CodeBook Codes for Surveys:
1. R = Right handed person
2. L = Left handed person
3. Amb = Ambidextrous
4. G = Grandmother served as teacher
5. M = Mom served as teacher
6. D = Dad served as teacher
7. P = Both parents served as teachers
8. T = School teacher served as teacher
9. GP’s = Both grandparents served as teachers
10. * (handwritten star shape) = try to contact person to follow up with interview
Main Codes:
1. F = Forced to write with right hand
2. TILT = When taught was told to tilt page certain way
3. HP = Particular hand position was advised
4. KF = Knows someone that believes in forcing right handedness
5. KT = knowledgeable about the left being “sinister” or “feminine” or “evil”
6. WR = told writing was wrong at any point in life
7. C/D = right is clean hand, left used for dirty jobs
8. PR = has encountered problems due to being left handed
9. PUN = punished for deviation
10. UO = use of other hand when not in school
11. AL = ambidextrous but lost ability
12. SC = change in society- movement towards accepting left handed people
