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The 2001 Recession: How Was It Different and What Developments May Have Caused It? (ICPSR 1292)

Released/updated on: 2003-10-09

Geographic coverage: United States

The 2001 recession was unique in several respects. For instance, the peak-to-trough decline in real Gross Domestic Product was one of the smallest on record and its duration was slightly shorter than average. This article examines some of the other unique features of the 2001 recession compared with the "average" post-World War II recession. The author also shows that forecasters were surprised by the onset of the recession, perhaps because of incomplete data available to them in real time. Finally, the article examines the errors from a well-known macroeconomic forecast and finds that forecasters were surprised by the declines in real business and household fixed investment, as well as real net exports, before the March 2001 business cycle peak.

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

Released/updated on: 2006-11-30

Geographic coverage: United States

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.

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ABC News/Washington Post Monthly Poll, October 2008 (ICPSR 27326)

Released/updated on: 2010-03-15

Geographic coverage: United States

This poll, fielded October 8-11, 2008, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. A national sample of 1,101 adults was surveyed, including oversamples of African Americans and 18- to 29-year-olds, for a total of 150 African American respondents and 201 respondents aged 18 to 29 years. Respondents were asked whether the Democratic or Republican party could be trusted to do a better job coping with the main problems the nation would face over the next few years. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way George W. Bush was handling his job as president, whether things in the country were going in the right direction, and how concerned they were about the national economy. Views were sought on whether the Democratic or Republican party could be trusted to do a better job coping with the main problems the nation would face over the next few years. Respondents were also asked how closely they were following the 2008 presidential race, their opinions of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, for whom they would vote in the general election in November, which candidate had the best chance of getting elected, and how comfortable respondents would be with a president who was African American and a president over the age of 72. Economic topics addressed how concerned respondents were that they could maintain their current standard of living, the most difficult economic issue affecting their family, particularly personal finances, the stock market, and the ability to obtain bank loans. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, marital status, political party affiliation, voter registration status and participation history, political philosophy, education level, religious preference, military service, household income, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), and whether respondents considered themselves to be a born-again Christian.

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ABC News/Washington Post Monthly Poll, September 2008 (ICPSR 27328)

Released/updated on: 2010-04-08

Geographic coverage: United States

This poll, fielded September 19-22, 2008, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. A national sample of 1,082 adults was surveyed, including oversamples of African Americans for a total of 163 African American respondents. Respondents were asked whether the Democratic or Republican party could be trusted to do a better job coping with the main problems the nation would face over the next few years, whether things in the country were going in the right direction, and how concerned they were about the national economy. Respondents were also asked how closely they were following the 2008 presidential race, their opinions of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, their opinion of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, for whom they would vote in the general election in November, which candidate had the best chance of getting elected, and how comfortable respondents would be with a president who was African American or a president over the age of 72. Respondents identifying with the Democratic party, were asked for whom they originally voted for to be the party nominee: Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Economic topics addressed how concerned respondents were that they could maintain their current standard of living, the most difficult economic issue affecting their family, particularly personal finances, the stock market, and the ability to obtain bank loans. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, marital status, political party affiliation, voter registration status and participation history, political philosophy, education level, religious preference, military service, household income, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), home ownership and whether respondents considered themselves to be a born-again Christian.

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Aggregate Data, Regions of Russia (RoR), 1990-2010 (ICPSR 35355)

Released/updated on: 2014-10-14

Geographic coverage: Global, Russia

Time period: 1990-01-01--2010-01-01

The "Aggregate Data, Regions of Russia (RoR), 1990-2010" study is a collection of aggregate statistical data for the Russian regions, made available in English. It includes a large range of variables that characterize a wide scope of economic and social factors for the period from 1990 to 2010. This collection comprises data from 82 regions of Russia on topics including trade, production, demography, labor, investment, climate, crime, education, health care, culture, banks, insurance, services, communication, and many industries.

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Balance of Payments Statistics (ICPSR 8623)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: South America, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Paraguay, Kazakhstan, Syria, Solomon Islands, Bahamas, Gibralter, Montserrat, Mali, Marshall Islands, Panama, Guadeloupe, Laos, Argentina, Falkland Islands, Africa, Seychelles, Zambia, Belize, Bahrain, Guinea-Bissau, Namibia, Finland, Comoros, Faroe Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Yemen, Eritrea, China (Peoples Republic), Madagascar, Aruba, Ivory Coast, Libya, Sweden, Malawi, Poland, Jordan, Bulgaria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Tuvalu, Kenya, French Polynesia, Lebanon, Djibouti, Brunei, Azerbaijan, Cuba, Czech Republic, Mauritania, Saint Lucia, Israel, San Marino, Australia, Soviet Union, Tajikistan, Myanmar, Cameroon, Cyprus, Bermuda Islands, Malaysia, North America, Iceland, Global, Oman, Armenia, Gabon, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg, Brazil, Algeria, Slovenia, Antigua and Barbuda, Ecuador, Colombia, Moldova, Vanuatu, Italy, Honduras, Micronesia (Federated States), Nauru, Haiti, Afghanistan, Burundi, Singapore, French Guiana, Korea (North), American Samoa, Russia, Netherlands, Martinique, Kyrgyzstan, Reunion, Bhutan, Romania, Togo, Philippines, Uzbekistan, Asia, British Virgin Islands, Zimbabwe, Pacific Ocean, Indonesia, Dominica, Benin, Angola, Sudan, East Timor, Portugal, New Caledonia, Grenada, Greece, Cayman Islands, Mongolia, Latvia, Morocco, Iran, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Guatemala, Guyana, Iraq, Chile, Nepal, Georgia (Republic), Ukraine, Tanzania, Ghana, Anguilla, India, Canada, Maldives, Turkey, Belgium, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Central African Republic, Jamaica, Peru, Turkmenistan, Germany, Vietnam (Socialist Republic), Fiji, Hong Kong, United States, Guinea, Chad, Somalia, Thailand, Equatorial Guinea, Kiribati, Costa Rica, Pitcairn Island, Kuwait, Nigeria, Croatia, Sao Tome And Principe, Uruguay, Sri Lanka, Cook Islands, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Samoa, Spain, Palestine, Liberia, Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Congo (Democratic Republic), Swaziland, Palau, Estonia, Gaza Strip, Wallis and Futuna, Austria, Mozambique, Korea (South), El Salvador, Guam, Lesotho, Tonga, Hungary, Japan, Europe, Belarus, Mauritius, Albania, New Zealand, Senegal, Macedonia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Bolivia, Malta, Wake Island, Saudi Arabia, Cape Verde, Pakistan, Gambia, Ireland, Qatar, Slovakia, France, Lithuania, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Niger, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Nicaragua, Barbados, Norway, Botswana, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Macao, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Uganda, Suriname, Saint Helena, Greenland

