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Section L: Cognition VAR # _____ 5101 L1. Part of this study is concerned with people's memory, and ability to think about things. First, how would you rate your ability to think quickly at the present time? Would you say it is excellent, very good, good, fair, or poor? ____________________________________________________________ 1. Excellent 2. Very good 3. Good 4. Fair 5. Poor 8. DK 9. NA 0. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 V5101 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 634 1 2305 2 4283 3 3508 4 1494 5 352 8 7 9 69 5102 L2. Compared with 2 years ago, how would you rate your ability to think quickly? Would you say it is much better now, somewhat better now, about the same, somewhat worse, or much worse now than it was then? ____________________________________________________________ 1. Much better 2. Somewhat better 3. Same 4. Somewhat worse 5. Much worse 8. DK 9. NA 0. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 V5102 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 634 1 329 2 745 3 9339 4 1352 5 181 8 4 9 68 5103 L3. Now, would you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with the statement: the older I get the harder it is to remember clearly? ____________________________________________________________ 1. Strongly agree 2. Agree 4. Disagree 5. Strongly disagree 8. DK 9. NA 0. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 V5103 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 634 1 867 2 6248 4 4146 5 650 8 18 9 89 L4. Next, I'll read a set of 20 words and ask you to recall as many as you can. We have purposely made the list long so that it will be difficult for anyone to recall all the words -- most people recall just a few. Please listen carefully as I read the set of words. When I finish, I will ask you to recall aloud as many of the words as you can, in any order. Do you have any questions? [IWER: PROBE AS NEEDED FOR UNDERSTANDING OF TASK AND WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE.] L4a. Now please tell me the words you can recall. a. lake h. door q. coffee b. car j. mountain r. steam c. army k. pipe s. cat d. forest m. plant t. winter e. ticket n. bird u. ship f. city o. corn v. dust g. cabin p. iron 5104 L4b. EXACT TIME NOW ____________________________________________________________ [NOTE: Make no adjustment for AM/PM.] Code clock time (0100-1259) 9999. NA 0000. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 5105 L4a. EDITED SCORE: TOTAL NUMBER OF WORDS RECALLED ____________________________________________________________ Code green number of words (00-20) 00. Tried; none remembered 01-20. 01-20 words remembered 96. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 97. R refused to participate 98. DK 99. NA Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ V5105 11744 7.44 2.68 0.00 20.00 L5. Now I'd like you to tell me how some things are alike. In what way are an orange and a banana alike? 5106 L5a. In what way are an orange and a banana alike? ____________________________________________________________ [NOTE: Use same code for V5107-V5112.] Code edited (green) score (0-2 points) 0. No points; incorrect answer; "DK" 1. Partial credit answer 2. Full credit answer 6. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 7. Scorer not sure of score 9. Refused; NA V5106 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 984 1 2371 2 8537 6 634 7 1 9 125 5107 L5b. ...a table and a chair? ____________________________________________________________ V5107 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 6343 1 1686 2 3864 6 634 9 125 5108 L5c. ...an eye and an ear? ____________________________________________________________ V5108 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 3622 1 4470 2 3798 6 634 9 128 5109 L5d. In what way are an egg and a seed alike? ____________________________________________________________ V5109 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 4822 1 5399 2 1522 6 634 7 3 9 272 5110 L5e. ...air and water? ____________________________________________________________ V5110 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 4137 1 3300 2 4230 6 634 7 1 9 350 5111 L5f. ...a fly and a tree? ____________________________________________________________ V5111 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 8563 1 1170 2 1735 6 634 7 2 9 548 5112 L5g. ...praise and punishment? ____________________________________________________________ V5112 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 7958 1 2504 2 865 6 634 7 3 9 688 5113 TOTAL SCORE (sum of variables V5106-V5112) ____________________________________________________________ [NOTE: Values of 7 in questions V5106-V5112 were counted as "0" in the following tabulation.] 0-14 Total score 96 A proxy interview 99 At least one "9" value (refused/not ascertained) was present Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ V5113 11223 6.11 2.98 0.00 14.00 5114 L6. (RB, BOTTOM OF P. 13) Next I would like to ask you about the chances that various events will happen in the future. Using any number from zero to ten, where 0 equals absolutely no chance and 10 equals absolutely certain, what do you think are the chances that you [or your (husband/wife/partner)] will have to give major financial help to family members during the next 10 years? ____________________________________________________________ 00. Absolutely no chance 01-09. 10. Absolutely certain 96. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 98. DK 99. NA Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ V5114 11843 4.12 3.20 0.00 10.00 5115 L7. (RB, STILL ON BOTTOM OF P. 13) What do you think are the chances that you will live to be 75 or more? ____________________________________________________________ 00. Absolutely no chance [Inap in V5116] 01-09. 10. Absolutely certain 96. Inap, proxy IW 98. DK 99. NA Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ V5115 11758 6.46 2.97 0.00 10.00 5116 L8. (RB, STILL ON BOTTOM OF P. 13) And how about the chances that you will live to be 85 or more? ____________________________________________________________ 00. Absolutely no chance; 0 in V5115 01-09. 