Wave 6: Summer 2013 Demographic Survey
Junior Transition Demographic Questionnaire
Thank you for taking this survey. Your answers will provide us with updated information on you and your background. The survey should take between 30-40 minutes. Please answer all questions to the best of your ability. Many of these questions were asked in the other surveys that you have taken. We are asking them again because they will provide us with information on how your opinions or situation has changed over time. When taking the survey you can return to previous pages by clicking the “Previous” button at the bottom of a page. Please do not use your browsers “Back” button. Your answers are completely confidential. The information that you provide will only be released as summaries in which no individual’s answers can be identified. If you have any questions please email us at netsense@nd.edu. Thanks!
There are 41 questions in this survey Summer 2013 Survey First we need to know your name, NetID and cell phone number
0.1 Question 1: Name.NetID
1. What is your name, NetID, and cell phone number?
Please write your answer(s) here:
0.2 Question 2: Spring2013.grade
What do you think your overall GPA will be for the Spring 2013 semester at college?
Please write your answer here:
0.3 Question 3: Spring2013.work
During the Spring 2013 semester, how many hours per week did you typically work for pay?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.4 Question 4: Clubs
In the spaces below, please list up to ten clubs, organizations, RecSports classes or non-varsity sports teams that you participated in during your summer break from college.
Please write your answer(s) here:
0.5 Question 5: Undergrad.major
Below is a list of different undergraduate major fields grouped into general categories. Mark one to indicate your probable field of study.
Please choose only one of the following:
0.6 Question 6: fourthsem.classes
In the spaces below, please provide CRN number of the classes you were in during the Spring 2013 semester. Please include all classes, including those you dropped. This number can be easily found by:
1. Following this link to inside.nd.edu 2. Click on the ‘Student Academic’ Tab 3. In the middle field, select ’Concise Schedule” 4. Select the Spring 2013 semester. 5. The left hand column will list the CRN number of all your classes. You can cut and paste the numbers into the boxes below.
Please write your answer(s) here:
0.7 Question 7: Weight
What is your weight in pounds?
Please write your answer here:
0.8 Question 8: Height
What is your height in feet and inches?
Please write your answer(s) here:
0.9 Question 9: Health
Would you say your own health in general is:
Please choose only one of the following:
0.10 Question 10: Happiness
Taken all together, how would you say things are these days - would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.11 Question 11: I.am.someone.who
Here are a number of characteristics that may or may not apply to you. For each trait indicate the extent to which that trait applies to you by selecting the level of agreement with the statement. I am someone who….
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.12 Question 12: Well.being.index
two weeks. Notice that higher numbers mean better well-being The next set of questions are concerned with activities you have done during the Spring 2013 semester and the things that you hope to do or be.
Please indicate for each of the five statements which is closest to how you have been feeling over the last Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.13 Question 13: Activity.Spring2013
For the activities below, indicate which ones you did during the Spring 2013 semester which began in January.
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.14 Question 14: Spring2013.hractivit
During the Spring 2013 semester, how much time in hours did you spend during a typical week doing the following activities?
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.15 Question 15: Importance
Please indicate the importance to you personally of each of the following? Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.16 Question 16: Guess.chance
What is your best guess as to the chances you will:
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.17 Question 17: Political.scale
The next set of questions concern your attitudes and tastes.
26. We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives. On a seven-point scale on which the political views that people might hold are arranged from extremely liberal–point 1–to extremely conservative– point 7. Where would you place yourself on this scale?
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.18 Question 18: Death.penalty
Do you favor or oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of murder?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.19 Question 19: Marijuana.legal
Do you think the use of marijuana should be made legal or not?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.20 Question 20: Abortion.legal
Which one of the opinions listed below best agrees with your view?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.21 Question 21: Homosexual
What do you think about consensual sexual relations between two adults of the same sex? Do you think that it always wrong, almost always wrong, wrong only sometimes, or not wrong at all?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.22 Question 22: Homo.marriage
Do you agree that homosexual couples should have the right to marry one another?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.23 Question 23: Premarital.sex
There’s been a lot of discussion about the way morals and attitudes about sex are changing in this country. If a man and woman have sex relations before marriage, do you think it is always wrong, almost always wrong, wrong only sometimes, or not wrong at all?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.24 Question 24: Dr.end.life
When a person has a disease that cannot be cured, do you think doctors should be allowed by law to end the patient’s life by some painless means if the patient and his family request it?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.25 Question 25: Fs.welfare
Do you think federal spending on welfare should increase, be kept the same, or decrease?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.26 Question 26: Fs.socsec
Do you think federal spending on social security should increase, be kept the same, or decrease?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.27 Question 27: Health.ins
Some feel there should be a government insurance plan which would cover all medical and hospital expenses. Others feel that medical expenses should be paid by individuals and through private insurance like Blue Cross or other company paid plans. Where would you place yourself on the 7- point scale?
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.28 Question 28: Job.guar
Some people feel that the government should see to it that every person has a job and a good standard of living. Others think the government should just let each person get ahead on her/their own. Where would you place yourself on the 7-point scale?
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.29 Question 29: Govn.services
Some people think the government should provide fewer services, even in areas such as health and education, in order to reduce spending. Other people feel that it is important for the government to provide many more services even if it means an increase in spending. Where would you place yourself on this scale?
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.30 Question 30: Too.much.eq.rights
Do you agree that we have gone too far in pushing equal rights in this country?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.31 Question 31: Eq.chances
Do you agree that one of the big problems in this country is that we don’t give everyone an equal chance?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.32 Question 32: More.eq.chances
Do you agree that it is not really that a big problem if some people have more of a chance in life than others?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.33 Question 33: Less.eq
Do you agree that this country would be better off if we worried less about how equal people are?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.34 Question 34: Discrimination.race
Some people say that because of past discrimination, blacks should be given preference in hiring and promotion. Others say that such preference in hiring and promotion of blacks is wrong because it discriminates against whites. What about your opinion – are you for or against preferential hiring and promotion of blacks?
Please choose only one of the following:
0.35 Question 35: Music.pref
For each of the types of music listed below, please indicate those that you listen to.
Please choose all that apply:
0.36 Question 36: Books.read
Not including books that you were required to read for class, how many books did you read during the Spring 2013 Semester?
Please write your answer here:
0.37 Question 37: Type.book.read
Which of the following types of books do you like to read?
Please choose all that apply:
0.38 Question 38: Interest.items
Please indicate how much you enjoy doing each of the following activities? Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.39 Question 39: Religious.pref
What is your religious preference?
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.40 Question 40: Occupations
For each of the listed individuals, select their current occupation and what your probable career will be.
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
0.41 Question 41: Parents.marriage
Are your parents:
Please choose only one of the following: