CBS News "48 Hours" Gun Poll, March 1989 (ICPSR 9233)
Principal Investigator(s): CBS News
Summary: This data collection is a nationwide survey of issues surrounding assault weapons. Topics covered include legislation regulating the importation, sale, and manufacture of assault weapons, the sale and use of handguns, and the National Rifle Association. Respondents also were asked to rate the performance of George Bush as president and to specify what they thought was the most important problem facing the country. Background information on respondents includes political party affiliation, sex, a... (more info)
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Citation
CBS News. CBS News "48 Hours" Gun Poll, March 1989. ICPSR09233-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2009-04-03. doi:10.3886/ICPSR09233.v2
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09233.v2
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Scope of Study
Summary: This data collection is a nationwide survey of issues surrounding assault weapons. Topics covered include legislation regulating the importation, sale, and manufacture of assault weapons, the sale and use of handguns, and the National Rifle Association. Respondents also were asked to rate the performance of George Bush as president and to specify what they thought was the most important problem facing the country. Background information on respondents includes political party affiliation, sex, age, education, firearm ownership, and race.
Subject Terms: assault weapons, Bush, George H.W., gun legislation, gun regulation, handguns, National Rifle Association, presidency, presidential performance, public opinion, weapons
Geographic Coverage: United States
Time Period:
- 1989-03-15
Date of Collection:
- 1989-03-15
Universe: Adults aged 18 and over in the United States.
Data Types: survey data
Data Collection Notes:
This file contains a weight variable that must be used in any analysis.
Methodology
Sample: Stratified random digit dialing.
Data Source:
telephone interviews
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- Created variable labels and/or value labels.
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Original ICPSR Release: 1990-05-01
Version History:
- 2009-04-03 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups have been added to this data collection.
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