ABC News/Washington Post Gays in the Military Poll, January 1993 (ICPSR 6178)

Version Date: Jul 31, 2008

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ABC News; The Washington Post

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06178.v1

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Summary

This special topic poll focused on the issue of homosexuals in the military. Respondents were asked if gays should be allowed to serve in the military, if they felt strongly about this matter, and, if opposed to gays serving in the military, the main reason they opposed it. Those surveyed were also asked if people who joined the military should be asked if they were gay, whether they approved of President Bill Clinton's handling of the issue of gays in the military, and whether Clinton had spent too much time on the issue. Additional questions concerned Clinton's appointment of his wife Hillary as head of a task force on health care reform, and her role in the Clinton Administration. Background information on respondents includes political party, age, sex, presence of a veteran of the United States armed forces in the household, and whether any close friends or relatives were homosexual.

Citation

ABC News, and The Washington Post. ABC News/Washington Post Gays in the Military Poll, January 1993. [distributor], 2008-07-31. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06178.v1

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Time Period(s)

1993-01-26

Date of Collection

1993-01-26

Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) A weight variable with two implied decimal places has been included and must be used in any analysis.

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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 at home at the time of the interview.

Universe

Persons aged 18 and over living in households with telephones in the 48 contiguous United States.

Data Source

telephone interviews

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Original Release Date

1994-03-10

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:
  • ABC News/Washington Post. ABC NEWS/WASHINGTON POST GAYS IN THE MILITARY POLL, JANUARY 1993. Radnor, PA: Chilton Research Services [producer], 1993. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1993., 2008-07-31. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06178.v1

2008-07-31 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files have been added to this data collection.

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