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2016 Latino Immigrant National Election Study (LINES), [United States] (ICPSR 38129)

Released/updated on: 2021-10-26

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2016-01-01--2017-01-01

The 2016 Latino Immigrant National Election Study (LINES) is a panel study of Latino foreign-born residents of the United States, with telephone surveys of nationally representative samples of respondents fielded in 3 waves over 2016-2017.

The first survey in the 2016 LINES took place during the general election campaign (August and September of 2016). Interviews (N = 1,800) were conducted in English and Spanish, although nearly all respondents opted for Spanish. Because many of the initial telephone numbers dialed were either out of service or otherwise unusable, the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) "Response Rate 1" calculation is low (.034). However, in cases when an eligible immigrant was identified based on the initial screening questions, only 12 percent opted not to complete the survey. On average, an interview that fall lasted approximately 25 minutes.

After the 2016 election, 576 immigrants took part in the second survey wave, which was fielded during the presidential transition period (a 32 percent re-contact rate). At this time, an additional fresh sample of 260 Latino immigrants was added to the study, again to help gauge and ameliorate any potential respondent attrition biases. Finally, in the summer of 2017 (July through early-September), a third wave was conducted, with all 1,800 immigrants from the pre-election baseline survey being eligible for interviewing. In this period, 31 percent of these immigrants (N = 554) were surveyed; this included 321 respondents who had taken part in the second wave and 233 who had not. To increase the sample size at this time and address attrition over time, 500 fresh immigrants were surveyed. In total, 2,560 immigrants took part in the 2016-2017 LINES: 1,800 from before the election, 260 during the presidential transition period, and 300 in the summer of 2017.

The questionnaire instrumentation used in the study was largely adapted from item wordings in the 2012 American National Election Study (ANES). The survey focuses on immigrant civic engagement and political socialization, including items on immigrant attitudes, opinions and electoral and non-electoral political behavior.

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Afrobarometer Round 5: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Cape Verde, 2011 (ICPSR 35547)

Released/updated on: 2015-02-20

Geographic coverage: Cape Verde, Africa, Global, Sub-Saharan Africa

The Afrobarometer project was designed to collect and disseminate information regarding Africans' views on democracy, governance, economic reform, civil society, and quality of life. This particular survey was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of Cape Verde. Respondents in a face-to-face interview were asked to rate their president and the president's administration in overall performance, to state the most important issues facing their nation, and to evaluate the effectiveness of certain continental and international institutions. Opinions were gathered on the role of the government in improving the economy, whether corruption existed in government, and whether government officials were responsive to problems of the general population. Respondents were also asked whether local government officials, the police, the army, the courts, the overall criminal justice system, the National Electoral Commission, the Ministry of Finance Tax Official, and political parties could be trusted. Additionally, respondents were polled on their level of freedom, taxes, what kind of society they most wanted to see, equal rights regarding gender, their role in the community, and political action and activities. Economic questions addressed the past, present, and future of the country's and the respondents' economic conditions, and respondents' living conditions. In addition, opinions were sought on a range of additional issues specific to Cape Verde. These issues included living and economic conditions, problems with local public schools, crime, and citizenship. Background variables include age, gender, ethnicity, education, religious affiliation and participation, political party affiliation, language spoken most at home, current and past employment status, and language used in the interview.

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Afrobarometer Round 5: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Côte d'Ivoire, 2013 (ICPSR 35542)

Released/updated on: 2015-10-23

Geographic coverage: Africa, Ivory Coast, Global, Sub-Saharan Africa

Time period: 2013-03-11--2013-03-26

The Afrobarometer is a comparative series of public attitude surveys that collects and disseminates data regarding Africans' views on democracy, governance, the economy, civil society, and related issues. This particular data collection was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of Côte d'Ivoire, and includes a number of questions about reconciliation, international relations, and development, designed specifically for the Côte d'Ivoire survey. The data are collected from a nationally representative sample in face-to-face interviews in the language of the respondent's choice. Standard topics for the Afrobarometer include attitudes toward and evaluations of democracy, governance and economic conditions, political participation, national identity, and social capital. In addition, Round 5 surveys include special modules on taxation; gender issues; crime, conflict and insecurity; globalization; and social service delivery. The surveys also collect a large set of socio-demographic indicators such as age, gender, education level, poverty level, language and ethnicity, and religious affiliation, as well as political party affiliation. Afrobarometer Round 5 surveys were implemented in 35 countries.

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Afrobarometer Round 5: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Guinea, 2013 (ICPSR 35549)

Released/updated on: 2015-06-16

Geographic coverage: Guinea, Africa, Global, Sub-Saharan Africa

Time period: 2013-03-23--2013-04-12

The Afrobarometer is a comparative series of public attitude surveys that collects and disseminates data regarding Africans' views on democracy, governance, the economy, civil society, and related issues. This particular data collection was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of Guinea, and includes a number of questions about health care, international relations, and the economy, designed specifically for the Guinea survey. The data are collected from a nationally representative sample in face-to-face interviews in the language of the respondent's choice. Standard topics for the Afrobarometer include attitudes toward and evaluations of democracy, governance and economic conditions, political participation, national identity, and social capital. In addition, Round 5 surveys include special modules on taxation; gender issues; crime; conflict and insecurity; globalization; and social service delivery. The surveys also collect a large set of socio-demographic indicators such as age, gender, education level, poverty level, language and ethnicity, and religious affiliation, as well as political party affiliation. Afrobarometer Round 5 surveys were implemented in 35 countries.

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Afrobarometer Round 5: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Lesotho, 2012 (ICPSR 35551)

Released/updated on: 2015-02-12

Geographic coverage: Africa, Lesotho, Global, Sub-Saharan Africa

Time period: 2012-11-26--2012-12-29

The Afrobarometer is a comparative series of public attitude surveys that collects and disseminates data regarding Africans' views on democracy, governance, the economic, civil society, and related issues. The data are collected from nationally representative samples in face-to-face interviews in the language of the respondent's choice. Standard topics for the Afrobarometer include attitudes toward and evaluations of democracy, governance and economic conditions, political participation, national identify, and social capital. In addition, Round 5 surveys included special modules on taxation; gender issues; crime, conflict and insecurity; globalization; and social service delivery. The surveys also collect a large set of socio-demographic indicators such as age, gender, education level, poverty level, language and ethnicity, and religious affiliation, as well as political party affiliation. Afrobarometer Round 5 surveys were implemented in 35 countries. This particular data collection was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of Lesotho, and also includes a number of "country-specific questions" designed specifically for the Lesotho survey.

