Washington Post Mayor Barry Verdict Poll, August 1990 (ICPSR 9555)

Version Date: May 5, 2015

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Principal Investigator(s):
The Washington Post

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09555.v2

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Summary

This data collection focuses on issues related to the verdict in District of Columbia's mayor Marion Barry's trial. Respondents were asked if they thought Barry had received a fair trial, if the jury had done a good job, and if the federal government's investigation that led to Barry's indictment was racially motivated. They were also asked if they thought the news coverage of the Barry case had been generally fair, if the trial increased or decreased racial tensions in the District, and if Barry should have to serve some time in jail. Other questions investigated opinions on whether Barry should run for mayor or city council, whether he should be re-tried on some of the charges that the jury could not reach a verdict on, whether he should resign, and whether United States Attorney Jay Stephens should resign. Demographic variables include information on respondents' registered voter status, section of residence in the District, age, education, race, sex, and income.

Citation

The Washington Post. Washington Post Mayor Barry Verdict Poll, August 1990. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2015-05-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09555.v2

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

district

Distributor(s)

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

1990-08-11

Date of Collection

1990-08-11

Data Collection Notes

  1. A weight variable (WEIGHT) is included that must be used in any analysis.

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Sample

Households were selected by random digit dialing. Within each household, the respondent selected was the adult living in the household who last had a birthday, was at home at the time of the interview, and was a resident of the District.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

Adults aged 18 and over living in households with telephones in the District of Columbia.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

1991-05-03

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:
  • The Washington Post. Washington Post Mayor Barry Verdict Poll, August 1990. ICPSR09555-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2015-05-05. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09555.v2

2015-05-05 SPSS, SAS, and Stata setup files, as well as SPSS and Stata system files, a SAS transport (CPORT) file, a tab-delimited data file, and an R data file have been added to the collection. The codebook was updated.

1991-05-03 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:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Weight

A weight variable (WEIGHT) is included and must be used in any analysis.

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Notes