3 Codebook | 2023 Baltimore Area Survey Documentation & Codebook

3.1 Neighborhoods

YEARS IN NEIGHBORHOOD
bas23_nhd_nyrs

Question: How many years have you lived in your current neighborhood? Enter 0 if less than 1 year.

Mean	Min	p25	Median	p75	Max
15.3	0	3	9	23	120

Missing values

Value	Reason	N
-8	Missing: Item non-response	3

Source: DCAS 2018 Q4

BLOCKS IN NEIGHBORHOOD
bas23_nhd_blks

Question: How many blocks are in the area that you think of as your neighborhood?

Value	Label	N
1	Smaller than 1 block	50
2	1 to 4 blocks	312
3	5 to 9 blocks	329
4	10 to 24 blocks	389
5	25 to 50 blocks	161
6	More than 50 blocks	100
-8	Missing: Item non-response	11

Source: DCAS 2018 Q6

NEIGHBORHOOD SATISFACTION
bas23_nhd_sat

Question: How satisfied are you with your neighborhood as a place to live?

Value	Label	N
1	Very satisfied	596
2	Somewhat satisfied	553
3	Somewhat dissatisfied	121
4	Very dissatisfied	77
-8	Missing: Item non-response	5

Source: DCAS 2018 Q6

CHANGE IN NEIGHBORHOOD
bas23_nhd_chg

Question: Looking back over the past five years or so, would you say that your neighborhood generally has become a better place to live, has stayed the same, or has become a worse place to live?

Value	Label	N
1	Become a much better place to live	80
2	Become a somewhat better place to live	261
3	Stayed about the same	672
4	Become a somewhat worse place to live	257
5	Become a much worse place to live	61
-8	Missing: Item non-response	21

Source: DCAS 2018 Q7

QUALITY OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS
bas23_nhd_schqual

Question: What would be your best guess about the quality of the public schools in your neighborhood?

Value	Label	N
1	Excellent	64
2	Very Good	227
3	Good	439
4	Fair	386
5	Poor	201
-8	Missing: Item non-response	35

Source: DCAS 2018 Q8

CHANGE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
bas23_nhd_schchg

Question: During the past five years, do you think that the public schools in your neighborhood have gotten better, stayed about the same, or gotten worse?

Value	Label	N
1	Gotten much better	42
2	Gotten somewhat better	138
3	Stayed about the same	711
4	Gotten somewhat worse,	274
5	Gotten much worse	115
-8	Missing: Item non-response	72

Source: DCAS 2018 Q9

NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY SATISFACTION
bas23_nhd_safe

Question: How satisfied are you with yoru feeling of personal safety in your neighborhood?

Value	Label	N
1	Very satisfied	324
2	Somewhat satisfied	618
3	Somewhat dissatisfied	286
4	Very dissatisfied	114
-8	Missing: Item non-response	10

Source: Crime Factors and Neighborhood Decline in Chicago (Quillian and Pager 2001)

CHANGE IN FEELING OF SAFETY IN NEIGHBORHOOD
bas23_nhd_safechg

Question: During the past five years has your feeling of personal safety in your neighborhood gotten better, stayed about the same, or gotten worse?

Value	Label	N
1	Gotten much better	32
2	Gotten somewhat better	114
3	Stayed about the same	743
4	Gotten somewhat worse,	335
5	Gotten much worse	111
-8	Missing: Item non-response	17

Source: PHDCN Q44.a

FUTURE OF NEIGHBORHOOD
bas23_nhd_fut

Question: Looking forward to the next five years, do you think that your neighborhood will generally become a better place to live, stay about the same, or become a worse place to live?

Value	Label	N
1	Become a much better place to live	100
2	Become a somewhat better place to live	333
3	Stayed about the same	608
4	Become a somewhat worse place to live	220
5	Become a much worse place to live	84
-8	Missing: Item non-response	7

NEIGHBORS WILLINGNESS TO HELP
bas23_nhd_cohes1

Question: People in your neighborhood are willing to help their neighbors.

Value	Label	N
1	Strongly agree	254
2	Agree	843
3	Disagree	191
4	Strongly disagree	53
-8	Missing: Item non-response	11

Source: PHDCN Q11.a

CLOSE-KNIT NEIGHBORHOOD
bas23_nhd_cohes2

Question: This is a close-knit neighborhood.

Value	Label	N
1	Strongly agree	134
2	Agree	640
3	Disagree	473
4	Strongly disagree	87
-8	Missing: Item non-response	18

Source: PHDCN Q11.b

TRUST IN NEIGHBORS
bas23_nhd_cohes3

Question: People in this neighborhood can be trusted.

Value	Label	N
1	Strongly agree	152
2	Agree	829
3	Disagree	271
4	Strongly disagree	68
-8	Missing: Item non-response	32

Source: PHDCN Q11.m

NEIGHBORS DO NOT GET ALONG
bas23_nhd_cohes4

Question: People in this neighborhood generally don’t get along with each other.

Value	Label	N
1	Strongly agree	17
2	Agree	153
3	Disagree	916
4	Strongly disagree	249
-8	Missing: Item non-response	17

Source: PHDCN Q11.f

NEIGHBORS DO NOT SHARE SAME VALUES
bas23_nhd_cohes5

Question: People in this neighborhood do not share the same values.

Value	Label	N
1	Strongly agree	61
2	Agree	373
3	Disagree	756
4	Strongly disagree	133
-8	Missing: Item non-response	29

Source: PHDCN Q11.k

3.2 Connectivity

GENERAL TRUST
bas23_con_gentrust

Question: Before we move onto the next set of questions, we want to know, generally speaking, how often do you feel people can be trusted?

Value	Label	N
1	Almost always	75
2	Usually	840
3	Not very often	395
4	Never	33
-8	Missing: Item non-response	9

Source: GSS cantrust

TRUST IN NEARBY BUSINESSES
bas23_con_btrust

Question: How much of the time do you think you can trust the businesses in or near your neighborhood to do what is right?

Value	Label	N
1	Almost always	187
2	Most of the time	661
3	Some of the time	402
4	Almost never	60
5	There are no businesses in or near my neighborhood	37
-8	Missing: Item non-response	5

TRUST IN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
bas23_con_ntrust

Question: How much of the time do you think you can trust the nonprofit organizations in or near your neighborhood to do what is right?

Value	Label	N
1	Almost always	205
2	Most of the time	510
3	Some of the time	320
4	Almost never	57
5	There are no nonprofit organizations in or near my neighborhood	233
-8	Missing: Item non-response	27

TRUST IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
bas23_con_gtrust

Question: How much of the time do you think you can trust the local government here in {{JURISDICTION}} to do what is right?

Value	Label	N
1	Almost always	47
2	Most of the time	342
3	Some of the time	670
4	Almost never	281
-8	Missing: Item non-response	12

THOUGHT ABOUT BY NEARBY BUSINESSES
bas23_con_bthnk

Question: How often do you expect that businesses in or near your neighborhood think about people like you when they make business decisions?

Value	Label	N
1	Always	56
2	Most of the time	322
3	Some of the time	590
4	Hardly ever	253
5	Never	76
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	42
-8	Missing: Item non-response	13

THOUGHT ABOUT BY NEARBY NONPROFITS
bas23_con_nthnk

Question: How often do you expect that nonprofit organizations in or near your neighborhood think about people like you when they consider the programs they offer?

