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Appendix 1 - CODEBOOK
NAME LABEL GSS
DATA
MEASURING
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
Intolerance
General intolerance level
of the respondent
Q 76-81, all with a, b, c
recoded
0: absolute tolerance across all batteries
Calculated only for respondents who gave at
least one answer (a, b or c) on each question
Max. possible 15
Atheist0
Tolerance – intolerance
toward atheists
Q 76 a, b, c, recoded
Persons scoring 0
across all batteries
were excluded
0 for allowing, 1 for denying rights
DK within battery 0.5
(But completed only if there was at least one
original answer)
Racist0
Tolerance – intolerance
toward racists
Q 78 a, b, c, recoded
Persons scoring 0
across all batteries
were excluded
0 for allowing, 1 for denying rights
DK within battery 0.5
(But completed only if there was at least one
original answer)
Comunist0
Tolerance – intolerance
toward communists
Q 79 a, b, c, recoded
Persons scoring 0
across all batteries
were excluded
0 for allowing, 1 for denying rights
DK within battery 0.5
(But completed only if there was at least one
original answer)
Militarist0
Tolerance – intolerance
toward militarists
Q 80 a, b, c, recoded
Persons scoring 0
across all batteries
were excluded
0 for allowing, 1 for denying rights
DK within battery 0.5
(But completed only if there was at least one
original answer)
Homosexual0 Tolerance – intolerance
toward homosexuals
Q 81 a, b, c, recoded
Persons scoring 0
across all batteries
were excluded
0 for allowing, 1 for denying rights
DK within battery 0.5
(But completed only if there was at least one
original answer)
I. DEMOGRAPHICS
Age Age
Q
13
Years
Sex
Sex
Q 23
Male 1, Female 2
Race
Race
Q 24
White 1, Black 2, Other 3
Education
Respondent’s education
Q 15
No formal schooling 0, First grade 01, ..
1 year of college 13, … Max 20
Income98
Family income
Q 48
Under $1,000: 01, .. $15,000 – 17,499: 11,
…, $ 110,000 or over: 23
SEI
Socioeconomic Index of
the respondent
Nakao-Treas Index
(Meth. Rep. 74)
Range 0 to 100, increasing prestige values
EnvirSEI Average
Socioeconomic
Index of parents and
spouse
Nakao-Treas Index
(Meth. Rep. 74)
Range 0 to 100, increasing prestige values
From data on father, mother and spouse, an
average computed
Class Subjective
class
categorization
Q 185
1 Lower, 2 Working, 3 Middle, 4 Upper class
Finrela Subjective
income
assessment
Q 188 (Your income,
compared with
American families in
general)
1 Far below average, … ,
3 Average, … ,
5 Far above average
Convention