F. THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE (S2, 2010)

How do you see your future?  What are the chances that...

1 Very high 

2 High

3 About fifty-fifty

4 Low

5 Very low

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FT1AS2 F1 You will have a job that pays well?

FT1BS2 F2 You will be able to own your own home?

FT1CS2 F3 You will have a job that you enjoy doing?

FT1DS2 F4 You will have a happy family life?

FT1ES2 F5 You will be in good health most of the time?

FT1FS2 F6 You will be able to live wherever you want to in the country?

FT1GS2 F7 You will be respected in your community?

FT1HS2 F8 Life will turn out better for you than it has for your parents?

FT1IS2  F9 Your children will have a better life than you've had?

FT1JS2  F10 You will have good friends you can count on?

EDPLBS2 F11 If it were up to you, how far would you like to go in school?

1 Less than high school graduate

2 High school graduate

3 Community college degree/technical degree

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

5 Master's degree

6 Ph. D. or professional degree (such as medicine, law or dentistry)

7 Don't know

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EDLVS2 F12A What is the highest level of schooling you have completed?

1 Elementary or junior high school

2 GED

3 High school 

4 Technical or vocational school

5 Associate degree

6 Some college

7 Bachelor's degree

8 Master's degree

9 Ph.D. or professional degree

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EDPLBS2 F12B What is the highest level of education you plan to obtain in the future?

1 Elementary or junior high school

2 GED

3 High school 

4 Technical or vocational school

5 Associate degree

6 Some college

7 Bachelor's degree

8 Master's degree

9 Ph.D. or professional degree

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FT5S2 F13 Do you expect that you will get married someday?

1 Yes, I am quite sure I will marry

2 Yes, I probably will marry

3 Don't know

4 No, I probably won't marry

5 No, I am quite sure I won't marry

6 I am already married

7 Missing F13 but answer F13A

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FT5XS2 F13A If Yes, about what age do you think you will be when you get married?

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F14 How many children do you expect to have? (if none, write 0.)

FT7LS2 Low number

FT7HS2 High number

FT8S2 F15 Do you have any children now?

0 No

1 Yes

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-8 Currently have no child

FT8AS2  F15A If Yes, how many?

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-8 Currently have no child

FT8BS2 F15B If No, how old do you think you will be when you have your first child?

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-8 NA: Already have a child

-88 NA: Do not expect to have children

FT9S2 F16 Do you expect to work after you have children?

1 Yes

2 No

3 Does not apply; I do not plan to have children

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F17 What occupation would you like to go into? If you are unsure, what kind of work are you thinking about? (Include full-time homemaker.)

FT3S2 F18 How certain are you about these plans? 

1 Very certain                    5 No occ specified in F17 but "Very certain"

2 Somewhat certain          6 No occ specified in F17 but "Somewhat certain"

3 Not very certain             7 No occ specified in F17 but "Not very certain"

4 Not at all certain             8 No occ specified in F17 but "Not at all certain"

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F19 What has influenced your interest in this kind of work? (Circle all that apply.)

0 No 

1 Yes

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FT4AS2 School

FT4BS2 TV, movies, books, or magazines

FT4CS2 A summer job, a part-time job during school, or other work experience

FT4DS2 Volunteer work

FT4ES2  Something else (Please tell us: FT4XS2)

FT4FS2 No occupation specified in F17, but responded to F19 (original res kept as is)

FT4MS2  None of the options checked