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| [CI_Lead] | I need to verify a few pieces of information: |
| [CI_Name] | Your First Name |
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| [CI_Gender] | Your gender |
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| [CI_Month] | The month of your birth |
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| [CI_Year] | The year of your birth |
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| [CI_Age] | Your age |
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| [CI_Telephone] | Your telephone number |
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| [CI_Address] | Your address |
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| [BQINTRO] | Now I would like to ask you some questions about your background, including questions about your country of birth, language experience, education, work, and other activities. Please try to answer each question as accurately and as completely as possible. I will be recording your answers in the computer. |
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| [BQLANG] | In which language would you like me to ask these questions? |
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| [A_Q01a] | I would like to start with some general questions. Can you please tell me in which year you were born? |
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| [A_Q01b] | And in which month was that? |
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| [A_N01] | Is the respondent male or female? |
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| [B_START] | Education and Training |
| [B_R01a] | I would now like to ask you some questions about your education. |
| [B_Q01aUS] | Looking at this card, what is the highest level of education you have completed? |
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| [B_S01a1] | What is the name of this degree or certificate? |
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| [B_Q01a2US] | In which country did you earn this degree or certificate? |
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| [B_S01a2] | What country was that? |
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| [B_Q01a3US] | Can you indicate which level in our national education system corresponds most closely with the level of this degree or certificate? |
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| [B_Q01bUSX] | What was the area of study, emphasis or major for your highest level of education? |
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| [B_Q01b] | Now, looking at this card, in which category would you place ^B_Q01bUSX ? Again, if there was more than one, please choose the one you consider most important. |
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| [B_Q01c1] | When you completed “this degree or certificate”, how old were you, or what year was it? |
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| [B_Q01d] | And in which month was that? |
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| [B_Q02a] | Are you currently studying for any kind of formal degree or certificate? |
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| [B_Q02bUS] | What type of degree or certificate are you currently studying for? |
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| [B_Q02cUSX] | What was the area of study, emphasis or major for this degree or certificate? |
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| [B_Q02c] | Now, looking at this card, in which category would you place ^B_Q02cUSX ? |
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| [P_Q010a] | During the last 12 moths or since your current incarceration, how much time do you spend in classes for this degree or certificate? Was it.... |
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| [P_Q020] | Is this degree or certificate program .... |
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| [B_R27aUSX] | During your current period of incarceration, did you take any classes or have a tutor ... |
| [B_Q27aUSX] | to improve your basic reading, writing, and math skills? |
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| [B_Q27bUSX] | to prepare to take the General Educational Development test, or GED? |
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| [B_Q27cUSX] | During your current period of incarceration, did you take any classes or have a tutor in some other high school equivalency program or adult high school program? |
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| [B_Q27eUSX] | Thinking about the length of the basic skills or high school completion class (you are attending/attended), how many days, weeks, or months did you attend the classes in the past 12 months? |
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| [B_S27eUSX] | Could you please specify the length of the class? |
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| [P_Q030] | Where did you take the basic skills class? |
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| [P_Q040] | Which ONE of the following statements best describes the reason you participated in this activity? |
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| [P_Q040_S] | Other, specify |
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| [P_Q050] | Now I want you to think about your education prior to prison. What was the main reason you stopped your public or private schooling when you did? Please choose from the following: |
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| [P_Q050_S] | Other, specify |
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| [B_Q03a] | Did you ever start studying for any formal degree, but leave before completing it? |
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| [B_Q03bUS] | What was the type of degree or certificate you began to study for but did not complete? If there was more than one, please report the one with the highest level. |
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| [P_Q060] | Do you want to enroll in an academic class or program of study? |
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| [P_Q070] | Are you on a waiting list to enroll in an academic class or program of study? |
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| [P_Q080] | Which one of the following degree or certificate programs would you like to enroll in? Please select from the following... |
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| [P_Q090] | Which ONE of the following statements best describes the reason you would like to enroll in this program of study? |
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| [P_Q090_S] | Other, Specify |
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| [P_Q100] | What is the main reason you did not want to enroll in an academic class or program of study? Please select from the following. |
