E. THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE (S3, 2011)

How do you see your future?

1 Very high 

2 High

3 About fifty-fifty

4 Low

5 Very low

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FT1AS3 E1 You will have a job that pays well?

FT1BS3 E2 You will be able to own your own home?

FT1CS3 E3 You will have a job that you enjoy doing?

FT1DS3 E4 You will have a happy family life?

FT1ES3 E5 You will be in good health most of the time?

FT1FS3 E6 You will be able to live wherever you want to in the country?

FT1GS3 E7 You will be respected in your community?

FT1HS3 E8 Life will turn out better for you than it has for your parents?

FT1IS3  E9 Your children will have a better life than you've had?

FT1JS3  E10 You will have good friends you can count on?

How important do you think each of the following things will be when you are an adult?

1 Not at all important 

2 Somewhat important

3 Very important

4 Extremely important

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FT2AS3 E11 Career or occupation

FT2BS3 E12 Marriage, relationship with my husband or wife

FT2CS3 E13 Being a parent, relationship with my children

FT2DS3 E14 Relationships with my parents and other relatives

FT2ES3 E15 Friendships

FT2FS3 E16 Participation as a citizen in my community

EDPLAS3 E17 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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EDLVS3 E18A 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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EDPLBS3 E18B 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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FT5S3 E19 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

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FT5XS3 E19A If Yes, about what age do you think you will be when you get married?

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E20 How many children do you expect to have? (if none, write 0.)

FT7LS3 Low number

FT7HS3 High number

FT8S3 E21 Do you have any children now?

0 No

1 Yes

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FT8AS3  E21A If Yes, how many?

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FT8BS3 E21B If No, how old do you think you will be when you have your first child?

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NA: I do not expect to have children FTBS3

FT9S3 E22 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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FT9AS3  E22A If you did go to work after having child (or children), when would you expect to go? (we mean a job that would take at least 15 hours a week.)  When my child (or youngest child) is:

1 Less than a year old

2 About one or two years old

3 In nursery school

4 In kindergarten

5 In elementary school

6 In junior high school

7 In high school

8 In college

9 Gone from home 

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