MÉTODO TÉCNICAS E INSTRUMENTOS 3.1 Tipo de investigación
3.4. Técnicas e instrumentos de recolección de datos
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ABE
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SECTION A: GENERAL AND LANGUAGE BACKGROUND
I’d like to ask you some questions about your background and your language use.
A1. On what date were you born? (Please tell us the month, day, and year you were born). |___|___| |___|___| |___|___|___|___|
MONTH DAY YEAR
REFUSED DAY ... 01
REFUSED MONTH ... 02
REFUSED YEAR... 03
DON’T KNOW ... 99
A2. Were you born in the United States, that is, in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia? YES ... 01 (A5) NO ... 02
REFUSED ... 99
DON’T KNOW ... 98
A3. In what year did you first immigrate to the United States? UNITED STATES CITIZEN BY BIRTH ... 01
YEAR (SPECIFY) |___|___|___|___| ... 02 __________ REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
A4. What was the highest level of education you completed before you first immigrated to the United States? IF RESPONSE DOES NOT FIT CATEGORIES, PROBE FOR U.S. EQUIVALENT. DID NOT ATTEND SCHOOL BEFORE COMING TO THE UNITED STATES ... 01
PRIMARY (GRADES K-3) ... 02
ELEMENTARY (GRADES 4-8) ... 03
SOME SECONDARY (GRADES 9-11) ... 04
COMPLETED SECONDARY BUT NO DIPLOMA ... 05
COMPLETED SECONDARY WITH DIPLOMA (HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA)... 06
VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL PROGRAM AFTER HIGH SCHOOL BUT NO DIPLOMA ... 07
VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL DIPLOMA AFTER HIGH SCHOOL ... 08
SOME COLLEGE BUT NO DEGREE ... 09
ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE... 10 BACHELOR’S DEGREE ... 11 OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________________________________ 12 _______ REFUSED... 98 DON’T KNOW ... 99 184
A5. What is the language that you first learned at home in childhood and still understand?
MARK ONE ONLY UNLESS TWO LANGUAGES LEARNED AT PRECISELY THE SAME TIME.
ENGLISH... 01 SPANISH... 02 FRENCH... 03 GERMAN... 04 ITALIAN ... 05 CHINESE... 06 TAGALOG ... 07 POLISH ... 08 KOREAN ... 09 VIETNAMESE ... 10 PORTUGUESE ... 11 JAPANESE... 12 GREEK ... 13 OTHER 1 (SPECIFY) ______________ 14 _______ OTHER 2 (SPECIFY) ______________ 15 _______ REFUSED ... 98 DON’T KNOW ... 99 BOX 1 IF ENGLISH ONLY IN A5, SKIP TO A11. A6. Tell me what language you use most in each of the following situations. At home (SPECIFY) ___________________________________ 01 At work (SPECIFY)____________________________________ 02 While shopping in your neighborhood (SPECIFY) ____________ 03 When visiting relatives (SPECIFY) ________________________ 04 When visiting friends (SPECIFY) _________________________ 05 REFUSED... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
BOX 2
IF ENGLISH ONLY IN A6, SKIP TO A10.
A7. With regard to {NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE USED IN MOST SITUATIONS FROM QUESTION A8}, how well do you . . .
Very Not Not DON’T
well Well well at all REFUSED KNOW
a. understand it when someone
speaks to you? Would you say... 01 02 03 04 98 99 b. speak it? Would you say... 01 02 03 04 98 99 c. read it? Would you say ... 01 02 03 04 98 99 d. write it? Would you say... 01 02 03 04 98 99 A8. How old were you when you first started to learn English?
|___|___| AGE IN YEARS
REFUSED ... 98 DON’T KNOW ... 99 A9. With regard to English, how well do you . . .
Very Not Not DON’T
well Well well at all REFUSED KNOW
a. understand it when someone
speaks to you? Would you say... 01 02 03 04 98 99 b. speak it? Would you say... 01 02 03 04 98 99 c. read it? Would you say ... 01 02 03 04 98 99 d. write it? Would you say... 01 02 03 04 98 99
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SECTION B: EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCES
Now I’d like to ask you some questions about your educational experiences. B1. What is the highest level of schooling you completed in the United States?