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Afrobarometer Round 5: The Quality of Democracy and Governance in Togo, 2012 (ICPSR 35566)

Released/updated on: 2015-08-07

Geographic coverage: Togo, Africa, Global, Sub-Saharan Africa

Time period: 2012-12-17--2012-12-29

The Afrobarometer project was designed to collect and disseminate information regarding Africans' views on democracy, governance, economic reform, civil society, and quality of life. This particular survey was concerned with the attitudes and opinions of the citizens of Togo. Respondents in a face-to-face interview were asked to rate their president and the president's administration in overall performance, to state the most important issues facing their nation, and to evaluate the effectiveness of certain continental and international institutions. Opinions were gathered on the role of the government in improving the economy, whether corruption existed in government, and whether government officials were responsive to problems of the general population. Respondents were also asked whether local government officials, the police, the army, the courts, the overall criminal justice system, the National Electoral Commission, the Tax Department, and political parties could be trusted. Additionally, respondents were polled on their level of freedom, taxes, what kind of society they most wanted to see, equal rights regarding gender, their role in the community, and political action and activities. Economic questions addressed the past, present, and future of the country's and the respondents' economic conditions, and respondents' living conditions. In addition, opinions were sought on a range of additional issues specific to Togo. These issues included political reform, the justice system, political life, and cost of education. Background variables include age, gender, ethnicity, education, religious affiliation and participation, political party affiliation, language spoken most at home, current and past employment status, and language used in the interview.

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American Political Event Data, 1968-1972 (ICPSR 7576)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1968-01-01--1972-01-01

Using a political event coding system, this data collection describes 8,768 events and press items sampled from 42,000 entries in THE NEW YORK TIMES between 1968 and 1972. These data were generated in order to apply events data to the study of the emergence and processing of political issues in the United States and to test a number of hypotheses regarding the types of events associated with various political issues. Approximately 4,600 cases are events in which an actor attempts to influence a target. The remaining cases are reports of press items such as editorials and columns. The data include: (1) whether it was a political event (i.e., one in which an actor directs some action toward a target in a political system in order to influence the behavior of the target) or a press item (i.e., information about the domestic issue from either a newspaper column or a newspaper editorial), (2) the domestic issue (one of 40 possible categories), (3) the domestic subissue, (4) the date and the page of the newspaper in which the article describing the event was found, (5) the press treatment or coverage of the event, (6) the actor initiating the event (coded in one of 100 categories including both governmental and nongovernmental actors), (7) the federal role favored by the actor regarding the issue, (8) whether the actor specialized in dealing with the issue, (9) type of action initiated by the actor, (10) the mode of action, (11) the target of the event, and (12) the weight of the event or press item.

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America's Radical Right, 1962 (ICPSR 7273)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: San Francisco, United States, California

This study investigated the attitudes, political behavior, and demographic characteristics of 307 supporters of the "radical right", selected among the approximately 2,000 attendants of the "San Francisco Bay Region School of Anti-Communism" held by the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade in Oakland, California, from January 29- February 2, 1962. Information was collected by personal interviews (94) and mail questionnaires (214), with most questions taken from the American National Election Studies (see AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDIES CUMULATIVE DATA FILE, 1948-1998 [ICPSR 8475]), Samuel Stouffer's COMMUNISM, CONFORMITY, AND CIVIL LIBERTIES STUDY, 1954 (ICPSR 7202), and Martin Trow's study of attitudes toward Senator Joseph McCarthy in Bennington, Vermont. The study also contains a number of derived variables assessing political activity, "internal communism", intolerance, socioeconomic and foreign policy conservatism, and occupational mobility. Demographic data include age, sex, level of education, religious denomination, place of birth, and gross family income.

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Annual Time Series Statistics for the United States, 1929-1968 (ICPSR 27)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1929-01-01--1968-01-01

This study is a 40-year time series of social, economic, and political indicators at the national level for the United States in the period 1929-1968. The variables include data on expenditures from the federal budget by various departments, agencies, and commissions, the number of employees in the various United States departments, measures of the political characteristics of the United States Congress, such as the number of Repuplicans, Democrats, and "other" party members in the United States Senate and in the House of Representatives, business and consumer expenditures, and attributes of the population. Data are also provided on the number per 1,000 of immigrants to the United States, membership of all the religious bodies in the United States, labor union membership, total households in the United States, total civilian labor force, and the number of the unemployed. Demographic variables provide information on education, births, and death rates. The unit of analysis is the year. Variables 2-281 cover the period from 1929-1968 and Variables 282-408 cover only the period from 1947-1968.

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Asia Europe Survey (ASES): A Multinational Comparative Study in 18 Countries, 2001 (ICPSR 22324)

Released/updated on: 2008-06-24

Geographic coverage: Singapore, Japan, Europe, Philippines, China (Peoples Republic), United Kingdom, Malaysia, Thailand, Portugal, Global, Spain, Greece, South Korea, Sweden, Asia, Ireland, Taiwan, Italy, France, Germany, Indonesia

