Description & Citation--Study No. 4621

 

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:4621
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04621
 
Title:CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #1, August 2006
 
Principal Investigator(s):CBS News
 
  The New York Times
 
Series:CBS News/New York Times Poll Series
 
Bibliographic Citation:CBS News/The New York Times. CBS NEWS/NEW YORK TIMES MONTHLY POLL #1, AUGUST 2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR04621-v1. New York, NY: CBS News [producer], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-02-27. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04621
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This poll, conducted August 11-13, 2006, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way George W. Bush was handling a variety of issues including the presidency and the campaign against terrorism, what was the most important problem facing the country, and which political party was more likely to ensure a strong economy and make the right decisions when dealing with terrorism. Opinions were collected on whether the federal government had done all it reasonably could to improve airport security since September 11, 2001, how effective government screenings of United States airplane passengers were in stopping terrorist threats, whether respondents were afraid of flying in an airplane, and whether it was necessary to regulate carrying liquids and other items onto airplanes. Respondents were asked whether they were more concerned that the government would fail to enact strong anti-terrorism laws or that it would enact new anti-terrorism laws that excessively restricted civil liberties, whether the planned attacks on planes leaving from England represented a major terrorist threat to the United States or to England, and how likely Arab Americans, Muslims, and immigrants from the Middle East would be singled out unfairly in the United States. A series of questions asked whether the war in Iraq was a part of the war on terrorism, whether the United States was winning the war on terrorism, and whether respondents thought the United states did the right thing in taking military action against Iraq. Additional questions addressed the topic of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, the war against terrorism, and the al Qaeda terrorist network. Demographic information includes voter registration status and participation history, political party affiliation, political philosophy, marital status, sex, religious preference, education level, age, household income, race, whether respondents had any children under the age of 18, and the presence of household members between the ages of 18 and 24.
 
Subject Term(s):airport security, al Qaeda, Arab Americans, Bush Administration (George W. 2001-2009), Bush, George W., civil liberties, Democratic Party (USA), federal government, immigration, Iraq War, national security, presidency, presidential performance, public opinion, Republican Party (USA), terrorism, terrorist threat
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:August 2006
 
Date(s) of Collection:August 11, 2006 - August 13, 2006
 
Unit of Observation:individual
 
Universe:Persons aged 18 and over living in households with telephones in the contiguous 48 United States.
 
Data Type:survey data
 
Data Collection Notes:The data available for download are not weighted, and users will need to weight the data prior to analysis.
 
  The CASEID variable was reformatted in order to make it a unique identifier.
 
  The value label for code 38 in variable Q5 was assumed to be outdated and was changed to refer to the president in office at the time of the survey.
 
  Truncated value labels in Q5 and EDUC were corrected.
 

Methodology

Sample:A variation of random-digit dialing using primary sampling units (PSUs) was employed, consisting of blocks of 100 telephone numbers identical through the eighth digit and stratified by geographic region, area code, and size of place. Within households, respondents were selected using a method developed by Leslie Kish and modified by Charles Backstrom and Gerald Hursh (see Backstrom and Hursh, SURVEY RESEARCH. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1963).
 
Weight:The data contain weights that should be used for analysis.
 
Mode of Data Collection:telephone interview
 

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:2008-02-27
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #1, August 2006