HAND CARD
1
Up to 8th grade... 01
9th to 11th grade ... 02
12th grade but no diploma... 03 (B3) GED ... 04
High school diploma ... 05 (B2) Vocational/technical program after high school but no diploma... 07
Vocational/technical diploma after high school ... 08
Some college but no degree ... 09
Associate’s degree (A.A., A.S.) ... 10
Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S.) ... 11
Graduate or professional school but no degree ... 12 (B4) Master’s degree (M.A./M.S.)...13
Doctorate degree (Ph.D., Ed.D.) ... 14
Professional degree beyond bachelor’s degree (Medicine/MD, Dentistry/DDS, Law/JD/LL.B.)... 15
NONE ... 16
REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
B2. How did you earn your high school diploma? GED TESTING ... 01
ADULT HIGH SCHOOL... 02
REGULAR HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM... 03
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION/ATTENDANCE... 04
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________________________________ 05 ________ REFUSED... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
B3. What was the main reason you stopped your public or private schooling when you did?
FINANCIAL PROBLEMS... 01
DID NOT DO WELL IN SCHOOL... 02
DID NOT LIKE SCHOOL OR WAS BORED IN SCHOOL ... 03
DID NOT FEEL SAFE IN SCHOOL ... 04
I DID NOT GET ALONG WITH MY TEACHERS ... 05
EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL OR ASKED TO LEAVE... 06
WENT TO WORK... 07
WENT INTO THE MILITARY... 08
PERSONAL ILLNESS OR DISABILITY ... 09
PREGNANCY... 10
FAMILY REASONS SUCH AS THE ILLNESS OR DEATH OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN... 11
SCHOOL NOT AVAILABLE OR ACCESSIBLE ... 12
MOVED AROUND... 13
TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN... 14
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________________________________ 15 REFUSED... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
B4. Remember when you first learned to read. Do you remember ever having trouble reading as a child? YES ... 01
NO ... 02
NEVER LEARNED TO READ AS A CHILD ... 03 (B7) REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
B5. In which grade did you first have trouble? FIRST ... 01
SECOND OR THIRD... 02
FOURTH OR FIFTH... 03
SIXTH, SEVENTH, OR EIGHTH... 04
HIGH SCHOOL ... 05
REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
B6. Have you ever received remedial help or special classes with reading at school? YES ... 01
NO ... 02
REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
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B7. Remember when you first learned math. Do you remember ever having trouble with math as a child? YES ... 01 (B8)
NO ... 02
NEVER LEARNED MATH AS A CHILD ... 03 (B10) REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
B8. In which grade did you first have trouble? FIRST ... 01
SECOND OR THIRD... 02
FOURTH OR FIFTH... 03
SIXTH, SEVENTH, OR EIGHTH... 04
HIGH SCHOOL ... 05
REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
B9. Have you ever received remedial help or special classes with math at school? YES ... 01
NO ... 02
REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
B10. Did you ever repeat a grade? YES ... 01 (B10a) NO ... 02
REFUSED ... 98 (B11) DON’T KNOW ... 99
B10a. Which grade(s)? ________________________________ 05 ______ GRADE(S) B11. How long have you been taking classes at this program? READ ANSWER CATEGORIES ONLY IF NECESSARY. Less than 6 months ... 01
Between 6 months and 1 year... 02
One to two years ... 03
B12. What made you decide to take adult education classes? CODE ALL THAT APPLY.
TO OBTAIN A BETTER JOB... 01
REQUIRED FOR MY CURRENT JOB... 02
TO OBTAIN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GED ... 03
TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION (NOT RELATED TO HS DIPLOMA OR GED) ... 04
TO HELP MY CHILDREN WITH THEIR HOMEWORK ... 05
OTHER (SPECIFY) __________________________________________ 06 B13. Besides this program, are you taking or have you ever taken any other classes or had tutoring to improve your basic reading, writing, or English skills outside of regular school? YES ... 01
NO ... 02
REFUSED ... 98 (B17) DON’T KNOW ... 99
B14. What type of class or classes or tutoring did you take? Was it or were they . . .
CODE ALL THAT APPLY. to learn English as a second language (ESOL/English as a Second Language), ... 01
to improve basic reading, writing, or math skills not including English as a Second Language classes(ABE/Adult Basic Education), ... 02
to prepare to take the GED test (ASE/Adult Secondary Education), or ... 03
in some other high school equivalency program or adult high school program (ASE/Adult Secondary Education)? ... 04
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________________________________ 05 _____ REFUSED... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
B15. Where did you take these classes or receive this tutoring? CODE ALL THAT APPLY. At work or a union hall ... 01
At a community college ... 02
At a high school/public school ... 03
At an adult learning center/adult school ... 04
At a library... 05
In prison ... 06
In the military ... 07
Distance learning (video or television) ... 08
On the computer or Internet ... 09
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________________________________ 10 ______ REFUSED... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
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B16. When was the last time you took these classes or had this tutoring? READ ANSWER CATEGORIES ONLY IF NECESSARY.