Time period: 2000-10-01--2000-12-01

The purpose of the survey was to study, in 18 countries of Asia and Europe, how democracy (or quasi-democracy) functions in response to various domestic and international stimuli, with a focus on the rise of civil society and the deepening of globalization. The 18 countries surveyed include from East and Southeast Asia: Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, and from Western Europe: the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Greece. The questionnaire covers generally five topics: (1) identity, (2) trust, (3) satisfaction, (4) beliefs and actions, and (5) socio-economic attributes. For the first topic, the survey asked respondents for their nationality and its importance to them, whether it was respected by others and given fair treatment in international economic and political affairs, and how proud of it they were. Respondents were also asked how important it was for them to have citizenship, fluency in their country's dominant language, and to practice their nationality's dominant religion. Respondents were asked if they identified with a community or a group rather than a nationality (i.e. neighborhoods, ethnic group, and religion), if they belonged to larger groups in which people from other countries were included (i.e. European, Asian, and Islamic), and how proud they were of their country's achievements or politics. The next topic asked respondents to assess their level of confidence in their country's government and endeavors (i.e. political parties, law and courts, and mass media) and in international organizations (i.e. World Bank and NATO), to name their country's foreign ministers, and if they could name the five countries with permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council. For the third topic, respondents were asked how well their countries handled issues of politics and citizens, about their personal life situation, their country's development, and the international situation. Regarding beliefs and actions, respondents were asked to comment on the effects of development around the world (i.e., products, money, people, and information being able to move globally), the importance of social issues (i.e., human rights and unemployment), and whether such issues should be dealt with by the country alone or by all countries working together, and if they agreed with specific statements others have made about the government, economy, and politics. They were questioned about their interest in politics, their left-to-right stance in politics, what political activities they had participated in, whether they had voted in the presidential and/or local elections, which political party they felt closest to, and their level of satisfaction with politics in their society. The final topic included questions on the respondent's awareness of political or governmental affairs through different types of media (i.e., newspaper, radio, and television), life satisfaction, fluency in English, frequency with which they attended religious services, religious domination, sex, age, living situation, highest completed level of education, employment, household's living standards, income, and ethnic group.

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Assessing the Consequences of Politicized Confirmation Processes, 2005-2006 (ICPSR 31841)

Released/updated on: 2011-10-13

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2005-05-16--2005-07-19, 2006-01-19--2006-02-13, 2006-05-24--2006-06-21

The data collection represents a loose collaboration between Georgetown University's Center for Democracy and Civil Society (CDACS) and the European Social Survey (ESS). These data contain responses from three separate interviews referred to as Wave One (t1), Wave Two (t2), and Wave Three (t3). Wave One data are from the United States Citizenship, Involvement, Democracy (CID) Survey, and consisted of in-person interviews with a representative sample of 1,001 Americans. The CID survey is a study of American civic engagement, social capital, and democracy in comparative perspective, and it provides perspective on citizen participation in both the public and private realms. The CID survey is integrated with several elements of a module from the 2002 version of the ESS, which was administered in 22 European countries. In addition to the replicated questions from the ESS, the CID survey includes questions related to the themes of social capital, activities in formal clubs and organizations, informal social networks and activities, personal networks (strong and weak ties), the composition and diversity of ties and associations, trust (in other people, the community, institutions, and politicians), local democracy and participation, democratic values, political citizenship, social citizenship, views on immigration and diversity, political identifications, ideology, mobilization and action, and tolerance (concerning views and attitudes, least-likes groups, and racial stereotypes). Wave Two data was collected during the Alito Confirmation Process through re-interviews via telephone of 335 respondents who had completed the 2005 (Wave One) survey. Wave Three data was obtained after the Alito Confirmation Process, comprising re-interviews via telephone of 259 individuals who particpated in Wave Two. Both Wave Two and Wave Three included questions regarding respondents' political affiliations, views on politics and social issues, and trust in groups of people and institutions. In addition the survey queried respondents concerning their knowledge and opinion of the United States Supreme Court and Congress, Supreme Court judges, the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, as well as advertisements about the process, and their opinion on the rulings of the Supreme Court. Demographic variables include: Wave One - age, gender, race, marital status, religious affilitation and participation, highest level of education (respondent and respondent's partner), employment status (respondent and respondent's partner), income, nationality, and citizenship; Wave Two - has no demographic variables; Wave Three - age, gender, race, and religious affiliation and participation. Also included are attributes of the interviewer and interviewer observations.

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Attitudes Toward Foreign Policy in Osaka and Izumo, Japan, 1957 (ICPSR 7071)

Released/updated on: 2009-06-19

Geographic coverage: Global

This study was conducted in 1957 in the cities of Osaka and Izumo, Japan. The respondents' opinions of Japan's national security were explored through questions eliciting views on the strength of and the need for security defense forces, Japan's rearmament, and the possible revision of the Japanese constitution to establish an army, navy, and air force. Japanese foreign policy was investigated, primarily with respect to relations with the United States, Korea, and China. Questions about United States-Japanese relations focused on the presence of United States military bases in Japan and on the return of Okinawa to Japan. Recognition of Communist China was another topic probed in the study, as was the Japanese government's policy toward the Republic of Korea. The survey also investigated respondents' political behavior and attitudes, including voting behavior, party support, and political efficacy. Demographic data include age, sex, education, and occupation.

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British House of Commons Roll Call Data, 1841-1847 (ICPSR 7384)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: Great Britain

Time period: 1841-01-01--1847-01-01

This study investigated the socioeconomic composition of the 1841-1847 British House of Commons and the political behavior of the men who sat in it. For each member of parliament, data were collected on personal background, constituency, political career, social position, and professional and business interests. The information on political behavior includes party affiliation, roll call responses in 186 individual parliamentary votes (called "divisions"), and the parliament members' ranking on 24 cumulative scales derived from voting data to allow generalizations about voting patterns.

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Candidate Name and Constituency Totals, 1788-1990 (ICPSR 2)

Released/updated on: 2025-05-27

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1788-01-01--1990-01-01

The United States Historical Election Returns Series consists of several datasets, the major files are the United States Historical Election Returns, 1788-1968 (ICPSR 00001) and General Election Data for the United States, 1950-1990 (ICPSR 00013). ICPSR 00001 includes county-level returns for over 90 percent of all elections to the offices of president, governor, United States representative (1824-1990), and United States senator (1912-1990).The dataset also includes returns for approximately two-thirds of all elections to the offices of president, governor, and United States representative for the period 1788-1823. Study ICPSR 00013 contains county-level returns for all elections to the same national and state offices, plus one additional state-wide office, usually attorney general or secretary of state.

This data collection provides summary information about candidates contesting elections and special elections anywhere in the nation, political party name and ICPSR party ID code, and the number of votes received by each candidate in the constituency for elections between 1788 and 1990. The information also include election for which returns are available solely at the constituency level and not found in the country-level files of elections returns described above. For detailed information about candidates and contests, please refer to study Constituency Statistics of Elections in the United States, 1788-1990 (ICPSR 7757).