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| [P_Q100_S] | Other, Specify |
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| [P_Q120] | During your current period of incarceration, what is the highest level of education you completed? |
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| [P_Q130] | Was this course of study.... |
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| [P_Q130_S] | Other, specify |
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| [P_Q140a] | During your current incarceration, how much time did you spend in classes to complete this degree or certificate? |
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| [P_Q150] | Which ONE of the following statements best describes the reason you attended classes to complete this degree or certificate? |
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| [P_Q150_S] | Other, Specify |
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| [P_Q160_1] | In what month and year were you incarcerated most recently? |
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| [P_Q170] | Before your current incarceration, did you ever serve time in prison, jail, or some other correctional facility? |
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| [P_Q180] | When do you expect to be released from prison? |
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| [P_R190] | Now I want to ask you a few questions about your participation in non-academic programs. This includes classes for job training, and non-job classes - for example, parenting classes. |
| [P_Q190a] | During your current incarceration, have you attended... Employment readiness or re-entry classes (including how to find a job or interviewing skills) |
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| [P_Q190a_1] | During your current incarceration, how many hours have you attended employment readiness or re-entry classes? |
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| [P_Q190a_2] | What was your main reason for attending this class? |
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| [P_Q190b] | During your current incarceration, have you attended.... Classes in parenting or child rearing skills |
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| [P_Q190b_1] | During your current incarceration, how many hours have you attended classes in parenting or child rearing skills? |
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| [P_Q190b_2] | What was your main reason for attending this class? |
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| [P_Q190c] | During your current incarceration, have you attended.... Classes in life skills such as personal finance, problem solving, decision making? |
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| [P_Q190c_1] | During your current incarceration, how many hours have you attended classes in life skills? |
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| [P_Q190c_2] | What was your main reason for attending this class? |
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| [P_Q190d] | During your current incarceration, have you attended.... Classes in community adjustment including anger management, conflict resolution? |
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| [P_Q190d_1] | During your current incarceration, how many hours have you attended community adjustment classes? |
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| [P_Q190d_2] | What was your main reason for attending this class? |
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| [P_Q190e] | During your current incarceration, have you attended.... Drug or alcohol groups for example, Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon, Narcotics Anonymous, or other drug or alcohol related groups? |
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| [P_Q190e_1] | During your current incarceration, how many hours have you attended drug or alcohol groups? |
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| [P_Q190e_2] | What was your main reason for attending this group? |
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| [P_Q190f] | During your current incarceration, have you attended.... Mental health groups that are run by a professional? |
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| [P_Q190f_1] | During your current incarceration, how many hours have you attended mental health groups? |
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| [P_Q190f_2] | What was your main reason for attending this group? |
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| [P_Q190g] | During your current incarceration, have you attended.... Inmate assistance groups, for example, inmate liaison, advisory or inmate councils? |
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| [P_Q190g_1] | During your current incarceration, how many hours have you attended inmate assistance groups? |
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| [P_Q190g_2] | What was your main reason for attending this group? |
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| [P_Q190h] | During your current incarceration, have you attended.... A religious study group? |
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| [P_Q190h_1] | During your current incarceration, how many hours have you attended a religious study group? |
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| [P_Q190h_2] | What was your main reason for attending this group? |
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| [P_Q190i] | During your current incarceration, have you attended.... An ethnic/racial organization, for example, NAACP, African American or Black Culture group, Hispanic Committee, Aztlan, or Lakota? |
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| [P_Q190i_1] | During your current incarceration, how many hours have you attended an ethnic/racial organization? |
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| [P_Q190i_2] | What was your main reason for attending this group? |
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| [P_Q190j] | During your current incarceration, have you attended.... Any other classes, programs or groups? |
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| [P_Q190j_1] | Please specify the names of these classes, programs or groups. |
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| [P_Q190j_2] | During your current incarceration, how many hours have you attended these classes, programs or groups? |
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| [P_Q190j_3] | What was your main reason for attending these classes, programs or groups? |
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| [P_Q220] | During your current period of incarceration, have you participated in a job skills or job training program, for example, a computer skills program that teaches Microsoft Word? Please exclude prison jobs. |