Time period: 1965-01-01--1998-01-01

These time series data provide information on the balance of payments among countries and geographical areas of the world. Detailed tabulations included in this collection describe (1) transactions in goods, services, and income between an economy and the rest of the world, (2) changes of ownership and other changes in that country's monetary gold, special drawing rights (SDRs), and claims and liabilities to the rest of the world, and (3) unrequited transfers and counterpart entries that are needed to balance, in the accounting sense, any entries for previous transactions and changes that are not mutually offsetting. Aggregated and detailed presentations show data for items such as investments, short- and long-term capital, reserves, and changes in reserves.

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CBS News/60 Minutes/Vanity Fair National Survey, March #3, 2011 (ICPSR 33489)

Released/updated on: 2012-06-01

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2011-03-01--2011-04-01

This poll, fielded March 31 to April 3, 2011, is a part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicits public opinion on a range of political and social issues. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way Barack Obama was handling his job as president, whether they thought the country was headed in the right direction, whether they felt they paid their fair share in federal income taxes, and whether they had already filed their income taxes. Opinions were gathered on the Catholic religion, Pope Benedict XVI, whether the Catholic Church has become more liberal or conservative under Pope Benedict, whether the Catholic Church is in touch with the needs of Catholics today, whether medical care at Catholic hospitals is better than that at non-Catholic hospitals, and whether Catholic hospitals perform legal medical procedures that go against church teachings. Respondents were queried on whether they thought that someone who practices artificial birth control, gets divorced, or has an abortion could still be a good Catholic, whether they thought that global warming is an environmental problem that is causing a serious impact now, and how much progress they thought has been made toward solving environmental problems since the first Earth Day 40 years ago. Respondents were then asked a number of questions about pets; whether they owned one, whether they considered it to be a member of the family, whether their pet slept with them, and how much money they would spend on them if they were sick. Additional topics included abortion, the legal drinking age, nuclear power plants, the space shuttle, Reuters, religious service attendance, the Tea Party movement, and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, employment status, religious preference, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, voter registration status, and whether respondents thought of themselves as born again Christians.

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CBS News Monthly Poll #1, July 2002 (ICPSR 3699)

Released/updated on: 2009-04-29

Geographic coverage: United States

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CBS News Monthly Poll #3, July 2002 (ICPSR 3701)

Released/updated on: 2009-04-29

Geographic coverage: United States

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CBS News/New York Times/60 Minutes/Vanity Fair National Survey, February #2, 2011 (ICPSR 33486)

Released/updated on: 2012-05-23

Geographic coverage: United States

This poll, fielded February 24-27, 2011 is a part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicits public opinion on a range of political and social issues. Respondents were asked for their opinions on labor unions, the power of labor unions, and whether they or someone in their household was a member of a labor union. Respondents were also asked about state budget deficits, tax increases, loss of government programs and services, public employee salaries and benefits, police officers and firefighter retirements, teacher retirements, and whether the country was making positive progress. Additional topics included family financial status, rags to riches chances, quality of opportunities for success, concealed weapons, the Tea Party movement, voter registration status and voting participation, the September 11th attack, public employee benefits, collective bargaining rights, back pain, and allergies. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, employment status, religious preference, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, and whether respondents thought of themselves as born-again Christians.

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CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #1, December 2006 (ICPSR 4649)

Released/updated on: 2008-04-15

Geographic coverage: United States

This poll, conducted December 8-10, 2006, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked whether they approved of the way President George W. Bush was handling the presidency and issues such as foreign policy and the economy. Respondents voiced their concerns about the most important problem facing the country, the condition of the national economy, their own household's financial security, and whether the country was moving in the right direction. A series of questions addressed respondents' feelings about the newly elected United States Congress, and whether the United States should intervene in other countries' affairs. Views were sought on the war with Iraq, whether the Iraqi government was strong enough to withstand pressure from the insurgents, and whether the United States government should solicit the help of neighboring countries in the Middle East in its efforts to create stability in Iraq. Other questions addressed the recommendations made by the Iraq Study Group commissioned by Congress, and whether the United States had a responsibility to make sure Iraq had a stable government before withdrawing its troops. Respondents were also asked about their own opportunities to succeed compared to those of their parents' generation, whether they expected their children to have better opportunities than they did, how often they experienced stress in their daily life, and how often this stress was caused by financial difficulties. Additional topics addressed holiday spending, retirement savings and investments, the real estate and stock markets, and whether respondents rented or owned their home. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, education level, household income, marital status, religious preference, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, voter registration status and participation history, the presence of household members between the ages of 18 and 24, whether respondents had children under 18, and whether they considered themselves to be born-again Christians.

