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Description & Citation--Study No. 3300

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:3300
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03300
 
Title:ABC News/Washington Post Anthrax Poll, October 2001
 
Principal Investigator(s):ABC News
 
  The Washington Post
 
Series:ABC News/Washington Post Poll Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:ABC News/The Washington Post. ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST ANTHRAX POLL, OCTOBER 2001 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Horsham, PA: Taylor Nelson Sofres Intersearch [producer], 2001. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. doi:10.3886/ICPSR03300
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This special topic poll, conducted October 15, 2001, was undertaken to assess respondents' reactions to and feelings about the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, DC, the United States' war on terrorism, and the recent letters contaminated with anthrax bacteria being distributed through the mail. Respondents were asked how they viewed President George W. Bush and his handling of the United States' campaign against terrorism, whether they believed that the United States government was doing all it could to prevent further terrorist attacks against America, and whether they were concerned about the possibility that there would be more major terrorist attacks in the United States. A series of questions focusing on the anthrax attacks queried respondents on whether they were concerned that they or someone close to them would be a victim of an anthrax attack, how confident they were in the ability of the United States government to respond effectively to a large-scale biological or chemical attack in the United States, and how accurate they thought news media reports on the anthrax situation were. In addition, respondents were asked whether they had purchased or intended to purchase a supply of antibiotics in case of a biological attack, and, if they had purchased antibiotics, what brand they bought. Those queried were asked to assess their level of concern that the United States war on terrorism would grow into a broader war between the United States and its allies and the Arab and Muslim world, and whether the United States was doing all it reasonably could to avoid civilian casualties as a result of the military action in Afghanistan. Background information on respondents includes gender and political party.
 
Subject Term(s):Afghanistan War, anthrax, attitudes, biological weapons, Bush Administration (George W.2001-2009), Bush, George W., chemical weapons, counterterrorism, fear, government performance, international conflict, media coverage, military intervention, personal security, public opinion, terrorism, terrorist attacks, terrorist threat
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:October 2001
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:The data are provided as an SPSS portable file.
 
  This collection has not been processed by ICPSR staff. ICPSR is distributing the data and documentation for this collection in essentially the same form in which they were received. When appropriate, documentation has been converted to Portable Document Format (PDF), data files have been converted to non-platform-specific formats, and variables have been recoded to ensure respondents' anonymity.
 

Methodology

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2001-10-31
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: ABC News/Washington Post Anthrax Poll, October 2001
 

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