The Evangelical Voter in the United States, 1983 (ICPSR 8354)

Published: Feb 23, 2007

Principal Investigator(s):
Stuart Rothenberg; Frank Newport

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08354.v1

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Project Description

Summary

Self-identified Christian voters were interviewed in this survey. Interviewers probed for responses on a variety of political issues, as well as for religious opinions and behavior. Political issues included the nuclear freeze, the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion, prayer in schools, U.S. intervention and aid in Central America, and defense spending. Other data include voting behavior in the 1980 Presidential election, projected voting in the 1984 election, and opinions of various public figures and religious groups. The importance of religious views in the selection of political candidates was assessed by each individual, in addition to opinions and experiences concerning the involvement of religious leaders with politics. Information was also gathered on religious behavior such as church attendance and watching religious television programs. Data on sex, race, educational level, occupation, income, and political party registration are included.

Citation

Rothenberg, Stuart, and Newport, Frank. The Evangelical Voter in the United States, 1983. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-02-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08354.v1

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Funding

Free Congress Foundation

Subject Terms

abortion arms race defense expenditures Equal Rights Amendment foreign affairs foreign aid foreign policy group political orientation international affairs political attitudes and behavior political issues political party preference religion voting attitudes and behavior

Geographic Coverage

United States

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1983-07-15 -- 1983-07-19

Date of Collection

1983-07-15 -- 1983-07-19

Methodology

Sample

In a national, random-digit dial sample of telephone households, questions concerning religious beliefs were used to screen for persons fitting a specific definition of "evangelical" Christians. The sample includes--but is not limited to--both Protestants and Catholics, and includes a large number of persons identifying themselves as being "born again."

Universe

All telephone households in the 48 contiguous United States.

Data Source

telephone interviews

Data Type(s)

survey data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1986-04-28

Version Date

2007-02-23

Version History

2007-02-23 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files have been added to this data collection.

Notes

Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions.
The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented.

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