Still enrolled ... 01
Within the past year... 02
Between one and five years ... 03
More than five years ago... 04
REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
B17. Not including any classes you may have taken or any work assigned by a teacher, have you ever studied or practiced on your own to improve your reading, writing, or math skills or studied for a GED? YES ... 01 (B17a) NO ... 02
REFUSED ... 98 (B18) DON’T KNOW ... 99
B17a. What form did this studying take? Did you study on your own through…. CODE ALL THAT APPLY. a workbook or textbook, ... 01
a video, ... 02
a course you watched on public television, ... 03
learning developed for the computer or Internet, or ... 04
some other way? (SPECIFY) _____________________ ... 05______ B18. In general, would you say your health is . . .
excellent, ... 01 very good,... 02 good,... 03 fair, or ... 04 poor? ... 05 REFUSED ... 98 DON’T KNOW ... 99
B19. On the whole, how do you feel about your life over the past 12 months? Would you say that you are . . .
extremely satisfied,... 01
satisfied, ... 02
neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, ... 03
unsatisfied, or ... 04
extremely unsatisfied?... 05
REFUSED ... 98
NO OPINION/DON’T KNOW... 99
B20. Did you ever have . . . B21. Did you have this problem while you were in elementary or secondary school?
B22. Do you have this problem now? a. eye/visual trouble
of the kind that is not corrected by glasses? YES...01 NO ...02 (B20b) REFUSED...98 (B20b) DON’T KNOW ...99 (B20b) YES ...01 NO...02 REFUSED ...98 DON’T KNOW ...99 YES ... 01 NO... 02 REFUSED... 98 DON’T KNOW... 99 b. hearing problems? YES...01 NO ...02 (B20c) REFUSED...98 (B20c) DON’T KNOW ...99 (B20c) YES ...01 NO...02 REFUSED ...98 DON’T KNOW ...99 YES ... 01 NO... 02 REFUSED... 98 DON’T KNOW... 99 c. a speech disability? YES...01 NO ...02 (B20d) REFUSED...98 (B20d) DON’T KNOW ...99 (B20d) YES ...01 NO...02 REFUSED ...98 DON’T KNOW ...99 YES ... 01 NO... 02 REFUSED... 98 DON’T KNOW... 99 d. a learning disability? YES...01 NO ...02 (B20e) REFUSED...98 (B20e) DON’T KNOW ...99 (B20e) YES ...01 NO...02 REFUSED ...98 DON’T KNOW ...99 YES ... 01 NO... 02 REFUSED... 98 DON’T KNOW... 99
e. any other mental or physical disability or health problem lasting six months or more? YES...01 NO ...02 (B21) REFUSED...98 (B21) DON’T KNOW ...99 (B21) YES ...01 NO...02 REFUSED ...98 DON’T KNOW ...99 YES ... 01 NO... 02 REFUSED... 98 DON’T KNOW... 99
B23. The following questions are about activities you might do during a typical day. Does your health now limit you in these activities? If so, how much?
IF YES, PROBE: Would that be limited a lot or limited a little? Yes, limited a lot Yes, limited a little No, not limited at all REFUSED DON’T KNOW a. Moderate activities, such as moving a
table, pushing a vacuum cleaner, bowling
or playing golf 01 02 03 98 99 b. Climbing several flights of stairs 01 02 03 98 99
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B24. During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other regular daily activities as a result of your physical health?
Yes No REFUSED
DON’T KNOW a. Accomplished less than you would like 01 02 98 99 b. Were limited in the kind of work or other activities 01 02 98 99
B25. During the past 4 weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other regular daily activities as a result of any emotional problems (such as feeling depressed or anxious)?
Yes No REFUSED
DON’T KNOW a. Accomplished less than you would like 01 02 98 99 b. Didn’t do work or other activities as carefully as usual 01 02 98 99
B26. During thepast 4 weeks, how much did pain interfere with your normal work (including both work outside
the home and housework)? Was this...
Not at all, ... 01 A little bit, ... 02 Moderately,... 03 Quite a bit, or ... 04 Extremely?... 05 REFUSED ... 98 DON’T KNOW ... 99
B27 These questions are about how you feel and how things have been with you during the past 4 weeks. For each question, please give the one answer that comes closest to the way you have been feeling.
All of the time Most of the time A good bit of the time Some of the time A little of the time None of the time REFUSED DON’T KNOW a. Have you felt
calm and
peaceful? Would
that be… 01 02 03 04 05 06 98 99 b. Did you have a
lot of energy?
Would that be… 01 02 03 04 05 06 98 99 c. Have you felt
downhearted and blue? Would that
be… 01 02 03 04 05 06 98 99
B28. During the past 4 weeks, how much of the time has your physical health or emotional problems
interfered with your social activities (like visiting friends, relatives, etc.)? Was it...
