ABC News "Nightline" Stock Market Poll, November 1987 (ICPSR 8886)

Published: Nov 30, 2006

Principal Investigator(s):
ABC News

Series:

ABC News/Washington Post Poll Series

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08886.v1

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Project Description

Summary

This survey focused on the stock market. Respondents were asked if they thought the economy was getting better or worse, whether they thought they would be better off financially one year from now, if they planned to spend more or less money than last year at Christmas, and whether stock market prices affected them personally. Additional questions pertained to the recent sharp drop in stock prices and its impact on the respondent, and the respondent's understanding of a number of terms used to describe the economy and the stock market (e.g., the Down Jones Industrial Average, federal budget and trade deficits, liquidity, "buying on margin," and bear and bull markets). The results of the poll were announced on the ABC television program "Nightline." Demographic characteristics of respondents are included.

Citation

ABC News. ABC News “Nightline” Stock Market Poll, November 1987. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-11-30. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08886.v1

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Subject Terms

consumer attitudes economic conditions expectations investments public opinion stock market conditions stock market returns stock markets stock prices

Geographic Coverage

United States

Scope of Project

Time Period(s)

1987-11

Date of Collection

1987-11-04 -- 1987-11-05

Methodology

Sample

Households were selected by random digit dialing.

Universe

The population of the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, aged 18 and over.

Data Source

telephone interviews

Data Type(s)

survey data

Version(s)

Original Release Date

1989-01-10

Version Date

2006-11-30

Version History

2006-11-30 SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files have been added to this data collection.

Notes

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