Instrument: 1992 Telephone Questionnaire Data

1/3 sample Class of 1957

  • Identifying and confirming information
    • Introduction
    • Death data (dates, place, cause of death, and usual or last occupation)
  • Education
    • Complete educational history (for 1975 non-respondents)
    • Post-1975 educational history (for 1975 respondents)
    • Current education
    • Future educational plans
    • Importance and success of education
  • Military service
    • Military experience (for 1975 non-respondents)
  • Marriage
    • Complete marital history (for 1975 non-respondents)
    • Post-1975 marital history (for 1975 respondents)
    • Contact/closeness with current spouse
    • Employment of current spouse
  • Children's roster
    • Update on children prior to 1975 (for 1975 respondents)
    • Children prior to 1975 (for 1975 non-respondents)
    • Children since 1975 for the entire sample
    • For all children of the respondents:
      • Name
      • Birthdate
      • Sex
      • Deaths and dates
      • Relationship to R (biological, adopted, step or foster)
      • Education
      • Residence with R
      • Current marital status
  • Parent's roster
    • Living
    • Residence
    • Marital status
    • Mother: contact/closeness
    • Father: contact/closeness
    • Same sex parent comparison
  • Background Data (for 1975 non-respondents)
    • Living with both parents most of the time up to senior year
    • Identification of head of household
    • Head's occupation during senior year
    • Head's education
    • Father's origin nationality
    • Mother's occupation during senior year
    • Mother's education
  • In-law's roster
    • Living
    • Residence
    • Marital status
  • Household roster
    • Name
    • Sex
    • Age
    • Relationship
  • Employment history
    • Past job aspirations (for 1975 non-respondents)
    • First job after completing school (for 1975 non-respondents)
    • Job history from 1975 to the present (full-time, part-time, self-employed, and unemployment)
      • Dates (started, stopped, and reasons for leaving)
      • Company name and place
      • Industry
      • Occupation
      • Class of worker
      • Labor union membership
      • Benefits (Pension or retirement plans, health insurance, educational training)
  • Current/last job in 1992
    • How they got job (if not self-employed)
    • Wages
    • Job characteristics
    • Job supervision (respondents received either Wright's or Jenck's supervision questions)
    • Job satisfaction and conditions
    • Job Importance
  • Personality
    • Big 5 personality items
  • Cognition
    • Eight items from the WAIS
  • Selected child (same as 1975 if still living; else newly selected child)
    • Complete name
    • Spouse name
    • Current address
    • Current education
    • Educational plans
    • R's educational plans, aspirations, and expectation for selected child
    • Military experience
    • Current job
    • Job help from R
    • Contact and closeness between selected R and child
    • Comparisons between R and child
  • Sibling Roster (for 1975 non-respondents and those 1975 respondents with deceased selected siblings)
    • Number, sex, and sibling position of all siblings ever born (including step and children adopted by your parents)
    • Complete roster of all currently living biological and adopted siblings
      • Name
      • Sex
      • Relationship to R
      • Age
      • Education
  • Selected sib (If selected sibling from 1975 survey is deceased, obtain the following closeout)
    • Full name
    • Relationship to R (biological, adopted, step or foster)
    • Death date
    • Place of death
    • Cause of death
    • Birthdate
    • Last or usual job prior to death
  • Selected sib (for 1975 non-respondents and those 1975 respondents with deceased selected siblings)
    • Full name
    • Address
    • Last high school attended
  • Selected sib (same as 1975 if still living; else newly selected sibling)
    • Live in same household most of the time up to age 16
    • Marital status
    • Number of children
    • Employment status
    • Current or last job
    • Job help from R
    • Contact and closeness between R and selected sibling
    • Comparisons between R and selected sibling
  • Religion
    • Family religious preference when you were in high school (for 1975 non-respondents)
    • Current religious preference
    • Attendance at religious services during the past year
    • Current religious preference of spouse
    • Religious preference of spouse at time of marriage
  • Selected Friend (Asked of the 20.8% of the 1975 respondents who named each other as best same-sex friends when they were seniors in high school.)
    • Current contact and closeness between R and friend
    • Comparisons between R and friend
    • If friend is deceased,
      • Complete name of friend at time of death
      • Date of death
      • Place of death
  • Psychological (administered to 80% of the respondents; same individuals received Health questions)
    • Items for C. Ryff's Psychological Well-Being Scale
  • Parent's income(administered to 50% of the respondents; for all parents and in laws whether still married to original spouses or in new marriages)
    • Income from all sources during past 12 months
      • Total assets
      • Debt
  • Respondent's other income (for all members of the household, how much and who received it?.)
    • Amounts received during the past 12 months
      • Wages, salaries, commissions, and tips before taxes
      • Interest dividends or other investments
      • Social security or supplemental security income
      • Pensions, annuities, or survivor's benefits
      • Public assistance
      • Other government programs
      • Receive child support
      • Receive alimony
      • Gifts, lump sum payments, and inheritances
      • Other income - including lottery winnings, proceeds from one-time asset sales, etc.
    • Amounts paid out during the past 12 months
      • Paid child support
      • Paid alimony
  • Intertransfers
    • Receiving
      • Inheritances
      • Insurance settlements (amount and dates)
      • Gifts (Amounts, sources, purposes of gifts (i.e., education, downpayment, medical expenses)
    • Giving
      • Charity contributions
    • Transfers to children (transfers since 1975 amounts listed for each child)
      • $1,000 or more for downpayment on a house
      • All education expenses including tuition payments
      • Any other property, assets, or money
    • Transfers to parents and in-laws (transfers since 1975 amounts listed for each individual or couple)
      • Money and purpose of transfer
      • Any other property or assets
  • Assets (current worth and debt)
    • Home
    • Other real estate
    • Business or farm
    • Vehicles
    • Credit cards
    • Loans (personal and student)
    • Bills
    • Savings accounts
    • Other investments (IRAs, Money market shares, CDs, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, Tax Deferred Annuities)
  • Health insurance
    • Do you have health insurance?
    • Through employer or private plans?
    • Main reason for not having health insurance
  • Pensions
    • Employer pension plan (other than Social Security or Railroad Retirement benefits)
    • Earliest age to receive benefits from this plan
    • Individual IRA or Keogh Account
    • Spouse retirement plans
  • Health (administered to 80% of the respondents; same individuals received Psychological questions)
    • Depression history
    • Alcohol use by respondent
    • Feelings about respondent's own drinking
    • Respondent's use of alcohol causing problems at home or work
    • Problems with alcohol use within the family by respondent or other family members
    • Ever lived with a problem drinker
  • Caregiving
    • Receiving care: Long-term physical or mental condition, illness or disability of respondent?
      • Limit to respondent's activities
      • Name of the illness
      • Type of care needed
    • Giving care: Long-term physical or mental condition, illness or disability of other household members?
      • Limit activities
      • Who has this limitation
      • Name of the illness
      • Type of care needed
  • Future Plans
    • Plans for work in 10 years
    • Chances to do what you want
  • Retirement
    • Respondent plans
    • Spouse plans
  • Assessment of achievements
  • Closeout items
    • Social Security Number
    • Confirmation of correct address