N. MY PARENTS (FEMALE GUARDIAN WHO LIVES WITH ME) (W4, 1991)

W4C389 N1 Does your mother, stepmother, or a female guardian live with you in your household?

1 No  (GO TO SEC O, PAGE 42)

2 Yes  (PLEASE CONTINUE)

3 No, but the section below has been answered

4 Blank, but the section below has been answered

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W4C390 N2 How far do you think she (your mother, stepmother, or female guardian) would like you to go in school?

1 Less than high school graduate

2 High school graduate

3 Vocational or technical school

4 Junior college degree

5 4-year college degree (B.A., B.S.)

6 Master's degree

7 Ph.D. or professional degree (medicine, dentistry, law, etc.)

8 Don't know

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W4C391 N3 Does the issue of household work ever come up between you and her?

1 No, we do not discuss this

2 Yes, we sometimes discuss household work (go to N3A)

3 No, but the section below has been answered

4 Blank, but the section below has been answered

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W4C392 N3A Does she want you to do more household work, less household work, or is she satisfied with the amount you do?

1 More household work

2 Less household work

3 She is satisfied

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W4C393 N3B When she wants you to do some household work, what does she usually do?

1 She just insists that I do it

2 She asks or suggests that I do it

3 She leaves it up to me

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W4C394 N3C When she wants you to do some household work, how free do you feel to openly disagree with her?

1 Very free

2 Somewhat free

3 Not very free

4 Not at all free

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W4C395 N4 Have you been to her place of work?

1 Does not apply, because she is not employed (GO TO N6)

2 No (GO TO N5

3 Yes (go to N4A)

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W4C396 N4A How often have you gone there?

1 More than once a week

2 About once a week

3 About once a month

4 Not every month but several times a year

5 Once or twice a year

6 Less than once a year

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W4C397 N5 How often does she talk to you about her work?

1 Often

2 Sometimes

3 Rarely

4 Never

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W4C398 N6 Does she spend enough time with you, or do you wish she spent more time with you?

1 Spends enough time

2 Wish she spent a little more time with me

3 Wish she spent a lot more time with me

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W4C399 N7 How much do you want to be like the kind of person she is when you're an adult?

1 A lot

2 Quite a bit

3 Just a little

4 Not at all

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W4C400 N8 How close do you feel to her?

1 Extremely close

2 Quite close

3 Fairly close

4 Not close at all

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W4C401 N9 How often do you do things with her that you enjoy?

1 Never

2 Rarely

3 Sometimes

4 Often

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W4C402 N10 When you are faced with personal concerns and decisions, do you talk them over with her?

1 Never

2 Rarely

3 Sometimes

4 Often

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W4C403 N11 How often does she talk over important decisions that she has to make with you?

1 Never

2 Rarely

3 Sometimes

4 Often

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W4C404 N12 How often does she listen to your side of an argument?

1 Never

2 Rarely

3 Sometimes

4 Often

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W4C405 N13 During the last 12 months, how often have you argued or had a fight with your mother?

1 Not at all

2 Once

3 Twice

4 3 or 4 times

5 5 to 10 times

6 Very frequently, more than 10 times

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W4C406 N14 Do you have a natural parent (by birth) who does not live with you?

1 No (PLEASE GO TO PAGE 46)

2 Yes--PLEASE CONTINUE

3 No but the section below has been answered

4 Blank but the section below has been answered