*******************SECTION 15 INCOME AND ASSETS****************************We now have some questions about your and your family's income. We appreciate that our questions are difficult to answer and sometimes seem intrusive; however, we want to reassure you that the information you provide to us is kept confidential.
During 2003, how much did you receive from wages, salary, commissions, or tips from all (other) jobs [-military or civilian-] before deductions for taxes or anything else?
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What is your best estimate of this amount? Please listen to these categories, and stop me on the category that is best.
[amount of farm sales R earned in 2003] >1COMMENT: Check if any farm income is greater than 1
(Excluding any income you already have mentioned) During 2003, did you receive any money in income from ...........your own farm?
(Excluding any income you already have mentioned) During 2003, did you receive any money in income from ...........your own non-farm business, partnership, or professional practice?
[flag indicating if R has received income from own farm in 2003]==1COMMENT: check if received farm income in previous year
How much did you receive AFTER EXPENSES?
[flag indicating that R is under 18, living with at least one parent, not married, not living with a partner, and has no children]==1COMMENT: check if R is unemancipated as defined in Q15-1B
[flag indicating if R has done any work for pay since date of last interview]==0COMMENT: check if R reported no employers since DLI
Did you receive any money from unemployment compensation in any months in 2003?
For how many months during 2003 did you receive unemployment compensation?
How much did you receive per week in the last month you received unemployment?
([marital status code]==1) || ([marital status code]==7) || ([flag indicating presence of spouse/partner in household]==1) || ([flag indicating presence of partner in household]==1)COMMENT: Is R currently married with a spouse or has a partner
During 2003, how much did your [R's spouse or partner] receive from wages, salary, commissions, or tips from all jobs -- military or civilian -- before deductions for taxes or anything else?
(Now, please EXCLUDE any income you already have mentioned earned by your [R's spouse or partner].) (In addition to the income YOU received from your farm business, partnership, or professional practice,) During 2003, did your [R's spouse or partner] receive any money in income ...... from [his/her] own farm?
... or from [his/her] own non-farm business, partnership, or professional practice?
[Q15-20]==1 || [Q15-22]==1COMMENT: Did R's spouse receive any income from own farm, or non-farm business, partnership or professional practice?
How much did [he/she] receive AFTER EXPENSES?
Did your [R's spouse or partner] receive any money from unemployment compensation in any month in 2003?
For how many months during 2003 did your [R's spouse or partner] receive unemployment compensation?
How much did your [R's spouse or partner] receive per week in the last month she/he received unemployment compensation in 2003?
[number of non-biological children in household]>=1COMMENT: CHECK IF ANY NONBIO KIDS IN HH
[current number of bio children on roster]>=1COMMENT: CHECK IF ANY BIOLOGICAL KIDS
Are [R or R's spouse or partner] currently legally entitled to receive child support payments through a court order or any other type of legal agreement?
[marital status code]==1 || [marital status code]==7COMMENT: spouse or partner is in household.
Who is legally entitled to receive child support - [R or R's spouse or partner] or both of you?
What amount of child support for your children are you entitled to now?(INTERVIEWER: ENTER TIME UNIT ON NEXT SCREEN.)(ENTER AMOUNT:)
(IF NECESSARY PROBE: (Is/Was) that per month, per year, or what?)(ENTER TIME UNIT OF AMOUNT:)
How did you reach agreement on your most recent child support amount? Did you...(READ CATEGORIES)...?
In what state was the court order or agreement filed?
Were any type of state or county child support guidelines or schedule used to decide on the amount of child support?
How many of your children are legally entitled to child support under the current court order or agreement?(ENTER NUMBER:)
In total how much in child support were you supposed to receive during 2003?
In total, how much in child support did you actually receive during 2003?
[Who is legally entitled to child support?]COMMENT: Check to see if R's spouse is also legally entitled to child support ([Q15-33C]=2 or 3)
How many of your [R's spouse or partner]'s children are legally entitled to child support under [his/her] current court order or agreement?(ENTER NUMBER)
In total how much in child support was your [R's spouse or partner] supposed to receive during 2003?
In total, how much in child support did your [R's spouse or partner] actually receive during 2003?
