Survey Number
Coder Name
Are you the head of household?
Gender
Ethnicity
If born in Mexico, how many years in U.S.
What city and state did you live in prior to moving to live on this lot?
Were you prior owners, renters, or living with family/ friends?
Does someone in your household own this lot?
In what year did you buy your lot?
Who did you purchase the lot from?
In what year did you move to the neighborhood?
Did you purchase only the land or both the land and house?
Cost if purchased LAND ONLY?
Total cost if purchased LAND AND HOUSE?
Total cost of HOUSE?
Total cost of LAND (if purchased land and house)
Do you know the size of the lot?
Size of lot in square feet?
Size of lot in acres?
Dimensions of lot?
What was the primary method of payment used to pay for the land?
How did you find out about the opportunity to buy a lot?
What kind of title/papers did you receive when you purchased?
What kind of title/papers do you currently have?
In what year did you receive your current title/papers?
What are the advantages of having legal title to your property?
Did your household receive assistance around ten years ago by the CRG?
Ignore this question.
Have you registered your title/papers at the county court office?
If you have registered your title/papers, in which year did you do so?
If you have a DEED, whose name is listed on the title?
Who do you believe will inherit this lot?
What is the age of the person who will inherit the lot?
Do the people whose names are listed on the title have a will?
Type of houses on your lot.
Which of the following services do you have on this lot?
Year you began receiving electrical service.
Year you began receiving water service.
Year septic tank was installed.
Year you began receiving sewage service.
Year you began receiving garbage collection.
Year you began receiving recycling collection.
In total, how many lots do you or your spouse own?
If you own more than one lot, where are the additional lots?
For what purpose do you use the other lots that you own?
How many different households are there on the lot?
Who are the other households?
Do you combine your income with the other households?
Which expenses are shared with the other households?
Do the other housholds own their portion of the lot?
How many people live in your household?
Age of head of household
Gender of head of household
Years of education of head of household
Has head of household completed 2-year college/post-secondary training?
Has head of household completed 4-year college/post-secondary training?
Age of 2nd household member
Gender of 2nd household member
Years of education of 2nd household member
Has 2nd household member completed 2-year college/post-secondary training?
Has 2nd household member completed 4-year college/post-secondary training?
Age of 3rd household member
Gender of 3rd household member
Years of education of 3rd household member
Has 3rd  household member completed 2-year college/post-secondary training?
Has 3rd household member completed 4-year college/post-secondary training?
Age of 4th household member
Gender of 4th household member
Years of education of 4th household member
Has 4th household member completed 2-year college/post-secondary training?
Has 4th household member completed 4-year college/post-secondary training?
Age of 5th household member
Gender of 5th household member
Years of education of 5th household member
Has 5th household member completed 2-year college/post-secondary training?
Has 5th household member completed 4-year college/post-secondary training?
Age of 6th household member
Gender of 6th household member
Years of education of 6th household member
Has 6th household member completed 2-year college/post-secondary training?
Has 6th household member completed 4-year college/post-secondary training?
Age of 7th household member
Gender of 7th household member
Years of education of 7th household member
Has 7th household member completed 2-year college/post-secondary training?
Has 7th household member completed 4-year college/post-secondary training?
Age of 8th household member
Gender of 8th household member
Years of education of 8th household member
Has 8th household member completed 2-year college/post-secondary training?
Has 8th household member completed 4-year college/post-secondary training?
Age of 9th household member
Gender of 9th household member
Years of education of 9th household member
Has 9th household member completed 2-year college/post-secondary training?
Has 9th household member completed 4-year college/post-secondary training?
Has anyone moved onto your lot because they lost their home?
Since you received title, have you received loans for home improvement?
What is the total value of ALL loans you received for home improvement?
When did you receive LOAN 1?
Who was lender of LOAN 1?
When did you receive LOAN 2?
Who was lender of LOAN 2?
When did you receive LOAN 3?
Who was lender of LOAN 3?
When did you receive LOAN 4?
Who was lender of LOAN 4?
Are you aware of using title as collateral?
Have you ever used your title as collateral?
If you did use your title as collateral, what was the loan used for?
Would you consider using your title as collateral for a loan in the future?
If you wouldn't consider using your title as collateral for a loan, why not?
How much risk do you believe is involved in using your title as collateral?
In the last 10 years, have you made large home improvements?
Year of remodel a room improvement.
Year of flooring improvement.
Year of garage/driveway improvement.
Year of roof repair improvement.
Year of yard/property improvement.
Year bought/built additional unit improvement.
