New Soviet Citizen Survey, 1992: Monitoring Political Change (ICPSR 6574)

Version Date: Mar 30, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
Arthur H. Miller; William Reisinger; Vicki T. Hesli

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06574.v1

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Summary

This study consists of interviews conducted in Russia, Lithuania, and Ukraine with approximately 3,000 citizens -- both in the general population and opinion leaders or elites. Respondents in the general population (Part 1) were queried concerning issues they faced on a daily basis, including their satisfaction with their lives, their economic status, and their interest in politics. Information was gathered on their attitudes toward Communism, the police, the media, and residents of Russia, Lithuania, and Ukraine. In addition, respondents provided opinions concerning which organizations should deal with the environment, school, employment, and defense, and commented on the views of Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Ruslan Khasbulatov with respect to guaranteed work. Other issues addressed included the role of women, crime, legislation and decision-making, and goals of the country. The elite respondents (Part 2) were asked to comment on various aspects of politics and society, including problems and challenges their state was facing (such as public health and welfare, crime, and economic stability), what qualities characterize a good legislator or administrator, and the status of political authority and levels of power for political figures. Opinion leaders also provided information on their feelings toward the media, the Communist Party, religious organizations including the Catholic Church, the ministers of government, and the United States. In addition, these respondents commented on income limitations, political party competition, minority rights, and the role of women. Demographic variables common to both sets of data include age, education, gender, native and other languages, religion, and occupation.

Citation

Miller, Arthur H., Reisinger, William, and Hesli, Vicki T. New Soviet Citizen Survey, 1992: Monitoring Political Change. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-03-30. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06574.v1

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Funding

National Science Foundation (SES-9009698)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1992-06-17 -- 1992-07-17

Date of Collection

1992-06-17 -- 1992-07-17

Data Collection Notes

  1. The General Population and Elite data files cannot be linked. In addition, within each data file, the variables for male and female are not consistent across states.

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Sample

Random sample.

Universe

All registered voters in Lithuania, Ukraine, and the portion of Russia west of the Ural mountains.

Data Source

personal interviews

Data Type(s)

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Original Release Date

1995-12-20

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:
  • Miller, Arthur H., William Reisinger, and Vicki T. Hesli. New Soviet Citizen Survey, 1992: Monitoring Political Change. ICPSR06574-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-01-29. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06574.v1

2006-03-30 File CB6574.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

2000-02-21 The codebook has been converted into PDF format and the SPSS export files, previously corrupted, have been replaced. In addition, revised versions of the SAS and SPSS data definition statements are now available.

1995-12-20 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR 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, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Standardized missing values.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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