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| [P_Q230] | Are you on a waiting list for any job skills or job training course or program? |
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| [P_Q240] | What were/are your main reason(s) for wanting to participate in this program? Please select all that apply. |
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| [P_Q240_S] | Other, specify |
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| [P_Q250] | What is the main reason you did not attend a course or program to learn job skills or job training? Please select from the following: |
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| [P_Q250_S] | Other, specify |
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| [P_Q260] | Will/Did this job skills or job training course or program include instruction intended to.... |
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| [P_Q270] | In the week ending last Sunday, how many hours did you spend in this job training course as a student? |
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| [P_Q280] | In the week ending last Sunday, how many hours were you scheduled to spend in this job training course as a student? |
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| [P_Q290] | Have you received any type of IT certification, that is, certification for information technology skills? |
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| [P_Q300] | Did you have to pass a test to get the certification? |
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| [P_Q310] | How did you prepare for this test? Was it.... |
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| [P_Q310_S] | Other, specify |
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| [P_Q320] | Other than IT, have you ever received any type of job-related skill certification? |
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| [P_Q330] | Did you have to pass a test to get the certification? |
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| [P_Q340] | How did you prepare for the test? Was it.... |
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| [P_Q340_S] | How did you prepare for the test? (Specify) |
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| [P_Q350a] | Since your most recent incarceration (and previous incarceration, if applies) how long have you spent altogether in any job training course or program? |
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| [P_Q350b] | ... |
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| [P_Q360] | Do you have access to library services, other than a legal library? |
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| [P_Q370] | How often do you use the services of a library for any reason? Would you say... |
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| [P_Q380] | How long does it usually take you to get access to the library when you want to use it? Would you say.... |
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| [P_R390] | Now I would like to ask some questions about your job at prison; these do not include any time you spent assigned to a treatment program, or as a student in class, or in education programs. |
| [P_Q390] | The next question is about jobs during your current incarceration. Do you currently have any prison job? |
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| [P_Q400] | Are you on a waiting list to start a prison job? |
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| [P_Q410] | Have you ever had any prison jobs? Please include your current or any past incarceration. |
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| [D_Q01a] | What is/was your job title? |
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| [D_Q01b] | What are/were your most important responsibilities? (Please give full description, e.g. preparing food, assisting in the library, making license tags and highway signs.) |
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| [D_Q10] | How many hours do/did you usually work per week in this job? |
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| [P_Q420] | Is/Was your prison job at your current prison or off-site? |
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| [P_Q430] | In the year before your current incarceration, did you receive income from any of the following? Select all that apply. |
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| [P_Q430_S] | Other, Specify |
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| [P_G_R01] | The following questions are about reading activities that you undertake as part of your current job. Please consider a prison job while incarcerated as your current job. Please only report reading that is part of your current job, not reading you do in your non-work time. Include any reading you might do on computer screens or other electronic displays. |
| [P_G_Q01_1] | In your current job, how often do you usually ... |
| [P_G_Q01a] | read directions or instructions? |
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| [P_G_Q01b] | read letters or memos? |
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| [P_G_Q01c] | read articles in newspapers, magazines or newsletters? |
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| [P_G_Q01d] | read articles in professional journals or scholarly publications? |
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| [P_G_Q01_2] | In your current job, how often do you usually ... |
| [P_G_Q01e] | read books? |
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| [P_G_Q01f] | read manuals or reference materials? |
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| [P_G_Q01g] | read bills, invoices, bank statements or other financial statements? |
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| [P_G_Q01h] | read diagrams, maps or schematics? |
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| [P_G_R02] | The following questions are about writing activities that you undertake as part of your current job. Include any writing you might do on computers or other electronic devices. |
| [P_G_Q02] | In your current job, how often do you usually ... |
| [P_G_Q02a] | write letters or memos? |
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| [P_G_Q02b] | write articles for newspapers, magazines or newsletters? |
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| [P_G_Q02c] | write reports? |
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| [P_G_Q02d] | fill in forms? |
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| [P_G_R03] | The following questions are about activities that you do as part of your current job and that involve numbers, quantities, numerical information, statistics or mathematics. |
| [P_G_Q03_1] | In your current job, how often do you usually ... |
| [P_G_Q03b] | calculate prices, costs or budgets? |
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| [P_G_Q03c] | use or calculate fractions, decimals or percentages? |
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| [P_G_Q03d] | use a calculator - either hand-held or computer-based? |
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| [P_G_Q03_2] | In your current job, how often do you usually ... |
| [P_G_Q03f] | prepare charts, graphs or tables? |
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| [P_G_Q03g] | use simple algebra or formulas? |
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| [P_G_Q03h] | use more advanced math or statistics such as calculus, complex algebra, trigonometry or use of regression techniques? |
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| [P_G_Q04] | Do you use a computer in your current job? |
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| [P_G_R05] | The following questions are about the use of computers as part of your current job. They do not refer to the use of computers or internet in any jobs you may have held prior to your current job. |
| [P_G_Q05_2] | In your current job, how often do you usually ... |
| [P_G_Q05e] | use spreadsheet software, for example Excel? |
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| [P_G_Q05f] | use a word processor, for example Word? |
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| [P_G_Q05g] | use a programming language to program or write computer code? |
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| [P_G_Q06] | What level of computer use is needed to perform your current job? |
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| [P_G_Q07] | Do you think you have the computer skills you need to do your current job well? |
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| [P_G_Q08] | Has a lack of computer skills affected your chances of getting a prison job? |
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| [C_R07] | Now I would like to ask a few questions about your situation prior to your current incarceration. |
| [C_Q07] | Please look at this card and tell me which ONE of the statements best describes your situation before your current incarceration. If more than one statement applies to you, please indicate the statement that best describes how you see yourself. |
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| [C_Q08a] | Have you ever had paid work? Please include self-employment. |
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| [C_Q09] | In total, approximately how many years have you had paid work? Only include those years where 6 months or more was spent in either full-time or part-time work. |
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| [C_Q10a] | In the last 5 years, since ^Year, for how many different firms or organizations did you work? Include your own business or businesses in the case of self-employment. |
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| [E_START] | Last job |
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| [E_R01a] | The next questions are about the last job or business you held. This is the job or business you had prior to your current incarceration. |
| [E_Q01a] | What was your job title? |
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| [E_Q01b] | What were your most important responsibilities? Please give a full description. |
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| [E_Q02a] | In what kind of business, industry or service did you work? Please give a full description. |
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| [E_Q02b] | What did your firm or organization mainly make or do? Please give a full description. |
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| [E_Q03US] | In which sector of the economy did you work? Was it ... |
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| [E_Q04] | Were you working as an employee or were you self-employed? |
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| [E_Q05a1] | Still talking about the job you left before you last stopped working: At what age or in which year did you start working for your former employer? |
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| [E_Q05b1] | Still talking about the job or business you had prior to your current incarceration: At what age or in which year did you start working in your former business? |
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| [E_Q06] | How many people worked for your employer at the place where you worked? Would that be ... |
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| [E_Q07a] | Did you have employees working for you? Please include family members who worked paid or unpaid in the business. |
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| [E_Q07b] | How many people did you employ at the place where you worked? Would that be ... |
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| [E_Q08] | What kind of employment contract did you have? Was that ... |
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| [E_S08] | Could you please specify what kind of contract you had? |
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| [E_Q09] | How many hours did you usually work per week in this job? Include any usual paid or unpaid overtime, but exclude lunch breaks or other breaks. |
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| [E_Q10] | Could you tell me the main reason you stopped working in your last job? |
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| [F_R01] | I am now going to ask you about activities in your last job. This was the last job that you held prior to your current incarceration. |
| [F_Q01] | In your last job what proportion of your time did you usually spend ... |
| [F_Q01b] | working cooperatively or collaboratively with co-workers? |
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| [F_Q02] | How often did your last job usually involve ... |
| [F_Q02a] | sharing work-related information with co-workers? |
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| [F_Q02b] | instructing, training or teaching people, individually or in groups? |
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| [F_Q02c] | making speeches or giving presentations in front of five or more people? |
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| [F_Q02d] | selling a product or selling a service? |
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| [F_Q02e] | providing advice? |
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| [F_Q03] | How often did your last job usually involve ... |
| [F_Q03a] | planning your own activities? |
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| [F_Q03b] | planning the activities of others? |
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| [F_Q03c] | organizing your own time? |