Year installed/replaced electrical wiring
Year installed/replaced AC
Year painted.
Year installed/replaced windows.
Year installed/replaced insulation.
Year installed/replaced sheetrock
Year installed/replaced doors
How did you pay for these home improvements?
How much have you spent on home improvements in the last 10 years?
To what extent has the 2008 crisis affected home improvements?
How many kitchens do you have in your household?
How many living rooms do you have in your household?
How many toilets do you have in your household?
How many baths do you have in your household?
How many dining rooms do you have in your household?
How many bedrooms do you have in your household?
Are there any parts of your house that are unfinished?
Whate type of improvement is still unfinished?
Number of rooms with no sheetrock.
Number of rooms with no doors.
Number of rooms with no trim/baseboards.
Number of rooms with no wiring.
Number of rooms with no plumbing.
Number of rooms with no flooring.
Number of rooms with no insulation.
Number of rooms with no windows.
Number of rooms needing fixtures/storage.
Number of rooms needing a roof
Are there other problems with your home that you would like to change?
Most serious Problem 1.
Most serious Problem 2.
Most serious Problem 3.
Most serious Problem 4.
Most serious Problem 5.
Do you have any large improvements planned for the next 2 years?
Which improvements do you plan on making?
How do you plan on paying for these home improvements?
How much do you plan on spending on home improvements?
In past 10 years have either of your next door neighbors subdivided their lot?
In past 10 years have either of your next door neighbors lost their land/house?
In past 10 years have either of your next door neighbors bought and moved onto l
In past 10 years have either of your next door neighbors sold their house and mo
What are the advantages of living in a colonia?
What are the disadvantages about living in a colonia?
Do you know how much a vacant lot of similar size to yours sell for in this neig
How much would a vacant lot of similar size to yours sell for in this neighborho
What do you think both your house and lot are worth today?
How much is land value?
How much is home value and other improvements?
Have you ever tried to sell your land or house?
What year did you try to sell your land or house?
How many years were you actively trying to sell your land or house?
How many persons in your household currently have paid employment?
Age of primary wage earner 1.
Full- or part-time status of primary wage earner 1.
Occupation of primary wage earner 1.
Standard Occupational Classification taken from Bureau of Labor Statistics
Age of primary wage earner 2.
Full- or part-time status of primary wage earner 2.
Occupation of primary wage earner 2.
Age of primary wage earner 3.
Full- or part-time status of primary wage earner 3.
Occupation of primary wage earner 3.
Do any of the members of your household have construction skills?
Age of member 1 with construction skills.
Construction skills of member 1.
Age of member 2 with construction skills.
Construction skills of member 2.
Age of member 3 with construction skills.
Construction skills of member 3.
Age of member 4 with construction skills.
Construction skills of member 4.
What is the estimated (weekly) income for your household including benefits?
What is the estimated (monthly) income for your household including benefits?
Which best describes your knowledge of green/sustainability improvements?
Which 'green' improvements have you heard of?
Do you actively use any of the 'green' home improvements?
Which 'green' home improvements do you use?
How much does your household pay on transportation per week?
How many working vehicles does your household have?
How many household members need to travel to their work each week?
How many househould members travel more than 120 minutes/miles to work.
Travel person 1 age.
Travel person 1 distance to work (one way).
Travel person 1 time to work (one way in minutes).
Travel person 1 type of transportation.
Travel person 2 age.
Travel person 2 distance to work (one way).
Travel person 2 time to work (one way in minutes).
Travel person 2 type of transportation.
Travel person 3 age.
Travel person 3 distance to work (one way).
Travel person 3 time to work (one way in minutes).
Travel person 3 type of transportation.
Travel person 4 age.
Travel person 4 distance to work (one way).
Travel person 4 time to work (one way in minutes).
Travel person 4 type of transportation.
Do any members of your household use public transportation?
Type of public transportation used by household members.
Do transportation problems limit your household's ability to get to work?
Do transportation problems limit your household's ability to get to school?
Do transportation problems limit your household's ability to run errands?
Do transportation problems limit your household's ability to do leisure activiti
Do transportation problems limit your household's ability to visit family/friend
Is anyone in the household classified as being disabled?
Disabled person 1 age.
Disabled person 1 type.
Disabled person 2 age.
Disabled person 2 type.
Disabled person 3 age.
Disabled person 3 type.
In past year, have any members of HH had illness/injury caused by house?
Age of person 1 illness/injury caused by house.
Type of illness/injury of person 1 caused by house.
Age of person 2 illness/injury caused by house.
