This is the actual text used in this survey from the Wilder Research Center.
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CNTRY
Would you consider yourself to be. . .
[ ] Hispanic
[ ] Russian
[ ] Somali
[ ] Hmong
[ ] Something else
CNTRY2
Other specify
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CNTRY3
What country were you born in?
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GENDER
INTERVIEWER: IS MALE OR FEMALE. ONLY ASK IF YOU DO NOT
KNOW.
[ ] 1. Male
[ ] 2. Female
WHTYR
In what year did you come to the United States?
Enter the value
____________ BETWEEN 1900 AND 2,000
DON'T KNOW, NOT APPLICABLE, REFUSED
ELSEFRST
Did you come right to Minnesota from <the answer to question:
CNTRY3> or did you live somewhere else first?
[ ] 1. Right to Minnesota
[ ] 2. Lived somewhere else first
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
HWLNG
How long have you lived in Minnesota? (INTERVIEWERS: IF
LESS THAN 6 MONTHS CODE AS "0" IF 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR CODE AS 1.)
Enter response
______ BETWEEN 0 AND 90
DON'T KNOW, REFUSED
LANG
What language do you speak most of the time now in your home?
[ ] 1. Spanish
[ ] 2. Russian
[ ] 3. Hmong
[ ] 4. Somali
[ ] 5. English
[ ] 6. Other
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
OLANG
Specify other language
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HWWELL
How well would you say you speak English? Would you say:
[ ] 1. You speak and understand English very well
[ ] 2. You can speak English well, but have a little bit
of trouble understanding the language.
[ ] 3. You can just speak a little bit of English.
[ ] 4. You can't speak English.
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
STUDY
Are you taking English language classes now to improve your English
skills?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
REASN1
ASK HISPANIC AND OTHER NATIONALITIES I would like to know why
you left your native country. INTERVIEWER: PLEASE READ CHOICES AND CODE
APPROPRIATELY
1) A. To find a better job?
YES NO DK RF
2) B. Because of crime or fighting?YES NO DK
RF
3) C. For political reasons?
YES NO DK RF
4) D. For religious reasons?
YES NO DK RF
5) E. To be with relatives?
YES NO DK RF
6) F. Something else?
YES NO DK RF
REASON2
Specify what else
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FIGHT
ASK HMONG, SOMALI, RUSSIAN: (TRANSLATE ONLY TO HMONG, SOMALI,
RUSSIAN) We know that most people (WHO ARE HMONG/FROM SOMALIA, FROM RUSSIA)
leave their native country because of fighting or danger. Were these
the reasons why you left your country?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
FIGHT2
Specify reason for leaving
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COMEUSA
Why did you come to the United States, instead of another country?
INTERVIEWERS: PLEASE READ CHOICES AND CODE APPROPRIATELY.
1) A. You had family members here?
YES NO DK RF
2) B. You thought jobs are better here?
YES NO DK RF
3) C. Other people of your religion live here?
YES NO DK RF
4) D. You were sponsored by a group such as a church or other
organization?
YES NO DK RF
5) E. You were sponsored by a private individual who is not a
family member?
YES NO DK RF
FRNDS
Did you live anywhere else in the United States before you lived
in Minnesota?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
REASO
What was the reason you moved to Minnesota?INTERVIEWER
DO NOT READ CHOICES CODE APPROPRIATELY.
1) a. Family or friends were here
YES NO DK RF
2) b. Jobs were available
YES NO DK RF
3) c. Welfare benefits were good
YES NO DK RF
4) d. People were hostile or unfriendly in other part of
U.S.YES NO DK RF
5) e. Other: specify
YES NO DK RF
OREASN
Specify reason moved.
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FRIENDLY
We would like to ask you about the Americans who live in Minneapolis
and Saint Paul area. Are they ...
[ ] 1. Usually friendly to you, or
[ ] 2. Usually not friendly to you?
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
HOSTILE
Are they ever mean or unkind to you?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
HOSTIL
Does this happen often, or just sometimes?
[ ] 1. Often
[ ] 2. Just sometimes
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
UNDERST
Do you think they understand what your life was like in your
native country?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
HOSTIL2
Are there any particular groups of Americans that have been mean
or unkind?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
HOSTIL4
Which groups would those be?
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GROWUP
When you think about children in your family who are <a programming
expression: <<if (the answer code for question: cntry < 5,the
answer to question: cntry,the answer to question: cntry2)>>> and who will
grow up in this country, do you think they should..