This release further include 1990 data from the District of Columbia election for United States senator and United States representative. The offices of two senators and one representative were created by the "District of Columbia Statehood Constitutional Convention Initiative," which was approved by District voters in 1980. Elections for these offices were postponed until the 1990 general election. The three offices are currently local District positions, which will turn into federal offices if the District becomes a state.

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Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2014 (ICPSR 32302)

Released/updated on: 2016-04-28

Geographic coverage: Sudan, Egypt, North Africa, Libya, Bahrain, Global, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, Lebanon, Turkey, Morocco, Iran, Qatar, Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen

Time period: 1988-01-01--2014-01-01

The Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset includes both individual-level and country-level variables. Data on individual-level variables are drawn from 56 surveys carried out in 14 Arab countries, Turkey, and Iran. Taken together, a total of 82,489 men and women were surveyed. Almost all of the surveys involved face-to-face interviews. Most of the surveys were carried out either as the first, second, and third wave of the Arab Barometer, the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth waves of the World Values Survey, or a project on attitudes related to governance carried out by Mark Tessler with funding from the National Science Foundation. The dataset also includes four earlier surveys, as well as variables based on 34 time-specific country-level characteristics, for example, Freedom House political freedom ratings; labor force attributes compiled by the World Bank, the United Nations and others; natural resource rents, also compiled by the World Bank; ratings on the United Nations Human Development Index; freedom of religion indices developed by the United States Department of State; and linguistic, ethnic and religious fractionalization indices compiled in a private research project. Demographic variables include age, sex, education, employment status, marital status, religion, and income.

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CBS News/New York Times National Poll, August #1, 2011 (ICPSR 34467)

Released/updated on: 2012-12-18

Geographic coverage: United States

This poll, fielded August 2011, and the first of four, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on a range of political and social issues. Respondents were asked how well Barack Obama was handling the presidency, the economy, and whether he showed strong leadership qualities during the debt ceiling negotiations. Respondents were also asked for their opinions on how the Republicans and the Democrats in Congress have handled negotiations on the debt ceiling, whether members of Congress deserve re-election, and how they felt about the ability of Congress to address issues affecting the country. Further information was collected regarding the debt ceiling negotiations, including whether respondents were relieved that a debt ceiling agreement had been reached, whether respondents felt the measures in the debt ceiling agreement would improve the economy, and whether the negotiations had impacted the image of the United States throughout the world. Additional topics included John Boehner's job performance, the national economy, raising taxes, whether the government should prioritize spending cuts vs. job creation, the Tea Party movement, and the amount of influence the Tea Party movement has within the Republican Party. Demographic information includes sex, age, race, marital status, education level, household income, religious preference, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), political party affiliation, political philosophy, and voter registration status.

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CBS News/New York Times National Survey, June 3-6, 1991 (ICPSR 9863)

Released/updated on: 2011-01-21

Time period: 1991-06-03--1991-06-06

In addition to providing an ongoing evaluation of the Bush presidency, this survey polled respondents on a variety of social and political topics including political parties, economics, racism, the Persian Gulf War, patriotism, Mikhail Gorbachev and the Soviet Union, China, and health care policy. Respondents were asked whether they approved of George Bush's handling of the presidency, foreign policy, and the economy. Detailed queries on political topics included items on the most important problem facing the country and the party that could best handle it, and the party best able to control unemployment, reduce the federal deficit, keep the United States out of war, deal with foreign economic competition, and insure the prosperity of the country. Respondents were also asked which party was more concerned with the needs of people like themselves, which was more likely to make sure that United States military defenses are strong and that children get a better education in the public schools, which was more likely to improve the health care system, which party favored the rich, the middle class, and the poor, which party cared more about the needs and problems of women, men, Blacks, and Whites, and which was more likely to waste tax money. Economic questions focused on whether trade restrictions were necessary to protect domestic industries, what the condition of the national economy was, whether the United States was in an economic recession, and whether the economy was getting better. Questions concerning racism asked whether preference should be given to hiring Blacks where there had been discrimination in the past, whether preferential hiring or promotion of Blacks hurts Whites, and whether the respondent had ever been discriminated against. Questions focusing on the Persian Gulf War included whether the war to defeat Iraq was worth the cost, whether the results of the war would make the chance for peace in the Middle East more likely, whether the United States should have stopped fighting when Iraqi troops left Kuwait or continued fighting Iraq until Saddam Hussein was removed from power, if the respondent felt proud about what the United States had done in the Persian Gulf, and whether the United States made a mistake by getting involved in the war against Iraq. Other questions examined how patriotic the respondent felt, whether people were more patriotic, and whether politicians talk about patriotism as a means of winning votes. Respondents were also asked whether their opinion of Mikhail Gorbachev was favorable, whether they favored helping the Soviet Union reform its economy by providing economic aid, whether it was more important to criticize China's suppression of human rights or to maintain good relations with China, and whether China should receive the same trading privileges as other friendly nations. Questions regarding specific health policies included whether abortion should be available to all or be available with stricter limits, whether the government should require employers to make health insurance available, and whether the respondent favored or opposed national health insurance. Respondents were asked how much they thought they knew about AIDS, whether the United States should keep people who have tested positive for AIDS from entering the country, whether there had been a lot of discrimination against people with AIDS, whether they had sympathy for those who have the disease, what age children should be told about AIDS and the specific ways to prevent transmitting it, if the government should require health care workers to be tested for AIDS, whether the respondent had changed his/her sexual habits due to fear of getting AIDS, and whether the respondent knew someone who had the disease or who had died from it. Background information includes the respondent's voting behavior in the 1988 presidential election, party affiliation, political orientation, voter registration status, age, race, religion, education, marital status, parental status, employment, and family income.

