Q101a. What is your age?
AGE3. Age recoded in 6 categories
Q103. What is the highest year of school that you have finished and gotten credit for?
Education recoded into 4 categories
Q110. Record gender:
Q109. Now, we don't want to know your exact income, but just roughly, could you tell me if your annual household income before taxes is...?
Q107. Are you or is anyone in your household a member of a labor union? Is that a public employee union or a union in the private sector?
Recoded labor union into 2 categories
Q106. Which of the following best describes your present marital status -- married, not married but live together, separated or divorced, widowed, or never married?
Q104. Are you a Latino or of Hispanic origin, such as Mexican-American, Latin American, South American, or Spanish-American?
Q104/Q105a/b Race/Ethnicity Summary Table (as a single code)
Race/Ethnicity recoded into 3 categories
REGION. (North vs. South) Region
REGION. (Inland vs. Coastal) Region
County from list of registered voters
Q1.(FORM A) Thinking about the country overall, do you think things in the U.S. are generally going in the right direction, or do you feel things are seriously off on the wrong track?
Q7.(FORM B) Thinking about this state, do you think things in California are generally going in the right direction or do you feel things are seriously off on the wrong track?
Q24. How would you generally describe economic conditions in California now? Would you say that economically, California is in good times or bad times right now?
Q25.(FORM A) Would you say that you and your family are financially better off or worse off today than you were a year ago?
Q26.(FORM A) Looking ahead, do you think that a year from now you will be better off financially, worse off, or just about the same as now?
Q27.(FORM A) How serious a problem do you think unemployment is in California at this time? Is it very serious, somewhat serious, not too serious, or not at all serious?
Q28.(FORM A) Looking ahead, do you think job opportunities in California will be better, about the same, or worse in the coming year?
Q13. What do you think is more important... to protect the right of Americans to own guns, or to impose greater controls on gun ownership?
Q13x.(FORM A) President Obama recently proposed a set of new laws designed to reduce gun violence in the U.S. Based on what you've seen or heard about this, would you want your representative to vote for or against these new laws?
Q14.(FORM A)(a. Require anyone buying ammunition to get a permit and undergo a background check) ... For each, please tell me whether you favor or oppose it? Do you favor or oppose this?
Q14.(FORM A)(b. Impose higher taxes on the sale of ammunition in California and use the proceeds for violence prevention programs) ... For each, please tell me whether you favor or oppose it? Do you favor or oppose this?
Q14.(FORM A)(e. Allow specially trained teachers to carry concealed weapons with them while in school) ... For each, please tell me whether you favor or oppose it? Do you favor or oppose this?
Q14.(FORM A)(f. Ban the sale of semi-automatic rifles that have detachable ammunition magazines for fast reloding.) ... For each, please tell me whether you favor or oppose it? Do you favor or oppose this?
Q14.(FORM A)(g. Outlaw posession of large-capacity ammunition magazines containing more than 10 rounds of ammunition.) ... For each, please tell me whether you favor or oppose it? Do you favor or oppose this?
Q14.(FORM A)(h. Increase funding for efforts aimed at confiscating guns from convicted felons.) ... For each, please tell me whether you favor or oppose it? Do you favor or oppose this?
Q15.(FORM A) Do you have a favorable or unfavorable view of the National Rifle Association?
Q16.(FORM A) Do you have a favorable or unfavorable view of the current leadership of the National Rifle Association?
Q29. Which of the following statements about global warming comes closest to your opinion?
Q30.(FORM B) Do you approve or disapprove of the job the federal government is doing in dealing with the problem of global warming?
Q31.(FORM B) Do you approve or disapprove of the job the state government is doing in dealing with the problem of global warming?
Q32.(FORM B) Generally speaking, do you favor or oppose this [2006 greenhouse gas emissions] law? Do you (favor/oppose) it strongly or somewhat?
Q17.(FORM B)(a. Increase the number of federal border agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border) ... Do you favor or oppose this policy?
Q17.(FORM B)(b. Impose stiff penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants) ... Do you favor or oppose this policy?
Q17.(FORM B)(c. Create a program that would allow illegal immigrants [citizen path under conditions]) ... Do you favor or oppose this policy?
Q17.(FORM B)(d. Build more fences along major sections of the U.S.-Mexico border) ... Do you favor or oppose this policy?
Q17.(FORM B)(e. Continue the policy of having federal immigration agents round up, detain and deport immigrants found to be living here illegally) ... Do you favor or oppose this policy?
Q17.(FORM B)(f. Create temporary worker programs for illegal immigrants that would legalize their status and allow them to work in this country) ... Do you favor or oppose this policy?
Q17.(FORM B)(g. Significantly increase the number of visas issued to immigrants who are engineers or hold other advanced degrees) ... Do you favor or oppose this policy?
Q18.(a. Get California driver's licenses) ... Do you agree or disagree that they should be allowed to [ITEM]?
Q18.(b. Pay the same amount to attend California's public universities as the state's legal residents) ... Do you agree or disagree that they should be allowed to [ITEM]?
Q21. Do you favor or oppose making the use of marijuana legal, with age and other controls like those that apply to alcohol?
Q22.(FORM B) In 1996 California voters approved Proposition 215, the medical marijuana initiative, which [...definition]. Do you favor or oppose this law?
Q23.(FORM B) Do you favor or oppose efforts by the federal government to crack down on businesses in California trying to sell marijuana for medicinal purposes?
Q23x.(FORM B) Would you favor or oppose allowing dispensaries that sell medical marijuana to operate in the city or town where you live?
Q102a. Generally speaking, in politics do you consider yourself as conservative, liberal, middle-of-the-road, or don't you think of yourself in these terms?
Q102d. (Q102a=Don't think of self in those terms or DK/Ref) If you had to choose, would you consider yourself as being conservative, liberal, or middle-of-the-road?
Q102e. How much do you personally identify with the Tea Party movement -- a lot, some or not at all?
Conservative, middle of the road, liberal
REGPARTY: Registered political party from the list of registered voters
VOTEHIST: How many elections (2008 Primary, 2008 General, 2010 Primary, 2010 General) the respondent voted in from the list of registered voters
PERMABS: Whether the respondent was a permanent absentee voter from the list of registered voters
Q108. What, if any, is your religious preference -- Protestant, Roman Catholic, Jewish or some other faith? Is that a Christian denomination?
RELIG1 recoded into 4 categories
Q19. Do you approve or disapprove of California allowing same-sex couples to marry and have regular marriage laws apply to them?
Q20.(FORM A) How important is it to you for the Supreme Court to overturn California's same sex marriage ban and allow same sex couples in the state to marry...?
Case ID Number
FORMTYPE: Survey questionnaire form (A or B) the respondent received