Information about the codebooks and data analysis used in historical Kinsey Institute studies.
Data & codebooks
Codebooks
Please note: the codebooks and interview schedules listed below are historical documents and are not available in digital format. Documents marked PDF are available upon request but have not been digitized for accessibility. Other documents are available on-site at the Kinsey Institute in Bloomington.
Kinsey interviews
- The Kinsey Interview Kit: Codebook, 2nd ed. (compiled and edited by Thomas G. Albright, 1991, 2006) and The Kinsey Interview Kit, (compiled and edited by Joan Scherer Brewer, 1985).
- Kinsey Codebook (PDF)
- Kinsey Interview Kit (PDF)
- Blanchard, Ray, and Bogaert, Anthony F. "Biodemographic comparisons of homosexual and heterosexual men in the Kinsey interview data." Archives of Sexual Behavior 25(6):551-579, 1996.
- Gebhard, Paul H. and Johnson, Alan B. The Kinsey Data: Marginal Tabulations of the 1938-1963 Interviews Conducted by the Institute for Sex Research. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1979.
- Youth Cultures and Aspects of the Socialization Process. (W. Simon & J. H. Gagnon, 1967)
- Interview schedule/codebook (PDF)
- Studies in Personal Adjustment. (P. Gebhard, 1967)
- Interview schedule/codebook (PDF)
- Interview Schedule. (M.S. Weinberg, 1969)
- Interview schedule/codebook (PDF)
- A Study of Socialization, 1969-70. (A. Bell & M. Weinberg)
- Interview schedule/codebook (PDF)
- Parents' Questionnaire. (Bell & Weinberg) [interview schedule & codebook].
- Sibling Questionnaire. (Bell & Weinberg) [interview schedule & codebook].
- Bell, Alan P., Weinberg, M., and Hammersmith, S. Sexual Preference: Its Development in Men and Women: Statistical Appendix. Bloomington, IN: Indiana U. Press, 1981.
- Attitude Study. (A. D. Klassen & E. E. Levitt, 1970)
- Interview schedule/codebook (PDF)
- SPSS data dictionary (PDF)
- Questions for Spinal Cord Injured. (P. Gebhard, J. Donohue, & Lois Perkins, 1978)
- Questions for Able Bodied Partners of Spinal Cord Injured. (Gebhard, Donohue, & Perkins)
- Spinal cord injury questionairres (PDF)
Other published materials
Chicago College Youth Study - NORC Survey #4020
- Simon, W., Berger, A., and Gagnon, J. "Beyond anxiety and fantasy: The coital experiences of college youth." Journal of Youth and Adolescence 1(3):203-222, 1972.
- Spanier, Graham B. "Sources of sex information and premarital sexual behavior."Journal of Sex Research 13(2):73-88, May 1977.
- Weinberg, Martin S., and Williams, C.J. Male Homosexuals: Their Problems and Adaptations. NY: Oxford U. Press, 1974.
- Fay, Robert E., et al. "Prevalence and patterns of same-gender sexual contact among gay men." Science 243: 338-348, Jan 30, 1989.
- Klassen, Albert D., Williams, C.J., & Levitt, E.E. Sex and Morality in the United States, ed. by H.J. O'Gorman. Middleton, CT: Wesleyan U. Press, 1989.
- Levitt, Eugene E., and Klassen, A.D. "Public attitudes toward homosexuality: Part of the 1970 National Survey by the Institute for Sex Research," Journal of Homosexuality1(1):29-43, Fall 1974.
- Donohue, John, and Gebhard, P. "The Kinsey Institute/Indiana University Report on Sexuality and Spinal Cord Injury." Sexuality and Disability 13(1):7-85, 1995. Special Issue.
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