Value	Label	N
1	Always	68
2	Most of the time	318
3	Some of the time	466
4	Hardly ever	173
5	Never	50
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	260
-8	Missing: Item non-response	17

THOUGHT ABOUT BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT
bas23_con_gthnk

Question: How often do you expect that the local government thinks about people like you when they consider the programs they offer?

Value	Label	N
1	Always	67
2	Most of the time	226
3	Some of the time	601
4	Hardly ever	317
5	Never	115
-8	Missing: Item non-response	26

BUSINESSES SERVE NEEDS
bas23_con_bsrv

Question: How well do businesses in or near your neighborhood serve your family’s needs?

Value	Label	N
1	Very well	269
2	Somewhat well	762
3	Not too well	211
4	Not well at all	56
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	42
-8	Missing: Item non-response	12

NONPROFITS SERVE NEEDS
bas23_con_nsrv

Question: How well do nonprofit organizations in or near your neighborhood serve your family’s needs?

Value	Label	N
1	Very well	122
2	Somewhat well	637
3	Not too well	223
4	Not well at all	57
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	260
-8	Missing: Item non-response	53

LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVES NEEDS
bas23_con_gsrv

Question: How well do local government services in or near your neighborhood serve your family’s needs?

Value	Label	N
1	Very well	99
2	Somewhat well	702
3	Not too well	355
4	Not well at all	148
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	12
-8	Missing: Item non-response	36

FEAR OF POLICE
bas23_con_plcfear

Question: How much fear do you have that you or your loved ones will be targeted by the police for questioning or arrest?

Value	Label	N
1	A lot	158
2	Some	181
3	A little	295
4	None	707
-8	Missing: Item non-response	11

Source: DCAS 2018 Q37

FEAR OF POLICE AFFECTING EVERYDAY LIFE
bas23_con_plcfeara

Question: How much does that fear affect your everyday life?

Value	Label	N
1	A lot	103
2	Some	169
3	A little	235
4	None	126
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	718
-8	Missing: Item non-response	1

Source: DCAS 2018 Q37

POLICE RESPECT
bas23_con_plcrespect

Question: How respectfully do you think the police in your area treat people?

Value	Label	N
1	Very respectfully	344
2	Somewhat respectfully	500
3	Neither respectfully nor disrespectfully	324
4	Somewhat disrespectfully	128
5	Very disrespectfully	35
-8	Missing: Item non-response	21

Source: NCVS-R PQ3a

POLICE FAIRNESS
bas23_con_plcfair

Question: In your opinion, how fairly do the police in your area treat people?

Value	Label	N
1	Very fairly	342
2	Somewhat fairly	487
3	Neither fairly or unfairly	317
4	Somewhat unfairly	132
5	Very unfairly	36
-8	Missing: Item non-response	38

Source: NCVS-R PQ3c

POLICE EFFECTIVENESS
bas23_con_plcprvcrime

Question: How effective are the police at preventing crime in your area?

Value	Label	N
1	Very effective	135
2	Somewhat effective	476
3	Neither effective nor ineffective	337
4	Somewhat ineffective	225
5	Very ineffective	157
-8	Missing: Item non-response	22

Source: NCVS-R PQ3d

POLICE TRUST
bas23_con_plctrust

Question: How much do you trust the police in your area?

Value	Label	N
1	Trust completely	286
2	Somewhat trust	506
3	Neither trust nor distrust	304
4	Somewhat distrust	159
5	Distrust completely	84
-8	Missing: Item non-response	13

Source: NCVS-R PQ3e

POLICE OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS
bas23_con_plcrating

Question: Taking everything into account, how would you rate the job the police are doing?

Value	Label	N
1	A very good job	221
2	A somewhat good job	491
3	Neither a good job nor a bad job	345
4	A somewhat bad job	170
5	A very bad job	103
-8	Missing: Item non-response	22

Source: NCVS-R PQ3f

TRANSPORTATION INSECURITY: RESCHEDULE APPOINTMENT
bas23_con_tspappt

Question: In the past 30 days, how often did you have to reschedule an appointment because of a problem with transportation?

Value	Label	N
1	Often	64
2	Sometimes	161
3	Never	1116
-8	Missing: Item non-response	11

TRANSPORTATION INSECURITY: SKIP GOING
bas23_con_tspskipgo

Question: In the past 30 days, how often did you skip going somewhere because of a problem with transportation?

Value	Label	N
1	Often	70
2	Sometimes	190
3	Never	1080
-8	Missing: Item non-response	12

TRANSPORTATION INSECURITY: NOT LEAVE HOUSE
bas23_con_tspnoleave

Question: In the past 30 days, how often were you not able to leave the house when you wanted to because of a problem with transportation?

Value	Label	N
1	Often	61
2	Sometimes	145
3	Never	1134
-8	Missing: Item non-response	12

TRANSPORTATION INSECURITY: FEELING DOWN
bas23_con_tspfeeldown

Question: In the past 30 days, how often did you feel down because you did not have the transportation you needed?

Value	Label	N
1	Often	90
2	Sometimes	164
3	Never	1083
-8	Missing: Item non-response	15

TRANSPORTATION INSECURITY: INCONVENIENCE OTHERS
bas23_con_tspinconv

Question: In the past 30 days, how often did you worry about inconveniencing your friends, family, or neighbors because you needed help with transportation?

Value	Label	N
1	Often	99
2	Sometimes	182
3	Never	1055
-8	Missing: Item non-response	16

TRANSPORTATION INSECURITY: RELATIONSHIPS AFFECTED
bas23_con_tspaffrel

Question: In the past 30 days, how often did problems with transportation affect your relationships with others?

Value	Label	N
1	Often	51
2	Sometimes	143
3	Never	1142
-8	Missing: Item non-response	16

DONATED BLOOD
bas23_con_invblood

Question: Now we have some questions about ways that people sometimes do things in their communities. Which of the following have you done in the past 12 months, that is since {{CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Donated blood

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	89
2	No	1254
-8	Missing: Item non-response	9

VOLUNTEER NONPROFIT OR RELIGIOUS WORK
bas23_con_invvolnp

Question: Now we have some questions about ways that people sometimes do things in their communities. Which of the following have you done in the past 12 months, that is since {{CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Volunteered for a nonprofit or religious organization

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	492
2	No	848
-8	Missing: Item non-response	12

POLITICAL WORK OR VOLUNTEERING
bas23_con_invvolpol

Question: Now we have some questions about ways that people sometimes do things in their communities. Which of the following have you done in the past 12 months, that is since {{CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Volunteered for a nonprofit or religious organization

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	79
2	No	1261
-8	Missing: Item non-response	12

CONTACTED A PUBLIC OFFICIAL
bas23_con_invcontpub

Question: Now we have some questions about ways that people sometimes do things in their communities. Which of the following have you done in the past 12 months, that is since {{CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Contacted a public official

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	330
2	No	1004
-8	Missing: Item non-response	18

CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
bas23_con_invdonnp

Question: Now we have some questions about ways that people sometimes do things in their communities. Which of the following have you done in the past 12 months, that is since {{CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Donated money to a nonprofit or religious organization

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	855
2	No	487
-8	Missing: Item non-response	10

POLITICAL DONATION
bas23_con_invdonpol

Question: Now we have some questions about ways that people sometimes do things in their communities. Which of the following have you done in the past 12 months, that is since {{CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Donated money to a candidate, campaign, or political organization

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	202
2	No	1137
-8	Missing: Item non-response	13

CULTURAL EVENT ATTENDANCE
bas23_con_invattevent

Question: Now we have some questions about ways that people sometimes do things in their communities. Which of the following have you done in the past 12 months, that is since {{CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Attended a cultural event like a concert, exhibit, or parade

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	851
2	No	490
-8	Missing: Item non-response	11

GENERAL ELECTION 2022 VOTING
bas23_con_invvoter

Question: Last year, in November 2022, Wes Moore ran against Dan Cox to be governor of Maryland. Do you remember for sure whether or not you voted in that election?”

