A CNN/ USA TODAY/ GALLUP POLL ECONOMIC MOOD FINAL QUESTIONNAIRE SEX: 1[ ]Male 2[ ]Female INTERVIEWER'S NAME: TIME STARTED: INTERVIEWER'S I.D.: TIME FINISHED: PAGE NUMBER: LENGTH: REPLICATE NUMBER: DATE: REGION: 1 East STRATUM: 1 Stratum One 2 Midwest 2 Stratum Two 3 South 3 Remainder 4 West N-1000 National Adults David Moore, Lydia Saad 422024 December 4-6, 1993 INTRODUCTION: Hello, I am ______ calling from the Gallup organization. I'd like to ask a few questions of the-youngest male, 18 years of age or older, who is now at home (IF NO MALE, ASK: May I please speak with the oldest female, 18 years of age or older, who is now at home?) That completes the interview. I'd just like to ask you a few questions for statistical purposes only. PLEASE RECORD AND VERIFY PHONE NUMBER: AREA CODE EXCHANGE NUMBER 1 INTERVIEW TIME Dl. CHECK RESPONDENT'S SEX: (44) 1 Male 2 Female D2. What is your age? (32) (45)(46) 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 0 00 = Don't know D3. What is the last grade or class that you completed (47) in school? (DO NOT READ) 1. None, or grade 1 - 4 GO TO D4 2. Grades 5, 6 or 7 GO TO D4 3. Grade 8 GO TO D4 4. High school incomplete (Grades 9 - 11) GO TO D4 5. High school graduate, Grade 12 GO TO D4 6. Technical, trade, or business after high school GO TO D4 7. College/university incomplete GO TO D4 8. College/university graduate or more -- 9. DON'T KNOW/REFUSED Go TO D4 D3a. Do you have any post-graduate education beyond a 4-year bachelors degree? (49) 1. Yes (includes masters degree, doctorate, law degree, etc.) 2. No 3. DON'T KNOW/REFUSED 2 D4. What is your race? Are you white, black, Asian or some other? 34 ( 48) 1. White 2. Black 3. Asian (includes Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Filipino, Thai, Vietnamese, Cambodian, etc.) 4. OTHER 5. DON'T KNOW 6. REFUSED (IF RESPONDENT SAYS "HISPANIC," ASK: Are you White Hispanic or Black Hispanic? CODE AS EITHER WHITE OR BLACK, ABOVE. IF RESPONDENT SAYS "JUST HISPANIC" CODE AS WHITE.) D5. Is your total annual household income before taxes $20,000 or more or is it less than $20,000? (53) (54) (IF "UNDER" ASK:) Is it over or under $15,000? (IF "UNDER" ASK:) Is it over or under $10,000? (IF "OVER" ASK:) IS it over or under $30,000? (IF "OVER" ASK:) Is it over or under $50,000? (IF "OVER" ASK:) Is it over or under $75,000? 01 Less than $10,000 05 $30,000-49,999 02 $10,000-14,999 06 $50,000-74,999 03 $15,000-19,999 07 $75,000 and over 04 $20,000-29,999 08 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED D6. In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat or an Independent? (454) 1 Republican - GO TO D8 2 Democrat - GO TO D8 3 Independent 4 OTHER PARTY (VOL.) 5 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED D7. As of today do you lean more to the Democratic Party or the Republican (455) Party? 1 Democratic 2 Republican 3 NEITHER/ OTHER/ DON'T KNOW/REFUSED 3 D8. How would you describe your political views ... READ: (459) 1 Very conservative, 2 Conservative, 3 Moderate, 4 Liberal, or 5 Very liberal? 6 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED D9. Were you born in the United States or in another country? (620) 1 Barn in United States 2 Born in another country 3 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED ASK OF ELIGIBLE RESPONDENTS: D10. Do you live within the city limits of ... (INSERT CITY NAME OR NAMES) (31) 1. Yes 2. No 3. DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED ASK D11 IF COLUMN 31 IS '2' OR '3' AND MSA CODE IS "1120." D8a. Do you live within the city limits of Fitchburg, Leominster, or Gloucester? 1. Yes 2. No 3. DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 4 Saturday/Sunday: COLLECT 50 NAMES (INCLUDING 25 NON-WHITE) D9. This completes the interview. However, Gallup is working with Cable News Network and USA Today on this poll and they would like to talk further with a few survey participants about the topics we've discussed. So that reporters can choose from a cross-section of people, Gallup would provide them with background information which may include any or all of the answers you've given in this poll. Would you be willing to talk with a reporter at a later date? (458) 1. Yes 2. No/(Ref) IF YES TO BE RE-INTERVIEWED READ: So that a reporter might reach you more easily, may I please have your name? ___________________________________________________________ (461 - 480) PLEASE TYPE IN NAME CAREFULLY ASK IF D9 IS CODE 2 AND NOT ASKED D12: D13. This completes the interview. However, as part of a continuing study, we would like to talk further with a few survey participants about the topics we've discussed. All of your responses will still be treated with complete confidentiality. Would you be willing to talk with a Gallup interviewer at a later date? (621) 1 Yes 2 No/(Ref) IF YES TO BE RE-INTERVIEWED READ: So that we might reach you more easily, may I please have your first name only? PLEASE TYPE IN NAME CAREFULLY END OF INTERVIEW. THANK RESPONDENT; Thank you very much for your time. Have a nice day/evening. 