All of the time,... 01
Most of the time, ... 02
Some of the time, ... 03
A little of the time, or... 04
None of the time? ... 05
REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
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SECTION C: LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
C1. Now I’d like to ask you some questions about your employment status. What is your current work
situation? Are you . . .
CODE ALL THAT APPLY. employed or self-employed, ... 01 (C3a) unemployed/looking for work,... 02
retired,... 03
a student,... 04
homemaker, or ... 05
doing volunteer work? ... 06
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________________ 07 ______ REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
C2. Did you work at a job or business for pay or profit at any time in the last 12 months, that is, since {CURRENT MONTH AND PRIOR YEAR} (regardless of the number of hours per week)? YES... 01
NO ... 02 (C9) REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
C3a. During the last 12 months did you work mostly full time, that is 35 hours per week or more, or part- time, that is less than 35 hours per week? MOSTLY FULL-TIME ... 01
MOSTLY PART-TIME ... 02
BOTH FULL AND PART TIME EQUALLY. 03 REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW……… ... 99
C3b. How many weeks did you work during the past 12 months (including weeks of paid vacation)? |___|___| WEEKS REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW……… ... 99
C4. Were you ever away from work for a week or more during the last 12 months because you were on a temporary layoff? YES... 01
The next few questions are about the job or business at which you worked the most hours during the last 12 months. We will refer to this as your main job.
C5. For whom did you work? (Please provide name of business, government department, or person.) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________
REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW……… ... 99
C6. What kind of business, industry, or service was this? (Give full description, e.g., automobile manufacturing plant, retail grocery, municipal government.) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW……… ... 99
C7. What kind of work were you doing at this job? (Give full description or occupational title, e.g., office clerk, machine operator, computer programmer.) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW……… ... 99
C8. What were your most important activities or duties? (Give full description or occupational title, e.g., filing documents, drying vegetables, forest examiner.) ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
C9. Did you look for work at anytime during the last 12 months, that is, look for a new or different job? YES... 01
NO ... 02
REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
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The next two questions are about your activities outside of work or school.
C10. Whether these activities are done in person or on a computer, about how often do you… Several Once or
times twice
during during DON’T
Weekly Monthly the year the year Never REFUSED KNOW
a. use a public library?
Would that be... 01 02 03 04 05 98 99 b. visit a bookstore?
Would that be... 01 02 03 04 05 98 99 C11. How much time do you usually spend each day watching television or videos?
READ ANSWER CATEGORIES ONLY IF NECESSARY.
1 hour or less per day... 01
Over 1 hour to 2 hours per day ... 02
More than 2 hours but less than 5... 03
5 or more hours per day ... 04
Do not have a television or VCR ... 05
REFUSED ... 98
DON’T KNOW ... 99
C12. Now I’d like to talk to you about what you read in English that is not part of your work or schooling. How often do you read or use information from . . .
At Less least than
once once DON’T
a week a week Rarely Never REFUSED KNOW
a. newspapers? Would you say.... 01 02 03 04 98 99 b. books? Would you say... 01 02 03 04 98 99 c. magazines or articles?
Would you say ... 01 02 03 04 98 99 d. letters, notes, e-mails?
Would you say ... 01 02 03 04 98 99
BOX 3
IF C12a = 1 OR 2, GO TO C13. ELSE, GO TO BOX 5.
C13. I am now going to read you a list of some different parts of a newspaper. Please tell me which parts you generally read when looking at a newspaper in English. Do you read . . .
DON’T YES NO REFUSED KNOW a. national/international news, ... 01 02 98 99 b. regional or local news, ... 01 02 98 99 c. sports, ... 01 02 98 99 d. home, fashion, food or health, ... 01 02 98 99 e. editorial page, ... 01 02 98 99 f. financial news or stock listings,... 01 02 98 99 g. book, movie or art reviews,... 01 02 98 99 h. advice column, or... 01 02 98 99 i. any other parts of the newspaper? ... 01 02 98 99
BOX 4
IF C12b = 1 OR 2, GO TO C14. ELSE, GO TO SECTION D.
C14. I am now going to read you a list of some different types of books. Please tell me which types of books you generally read or get information from in English. Do you read . . .
DON’T YES NO REFUSED KNOW a. fiction,... 01 02 98 99 b. recreation or entertainment,... 01 02 98 99 c. current affairs or history, ... 01 02 98 99 d. inspiration or religion,... 01 02 98 99 e. nature, science, or social science,... 01 02 98 99 f. reference, such as encyclopedias or dictionaries,... 01 02 98 99 g. cookbooks, manuals for operating, repairing
or building, ... 01 02 98 99 h. books to children, or ... 01 02 98 99 i. any other types of books?... 01 02 98 99
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