Did [R or R's spouse or partner] receive any general cash assistance to needy families, such as TANF or AFDC, in any months in 2003?(INTERVIEWER : TANF, AFDC OR OTHER GENERAL CASH ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES DOES NOT INCLUDE FOOD STAMPS, SSI OR OTHER PAYMENTS BASED ON DISABILITY, OR TARGETED CASH PAYMENTS OR IN-KIND/NON-CASH RELIEF. INFORMATION ON FOOD STAMPS AND SSI WILL BE COLLECTED LATER.)
For how many months during 2003 did [R or R's spouse or partner] receive TANF, AFDC, or any other general cash assistance to needy families?
How much did [R or R's spouse or partner] receive per month in the last month [R or R's spouse or partner] received TANF, AFDC, or any other general cash assistance in 2003?
Did [R or R's spouse or partner] receive government food stamps in any month in 2003?
For how many months did [R or R's spouse or partner] receive government food stamps in 2003?
How much did [R or R's spouse or partner] receive per month in the last month [R or R's spouse or partner] received government food stamps in 2003?
Did [R or R's spouse or partner] receive supplemental security income or public assistance, or welfare payments from local, state or federal government in 2003?
For how many months during 2003 did [R or R's spouse or partner] receive supplemental security income, public assistance, or welfare payments from local, state or federal government?
How much did [R or R's spouse or partner] receive per month in the last month [R or R's spouse or partner] received supplemental security income, public assistance, or welfare payments from local, state or federal government in 2003?
Did [R or R's spouse or partner] (or your children) receive any WIC benefits in 2003?
[flag indicating if R has been enrolled in school since the date of last interview]<1 || [flag indicating if R was ever enrolled in school]==0COMMENT: Machine check: Did R report no school since DLI?
[is R currently enrolled]==1 && [grade of school R currently enrolled in (code)]<13COMMENT: Machine check: R is enrolled in 12th grade or less
[is R currently enrolled]==1 && [grade of school R currently enrolled in (code)]>=13COMMENT: Machine check: R is enrolled in college
[highest grade R completed]>=13COMMENT: Machine check: Has R had at least one year of college?
[Has R ever enlisted in military?]==1COMMENT: Machine check: R has been in military
During 2003, did [R or R's spouse or partner] receive any educational benefits for veterans under the G.I. Bill or V.E.A.P.?
During 2003, did [R or R's spouse or partner] receive any (other kinds of) scholarships, fellowships, or grants?
During 2003, did [R or R's spouse or partner] receive any (other) veterans benefits, worker's compensation, disability payments, or payments from Social Security?
What was the total amount of these (other) veterans benefits, worker's compensation, disability payments, or payments from Social Security [R or R's spouse or partner] received during 2003?
[Residence of Respondent]==11 && [flag indicating if R's mother lives in R's household]==0 && [flag indicating if R's father resides in R's household]==0COMMENT: R LIVING IN OWN DWELLING UNIT?
During any part of 2003, did you live in public housing or did you (IF R LIVES WITH RELATIVES: and your family) receive a rent subsidy or pay a lower rent because the federal, state, or local government was paying part of the cost?
Is this (house/apartment) owned or being bought by [R or R's spouse or partner]?
Do [R or R's spouse or partner] own any motor vehicles that are primarily for personal use, including cars, motorcycles, trucks, a motor home or trailer?
Do [R or R's spouse or partner] owe any money on (this/these) motor vehicles?
(Aside from any debts you have already mentioned), Do [R or R's spouse or partner] owe any money on credit cards?
Rounding to the nearest hundred dollars, how much do you owe altogether on your credit cards?
[flag indicating if R's mother lives in R's household]==0 && [flag indicating if R's father resides in R's household]==0 && [flag indicating presence/absence of household members related to the R, other than spouse or children]==0COMMENT: Machine check: Is R in HH with no adult family members (except possibly spouse/partner)?
[Residence of Respondent]COMMENT: Machine Check: Branch on dwelling
During 2003, how much income did your family have from all sources? Please indicate income from any full or part-time jobs, temporary or seasonal work and services in the military, the military reserves or the National Guard, a farm, a business or professional partnership, Social Security, pensions, welfare, interest, gifts of anything else.
How often [do you/does hour household] put off buying something you need - such as food, clothing, medical care, or housing - because you don't have money? Would you say...
During the past 12 months, how much difficulty [did you/did your household] have paying bills? Would you say...
Thinking about the end of each month over the past 12 months, [did you/did your household] generally end up with...