Type of illness/injury of person 2 caused by house.
In past year, have any children missed more than 15 days of school due to illnes
Child 1 age who missed school.
Child 1 number of school days missed.
Child 1 illness causing missed school.
Child 2 age who missed school.
Child 2 number of school days missed.
Child 2 illness causing missed school.
Any improvements needed for health or disability reasons?
In what year did you move to this dwelling?
What is your monthly rent?
Why did you choose to rent?
How did you find out about the opportunity to rent here?
Zip code
How was this survey administered?
Who administered this survey?
How receptive was the respondent to being interviewed?
Were there any problems that might affect the quality of the responses?
Specify problems that might affect the quality of the responses?
Rank the quality of the dwelling.
Comments on the quality of the dwelling.
Rank the quality of the lot.
Comments on the quality of the lot.
Do you think this is an exceptionally good case to examine in more detail?
Is there anything else worth recording about this survey?
What is the old homeowner code?
What is the new homeowmer code?
Is there a compatible data set?
Was a correct photo identified with the current lot?
Sample: Included or Excluded Core, or Auxiliary sample
Is survey part of the control group?
Is survey part of the Core or Auxiliary Sample
Name of Colonia
Control Group?
Colonias with Las Lomas Platted grouped as 1
Differentiate between whether Lopez or Chapa
Gender without couples
Category showing worker in household
Interview Code
Complete, rejected, vacant lot, not found
Unplatted
Date of Interview
Name of Interviewer
CRG OwnerIndex
CRG Seller
CRG lot purchase price
CRG purchase price - cleared to single lot
New CRG price with outliers removed
Real price in 1983 $ using CRG Records
Real price per square foot using CRG (1983 prices)
CRG purchase date
CRG deflator for year 1983
Check between CRG and respondent data
Year moved to this Colonia?
Category period in which moved into colonia
Moved more than 10 years ago?
Country where lived prior to moving into the colonia
Moved from what city?
Moved from what State?
Previous tenure?
Type of housing?
Number of bedrooms on previous house
Year bought lot
category period in which lot purchased
CPI Inflator
Reasons to buy the lot
Priority reason why bought
Why bought lot in a colonia?
Priority why bought lot in a Colonia?
How knew about colonia?
Priority how knew about Colonia?
Bought from whom?
Moved immediately after starting payment
How long to move?
What made you move?
Why not move in 3 years (cleared)
Why not moved immediately?
Priority why not moved immediately
Total lot price
New lot price with outliers removed
Real cost of the lot in 1983 $ - respondents
Real (1983) price of land per sq ft
Number of lots
Total price for lot(s)
Total area of lot in square feet
Bought lot in Cash?
How much per month?
Have finished payment?
Total debit
Have stoped payment?
Stoped payment to whom?
Why stoped payment?
Important to register title?
Title registered?
Why registered title?
Why not registered title?
Title at first
Present title?
Owner before title?
Onwer since first payment?
Why considered onwer since first payment?
What made feel insecure of ownership?
What advantages?
What can now do due to ownership
Claimed land use rights as opposed to land development rights
Why important to be an owner?
Why important to be an owner? (cleared)
Title help to make improvements?
Why title help
Why do title help
Why title does not help?
Whose name on title?
Why title on Children's name?
Why title on Grandchildren's name?
Why under such name(s)?
Told by other - by whom?
Important to have a Will?
Do you have a Will?
You had your Will before title?
Does your partner have a Will?
Partner had a Will before title?
Who will inheret property?
Lots for sale in the Colonia?
Know price of a lot for sale?
Price lot
Have an estimate for property (house and lote)
Property price (house and lot)
How arrived at such estimate?
Have a break down for property value?
Estimated price for the land?
Estimated price for the house?
Price has increased in the last 5 years?
Why prices increased?
Priority price increase?
How easy or hard to sell property?
Any adjacent lots sold?
How many neighbours?
How many people selling lots
Have you heard of people selling their lots?
Have you heard of people subdividing their lots?
Had heard of CRG before
What are the roles of CRG?
Priority what are the roles of CRG?
In what sense, to defend the colonia/residents?
Have been contacted by CRG?
Number of contacts?
Participation of CRG?
How positive?
How negative?
What action by CRG, gave title?
What action by CRG, cleared title?
What action by CRG, helped to improve housing condition
What action by CRG, other? Specify
Scale of satisfaction - CRG
CRG could have done better in your case?
How better in your case?
CRG could have done better for the colonia?
How better for the colonia?
After gaining title, got a loan?
After title, gained access to service?
After title, improved housing condition?
