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Increasing tolerance or increasingly selective intolerance?
Unformatted Document Text:  30 NAME LABEL GSS DATA MEASURING Real_inc Income-social class indicator Average of Q48 (collapsed), Q185, and Q188 1 Lowest income level– 5 Highest income level Urban Degree of urbanicity of respondent’s environment Q 25 (Res16) and Q 52b (SRCbelt), recoded by collapsing in larger categories Average of the two scales, 1 Rural, 2 Small city or town, 3 Large city (including its suburbs) UnionRC Trade union membership Q 196 Recoded for ordinal ranking 1 Both respondent and spouse belong 2 Respondent belongs 3 Spouse belongs 4 Neither belong II. CORE POLITICAL ATTITUDES Party Democrat /Republican preference Q 56 (Partyid), recoded Q 64a (Pres96), rc Q 64b (If96Who), rc -4: Strong Democrat (also voted Clinton), .., 0: Independent (no vote Clinton, Bush), …, 4: Strong Republican (also voted Bush) Polviews Liberal / Conservative preference Q 66a (Polviews) 1: Extremely liberal, …, 4: Middle of the road, …, 7: Extremely conservative III. ATTITUDES RELATED TO THE TARGET GROUPS ReligStrength Strength of religious affiliation Q 107 (Reliten) Recoded for ordinal ranking 1: Strong 2: Somewhat strong 3: Not very strong 4: No religion Homosex Is homosexuality wrong? Q 219 1 Always wrong, …, 4 Not wrong at all EqualWealth Egalitarianism Q 74a 1: Govt should reduce income differences, …, 7: Govt should not intervene NatSpendRac Fed. spending on Blacks Q 67h, Q 68h 1: Too little, …, 3: Too much NatSpendArm Fed. spending on army Q 67i, Q 68i 1: Too little, …, 3: Too much NatSpendWel Fed. spending on welfare Q 67k, Q 68k 1: Too little, …, 3: Too much ConBusiness Confidence in business Q 165b 1: A great deal, .., 3: Hardly any ConLabor Confidence in labor Q 165f 1: A great deal, .., 3: Hardly any ConClergy Confidence in clergy Q 165c 1: A great deal, .., 3: Hardly any ConScience Confidence in science Q 165k 1: A great deal, .., 3: Hardly any ConArmy Confidence in army Q 165m 1: A great deal, .., 3: Hardly any ALTERNATIVE MEASURES OF TOLERANCE Grass Legalizing marijuana Q 95 1: Marijuana should be made legal 2: Should not PornoLaw Outlawing pornography Q 222 1: Laws against distribution needed 2: Laws against distribution age < 18 3: No restriction on pornography PolicemanHit When a policeman can hit a citizen Q 232 a, b, c, d, recoded 0: Never, Maximum value 1. (average of five answers)

Authors: Koos, Agnes.
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NAME LABEL GSS
DATA
MEASURING
Real_inc
Income-social class
indicator
Average of Q48
(collapsed), Q185, and
Q188
1 Lowest income level–
5 Highest income level
Urban
Degree of urbanicity of
respondent’s
environment
Q 25 (Res16) and
Q 52b (SRCbelt),
recoded by collapsing
in larger categories
Average of the two scales,
1 Rural,
2 Small city or town,
3 Large city (including its suburbs)
UnionRC
Trade union membership Q 196
Recoded for ordinal
ranking
1 Both respondent and spouse belong
2 Respondent belongs
3 Spouse belongs
4 Neither belong

II. CORE POLITICAL ATTITUDES
Party Democrat
/Republican
preference
Q 56 (Partyid), recoded
Q 64a (Pres96), rc
Q 64b (If96Who), rc
-4: Strong Democrat (also voted Clinton), ..,
0: Independent (no vote Clinton, Bush), …,
4: Strong Republican (also voted Bush)
Polviews
Liberal / Conservative
preference
Q 66a (Polviews)
1: Extremely liberal, …,
4: Middle of the road, …,
7: Extremely conservative

III. ATTITUDES RELATED TO THE TARGET GROUPS
ReligStrength Strength of religious
affiliation
Q 107 (Reliten)
Recoded for ordinal
ranking
1: Strong
2: Somewhat strong
3: Not very strong
4: No religion
Homosex
Is homosexuality wrong? Q 219
1 Always wrong, …, 4 Not wrong at all
EqualWealth
Egalitarianism
Q 74a
1: Govt should reduce income differences, …,
7: Govt should not intervene
NatSpendRac
Fed. spending on Blacks
Q 67h, Q 68h
1: Too little, …, 3: Too much
NatSpendArm Fed. spending on army
Q 67i, Q 68i
1: Too little, …, 3: Too much
NatSpendWel Fed. spending on welfare Q 67k, Q 68k
1: Too little, …, 3: Too much
ConBusiness
Confidence in business
Q 165b
1: A great deal, .., 3: Hardly any
ConLabor
Confidence in labor
Q 165f
1: A great deal, .., 3: Hardly any
ConClergy
Confidence in clergy
Q 165c
1: A great deal, .., 3: Hardly any
ConScience
Confidence in science
Q 165k
1: A great deal, .., 3: Hardly any
ConArmy
Confidence in army
Q 165m
1: A great deal, .., 3: Hardly any

ALTERNATIVE MEASURES OF TOLERANCE
Grass
Legalizing marijuana
Q 95
1: Marijuana should be made legal
2: Should not
PornoLaw
Outlawing pornography
Q 222
1: Laws against distribution needed
2: Laws against distribution age < 18
3: No restriction on pornography
PolicemanHit When a policeman can
hit a citizen
Q 232 a, b, c, d,
recoded
0: Never, Maximum value 1.
(average of five answers)


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