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CBS News/New York Times Polls, 1979 (ICPSR 7819)

Released/updated on: 2006-01-18

Geographic coverage: United States

This study is part of a continuing series of monthly polls that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Each data file in the collection represents a distinct nationwide survey that was conducted during 1979. Approximately 1,000-1,500 randomly selected adults were interviewed by telephone in each poll. Respondents were asked to give their opinions of President Jimmy Carter and his handling of the presidency, foreign affairs, and the economy, as well as their views on a range of current social and economic issues. In addition the March 1979 Poll on Peace in the Middle East (Part 3) focused specifically on the peace treaty signed by Egypt and Israel. Respondents were asked if they believed this agreement would lead to long-term peace between the two nations, whether peace between Israel and other Arab countries was likely, and whether President Carter's participation and the United States' role in facilitating negotiations were necessary to achieve the peace agreement. Nuclear power and energy shortages were explored in Part 4, April 1979 Poll on Nuclear Power. Respondents were asked if they agreed that there was a need for more nuclear power plants, how they felt about having a nuclear power plant in their own community, and, given the choice, if they would rather build more power plants, cut back on personal use of energy, or pay higher prices for foreign oil. Other questions concerned how increasing gasoline prices might affect driving habits, the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident, and whether or not solar energy could solve the energy crisis. The June 1979 Poll-Pre-1980 Election (Part 5) focused on qualities voters looked for in presidential candidates and how ongoing domestic and international issues might affect their pre-election voting preferences. Specific topics included inflation, the energy crisis, and the arms race. Respondents were asked how rising gasoline prices, lines at gas stations, and the prospect of gasoline rationing had impacted their lives and driving habits, what they thought about the arms limitation talks between the United States and the Soviet Union, and whether the SALT treaty, if approved, would reduce the chance of war with the Soviet Union. The primary focus of Part 6, July 1979 Poll on the Oil Shortage, were gasoline and oil shortages, gasoline rationing, increasing energy prices, proposals for reducing energy consumption, and the United States' dependence on foreign oil. Respondents' views on presidential candidates, the influx of Asian refugees ('boat people'), and the possible legalization of marijuana were also elicited. The Mid-July 1979 Poll after President Carter's Speech (Part 7) explored respondents' reactions to the crisis in national confidence that President Carter had referred to in his televised speech. Respondents were asked whether they believed there was a crisis in confidence in the country, and if listening to the speech had changed their own sense of confidence in the United States. In Part 8, November 1979 Poll on Issues of 1979 (with Pre-1980 Election Focus), respondents were asked to rate how they felt things were going in the United States and in their personal life, how this compared to five years before and whether they anticipated the following five years to be better or worse. Additional questions concerned leadership qualities of presidential candidates, abortion rights, the ordination of women, whether the United States should negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), and whether the SALT treaty should or should not be approved by the Senate. Background information on respondents includes voter participation history, political party affiliation, political orientation, age, race, religion, education, household income, armed forces service, and participation in labor unions.

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Characteristics of Deceptive Online Network Facebook Groups (ICPSR 300484)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains descriptive statistics and characteristics of network-affiliated Facebook Groups that were removed due to Meta’s Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior and Inauthentic Behavior policies.

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Characteristics of Deceptive Online Network Facebook Pages (ICPSR 300483)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains descriptive statistics and characteristics of network-affiliated Facebook Pages that were removed due to Meta’s Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior and Inauthentic Behavior policies.

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Characteristics of Deceptive Online Network Facebook User Accounts (ICPSR 300462)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains descriptive statistics and characteristics of network-affiliated Facebook user accounts that were removed due to Meta’s Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior and Inauthentic Behavior policies.

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Characteristics of Deceptive Online Network Instagram User Accounts (ICPSR 300482)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains descriptive statistics and characteristics of network-affiliated Instagram user accounts that were removed due to Meta’s Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior and Inauthentic Behavior policies.

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Citizen Disenchantment in Mexico (national survey, June 2006) (ICPSR 34669)

Released/updated on: 2013-08-29

Geographic coverage: Mexico, Global

Citizen Disenchantment in Mexico is a national survey (N=650) carried out in June, 2006, and funded by National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant Award #0519262 (PI's David Crow and Robert Luskin). The survey's 96 questions gauge citizen definitions of democracy (including a 12-item battery on electoral, liberal, and substantive conceptualizations of democracy) and evaluations of Mexican democracy. It also includes a 15-item battery on migration experiences. The survey is organized into eight sections: (1) Political Participation and Preferences; (2) Political Interest; (3) Migration and Remittances; (4) General Concepts about Democracy; (5) Evaluation of Democracy in Mexico; (6) Support for Democracy; (7) Political Knowledge; and (8) Sociodemographic Data.

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Coexposure to Facebook Posts with Civic News Domains (ICPSR 300451)

Released/updated on: 2026-04-01

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-09-01--2021-02-01

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

The metrics in this dataset measure the audience size and views of posts with links to a specific pair of domains classified as civic news. The dataset contains domain-level metrics from Facebook activity data for adult U.S. monthly active users, aggregated over the study period. Includes content views, audience size, content attributes, user attributes, political interest.

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Coexposure to Facebook Posts with Civic News URLs (ICPSR 300453)

Released/updated on: 2026-04-01

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-09-01--2021-02-01

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

The metrics in this dataset measure the audience size and views of posts with links to a specific pair of URLs classified as civic news. The dataset contains URL-level metrics from Facebook activity data for adult U.S. monthly active users, aggregated over the study period. Includes content views, audience size, content attributes, user attributes, political interest.

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Simple Crosstabs

Community College Civic Outcomes Survey, Spring 2015 (ICPSR 36833)

Released/updated on: 2017-11-15

Geographic coverage: United States

The Community College Civic Outcomes Survey, Spring 2015 study examines the individual and institutional factors associated with greater civic agency, capacity, behavior, and knowledge among college students. In Spring 2015, two surveys were digitally administered at nine community colleges. These nine colleges were purposively selected for diversity in terms of geography, campus setting, size, and the racial and ethnic composition of their student bodies. From a total of 98,838 recipients, 4,788 usable surveys were returned, for an aggregate five percent response rate (response rates varied from two to 13% among the nine colleges). This data includes a sample of 3,897 from those surveys collected.

The Civic Outcomes Survey (COS) was administered to students, and included questions related to voting, political and community engagement, civic knowledge, and leadership development. The Institutional Questionnaire (IQ), was admitted to each college's liaisons to The Democracy Commitment (TDC), and included questions related to college-level factors known to influence student engagement. These questions assessed for institutional intentionality towards civic engagement through college missions and strategic planning, as well as academic and faculty focus on civic involvement. Both instruments were previously tested in a small regional pilot and were subsequently refined to allow for greater response variability. Demographic variables include race, income, gender, and enrollment status.

