CBS News Monthly Poll #1, December 1996 (ICPSR 4483)

Version Date: Nov 30, 2006

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CBS News

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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04483.v1

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Summary

This poll, conducted December 4-5, 1996, is part of a continuing series of monthly surveys that solicit public opinion on the presidency and on a range of other political and social issues. Respondents were asked to give their opinions of President Bill Clinton and his handling of the presidency, First Lady Hillary Clinton and her handling of her role as First Lady, the amount of influence she had on the president's decisions, and whether President Clinton or the Republicans in Congress would have more influence over the direction of the country in the next two years. Other questions focused on Kenneth Starr (the Independent Counsel investigating the Whitewater real estate development project), the acceptance of illegal campaign contributions by the Democratic Party, and whether these scandals would affect President Clinton's second administration. Additional topics queried respondents on their household's financial situation compared to four years before, their perceived level of economic security, affirmative action, the current state of race relations in the United States, how often respondents socialized with co-workers of another race, and the recent racial discrimination lawsuit settlement against Texaco. Demographic variables include sex, age, race, education level, household income, employment status, type of residential area (e.g., urban, rural, etc), political party affiliation, political philosophy, voter registration status and participation history, and whether respondents had a child entering ninth grade in September 1996.

Citation

CBS News. CBS News Monthly Poll #1, December 1996. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-11-30. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04483.v1

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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)

1996-12

Date of Collection

1996-12-04 -- 1996-12-05

Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) The data available for download are not weighted, and users will need to weight the data prior to analysis. (2) Additional information about sampling, interviewing, and sampling error may be found in the codebook. (3) The variable AREACODE was recoded for confidentiality. The previously blanked variables EXCHANGE, LASTFOUR, and NAME were also recoded to appropriate width-9 series. (4) The variables EXTRA1, EXTRA2, EXTRA3, EXTRA4, and EXTRA10 were removed from the dataset because no data or explanation for these variables was available. (5) The original data file contained three records per case and was reformatted into a data file with one record per case.

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Sample

Households were selected by random-digit dialing. Within households, the respondent selected was the adult living in the household who last had a birthday and who was home at the time of the interview.

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

2006-11-30

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:

  • CBS News. CBS NEWS MONTHLY POLL #1, DECEMBER 1996.. ICPSR04483-v1. New York, NY: CBS News [producer], 1996. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-11-30. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04483.v1

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Weight

The data contain a weight variable (WEIGHT) that should be used in analyzing the data.

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