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CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #2, July 2002 (ICPSR 3700)

Released/updated on: 2009-04-29

Geographic coverage: United States

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CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll #2, October 2002 (ICPSR 3710)

Released/updated on: 2009-04-29

Geographic coverage: United States

This poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked to give their opinions of President George W. Bush and his handling of the presidency, foreign policy, and the economy. In addition, respondents were asked to give their opinions of their representatives in Congress and the importance of these issues: the possible war in Iraq, the economy, political affiliation, and gun control. Respondents were asked if they believed that Democrats or Republicans had clear plans for the United States should either party gain control of Congress, and if they had knowledge of North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and the possibility of military action in Iraq. Opinions on the situation in Iraq were elicited: whether military action would and should be taken, when military action should be taken, if the potential loss of American lives was worth the removal of Saddam Hussein, how they felt about the loss of Iraqi civilian lives and long-term military engagement, and whether terrorism would increase or decrease as a result of military action. Respondents were asked to give opinions of both the Republican and Democratic parties, particularly whether each party protected the interests of "ordinary" Americans or large corporations, and which party would more likely lead the United States to prosperity, make the right decisions regarding Social Security, strengthen the military, deal with terrorism, make prescription drugs affordable for the elderly, and do a better job dealing with gun control. Respondents were then asked to give opinions regarding terrorism: whether the Bush Administration had a clear plan to counter it, the likelihood of another terrorist attack within the next few months, concern for terrorism in their local area, how well the war on terrorism was going, Americans' sense of safety, respondents' personal sense of safety, and whether the federal government had done all it could. Respondents were also asked about finances: if their family's financial situation was better or worse compared to two years ago, whether respondents invested in stock, whether they participated in employer-sponsored 401k plans, the value of their 401k plans, and their level of concern over the possible loss of their job within the next year. Respondents were then asked a variety of questions concerning their opinions on the National Rifle Association, intake of caffeinated beverages, and voting behavior. Respondents were asked whom they voted for president and which party they voted for the House of Representatives, the last time they had voted, the last time they had registered to vote, party affiliation, and views on political matters. Background information on respondents includes whether they owned a firearm, marital status, religion, education, age, Hispanic descent, race, how long they had lived in their present community, income, and additional phone lines.

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CBS News/New York Times Monthly Poll, June 2005 (ICPSR 4330)

Released/updated on: 2007-01-29

Geographic coverage: United States

This poll, conducted June 10-14, 2005, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the current presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked to give their opinions of President George W. Bush and his handling of the presidency, foreign policy, the situation with Iraq, terrorism, and Social Security. Those polled also expressed their opinion on various topics regarding Social Security, including its future, if it will have money available when the respondent retires, whether the Democrats, Republicans, or George W. Bush have a proposal to change Social Security, and which party was more likely to make the right decision about it. Additionally, they were asked whether it was the government's responsibility to provide a decent standard of living for the elderly. The issue of self investment in Social Security was also raised. Respondents were asked if they thought it was a good idea to allow individuals to invest portions of their Social Security taxes themselves. Other questions were asked in regards to this topic, including whether the respondent thought it would be okay if the government had to borrow two trillion dollars to set up a program in which members could invest their Social Security taxes on their own. Another question asked if the respondent was opposed to or favored tax increases to help the Social Security program. A series of questions focused on the respondent's current savings goal, any difficulty in paying bills, and plans for retirement was also queried. Demographic variables include race, sex, age, level of education, income, voter registration status, political ideology, party affiliation, marital status, religious affiliation, and whether a member of the household is in college.

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CBS News/New York Times/Tokyo Broadcasting System Collaborative National Surveys of the United States and Japan, 1987 (ICPSR 8916)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: United States, Japan, Global

Time period: 1987-05-11--1987-05-21

For these surveys American and Japanese respondents were questioned on national and international issues. In the United States, respondents' opinions were sought on President Reagan and other public figures, the Senate and House investigations of the Iran-Contra matter, and the Bernhard Goetz subway shooting. In addition, American respondents were asked a series of questions relating to United States-Japanese trade relations, restrictions and taxes on imports, the quality and type of products made in each country, the trade imbalance, Japanese investment in the United States, charges that Japan violated an agreement with the United States by selling microchips to other countries below cost, and Japanese reliance on the United States for its military defense. Japanese respondents also were asked this last series of questions with a few variations, including questions relating to the import of rice and beef from the United States. In addition, they were queried regarding their political orientation and their support or nonsupport of the Nakasone cabinet. Both surveys contain demographic information on respondents.

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Consumer Durables and Installment Debt: A Study of American Households, 1967-1970 (ICPSR 7497)

Released/updated on: 2006-01-18

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1967-01-01--1970-01-01

This four-year panel study investigated two interrelated aspects of consumer behavior: expenditures on major consumer durable goods and the use of installment credit. Over the course of four years, the study examined trends in these two important characteristics of households, factors underlying these trends, and elements that could alter their relationships. In each of the four panel interviews, detailed questions were asked regarding the family income, purchases of durables, and level of financial debt. The extent of the family's holdings of financial assets including houses, amounts in savings and checking accounts, value of stocks and bonds, etc., was also ascertained. Information was collected on stocks of consumer durables owned at the time of the first interview, and initial stocks of automobiles and subsequent changes in them. Extensive data were gathered on attitudes toward the use of various financial instruments (particularly installment debt), the level of the family's satisfaction with its current assets, and the family's subjective analysis of its past financial progress and future prospects. A total of 1,434 families completed all four interviews. The four-year merged data are available in two versions: Part 1 contains all the family data including information on the first car, usually the newest, owned at the time of each interview. Part 2 comprises all of the variables in Part 1, as well as approximately 400 additional variables that provide information about each car (up to three) owned by panel families at the time of each interview during the four-year period.

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Data From The Annual University of Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, 1980-2021 (ICPSR 38490)

Released/updated on: 2022-08-03

Time period: 1980-01-01--2021-01-01

This study contains the digitized content of the program information of the annual Michigan Growth Capital Symposium from 1980 through 2021. The data includes presentations by early stage companies (mostly from Michigan) seeking venture capital from investors (from Michigan and other states) who attended the program.

Self-published

Durables and the Marginal Propensity to Spend - PSID Data (1999-2019) (ICPSR 303399)

Released/updated on: 2026-03-14

Time period: 1999-01-01--2019-01-01

Durables represent a large share of households’ marginal propensity to spend (MPX). We develop a quantitative model of spending that takes durables into account and matches a rich set of empirical regularities simultaneously. Scaling the response of non-durables provides a poor approximation of the MPX on durables when it comes to its distribution in the population, its persistence over time, and its cyclicality. As an application, we study how the MPX varies with the size of stimulus checks and find that it declines more slowly compared to a model of purely non-durable spending.

