*************************************************************************** MODULE R - INTERVIEWER'S OBSERVATIONS (10/1/98) *************************************************************************** 5202 MR1 (OB11) Where was the interview conducted? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Inside respondent's home 8753 86.85 2 By telephone 669 7.12 3 Commercial establishment (i.e. McDonald's) 127 1.32 4 Someone else's home (i.e. friend of R) 92 0.95 5 Somewhere else 0 0.00 6 Outside 89 0.94 7 In car 12 0.19 8 R's place of employment 241 2.37 9 Inap/No Answer 22 0.26 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5203 MR2 (OB12) What electrical source was used for the computer? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Computer was plugged into electrical outlet 8865 88.25 for entire interview 2 Computer was run on battery for entire interview 357 3.50 3 Some on battery, some on electrical power 107 1.06 4 Other 0 0.00 9 Inap/No Answer 676 7.19 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5204 MR3 (OB13) Did you have any difficulty with the computer during this interview? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 2 Yes 660 6.35 5 No 8638 86.07 9 Inap/No Answer 707 7.58 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5207 MR5 (OB1) Which of the following best describes the building in which R lives? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Entirely residential 8647 86.33 2 Primarily residential with some commercial 480 4.50 or other non-residential 3 Primarily commercial or other non-residential 116 1.00 7 Other 21 0.18 8 Don't know, Interview conducted elsewhere 39 0.53 9 Inap/No Answer 702 7.45 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5208-5209 MR6 (OB2a) In what type of structure does R live? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 01 Trailer/mobile home 567 5.04 02 Detached single family house 6571 67.44 03 Two family house, one unit 292 2.85 above the other 04 Two family house, two units 292 2.76 side by side 05 Row/town house (three or more 414 3.81 attached units with separate ground level entrances) 06 Three or four family house/apartment building 304 2.74 07 Apartment building (five or more units) 790 7.10 08 Other 32 0.39 09 Nursing home, adult care facility 22 0.17 98 Don't know 20 0.20 99 Inap/No Answer 701 7.50 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5210-5211 MR7 (OB2b) How many stories are in this building? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 01 116 0.93 02 509 4.82 03 269 2.39 04 65 0.63 05-09 119 1.05 10-19 49 0.43 20 20 or more 21 0.18 77 Other 2 0.01 98 Don't know 27 0.28 99 Inap/No Answer 8828 89.28 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5212-5213 MR8 (OB3) On what floor of the building does R live? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 00 Basement 35 0.25 01 1st or ground floor 490 4.29 02 384 3.69 03 107 0.96 04 29 0.28 05-09 67 0.60 10-19 24 0.20 20 20th or higher floor 5 0.03 77 Other 3 0.05 98 Don't know 33 0.36 99 Inap/No Answer 8828 89.29 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5214 MR9 (OB5) At any time during the interview was any other person (adult or child) present or near enough to overhear any of the interview? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Yes 3220 32.46 2 No 6114 60.41 9 Inap/No Answer 671 7.13 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 MR10A-MR10H During how much of the interview was each of the following present or able to overhear the interview? 5215 MR10A (OB5a) A. Spouse or partner @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 0 Not at all 1193 10.26 1 Less than 5 minutes 444 4.46 2 5 to 14 minutes 475 5.28 3 15 or more minutes 446 5.02 4 Most or all 655 7.37 7 Other 5 0.06 9 Inap/No Answer 6787 67.55 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5216 MR10B (OB5b) B. Child(ren) under age 3 @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 0 Not at all 2553 26.60 1 Less than 5 minutes 124 1.00 2 5 to 14 minutes 126 1.23 3 15 or more minutes 149 1.37 4 Most or all 266 2.25 7 Other 0 0.00 9 Inap/No Answer 6787 67.55 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5217 MR10C (OB5c) C. Child(ren) age 3-5 @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 0 Not at all 2677 28.02 1 Less than 5 minutes 132 1.11 2 5 to 14 minutes 142 1.19 3 15 or more minutes 113 0.96 4 Most or all 156 1.18 7 Other 0 0.00 9 Inap/No Answer 6785 67.53 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5218 MR10D (OB5d) D. Child(ren) age 6-11 @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 0 Not at all 2539 26.68 1 Less than 5 minutes 212 1.97 2 5 to 14 minutes 208 1.71 3 15 or more minutes 148 1.27 4 Most or all 113 0.83 7 Other 0 0.00 9 Inap/No Answer 6785 67.53 