Questionnaire Public Report11/15/2012 02:40:55 PM
Cohort:National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997
Round:Youth Questionnaire 97 (R10)
Instrument :Youth
  1. Tell Us What You Think



YTEL-SAMP-CHECK [S86459.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

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If Answer = 3 Then Go To YTEL-21

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YTEL-1 []Section: Tell Us What You Think

These next questions are about how you think about spending time.

Suppose you could change the way you spend your time, spending more on some things and less on others. Which of these things on the following list would you like to spend more time on, which would you like to spend less time on, and which would you like to spend the same amount of time as now?


YTEL-1A [S86460.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- time in a paid job?

 1   MORE TIME
 2   LESS TIME
 3   SAME AMOUNT OF TIME


YTEL-1B [S86461.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- time doing household work?

 1   MORE TIME
 2   LESS TIME
 3   SAME AMOUNT OF TIME


YTEL-1C [S86462.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- time with your family?

 1   MORE TIME
 2   LESS TIME
 3   SAME AMOUNT OF TIME


YTEL-1D [S86463.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- time with your friends?

 1   MORE TIME
 2   LESS TIME
 3   SAME AMOUNT OF TIME


YTEL-1E [S86464.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- time in leisure activities?

 1   MORE TIME
 2   LESS TIME
 3   SAME AMOUNT OF TIME


YTEL-1F [S86465.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- time to relax?

 1   MORE TIME
 2   LESS TIME
 3   SAME AMOUNT OF TIME

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YTEL-2 [S86466.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

In general, how do you feel about your time - would you say you always feel rushed even to do things you have to do, only sometimes feel rushed, or almost never feel rushed?

 1   ALWAYS
 2   SOMETIMES
 3   ALMOST NEVER

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YTEL-3 [S86467.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

How often would you say you have time on your hands that you don't know what to do with - quite often, just now and then, or almost never?

 1   QUITE OFTEN
 2   JUST NOW AND THEN
 3   ALMOST NEVER

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YTEL-4 [S86468.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

In general, do you find life exciting, pretty routine, or dull?

 1   EXCITING
 2   PRETTY ROUTINE
 3   DULL
 4   NO OPINION

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YTEL-11 []Section: Tell Us What You Think

These next questions are about how you would like society to work.

On the whole, do you think it should or should not be the government's responsibility to...


YTEL-11A [S86469.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- provide a job for everyone who wants one?

 1   Definitely should be
 2   Probably should be
 3   Probably should not be
 4   Definitely should not be


YTEL-11B [S86470.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- keep prices under control?

 1   Definitely should be
 2   Probably should be
 3   Probably should not be
 4   Definitely should not be


YTEL-11C [S86471.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- provide health care for the sick?

 1   Definitely should be
 2   Probably should be
 3   Probably should not be
 4   Definitely should not be


YTEL-11D [S86472.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- provide a decent standard of living for the old?

 1   Definitely should be
 2   Probably should be
 3   Probably should not be
 4   Definitely should not be


YTEL-11E [S86473.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- provide industry with the help it needs to grow?

 1   Definitely should be
 2   Probably should be
 3   Probably should not be
 4   Definitely should not be


YTEL-11F [S86474.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- provide a decent standard of living for the unemployed?

 1   Definitely should be
 2   Probably should be
 3   Probably should not be
 4   Definitely should not be


YTEL-11G [S86475.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- reduce income differences between the rich and poor?

 1   Definitely should be
 2   Probably should be
 3   Probably should not be
 4   Definitely should not be


YTEL-11H [S86476.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- give financial assistance to college students from low-income families?

 1   Definitely should be
 2   Probably should be
 3   Probably should not be
 4   Definitely should not be


YTEL-11I [S86477.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- provide decent housing for those who can't afford it?

 1   Definitely should be
 2   Probably should be
 3   Probably should not be
 4   Definitely should not be


YTEL-11J [S86478.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

- impose strict laws to make industry do less damage to the environment?

 1   Definitely should be
 2   Probably should be
 3   Probably should not be
 4   Definitely should not be

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YTEL-21 [S86479.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

Now let's wrap up our conversation. Thinking about your life since [LINTDATE4~X], would you say that overall this has been a very good time in your life, a pretty good time in your life, a pretty bad time in your life, or a very bad time in your life?

 1   VERY GOOD TIME
 2   PRETTY GOOD TIME
 3   PRETTY BAD TIME
 4   VERY BAD TIME
 5   MIXED

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YTEL-22A [S86480.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

Why is that?

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YTEL-22 [S86481.00]Section: Tell Us What You Think

Twenty years from now, what do you think you will remember most about your life between [LINTDATE4~X] and today?

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