Value	Label	N
1	I definitely voted in the November General Election	924
2	I attempted to vote but did not or could not	28
3	I usually vote, but not this time	73
4	I thought about voting this time-but didn’t	24
5	I did not vote in the election	283
-8	Missing: Item non-response	20

ELIGIBLE TO VOTE
bas23_con_invvoteelig

Question: To the best of your knowledge, were you eligible to vote in the election in November 2022?

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	205
2	No	101
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	1044
-8	Missing: Item non-response	2

Note: This question was only asked of respondents who responded to question bas23_con_invvoter with either “I thought about voting this time-but didn’t” or “I did not vote in the election”.

3.3 Health

PHYSICAL SELF-RATED HEALTH
bas23_hlt_srh

Question: In general, how would you rate your physical health?

Value	Label	N
1	Excellent	137
2	Very Good	473
3	Good	461
4	Fair	239
5	Poor	39
-8	Missing: Item non-response	3

OVERALL SELF-RATED FUTURE HEALTH
bas23_hlt_srhfut

Question: Next year, would you predict that your overall health will be better, about the same, or worse?

Value	Label	N
1	Better	456
2	About the same	835
3	Worse	54
-8	Missing: Item non-response	7

Source: https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/62.12.1428

SELF-RATED MENTAL HEALTH
bas23_hlt_srmh

Question: In general, how would you rate your mental health?

Value	Label	N
1	Excellent	274
2	Very Good	468
3	Good	357
4	Fair	199
5	Poor	48
-8	Missing: Item non-response	6

SELF-RATED FUTURE MENTAL HEALTH
bas23_hlt_srmhfut

Question: Next year, would you predict that your mental health will be better, about the same, or worse?

Value	Label	N
1	Better	377
2	About the same	919
3	Worse	48
-8	Missing: Item non-response	8

HAVE A PERSONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER
bas23_hlt_medhome

Question: Do you have one person you think of as your personal doctor or health care provider?

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	1078
2	No	266
-8	Missing: Item non-response	8

FEELING DOWN/DEPRESSED WITHIN LAST TWO WEEKS
bas23_hlt_phq21

Question: Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by feeling down, depressed, or hopeless?

Value	Label	N
1	Not at all	779
2	Several days	414
3	More than half the days	83
4	Nearly every day	62
-8	Missing: Item non-response	14

Source: PHQ-2 Q1

Note: If the respondent answered ‘more than half the days’ or ‘nearly every day’, the following message was displayed on their screen:

If you are experiencing emotional distress and wish to talk to a trained professional, you may call 988. You can call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

LITTLE INTEREST/PLEASURE WITHIN LAST TWO WEEKS
bas23_hlt_phq22

Question: Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by little interest or pleasure in doing things?

Value	Label	N
1	Not at all	799
2	Several days	389
3	More than half the days	97
4	Nearly every day	51
-8	Missing: Item non-response	16

Source: PHQ-2 Q2

Note: If the respondent answered ‘more than half the days’ or ‘nearly every day’, the following message was displayed on their screen:

If you are experiencing emotional distress and wish to talk to a trained professional, you may call 988. You can call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

FEELING NERVOUS/ANXIOUS WITHIN LAST TWO WEEKS
bas23_hlt_gad21

Question: Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge?

Value	Label	N
1	Not at all	683
2	Several days	477
3	More than half the days	99
4	Nearly every day	74
-8	Missing: Item non-response	19

Source: GAD-2 Q1

Note: If the respondent answered ‘more than half the days’ or ‘nearly every day’, the following message was displayed on their screen:

If you are experiencing emotional distress and wish to talk to a trained professional, you may call 988. You can call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

UNCONTROLLABLE WORRYING WITHIN LAST TWO WEEKS
bas23_hlt_gad22

Question: Over the last two weeks, how often have you been bothered by not being able to stop or control worrying?

Value	Label	N
1	Not at all	799
2	Several days	378
3	More than half the days	94
4	Nearly every day	64
-8	Missing: Item non-response	17

Source: GAD-2 Q2

Note: If the respondent answered ‘more than half the days’ or ‘nearly every day’, the following message was displayed on their screen:

If you are experiencing emotional distress and wish to talk to a trained professional, you may call 988. You can call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

CHANGE IN QUALITY OF LIFE
bas23_hlt_ch4sat

Question: For the next set of questions, we would like you to consider how you think that your life has changed over the past four years, that is how has your life changed since {{FULL NAME OF CURRENT MONTH}} 2019. For each area of your life below, please tell us how your life has changed. Overall, do you feel that your life has gotten better, gotten worse or stayed about the same compared to four years ago?

Better if hlt_ch4sat (1,2). Worse if hlt_ch4sat (4,5)

Value	Label	N
1	Gotten much better	267
2	Gotten somewhat better	407
3	Stayed about the same	382
4	Gotten somewhat worse,	245
5	Gotten much worse	41
-8	Missing: Item non-response	10

CHANGE IN QUALITY OF LIFE DUE TO PANDEMIC
bas23_hlt_ch4satcv

Question: Do you think that your life got {{CHGSATDESC}} as a result of the coronavirus pandemic?

Value	Label	N
1	Mostly as the result of the pandemic	98
2	Somewhat as a result of the pandemic	304
3	Not as a result of the pandemic	557
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	392
-8	Missing: Item non-response	1

Note: Only respondents who did not answer “Stayed about the same” on question bas23_hlt_ch4sat were asked this question. The text {{CHGSATDESC}} was filled with either “better” or “worse” based on their response to question bas23_hlt_ch4sat.

CHANGE IN WORK SITUATION
bas23_hlt_ch4wrk

Question: How has your work situation changed in the past four years?

Value	Label	N
1	Gotten much better	243
2	Gotten somewhat better	259
3	Stayed about the same	554
4	Gotten somewhat worse,	136
5	Gotten much worse	76
-8	Missing: Item non-response	84

CHANGE IN WORK SITUATION DUE TO PANDEMIC
bas23_hlt_ch4wrkcv

Question: Do you think that your work situation got {{CHGWRKDESC}} as a result of the coronavirus pandemic?

Value	Label	N
1	Mostly as the result of the pandemic	132
2	Somewhat as a result of the pandemic	234
3	Not as a result of the pandemic	348
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	638

Note: Only respondents who did not answer “Stayed about the same” on question bas23_hlt_ch4wrk were asked this question. The text {{CHGWRKDESC}} was filled with either “better” or “worse” based on their response to question bas23_hlt_ch4wrk.

CHANGE IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH FRIENDS
bas23_hlt_ch4rel

Question: How have your relationships with friends changed in the past four years?

