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Harvard School of Public Health/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Poll: Health Priorities Survey 1--The Medical System and The Uninsured, United States, 2009 (ICPSR 38372)
Released/updated on: 2022-03-09
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2009-01-01--2009-12-31
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 Health Priorities Survey 1--The Medical System and The Uninsured, a survey from the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted by International Communications Research (ICR). Topics covered in this survey include:
- Quality of medical care
- Health care system problem severity
- Problems paying medical bills
- Health insurance
- Personal health
The data and documentation files for this survey are available through the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Roper #31092335]. Frequencies and summary statistics for the 82 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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Partially restricted
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Health and Life Study of Koreans, United States, 2016-2018 (ICPSR 37635)
Released/updated on: 2020-09-10
Geographic coverage: United States, Los Angeles County, California, Michigan
Time period: 2016-01-01--2018-12-31
The Health and Life Study of Koreans (HLSK) was conducted as a part of the study, "Empirical Assessment of Respondent Driven Sampling from Total Survey Error Perspectives" supported by the National Science Foundation. The larger study aimed to examine the operational and inferential properties of respondent driven sampling (RDS). HLSK applied RDS using a web survey, to examine the health of foreign-born Korean-American adults living in Los Angeles County or the State of Michigan. It should be noted that the literature on analysis of RDS data is not fully established, and there is less than clear empirical evidence illustrating the fit of using RDS for population-level inferences. Hence, data users are advised to exercise extreme caution in making population-level inferences.
This study uses existing questions from established surveys such as the American Community Survey (ACS), Kessler survey of psychological distress, and the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). The Main Survey covers topics like socio-demographics, physical and mental health, healthcare utilization, religiosity, political engagement, psychosocial traits, and racial/ethnic identity. The Follow-up Survey and Restricted Data focuses on RDS sampling questions and allows users to examine the relationships between recruiters and their recruits. Additionally, the Follow-up Survey and Restricted Data includes variables that contain sensitive information such as multi-racial identity, citizenship status, and physical health characteristics.
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Simple Crosstabs
Swedish Adoption/Twin Study on Aging (SATSA), 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 2004, 2007, and 2010 (ICPSR 3843)
Released/updated on: 2015-05-13
Geographic coverage: Sweden, Global
Time period: 1984-01-01--2010-12-31
The Swedish Adoption/Twin Study on Aging (SATSA) was designed to study the origins of individual differences in aging and the environmental and genetic factors that are involved. SATSA began in 1984, and six additional waves were conducted in 1987, 1990, 1993, 2004, 2007, and 2010. The questionnaire was initially sent to all twins from the Swedish Twin Registry who were separated at an early age and raised apart; the survey was also administered to a control sample of twins who were raised together. The respondents were surveyed on items that included health status, how they were raised, work environment, alcohol consumption, and dietary and smoking habits, as well as questions about personality and attitudes; this information comprised the first component. The second component was collected from a subsample composed of 150 pairs of twins raised apart and 150 pairs of twins raised together. This subsample participated in seven waves of in-person testing, which included a health examination, structured interviews, and tests on functional capacity, cognitive abilities, and memory. The data are represented according to questionnaire and time number, and correspond to each wave/year: Questionnaire 1 and In-Person Testing Time 1 were in 1984; Questionnaire 2 and In-Person Testing Time 2 were in 1987; Questionnaire 3 and In-Person Testing Time 3 were in 1990; Questionnaire 4 and In-Person Testing Time 4 were in 1993; Questionnaire 5 was in 2003; In-Person Testing Time 5 was in 2004; Questionnaire 6 and In-Person Testing Time 6 were in 2007; In-Person Testing Time 7 was in 2010. The Administrative and Cognitive datasets include data from all years/waves. The Smell Survey dataset only includes data from 1990. No years were specified for the Contact measures and Separation measures datasets. Demographic and background information includes age, sex, education, family history, household composition and employment.
