ABC News/Washington Post Race Relations Poll, February-March 1981 (ICPSR 8010)
Principal Investigator(s): ABC News; The Washington Post
Summary:
This survey, conducted by Chilton Research Services under the direction of B. Sussman of the Washington Post and J. Alderman of ABC News, covers both racial attitudes and attitudes toward immigrants. Topics concerning racial attitudes include crime, education, discrimination, employment, and government policies. Areas of investigation regarding attitudes toward immigrants focus on quality of life, government assistance, and employment opportunities. Background information on respondents includes age, gender, marital status, occupation, race, and religious affiliation.
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Citation
ABC News/Washington Post. ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST RACE RELATIONS POLL, FEBRUARY-MARCH 1981. Conducted by Chilton Research Services. 2nd ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1997. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08010.v2
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08010.v2
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Scope of Study
Subject Terms: crime, education, employment, ethnic discrimination, government programs, immigrants, policies and procedures, public opinion, quality of life, racial attitudes
Geographic Coverage: United States
Time Period:
- 1981-02-26--1981-03-06
Date of Collection:
- 1981-02-26--1981-03-06
Data Types: survey data
Methodology
Sample: An oversample of Blacks was obtained by recontacting a sample of self-identified Blacks from previous studies.
Data Source:
telephone interviews
Version(s)
Original ICPSR Release: 1984-03-18
Version History:
- 1997-09-11 SAS and SPSS data definition statements were prepared for this collection, and the codebook has been converted to a machine-readable PDF file. Also, a reformatted logical record length data file is now available.
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