Value	Label	N
1	Gotten much better	100
2	Gotten somewhat better	215
3	Stayed about the same	763
4	Gotten somewhat worse,	226
5	Gotten much worse	37
-8	Missing: Item non-response	11

RELATIONSHIPS WITH FRIENDS DUE TO PANDEMIC
bas23_hlt_ch4relcv

Question: Do you think that your relationships with friends got {{CHGRELDESC}} as a result of the coronavirus pandemic?

Value	Label	N
1	Mostly as the result of the pandemic	85
2	Somewhat as a result of the pandemic	209
3	Not as a result of the pandemic	284
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	774

Note: Only respondents who did not answer “Stayed about the same” on question bas23_hlt_ch4rel were asked this question. The text {{CHGRELDESC}} was filled with either “better” or “worse” based on their response to question bas23_hlt_ch4rel.

CHANGE IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILY
bas23_hlt_ch4fam

Question: How have your relationships with family changed in the past four years?

Value	Label	N
1	Gotten much better	101
2	Gotten somewhat better	249
3	Stayed about the same	802
4	Gotten somewhat worse,	151
5	Gotten much worse	37
-8	Missing: Item non-response	12

RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILY DUE TO PANDEMIC
bas23_hlt_ch4famcv

Question: Do you think that your relationships with your family got {{CHGFAMDESC}} as a result of the coronavirus pandemic?

Value	Label	N
1	Mostly as the result of the pandemic	51
2	Somewhat as a result of the pandemic	159
3	Not as a result of the pandemic	327
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	814
-8	Missing: Item non-response	1

Note: Only respondents who did not answer “Stayed about the same” on question bas23_hlt_ch4fam were asked this question. The text {{CHGFAMDESC}} was filled with either “better” or “worse” based on their response to question bas23_hlt_ch4fam.

EXPERIENCED DEATH OF LOVED ONE DUE TO PANDEMIC
bas23_hlt_ch4deathcv

Question: Did you experience the death or loss of a loved one as a result of the pandemic?

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	336
2	No	1010
-8	Missing: Item non-response	6

Note: If the respondent answered yes, the following message was displayed on their screen:

If you are experiencing emotional distress and wish to talk to a trained professional, you may call 988. You can call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE ADDICTED TO ILLEGAL DRUGS
bas23_hlt_knaddict

Question: Drug use in the United States is more common than most people think. We want to know about how drug use has affected you.

How many people do you personally know who are addicted to illegal drugs such as non-prescription painkillers, heroin, or other opioids?

Value	Label	N
1	None	842
2	One or two	325
3	Three or more	172
-8	Missing: Item non-response	13

DEATH OF LOVED ONE DUE TO DRUG OVERDOSE
bas23_hlt_oddeath

Question: Have you ever experienced the death or loss of a loved one as the result of a drug overdose?

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	313
2	No	1029
-8	Missing: Item non-response	10

Note: If the respondent answered yes, the following message was displayedon their screen:

If you are experiencing emotional distress and wish to talk to a trained professional, you may call 988. You can call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

3.4 Finance & Entrepreneurship

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
bas23_fin_jobstat

Question: Now we want you to think about your current job. If you have more than one, please think about the job that you rely on the most for your income. Last week what was your employment status?

Value	Label	N
1	Working full time	684
2	Working part time	103
3	With a job, but not at work because of temporary illness, vacation, strike	24
4	Unemployed, laid off, looking for work	74
5	Retired	340
6	In school	29
7	Keeping house	31
8	Disabled (volunteered)	55
-8	Missing: Item non-response	12

Note: Respondents who reported “Other” were presented with opportunity to specify employment status (responses are reported in variable bas23_fin_jobemployed_os).

A number of respondents reported being on disability; a category for disability was added, but only included for those respondents that volunteered that information.

Responses that indicated caregiving was included in the “keeping house” category.

EMPLOYMENT STATUS: SPECIFY
bas23_fin_jobstat_os

Text offered by respondents who reported “Other” for question:

Now we want you to think about your current job. If you have more than one, please think about the job that you rely on the most for your income. Last week what was your employment status?

Values stored as character string containing respondent’s exact typed answer.

No data missing for this variable

Note: Responses to this question were used to recode responses used in variable bas23_fin_jobstat.

EMPLOYMENT SECTOR
bas23_fin_jobsector

Question: Which of the following best describes your current employer?

Value	Label	N
1	A private, for-profit company	377
2	A nonprofit, tax exempt, or charitable organization	172
3	A government organization	194
4	You are self-employed	62
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	539
-8	Missing: Item non-response	8

Note: This question was presented to respondent if theier answer to the employment status question (before recoding) was one of: “Working full-time”, “Working part-time”, or “With a job but not at work because of temporary illness, vacation or strike.”

JOB SECURITY
bas23_fin_jobrsec

Question: How secure is your job?

Value	Label	N
1	Very secure	420
2	Fairly secure	283
3	Neither secure nor insecure	66
4	Somewhat insecure	32
5	Very insecure	9
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	539
-8	Missing: Item non-response	3

Source: ISSP 2015 Q12 and GSS rsecjob

Note: This question was presented to respondent if theier answer to the employment status question (before recoding) was one of: “Working full-time”, “Working part-time”, or “With a job but not at work because of temporary illness, vacation or strike.”

JOB SEARCH CONFIDENCE
bas23_fin_jobeasy

Question: How difficult or easy do you think it would be for you to find another job at least as good as your current one?

Value	Label	N
1	Very easy	81
2	Fairly easy	262
3	Neither easy nor difficult	187
4	Fairly difficult	196
5	Very difficult	86
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	539
-8	Missing: Item non-response	1

Source: ISSP 2015 Q12 and GSS jobeasy

Note: This question was presented to respondent if theier answer to the employment status question (before recoding) was one of: “Working full-time”, “Working part-time”, or “With a job but not at work because of temporary illness, vacation or strike.”

POSSIBILITY OF LOSING JOB
bas23_fin_jobworry

Question: To what extent, if at all, do you worry about the possibility of losing your job?

Value	Label	N
1	I worry a great deal	49
2	I worry to some extent	148
3	I worry a little	281
4	I don’t worry at all	334
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	539
-8	Missing: Item non-response	1

Source: ISSP 2015 Q28 and GSS worryjob

Note: This question was presented to respondent if theier answer to the employment status question (before recoding) was one of: “Working full-time”, “Working part-time”, or “With a job but not at work because of temporary illness, vacation or strike.”

ENTREPRENEUR
bas23_fin_entself

Question: There are many ways people define the term “entrepreneur.” For the following questions about entrepreneurs, we are referring to people who own, manage, or invest in a business of any size, including informal businesses that may be temporary or may not be licensed (such as providing lawn care for neighbors for cash). An entrepreneur can also be a person who is addressing challenges within their communities. By this definition, do you think of yourself as an entrepreneur?

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	259
2	No	1080
-8	Missing: Item non-response	13

Source: DMACS 2015 entrep_ourdef_d15

OPPORTUNITY TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR
bas23_fin_entopp

Question: If you or someone you know wants to become an entrepreneur in the Baltimore area, how much opportunity do you think there is?

Value	Label	N
1	A great deal	184
2	A moderate amount	588
3	A little	459
4	None at all	80
-8	Missing: Item non-response	41

Source: DMACS 2015 entrep_opp_d15

BEST PATH TO FINANCIAL SUCCESS
bas23_fin_entbetter

Question: Which do you think is a better path to financial success: being an entrepreneur or working for an established business?