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| [F_Q04] | How often did your last job usually involve ... |
| [F_Q04a] | working to persuade or influence people? |
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| [F_Q04b] | negotiating with people either inside or outside your firm or organization? |
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| [F_Q05a] | The next question is about "problem solving" tasks you did in your last job. Think of "problem solving" as what happens when you are faced with a new or difficult situation which requires you to think for a while about what to do next. How often were you usually faced by relatively simple problems that took no more than 5 minutes to find a good solution? |
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| [F_Q05b] | And how often were you usually confronted with more complex problems that took at least 30 minutes to find a good solution? The 30 minutes only refers to the time needed to THINK of a solution, not the time needed to carry it out. |
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| [F_Q06] | How often did your last job usually involve ... |
| [F_Q06b] | working physically for a long period? |
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| [F_Q06c] | using skill or accuracy with your hands or fingers? |
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| [F_Q07a] | Did you feel that you have the skills to cope with more demanding duties than those you were required to perform in the job you had? |
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| [F_Q07b] | Did you feel that you needed further training in order to cope well with your duties? |
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| [G_START] | Skill Use Literacy, Numeracy and ICT at work |
| [G_R01] | The following questions are about reading activities that you undertook as part of your last job. Please only report reading that was part of your last job, not reading you did in your non-work time. Include any reading you might do on computer screens or other electronic displays. |
| [G_Q01_1] | In your last job, how often did you usually ... |
| [G_Q01a] | read directions or instructions? |
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| [G_Q01b] | read letters, memos or e-mails? |
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| [G_Q01c] | read articles in newspapers, magazines or newsletters? |
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| [G_Q01d] | read articles in professional journals or scholarly publications? |
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| [G_Q01_2] | In your last job, how often did you usually ... |
| [G_Q01e] | read books? |
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| [G_Q01f] | read manuals or reference materials? |
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| [G_Q01g] | read bills, invoices, bank statements or other financial statements? |
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| [G_Q01h] | read diagrams, maps or schematics? |
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| [G_R02] | The following questions are about writing activities that you undertook as part of your last job. Include any writing you might do on computers or other electronic devices. |
| [G_Q02] | In your last job, how often did you usually ... |
| [G_Q02a] | write letters, memos or e-mails? |
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| [G_Q02b] | write articles for newspapers, magazines or newsletters? |
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| [G_Q02c] | write reports? |
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| [G_Q02d] | fill in forms? |
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| [G_R03] | The following questions are about activities that you did as part of your last job and that involve numbers, quantities, numerical information, statistics or mathematics. |
| [G_Q03_1] | In your last job, how often did you usually ... |
| [G_Q03b] | calculate prices, costs or budgets? |
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| [G_Q03c] | use or calculate fractions, decimals or percentages? |
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| [G_Q03d] | use a calculator - either hand-held or computer-based? |
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| [G_Q03_2] | In your last job, how often did you usually ... |
| [G_Q03f] | prepare charts, graphs or tables? |
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| [G_Q03g] | use simple algebra or formulas? |
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| [G_Q03h] | use more advanced math or statistics such as calculus, complex algebra, trigonometry or use of regression techniques? |
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| [G_Q04] | Did you use a computer in your last job? |
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| [G_R05] | The following questions are about the use of computers or internet as part of your last job. They do not refer to the use of computers or internet in any jobs you may have held prior to your last job. |
| [G_Q05_1] | In your last job, how often did you usually ... |
| [G_Q05a] | use email? |
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| [G_Q05c] | use the internet in order to better understand issues related to your work? |
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| [G_Q05d] | conduct transactions on the internet, for example buying or selling products or services, or banking? |
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| [G_Q05_2] | In your last job, how often did you usually ... |
| [G_Q05e] | use spreadsheet software, for example Excel? |
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| [G_Q05f] | use a word processor, for example Word? |
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| [G_Q05g] | use a programming language to program or write computer code? |
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| [G_Q05h] | participate in real-time discussions on the internet, for example online conferences, or chat groups? |
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| [G_Q06] | What level of computer use was needed to perform your last job? |
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| [G_Q07] | Do you think you had the computer skills you needed to do your last job well? |
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| [G_Q08] | Did a lack of computer skills affect your chances of being hired for a job or getting a promotion or pay raise? |
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| [H_START] | Skill Use Literacy, Numeracy and ICT in everyday life |
