Description & Citation--Study No. 9215

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

09215

Title:

New York Times Stock Market Crash Survey, October-November 1987

Principal Investigator(s):

The New York Times

Bibliographic Citation:

The New York Times. New York Times Stock Market Crash Survey, October-November 1987 . ICPSR09215-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-02-17. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09215.v2

Scope of Study

Summary:

This survey measures the public's attitudes towards political issues and the stock market crash of October 1987. Questions asked of respondents include whether the recent stock market crash would lead to a recession, how they would assess the condition of the national economy, whether the respondent would vote for the Democratic or the Republican candidate in the 1988 presidential election, and whether the respondent owned stock or shares in a mutual fund that invested in the stock market. Background information on individuals includes party affiliation, age, income, sex, marital status, education, and race.

Subject Terms:

attitudes, economic conditions, national economy, political issues, presidential candidates, presidential elections, public opinion, recession, stock market crashes, stock markets, voting behavior

Geographic Coverage:

United States

Time Period:
  • 1987-10-29--1987-11-03

Date of Collection:
  • 1987-10-29--1987-11-03

Universe:

All adults in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.

Data Types:

survey data

Data Collection Notes:

The data contain blanks. There are multiple records per case.

Methodology

Sample:

Random sample.

Data Source:

telephone interviews

Extent of Processing:

All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.

Access and Availability

Note:

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:

1990-05-01

Version History:

  • 2009-02-17 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups have been added to this data collection.

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