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Mail: Social Participation
mz001rer-mz022rer List of clubs and organizations to which the respondent belongs and level of involvement in each. mz023rer-mz024rer Number of times in the past four weeks that the respondent has gotten together socially with family and friends. NOTE: Please see Appendix G - COR571A for references on social participation items. NOTE: This text refers to items mz002rer-mz022re: Here is a list of clubs and organizations to which many people belong. (Please circle your level of involvement with each activity.) Not Very Some Quite a A great involved little bit deal Activities and memberships: NOTE: Sixty-one respondents did not answer any questions in this section (mz001rer=2). Variables mz002rer-mz021re are coded "NOT ASCERTAINED/ REFUSED" for these respondents. If the level of involvement is not indicated for a particular organization, the code for that organization is also "NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED". It is possible that some respondents only indicated levels of involvement for organizations that applied to them. If that is the case then this second category of "NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED" codes should be 0.
mz001rer: Were any of the organizational participation questions answered?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
1 | YES | 3162 | 3652 | 6814 |
2 | NO | 30 | 31 | 61 |
mz002rer: What is your level of involvement with church-connected groups, but not the church itself?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29a
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 113 | 133 | 246 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 1639 | 1605 | 3244 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 503 | 466 | 969 |
2 | SOME | 510 | 731 | 1241 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 256 | 398 | 654 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 171 | 350 | 521 |
mz003rer: What is your level of involvement with a church, temple, or other place of worship?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29a2, IN75
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 19 | 18 | 37 |
-2 | 3031 | 3516 | 6547 | |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 61 | 57 | 118 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 16 | 23 | 39 |
2 | SOME | 33 | 35 | 68 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 13 | 14 | 27 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 19 | 20 | 39 |
(MZ003RER). Many respondents to the first wave of the mail
questionnaire, listed the "church itself" in other organizations.
Their responses are categorized in MZ019RE or MZ021RE. The mail
questionnaire was modified to include "the church itself" as
a unique category. This modified questionnaire was sent to
the 1975 nonrespondents who responded to the 1992 phone survey;
as well as the siblings.
mz004rer: What is your level of involvement with labor unions?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29b
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 113 | 236 | 349 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 2232 | 2910 | 5142 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 304 | 253 | 557 |
2 | SOME | 345 | 202 | 547 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 114 | 54 | 168 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 84 | 28 | 112 |
mz005rer: What is your level of involvement with veterans' organizations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29c
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 144 | 253 | 397 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 2564 | 3222 | 5786 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 217 | 101 | 318 |
2 | SOME | 204 | 79 | 283 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 44 | 9 | 53 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 19 | 19 | 38 |
mz006rer: What is your level of involvement with fraternal organizations or lodges?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29d
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 131 | 244 | 375 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 2444 | 3073 | 5517 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 205 | 137 | 342 |
2 | SOME | 281 | 143 | 424 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 77 | 54 | 131 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 54 | 32 | 86 |
mz007rer: What is your level of involvement with business or civic groups?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29e
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 137 | 266 | 403 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 2015 | 2603 | 4618 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 307 | 230 | 537 |
2 | SOME | 446 | 368 | 814 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 183 | 128 | 311 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 104 | 88 | 192 |
mz008rer: What is your level of involvement with parent-teachers' associations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29f
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 143 | 241 | 384 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 2617 | 2960 | 5577 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 206 | 138 | 344 |
2 | SOME | 160 | 225 | 385 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 34 | 68 | 102 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 32 | 51 | 83 |
mz009rer: What is your level of involvement with community centers?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29g
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 163 | 267 | 430 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 2692 | 2969 | 5661 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 154 | 187 | 341 |
2 | SOME | 142 | 193 | 335 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 29 | 49 | 78 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 12 | 18 | 30 |
mz010rer: What is your level of involvement with organizations of people of the same nationality?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29h
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 157 | 269 | 426 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 2848 | 3204 | 6052 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 74 | 71 | 145 |
2 | SOME | 85 | 88 | 173 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 21 | 29 | 50 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 7 | 22 | 29 |
mz011rer: What is your level of involvement with sport teams?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29i
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 129 | 252 | 381 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 1948 | 2753 | 4701 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 218 | 139 | 357 |
2 | SOME | 506 | 268 | 774 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 251 | 161 | 412 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 140 | 110 | 250 |
mz012rer: What is your level of involvement with country clubs?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29j
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 152 | 262 | 414 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 2621 | 3157 | 5778 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 129 | 74 | 203 |
2 | SOME | 143 | 105 | 248 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 85 | 50 | 135 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 62 | 35 | 97 |
mz013rer: What is your level of involvement with youth groups, for example as a Scout leader?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29k