| [H_R01] | Please think about the following activities in your everyday life as they relate to your current incarceration. Until now we talked about your activities in your last job. I would now like to talk about your reading activities in everyday life. Exclude any reading you did as part of your last job. Include any reading you might do on computer screens or other electronic displays. |
| [H_Q01_1] | In everyday life, how often do you usually ... |
| [H_Q01a] | read directions or instructions? |
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| [H_Q01b] | read letters or memos? |
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| [H_Q01c] | read articles in newspapers, magazines or newsletters? |
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| [H_Q01d] | read articles in professional journals or scholarly publications? |
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| [H_Q01_2] | In everyday life, how often do you usually ... |
| [H_Q01e] | read books, fiction or non-fiction? |
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| [H_Q01f] | read manuals or reference materials? |
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| [H_Q01g] | read bills, invoices, bank statements or other financial statements? |
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| [H_Q01h] | read diagrams, maps, or schematics? |
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| [H_R02] | The following questions are about your writing activities in everyday life. Exclude any writing you did as part of your last job, but include any writing you do as part of your studies. Include any writing you might do on computers or other electronic devices. |
| [H_Q02] | In everyday life, how often do you usually ... |
| [H_Q02a] | write letters or memos? |
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| [H_Q02b] | write articles for newspapers, magazines or newsletters? |
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| [H_Q02c] | write reports? |
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| [H_Q02d] | fill in forms? |
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| [H_R03] | The following questions are about activities that you undertake in everyday life that involve numbers, quantities, numerical information, statistics or mathematics. Include any such activities you undertake as part of your studies. |
| [H_Q03_1] | In everyday life, how often do you usually ... |
| [H_Q03b] | calculate prices, costs or budgets? |
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| [H_Q03c] | use or calculate fractions, decimals or percentages? |
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| [H_Q03d] | use a calculator - either hand-held or computer-based? |
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| [H_Q03_2] | In everyday life, how often do you usually ... |
| [H_Q03f] | prepare charts, graphs or tables? |
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| [H_Q03g] | use simple algebra or formulas? |
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| [H_Q03h] | use more advanced math or statistics such as calculus, complex algebra, trigonometry or use of regression techniques? |
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| [H_Q04a] | Have you ever used a computer? |
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| [H_Q04b] | Do you use a computer in your everyday life now? |
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| [H_R05] | The following questions are about the use of computers or the internet in everyday life. |
| [H_Q05_2] | In everyday life, how often do you usually ... |
| [H_Q05e] | use spreadsheet software, for example Excel? |
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| [H_Q05f] | use a word processor, for example Word? |
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| [H_Q05g] | use a programming language to program or write computer code? |
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| [H_N05h] |
| [I_START] | About yourself |
| [I_R01] |
| [I_Q04_1] | I would now like to ask you some questions about how you deal with problems and tasks you encounter.To what extent do the following statements apply to you? |
| [I_Q04b] | When I hear or read about new ideas, I try to relate them to real life situations to which they might apply |
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| [I_Q04d] | I like learning new things |
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| [I_Q04h] | When I come across something new, I try to relate it to what I already know |
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| [I_Q04_3] | To what extent do the following statements apply to you? |
| [I_Q04j] | I like to get to the bottom of difficult things |
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| [I_Q04l] | I like to figure out how different ideas fit together |
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| [I_Q04m] | If I don't understand something, I look for additional information to make it clearer |
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| [I_N04m] |
| [I_Q06] | To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement? |
| [I_Q06a] | People like me don't have any say about what the government does |
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| [I_Q07a] | There are only a few people you can trust completely |
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| [I_Q07b] | If you are not careful, other people will take advantage of you |
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| [I_R06dUSX1a] | I'd like to find out how you usually get information about current events, public affairs, and the government. How much information about current events, public affairs, and the government do you get from... |
| [I_Q06dUSX1a] | newspapers? Would you say ... |
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| [I_Q06dUSX1b] | magazines? Would you say ... |
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| [I_Q06dUSX1d] | radio? Would you say ... |
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| [I_R06dUSX1e] | How much information about current events, public affairs, and the government do you get from ... |
| [I_Q06dUSX1e] | television? Would you say ... |
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| [I_Q06dUSX1f] | books or brochures? Would you say ... |
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| [I_Q06dUSX1g] | family members, friends, or inmates? Would you say ... |
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| [I_N07d] |
| [I_Q08] | The next few questions are about your health. In general, would you say your health is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor? |
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| [I_Q08USX1] | Do you have any difficulty seeing the words and letters in ordinary newspaper print even when wearing glasses or contact lenses, if you usually wear them? |