5 CHECK THE DAY OF WEEK INTERVIEW WAS COMPLETED (518) 1 Mon 2 Tues 3 Wed 4 Thurs 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun (518) D14. CHECK SEX OF GALLUP INTERVIEWER: 1 MALE 2 FEMALE (517) 6 1. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bill Clinton is handling his job (521) as president? 1. Approve 2. Disapprove 3. DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 2. Now thinking about some issues, do you approve or disapprove of the way Bill Clinton is handling [INSERT ITEM, ROTATE START]. Next, do you approve or disapprove of the way he is handling [INSERT NEXT ITEM]. Next, ... [INSERT NEXT ITEM]. Dis- DON'T KNOW/ Approve approve REFUSED a. The economy 1 2 3 (522) b. Foreign affairs 1 2 3 (523) 3. In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are (524) going in the United States at this time? 1 Satisfied 2 Dissatisfied 3 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 4. In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are (525) going in your own personal life? 1 Satisfied 2 Dissatisfied 3 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 7 On a different subject, 5. How would you rate economic conditions in this country today, excellent, (526) good, only fair, or poor? 1 Excellent 2 Good 3 Only fair 4 Poor 5 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 6. Right now, do you think that economic conditions in the country as a (527) whole are getting better, getting worse, or staying about the same? 1 Getting better 2 Getting worse 3 Staying about the same 4 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 7. Do you think the economy is now in a recession, or not? (528) 1 Yes 2 No 3 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 8. A year from now, do you expect that economic conditions in the country (529) as a whole will be better than they are now, worse than they are now, or stay just about the same? 1 Better 2 Worse 3 Same 4 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 8 9. We are interested in how people's financial situation may have changed. (530) Would you say that you are financially better off now than you were year ago, or are you financially worse off now? 1 Better off 2 Worse off 3 SAME (vol.) 4 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 10. Now looking ahead, do you expect that at this time next year you will be (531) financially better off than now, or worse off than now? 1 Better off 2 Worse off 3 SAME (vol.) 4 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 11. Thinking of your own financial situation just now, is now a good time (532) for you to make a major purchase, such as a car or household appliance, or not? 1 Yes, good time 2 No, not a good time 3 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED 12. On another topic ... Roughly how much money do you think you personally (533-534) will spend on Christmas gifts this year? 01 Less than $50 02 $50-99 03 S1OO-249 04 $250-499 05 $500-749 06 $750-999 07 $1,000-1,499 08 $1,500-1,999 09 $2,000 or more 10 NONE/ DON'T CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS -- GO TO Q. 19 11 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED -- GO TO Q. 19 9 13. Is that more, less, or about the same amount as you spent last (535) Christmas? 1 More 2 Less -- GO TO Q. 15 3 About the same GO TO Q. 16 4 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED GO TO Q. 16 14. Is that because you have more money to spend this year, or is it for (536) other reasons? 1 More money 2 Other reasons 3 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED ALL IN Q. 14, GO TO Q. 16 15. Is that because you have less money to spend this year, or is it for (537) other reasons? 