[ ] 1. Try to be as much as they can like Americans or,
[ ] 2. Keep as much of your culture as possible?
[ ] 3. VOLUNTEERED Both.
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
SPKENG
Do you think it's okay for children in your family to...
[ ] 1. Just speak English and forget their native language
[ ] 2. Should they speak both English and your language
or,
[ ] 3. Something else?
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
SPKENG2
What language would you like your children to speak?
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MARRY
Do you think it's okay for people in your family to..
[ ] 1. Marry someone from another culture, or
[ ] 2. Should they only marry someone from your culture?
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
AMERICAN
How about you? Do you want to be more a part of American
culture, or would you rather keep up the language and activities of your
native culture?
[ ] 1. Be more a part of American culture or,
[ ] 2. Keep up language and activities of Native culture
[ ] 3. VOLUNTEERED Both
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
MRAMER
Do you consider yourself more American, or more <a programming
expression: <<if (the answer code for question: cntry < 5,the
answer to question: cntry,the answer to question: cntry2)>>>? (SOMALI,
RUSSIAN, HMONG, MEXICAN, HISPANIC)
[ ] 1. More American
[ ] 2. More Other
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
CNTRYORG
Which describes your feeling about your native or home country
versus the United States. . .
[ ] 1. I don't miss it, and I'm glad to have left
[ ] 2. I miss it, but I'm glad I left
[ ] 3. I miss it, and I hope to return someday in the future
or,
[ ] 4. I wish I had not left?
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
RELIGINT
Now I would like to ask you a few questions about your religion.
[ ] Press <ENTER> to continue..
RELIGIN
HISPANIC, RUSSIAN What is your religion?
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CHRIST
HMONG (TRANSLATE ONLY TO HMONG) Are you Christian, Shamanistic,
or something else?
[ ] 1. Christian
[ ] 2. Shamanistic
[ ] 3. Something else
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
CHRIST2
Specify what it is
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MUSLIM
SOMALI (TRANSLATE ONLY TO SOMALI) You are Muslim, correct?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
MUSLIM2
Specify what is your religion
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DIFFICUL
Do you find it difficult to practice your religion here in the
United States?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
PRESSR
Since you've moved to the United States, have you ever felt pressure
to change to a new religion?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
CHILD
Do you have children here in Minnesota?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
PBSCOOL
Do any of your children attend public or private schools in Minnesota?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
CHLSCOOL
Have you ever visited your child's school?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
TEACH
Do you feel your child's/children's teachers know enough about
your culture?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
SAFE
Do you feel your child is safe at school?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
EVENTS
Now I have a few questions about some places and events you might
have visited in Minnesota.
[ ] Press <ENTER> to continue..
MALLOFA
Have you ever gone to the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
MNSTFR
Have you ever gone to the Minnesota State Fair?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
PUBLIB
Have you ever used a public library in Minnesota?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
MOVIE
Have you ever gone to a movie theater in Minnesota?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
PARK
Have you ever visited a park in Minnesota?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
MUSEUM
Have you ever visited a museum in Minnesota?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
MUSEUM1
Specify museum
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WINTER
Do you like winter and snow?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
OBTNEWS
Now I have a few questions about how you get news and information
about what's happening in Minnesota.
[ ] Press <ENTER> to continue..
READING
Can you read English well enough to understand a daily newspaper
that is written in English?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
READ2
Would you say you can read the newspaper in English...
[ ] 1. A little
[ ] 2. Some, or
[ ] 3. Completely?
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
STPAUL
Do you ever read the Saint Paul Pioneer Press or the Minneapolis
Star Tribune?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
NEWSP
Do you read this newspaper
[ ] 1. Every day
[ ] 2. A few times a week
[ ] 3. Once a week or,
[ ] 4. Or less often?
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
OTHERP1
Do you read any other newspapers, including papers from your
own community or in your language?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
OTHERP2
Which ones?
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LOCAL
Do you learn about local, Minnesota news ...
1) a. From family and friends?
YES NO DK RF
2) b. From television?
YES NO DK RF
3) c. From radio?
YES NO DK RF
4) d. From the internet?
YES NO DK RF
5) e. From a newspaper written for your ethnic group?YES
NO DK RF
6) f. From the Pioneer Press or Star Tribune?
YES NO DK RF
LOCAL2
Where do you get news about your local ethnic community?
Do you get news about your local ethnic community...
