Survey Number
Coder Name
Language
Colonia
Lot
Date survey was conducted
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 lot?
In past 10 years have either of your next door neighbors sold their house and moved?
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 neighborhood?
How much would a vacant lot of similar size to yours sell for in this neighborhood?
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 activities?
Do transportation problems limit your household's ability to visit family/friends?
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 illness?
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
In Which city did you live before moving to this lot?
Las Lomas condensed
InterviewerGender
ServicesRecoded
Have you made any major home improvements in the last 10 years?
What is the estimated yearly income for your household including benefits?
PaymentRecoded
OppBuyRecoded
Number of years after receiving title that first loan was acquired
ImprovePaymentRecoded
Number of years since receiving title (2011-x)
Construction Skills Recoded
Number of years since purchase (2011-x)
Categories for the year in which the property was purchased
Recoded method of purchase
Has respondent made any LARGE home improvements (recoded to align with the mail survey)
Did the homeowner remodel a room
Did the homeowner improve flooring
Did the homeowner improve the garage
Did the homeowner improve the roof
Did the homeowner improve the property/yard
Did the homeowner build/buy an additional unit
Total number of large home improvements
Unfinished parts of house recoded for regression
Condensed income
Number of paid workers by category
Income Less than 12k a year?
Income Between12kand$19199
Income Between$19kand$38400
Income MoreThan$38400
Year in which homeowner moved to neighborhood, by category
Type of payment for home improvement
ReceivedLoansRecoded
Participants of the longitudinal study, participated in both 2002 and 2011
Categories of size of the household
Purchased from the previousOwner
Purchased from the developer
YearPurchase5Year