nmm 22 4500 ICPSR04614 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130619s2007 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR04614 MiAaI MiAaI CBS News Monthly Poll #1, April 2006 [electronic resource] CBS News 2007-12-20 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2007 ICPSR 4614 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-06-19. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. This poll, conducted April 6-9, 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 to give their opinions on the current direction of the country, the most important problem the country is facing, the national economy, and to rate the job performance of the United States Congress. Respondents were also asked about the way George W. Bush was handling certain issues, such as the economy, immigration, the war in Iraq, and terrorism, whether or not they approved of his overall job performance, and whether or not he and his policies would affect the way they would vote in Congressional elections. The next section of the survey addressed immigration, legal and illegal immigrants, amnesty, and a security fence between the United States and Mexico. The survey also contained questions about Pope Benedict XVI, the Catholic clergy, various religious groups, Creationism, the Bible, and the respondent's religious background, beliefs, and practices. Respondents were then asked for their opinions on the Republican and Democratic parties, and the war in and the future of Iraq. Additional questions solicited information on whether or not the respondents or someone they knew had served in Iraq, as well as the respondents' television news viewing habits. Background information on respondents includes military service, voter registration status, party identification, marital status, sex, religious preference, education record, age, ethnicity, and income. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04614.v1 abortion icpsr amnesty icpsr Bible icpsr Bush Administration (George W., 2001-2009) icpsr Bush, George W. icpsr Catholic Church icpsr Catholicism icpsr clergy icpsr Creationism icpsr Democratic Party (USA) icpsr immigrants icpsr immigration icpsr income tax icpsr Iraq War icpsr Islam icpsr Kerry, John icpsr Nader, Ralph icpsr national economy icpsr Pope Benedict XVI icpsr presidential performance icpsr religious behavior icpsr religious beliefs icpsr religious denominations icpsr Republican Party (USA) icpsr television news icpsr terrorism icpsr United States Congress icpsr United States House of Representatives icpsr voting behavior icpsr ICPSR XIV.C.1. Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes, Public Opinion on Political Matters, United States TPDRC I. Terrorism CBS News Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 4614 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04614.v1 nmm 22 4500 ICPSR03471 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130619s2002 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR03471 MiAaI MiAaI National Congregations Study, 1998 and 2006 [Cumulative File] [electronic resource] Mark A. Chaves 2009-11-17 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2002 ICPSR 3471 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-06-19. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. The current cumulative National Congregations Survey (NCS) includes Wave I and Wave II data. Wave I consists of interviews conducted in 1998, and Wave II consists of interviews conducted in 2006-07, including a panel component comprising re-interviews of a sample of congregations who participated in Wave I. The NCS elicited from respondents a description of their religious congregation, including its membership, the content of its worship service, and its other activities. NCS sample congregations were selected using hypernetwork sampling: respondents of the 1998 and 2006 General Social Survey (GSS) who said that they attended religious services at least once a year were asked to report the name and location of their congregation, as well as an informed contact person. These congregations comprised the sample for the current study. Interviews with congregational informants took place via telephone or in person if necessary, and most of the informants were clergy. Respondents were asked to describe their position, the year the congregation had been founded, when it began worshipping in its current location, and whether it was formally affiliated with a denomination or a local association of congregations. Informants also described the type of building in which the congregation met, whether it belonged to the congregation, and whether visitors came just to view the building's architecture or artwork. Respondents were asked for the number of members, participating nonmembers and full- and part-time staff, how many participated regularly, the number of worship services, and the demographic characteristics of members and the congregation's head or senior leader. They also described the worship service, including it's length, languages used, attendance, whether the congregation sang, engaged in silent prayer or meditation, applauded, used incense in the services, or worshipped jointly with another congregation, among other activities. Informants listed and described programs sponsored by the congregation other than the main worship services, including religious education classes, musical groups, groups meeting around social justice, neighborhood, or community issues, vacation or summer religious schools, and groups to help people with substance abuse problems. Informants indicated whether meetings for purposes such as discussing people's problems or concerns at work, praying or meditating, discussing race relations, or taking an overnight trip had occurred in the past 12 months. Respondents also described the congregation's participation in social service, community development, or neighborhood organizing projects such as disaster relief programs, programs for victims of rape or domestic violence, cleaning highways or parks, programs focused on physical health needs, and recreational programs. Information was given in regards to the congregation's budget, the source of its funding, and recipients of the congregation's funds. In addition, informants were asked to describe the congregation's political and theological leanings from "more on the conservative side" to "more on the liberal side," and whether the congregation had rules or norms governing certain behaviors. Finally, nearly all congregations were placed within a census tract, enabling the inclusion of selected census variables in the data file. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03471.v2 church attendance icpsr abortion icpsr census tract level icpsr charitable donations icpsr Christianity icpsr church buildings icpsr church groups icpsr church membership icpsr clergy icpsr community involvement icpsr community participation icpsr advocacy icpsr demographic characteristics icpsr ethnic groups icpsr euthanasia icpsr expenditures icpsr financial support icpsr gender roles icpsr Hinduism icpsr Islam icpsr Judaism icpsr leadership icpsr African Americans icpsr memberships icpsr mosques icpsr nonprofit organizations icpsr outreach programs icpsr political ideologies icpsr Protestants icpsr religion icpsr religious affiliation icpsr religious behavior icpsr religious beliefs icpsr AIDS icpsr religious congregations icpsr religious denominations icpsr social activism icpsr social behavior icpsr social conflict icpsr social issues icpsr social support icpsr volunteers icpsr worship icpsr young adults icpsr altruism icpsr youths icpsr anti-abortion movement icpsr associations icpsr budgets icpsr Catholics icpsr ICPSR XVII.B. Social Institutions and Behavior, Religion Chaves, Mark A. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 3471 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03471.v2