Civil Defense and Foreign Affairs, 1978 (ICPSR 8553)

Published: Feb 16, 1992

Principal Investigator(s):
Jiri Nehnevajsa

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08553.v1

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Project Description

Summary

These data were collected in a national survey designed to examine attitudes of American citizens towards civil defense and emergency management. They provide indicators of public opinion on foreign affairs, nuclear weapons, nuclear war, disarmament, emergency shelters, federal spending, evacuation and natural disasters. Ecological variables are appended to each record which characterize respondents as residing in Department of Defense defined risk areas.

Citation

Nehnevajsa, Jiri. Civil Defense and Foreign Affairs, 1978. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08553.v1

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Funding

Civil Defense Administration (OMB-120-S78002)

Subject Terms

arms race defense expenditures disarmament foreign affairs government services nuclear war nuclear weapons public health public opinion war weapons systems

Geographic Coverage

United States

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1978

Data Collection Notes

Variables for PSU and county identification are overlaid with zeroes to guarantee confidentiality.

Methodology

Sample

Stratified national probability sample.

Universe

United States

Data Source

personal interviews

Data Type(s)

survey data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1986-11-07

Version Date

1992-02-16

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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