Value	Label	N
1	Being an entrepreneur	264
2	Working for an established business	347
3	They are equally good paths to success	716
-8	Missing: Item non-response	25

Source: DMACS 2015 entrep_or_estab_d15

GIG JOB
bas23_fin_gigjob

Question: Sometimes people take on-demand jobs, sometimes called “gig” jobs. Have you ever earned money by taking on an “on-demand” or “gig” job? For example, have you ever earned money through online or mobile apps such as Uber, DoorDash, Instacart, or TaskRabbit?

Value	Label	N
1	I have earned money in the past 30 days this way	59
2	I have earned money this way, but not in the past 30 days	196
3	I have never earned money in this way	1085
-8	Missing: Item non-response	12

Note: If a respondent reports having earned money through a gig job in the past 30 days, they will be taken to a question about the proportion of their income from gig jobs. Otherwise, the survey skips to a question about the respondent’s food security.

PROPORTION OF INCOME FROM GIG JOBS
bas23_fin_gigprop

Question: In the last 30 days, how much of your income came from all of your gig jobs combined?

Value	Label	N
1	Less than half of my income	29
2	About half of my income	12
3	Most of my income	8
4	All of my income	10
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	1292
-8	Missing: Item non-response	1

Note: This question was skipped for respondents who reported “I have never earned money this way” in response to question bas23_fin_gigjob

PAY BILLS WITHOUT GIG JOB
bas23_fin_gigneed

Question: Thinking about the last 30 days, how difficult would it have been to pay all of your bills if you did not have any gig jobs?

Value	Label	N
1	Not at all difficult to pay bills	16
2	Somewhat difficult to pay bills	16
3	Very difficult to pay bills	15
4	I’m still not able to pay all bills	11
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	1293
-8	Missing: Item non-response	1

FOOD INSECURITY: FOOD RUNS OUT
bas23_fin_fsirunout

Question: Within the past 12 months, you worried that your food would run out before you got money to buy more. Was this…

Value	Label	N
1	Often true	143
2	Sometimes true	267
3	Never true	933
-8	Missing: Item non-response	9

FOOD INSECURITY: NO MONEY FOR FOOD
bas23_fin_fsinotlast

Question: Within the past 12 months, the food you bought just didn’t last and you didn’t have money to get more. Was this…

Value	Label	N
1	Often true	123
2	Sometimes true	240
3	Never true	979
-8	Missing: Item non-response	10

FOOD INSECURITY: CAN’T AFFORD BALANCED MEALS
bas23_fin_fsinobal

Question: Within the past 12 months, you could not afford to eat balanced meals

Value	Label	N
1	Often true	118
2	Sometimes true	249
3	Never true	974
-8	Missing: Item non-response	11

Source: Adapted from U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module: Six-Item Short Form HH4

FOOD INSECURITY: SKIPPED MEALS
bas23_fin_fsicutsize

Question: Within the past 12 months, did you or other adults in your household ever cut the size of your meals or skip meals because there wasn’t enough money for food?

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	260
2	No	1084
-8	Missing: Item non-response	8

Source: U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module: Six-Item Short Form AD1

Note: If the respondent answered ‘yes’ to this question, they were directed to a question asking how often they would cut meal sizes due to insecurity. If they answered ‘no’ to this question, they were not asked the next question about cutting meal sizes.

FOOD INSECURITY: FREQUENCY OF SKIPPED MEALS
bas23_fin_fsicutsizea

Question: Within the past 12 months, how often did you or other adults cut the size of your meals or skip meals—almost every month, some months but not every month, or in only 1 or 2 months?

Value	Label	N
1	Almost every month	89
2	Some months but not every month	117
3	Only 1 or 2 months	53
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	1092
-8	Missing: Item non-response	1

Source: U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module: Six-Item Short Form AD1a

FOOD INSECURITY: EAT LESS
bas23_fin_fsieatless

Question: Within the past 12 months, did you ever eat less than you felt you should because there wasn’t enough money for food?

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	274
2	No	1068
-8	Missing: Item non-response	10

Source: U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module: Six-Item Short Form AD2

FOOD INSECURITY: EVER HUNGRY
bas23_fin_fsihungry

Question: Within the past 12 months, were you ever hungry but didn’t eat because there wasn’t enough money for food?

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	186
2	No	1154
-8	Missing: Item non-response	12

Source: U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module: Six-Item Short Form AD3

3.5 Environmental Sustainability

CONCERN OVER CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSING HARM
bas23_env_clmharm

Question: How concerned are you, if at all, that global climate change will harm you personally at some point in your lifetime? Are you very concerned, somewhat concerned, not too concerned or not at all concerned?

Value	Label	N
1	Very concerned	589
2	Somewhat concerned	432
3	Not too concerned	174
4	Not at all concerned	148
-8	Missing: Item non-response	9

FINANCIAL EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN BALTIMORE
bas23_env_clmcost

Question: Some people believe that dealing with climate change will make people and businesses pay higher costs while others think that dealing with climate change will help people and businesses save money. Overall, in the next five years, do you think that dealing with climate change will lead people and businesses in the Baltimore area to…

Value	Label	N
1	Pay much higher costs	333
2	Pay somewhat higher costs	575
3	Neither pay higher costs nor save money	281
4	Save somewhat more money	87
5	Save much more money	41
-8	Missing: Item non-response	35

3.6 Demographic Information

RACE (BLACK, WHITE, OTHER RACE)
bas23_dem_race3

A mutually exclusive set of three racial categories that identifies each respondent as Black alone or in combination with another race, White alone, or another race alone or in combination based on their responses to the racial identity question.

Value	Label	N
1	Black	498
2	White	682
3	Other race	112
-6	Missing: Could not be constructed from available information	24
-8	Missing: Item non-response	36

RACE (MULTIRACIAL AND RACE ALONE)
bas23_dem_race5

A mutually exclusive set of five racial categories that identifies each respondent as multiracial, Black alone, White alone, American Indian alone, or Asian alone based on their response to the racial identity question.

Value	Label	N
1	Black only	467
2	White only	682
3	American Indian only	8
4	Asian only	75
5	Multiracial	60
-6	Missing: Could not be constructed from available information	24
-8	Missing: Item non-response	36

RACE/ETHNICITY
bas23_dem_raceeth4

A mutually exclusive set of four race/ethnicity categories that identifies each respondent as Latinx (of any race), non-Latinx Black alone or in combination with any other race, non-Latinx White alone, non-Latinx other race alone or in combination. Any respondent who identified as being of ‘Hisanpic, Latino, or Spanish origin’ was assigned to the Latinx category.

Value	Label	N
1	Black	485
2	White	653
3	Other race	105
4	Latinx	57
-6	Missing: Could not be constructed from available information	30
-8	Missing: Item non-response	22

RACE/ETHNICITY (MULTIRACIAL, RACE ALONE, AND LATINX)
bas23_dem_raceeth6

A mutually exclusive set of six race/ethnicity categories that identifies each respondent as non-Latinx multiracial, non-Latinx Black alone, non-Latinx White alone, non-Latinx Asian alone, non-Latinx American Indian alone, or Latinx alone based on their responses to the racial identity and ethnic identity questions. Any respondent who identified as being of ‘Hisanpic, Latino, or Spanish origin’ was assigned to the Hispanic category.