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 155 | 266 | 421 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 2699 | 3151 | 5850 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 95 | 50 | 145 |
2 | SOME | 134 | 100 | 234 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 68 | 58 | 126 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 41 | 58 | 99 |
mz014rer: What is your level of involvement with professional groups?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29l
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 131 | 235 | 366 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 1777 | 2358 | 4135 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 331 | 287 | 618 |
2 | SOME | 583 | 514 | 1097 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 257 | 188 | 445 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 113 | 101 | 214 |
mz015rer: What is your level of involvement with political clubs or organizations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29m
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 156 | 267 | 423 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 2581 | 2943 | 5524 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 233 | 219 | 452 |
2 | SOME | 155 | 190 | 345 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 50 | 39 | 89 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 17 | 25 | 42 |
mz016rer: What is your level of involvement with neighborhood improvement organizations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29n
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 163 | 267 | 430 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 2371 | 2632 | 5003 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 320 | 318 | 638 |
2 | SOME | 234 | 357 | 591 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 67 | 75 | 142 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 37 | 34 | 71 |
mz017rer: What is your level of involvement with charity or welfare organizations?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29o
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 149 | 244 | 393 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 2000 | 2051 | 4051 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 398 | 427 | 825 |
2 | SOME | 450 | 614 | 1064 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 117 | 219 | 336 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 78 | 128 | 206 |
mz018rer: What is your level of involvement with hobby groups?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29p
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 221 | 322 | 543 |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 1991 | 2147 | 4138 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 262 | 242 | 504 |
2 | SOME | 381 | 515 | 896 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 215 | 288 | 503 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 122 | 169 | 291 |
mz019re: What is the first club/organization you are involved with other than church-connect groups, the church itself, labor unions, Veterans' organizations, fraternal organizations or lodges, business or civic groups, parent-teachers' associations, community centers, organizations of people of the same nationality, sports teams, country club, youth groups, professional groups, political clubs or organizations, neighborhood improvement organizations, charity or welfare organizations, and hobby groups?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: m29q1
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 30 | 31 | 61 |
0 | NONE | 3028 | 3363 | 6391 |
1 | Service | 47 | 98 | 145 |
2 | Social | 16 | 31 | 47 |
3 | Athletic | 14 | 37 | 51 |
4 | Home Economics and Family | 2 | 24 | 26 |
5 | Women's Clubs, Auxiliary | 2 | 15 | 17 |
6 | Nondenominational Religious | 4 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Health (TOPS, AA, etc.) | 19 | 38 | 57 |
8 | Alumni Groups | 4 | 2 | 6 |
9 | the Church Itself | 26 | 44 | 70 |
mz020re: What is your level of involvement with the first club/organization you are involved with other than church-connect groups, the church itself, labor unions, Veterans' organizations, fraternal organizations or lodges, business or civic groups, parent-teachers' associations, community centers, organizations of people of the same nationality, sports teams, country club, youth groups, professional groups, political clubs or organizations, neighborhood improvement organizations, charity or welfare organizations, and hobby groups?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29q2
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 10 | 32 | 42 |
-2 | 3058 | 3394 | 6452 | |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 2 | 11 | 13 |
2 | SOME | 26 | 52 | 78 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 41 | 90 | 131 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 55 | 104 | 159 |
mz021re: What is the second club/organization you are involved with other than church-connect groups, the church itself, labor unions, Veterans' organizations, fraternal organizations or lodges, business or civic groups, parent-teachers' associations, community centers, organizations of people of the same nationality, sports teams, country club, youth groups, professional groups, political clubs or organizations, neighborhood improvement organizations, charity or welfare organizations, and hobby groups?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: m29r1
Revisions: Updated 3/97
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 30 | 31 | 61 |
0 | NONE | 3132 | 3564 | 6696 |
1 | Service | 20 | 43 | 63 |
2 | Social | 6 | 16 | 22 |
3 | Athletic | 1 | 6 | 7 |
4 | Home Economics and Family | 0 | 3 | 3 |
5 | Women's Clubs, Auxiliary | 0 | 2 | 2 |
6 | Nondenominational Religious | 0 | 2 | 2 |
7 | Health (TOPS, AA, etc.) | 2 | 5 | 7 |
8 | Alumni Groups | 0 | 1 | 1 |
9 | the Church Itself | 0 | 8 | 8 |
10 | Volunteers, not elsewhere classified | 1 | 2 | 3 |
mz022re: What is your level of involvement with the second club/organization you are involved with other than church-connect groups, the church itself, labor unions, Veterans' organizations, fraternal organizations or lodges, business or civic groups, parent-teachers' associations, community centers, organizations of people of the same nationality, sports teams, country club, youth groups, professional groups, political clubs or organizations, neighborhood improvement organizations, charity or welfare organizations, and hobby groups?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 29r2
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 1 | 8 | 9 |
-2 | 3162 | 3595 | 6757 | |
0 | NOT INVOLVED | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1 | VERY LITTLE | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2 | SOME | 5 | 15 | 20 |
3 | QUITE A BIT | 14 | 34 | 48 |
4 | A GREAT DEAL | 10 | 27 | 37 |
mz023rer: How many times, if at all, during the past four weeks have you gotten together with friends? We mean like going out together or visiting in each other's homes.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 30
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 17 | 22 | 39 |
0 - 1 | 939 | 778 | 1717 | |
2 - 3 | 1046 | 1101 | 2147 | |
4 - 5 | 610 | 828 | 1438 | |
6 - 15 | 528 | 842 | 1370 | |
16 - 44 | 52 | 112 | 164 |
mz024rer: How many times, if at all, during the past four weeks have you gotten together socially with relatives?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 1992-93
Mode: mail
Source variables: 31
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1799 | 1643 | 3442 |
-3 | NOT ASCERTAINED/REFUSED | 20 | 23 | 43 |
0 - 1 | 1090 | 819 | 1909 | |
2 | 759 | 739 | 1498 | |
3 - 4 | 803 | 1134 | 1937 | |
5 - 15 | 494 | 899 | 1393 | |
16 - 60 | 26 | 69 | 95 |