10. Absolutely certain 96. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 98. DK 99. NA Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ V5116 11740 4.35 3.23 0.00 10.00 5117 L9. (RB, STILL ON BOTTOM OF P. 13) Now for some more general questions. What do you think are the chances that housing prices in your neighborhood will go up faster than prices in general over the next 10 years? ____________________________________________________________ 00. Absolutely no chance 01-09. 10. Absolutely certain 96. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 98. DK 99. NA Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ V5117 11704 4.97 3.00 0.00 10.00 5118 L10. (RB, STILL ON BOTTOM OF P. 13) And what are the chances that Congress will change the Social Security law to make the system more generous than it is now? ____________________________________________________________ 00. Absolutely no chance 01-09. 10. Absolutely certain 96. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 98. DK 99. NA Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ V5118 11758 2.72 2.68 0.00 10.00 5119 L11. (RB, STILL ON BOTTOM OF P. 13) How about the chances that Congress will change Social Security so that it becomes less generous than now? ____________________________________________________________ 00. Absolutely no chance 01-09. 10. Absolutely certain 96. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 98. DK 99. NA Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ V5119 11740 5.79 3.05 0.00 10.00 5120 L12. (RB, STILL ON BOTTOM OF P. 13) What do you think are the chances that the U.S. economy will experience a major depression sometime during the next 10 years or so? ____________________________________________________________ 00. Absolutely no chance 01-09. 10. Absolutely certain 96. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 98. DK 99. NA Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ V5120 11707 5.60 2.66 0.00 10.00 5121 L13. (RB, STILL ON BOTTOM OF P. 13) And how about the chances that the U.S. economy will experience double-digit inflation sometime during the next 10 years or so? ____________________________________________________________ 00. Absolutely no chance 01-09. 10. Absolutely certain 96. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 98. DK 99. NA Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ V5121 11607 5.91 2.54 0.00 10.00 5122 L14. [READ SLOWLY:] Now I have another kind of question. Suppose that you are the only income earner in the family, and you have a good job guaranteed to give you your current (family) income every year for life. You are given the opportunity to take a new and equally good job, with a 50-50 chance it will double your (family) income and a 50-50 chance that it will cut your (family) income by a third. Would you take the new job? ____________________________________________________________ 1. Yes 5. No 8. DK 9. NA 0. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 V5122 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 634 1 2798 5 8964 8 78 9 178 5123 L14a. Suppose the chances were 50-50 that it would double your (family) income, and 50-50 that it would cut it in half. Would you still take the new job? L14b. Suppose the chances were 50-50 that it would double your (family) income and 50-50 that it would cut it by 20 percent. Would you then take the new job? ____________________________________________________________ 1. Yes 5. No 8. DK 9. NA 0. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 V5123 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 634 1 2863 5 8854 8 93 9 208 5124 L15. (RB, TOP OF P. 14) In deciding how much of their (family) income to spend or save, people are likely to think about different financial planning periods. In planning your (family's) saving and spending, which of the time periods listed in the booklet is most important to you [and your (husband/wife/ partner)]? ____________________________________________________________ 1. Next few months 2. Next year 3. Next few years 4. Next 5-10 years 5. Longer than 10 years 8. DK 9. NA 0. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 V5124 Code Frequency --------------------- 0 634 1 2187 2 1257 3 3832 4 3317 5 1033 8 147 9 245 5125 L16. EXACT TIME NOW ____________________________________________________________ [NOTE: Make no adjustment for AM/PM.] Code clock time (0100-1259) 9999. NA 0000. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 L17. [IF R REFUSED AT L4a DO NOT READ; MARK BOX 7.] A little while ago, I read you a list of words and you repeated the ones you could remember. Please tell me any of the words that you remember now. a. lake h. door q. coffee b. car j. mountain r. steam c. army k. pipe s. cat d. forest m. plant t. winter e. ticket n. bird u. ship f. city o. corn v. dust g. cabin p. iron 5126 L17a. EDIT SCORE: TOTAL NUMBER OF WORDS RECALLED ____________________________________________________________ Code green number of words (00-20) 00. Tried; none remembered 01-20. 01-20 words remembered 96. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 97. R refused to participate 98. DK 99. NA Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ V5126 11656 5.41 2.86 0.00 20.00 5127 L. WORD RECALL DIFFERENCE ____________________________________________________________ [NOTE: This variable was created by subtracting the total number of words recalled at V5126 from the number of words recalled at V5105.] (-20)-(-1). Greater number of words recalled at V5126 (second effort) 0. Same number of words recalled each time 1-20. Greater number of words recalled at V5105 (first effort) 96. Inap, proxy IW; 0 in V4901 99. Inap; Answer of 97-99 given in either V5105 or V5126 Variable N Mean Std Dev Minimum Maximum ------------------------------------------------------------ V5127 11652 2.04 1.94 -11.00 14.00 [Return to Beginning] [Table of Contents] [Previous Section] [Next Section]