Washington Post Starr Report Poll, September 1998 (ICPSR 2637)

Version Date: Sep 22, 2008

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Principal Investigator(s):
The Washington Post

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02637.v2

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Summary

This special topic poll, fielded September 11-13, 1998, sought respondents' views on Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's ongoing investigation of President Bill Clinton and the resulting "Starr Report," submitted to the United States Congress on September 10, 1998. Respondents were asked to give their opinions of Clinton and his handling of the presidency and the economy, as well as their views on the United States Congress, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Starr, and the direction of the country. Those queried were asked whom they trusted to handle the problems of the nation and for whom they would be voting in the upcoming November 1998 congressional elections. A series of questions addressed the investigation into Clinton's relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Topics covered whether respondents believed that Clinton had explained enough, whether Clinton had apologized enough, and whether Clinton had done anything illegal. Respondents were asked if they believed, based on the Starr Report, that Clinton should resign, be impeached, or be censured. Additional questions covered the evidence contained in the Starr Report, the amount of detail regarding Clinton's sexual relationship with Lewinsky included in the report, and whether this scandal would impact Clinton's ability to serve effectively as president. Background information on respondents includes age, sex, race, education, political party affliation, and voter registration and participation history.

Citation

The Washington Post. Washington Post Starr Report Poll, September 1998. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-09-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02637.v2

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

1998-09

Data Collection Notes

  1. The data available for download are not weighted and users will need to weight the data prior to analysis.

  2. The CASEID variable was created for use with online analysis.

  3. This data collection was produced by Chilton Research Services, Radnor, PA.

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Sample

Stratified random-digit dialing. Within households, respondents were selected using a method developed by Leslie Kish and modified by Charles Backstrom and Gerald Hursh (see Backstrom and Hursh, SURVEY RESEARCH, Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1963).

Universe

Persons aged 18 and over living in households with telephones in the contiguous 48 United States.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

1999-02-25

Version History

2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was:

  • The Washington Post. Washington Post Starr Report Poll, September 1998. ICPSR02637-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-09-22. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02637.v2

2008-09-22 The weight variable was corrected and SAS, SPSS, and Stata setup files and SAS and Stata supplemental files have been added to this data collection. The CASEID variable was created for use with online analysis. Question text has been added to the codebook and the data collection instrument has been taken out of the codebook and made into its own file.

1999-02-25 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
  • Created online analysis version with question text.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

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Weight

The data contain a weight variable (WGT) that should be used for analysis.

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Notes