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A4. Sometimes people think about other groups of people in
124 society when they think about their own economic well-
125 being, people who are being helped or hurt by economic
126 conditions.
When it comes to economic matters, what groups of people
do YOU feel close to?
(IF R DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WE MEAN BY "GROUPS": Some
people have mentioned farmers, the elderly, teachers,
blacks, and union members.)
100. Women
110. Disadvantaged women; unmarried mothers, single
____ women caring for parents
|Make| 120. Women on welfare;
|card|---------190. Other references to women
|____|
200. Blacks
210. Middle class blacks
____ 220. Working class blacks
|Make|
|card|---------290. Other references to Blacks
|____|
300. Elderly (Senior Citizens)
310. Retired
____ 320. People on fixed income
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|Make|
|card|---------390. Other references to the elderly
|____| 400. The Poor
401. Employment; number of people working who have jobs
405. Lower class
410. Working class people; blue collar workers
411. Factory workers
415. Low(er) income
420. People on welfare
430. Labor unionists
440. Manual workers in dangerous occupations, e.g.
policemen, firemen, miners, seaman
480. Unemployed
____ 485. People hurt by economic conditions, people who are
|Make| struggling
|card|---------490. Other references to the poor, working class people
|____| 500. Middle class (including upper middle and lower
middle)
502. Middle class whites
504. Middle class white collar
505. Middle income
____ 510. The Silent Majority
|Make| 515. Average people, Average American
|card|---------590. Other references to middle class
|____|
600. The Rich
605. People who are better off; people ahead of
the economy
610. Speculators, capitalists, entrepreneurs
620. Professionals, e.g., doctors, nurses, lawyers
621. Young professionals
625. White collar workers
628. People in technical occupations
630. Teachers
638. Business people--NA type
640. Small business, retail business, real estate
650. Civil servants, bureaucrats
655. Military, people in the military
660. Administrators, directors, managers
_________ 670. Farmers, ranchers
|Make card|----690. Other reference to specific occupation/industry
|_________| 695. People I work with
696. People who work hard for a living
700. Young people
701. Children, children in need
704. Young married couples; young couples getting started
706. People with families
707. Family
708. Single parents
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710. Middle aged people
712. People my age
720. The clergy, the church
723. Church people, church groups
725. Friends
726. Student, college students recent college graduate
727. Educated people
728. Uneducated people
730. Politicians
740. Entertainers; athletes, movie stars, media stars
800. Minorities, nothing specific
805. Specific nationality (not american)
810. Hispanics
820. Mentally handicapped; disabled
____ 850. Immigrants, refugees
|Make|---------890. Other references to minorities
|Card| 895. Refer to where R lives (i.e., urban dwellers,
|____| suburbanites
____ 900. Whites
|Make| 997. Other
|card|
|____|___
|0 in |-----998. DK (124 only)
|125-134 |-----999. NA (124 only)
|5 in 135|
|________|-----000. No groups mentionned (124); no further
mention (125,126)
Walter Mebane
Mon Dec 3 06:08:49 EST 2001