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Simple Crosstabs

Community College Civic Outcomes Survey, United States, Spring 2016 (ICPSR 36954)

Released/updated on: 2018-04-25

Geographic coverage: United States

The Community College Civic Outcomes Survey, Spring 2016 study examines the individual and institutional factors associated with greater civic agency, capacity, behavior, and knowledge among college students. In Spring 2016, two surveys were digitally administered at 13 community colleges, or community college systems. These colleges were purposively selected for diversity in terms of geography, campus setting, size, and the racial and ethnic composition of their student bodies. This data includes a sample of 1,693 surveys from those collected.

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Simple Crosstabs

Community College Civic Outcomes Survey, United States, Spring 2017 (ICPSR 36961)

Released/updated on: 2018-04-25

Geographic coverage: United States

The Community College Civic Outcomes Survey, Spring 2017 study examines the individual and institutional factors associated with greater civic agency, capacity, behavior, and knowledge among college students. In Spring 2017, two surveys were digitally administered at 8 community colleges, or community college systems. These colleges were purposively selected for diversity in terms of geography, campus setting, size, and the racial and ethnic composition of their student bodies. This data includes a sample of 1,168 surveys from those collected.

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Comparative Political Parties Data, 1950-1962 (ICPSR 7534)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: Benin, Myanmar, Cambodia, Sudan, Malaysia, Paraguay, Portugal, Iceland, Global, North Korea, Greece, Austria, El Salvador, Iran, Luxembourg, Guatemala, Ecuador, Hungary, Ghana, Albania, New Zealand, Canada, Turkey, Central African Republic, Peru, Germany, United States, Guinea, Chad, Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, France, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Togo, Uruguay, United Kingdom, Kenya, Lebanon, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Australia, Soviet Union, Indonesia

Time period: 1950-01-01--1962-01-01

This data collection contains the observed characteristics of 158 diverse political parties operating in 53 countries between 1950 and 1962. The variables consist of both substantive coding of party characteristics and data quality measures. A base of 111 variables place party characteristics in a conceptual framework of 11 categories: institutionalization, governmental status, social attraction, social concentration, social reflection, issue orientation, goal orientation, autonomy, degree of organization, centralization of power, coherence, and involvement. Every variable that was coded was selected because of its relevance to a concept in the framework. The remaining variables are derived measures of the quality of those data.

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Comparison Statistics About Monthly Active Users (ICPSR 300455)

Released/updated on: 2026-04-01

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-09-24--2020-11-03

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset includes aggregated statistics about the gender and age of monthly active users of Facebook. These data are related to adult U.S. Facebook users reached by social issues, elections, and political (SIEP) ads from September 24, 2020 through November 3rd, 2020.

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Compilation of Middletown III and Middletown IV Data, 1977-1999 [Muncie, Indiana] (ICPSR 4604)

Released/updated on: 2007-10-16

Geographic coverage: Muncie, Indiana, United States

Time period: 1977-01-01--1999-01-01

Middletown III was a replication of research done in 1924-1925 by Robert and Helen Lynd in Muncie, Indiana. Middletown III included the Family Roles Survey (1977), the High School Survey (1977, 1989), the Community Survey (1978), the Government Services Survey (1978), the Kinship Survey (1978), the Neighborhood Survey (1978), the Religion Survey (1978), the Women's Occupational Survey (1978), and the Recreation Survey (1982). Middletown IV was a 1999 replication of two of the most important surveys that had been conducted in 1924 and 1977: the Community Survey and the High School Survey. The High School Survey (1977, 1989, and 1999) queried respondents about the number of years they attended Muncie schools, membership in extra-curricular activities, sex education, curriculum, grades and schoolwork, books and magazines read that were not assigned, and future plans post-high school. Respondents were also asked about close friendships, work outside of school, activities on Sunday, and their opinions about their relationship with their parents, and several statements about personal, political, and social issues. For the Community Survey (1978, 1999), respondents were asked about their residence and living in Muncie, as well as job history, reasons to work, and the advantages gained from working. The survey also asked questions of respondents about spouse employment and vacation, household roles, activities, and expenses, as well as close friendships, important qualities in boys and girls, educational plans for their children, and opinions on special topics. For the Family Roles Survey (1978), respondents were asked to express their opinion in regard to raising a family in Muncie, spouse role performance and expectations, marital satisfaction, and close friendships. The Government Services Survey (1978) asked respondents about their participation in the 1976 presidential, 1974 Indiana congressional, and 1975 Muncie city elections, service in the armed forces, and housing. In addition, the survey asked respondents for their opinion in regard to unemployed citizens, welfare, the Muncie community, and government programs, as well as their awareness or use of certain programs. The Kinship Survey (1978) asked respondents to identify where and how long they lived at a location in relationship to Muncie. In addition, respondents were asked for demographic information about their spouse, mother and father (their own and their spouse's), siblings, cousins, and children, their relationship and interactions with them, including their participation in different types of activities together, giving or receiving of goods or services, and frequency of communication. The Neighborhood Survey (1978), queried respondents about their residence in a Muncie neighborhood and their intent to remain at or move from this location. Opinions were sought about the neighborhood and particular facilities visited, attended, or used most often. Respondents were also asked to identify whether relatives or friends lived in Muncie, the location of their residence, as well as their spouses' work location. Respondents scored their interactions with their closest relative, and identified relationships with friends and work associates. In the Religion Survey (1978), respondents provided information about their participation in political elections, what activities they enjoy, as well as their opinion in regard to quality of life, marital satisfaction, racial inequality, women's liberation, and their response when encountering a problem. In addition, respondents were asked about their religious behavior and philosophies, including practices such as prayer, fasting, and the teaching and study of different religions. For the Women's Occupational Survey (1978), respondents were queried about their views in regard to quality of life and marriage including number of times and age married, the status of the marriage, number of children born in each marriage, marital satisfaction, relationship with spouse, causes of disagreement with spouse, and household roles. Pertaining to occupation, respondents answered questions about job training and requirements, job satisfaction, and job discrimination. They also provided their opinions about how work had affected their relationships with their children and spouse. For the Recreation Survey (1982), respondents were queried about attending professional events, participating in sports and household activities, visiting particular recreational locations, owning recreational, electronic, or entertainment equipment, and playing a musical instrument. In addition, the survey posed questions about membership in a group or organization, vacations, religious behaviors, and books or magazines read. Respondents also provided their opinion about gender attributes pertaining to societal roles. Major demographic themes that may appear in one or more of the surveys include age, gender, race, birthplace, occupation and employment, income, social class, education, marital status, religious preference, number of friends or relatives in the city, number and ages of children or siblings, and household composition, as well as the topic of organizational memberships, political affiliation, time spent per day watching movies or television, and number of newspaper or magazine subscriptions. For the Community Survey (1978, 1999), Kinship Survey (1978), Neighborhood Survey (1978), and Women's Occupational Survey (1978), in addition to occupation, the data may also include Duncan Socioeconomic Index (SEI), Siegel Prestige, or industry classification codes.