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ECIN Replication Package for "Consumer Confidence and Household Investment" (ICPSR 209796)

Released/updated on: 2025-09-18

Replication files for Consumer Confidence and Household Investment. Can consumer confidence account for the leading indicator property of household investment over the US business cycle? We find that it does. Consumer confidence leads household investment and housing starts by two and one quarter, respectively. Household investment increases in a persistent manner after a positive confidence shock, and so do total hours worked, output, and real house prices. Quantitatively, confidence shocks account for a substantial share of the forecast error variation in these variables. They are also unrelated to future supply-side fundamentals. Demand-side forces originating in consumers' social and psychological factors are, therefore, relevant for household investment dynamics.

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Economic Behavior of the Affluent, 1964 (ICPSR 7429)

Released/updated on: 2010-03-02

This study investigated high-income individuals in their roles as investors and workers. Questions were asked about savings objectives and investment policies, trust fund ownership, delegation of investment management, sources of information on investing, kinds of assets held, reasons for choosing particular assets, gifts and inheritances received, philanthropic giving and gifts to relatives, and capital gains and losses. Respondents' acquisition, handling, and expected disposition of assets were also explored, along with factors affecting portfolio decisions and the work effort of heads of households and their spouses. Finally, information was collected on occupation and work experience of both family head and spouse, family income and income patterns, and taxes and tax considerations, as well as structure and social characteristics of the family. Demographic data on respondents include sex, race, year of birth, marital status, number of dependents, level of education, religious preference, and political identification.

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Economic Interpretations of American Intervention, 1964-1968 (ICPSR 7382)

Released/updated on: 2006-01-18

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1964-01-01--1968-01-01

This study includes five data files focusing on stock market fluctuations during the Korean and Vietnam wars. The Vietnam War is more heavily emphasized, with four datasets: Part 1 presents the Dow-Jones industrial daily averages from January 1964 to December 1968, Part 2 contains the net daily changes for the same period, Part 3 lists the number of deaths published in the weekly casualty list during the war, and Part 4 records the net changes in the Dow Jones industrial averages and in the stocks of ten firms with substantial holdings in less developed countries and 15 defense-related industries, on 94 days selected as significant in terms of war events. Finally, the Korean War is represented in Part 5, which contains Dow Jones industrial changes on 76 event days.

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Effects of Fair Value Accounting on Investment Portfolio Management: How Fair Is It? (ICPSR 1143)

Released/updated on: 1998-08-27

Geographic coverage: United States

The data collection examines the adoption of SFAS 115 by bank holding companies to determine if a desire to influence the numbers in the financial statements, including reported equity volatility, affects investment portfolio management.

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Elementary and Secondary General Information System (ELSEGIS): Local Education Agency Fiscal Report, School Year 1970-1971 (ICPSR 2236)

Released/updated on: 2004-02-11

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1970-01-01--1971-01-01

This survey provides detailed financial data at the school district level including school district revenue by source, expenditure by function and subfunction, debt, and average daily attendance, as well as information about staff and students.

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Elementary and Secondary General Information System (ELSEGIS): Public Elementary-Secondary School Systems--Finances, School Year 1967-1968 (ICPSR 2233)

Released/updated on: 2001-12-21

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1967-01-01--1968-01-01

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Elementary and Secondary General Information System (ELSEGIS): Public Elementary-Secondary School Systems -- Finances, School Year 1968-1969 (ICPSR 2234)

Released/updated on: 2003-09-16

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1968-01-01--1969-01-01

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Elementary and Secondary General Information System (ELSEGIS): Public Elementary-Secondary School Systems -- Finances, School Year 1969-1970 (ICPSR 2235)

Released/updated on: 2002-07-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1969-01-01--1970-01-01

This survey provides detailed financial data at the school district level, including school district revenue by source, expenditure by function and subfunction, debt, and average daily attendance as well as information about staff and students.

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Elementary and Secondary General Information System (ELSEGIS): Survey of Local Government Finances -- School Systems, 1973-1974 (ICPSR 2250)

Released/updated on: 2002-08-16

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1973-01-01--1974-01-01

This collection presents detailed data on school system finances at the school district level, including: (1) receipt by type and source, including distribution of federal funds by program, (2) expenditures by category, including current expenditures and capital outlay, (3) debt service, (4) cash and investment assets, and (5) attendance and membership data. Information collected for this project provides statistics to aid in implementation of the provisions of the National Defense Education Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and the Education Amendments of 1974, as well as in determining educational needs and indicating how resources are utilized at the local level. The data for 1973-1974 were compiled by the Bureau of the Census, while earlier data (1969-1973, except 1972) were collected by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), ELSEGIS Program.

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Elementary and Secondary General Information System (ELSEGIS): Survey of Local Government Finances -- School Systems, 1974-1975 (ICPSR 2251)

Released/updated on: 2002-08-16

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1974-01-01--1975-01-01

This collection presents detailed financial data on school system finances at the school district level, including: (1) receipt by type and source, including distribution of federal funds by program, (2) expenditures by category, including current expenditures and capital outlay, (3) debt service, (4) cash and investment assets, and (5) attendance and membership data.

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Elementary and Secondary General Information System (ELSEGIS): Survey of Local Government Finances -- School Systems Census Survey, 1977-1978 (ICPSR 2253)

Released/updated on: 2002-09-19

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1977-01-01--1978-01-01

This collection represents a merger of the 1977-1978 school district finance data and the 1977-1978 school district universe information. The data may contain records that are not included in both datasets, especially since in many states the finance data are for a sample of school districts. If one dataset contains records that the other does not contain, then that portion of the merged record is blank. The collection presents detailed financial data on school system finances at the school district level, including: (1) receipt by type and source, including distribution of federal funds by program, (2) expenditures by category, including current expenditures and capital outlay, (3) debt service, (4) cash and investment assets, and (5) attendance and membership data.