Done things in the property
Improvements #1
Number of cases - after title, improved housing condition #1?
Number of cases - after title, improved housing condition #2?
Improvements # 3
Number of cases, after title, improved housing condition #3?
Total of number of cases of, after title, improved housing condition?
Cost of improvements after title
Plan to make improvements in the next 2 years?
Plans for improvement # 1
Have an estimate for improvement #1?
Cost of improment plan #1
Plans for improvement # 2
Have an estimate for improvement #2?
Cost of improvement plan #2
Plans for improvement  # 3
Have an estimate for improvement #3?
Cost of invesmtent plan # 3
Total estimate for future investments
How intend to finance improvements?
Have you ever got a loan?
Number of credit?
When was the last time you got credit?
From whom got credit?
Credit for what?
How much was the credit?
Interest rate paid for credit
Monthly payment $
Number of months
Still owe some money due to credit?
Have you used anything as collateral?
What was used as collateral?
Do you know you can use your property as collateral?
Would you think of using your property as collateral?
Why not use property as collateral?
Do you believe you can lose your property in case you are not able to pay your l
Why not lose your property?
In the case of using lot as collateral
In case use property as collateral, what for?
New, in case use lot as colateral, what for?
Constructions on lot
Camper
Trailer
Manufactored home
Shack
Consolidated built home
Storage?
Combination of structures
Number of people living in the house
Number of households
Total of people living in the lot
Relationship among residents sharing a lot
If relative is co-owner, then owns a part or half of the lot?
If shared accommodation, but not co-owner, then waht rights?
Number of bedrooms
Number of toilets
Number of bathrooms
Have thought about moving in the last 2 years?
Why would you move?
Priority why move?
Where would you move to?
State
City name
Neighbourhood
How different would be your future house?
Priority difference in future house
What has prevented you from moving?
Now you have a title, how likely is your stay in here?
Have relatives living in the Colonia?
Any member of the family working outside of Town for over 3 months?
Number of people working outside town
Number of people on paid work in the last 12 months
Respondent in paid work?
Type of work?
Spouse in paid work?
Spouse work
Number of months absent from home
Spouse number of months absent?
Respondent, full-time job?
Spouse, full-time job?
Respondent - Number of years of study
Spouse - Number of years of school
Any member of housheold receive social security income?
Who receives social security income?
Second with SS
Type of social security income
SS type 2
Total SS and suppliment
Any member considered disable?
Kinship (considered disable)
Income per month
Income per year
Origin?
How long have you been living in the USA?
Participate in future studies?
Present now
Number of year from pruchase
Lot price per Square Foot
Colonias with Las Lomas grouped as 1
Self estimated sq foot price of own lot
landpri/numlots
land$/lotarea
actual density pop'n by # of bedrooms
How intend to finance improvements (cleared)?
Finance improvements from loan?
Have a Warranty Deed?
$200-$600 per month
$600-$1000 per month
$1000-$1600 per month
$1600+ per month
What can do now due to ownership?
Have a Contract for Deed?
Usufruct of land?
Why title help to make improvements?
Proof of ownership?
Access to credit?
Improved housing?
Estimated land price per square foot
Sq ft lot price for 2002 considering 1983 real prices (realsq$*1.735)
Year buy from 1997 (inclusive)?
Purchase date from 2011 survey
1983 deflator according to purchase prices provided on the 2011 survey
Purchase date provide by the CRG database
1983 deflator according to purchase date provided by the CRG database
Purchase price provided from the 2002 survey
1983 deflator according to purchase date provided by 2002 survey
2011 estimate of size of one lot in square feet.
2011 estimate of size of entire property in square feet
2011 Cost of vacant lot per square foot in $2011
2011 property value by number of rooms
2011 value of property by square feet
Cost of lot at time of purchase (1 lot), removed outliers and compared with CRG
2011 survey purchase price in $1983 with new deflator
2011 survey purchase price per square foot in $1983 with new deflator
CRG purchase price in $1983 with new deflator
CRG purchase price per square foot in $1983 with new deflator
Category period in which respondent moved to the neighbhorhood (2011 study)
Coloniaswith Las Lomas condensed into one settlement
Change in number of bedrooms over 10 years
Change in number of people in the household over 10 years
Number of people per bedroom in 2011
Number of people per bedroom in 2002
Categories of year in which property was purchased.
Number of people in household by category
Number of people in the household in 2002 by category
Number of years after receiving title that first loan was acquired
Overcrowded households, over 2 per bedroom
Respondents that participated in both 2002 and 2011