Summary
This poll, fielded August 25-28, 2005, was undertaken to assess respondents' opinions on issues such as President George W. Bush's job performance on the war in Iraq, terrorism, gas prices, social security, the economy, abortion, and immigration. Respondents were asked similar questions regarding Congress. The survey contained questions concerning terrorist threats and the war in Iraq, including whether or not respondents felt troops should be withdrawn. Related questions asked for respondents' opinions regarding Cindy Sheehan and war protests. The survey also asked for opinions on the nomination of John J. Roberts to the Supreme Court, abortion, immigration, gasoline prices, and gay marriage. Respondents were also queried on how they felt about the Democratic Party's actions on the war, Roberts' nomination, and President Bush's policies. Demographic information includes political affiliation, political ideology, education, age, religious affiliation, military status, sex, race, and income.
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Subject Terms
Geographic Coverage
Time Period(s)
2005-08
Date of Collection
2005-08-25 -- 2005-08-28
Data Collection Notes
(1) Additional information about sampling, interviewing, and sampling error may be found in the codebook. (2) System missing values were recoded to -1. (3) FIPS and ZIP variables were recoded for confidentiality. (4) Value labels for unknown/missing codes were added in MSA, CBSATYPE, CSA, METRODIV, CNTYSIZE, USR, and RELNET variables. (5) The variable CASEID was created for use with online analysis.
Sample
Households were selected by random-digit dialing. Within households, the respondent selected was the adult living in the household who last had a birthday and who was home at the time of the interview.
Universe
Persons aged 18 and over living in households with telephones in the contiguous 48 United States.
Unit(s) of Observation
individual
survey data
Mode of Data Collection
telephone interview
Original Release Date
2007-03-08
Version Date
2007-03-08
Notes
Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.
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