Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Poll # 2008-PRIOR1: Health Priorities 1--Americans' Views of the Medical Care System, United States, 2008 (ICPSR 38370)
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International Communications Research (ICR)
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR38370.v1
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This collection includes variable-level metadata of Poll # 2008-PRIOR1: Health Priorities 1--Americans' Views of the Medical Care System, a survey from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by ICR-International Communications Research. Topics covered in this survey include:
- Nation's system to protect against health threats
- United States health care system
- National health insurance
- Respondent's personal medical care
- Ability to afford medical bills
- Local institutions
- Personal information regarding respondent
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The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092332]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 131 variables from this survey are available through the ICPSR social science variable database and can be accessed from the Variables tab.
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- Please visit the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research website for more information on Poll # 2008-PRIOR1: Health Priorities 1--Americans' Views of the Medical Care System.
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The sample includes 1,072 national adults. Of those, 109 were African American and 110 were Hispanic. The margin of error is +/- 3.4 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.
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