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5219 MR10E (OB5e) E. Child(ren) age 12-17 @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 0 Not at all 2698 27.85 1 Less than 5 minutes 196 1.85 2 5 to 14 minutes 157 1.36 3 15 or more minutes 106 0.87 4 Most or all 63 0.53 7 Other 0 0.00 9 Inap/No Answer 6785 67.53 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5220 MR10F (OB5f) F. Son or daughter age 18+ @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 0 Not at all 2826 28.49 1 Less than 5 minutes 133 1.49 2 5 to 14 minutes 97 0.91 3 15 or more minutes 80 0.78 4 Most or all 83 0.79 7 Other 0 0.00 9 Inap/No Answer 6786 67.54 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5221 MR10G (OB5g) G. Other adult relative @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 0 Not at all 2718 27.19 1 Less than 5 minutes 123 1.16 2 5 to 14 minutes 127 1.38 3 15 or more minutes 93 1.10 4 Most or all 157 1.60 7 Other 0 0.00 9 Inap/No Answer 6787 67.56 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5222 MR10H (OB5h) H. Adult non-relative @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 0 Not at all 2903 29.56 1 Less than 5 minutes 98 1.00 2 5 to 14 minutes 68 0.61 3 15 or more minutes 60 0.51 4 Most or all 89 0.75 7 Other 0 0.00 9 Inap/No Answer 6787 67.58 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5223-5224 MR11A (OB6a) A. The respondent was: @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 01 Able to understand questions easily 5818 59.20 02 1818 18.16 03 760 7.19 04 382 3.27 05 239 2.11 06 168 1.56 07 Hardly able to understand 128 1.19 08 Other 2 0.04 99 Inap/No Answer 690 7.29 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5225-5226 MR11B (OB6b) B. The respondent was: @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 01 Cooperative 7418 74.15 02 1164 11.71 03 340 3.15 04 136 1.35 05 71 0.72 06 68 0.60 07 Uncooperative 114 0.95 08 Other 4 0.05 99 Inap/No Answer 690 7.32 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5227-5228 MR11C (OB6c) C. The respondent was: @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 01 Interested 5568 55.73 02 2037 20.22 03 912 9.01 04 420 4.22 05 172 1.69 06 119 1.04 07 Not interested 85 0.73 08 Other 1 0.01 99 Inap/No Answer 691 7.35 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5229-5230 MR12 (OB7) The interview was conducted: @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 01 Without interruption 5051 51.95 02 2072 20.85 03 944 8.79 04 508 4.58 05 283 2.56 06 214 1.81 07 Interrupted often 236 2.06 08 Other 1 0.00 99 Inap/No Answer 696 7.41 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5231-5232 MR13 (OB8) Rapport with the respondent was: @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 01 Very poor 119 1.16 02 119 1.18 03 118 1.06 04 234 2.23 05 587 5.84 06 2195 21.65 07 Excellent 5944 59.58 08 Other 1 0.01 99 Inap/No Answer 688 7.29 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5233-5235 MR14 (mile) What is the round trip distance between your home and the location of this interview? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1-4 384 3.42 5-9 538 5.05 10-24 2059 21.08 25-49 2088 20.90 50-74 1438 14.97 75-99 881 8.92 100-124 547 5.39 125-150 1387 13.02 999 Inap/No Answer 683 7.25 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5236 MR15 (OB10) End of interviewer observations: @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Respondent completed form by himself/herself 8201 83.01 2 Form read to respondent 1498 13.91 3 R did some; I did some 44 0.41 6 Other 126 1.29 7 Refused 117 1.21 9 Inap/No Answer 19 0.17 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 CKPT:MR16 . . a. If there was no focal child, GO TO CKPT:MR24 b. If focal child is under ten, GO TO CKPT:MR24 c. If focal child is dead, GO TO CKPT:MR24 d. If focal child older than 17, GO TO CKPT:MR21 e. If this is an ex-spouse interview and focal child lives in household of ex-spouse, GO TO MR16 f. If NOT interviewing R1 ,GO TO MR30 . . 5237 MR16 (e4) To understand American family life, it is important to get the perspectives of both parents and children. For this reason we would like to have a brief telephone interview with one child from each family to learn how things are going for the child, their plans for the future, and their opinions. In a month of so, we would like to telephone (focal child's name), and ask (him/her) a few questions. What is (his/her) telephone number? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Respondent gives telephone number 1465 13.11 2 Child has no telephone number 92 0.58 3 Refusal or Reluctant 143 1.15 4 Respondent doesn't know child's 13 0.09 telephone number 5 Respondent doesn't know whereabouts 13 0.13 of child 6 Child lives with other parent or somewhere else; 40 0.32 R says we need to get (other parent's/ guardian's permission) 9 Inap/No Answer 8239 84.61 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5238 MR17 (e4a) What is their telephone number? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Respondent gives telephone number 17 0.15 2 Has has no telephone 2 0.01 3 Refusal or Reluctant 8 0.06 4 Respondent doesn't know telephone 11 0.08 number 5 Respondent doesn't know whereabouts 2 0.01 of child 9 Inap/No Answer 9965 99.68 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 CKPT:MR18 . . a. If focal child lives with R, GO TO CKPT:MR21 b. GO TO CKPT:MR19 . . 5239 MR18 (e7) We understand your concern, but would appreciate your agreeing to this so that our sample will better represent family life throughout the United States. We are interviewing thousands of children, all across the country. Most of them find the interview to be quite interesting. If your child tells us that they prefer not to be interviewed, that will be fine. As always the responses are completely confidential and not connected in any way with your or your child's name. @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 R gives telephone number 19 0.11 2 Refuses 131 1.10 9 Inap/No Answer 9855 98.79 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 CKPT:MR19 - If focal child lives with R, GO TO CKPT:MR21 5240 MR19 (e9a) At what address does (focal child) currently live? Please include (his/her) street address, as well as the city, state and zip code. @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 R gave address 110 0.97 7 Refused 29 0.21 9 Inap/No Answer 9866 98.82 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5241 MR20 (e13) Does (focal child) live with (his/her) other parent? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Yes 90 0.80 2 No 22 0.18 9 Inap/No Answer 9893 99.01 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 CKPT:MR21 . . a. If this is an ex-spouse interview and child lives in household of ex-spouse, GO TO MR21 b. If NOT interviewing R1, GO TO MR30 . . 5242 MR21 (e20a) To understand American family life, it is important to get the perspectives of both parents and children. For this reason we would like to have a brief telephone interview with one child from each family to learn how things are going for the child, their plans for the future, and their opinions. In a month of so, we would like to telephone (adult focal child), and ask (him/her) a few questions. What is (his/her) telephone number? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Respondent gives telephone number 1162 10.89 2 Child has no telephone number 156 1.01 3 Refuses/Reluctant 118 1.09 4 Respondent doesn't know child's 58 0.46 telephone number 5 Respondent doesn't know whereabouts 17 0.13 of child 9 Inap/No Answer 8494 86.42 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5243 MR22 (e22) We understand your concern, but would appreciate your giving us (his/her) number so that our sample will better represent family life throughout the United States. We are interviewing thousands of young adults, all across the country. Most of them find the interview to be quite interesting. If your child tells us that they prefer not to be interviewed, that will be fine. As always the responses are completely confidential and not connected in any way with your name or your child's name. @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 R gives telephone number 8 0.07 7 Refuses 110 1.02 9 Inap/No Answer 9887 98.91 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5244 MR23 (e23) At what address does (adult focal child) currently live? Please include (his/her) street address, as well as the city, state and zip code. @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Address given 128 0.82 7 Refused to give address 86 0.65 9 Inap/No Answer 9791 98.53 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 CKPT:MR24 . . a. If NOT interviewing R1, GO TO MR30 b. If both parents are dead, GO TO MR30 c. If both parents are alive, GO TO MR24 . . 5245 MR24 (opar) Opposite parent if selected parent cannot do interview. @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Father 1920 18.67 2 Mother 1909 19.34 8 Other 0 0.00 9 Inap/No Answer 6176 61.99 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5246 MR25 (selp) Parent selected for interview. @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Father 2533 25.16 2 Mother 4205 40.72 8 Other 0 0.00 9 Inap/No Answer 3267 34.12 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5247 MR26 (e42) (In order to better understand family life across the generations,) We would like to contact your (father/mother) by telephone and ask (him/her) a few questions about how (he/she) is getting along. What is (his/her) telephone number? