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Assessment of a Program of Public Information on Health Care Reform, 1992-1993: [Wichita, Kansas, and Des Moines, Iowa] (ICPSR 6066)

Released/updated on: 1998-04-20

Geographic coverage: Des Moines, Wichita, Iowa, United States, Kansas

Time period: 1992-10-17--1993-01-28

The purpose of this data collection was to assess the impact on public opinion of an informational program on health care reform in the United States. This educational campaign, designed and carried out by the Public Agenda Foundation with the cooperation of various media and community organizations, was intended to inform the public in targeted communities about the condition of the United States health care system, particularly regarding cost and accessibility of health care, and various reform initiatives being debated by policymakers. A pre- and post-treatment survey design with controls was used. Surveys were conducted in Wichita, Kansas (the treatment community) before and after the program was administered in that city. Parallel surveys were conducted in Des Moines, Iowa (the control community), where the program was not introduced. In both cities, respondents were asked their opinions about the cost of health care, access to health care, and health care reform, including willingness to pay more taxes for health care. In addition, respondents were queried about the status of health insurance coverage for themselves and their families, and how satisfied they were with the health care services that they and their families had received in the last few years. The surveys also solicited opinions concerning other issues, such as crime and drug abuse, the economy and unemployment, race relations, the quality of public school education, pollution and the environment, alcoholism, and homelessness. Background information on respondents includes age, sex, marital status, education, employment, and family income.

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health Poll: America's Health Agenda, United States, 2011 (ICPSR 38376)

Released/updated on: 2022-03-09

Geographic coverage: United States

This catalog record includes detailed variable-level descriptions, enabling data discovery and comparison. The data are not archived at ICPSR. Users should consult the data owners (via the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research) directly for details on obtaining the data.

This collection includes variable-level metadata of America's Health Agenda, a survey from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health conducted by Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS). Topics covered in this survey include:

Rating local community's healthiness
Most threatening disease or health condition
Most important medical care system problems
Rating government illness prevention
Rating government health care systems
Preferred government size
Federal government health care priorities
Rating federal government health care performance
Contact with federal government health agencies
Overall national health changes
State government health priorities
Rating state government health care performance
Contact with state government health agencies
Overall state health changes
Local government health care priorities
Rating local government health care performance
Contact with local health agencies
Overall local health changes
Personal problems in past year
Spending money to save in the long run

The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092347]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 421 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.