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Constituency Service and Incumbency Advantage (ICPSR 1108)

Released/updated on: 1995-10-12

Geographic coverage: United States

The article addresses the long-standing discrepancy between scholarly support for the effect of constituency service performed by U.S. legislators on the electoral advantages of incumbency and the large body of contradictory empirical evidence. It first demonstrates that many of the methodological problems noticed in past research reduce to a single measurement problem that is readily resolved. The core of the article then provides among the first systematic empirical evidence for the constituency service hypothesis.

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Continuity and Change in American National Elections, 1952-1996: [Instructional Materials] (ICPSR 3727)

Released/updated on: 2004-03-03

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 1952-01-01--1996-01-01

These instructional materials were prepared for use with AMERICAN NATIONAL ELECTION STUDIES CUMULATIVE DATA FILE, 1948-2000 (ICPSR 8475), compiled by Virginia Sapiro, Steven J. Rosenstone, and the National Election Studies. The data file (a Stata data file) and accompanying documentation are provided to assist educators in instructing students in continuity and change over time in the major determinants of American national elections. An instructors' handout has also been included, containing the following sections, among others: (1) an overview of the instructional module and an introduction to the use of Stata, (2) a discussion of, and exercises on, the influences of party identification on political behavior, including the sources of partisan identification, partisan change over time, and partisanship and voting, (3) a discussion of, and exercises on, the social characteristics of the American electorate, including major social groupings in the American electorate, who really votes, and the social composition of the political parties, (4) a discussion of, and exercises on, the influence of social and economic factors on political behavior, including who votes, the question of class bias in American politics, and the economic determinants of the vote, and (5) a bibliography of related readings. The dataset is a collection of certain common variables for selected federal elections between 1952 to 1996 taken from the National Election Study Cumulative file. Variables in the dataset include race, gender, religion, education level, other demographic information, economic status indicators, media exposure, political ideology, political behavior, attitudes toward salient public policies, and partisan identification.

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Control Group Participant Exposure to Presidential Campaign Ads (ICPSR 300449)

Released/updated on: 2026-04-01

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-09-13--2020-11-03

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains aggregated metrics summarizing U.S. adult active users' exposure to ads on Facebook and Instagram by the official presidential campaign accounts during each survey wave period before the 2020 election.

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Control Group Participant Exposure to Social Issue, Election, and Political Ads, Excluding Official Presidential Campaign Ads (ICPSR 300452)

Released/updated on: 2026-04-01

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-09-13--2020-11-03

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains aggregated metrics summarizing U.S. adult active users' exposure to social issues, elections, and political ads (excluding official presidential campaign ads) on Facebook and Instagram during the study period.

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Cultural Democratization in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR): Moscow Oblast Survey, 1990 (ICPSR 9726)

Released/updated on: 1992-05-18

Geographic coverage: Moscow, Global, Soviet Union, Russia

Time period: 1990-02-17--1990-03-04

The data were collected to assess levels of support among citizens of the Moscow Oblast for democratic rights, institutions, and processes, and to test several hypotheses about the democratic values within socialist political systems. The data cover a broad array of topics, including political tolerance, valuation of liberty, support for the norms of democracy, rights awareness, support for dissent, support for an independent media, support for the institution of competitive elections, and anti-Semitism. Questions were asked about the respondents' knowledge of current events in the Soviet Union, interest in politics, familiarity and contact with political leaders, level of political involvement, views on political issues, consumption of alcoholic beverages, and attitudes towards specific social, political, and ethnic groups. Demographic information includes age, education, occupation, birthplace, religion, and marital status. The self-administered portion of the data collection consists of a personality inventory and a word game.

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Cumulative Distribution of Engagement with Content of Deceptive Online Networks on Facebook (ICPSR 300443)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains aggregated metrics summarizing cumulative U.S. adult active users' exposure to and engagement with Facebook content by deceptive online networks. Exposure and engagement metrics include viewers, views, and reshares. The dataset is structured by cumulative exposure by percentile of active users (incremented by 0.01%). Each row represents the cumulative exposure to deceptive online networks by a cumulative percentile of monthly active Facebook users.

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Cumulative Distribution of Engagement with Content of Deceptive Online Networks on Instagram (ICPSR 300444)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains aggregated metrics summarizing cumulative U.S. adult active users' exposure to and engagement with Instagram content by deceptive online networks. Exposure and engagement metrics include viewers, views, and reshares. The dataset is structured by cumulative exposure by percentile of active users (incremented by 0.01%). Each row represents the cumulative exposure to deceptive online networks by a cumulative percentile of monthly active Instagram users.

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Daily Ads by Deceptive Online Networks (ICPSR 300439)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains user-level metrics from aggregated Facebook activity data for U.S. adult monthly active users.

These metrics measure the creation of ad content by network-affiliated accounts and reshares of original network posts by accounts unaffiliated with the deceptive online network daily during the study period.

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Daily Content of Deceptive Online Networks on Facebook (ICPSR 300363)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains user-level metrics from aggregated Facebook activity data for U.S. adult monthly active users.

These metrics measure the creation of and engagement with content by network-affiliated accounts and reshares of original network posts by accounts unaffiliated with the deceptive online network on Facebook daily during the study period.

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Daily Content of Deceptive Online Networks on Instagram (ICPSR 300435)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains user-level metrics from aggregated Instagram activity data for U.S. adult monthly active users.