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| [I_Q08USX2] | Do you have any difficulty hearing what is said in a normal conversation with another person even when using a hearing aid, if you usually wear one? |
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| [I_Q08USX3] | Have you ever been diagnosed or identified as having a learning disability? |
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| [I_R10bUSX2a] | Now I'd like to find out how you usually get information about health issues, such as diet, exercise, disease prevention, or a specific disease or health condition. How much information about health issues do you get from ... |
| [I_Q10bUSX2a] | newspapers? Would you say ... |
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| [I_Q10bUSX2b] | magazines? Would you say ... |
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| [I_Q10bUSX2d] | radio? Would you say ... |
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| [I_R10bUSX2e] | How much information about health issues do you get from ... |
| [I_Q10bUSX2e] | television? Would you say ... |
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| [I_Q10bUSX2f] | books or brochures? Would you say ... |
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| [I_Q10bUSX2g] | family members, friends, or inmates? Would you say ... |
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| [I_Q10bUSX2h] | talking to health care professionals, such as doctors, nurses, therapists, or psychologists? Would you say ... |
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| [I_END] |
| [J_START] | Background Information |
| [P_Q440] | Now I would like to ask you some general questions. Which of the following best describes your current marital status? |
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| [J_Q02c] | Please look at this card and tell me which of the statements best describes the current situation of your spouse or partner. |
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| [J_N02c] |
| [J_Q03a] | Do you have children? Please include stepchildren and children not living in your household. |
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| [J_Q03b] | How many children do you have? |
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| [J_Q03c] | How old is this child? |
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| [J_Q03d1] | How old is your youngest child? |
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| [J_Q03d2] | And how old is your oldest child? |
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| [J_Q04a] | Now I have some questions on your background. Were you born in the United States? |
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| [J_Q04bUS] | In what country were you born? |
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| [J_S04b] | What country was that? |
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| [J_Q04c1] | When did you first come to the United States? |
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| [J_Q04c2] |
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| [J_Q04dUSX1a] | Are you Hispanic or Latino? |
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| [J_Q04dUSX1b] | Which of the groups on this card describes your Hispanic or Latino origin? Choose one or more. |
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| [J_Q04dUSX2] | Which of the groups on this card best describes you? Choose one or more |
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| [J_Q05a1US] | What is the language that you first learned at home in childhood AND STILL UNDERSTAND? |
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| [J_S05a1] | What language was that? |
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| [J_N05a2] | Did the respondent mention more than 1 language? |
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| [J_Q05a2US] | What is the second language that you first learned at home in childhood AND STILL UNDERSTAND? |
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| [J_S05a2] | What language was that? |
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| [J_Q05a2USX2] | How old were you when you learned to speak English? |
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| [J_Q05bUS] | What language do you speak most often at home? |
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| [J_S05b] | What language was that? |
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| [J_Q05cUSX1] | What language(s) do you speak most often with your relatives and closest friends? |
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| [J_Q05cUSX2] | Do you use English outside the home? |
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| [J_R05cUSX3a] | With regard to English, how well do you ... |
| [J_Q05cUSX3a] | understand it when it is spoken to you? Would you say ... |
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| [J_Q05cUSX3b] | speak it? Would you say ... |
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| [J_Q05cUSX3d] | read it? Would you say ... |
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| [J_Q05cUSX3e] | write it? Would you say ... |
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| [J_C05cUSX4] |
| [J_Q05cUSX4] | During your current incarceration, did you take any classes or have a tutor to learn English as a Second Language? |
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| [J_Q05cUSX5] | (Do/Did) you take the ESL classes mainly for work-related reasons or mainly for personal interest? |
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| [J_Q05cUSX6] | As an adult, have you ever taken classes or had a tutor to learn English? |
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| [J_Q06a] | The next few questions are about your mother or female guardian. Was your mother or female guardian born in the United States? |
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| [J_Q06bUS] | What was the highest level of education your mother or female guardian ever completed? |
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| [J_D06c1] |
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| [J_Q07a] | The next few questions are about your father or male guardian. Was your father or male guardian born in the United States? |
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| [J_Q07bUS] | What was the highest level of education your father or male guardian ever completed? |
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| [J_Q08] | About how many books were there in your home? Do not include magazines, newspapers or schoolbooks. To give an estimation, one foot of shelving is about 10 books. |
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| [J_END] |
| [COMPUTEREXPERIENCE] | Has the respondent experience with computer? |
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| [NativeSpeaker] |
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