1 Less money 2 Other reasons 3 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 16. Are you purchasing Christmas gifts mainly with cash or with credit cards (538) this year? 1 Cash 2 Credit 3 BOTH EQUALLY (vol.) 4 DON'T KNOW REFUSED 17. Would you say you are using credit cards more than you did last year for (539) your Christmas purchases, less, or about the same as last year? 1 More 2 Less 3 About the same 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED 10 18. How likely are you to use the following to do your Christmas shopping very likely, somewhat likely, not too likely. or not at all likely? First, ... Next, ... READ AND ROTATE: Some- Not Not at Very what too all DK/ likely likely likely likely RF a. Television, such as the home shopping network (540) 1 2 3 4 5 b. Catalogues (541) 1 2 3 4 5 c Discount stores (542) 1 2 3 4 5 d. Department stores (543) 1 2 3 4 5 e. Specialty stores, such as stores that sell only toys or clothes, or jewelry, for example (544) 1 2 3 4 5 19. Which of the following statements apply to you. First. ... Next, READ AND ROTATE: A-B FIRST; THEN ROTATE C-D. Doesn't DON'T KNOW/ Applies Applies REFUSED a. A member of my family has been laid off or fired recently 1 2 3 (545) b. I know people outside of my family who have been laid off or fired recently 1 2 3 (546) c. A member of my family recently found a job after being unemployed 1 2 3 (547) d. I know people outside of my family who recently found a job after being unemployed 1 2 3 (548) 11 20. Are you now employed full-time, part-time, not employed, or retired? (549) 1 Full time 2 Part time 3 Not employed -- SKIP TO Q. 24 4 Retired -- SKIP TO Q. 24 5 STUDENT (vol.) -- SKIP TO Q. 24 6 NO ANSWER/ REFUSED -- SKIP TO Q. 24 21. Could you tell me the kind of work you do? (INTERVIEW: CHECK CATEGORY BELOW THAT BEST DESCRIBES RESPONDENT'S MAIN OCCUPATION. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO CLASSIFY OCCUPATION, THEN SAY: Which of the following describes the kind of work that you do? READ LIST TITLES: (550-551) 1 Professional Worker -- lawyer, doctor, scientist, teacher, engineer, graduate nurse (RN), accountant, programmer, systems analyst, musician 2 Manager, Executive or Official -- in a business, government agency or other organization 3 Business Owner -- such as a store, factory, plumbing contractor, etc. 4 Clerical or Office Worker -- in business, government agency, or other type of organization: typist, secretary, postal clerk, telephone operator, computer operator, data processor, key punch operator, bank clerk, etc. 5 Sales Worker -- clerk in a store, door-to-door salesman 6 Manufacturer's Representative -- outside salesperson, sales representative 7 Service Worker -- policeman/woman, fireman, waiter or waitress, maid, nurse's aid, attendant, barber or beautician 8 Skilled Tradesman -- printer, baker, tailor, electrician, machinist, linesman, railroad engineer, plumber, or does mechanical work such as garage mechanic, carpenter, etc. 9 Semi-skilled Worker -- operates a machine in a factory, works in an assembly line, worker in a factory, drives a truck, taxi cab, or bus, etc. 10 Laborer -- plumber's helper, construction laborer, longshoreman, garbage man, or other physical work 11 OTHER (vol.) SPECIFY: 12 NO ANSWER 12 22. Does the company or organization you work for have a strong sense of (552) loyalty to you, or not? 1 Yes, strong sense of loyalty 2 No, not strong 3 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED 23. Thinking about the next twelve months, how likely do you think it is (553) that you will lose your job or be laid off -- very likely, fairly likely, not too likely or not at all likely? 1 Very likely 2 Fairly likely 3 Not too likely 4 Not at all likely' 5 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED 24. In order to keep a job, have you or has anyone in your family recently (554) had to either take a pay cut or work fewer hours? 1 Yes 2 No 3 NOT APPLICABLE (vol.) 4 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 25. Overall, do you think the quality of jobs available to American workers (555) has increased in the past few years, decreased, or remained the same? 1 Increased 2 Decreased 3 Remained the same 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED 26. As you may know, most American workers will change jobs several times in (556) their lives rather than staying with one company for most of their lives. Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing for American workers? 1 Good thing 2 Bad thing 3 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED 13 27. Do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements -- First, Next, ... READ AND ROTATE: Dis- DON'T KNOW/ Apply agree REFUSED a. People like me have been hurt by this recession more than in previous recessions 1 2 3 (557) b. Things may be better for other people in this country, but not yet for people like me 1 2 3 (558) 28. For each of the following, please tell me how this would affect your view of the economy. Would you become much more optimistic about the nation's economy, somewhat more optimistic, or would it not improve your outlook toward the economy much at all? First, ... Next,... READ AND ROTATE Much Somewhat Not more more improve opti- opti- opti- DK/ mistic mistic mistic RF a. Drops in the unemployment rate (559) 1 2 3 4 b. A decline in the federal budget deficit (560) 1 2 3 4 c. Improvement in the stock market (561) 1 2 3 4 d. Low inflation(562) 1 2 3 4 e. Low interest rates(563) 1 2 3 4 f. A rise in your own income(564) 1 2 3 4 ROTATE H-I LAST h. Improvement of the financial situation in your place of employment(565) 1 2 3 4 i . Improvement of the financial situation in your family(566) 1 2 3 4 14 IF CODE '1' TO 2 OR MORE ITEMS A-F IN Q. 29, OR, NO CODE '1' BUT CODE '2' TO 2 OR MORE ITEMS IN A-F, ASK: 29. Which of the items you just indicated are important would make you feel(567) the most optimistic about the nation's economy -- RE-READ. 1 Drops in the unemployment rate 2 A decline in the federal budget deficit 3 Improvement in the stock market 4 Low inflation 5 Low interest rates 6 A rise in your own income 7 ALL SAME/ MIXED/ DEPENDS (vol.) 8 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 30. How much would you say each of the following things affect the financial situation of you and your immediate family -- a great deal, a fair amount, only a little, or not at all'? Great Fair Only a Not DK/ deal amount little all RF a. Interest rates 1 2 3 4 5 (568) b. The stock market 1 2 3 4 5 (569) c. The rate of inflation 1 2 3 4 5 (570) 31. What is your marital status? Are you currently married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married? (571) 1 Married 2 Widowed SKIP TO Q. 33 3 Divorced SKIP TO Q. 33 4 Separated SKIP TO Q. 33 5 Never married SKIP TO Q. 33 6 NO ANSWER/REFUSED SKIP TO Q. 33 15 32. Is your husband/wife now employed full-time, part-time, not employed, or (572) retired? 1 Full time 2 Part time 3 Not employed 4 Retired 5 STUDENT (vol.) 6 NO ANSWER/ REFUSED 33. Has the economic news you've heard or read about recently been mostly (573) good or mostly bad? 1 Mostly good 2 Mostly bad 3 EVENLY MIXED (vol.) 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED 34, How would you rate the availability of jobs in your community, (574) excellent, good, only fair, or poor? 1 Excellent 2 Good 3 Only fair 4 Poor 5 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED On a different subject, 35. Do you generally approve or disapprove of someone committing suicide if (575) they are suffering great pain and have no hope of improvement? 1 Approve 2 Disapprove 3 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 16 36. And do you generally approve or disapprove of doctors assisting people (576) commit suicide who are suffering great pain and have no hope of improvement? 1 Approve 2 Disapprove 3 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 37. How closely have you followed the news story about Doctor Jack Kevorkian (577) who assists terminally ill people commit suicide -- READ 1-4: 1 Very closely, 2 Somewhat closely, 3 Not too closely, or 4 Not at all? 5 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED 38. Do you approve or disapprove of the actions taken by Doctor Kevorkian? (578) 1 Approve 2 Disapprove 3 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED Thinking about something else ... 39. Are you a college football fan, or not? (579) 1 Yes 2 No SKIP TO INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE Q. 42 3 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED SKIP TO INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE Q. 42 40. What two college football teams should be playing for the national (580) championship? (ENTER 2 RESPONSES) (Do NOT READ) 1 Florida State 2 West Virginia 3 Nebraska 4 Notre Dame 5 Auburn 7 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED 6 Other (DO NOT LIST) 17 41. Which team do you think is #1? (650-651) 01 OTHER SPECIFY: 02 DON'T KNOW 03 REFUSED 04 NONE 05 Florida State 06 West Virginia 07 Nebraska 08 Notre Dame 09 Auburn SPLIT SAMPLE FORM A: ASK Q.42 FORM B: ASK Q. 43 AND Q. 44 42. Finally, did you, yourself, happen to attend church or synagogue in the (652) last seven days, or not? 1 Yes 2 No 3 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED ALL IN Q. 42, SKIP TO DEMOGRAPHICS 43. Now, I would like to ask whether or not you happened to attend church or (653) synagogue in the last seven days -- that is, between last (DAY OF WEEK) and today, and the name of the church or synagogue you attended. Did you, yourself, happen to attend church or synagogue in the last seven days? 1 Yes, attended 2 No, did not attend SKIP TO DEMOGRAPHICS 3 DON'T KNOW/ REFUSED SKIP TO DEMOGRAPHICS 44. Please tell me the name of the church or synagogue you attended. (654) 1 ANY CHURCH/ SYNAGOGUE NAMED 2 NOT ABLE TO NAME CHURCH/ UNSURE 3 REFUSED GO TO DEMOGRAPHICS 18