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United States Agriculture Data, 1840 - 2012 (ICPSR 35206)
Released/updated on: 2018-08-20
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1840-01-01--2012-12-31
This collection includes county-level data from the United States Censuses of Agriculture for the years 1840 to 2012. The files provide data about the number, types, output, and prices of various agricultural products, as well as information on the amount, expenses, sales, values, and production of machinery. Most of the basic crop output data apply to the previous harvest year. Data collected also included the population and value of livestock, the number of animals slaughtered, and the size, type, and value of farms. Part 46 of this collection contains data from 1980 through 2010. Variables in part 46 include information such as the average value of farmland, number and value of buildings per acre, food services, resident population, composition of households, and unemployment rates.
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CBS NEWS "CBS.Marketwatch.com" Millennium Poll, December 1999 (ICPSR 2874)
Released/updated on: 2011-04-18
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 1999-12-01--1999-12-31
This special topic poll, fielded December 17-19, 1999, focused on respondents' anticipation of life in the 21st century as the year 2000 approached. Those queried were asked to predict the quality of life in the 21st century on a variety of dimensions including war, terrorism, length of the working day, religion, the environment, equality for Blacks, and poverty. They were also asked to assess the impact of the United States on global popular culture, politics, art, music, and economics. Views were sought on the future of current prominent businesses including Coca-Cola, Microsoft, the Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com, General Electric, and Ford, and respondents were asked to select the most important business leader of the 20th century from a list including United States Steel founder Andrew Carnegie, Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller, Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, and IBM founder Thomas Watson. Looking ahead to the end of the 21st century, respondents were asked which of the following innovations/trends would still be in use/existence: VCR, telephone, compact discs, printed books, the Internet, post office mail, cars fueled by gasoline, marriage, retirement at age 65, children raised by two parents, various languages, and going to the office to work. A series of questions addressed the use of medical technology in the 21st century, including the cloning of humans, women aged 50 and over bearing children, people living to age 100, genetically engineered babies, altering genes to limit the risk of developing certain genetic diseases, and altering the genetic make-up of plants, fruits, and vegetables. Additional topics covered whether intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe, robots that act like humans, vacation cruises to outerspace, whether the "new century" begins on January 1, 2000, or on January 1, 2001, belief in Armageddon, Internet commerce, and attention paid to the 2000 political campaigns. The results of this survey were announced on the CBS website CBS.Marketwatch.com. Background information on respondents includes age, sex, political party, political orientation, education, religion, race, Hispanic descent, marital status, family income, age of children in household, and computer access.
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CBS News Year 2000 Poll, January 2000 (ICPSR 2918)
Released/updated on: 2009-07-28
Geographic coverage: United States
Time period: 2000-01-02--2000-01-02
This special topic poll, fielded January 2, 2000, queried respondents on their attitudes regarding New Year's Eve and the year 2000. Those queried were asked how closely they had followed the preparations for December 31, 1999, whether they had been excited about the event, and what they did on that evening that was different from their usual observance of New Year's Eve. A series of questions addressed concerns about Y2K computer problems, including how respondents were affected by Y2K bugs, whether they worried that problems would occur, what actions they took to prepare for such problems, and who deserved praise for the fact that there were very few Y2K computer problems reported. Respondents' views on terrorism against Americans were also elicited, with questions on whether respondents feared terrorist attacks on New Year's Eve and whether they changed their plans because of those concerns, whether the United States government responded appropriately to threats of terrorism, who deserved credit for the lack of terrorist acts related to New Year's Eve, whether acts of terrorism would increase in the next century, and what the government could do to reduce threats against Americans. Background information on respondents includes age, sex, race, Hispanic descent, education, religion, marital status, political party, political orientation, age of children in household, family income, and computer and Internet access.