1) a. From family and friends?
YES NO DK RF
2) b. From television?
YES NO DK RF
3) c. From radio?
YES NO DK RF
4) d. From the internet?
YES NO DK RF
5) e. From a newspaper written for your ethnic group?YES
NO DK RF
6) f. From the Pioneer Press or Star Tribune?
YES NO DK RF
7) g. From ethnic stores or clinics?
YES NO DK RF
COUNTRY
Where do you get information about what's happening in the country
where you were born? Do you get information. . . .
1) a. From family and friends?
YES NO DK RF
2) b. From television?
YES NO DK RF
3) c. From radio?
YES NO DK RF
4) d. From the internet?
YES NO DK RF
5) e. From a newspaper written for your ethnic group?YES
NO DK RF
6) f. From the Pioneer Press or Star Tribune?
YES NO DK RF
MOSTIMPT
What kind of news and information is most important to you?
Would you say...
[ ] 1. News about local events in Minnesota
[ ] 2. News about your local ethnic community
[ ] 3. News about the world, or
[ ] 4. News about your home country?
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
HWOLD
If I might ask, how old are you?
Enter a value
______ BETWEEN 18 AND 90
REFUSED
EDUCATE
What is the highest level of education you have completed?
Is it...
[ ] 1. Elementary school or less
[ ] 2. Some high school
[ ] 3. High school diploma or GED
[ ] 4. Some post-high school education (technical school,
junior college)
[ ] 5. College graduate
[ ] 6. Some graduate school
[ ] 7. Graduate degree
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
STRESS
Being an immigrant in the United States probably causes a number
of different kinds of stress. Right now, what ONE thing causes you
the most stress? DO NOT READ CHOICES-TRY TO CODE
[ ] 1. Language barrier
[ ] 2. Discrimination
[ ] 3. Being over-qualified for your job
[ ] 4. Homesickness
[ ] 5. Feeling like I don't really belong here
[ ] 6. Child rearing problems
[ ] 7. Childcare
[ ] 8. Money problems
[ ] 9. Health problems
[ ] 10. Lack of medical insurance
[ ] 11. Marital problems
[ ] 12. Job - not having one
[ ] 13. Separation from family
[ ] 14. Other:
[ ] DON'T KNOW
[ ] REFUSED
STRESS2
Specify other stress
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JOBPY
Do you have a job for pay?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
JOBPY2
Specify what that job is
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MARRIED
Are you...
[ ] 1. Married and living with spouse here,
[ ] 2. Married but spouse lives elsewhere,
[ ] 3. Single,
[ ] 4. Divorced,
[ ] 5. Widowed
[ ] 6. Separated or,
[ ] 7. Are you living with someone in a marriage-like
relationship?
[ ] REFUSED
SPOUSE
Does your spouse have a job for pay?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
CHILDLV
How many children (under age 18) live in your home?
Enter response
______ BETWEEN 0 AND 15
REFUSED
CHILDLV2
Are all of these children your children?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
PARENT
Does one or both of their parents live with you, too?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
OTHADLT
How many other adults, besides you, live in your home?
Enter response
______ BETWEEN 0 AND 15
DON'T KNOW, REFUSED
OTHADLT2
IF ONE OR MORE AND MARRIED Is one of these adults your husband/wife?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
RELATE
IF MORE THAN ONE OR NO TO ABOVE: Are any of the other adults
(besides your husband/wife) related to you (or your husband/wife)?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
[ ] REFUSED
OTHETH
How many of the other adults that live with you are <a programming
expression: <<if (the answer code for question: cntry < 5,the
answer to question: cntry,the answer to question: cntry2)>>> immigrants
or immigrants from another country?
Enter response
______ BETWEEN 0 AND 15
REFUSEDQUESTION VALIDATION: if (the answer code for question:
otheth > the answer code for question: othadlt,.f.,.t.)
EXPLN
We are asking about 1000 people the same questions we've asked
you - to learn how people feel about living in Minnesota and some of your
experiences with the community. Our partner for this project is the
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
[ ] Press <Enter> to continue
DETAIL
Would you be willing to talk in more detail about some of your
answers with a reporter from the Saint Paul Pioneer Press?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
NMPHN
Can we give them your name and phone number?
[ ] 1. Yes
[ ] 2. No
RNAME
What is your name?
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THANKS
Those are all my questions. Thank you for taking the time
to complete the survey.
[ ] Press <ENTER> to continue..