New York Times Monthly Poll, January 1988 (ICPSR 4498)

Version Date: Nov 14, 2006

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Principal Investigator(s):
The New York Times

Series:

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04498.v1

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Summary

This poll, fielded January 30-31, 1988, 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 survey was on the presidential campaign, as well as media coverage and media attitude during the presidential debates. Respondents were asked to give their opinions about the reporters' questions for and attitudes toward the presidential candidates, whether the reporters were biased in their questions, and in how they treated each candidate. Other questions involved the respondents' political orientation, their voting interests, and their voting attitudes. Background information on respondents includes age, race, sex, education, religion, marital status, and family income.

Citation

The New York Times. New York Times Monthly Poll, January 1988. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-11-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04498.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)

1988-01

Date of Collection

1988-01-30 -- 1988-01-31

Data Collection Notes

  1. (1) The data and documentation for this study were acquired from the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. (2) There is some additional weight information in the original codebook for which ICPSR has no specific explanation.
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Universe

Adult population of the United States aged 18 and over who have a telephone at home.

Unit(s) of Observation

individual

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Mode of Data Collection

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Original Release Date

2006-11-14

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 New York Times. NEW YORK TIMES MONTHLY POLL, JANUARY 1988. ICPSR04498-v1. New York, NY: The New York Times [producer], 1988. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006-11-14. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04498.v1

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