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Elementary and Secondary General Information System (ELSEGIS): Survey of School District Finances, 1979-1980 (ICPSR 2254)

Released/updated on: 2002-09-19

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1979-01-01--1980-01-01

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Simple Crosstabs

Financial Crisis: A Longitudinal Study of Public Response (ICPSR 36341)

Released/updated on: 2016-01-25

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2008-09-01--2011-08-01

This collection, A Longitudinal Study of Public Response, was conducted to understand the trajectory of risk perception amidst an ongoing economic crisis. A nation-wide panel responded to eight surveys beginning in late September 2008 at the peak of the crisis and concluded in August 2011. At least 600 respondents participated in each survey, with 325 completing all eight surveys. The online survey focused on perceptions of risk (savings, investments, retirement, job), negative emotions toward the financial crisis (sadness, anxiety, fear, anger, worry, stress), confidence in national leaders to manage the crisis (President Obama, Congress, Treasury Secretary, business leaders), and belief in one's ability to realize personal objectives despite the crisis. Latent growth curve modeling was conducted to analyze change in risk perception throughout the crisis. Demographic information includes ethnic origin, sex, age, marital status, income, political affiliation and education.

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German Politbarometer East, 2000 (ICPSR 34812)

Released/updated on: 2013-07-29

Geographic coverage: Europe, Germany, Global

Time period: 2000-01-01--2000-12-01

The Politbarometer surveys are undertaken to assess the attitudes and opinions of eligible German voters on current events and problems, as well as on parties and politicians. The topics covered in the 2000 German Politbarometer East fall into two broad categories: (1) Topics consistently covered in the monthly East Politbarometer surveys in 2000 include: voting intention and party preference, voting behavior in the last federal parliamentary elections, sympathy scale for the parties, satisfaction with the achievements of the federal government, self-assessed position on a left-right political continuum, assessment of the economic situation in the Federal Republic (and anticipated further development) and the respondent's own economic situation (and expected development). (2) Topics covered in at least one month during the survey year include: satisfaction with democracy, activities of the federal government and opposition parties, competence of the government and opposition parties, attitudes toward political coalitions, assessment of the most important political personalities and candidates for election in the Federal Republic, interest in politics, attitudes toward events surrounding the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, evaluation of the efforts of the federal government toward the adjustment of living conditions between the eastern and western portions of the country, attitudes toward one's personal economic situation, social security, and personal liberties, comparison of the social conditions of Germany with those of neighboring West European countries, attitudes toward pensions, life insurance, and other forms of investments, feelings about the proposed extension of the European Union, attitudes toward restrictions in relations with Austria, opinions on right-wing radicalism, nuclear power, the consumption of meat, and immigration, opinions of various political parties, including the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Freie Demokratische Partei or Liberal Democratic Party (FDP), the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands or Social Democratic Party (SPD), and the Green Party. Demographic information on respondents includes sex, age, marital status, household size and composition, education, occupation and employment status, religious preference, and trade union membership.

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Global Entrepreneurship Monitor [GEM]: Adult Population Survey Data Set, 1998-2017 (ICPSR 20320)

Released/updated on: 2022-07-12

Geographic coverage: Angola, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Syria, Greece, Latvia, Morocco, Iran, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Panama, Guatemala, Chile, Argentina, Georgia (Republic), Zambia, Ghana, Belize, India, Canada, Turkey, Belgium, Namibia, Taiwan, Finland, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Peru, Germany, Yemen, Vietnam (Socialist Republic), Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, United States, China (Peoples Republic), Madagascar, Thailand, Libya, Costa Rica, Sweden, Malawi, Poland, Jordan, Nigeria, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Croatia, Uruguay, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Spain, Lebanon, Venezuela, Czech Republic, Burkina Faso, Israel, Australia, Estonia, Cameroon, Gaza Strip, Cyprus, Malaysia, Iceland, South Korea, Austria, El Salvador, Luxembourg, Brazil, Algeria, Slovenia, Tonga, Ecuador, Colombia, Hungary, Japan, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Senegal, Italy, Macedonia, Ethiopia, Singapore, Egypt, Bolivia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Kosovo, Ireland, Qatar, Slovakia, France, Serbia, Lithuania, Romania, Philippines, Bangladesh, Barbados, Norway, Botswana, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Uganda, Suriname, Montenegro, Indonesia

Time period: 1998-01-01--2017-01-01

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor [GEM] research program was developed to provide comparisons among countries related to participation of adults in the firm creation process. The initial data was assembled as a pretest of five countries in 1998 and by 2012 over 100 countries had been involved in the program. The initial design for the GEM initiative was based on the first US Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics, and by 2012 data from 1,827,513 individuals had been gathered in 563 national samples and 6 specialized regional samples.

This dataset is a harmonized file capturing results from all of the surveys. The procedure has been to harmonize the basic items across all surveys in all years, followed by implementing a standardized transform to identify those active as nascent entrepreneurs in the start-up process, as owner-managers of new firms, or as owner-managers of established firms. Those identified as nascent entrepreneurs or new business owners are the basis for the Total Entrepreneurial Activity [TEA] or Total Early-Stage index. This harmonized, consolidated assessment not only facilitates comparisons across countries, but provides a basis for temporal comparisons for individual countries.

Respondents were queried on the following main topics: general entrepreneurship, start-up activities, ownership and management of the firm, and business angels (angel investors). Respondents were initially screened by way of a series of general questions pertaining to starting a business, such as whether they were currently trying to start a new business, whether they knew anyone who had started a new business, whether they thought it was a good time to start a new business, as well as their perceptions of the income potential and the prestige associated with starting a new business. Demographic variables include respondent age, sex, and employment status.

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Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM): Expert Questionnaire Data, 1999-2003 (ICPSR 21862)

Released/updated on: 2009-06-26

Geographic coverage: Singapore, Hong Kong, United States, China (Peoples Republic), Scotland, Thailand, Portugal, Iceland, Global, Greece, Netherlands, South Korea, Sweden, Ireland, Brazil, Slovenia, France, Chile, Croatia, Argentina, Hungary, Japan, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Switzerland, India, Spain, New Zealand, Canada, Venezuela, Belgium, Norway, Taiwan, Finland, Denmark, South Africa, Italy, Mexico, Uganda, Israel, Australia, Germany

Time period: 1999-01-01--2003-01-01

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) was designed to capture various aspects of firm creation and entrepreneurship across countries. The data have been collected over a number of years (1998-2003) and include responses from 4,685 experts in over 38 countries and three subnational regions. This study seeks to measure the national attributes considered critical for new firm births and small firm growth. The dataset is a harmonized file capturing the results from all of the surveys. The expert, or key informant, questionnaire was improved and adjusted each year to increase the reliability of multi-item indices and provide for the addition of new dimensions. For each version of the questionnaire, respondents completed 70-80 standardized items that were the basis for 12-15 multi-item indices. Respondents were initially asked a series of general questions pertaining to starting a business, such as whether they were currently trying to start a new business, whether they knew anyone who had started a new business, and whether they thought it was a good time to do so. Respondents were also asked about the process of starting up a new business; whether they had done anything to start a new business in the past 12 months; whether they would own all, part, or none of the new business; how many people would be involved with the new business; what sort of business they were starting; and what they would sell. In addition, respondents identified the total start-up costs, the various sources of the start-up money, and why they were involved in the start-up. Respondents then answered a set of questions to assess the national conditions influencing entrepreneurial activity in their own country. In this respect, respondents provided their opinions on business and entrepreneurial education, the integration of new technology in businesses, the availability of financial support through government policies and programs, the availability of subcontractors, yearly changes in the economic market, and the physical infrastructure in their country. Views were also elicited from respondents about their national cultures in regard to entrepreneurial efforts and opportunities, attitudes towards entrepreneurs in general, women entrepreneurs and the resources available to them, and citizens' knowledge and experience with new businesses. They also gave their views on the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) legislation and its enforcement in their respective countries. Respondents were then queried on the technological strengths of their country by ranking the top five sectors in which there has been development of the greatest number of technology-intensive start-up companies in the past ten years. Finally, respondents were asked the same general questions as those used in the GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MONITOR (GEM): ADULT POPULATION SURVEY DATA SET, 1998-2003 (ICPSR 20320) in order to ascertain whether the opinions and behaviors of the current "expert" respondents differ from those of the general population. These questions included whether they were starting a new business, if there were opportunities for new businesses, funding sources for a new business, skills required to start a new business, shutting down a business, and whether a fear of failure was preventing the start of a new business. The dataset also contains variables that describe the respondent's gender, age, educational attainment, labor force status, the entrepreneurial areas in which they feel they have strong expertise, and the month and year the survey was conducted.

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High-Tech Investment Boom and Economic Growth in the 1990s: Accounting for Quality (ICPSR 1263)

Released/updated on: 2002-08-13

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1990-01-01--1999-01-01

The rapid pace of economic growth in the 1990s was associated with an increasingly prominent role for investment, particularly for information processing and communications technologies. Given the evident pace of technological advancement in these sectors, official economic statistics have been constructed to take careful account of improvements in the quality of these high-tech capital goods. In this article, the author examines the possibility that this selective accounting for quality improvement has distorted the true importance of high-tech investment in recent economic growth trends. After constructing alternative measures of investment spending that are adjusted for quality change that may go unmeasured in the official data, he finds that the increasing importance of high-tech investment revealed in the official data is quite robust: The prominent role of investment spending during the 1990s, particularly for high-tech capital goods, does in fact represent a significant departure from past trends in the composition of United States economic growth.

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Investment-Specific Technology Growth: Concepts and Recent Estimates (ICPSR 1273)

Released/updated on: 2003-04-18

Geographic coverage: United States

The strength of United States productivity growth in recent years has been attributed to technological improvements that are, in some sense, embodied in new types of capital equipment. However, traditional growth theory and growth accounting techniques -- which emphasize the role of disembodied, neutral technological progress -- are deficient in explaining this phenomenon. In this article, the author outlines a model of investment-specific technological change that has become popular for describing the notion of capital-embodied growth and summarizes some recent estimates of the importance of this type of technological progress for assessing United States productivity trends.

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Kickstarter Data, Global, 2009-2023 (ICPSR 38050)

Released/updated on: 2024-04-09

Geographic coverage: Global

Time period: 2009-01-01--2023-01-01

Launched on April 28, 2009, Kickstarter is a Public Benefit Corporation based in Brooklyn, New York. It is a global crowdfunding platform that helps to fund new creative projects and ideas through direct support from individuals (backers) from around the world who pledge money to bring these projects and ideas to life.

Kickstarter supports many different kinds of projects. Everything from films, games, and music to art, design, and technology. Funding on Kickstarter is based on the all-or-nothing model. Backers who pledge their support towards a particular project won't be charged unless the funding goal has been reached. Successfully funded projects reward their backers with one-of-a-kind experiences, e.g., limited editions, or copies of the creative work being produced.

This study includes three datasets: (1) Kickstarter Project (public-use file), (2) Backer Location file, and (3) Kickstarter Project (restricted-use file). The public-use Kickstarter Project dataset contains detailed information about all successful and unsuccessful Kickstarter projects (N=610,015) from 2009-2023, including the project category and subcategory, project location (city, state (for U.S.-based projects), and country), funding goal in original and U.S. currencies, amount pledged in dollars, and the number of backers for each project. The restricted file adds the project title, 150-character project description, and the URL for the project on the Kickstarter site. The Backer Location dataset includes information about backers' country and state and the total amount pledged for each geographic location.

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Macroeconomic Time Series for the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and France (ICPSR 7644)

Released/updated on: 2007-03-26

Geographic coverage: United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Global

Time period: 1785-01-01--1968-01-01

This collection contains an array of economic time series data pertaining to the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, primarily between the 1920s and the 1960s, and including some time series from the 18th and 19th centuries. These data were collected by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and they constitute a research resource of importance to economists as well as to political scientists, sociologists, and historians. Under a grant from the National Science Foundation, ICPSR and the National Bureau of Economic Research converted this collection (which existed heretofore only on handwritten sheets stored in New York) into fully accessible, readily usable, and completely documented machine-readable form. The NBER collection -- containing an estimated 1.6 million entries -- is divided into 16 major categories: (1) construction, (2) prices, (3) security markets, (4) foreign trade, (5) income and employment, (6) financial status of business, (7) volume of transactions, (8) government finance, (9) distribution of commodities, (10) savings and investments, (11) transportation and public utilities, (12) stocks of commodities, (13) interest rates, and (14) indices of leading, coincident, and lagging indicators, (15) money and banking, and (16) production of commodities. Data from all categories are available in Parts 1-22. The economic variables are usually observations on the entire nation or large subsets of the nation. Frequently, however, and especially in the United States, separate regional and metropolitan data are included in other variables. This makes cross-sectional analysis possible in many cases. The time span of variables in these files may be as short as one year or as long as 160 years. Most data pertain to the first half of the 20th century. Many series, however, extend into the 19th century, and a few reach into the 18th. The oldest series, covering brick production in England and Wales, begins in 1785, and the most recent United States data extend to 1968. The unit of analysis is an interval of time -- a year, a quarter, or a month. The bulk of observations are monthly, and most series of monthly data contain annual values or totals.

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Measuring Real Investment: Trends in the United States and International Comparisons (ICPSR 1181)

Released/updated on: 1998-10-06

This research points out the importance of price trends and differences in price levels for real investment rates and also the consequences of accepting conventional measures of capital formation, the boundaries of which have more to do with the wide availability of data than with what economists define as "investment" or "capital formation."

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Mortgage Innovation, Mortgage Choice, and Housing Decisions (ICPSR 25063)

Released/updated on: 2009-03-12

Geographic coverage: United States

This paper examines some of the more recent mortgage products now available to borrowers. The authors describe how these products differ across important characteristics, such as the down payment requirement, repayment structure, and amortization schedule. The paper also presents a model with the potential to analyze the implications for various mortgage contracts for individual households, as well as to address many current housing market issues. The authors use the model to examine the implications of alternative mortgages for homeownership and to show that interest rate-adjustable mortgages and combo loans can help explain the rise-and fall-in homeownership since 1994.

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National Crime Victimization Survey: Supplemental Fraud Survey, [United States], 2017 (ICPSR 37825)

Released/updated on: 2021-04-15

Geographic coverage: United States

The Supplemental Fraud Survey (SFS) obtained additional information about fraud-related victimizations so that policymakers; academic researchers; practitioners at the federal, state, and local levels; and special interest groups who are concerned with these crimes can make informed decisions concerning policies and programs. The SFS asked questions related to victims' experiences with fraud. These responses are linked to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) survey instrument responses for a more complete understanding of the individual victim's circumstances.

The 2017 Supplemental Fraud Survey (SFS) was the first implementation of this supplement to the annual NCVS to obtain specific information about fraud-related victimization and disorder on a national level. Since the SFS is a supplement to the NCVS, it is conducted under the authority of Title 34, United States Code, section 10132. Only Census employees sworn to preserve confidentiality may see the completed questionnaires.

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National Study of Philanthropy, 1974 (ICPSR 7496)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: United States

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of tax and foundation laws on charitable giving and to gain a better understanding of giving in general. Two separate national samples were interviewed, using almost identical questionnaires. Higher-income respondents were overrepresented in both samples, on the assumption that giving to others, particularly gifts of money, tends to be concentrated among people who earn more. Questions were asked about contributions of time and money to religious and charitable organizations. For larger donations, details were solicited about the recipients and the amounts given. Respondents' knowledge of and attitudes toward tax laws concerning contributions were also explored. In addition to an evaluation of respondents' income and assets, demographic and background information includes age, race, sex, religious preference, level of education, and occupation.

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Patterns of Family Change, 1960 (ICPSR 7436)

Released/updated on: 2006-01-18

Geographic coverage: United States

This study closely examined the distribution and redistribution of family income in the United States as well as family attitudes, histories, and motivations that might predict income. Data were collected on a wide range of demographic, economic, sociological, and psychological factors that affect the economic position of the family. These factors included information on present occupation and job history, the kinds of communities in which people grew up, type and adequacy of dwelling place, personality measures, religious preferences, political affiliation, family history, and data on the actions and decisions of family members. A long series of questions was asked about the educational level achieved by adults in the family and about parents' aspirations and plans for the educational and occupational attainment of their children. Also included were measures of geographic mobility, physical disabilities, labor force participation of wives, attitudes toward hard work, and achievement motivations, as well as demographic characteristics such as sex, age, and race. Detailed data were collected on three major components of family income: earnings, investments, and transfer payments. The study utilized a sample designed to provide reliable data on both low-income families and respondents with middle and high incomes for purposes of comparison. Interviews were taken with 2,997 spending units in 2,800 families comprising 3,396 adult units. The data can be analyzed using three different units: the adult unit (Part 1), in which adults were treated individually even if they did not keep separate finances, the family unit (Part 2), and the spending unit (Part 3).

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Simple Model of Limited Stock Market Participation (ICPSR 1241)

Released/updated on: 2001-06-12

Geographic coverage: United States

Stocks have outperformed government bonds, on average, by a large margin in historical data. However, most United States households do not own stocks, either directly or indirectly. Also, stocks are highly concentrated in the hands of relatively few wealthy people. In this article, the author describes some aspects of stock ownership. He then uses an overlapping-generations model to help explain why stock market participation is so limited and discusses some implications of limited stock market participation.

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Social Weather Stations Survey [Philippines]: Quarter III, 1995 (ICPSR 2694)

Released/updated on: 2006-01-12

Geographic coverage: Mindanao, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Luzon, Visayas, Global

The Social Weather Stations Surveys were designed to provide a source of data on Philippine economic and social conditions independent from Philippine governmental statistics. These quarterly surveys cover the entire Philippines with four major geographic study areas: National Capital Region (NCR), Balance Luzon (areas outside of NCR but within Luzon), Visayas, and Mindanao. Adults, aged 18 and older, are asked through face-to-face interviews for their views on issues concerning the general topics of economics, governance, politics, diplomacy, and society, as well as issues of current public interest in the Philippines. The survey also gathers information from household heads about the members of the household and household characteristics. The Social Weather Stations Survey for the third quarter of 1995 was conducted from September 18 to October 21, 1995. Questions on economic issues probed for respondents' feelings about and personal encounters with poverty as well as their views on quality of life trends, taxation, fiscal policies, and personal investments. Questions about governance included ratings of political personalities, assessment of the current administration and government institutions, nuclear testing, presidential and senatorial performance, term limits, memories of President Ferdinand Marcos and martial law, and political party interaction. Questions on diplomacy elicited respondents' views on external security and foreign relations, while societal topics covered the state of the family, agrarian reform, education reform, women's rights, abortion, personal safety, air travel experience, use of iodized salt, and computer use. Background information on respondents includes age, sex, political party, marital status, employment status, education, household composition, home ownership, religion, and household spending patterns.

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Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, April 1998 (ICPSR 35175)

Released/updated on: 2015-08-05

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1998-03-01--1998-04-01

The Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior series (also known as the Surveys of Consumers) was undertaken to measure changes in consumer attitudes and expectations, to understand why such changes occur, and to evaluate how they relate to consumer decisions to save, borrow, or make discretionary purchases. Since the 1940s, these surveys have been produced quarterly through 1977 and monthly thereafter. The surveys conducted in 1998 focused on topics such as evaluations and expectations about personal finances, employment, price changes, and the national business situation. Opinions were collected regarding respondents' appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing houses, automobiles, computers, and other durables. Also explored in this survey, were respondents' types of savings and financial investments, loan use, family income, and retirement planning. Other topics in this series typically include ownership, lease, and use of automobiles, respondents' use of personal computers at home and in the office, and respondents' familiarity with and use of the Internet. Demographic information includes ethnic origin, sex, age, marital status, and education.

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Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, April 1999 (ICPSR 35224)

Released/updated on: 2014-08-19

Geographic coverage: United States

The Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior series was undertaken to measure changes in consumer attitudes and expectations, to understand why such changes occur, and to evaluate how they relate to consumer decisions to save, borrow, or make discretionary purchases. Since the 1940s, these surveys have been produced quarterly through 1977 and monthly thereafter. The surveys conducted in 1999 focused on topics such as evaluations and expectations about personal finances, employment, price changes, and the national business situation. Opinions were collected regarding respondents' appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing houses, automobiles, computers, and other durables. Also explored in this survey, were respondents' types of savings and financial investments, loan use, family income, retirement planning, and health and well-being. Other topics in this series typically include ownership, lease, and use of automobiles, respondents' use of personal computers at home and in the office, and respondents' familiarity with and use of the Internet. Demographic information includes ethnic origin, sex, age, marital status, and education.

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Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, April 2000 (ICPSR 35270)

Released/updated on: 2020-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

The Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior series was undertaken to measure changes in consumer attitudes and expectations, to understand why these changes occur, and to evaluate how they relate to consumer decisions to save, borrow, or make discretionary purchases. Since the late 1940s, these surveys have been produced quarterly through 1977 and monthly thereafter. The surveys conducted in 2000 focused on topics such as evaluations and expectations about personal finances, employment, price changes, and the national business situation. Additional questions inquired about buying intentions for automobiles and computers, and the respondents' appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing houses, automobiles, computers, and other durables. Also explored in this survey were respondents' types of savings and financial investments, loan use, family income and sources of income, and respondents' ownership, lease, and use of automobiles. Other topics typically include respondents' use of personal computers at home and in the office, respondents' familiarity with and use of the Internet, electronic banking, and information on informed consent and confidentiality regarding the survey. Demographic information includes ethnic origin, sex, age, marital status, and education.

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Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, April 2001 (ICPSR 35282)

Released/updated on: 2015-06-15

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2001-03-01--2001-04-01

The Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior series (also known as the Surveys of Consumers) was undertaken to measure changes in consumer attitudes and expectations, to understand why such changes occur, and to evaluate how they relate to consumer decisions to save, borrow, or make discretionary purchases. The data regularly include the Index of Consumer Sentiment, the Index of Current Economic Conditions, and the Index of Consumer Expectations. Since the 1940s, these surveys have been produced quarterly through 1977 and monthly thereafter. The surveys conducted in 2001 focused on topics such as evaluations and expectations about personal finances, employment, price changes, and the national business situation. Opinions were collected regarding respondents' appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing houses, automobiles, computers, and other durables. Also explored in this survey, were respondents' types of savings and financial investments, loan use, family income, and retirement planning. Other topics in this series typically include ownership, lease, and use of automobiles, respondents' use of personal computers at home and in the office, and respondents' familiarity with and use of the Internet. Demographic information includes ethnic origin, sex, age, marital status, and education.

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Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior, April 2002 (ICPSR 34528)

Released/updated on: 2013-04-11

Geographic coverage: United States

The Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior series was undertaken to measure changes in consumer attitudes and expectations, to understand why such changes occur, and to evaluate how they relate to consumer decisions to save, borrow, or make discretionary purchases. Since the 1940s, these surveys have been produced quarterly through 1977 and monthly thereafter. The surveys conducted in 2002 focused on topics such as evaluations and expectations about personal finances, employment, price changes, and the national business situation. Opinions were collected regarding respondents' appraisals of present market conditions for purchasing houses, automobiles, computers, and other durables. Also explored in this survey, were respondents' types of savings and financial investments, loan use, family income, refinancing, retirement planning, as well as how tax cuts would affect income. Other topics in this series typically include information regarding respondents' ownership, lease, and use of automobiles, use of personal computers at home and in the office, and familiarity with and use of the Internet. Demographic information includes ethnic origin, sex, age, marital status, and education.