CBS News/New York Times Women's Health Poll, February 1997 (ICPSR 4487)

Version Date: Jan 31, 2007

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Principal Investigator(s):
CBS News; The New York Times

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04487.v1

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Summary

This special topic poll, fielded February 18-19, 1997, 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. The focus of this data collection was on women's health issues. Views were sought on whether government health agencies paid enough attention to women's health issues, and how well the federal government regulated the environmental practices of businesses and the safety of medical equipment and procedures. Respondents were asked to name the leading cause of death for women and whether they had ever heard of mammograms. Female respondents were polled on whether a doctor had ever discussed mammograms with them, whether they had ever had one, how accurate, safe, and painful they were, at which age women should begin getting mammograms, and whether the federal government should set guidelines for mammograms. Female respondents were also polled on the benefits of early detection of breast cancer and how often they conducted breast self-examinations. All respondents were polled on whether they had noticed the new television program ratings system, whether they had used the ratings to prohibit their children from watching certain television programs, and how many hours per day their children watched television. Additional topics addressed health insurance coverage, whether the respondent or a female relative was ever diagnosed with breast cancer, and whether respondents would like to take an "adventure" vacation. Demographic variables included sex, age, race, education level, household income, political party affiliation, political philosophy, type of residential area (e.g., urban or rural), and religious preference.

Citation

CBS News, and The New York Times. CBS News/New York Times Women’s Health Poll, February 1997. [distributor], 2007-01-31. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04487.v1

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Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

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Time Period(s)

1997-02

Date of Collection

1997-02-18 -- 1997-02-19

Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) The data and documentation for this study were acquired from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. (2) The data available for download are not weighted and users will need to weight the data prior to analysis. (3) 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

2007-01-31

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/New York Times. CBS NEWS/NEW YORK TIMES WOMEN'S HEALTH POLL, FEBRUARY 1997. ICPSR04487-v1. New York, NY: CBS News [producer], 1997. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2007-01-31. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04487.v1

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Weight

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