A-4.3 Full U.S. Questionnaire in English

Figure A-1: First page of the survey (English version)

Answer options are in italic, separated by a semicolon.

1. See Figure A-1

Yes, I would like to take part in this study, and confirm that I WAS BORN IN THE U.S. and I am 18

or older; No, I would not like to participate

2. Were you born in the United States?

Yes; No

3. What is your gender?

$19999 ; $20000-$29999 ; $30000-$39999 ; $40000-$49999 ; $50000-$69999 ; $70000-$89999 ; $90000-

$109999 ; $110000-$149999 ; $150000-$199999 : $200000+

6. Please indicate your marital status.

Single; Married; Legally separated or divorced; Widowed

7. How many children do you have?

I do not have children: 1; 2; 3; 4; 5 or more

8. How would you describe your ethnicity/race?

European American/White; African American/Black; Hispanic/Latino; Asian/Asian American; Other

9. Were both of your parents born in the United States?

Yes; No

Eighth Grade or less; Some High School; High School degree / GED; Some College; 2-year College

14. What is your current employment status?

Full-time employee; Part-time employee; Self-employed or small business owner; Unemployed and look-

ing for work; Student; Not currently working and not looking for work; Retiree

15. [If Full-time employee; Part-time employee; Self-employed or small business owner] Are you employed

in one of the following sectors? Check the one that applies. If you have multiple jobs, check the one

that describes your main occupation.

[See Appendix A-1]

16. [If Unemployed and looking for work; Not currently working and not looking for work; Retiree] Even if

you are not currently working, what sector did your latest occupation fall under? Check the one that

19. Did you vote in the last presidential election?

Yes; No

20. [If Yes to Q19] In the last presidential election, you supported:

Hillary Clinton; Donald Trump; Jill Stein; Gary Johnson

21. [If No to Q19] Even if you did NOT vote, please indicate the candidate that you were most likely to

have voted for or who represents your views most closely

Hillary Clinton; Donald Trump; Jill Stein; Gary Johnson

22. Before proceeding to the next set of questions, we want to ask for your feedback about the responses

you provided so far. It is vital to our study that we only include responses from people who devoted

their full attention to this study. This will not affect in any way the payment you will receive for taking

this survey. In your honest opinion, should we use your responses, or should we discard your responses

In the next two questions, we ask you to think about the total level of funds that the government

raises and spends today on various policies. For the purpose of these questions, suppose that the level

of government spending is fixed at its current level and cannot be changed. We will ask about your

views on two aspects: a. First, on the fair split of the tax burden to raise these funds; b. Second, on

how you think the government should spend these funds.

23. See Figure A-5

27. Some people think that the government (at the local, state, or federal level) should not care about

income differences between rich and poor people. Others think that the government should do every-

thing in its power to reduce income inequality. Rate on a scale of 1 to 7 on how you feel about this

issue, with 1 being the government should not concern itself with income inequality and 7 being the

government should do everything in its power to reduce income inequality.

Here are several things that the local, state, or federal government might do to reduce income differences

between rich and poor people. Please indicate if you favor or oppose them. Keep in mind that, in

order to finance an expansion of any of these, other types of spending (like spending on infrastructure

and defense, for example) would have to be scaled down or taxes would have to be raised.

28. Would you say that you strongly favor, favor, neither favor nor oppose, oppose or strongly oppose

increasing income support programs for the poor?

Strongly favor; favor; neither favor nor oppose; oppose; strongly oppose

31. How much of the time do you think you can trust our federal government to do what is right?

Almost always; A lot of the time; Not very often; Almost never

32. By taking this survey, you are automatically enrolled in a lottery to win $1000. In a few days you will

know whether you won the $1000. The payment will be made to you in the same way as your regular

survey pay, so no further action is required on your part. In case you won, would you be willing to

donate part or all of your $1000 gain for a good cause? Below you will find 2 charities which help

people in the U.S. deal with the hurdles of everyday life. You can enter how many dollars out of your

$1000 gain you would like to donate to each of them. If you are one of the lottery winners, you will

Feeding America: ... ; The Salvation Army: ...

Figure A-7: Eliciting Perceptions on the Origin of Immigrants

33. See Figure 1

34. The map here shows you the main regions of the world. The pie chart below represents all legal

IMMIGRANTS currently living in the U.S.. Where do you think these immigrants come from? Move

the sliders to indicate how many out of every 100 immigrants come from each region, in your opinion.

As you move the sliders, the pie chart will adjust to show your responses, reflecting the colors of the

[See Figure A-7]

35. Think again about all of the legal immigrants currently living in the U.S.. What do you think is their

religion? Fill in the boxes below to indicate how many out of every 100 immigrants you think practice

each religion.

Christianity ...; Islam ...; Buddhism ...; Hinduism ...; Other Religions/Atheist ...

36. Out of every 100 people born in the U.S. how many are currently unemployed? By unemployed we

mean people who are currently not working but searching for a job (and maybe unable to find one).

Now let’s compare this to the number of unemployed among legal immigrants. Out of every 100 legal

immigrants how many do you think are currently unemployed?

39. Out of every 100 people born in the U.S., how many live below the poverty line? The poverty line is

the estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life.

Let’s compare this to poverty among legal immigrants. Out of every 100 legal immigrants in the U.S.

today, how many do you think live below the poverty line?

40. Some people think that the government (at the local, state, or federal level) should only support people

who were born in the U.S.. Others think that the government should care equally about all the people

living in the country, regardless of their country of origin and regardless of whether they are born in

the U.S.. Rate on a scale of 1 to 7 on how you feel about this issue, with 1 being the government

should focus on supporting people born in the U.S. and 7 being the government should care equally

about everyone.

try and decrease a bit the number permitted to come in; The number of legal immigrants today is not

a problem. We should keep letting in the same number of immigrants each year as until now; The

number of legal immigrants today is not a problem at all. We should let even more legal immigrants

come live in the U.S. and increase the number that is permitted to come every year

42. In your view, how soon after arriving should immigrants be entitled to government assistance such as

Medicaid, food stamps, or welfare on the same basis as citizens?

Immediately, as soon as they arrive; 1 year after; 3 years after; 5 or more years after; only after they

receive citizenship; never

43. As you may know, once immigrants who come into the country receive U.S. citizenship, they are allowed

to vote in all local, state, and federal elections. In your view, when should immigrants who come into

2 years after arriving; 5 years after arriving; 10 years after arriving; 20 years after arriving; They