O. MY PARENTS (FATHER WHO DOES NOT LIVE WITH ME) (W4, 1991)

W4C407 O1 Do you have a natural father (by birth) who is not living with you now?

1 No

2 Yes

3 No, but the section below has been answered

4 Blank, but the section below has been answered

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W4C408 O2 Do you have any contact with him?

1 No

2 Yes

3 No, but the section below has been answered

4 Blank, but the section below has been answered
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W4C409 O3 How far do you think he 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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W4C410 O4 Have you been to your father's place of work?

1 Does not apply, because he is not employed

2 No

3 Yes (go to O4A)

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W4C411 O4A 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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W4C412 O5 How often does he talk to you about his work?

1 Often

2 Sometimes

3 Rarely

4 Never

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W4C413 O6 Does he spend enough time with you, or do you wish he spent more time with you?

1 Spends enough time

2 Wish he spent a little more time with me

3 Wish he spent a lot more time with me

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W4C414 O7 How much do you want to be like the kind of person he 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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W4C415 O8 How close do you feel to him?

1 Extremely close

2 Quite close

3 Fairly close

4 Not close at all

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W4C416 O9 How often do you do things with him that you enjoy?

1 Never

2 Rarely

3 Sometimes

4 Often

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W4C417 O10 When you are faced with personal concerns and decisions, do you talk them over with him?

1 Never

2 Rarely

3 Sometimes

4 Often

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W4C418 O11 How often does he talk over important decisions that he has to make with you?

1 Never

2 Rarely

3 Sometimes

4 Often

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W4C419 O12 How often does he listen to your side of an argument?

1 Never

2 Rarely

3 Sometimes

4 Often

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W4C420 O13 In the last 12 months, how often have you argued or had a fight with your father?

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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