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 R gives telephone number 4187 41.62 2 R says selected parent is unable 931 9.34 to be interviewed 3 Selected parent has no telephone 222 2.15 number 4 R refuses to give any information 1107 10.34 regarding parent 5 R doesn't know telephone number of 190 1.63 (father/mother) 6 R doesn't know whereabouts of parent 96 0.77 9 Inap/No Answer 3272 34.15 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5248 MR27 (e45) We understand your concern, but would appreciate your giving us your parent's number so we can them to ask a few questions. This will give a more complete picture of families across the generations. We are interviewing thousands of people of all ages, all across the country. We find that most people find the interview to be quite interesting. If your parent tells us that they prefer not to be interviewed, that will be fine. @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 R gives telephone number 62 0.58 2 Can't interview this parent; would be 40 0.41 ok to interview other parent; R gives other parent's telephone number 7 Refuses 1005 9.35 9 Inap/No Answer 8898 89.66 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5249 MR28 (e46) Could you give me (his/her) address so that we can contact him/her by mail? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Address given 182 1.66 7 Refused to give address 251 2.30 9 Inap/No Answer 9572 96.04 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 CKPT:MR29 . . a. If both parents are not alive, GO TO MR30 b. If this is the second parent asked about, GO TO MR30 . . 5250 MR29 (e53) What about your (mother/father)? Could you give us (her/his) telephone number? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 Respondent gives telephone number 156 1.36 2 Respondent says (mother/father) 217 2.12 is unable to be interviewed 3 (Mother/father) has no telephone 12 0.12 number 6 Respondent doesn't know whereabouts 12 0.13 of parent 7 Respondent refuses to give any 50 0.47 information regarding parent 8 Respondent doesn't know telephone 9 0.06 number of (mother/father) 9 Inap/No Answer 9549 95.74 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5251 MR30 (e60) One final thing. This is an ongoing research study. In a few years we may want to contact you again to see how things are going. In order to help us find you in the event that you move, we would like you to give us the name of a relative who would know where you are living. This could be an adult child, a brother, a sister, or a favorite relative you keep in touch with. What is the full name of a relative who would know where you are? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 R gave name 9328 93.40 2 Reluctant 160 1.52 7 R firmly refused 510 5.02 9 Inap/No Answer 7 0.06 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5252 MR31 (e60a) This will be for our records only to help us locate you in a few years if you have moved. We will not contact this person for any other reason. No information about you will ever be revealed to them. @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 1 R gave name 37 0.39 7 R firmly refused 123 1.13 9 Inap/No Answer 9845 98.48 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5253-5254 MR32 (e65a) How is this person related to you? @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 01 Husband or wife 21 0.23 02 Lover/partner 4 0.05 03 Biological child 2310 25.91 04 Step-child 76 0.86 05 Adopted child 5 0.04 06 Foster child 0 0.00 07 Child of lover/partner 4 0.04 08 Son or Daughter in law 27 0.26 09 Mother or father 2923 28.20 10 Step parent 17 0.12 11 Mother or father in law, or partner's parent 462 4.63 12 Grandparent 41 0.42 13 Brother or sister 2096 19.68 14 Step brother/sister 10 0.09 15 Half brother or sister 12 0.12 16 Grandchild 27 0.22 17 Other relative 636 6.25 18 Roommate 1 0.03 19 Friend 358 3.21 20 Non-relative 179 1.85 97 Refused 0 0.00 98 Don't know 0 0.00 99 Inap/No Answer 796 7.79 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5255-5256 MR33 (dmm) Month of Interview @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 01 January 1098 10.83 02 February 1222 12.49 03 March 1161 11.86 04 April 719 7.71 05 May 722 7.25 06 June 508 5.09 07 July 614 5.82 08 August 696 7.18 09 September 471 4.35 10 October 917 9.12 11 November 1034 10.13 12 December 843 8.17 99 No Answer 0 0.00 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5257-5258 MR34 (ddd) Day of Month of Interview @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 01-31 10005 100.00 99 Inap/No Answer 0 0.00 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00 5259-5260 MR35 (dyy) Year of Interview @ Unwt Wgted Freq Pct 92 1731 17.15 93 6860 68.96 94 1414 13.89 99 Inap/No Answer 0 0.00 OTHER 0 0.00 Total 10005 100.00