5 21 6 6 38 7 7 24 8 8 27 9 9 47 10 Very important10 10 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_L Description : I wanted to live around more Democrats
Count Code Label ------272 0 Not at all important0 22 1 1 14 2 2 8 3 3 9 4 4 22 5 5 3 6 6 1 7 7 6 8 8 3 9 9 10 10 Very important10 12 98 Skipped
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418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_M Description : I wanted to live around more Republicans
Count Code Label ------226 0 Not at all important0 13 1 1 14 2 2 5 3 3 9 4 4 38 5 5 11 6 6 13 7 7 15 8 8 9 9 9 19 10 Very important10 10 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come2_N Description : To go to college or graduate school
Count Code Label ------226 0 Not at all important0 21 1 1 10 2 2 7 3 3 3 4 4 29 5 5 11 6 6 11 7 7 15 8 8 7 9 9 32 10 Very important10 10 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======Name : come3 Description : Which of the following is the MOST important reason why you chose to move to the state of Texas ?
Count Code Label ------134 1 To be closer to family 13 2 Low cost of housing 121 3 Opportunity for better jobs 5 4 I want to live around people like me 8 5 Prospect of lower taxes 2 6 Less traffic congestion and overcrowding 3 7 Less crime 6 8 The quality of schools is better 32 9 The economy was getting better in Texas 11 10 a quieter place to live 19 11 a better climate 0 12 I wanted to live around more Democrats 1 13 I wanted to live around more Republicans 19 14 To go to college or graduate school 8 98 Skipped 418 99 Not Asked
======
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Name : home Description : Homeowner
Count Code Label ------606 1 Own 192 2 Rent 2 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : marstat Description : Marital Status
Count Code Label ------496 1 Married 12 2 Separated 104 3 Divorced 36 4 Widowed 112 5 Single 39 6 Domestic partnership 1 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
======Name : P08 Description : Voted 08
Count Code Label ------316 1 Barack Obama 383 2 John McCain 37 3 Someone else 64 4 Did not vote 0 8 Skipped 0 9 Not Asked
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