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Daily Ideological Segregation of the Audience of Facebook Posts with Civic News Domains and URLs (ICPSR 300456)

Released/updated on: 2026-04-01

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-09-01--2021-02-01

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset measures the ideological segregation index and favorability score of the potential, exposed and engaged audience of posts with links to domains and URLs classified as civic news. The dataset contains domain- and URL-level metrics from Facebook activity data for adult U.S. monthly active users, aggregated daily over the study period. Includes ideological segregation index, favorability score, content attributes, user attributes.

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Deceptive Online Networks: Domains shared on Facebook (ICPSR 307363)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains a reference list of domains that were shared on Facebook during the study period, used for domain classification.

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Deceptive Online Networks: Statistics About the Attributes and Characteristics of Facebook Users (ICPSR 307361)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains the percentage breakdown of Facebook Monthly Active Users (MAU) by age, gender, political leaning, page/group admin status, and battleground state location.

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Deceptive Online Networks: Statistics About the Attributes and Characteristics of Instagram Users (ICPSR 307362)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains the percentage breakdown of Instagram Monthly Active Users (MAU) by gender and battleground state location.

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Demographics of All Deactivation Enrolled Participants (ICPSR 300472)

Released/updated on: 2026-04-01

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-08-25--2020-09-24

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains information about the demographics and on-platform behaviors of all Deactivation experiment participants, including those who left the study. The purpose of this dataset is to understand the bias in who stayed in the study compared to everyone who initially agreed to participate.

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Detroit Area Study, 1957: Leader Survey (ICPSR 7107)

Released/updated on: 1992-02-16

Geographic coverage: Detroit, United States, Michigan

This study investigated political activities and attitudes of 77 Republican and 72 Democratic precinct leaders in Wayne County, Michigan. The interviews focused on county-, district-, and precinct-level organization and activities as well as on related perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors of the party leadership toward the party structure at each level. Questions probed the respondents' living experiences before coming to Detroit, and their behavior regarding changes of residence since coming to Detroit. The use of phones within the home was also ascertained. Items assessing various influences on the respondents' political attitudes and behaviors were included in the interview. The respondents were asked to indicate the mass media on which they depended most heavily for political information, and how often politics was discussed in meetings with family, friends, neighbors, and other groups to which they belonged. The strength of the respondent's political party affiliation and perceptions of differences between the major parties on various issues were also explored. Questions were asked about the importance and frequency of voting, the respondent's knowledge of and involvement in local party politics, knowledge of precinct workers and the state party chairman, and general attitudes toward politics and political figures such as Adlai Stevenson and Dwight Eisenhower. Also studied were the respondent's opinions regarding several controversial issues, including national health care, school integration, ending the selective service system, and monetary aid to countries that were not anti-communist. Background variables established the respondent's age, sex, race, educational level, marital status, occupation, social class, political affiliation, number of children, religious preference, and relationship to the head of the household. Demographic information was also collected on the respondent's father.

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Detroit Area Study, 1957: Party Leadership and Political Behavior and Intra-Class Correlation of Attitudes in Detroit (ICPSR 7280)

Released/updated on: 2010-06-23

Geographic coverage: Detroit, United States, Michigan

The Detroit Area Study (DAS) is a face-to-face survey of adults in the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area. Information was collected on the political attitudes and behavior of 596 adults in the period during the fall of 1956 and early spring 1957. This collection was a combination of two separate studies: PARTY LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL BEHAVIOR by Daniel Katz and Samuel Eldersveld, and INTRA-CLASS CORRELATION OF ATTITUDES IN DETROIT by Leslie Kish. Of the 596 respondents, 149 were categorized as belonging to a leadership sample consisting of 77 Republicans and 72 Democratic precinct leaders. For data on the political activities and attitudes of party leaders, see the related collection, DETROIT AREA STUDY, 1957: LEADER SURVEY (ICPSR 7107) (ICPSR 07107). Items in this survey focused on perceptions, attitudes, and behavior of the adult public toward party structures and organizations at the county, district, and precinct levels. In order to assess the sources of influence on the respondents' political attitudes and behavior, they were asked about the mass media they depended on most heavily for political information, as well as the frequency with which politics was discussed in meetings of their families, friends, neighbors, and other groups to which they belonged. A series of questions asked for whom respondents had voted in the 1956 presidential, gubernatorial, and congressional races, as well as which presidential candidate their family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors voted for. Other questions elicited information about the respondents' knowledge of and involvement in local party politics and their knowledge of precinct workers and their state party chairman. Also explored were respondents' feelings about the importance of voting, their general attitudes toward politics and political figures such as Adlai Stevenson and Dwight Eisenhower, their perception of the differences between the major parties on various issues, and their opinions on several controversial issues such as a national health care, school integration, ending the military draft, and monetary aid to countries that were not anti-communist. Additional items covered the use of telephones in respondents' homes, their living experiences before coming to Detroit, their handling of change of residences since coming to Detroit, and their feelings about their neighborhood. Demographic variables include the respondent's age, sex, race, education level, place of birth, marital status, number of children, religious preference, frequency of religious attendance, political party affiliation, voter registration status and participation history, employment status, occupation, labor union membership, perceived social class, relationship to the head of household, length of time at present residence, and length of residence in the Detroit area. Demographic information was collected on the nationality, occupation, and political party affiliation of the respondent's father. Information was also collected on the number and ages of household members, the number of household members employed, labor union membership in the household, household income, whether anyone in the household was employed by the government, and the occupation and employment status of the head of the household.

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Diffusion of Ads by Deceptive Online Networks (ICPSR 300441)

Released/updated on: 2026-06-30

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.

This dataset contains aggregated information about the spread of ad content from deceptive online networks during the study period. Each row of the dataset corresponds to properties of an individual reshare tree. Each variable contains a value, or set of values, that aggregates data for that tree size over the period of time.

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Diffusion of Facebook Posts with 100 or More Reshares (ICPSR 300487)

Released/updated on: 2026-04-01

Geographic coverage: United States

Time period: 2020-06-26--2021-02-15

These data are restricted and require an application. To apply, see SOMAR’s Application Portal and Application Guide.This dataset contains information about all content reshared 100 times or more from July 1, 2020 through February 1, 2021. Each row of the dataset corresponds to properties of an individual reshare tree. Each column contains a value, or set of values, that aggregates data for that specific reshare tree over the study period.