What is your level of confidence in public schools?
1 = Great deal of confidence
2 = Some confidence
3 = Only a little confidence
4 = No confidence at all
5 = Dont Know
6 = No Answer/Refuse

In what manner do the courts handle civil cases?
1 = Excellent
2 = Good
3 = Fair
4 = Poor
5 = Dont Know
6 = No Answer/Refuse

Have you ever had any personal involvement in the courts?
1 = Yes
2 = No
3 = Dont Know
4 = No Answer/Refuse

Overall, how much would you say you know about the courts?
1 = A lot
2 = Some
3 = A little
4 = Nothing at all
5 = Dont Know
6 = No Answer/Refuse

What kind of treatment do people like you receive from the courts?
1 = Far better treatment
2 = Somewhat better treatment
3 = Same treatment
4 = Somewhat worse treatment
5 = Far worse treatment
6 = Dont Know
7 = No Answer/Refuse

How often do you watch news on television?
1 = Regularly
2 = Sometimes
3 = Hardly ever
4 = Never
5 = Dont Know
6 = No Answer/Refuse

What sources are those?
1 = People you know who are legal professionals
5 = People you know who have had other court experiences

Courts protect defendants constitutional rights
1 = Strongly agree
2 = Somewhat agree
3 = Somewhat disagree
4 = Strongly disagree
5 = Dont Know
6 = No Answer/Refuse

How much does having a lawyer contribute to the cost of going to court?
1 = A lot
2 = Some
3 = A little
4 = None at all
5 = Dont Know
6 = No Answer/Refuse

Age of respondent?
999 = No Answer/Refuse

What is the highest level of education you have completed?
1 = Less than high school
2 = High School Diploma/GED
3 = Some college or technical training school
4 = 4-year college degree
5 = Some graduate school
6 = Graduate or professional degree
7 = No Answer/Refuse

Race of respondent
1 = White, not Hispanic
2 = African-American
3 = Hispanic/Latinos/Latinas
4 = Asian/Pacific Islander
5 = American Indian or Alaskan Native
6 = Other
7 = No Answer/Refuse
8 = Bi-racial

What is your marital status?
1 = Married
2 = Single
3 = Living with a partner, but not married
4 = Separated or divorced
5 = Widowed
6 = No Answer/Refuse

Last year what was your total combined household income?
-8 = No Answer/Refuse
1 = Less than $10000
2 = $10000 to $20000
3 = $20001 to $30000
4 = $30001 to $40000
5 = $40001 to $50000
6 = $50001 to $60000
7 = $60001 to $70000
8 = $70001 to $80000
9 = $80001 to $120000
10 = More than $120000

Which format was used for question?
1 = Well
2 = Poorly

1 = general
2 = african-american
3 = hispanic

hispanic gen sam v. oversample
1 = hispanics from gen sample
2 = hispanics from oversample