Value	Label	N
1	Black only	455
2	White only	653
3	American Indian only	6
4	Asian only	74
5	Other race only	55
6	Multiracial	57
-6	Missing: Could not be constructed from available information	30
-8	Missing: Item non-response	22

RACE/ETHNICITY INDICATOR: MULTIRACIAL
bas23_dem_multi

A binary indicator for any respondent who identified as more than one racial category on the survey or specified ‘some other race’ that was then recoded into this category.

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	60
2	No	1232
-6	Missing: Could not be constructed from available information	24
-8	Missing: Item non-response	36

RACE/ETHNICITY INDICATOR: BLACK
bas23_dem_black

A binary indicator for any respondent who identified as ‘Black or African American’ on the survey or specified ‘some other race’ that was then recoded into this category.

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	498
2	No	794
-6	Missing: Could not be constructed from available information	24
-8	Missing: Item non-response	36

RACE/ETHNICITY INDICATOR: WHITE
bas23_dem_white

A binary indicator for any respondent who identified as ‘White’ on the survey or specified ‘some other race’ that was then recoded into this category.

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	720
2	No	572
-6	Missing: Could not be constructed from available information	24
-8	Missing: Item non-response	36

RACE/ETHNICITY INDICATOR: AMERICAN INDIAN
bas23_dem_amind

A binary indicator for any respondent who identified as ‘American Indian or Alaska Native’ on the survey or specified ‘some other race’ that was then recoded into this category.

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	42
2	No	1250
-6	Missing: Could not be constructed from available information	24
-8	Missing: Item non-response	36

RACE/ETHNICITY INDICATOR: ASIAN
bas23_dem_asian

A binary indicator for any respondent who identified as ‘Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander’ on the survey or specified ‘some other race’ that was then recoded into this category.

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	86
2	No	1206
-6	Missing: Could not be constructed from available information	24
-8	Missing: Item non-response	36

RACE/ETHNICITY INDICATOR: LATINX
bas23_dem_latinx

A binary indicator for any respondent who identified as being of ‘Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin’ on the survey or specified ‘some other race’ for their racial identity that was then recoded into this category.

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	57
2	No	1243
-6	Missing: Could not be constructed from available information	30
-8	Missing: Item non-response	22

HOME OWNER OR RENTER
bas23_dem_own

Question: Do you rent your home, own it, or do you have some other arrangment?

Value	Label	N
1	Rent	439
2	Own	828
3	Some other arrangement	72
-8	Missing: Item non-response	13

MARITAL STATUS
bas23_dem_married

Question: Are you now married, widowed, divorced, separated, or have you never been married?

Value	Label	N
1	Married or in a married-style arrangement	553
2	Widowed	110
3	Divorced	189
4	Separated	49
5	Never married	428
-8	Missing: Item non-response	23

NUMBER OF ADULTS IN HOUSEHOLD
bas23_dem_adults

Question: In the past 30 days, how many adults lived in your household at least half of the time, including yourself?

Mean	Min	p25	Median	p75	Max
2.01	1	1	2	2	99

Missing values

Value	Reason	N
-8	Missing: Item non-response	28

Note: Respondents were restricted to entering a number between 1 and 99; respondents who tried to submit a number outside of this range were prompted with the message ‘Please enter a number between 1 and 99.’

Note several extreme values in this response. These extreme values were kept in the dataset but analysts should be aware of them and may wish to set them equal to missing before analyzing data.

CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD
bas23_dem_child

Question: In the past 30 days, have you had any children under the age of 18 living in your home for at lesat some of the time?

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	339
2	No	993
-8	Missing: Item non-response	20

Note: If a respondent left his question blank or answered ‘no’, the survey skipped the following questions about childrens’ age, going straight to the question asking about the respondent’s birthyear.

NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD, UNDER AGE 5
bas23_dem_childyng

Question: In the past 30 days, how many children ages 0-4 lived in your household at least some of the time?

Mean	Min	p25	Median	p75	Max
0.71	0	0	0	1	5

Missing values

Value	Reason	N
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	1013
-8	Missing: Item non-response	6

Note: Respondents were restricted to entering a number between 0 and 99; respondents who tried to submit a number outside of this range were prompted with the message: ‘Please enter a number between 0 and 99.’

NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD, AGES 5-11
bas23_dem_childmid

Question: In the past 30 days, how many children ages 5-11 lived in your household at least some of the time?

Mean	Min	p25	Median	p75	Max
0.78	0	0	1	1	9

Missing values

Value	Reason	N
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	1013
-8	Missing: Item non-response	10

Note: Respondents were restricted to entering a number between 0 and 99; respondents who tried to submit a number outside of this range were prompted with the message: ‘Please enter a number between 0 and 99.’

NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD, AGES 12-17
bas23_dem_childold

Question: In the past 30 days, how many children ages 12-17 lived in your household at least some of the time?

Mean	Min	p25	Median	p75	Max
0.69	0	0	0	1	6

Missing values

Value	Reason	N
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	1013
-8	Missing: Item non-response	6

Note: Respondents were restricted to entering a number between 0 and 99; respondents who tried to submit a number outside of this range were prompted with the message: ‘Please enter a number between 0 and 99.’

TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLD
bas23_dem_nchild

Total number of children in household constructed as the sum of bas23_dem_childyng, bas23_dem_childmid, and bas23_dem_childold.

Constructed using the following logic:

-9: the respondent broke off the interview at or before dem_child or if the respondent broke off the interview during one of the questions dem_childyng, dem_childmid, or dem_childold, then we code the count variable as an interview break-off
-8: respondent reported that they had children in the household (i.e., dem_child==1), but did not answer all of dem_childyng, dem_childmid, or dem_childold
0: if respondent reported that they did not have any children in the household (i.e., dem_child==2)
Otherwise, the sum of non-missing values in dem_childyng, dem_childmid, dem_childold

Mean	Min	p25	Median	p75	Max
0.54	0	0	0	0	11

Missing values

Value	Reason	N
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	20
-8	Missing: Item non-response	13

Note: Note that 9 respondents reported having children in the household (i.e., dem_child==1), but reported having zero children in each of the dem_childyng, dem_childmid, and dem_childold variables. Since respondents reported zero children and the values were not missing, these repondents were coded as having zero children in the household.

RESPONDENT’S BIRTH YEAR
bas23_dem_yearborn

Question: In what year were you born?

Mean	Min	p25	Median	p75	Max
1970	1919	1956	1969	1985	2005

Missing values

Value	Reason	N
-8	Missing: Item non-response	52

Note: Respondents were allowed to enter 4 numeric characters. If a respondent gave a number less than 1900, they were prompted with the message: ‘Please enter the year you were born using four digits.’

AGE
bas23_dem_age

Respondent’s age at the time of survey constructed as the difference between the survey year (2023) and the respondent’s birth year.

The age variable equals the difference between the respondent’s birth year and the year of the survey (2023). Thus, the age variable records a respondent’s age on December 31, 2023.

One respondent reported a birth year of 2094 and was re-coded to 1994
One respondent reported a birth year of 1900 and was re-coded to be item-missing (-8)

Mean	Min	p25	Median	p75	Max
53	18	38	54	67	104

Missing values

Value	Reason	N
-8	Missing: Item non-response	52

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
bas23_dem_edattain

Question: What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed?

