By Column: Everything | Demographics | Sexual History | Attitudes | Relationships | Dating | Hookups
Alphabetically: Everything | Demographics | Sexual History | Attitudes | Relationships | Dating | Hookups
Variable | Question |
sex.before.marriage | There's been a lot of discussion about the way morals and attitudes about sex are changing in this country. If a man and a woman have a sexual relationship before marriage, do you think it is ... |
same.sex.sex | What is your opinion about sexual relations between two adults of the same sex? |
any.kind.of.consensual.sex.is.okay | Any kind of sexual activity is okay as long as both persons freely agree to it |
any.kind.of.consensual.sex.is.okay_r | This dichotomizes any.kind.of.consensual.sex.is.okay. |
sex.requires.love | I would not have sex with someone unless I was in love with them |
sex.requires.love_r | This dichotomizes sex.requires.love. |
religion.shapes.sex | My religious beliefs have shaped and guided my sexual behavior. |
tries.to.ensure.partners.orgasm | I try to make sure that my partner has an orgasm when we have sex. |
tries.to.ensure.own.orgasm | I try to make sure that I have an orgasm when I have sex. |
women.may.ask.men.out | It is okay for women to ask men out on dates. |
date.rape.on.my.campus | Date or hookup rape is a serious problem on my college's campus |
marital.childrearing.equality | In a marriage, it is best if both contribute equally to taking care of the children |
marital.childrearing.inequality | In a marriage, it is best if one person has the main career and the other is in charge of children and household. |
on.campus.dating.opportunities | I wish there were more opportunities for going on dates before a relationship is established at my college. |
less.interested.in.dating.someone.who.frequently.hooks.up | If someone has hooked up a lot, I'm less interested in this person as a potential girl/boyfriend |
less.interested.in.dating.someone.who.frequently.hooks.up_r | This dichotomizes on.less.interested.in.dating.someone.who.frequently.hooks.up. |
on.campus.hookup.opportunities | I wish there were more opportunities for hooking up at my college. |
on.campus.hookup.opportunities_r | This dichotomizes on.campus.hookup.opportunities. |
on.campus.relationship.opportunities | I wish there were more opportunities for finding someone to have a relationship with at my college. |
on.campus.relationship.opportunities_r | This dichotomizes on.campus.relationship.opportunities. |
relationships.impair.mobility | One disadvantage of being in an exclusive relationship in college is that it might interfere with moving to another city for a job or graduate school when I graduate. |
relationships.impair.mobility_r | This dichotomizes relationships.impair.mobility. |
relationships.impair.options | I don't really want to be in an exclusive relationship now because I'd rather be free to date or hook up with multiple people. |
relationships.impair.options_r | This dichotomizes relationships.impair.options. |
relationships.avail.emotional.support | One advantage of being in an exclusive relationship is that you have someone to talk to and get love and emotional support from |
relationships.avail.more.sex | One advantage of being in an exclusive relationship is that you have someone to have sex with on a regular basis. |
disrespect.female.promiscuity | If women hook up or have sex with lots of people, I respect them less. |
disrespect.female.promiscuity_r | This dichotomizes disrespect.female.promiscuity. |
disrespect.female.promiscuity_r.o | This puts back the missing cases, to align with the male counterpart, which had much higher missing (see disrespect.male.promiscuity_r.o for an explanation). |
disrespect.male.promiscuity | If men hook up or have sex with lots of people, I respect them less. |
disrespect.male.promiscuity_r | This dichotomizes disrespect.male.promiscuity. |
disrespect.male.promiscuity_r.o | This puts back the missing cases, for which my intuition is that they indicate lack of surety. |
abortion.is.okay.if.raped
abortion.is.okay.for.any.reason abortion.is.okay.if.health.is.at.risk |
Respondents were asked to indicate their attidues to abortion in three scenarios: It is okay for a woman to abort her pregnancy if...? If she became pregnant as a result of rape; If the woman wants it for any reason; If the woman's health is at risk. |
marriage | Do you want to get married in the future? |
exclusivity
exclusivity.r exclusivity.r.o |
If I met the right person now, I'd like to be in an exclusive relationship |
party.identification
party.identification.specify |
What political party do you identify with? |
political.views | How would you characterize your political views? |
ideal.age.to.marry | How old would you ideally like to be when you get married? |
any.children | Do you have children? |
wants.children | Do you want to have children (or more children in the future)? |
ideal.age.for.childbearing | How old would you ideally like to be when you have children (or more children)? |
childrearing
straight.childrearing |
How do you envision that the children asked about in the previous question will be cared for? |