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Outlook on Life Surveys, 2012 (ICPSR 35348)
Released/updated on: 2015-01-16
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2012-01-01--2012-12-31
The 2012 Outlook Surveys, conducted by GfK Knowledge Networks on behalf of the University of California Irvine, were designed to study political and social attitudes in the United States. The project included two surveys fielded between August and December 2012 using a sample from an Internet panel. A total of 2,294 respondents participated in this study during Wave 1 and 1,601 were interviewed during Wave 2. The target population was comprised of four groups: African American/Black males aged 18 and older, African American/Black females aged 18 and older, White/other race males aged 18 and older, and White/other race females aged 18 older, all non-institutionalized and residing in the United States. The survey considered the ways in which social class, ethnicity, marital status, feminism, religiosity, political orientation, sexual behavior, and cultural beliefs or stereotypes influence opinion and behavior. Participants were asked an array of questions pertaining to voting preference, party identification, respondent perception of opportunity for success, and views on interracial dating. These variables and questions examine political and social attitudes in the United States. Additional questions addressed issues such as common fate, nationalism, equality, discrimination, and relations with law enforcement. Demographic variables include race ethnicity, age, gender, religious involvement, sexual orientation, citizenship, annual income, and education.
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CBS News Monthly Poll and Call-Back Poll, November 2008 (ICPSR 26830)
Released/updated on: 2009-12-14
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2008-11-01--2008-11-30
This special topic poll is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicits public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. This data collection polled respondents on their opinions before and after the 2008 presidential election held on November 4, 2008. In the original poll, fielded October 30-November 3, 2008, respondents were asked whether they approved of the way George W. Bush was handling the presidency, whether their family was financially better off compared to four years ago, and whether a person's race affected their chances of getting ahead in today's society. Those who were registered to vote were asked about how much attention they were paying to the 2008 presidential campaign, their opinions of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, whether they had voted in a Democratic or Republican primary or caucus that year, the likelihood that they would vote in the general election and for whom, and whether they planned to vote in person on election day, by mail or absentee ballot, or at an early voting location. Other questions addressed respondent's willingness to participate in an exit poll or post-election telephone survey. After the election, 1,220 adults were re-interviewed in a call-back poll conducted November 7-10, 2008. Respondents who had voted were asked who they had voted for, when they had finally decided on a candidate, the main reason they chose that candidate, which voting method they used, how long they had waited in line to vote, and whether they were contacted by a presidential campaign. Those who did not vote were asked about the main reason they did not vote. All respondents in the call-back poll were asked whether progress had been made against racial discrimination since the 1960s, whether they were pleased with the outcome of the election, and their views on the upcoming Obama presidency. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, education level, marital status, household income, political party affiliation, political philosophy, voter registration status and participation history, length of time at current residence, military service, religious preference, and whether respondents considered themselves to be a born-again Christian.
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Center for Research on Social Reality [Spain] Survey, January 1994: Supranational Identification (ICPSR 2030)
Released/updated on: 2009-08-26
Geographic coverage: Europe, Global, Spain
Time period: 1994-01-01--1994-12-31
This survey was designed to measure public opinion of the Spanish population on a variety of topics relating to questions of national and supranational identity. Respondents were asked about their current situation, their concerns, degree of personal satisfaction, degree of happiness, and basic attitudes. Respondents were asked for their opinions about Spain and the world, and what they thought were the most important national and international issues. Respondents were asked about their identification with other countries and regions in around the world, as well as their knowledge of and interest in world affairs. A series of questions was also asked about their attitudes and identification with Latin America. Questions addressed the following specific topics: their knowledge of Latin American countries, their evaluation of Spanish influence in Latin America, present relations between Spain and Latin America, desired relations between Spain and Latin America, and their basic attitudes towards Spanish-Latin American relations. There was a similar series of questions relating to attitudes and identification with Europe. Respondents were asked about their knowledge of and attitudes toward the European Economic Community (EEC), the perceived benefits for Spain due to membership in the EEC, their degree of identification with Europe, their participation in European elections, the consequences of European unification, and their experience traveling in Europe. Respondents also were asked about their identification with their autonomous community and whether they identified more with it or with Spain. Demographic information includes gender, age, marital status, size of household, occupation, religion, political ideology, social class (subjective), place of birth, place of residence, education, and income.
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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--1970-12-31
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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Value System in Taiwan, 1970 (ICPSR 7223)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: Asia, Taiwan
Time period: 1970-01-01--1970-12-31
This study surveyed heads of households or wives of heads of households in order to obtain an inventory of the basic (religious) value structure in Taiwan. Attitudinal and behavioral differences between rural and urban dwellers were also explored. The questionnaire concentrated on the following areas: socioeconomics, living conditions, family, social interaction, leisure time, process and results of urbanization, value system in general, religious attitudes and behavior, and perception of and contact with Christianity in Taiwan. There were 1,882 respondents in the cross-section sample and an additional 340 exclusively from the Hsien stratum. Demographic data include sex, age, marital status, religion, education, parents' education, and family income.
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Quality of American Life, 1971 (ICPSR 3508)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1971-01-01--1971-12-31
The purpose of this study was to survey Americans about
perceived quality of life by measuring perceptions of their
socio-psychological condition, their needs and expectations from life,
and the degree to which those needs were satisfied. The data were
collected via personal interviews from a nationwide probability sample
of 2,164 persons 18 years of age and older during the summer of 1971.
Closed and open-ended questions were used to probe respondents'
satisfactions, dissatisfactions, aspirations, and disappointments in a
variety of life domains, such as dwelling/neighborhood, local services
(e.g., police, roads, and schools), public transportation, present
personal life, life in the United States, education, occupation, job
history/expectation, work life, housework, leisure activities,
organizational affiliations, religious affiliation, health problems,
financial situation, marriage (including widowhood, divorce, and
separation), children/family life, and relationships with family and
friends. In addition to broad questions about satisfaction with each
of these domains and their importance to the respondents, specific
sources of gratification and frustration are explored. Other
questions focused on life as a whole and the extent to which
respondents felt they had control over their lives (e.g., rating of
various aspects of life, (dis)satisfaction with life, personal
efficacy, and social desirability measures). Personal data include
sex, age, race, ethnic background, childhood family stability,
military service, and father's occupation and education. Observational
data are included on housing and neighborhood characteristics as well
as respondents' appearance, intelligence, and sincerity. An
instructional subset of this study is also available (see ICPSR
INSTRUCTIONAL SUBSET: QUALITY OF AMERICAN LIFE, 1971 [ICPSR 7516],
also prepared by Campbell, Converse, and Rodgers.) It includes
questions representative of the major areas covered in the original,
longer survey. A related dataset, QUALITY OF AMERICAN LIFE, 1978
(ICPSR 7762), continues the survey conducted in 1971.
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Quality of American Life, 1978 (ICPSR 7762)
Released/updated on: 1992-02-16
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1978-01-01--1978-12-31
This dataset is a continuation of one created seven years
earlier, QUALITY OF AMERICAN LIFE, 1971 (ICPSR 3508). In the 1978
study, a national sample was drawn that included many respondents from
the 1971 study. The purpose of the study was to survey Americans about
their perceived quality of life by measuring their perceptions of
their socio-psychological condition, their needs and expectations from
life, and the degree to which those needs were satisfied. The data,
similar in scope and content of that in the 1971 survey, were collected via
personal interviews from a nationwide probability sample of 3,692
persons 18 years of age and older during the summer of 1978. Closed
and open-ended questions were used to probe respondents'
satisfactions, dissatisfactions, aspirations, and disappointments in a
variety of life domains, such as dwelling/neighborhood, local services
(e.g., police, roads, and schools), public transportation, present
personal life, life in the United States, education, occupation, job
history/expectation, work life, housework, leisure activities,
organizational affiliations, religious affiliation, health problems,
financial situation, marriage (including widowhood, divorce, and
separation), children/family life, and relationships with family and
friends. In addition to broad questions about satisfaction with each
of these domains and their importance to the respondents, specific
sources of gratification and frustration were explored. Other
questions focused on life as a whole and about the extent to which
respondents felt they had control over their lives (e.g., rating of
various aspects of life, (dis)satisfaction with life, personal
efficacy, and social desirability measures). A major difference
between this study and the earlier study is that the 1978 respondents
were asked more detailed questions concerning their perceived
financial status relative to their family, friends, and
past personal financial status. Personal data include sex, age, race,
ethnic background, childhood family stability, military service, and
father's occupation and education. Observational data are included on
housing and neighborhood characteristics as well as respondents'
appearance, intelligence, and sincerity.