Value	Label	N
1	Did not finish eighth grade	11
2	Did not finish twelfth grade	32
3	High school or GED	215
4	Some college, but no degree	248
5	Associate’s degree	100
6	Bachelor’s degree	342
7	Master’s, Doctorate, or Professional degree (e.g., MD, JD)	398
-8	Missing: Item non-response	6

GENDER
bas23_dem_gender

Question: What is your current gender?

Value	Label	N
1	Female	821
2	Male	504
3	Transgender	1
4	I use a different term	7
-8	Missing: Item non-response	19

OTHER GENDER–SPECIFY
bas23_dem_gender_os

Question: What is your current gender?

I use a different term: (specify)

Values stored as character string containing respondent’s exact typed answer.

Missing values

Value	Reason	N
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	1345
-8	Missing: Item non-response	7

SEXUALITY
bas23_dem_sexlty

Question: Do you personally think of yourself as…

Value	Label	N
1	Gay or lesbian	55
2	Straight, that is not gay	1155
3	Bisexual	64
4	Asexual	11
5	Something else	27
-8	Missing: Item non-response	40

RELIGION
bas23_dem_religion

Question: What is your religious preference?

Value	Label	N
1	Protestant	199
2	Catholic	211
3	Eastern Orthodox, such as Greek or Russian Orthodox	11
4	Jewish	74
5	Buddhist	15
6	Hindu	5
7	Muslim, Islam, Sufi, Sunni, or Shia	25
8	Some other religion	324
9	No religion	440
-8	Missing: Item non-response	48

RELIGIOUS ATTENDANCE
bas23_dem_attrel

Question: How often do you attend religious services?

Value	Label	N
1	Never	444
2	Less than once a year	182
3	About once or twice a year	173
4	Several times a year	137
5	About once a year	43
6	2-3 times a month	55
7	Nearly every week	90
8	Every week	139
9	Several times a week	49
-8	Missing: Item non-response	40

HIGH/LOW INCOME
bas23_dem_income_70k

Question: During 2022, in which of these groups did your total family income, from all sources, fall before taxes?

For your total income, please include interest or dividends, rent, Social Security, other pensions, alimony or child support, unemployment compensation, public aid (welfare), armed forces or veteran’s allotment.

Value	Label	N
1	Under $70,000	634
2	$70,000 or more	661
-8	Missing: Item non-response	57

Note: If the responent answered ‘Under $70,000,’ they were shown the ‘dem_income_lo’ question; if the respondent answered ‘$70,000 or more,’ they were shown the ‘dem_income_hi’ question. If a respondent left this blank, the survey skipped to ‘dem_houslate.’

LOW INCOME LEVEL
bas23_dem_income_lo

Question: During 2022, in which of these groups did your total family income, from all sources, fall before taxes?

Value	Label	N
1	Under $15,000	134
2	$15,000 to $29,999	131
3	$30,000 to $39,999	97
4	$40,000 to $54,999	122
5	$55,000 to $69,999	131
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	716
-8	Missing: Item non-response	21

HIGH INCOME LEVEL
bas23_dem_income_hi

Question: During 2022, in which of these groups did your total family income, from all sources, fall before taxes?

Value	Label	N
1	$70,000 to $89,999	155
2	$90,000 to $109,999	126
3	$110,000 to $139,999	111
4	$140,000 to $199,999	118
5	$200,000 or more	127
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	687
-8	Missing: Item non-response	28

INCOME
bas23_dem_income

Total family income, from all sources, before taxes constructed by combining responses to bas23_dem_income_lo and bas23_dem_income_hi into a single variable. Respondents were skipped into one of those two questions based on their response to the question bas23_income_70k that filtered respondents to see response options with a range below $70,000 or with a range of options that were $70,000 or more.

Value	Label	N
1	Under $15,000	134
2	$15,000 to $29,999	131
3	$30,000 to $39,999	97
4	$40,000 to $54,999	122
5	$55,000 to $69,999	131
6	$70,000 to $89,999	153
7	$90,000 to $109,999	125
8	$110,000 to $139,999	110
9	$140,000 to $199,999	116
10	$200,000 or more	127
-8	Missing: Item non-response	106

Note: If a respondent broke off the interview at either the bas23_dem_income_lo or bas23_dem_income_hi variable, they were recorded as having broken off the interview for this question.

HOUSING PAYMENTS
bas23_dem_houslate

Question: In the past 12 months, how often has your household been late on monthly housing payments (mortgage or rent) or has only made a partial housing payment?

Value	Label	N
1	Never	979
2	Once or twice	134
3	More than twice	124
4	My household does not make housing payments	91
-8	Missing: Item non-response	24

Source: Adapted from DMACS freq_late_housing_d15

RECEIVED SNAP BENEFITS
bas23_dem_prgsnap

Question: The next question is about public benefits you or your family may have received in the past 12 months. Did you or anyone in your family receive the following benefits at any time since {{NAME OF CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Please include benefits received by you, your spouse or partner and any of your children or stepchildren under 19 who usually live with you.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP (formerly known as the Food Stamp Program)

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	220
2	No	1116
-8	Missing: Item non-response	16

RECEIVED MEDICAID OR SIMILAR BENEFITS
bas23_dem_prgmed

Question: The next question is about public benefits you or your family may have received in the past 12 months. Did you or anyone in your family receive the following benefits at any time since {{NAME OF CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Please include benefits received by you, your spouse or partner and any of your children or stepchildren under 19 who usually live with you.

Medicaid, Medical Assistance, the Maryland Children’s Health Program or any kind of state or government-sponsored assistance plan based on income or disability

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	325
2	No	1005
-8	Missing: Item non-response	22

RECEIVED GOVERNMENTAL HOUSING BENEFITS
bas23_dem_prghousing

Question: The next question is about public benefits you or your family may have received in the past 12 months. Did you or anyone in your family receive the following benefits at any time since {{NAME OF CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Please include benefits received by you, your spouse or partner and any of your children or stepchildren under 19 who usually live with you.

A federal, state, or local government housing program that lowers your rent, such as a housing voucher or public housing

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	95
2	No	1240
-8	Missing: Item non-response	17

RECEIVED SSI BENEFITS
bas23_dem_prgssi

Question: The next question is about public benefits you or your family may have received in the past 12 months. Did you or anyone in your family receive the following benefits at any time since {{NAME OF CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Please include benefits received by you, your spouse or partner and any of your children or stepchildren under 19 who usually live with you.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which provides cash assistance to low-income aged, blind, and disabled persons

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	96
2	No	1232
-8	Missing: Item non-response	24

RECEIVED SSDI BENEFITS
bas23_dem_prgssdi

Question: The next question is about public benefits you or your family may have received in the past 12 months. Did you or anyone in your family receive the following benefits at any time since {{NAME OF CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Please include benefits received by you, your spouse or partner and any of your children or stepchildren under 19 who usually live with you.

