3-okcupid_codebook.txt

NAME: San Francisco OKCupid Users
TYPE: Volunteered sample
SIZE: 59946 cases (users active on 2012/06/30 who had active accounts on 2012/06/26), 32 variables


DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT: This dataset was created with the use of a python script that pulled the data from public profiles on
www.okcupid.com. It has an n=59946, which includes people within a 25 mile radius of San Francisco, who were online in the last year
(06/30/2011), with at least one profile picture.

SOURCES: Data scraped from public profiles on www.okcupid.com on 06/30/2012. Permission to use this data was obtained from OkCupid
president and co-founder Christian Rudder under the condition that the dataset remains public.

VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS: Missing data is blank. Some variables have two factors, which are denoted in this codebook by a semicolon (e.g.
"graduated from; two-year college) though they are found without punctuation in the dataset. Details for specific variables are found in
parenthesis.

body_type- rather not say, thin, overweight, skinny, average, fit, athletic, jacked, a little extra, curvy, full figured, used up

diet- mostly/strictly; anything, vegetarian, vegan, kosher, halal, other

drinks- very often, often, socially, rarely, desperately, not at all

drugs- never, sometimes, often

education- graduated from, working on, dropped out of; high school, two-year college, university, masters program, law school, med school,
Ph.D program, space camp

ethnicity- Asian, middle eastern, black, native American, indian, pacific islander, Hispanic/latin, white, other

height- inches

income- (US $, -1 means rather not say) -1, 20000, 30000, 40000, 50000, 60000 70000, 80000, 100000, 150000, 250000, 500000, 1000000,

job- student, art/music/writing, banking/finance, administration, technology, construction, education, entertainment/media, management,
hospitality, law, medicine, military, politics/government, sales/marketing, science/engineering, transportation, unemployed, other, rather
not say, retire

offspring- has a kid, has kids, doesnt have a kid, doesn't want kids; ,and/,but might want them, wants them, doesnt want any, doesnt want
more

orientation- straight, gay, bisexual

pets- has dogs, likes dogs, dislikes dogs; and has cats, likes cats, dislikes cats

religion- agnosticism, atheism, Christianity, Judaism, Catholicism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Other; and very serious about it, and
somewhat serious about it, but not too serious about it, and laughing about it

sex- m, f

sign- aquarius, pices, aries, Taurus, Gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpio, saggitarius, Capricorn; but it doesn’t matter, and it
matters a lot, and it’s fun to think about

smokes- yes, sometimes, when drinking, trying to quit, no

speaks- English (fluently, okay, poorly). Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Basque, Belarusan, Bengali, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan,
Cebuano, Chechen, Chinese, C++, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Estonian, Farsi, Finnish, French, Frisian, Georgian, German,
Greek, Gujarati, Ancient Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ilongo, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean,
Latin, Latvian, LISP, Lithuanian, Malay, Maori, Mongolian, Norwegian, Occitan, Other, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Rotuman,
Russian, Sanskrit, Sardinian, Serbian, Sign Language, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish,
Ukranian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish (fluently, okay, poorly)

status- single, seeing someone, married, in an open relationship

essay0- My self summary essay1- What I'm doing with my life essay2- I'm really good at essay3- The first thing people usually notice about
me essay4- Favorite books, movies, show, music, and food essay5- The six things I could never do without essay6- I spend a lot of time
thinking about essay7- On a typical Friday night I am essay8- The most private thing I am willing to admit essay9- You should message me
if...

SPECIAL NOTES: All essay questions are fill-in the blank, answers are not summarized here.