Social Security Disability Income (SSDI), which provides cash assistance to disabled adults with longer work histories

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	88
2	No	1237
-8	Missing: Item non-response	27

RECEIVED TANF BENEFITS
bas23_dem_prgtanf

Question: The next question is about public benefits you or your family may have received in the past 12 months. Did you or anyone in your family receive the following benefits at any time since {{NAME OF CURRENT MONTH}} 2022? Please include benefits received by you, your spouse or partner and any of your children or stepchildren under 19 who usually live with you.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), sometimes known as cash welfare

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	19
2	No	1306
-8	Missing: Item non-response	27

POLITICAL IDEOLOGY
bas23_dem_ideo

Question: In general, would you describe your political views as…

Value	Label	N
1	Very conservative	54
2	Conservative	211
3	Moderate	517
4	Liberal	330
5	Very liberal	164
-8	Missing: Item non-response	76

POLITICAL PARTY
bas23_dem_pparty

Question: In politics today, do you consider yourself a…

Value	Label	N
1	Republican	160
2	Democrat	740
3	Independent	275
4	Something else	112
-8	Missing: Item non-response	65

3.7 Survey Information

UNIQUE IDENTIFIER
bas23_svy_uid

Unique respondent identification number.

No data missing for this variable

Note: Values are saved as strings.

FINAL SAMPLE WEIGHT
bas23_svy_fwgt

Final sample weight

Mean	Min	p25	Median	p75	Max
839.78	38.22509	241.9847	521.0892	983.4328	10968.3

No data missing for this variable

JURISDICTION
bas23_svy_cty

Jurisdiction in which respondent was sampled.

Value	Label	N
1	City	818
2	County	534

JURISDICTION FIPS CODE
bas23_svy_ctyfips

FIPS code for county:

24005: Baltimore County
24510: Baltimore City

Value	Label	N
24005	24005	534
24510	24510	818

Note: Based on location of sampled address.

CENSUS TRACT ID
bas23_svy_trtnum

Census tract number.

No data missing for this variable

Note: Variable stored as character string. Based on location of sampled address.

CENSUS TRACT ID
bas23_svy_geoid

Unique 11-digit FIPS Census tract identifier based.

Generated created by concatenating svy_ctyfips and svy_trtnum.

No data missing for this variable

Note: Variable stored as character string. Based on location of sampled address.

PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA (2010)
bas23_svy_puma10

Code for 2010 Public Use Microdata Area used to sample and for weighting.

Value	Label	N
2400501	2400501	76
2400502	2400502	94
2400503	2400503	80
2400504	2400504	87
2400505	2400505	45
2400506	2400506	81
2400507	2400507	71
2400801	2400801	153
2400802	2400802	222
2400803	2400803	145
2400804	2400804	135
2400805	2400805	163

Note: Variable stored as character string. Based on location of sampled address.

COMMUNITY STATISTICAL AREA
bas23_svy_csaid

Name of Community Statistical Area defined by the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance.

No data missing for this variable

Note: Variable is missing for all residents in Baltimore County.

GENERAL TRUST POSITION
bas23_svy_cantrustpos

A survey control variable pre-loaded and randomized by respondent to determine whether the general trust survey question (bas23_con_gentrust) came before the section of questions asking about nearby organizations or whether it came after that section of questions.

Value	Label	N
1	Before	653
2	After	699

MONTH SURVEY STARTED
bas23_svy_smonth

Month that the survey was started

Value	Label	N
6	June	1038
7	July	314

DAY SURVEY STARTED
bas23_svy_sday

Day of month on which survey was started

Mean	Min	p25	Median	p75	Max
17.35	1	14	16	22	30

No data missing for this variable

TIME SURVEY STARTED
bas23_svy_stime

Time at which survey was started

No data missing for this variable

Note: Time recorded as a string with the format format “HH:MM”.

MONTH SURVEY COMPLETED
bas23_svy_cmonth

Month that the survey was completed

Value	Label	N
6	June	989
7	July	317
-9	Missing: Question not presented due to breakoff	46

DAY SURVEY COMPLETED
bas23_svy_cday

Day of month on which survey was completed

Mean	Min	p25	Median	p75	Max
17.37	1	14	16	22	30

Missing values

Value	Reason	N
-9	Missing: Question not presented due to breakoff	46

TIME SURVEY COMPLETED
bas23_svy_ctime

Time at which survey was completed

No data missing for this variable

Note: Time recorded as a string with the format format “HH:MM”.

REPORTED HISPANIC ETHNICITY
bas23_svy_latxresp

Question: Are you of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?

Value	Label	N
1	Yes	57
2	No	1274
-8	Missing: Item non-response	21

Note: This variable records the response given to the Hispanic ethnicity question by respondents, but does not include responses that indicated Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin provided in the “Other - specify” question to race and ethnicity. Unless the analyst prefers to reconstruct race/ethnicty variables for analysis, the variable bas23_dem_latinx should be used rather than this variable.

REPORTED RACE - WHITE
bas23_svy_raceresp_wh

Question: What is your race? Indicate one or more races that you consider yourself to be. Please check all that apply.

White.

Value	Label	N
0	No	606
1	Yes	709
-8	Missing: Item non-response	37

Note: This variable records the response given to the category “White” to the select-all race question. Unless the analyst prefers to reconstruct race/ethnicty variables for analysis, the variable bas23_dem_white should be used rather than this variable.

REPORTED RACE - BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
bas23_svy_raceresp_bl

Question: What is your race? Indicate one or more races that you consider yourself to be. Please check all that apply.

Black or African American.

Value	Label	N
0	No	827
1	Yes	488
-8	Missing: Item non-response	37

Note: This variable records the response given to the category “Black or African American” to the select-all race question. Unless the analyst prefers to reconstruct race/ethnicty variables for analysis, the variable bas23_dem_black should be used rather than this variable.

REPORTED RACE - AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKA NATIVE
bas23_svy_raceresp_ai

Question: What is your race? Indicate one or more races that you consider yourself to be. Please check all that apply.

American Indian or Alaska Native.

Value	Label	N
0	No	1281
1	Yes	34
-8	Missing: Item non-response	37

Note: This variable records the response given to the category “American Indian or Alaska Native” to the select-all race question. Unless the analyst prefers to reconstruct race/ethnicty variables for analysis, the variable bas23_dem_amind should be used rather than this variable.

REPORTED RACE - ASIAN
bas23_svy_raceresp_as

Question: What is your race? Indicate one or more races that you consider yourself to be. Please check all that apply.

Asian, Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander.

Value	Label	N
0	No	1231
1	Yes	84
-8	Missing: Item non-response	37

Note: This variable records the response given to the category “Asian, Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, or other Pacific Islander” to the select-all race question. Unless the analyst prefers to reconstruct race/ethnicty variables for analysis, the variable bas23_dem_asian should be used rather than this variable.

REPORTED RACE - OTHER
bas23_svy_raceresp_ot

Question: What is your race? Indicate one or more races that you consider yourself to be. Please check all that apply.

Some other race (specify).

Value	Label	N
0	No	1246
1	Yes	69
-8	Missing: Item non-response	37

Note: This variable records the response given to the category “Some other race” to the select-all race question. Unless the analyst prefers to reconstruct race/ethnicty variables for analysis, the variable bas23_dem_white should be used rather than this variable.

RACE - OTHER, DETAILS
bas23_svy_raceresp_os

Question: What is your race? Indicate one or more races that you consider yourself to be. Please check all that apply.

Some other race (specify).

Missing values

Value	Reason	N
-7	Missing: Question not presented due to skip pattern	1246
-8	Missing: Item non-response	39

Note: This variable records the response given to the “Other - specify” question if a respondent reported “Other” to the race question. This variable was used to code responses into race categories as well as single-race indicators. See documentation for more information about how values in response to this question were recoded.